Night without Borders

Chapter 140: A Gift Within the Rules
The sky and the earth were pitch black, like an abyss.

The Liuyu Ancestral Temple covers a vast area, with high-level fire springs flowing, bright and brilliant, and the entire area is full of vitality.

A tall building, made mainly of lapis lazuli, which is as hard as iron, with a mottled sense of time. Many famous masters have entered this place in history.

The living room was extremely spacious. An old man with blond hair and beard asked, "Cui Changqing, what are you doing here?"

The ebony tea table was quite heavy, with a deep color and natural texture like the silhouette of mountains and rivers. The aroma of tea wafted in the air, but neither of the two people sitting quietly touched their cups.

"I haven't seen you for many years. I miss you, old friend, so I came to visit you." Cui Changqing smiled, his long green hair flowing with the fresh scent of grass and trees.

The old man with golden hair and beard looked at him, his eyes emitting golden light, and said, "In the past, I have made an exception and allowed your Cui family's children to learn the first volume of the Six Imperial Heart Sutra in advance in the name of my master. Don't come here again if you have nothing to do!"

His name is Zhou Shize. His hair and beard are light golden because he has reached a certain stage in practicing Liuyu Jin. Even his pupils are the same, as if they were made of gold. His Taoism is extremely profound.

Cui Changqing's complexion was as white as snow, and his face never aged. He looked no more than thirty years old. He cupped his hands and said, "In the past, I came here with the child's father and obtained the true scriptures. I would like to thank Brother Zhou again."

Then he added: "The child lived up to expectations. At the age of fifteen, he is already an extraordinary person. His nine rebirths have been completed. He only needs to understand the true meaning of the Six Imperial Powers, break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly. Without taking any remedies, he can naturally step into the realm of outer saints."

"That's not an insult to the Six Imperial Heart Sutra." Zhou Shize nodded, his face looked better, with golden light flowing in his eyes. He asked, "Then why are you here?"

Cui Changqing took a sip of tea and said, "Chongxuan is a simple child. Although he is already an extraordinary person, he is afraid of being harmed by outsiders. I came to your house today to ask you, my old friend, to take care of him."

Zhou Shize said calmly: "You have something to say. If he is an extraordinary person and passes the core disciple assessment, who can harm him in my Liuyu Zuting?"

Cui Changqing said: "It's a bad monkey that I raised at home. It has been very disobedient recently and has come to the Liuyu ancestral temple. I'm afraid the monkey will do something violent."

"As an extraordinary person, if your child is strong enough, why would he be afraid of a monkey? And if that monkey joins our sect, he will be a disciple of the Six Imperials." Zhou Shize said calmly while sitting behind the ebony tea table.

"The monkey is clumsy and very vicious. My Chongxuan has a pure heart and I am worried that he might meet with an accident." When Cui Changqing said this, he lightly drew a line in the air with his right hand. A streak of light turned into a sharp blade and quickly dissipated.

Zhou Shize's face was icy, his light golden hair fluttering like an angry lion, and he said, "What do you mean? Do you dare to come to my Liuyu and act so presumptuous?!"

Cui Changqing smiled and said, "Brother Zhou, please don't misunderstand me. I have no other intentions. I am just worried about Chongxuan. You gave him the true scriptures in the past, and he is half your disciple. I can't let him get into trouble."

Zhou Shize said: "He is in the Liuyu ancestral temple, everything is done according to the rules, there will be no problem."

Then he warned: "I advise you not to cause trouble. The Six Imperial Ancestral Temple does not allow outsiders to get involved. Anyone who dares to touch the reverse scale will be killed!"

"Of course I understand. Everything has rules." Cui Changqing smiled. Although he was over a hundred years old, his body was full of the fresh scent of grass and trees, and he seemed more energetic than many young and strong men.

This is the beauty of the "Sutra of Residential Life". It can prolong life and allow a person to maintain his peak state for a long time.

He took out a brocade box, placed it on the ebony tea table, and pushed it forward.

"What do you mean?" Zhou Shize didn't move, his eyes were slightly sharp.

Cui Changqing smiled and said, "You can't come empty-handed when visiting an old friend, right? I know you like swords, and this one comes from the depths of the Night Mist World. Even after a thousand years, its splendor cannot be concealed by time."

He opened the brocade box, revealing a short sword about a foot long, emitting flowing five-colored light.

