Night without Borders

Chapter 164 Truth and Surprise

Late at night, the blue mist spread silently.

The whole city was empty and there was no sound at all.

Qin Ming's forehead was covered with sweat. It was as if he had entered a dead city. Apart from him, there was no living thing.

The fire spring was very abnormal. Its rich blue color made one want to sink into it.

It was like a will-o'-the-wisp fire in an old cemetery, equally eerie blue and silent.

Qin Ming's body tensed up and he became highly alert.

He couldn't understand where all the people in the city had gone.
The whole city was dead silent, making people feel very depressed.

Suddenly, Qin Ming felt something and looked back. He unexpectedly found a dark shadow in the fog, coming towards him without any disguise.

Faint footsteps were heard on the empty street. The black shadow was very fast and arrived in the blink of an eye.

He was only about 1.5 meters tall, extremely thin, wearing a straw hat, an old, tattered straw coat, and straw sandals.

The moment he raised his head, his eyes turned dark red, and he seemed to be extremely eager for the dark blue fire spring, but also with a look of awe.

It was not until then that Qin Ming saw his appearance clearly. He tightened his grip on the knife handle in an instant. The man's face was actually covered with straw. To be precise, it was actually a scarecrow.

The Scarecrow looked at him and opened his mouth, making a rustling sound.

"What are you talking about? What's going on here?" Qin Ming asked.

"A newcomer who knows nothing?" The scarecrow's eye sockets glowed red, and fluctuations of consciousness were emitted.

Then, it suddenly rushed over, pulling out an iron knife from behind it, drawing a terrible trajectory, and slashing towards Qin Ming's neck.

This is really a sudden attack!

Qin Ming was confused. He saw a scarecrow for no apparent reason and had no idea why it suddenly attacked.

Since they wanted to take his life, there was nothing to say. He swung the mutton-fat jade iron knife and quickly fought back.

When facing unknown opponents, he always gives it his all, so the whole sword bursts out with an extremely dazzling light, like a blazing divine flame.

With a clang, the iron knife was cut off by him. Moreover, the mutton-fat jade iron knife had extraordinary properties, and it burst out with a brilliant and sacred light, which burned the scarecrow before it even touched it, causing it to scream.

"Stop, it's a misunderstanding!" It screamed in horror and quickly retreated.

Qin Ming ignored him. Originally, the other party had made a sudden move to kill him. Now that the situation seemed to be wrong, he still wanted him to stop? In a battle, any hesitation would likely put him in a desperate situation.

With a "puff", he cut the scarecrow in half with one stroke of his sword, and the air was filled with straw clippings.

A ball of red light rushed up and tried to escape, but was hit by Qin Ming's sword and exploded directly, accompanied by a shrill scream, like a large number of sparks scattered in the air, and then extinguished.

Qin Ming frowned slightly. This mutton-fat jade iron knife was lethal to abnormal creatures. Now he was involved in an inexplicable incident?
At this moment, there was movement in the blue mist again. It was a small animal floating in the air, riding an object.

It does not resemble a flesh and blood body, and is somewhat vague and hazy, but what it is stepping on is a real object, a two-foot-long fluffy animal tail, flowing with a hazy glow.

"The weasel ghost that follows me?" Qin Ming stood with a knife in his hand. What happened tonight was too weird.

Some people in the Fangwai Land believe that a certain stage of consciousness leaving the body can be called the Yin Spirit. Of course, most Fangwai masters do not agree with this statement.

It is difficult for people who are not in this field to detect evil spirits, and even if they are right in front of them, they will feel empty.

Qin Ming, however, was very sensitive to it and treated it as a normal thing.

The weasel's yin spirit was relatively steady. It took one look at the broken scarecrow on the ground, then immediately clasped its fists towards Qin Ming, being very polite.

"This place..." Qin Ming groaned. He had no idea what was going on and wanted to get the other party to continue.

"This place is both dangerous and full of great fortune. It's worth risking your life for. It can accommodate many like-minded people. You and I will not interfere with each other." The weasel immediately made his attitude clear.

"You go first." Qin Ming nodded calmly without saying anything else.

The weasel nodded, and it was obvious that it was quite hesitant, but it finally moved forward and, with a splash, plunged headfirst into the dark blue fire spring.

"Ah..." A painful cry came from the fire spring. It rolled and tumbled inside, splashing large amounts of blue liquid accompanied by enchanting fiery clouds.

It can be seen that it is no longer so light and vague, but slightly more solid, and the fluffy broken tail has turned from withered yellow to glowing with a light golden color, giving it a certain spirituality.

Qin Ming was shocked. What was going on? He was also a little jealous. How about throwing the mutton-fat jade iron knife in and giving it a try?

However, the next moment he stepped back vigilantly, because the weasel's Yin Spirit rushed out, controlling the pale golden real tail, with a confused mind, rushing around wildly, and roaring constantly.