Then, Cui Changqing took out another note and pushed it forward, saying, "The founders of each religion should have collected the "Zhushi Sutra", but as time goes by, the understandings of each sect are somewhat different. This is my Cui family's ancestor's understanding of the longevity part of the Zhushi Sutra. I hope Brother Zhou will appreciate it."

Zhou Shize's face was serious. Now everyone knew that the ancestor of the Cui family had unique insights into the Zhushi Sutra.

Two hundred years ago, the ancestor of the Cui family was already very old, and everyone said that he was about to die. But two years ago, an extremely powerful person appeared in the Li family and led people to attack. The ancestor of the Cui family, who had been in seclusion for two hundred years, actually came out again!
This note attracted Zhou Shize. He looked like a man in his prime with blond hair and a golden beard, but in fact he was already over a hundred years old. It was just that he had cultivated the Six Imperial Powers, which made him highly skilled in Taoism and full of vitality, and he did not look old at all.

"Old friend, please accept it. I won't make things difficult for you. Just follow the rules." Cui Changqing smiled, and a green glow flowed on his body, showing that he was still full of vitality.

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The ancestral temple of Liuyu has bright fire springs, white mist and extremely beautiful scenery.

Qin Ming has been here for two days, waiting for the arrival of the first assessment time node.

He was placed in the Golden Forest. In fact, many top talents from all over the world temporarily lived here.

In this vast woodland, the leaves of all tree species are golden in color. I wonder how the Liuyu Ancestral Temple cultivated them.

For example, the thousand-year-old pine tree should be evergreen, but it is full of crystal, all the pine needles are flowing with golden light, and there is an even richer pine scent in the air.

Even the lotus flowers in the lake are blooming with golden flowers and have golden leaves, which are unique.

Even the fire springs here are not bright red, but filled with a faint golden glow, passing through the forest, making the scenery here unique.

There are many stand-alone cabins in the forest, one for each person. Currently, there are dozens of people living here, all of them are young men who are taking the core disciple assessment.

There are more ordinary disciples, so there are separate arrangements.

Yuqing, Qingtian and Liuyu have relaxed the conditions for selecting disciples, so the number of young people who signed up this year is far more than in previous years.

"Do you know? It is said that the reason why the grass and trees here are golden is because the youngest disciple of the founder once meditated here and realized his own light energy from the Six Imperial Heart Sutra. When he came out of the retreat, he opened his eyes and divine light shone from his golden pupils. Wherever he passed, the grass and trees turned golden. This place was stained with his mysterious power."

The young man living here was well-informed and knew this secret.

"How old is the master's youngest disciple?" someone couldn't help but ask.

"Well, I don't know, but the disciples and grandchildren of this young ancestor, such as Elder Zhou Shize, are probably over a hundred years old."

The Golden Forest gradually became lively. By the last two days, there were more than fifty people there.

Qin Ming is very low-key and has little presence.

He discovered two strange people. One of them was Cao Wuji, a very handsome man with sword-like eyebrows, whom he had seen in the Purple Bamboo Forest of Jinrui City.

There was also a black-clothed girl with a cold temperament and beautiful appearance. She was very powerful. When she was competing with Cao Wuji for the best position of the wooden house facing the lake, the two punched each other, and it was the girl who pushed Cao Wuji back three steps, which immediately stunned everyone.

Many people were familiar with Cao Wuji, because he was a genius who had been reported many times in the evening newspapers and had long been famous in various major cities. At this time, people realized that the girl in black was also a top-notch extraordinary person.

Qin Ming sighed secretly. He actually saw two of the extraordinary people rumored by the outside world after arriving at the Liuyu ancestral temple.

So far, he has never fought with any aliens.

Generally speaking, except for Yu Zhuohan who is relatively outstanding among his former opponents, the "status" of other opponents is not that high.

"The young extraordinary people are all very strong!" Qin Ming commented solemnly and seriously.

He always overestimates his opponents to avoid being disrespectful and suffering heavy losses.

"Do you know how we will be assessed this time? It is said that we will see the true face of this world. There are rare spiritual substances there, but it is also extremely dangerous. Perhaps we need to join forces to better survive."

Some young people had quite a few connections in the Liuyu ancestral temple and managed to find out such news.

"The elders of Liuyu said that we can do it alone or in a team, whatever you want!"

Such broad conditions made all the young men feel uncertain about what the people in Liuyu were thinking and how they would conduct the specific investigation.

Someone spoke up: "I guess that in such a mysterious environment, the people who form a team will eventually be forced to separate, so they are so casual. However, in the initial stage, it is better for us to act together. It will ensure safety and save energy."

"Brother Cao, let's go together!"

"Brother Cao!"

Soon, Cao Wuji was surrounded by people, both men and women. Those who dared to come here to take the test were naturally confident, but they knew that they could not compete with Cao Wuji and the girl in black.

Therefore, they lowered their goals and worked hard to become the third, fourth, or even fifth disciple. If they passed, they could also become core disciples.

In addition, many people gathered around the cold and aloof girl in black, Zhuoya, who wanted to go with her.

Qin Ming watched calmly. Did those people really bow their heads and obey Cao Wuji and Zhuo Ya? Not necessarily. Maybe some people simply wanted to use the two of them to clear the way, so that they could save their own energy and not have to do it themselves.

"Brother Qin, aren't you going to join their team?" asked Qin Ming's neighbor, the girl in yellow, Zhou Lei.

"Zhuoya is rather cold and hard to talk to, so why don't we go with Cao Wuji," suggested another neighbor, Huang Cheng.

"Let's talk about it when the time comes." Qin Ming said.

The two walked away, feeling that this neighbor was a low-key conceited person who probably wanted to be a loner.

On that day, Cui Chongxuan arrived on time.

"The Cui family's new generation of extraordinary people!" Someone with a reliable source of information actually knew Cui Chongxuan's identity at the first time.

In the golden forest, Cui Chongxuan chose a wooden house and lived in it in a relatively low-key manner.

Soon, he found Qin Ming. For a moment, his expression was complicated and he was a little entangled, but in the end he took the initiative to walk over and called out weakly: "Brother."

Qin Ming smiled, nodded to him, and said, "Tomorrow, go all out and perform well."

Many people were surprised. Although they were far away and couldn't hear what they said, they all realized that the low-key guy seemed to have some background.

"It's you!" Cao Wuji walked over, and he discovered that the young man who displayed eight kinds of light with the Sky Light Energy in the Purple Bamboo Forest of Jinrui City was also here.

"Brother Cao, nice to meet you again." Qin Ming smiled and nodded. The closer he observed, the more he could appreciate the strength of the alien's physique. Cao Wuji's vitality was unusually strong.

The most important thing is that Cao Wuji has probably entered the realm of outer saint, and seems to be much stronger than the last time he was seen.

This means that the black-clad girl, Zhuoya, is also already an outer saint!
Everyone was surprised and looked over. They found that the two strange men actually knew Qin Ming.

When the black-clad girl Zhuo Ya heard someone calling out Qin Ming's name, she also walked over briskly, showing a strange look, and said, "Are you Qin Ming?"

"Yes." Qin Ming was sure that he had no interaction with her before.

"My cousin is Yu Zhuohan." Zhuo Ya said with a faint smile, like an iceberg thawing and a snow lotus blooming, so brilliant.

"Ah, so he's one of ours. We got to know each other after a fight." Qin Ming immediately became enthusiastic.

"But he told me to give you a proper beating." Zhuoya said.

Qin Ming felt that he had not been lenient last time, and Yu Zhuohan was still a little dissatisfied. He even had resentment in his heart and wanted his cousin to vent his anger for him.

The next day, an elder from the Liuyu Ancestral Temple appeared with several young men and said, "You have heard and known everything, right? I don't want to say anything more, let's set off directly."

"Elder, we don't know where to go!" someone said.

"The edge of the world!" a young disciple responded to him.

The elder said, "Well, there is no point in taking the test in the ancestral temple. If you were to compete, that would be internal friction. I will take you to see the true face of the world. It is better to use up your vigorous energy there."

The two huge birds spread their wings and rushed into the night sky, creating a fierce gust of wind and carrying more than sixty people into the distance.

Everyone's expression was extremely solemn. The two birds were quite extraordinary, a giant black crane and a snow-white peacock. They dispelled the thick night fog and both exuded a terrifying aura. They were both high-level species.

Along the way, the earth was pitch black and it took a long time to see a little light.

In this vast world, there are relatively few areas with fire springs. Even huge cities are just like sparse fireflies under the thick night fog.

That day, they traveled through endless darkness and arrived at their destination, which was 40,000 miles away from the Liuyu ancestral temple.

(End of this chapter)