"Anyone who blasphemes... the gods... will die!" It went crazy, baring its fangs and claws, roaring and yelling, then with a murderous light in its eyes, it rushed towards Qin Ming.

Chi!
A flash of snow-white knife light flashed across, like a red-hot iron falling into dead leaves. With a hissing sound, the mutton-fat jade iron knife in Qin Ming's hand not only cut the weasel into pieces, but also burned it to ashes.

Then, he swung the sword again, and the only physical object, the light golden tail, was easily cut in two when it fell, unable to block the white blade.

"The blue fire spring is related to the god-like creatures?" Qin Ming frowned. If so, the problem became serious.

He thought back to when he first discovered the blue light, it had exploded the clouds in the sky and spread in all directions, causing him to fall from the sky.

A hissing sound was heard, and a huge snake appeared in the night. It was also a ghost, flying over riding a snake skin, with black mist swirling in the air.

When it saw the scarecrow and the broken tail at Qin Ming's feet, it became a little frightened and stopped not far away.

"They provoked me, which is why they died miserably." Qin Ming said.

"I have no grudge against you, and I would never dare to offend you." The big snake spoke, politely and cautiously.

Qin Ming nodded. With the real "battle record" under his feet, this evil spirit finally spoke properly. He decided to ask directly about the situation. "What's going on here?" As he spoke, he kicked the broken scarecrow away.

"This place is related to God's grace and contains a strong divinity. It can be used to refine various spiritual tools and quickly improve their quality. If you take risks, you can also improve your own divinity, but it is easy to be backfired. The realm of God contains great majesty and is very terrifying." The big snake told patiently.

It flew on the skin and landed beside the fire spring, and put the snake skin into it. Suddenly, the dull snake skin glowed rapidly, and its spirituality increased greatly, and then it quickly retracted it.

"Why don't you continue?" Qin Ming asked.

"My old skin cannot bear too much divinity. It has reached its limit." said the big snake.

Even so, it was very satisfied and even very excited.

It wanted to jump into the pool several times, but held back.

"What's going on with this city and its residents?" Qin Ming asked.

"This is a divine city with great beings. We are about to approach the boundary of the gods, but something seems to have happened. As for the residents, I don't know." When the big snake said this, it was very confused. It had never seen any people here.

Qin Ming had a solemn expression, thinking again of the blue light he had discovered at the beginning. Even though they were so far away, he could still feel its power, shattering the clouds in the sky. Could it be related to becoming a god?
Seeing his grim expression, the snake quickly explained: "This divine city appeared suddenly. The great being probably had an accident. I have never seen his people, only the residents."

Qin Ming was stunned and asked, "You have never seen this city before. How could it suddenly appear in this area?"

"Yes!" The big snake nodded solemnly.

It, the scarecrow and the weasel are the closest divine creatures to this place, so its spirit leaves its body and rushes over immediately.

Qin Ming tapped the bluestone on the ground lightly with the jade iron knife, making a crisp sound that felt very real. His face looked heavy. Is it so scary?

"Can my sword be nurtured by divine power?"

"You are a freshman on the road, and the weapons you use on a daily basis have not been refined. The effect may not be very good." The big snake said tactfully.

Qin Ming learned that the Fire Spring was the core of the Divine City. This was the rich "divinity" left behind by the "great being" after the accident!
The big snake went away, restraining its impulse and not jumping into the divinity pool, disappearing in the night.

Qin Ming walked to the blue fire spring and inserted the mutton-fat jade iron knife into it, but there seemed to be little change.

Soon, he took out a palm-sized piece of cloth with metal threads woven in it and embroidered with cloud patterns. There should be other patterns, but the piece of cloth was too small to see what the main body was.

This was what he got when he killed the young man who could turn into mist in Black and White Mountain. It was not simple, because even a mutton-fat jade or iron knife could not cut it.

Qin Ming put it into the blue fire spring pool.

In an instant, the pool began to boil, as if a bright sun had fallen into it, illuminating the area and causing thick blue mist to rise.

"This is too dazzling. Something bad will happen. What is this thing?!" Qin Ming was shocked. He never thought that an inconspicuous piece of cloth would cause such a big commotion.

However, this sacred scene only lasted for a moment before it quickly calmed down, and the sun transformed from the rag seemed to have gone out.

Qin Ming's instinctive intuition was extremely sharp. He discovered that although there were no strange phenomena, the rich blue color of the fire spring seemed to be fading slowly.

He immediately squatted down to look at the rag, and found that it had actually become slightly larger and expanded.

Moreover, it is flowing with a hazy glow. If it was lifeless before, it now seems to be "resurrected".

After Qin Ming stared at it, his heart was shocked, because the metal threads woven in the rags were no longer dull, revealing their true appearance. Some were pure white, while others were surrounded by purple mist, just like various kinds of "strange gold"!
He took a breath of the blue night mist. This was really beyond his expectations. This palm-sized rag seemed to have a great origin.

Because Li Qingyue's almost immortal object, the Bagua Furnace, was also made of various kinds of exotic gold.

Qin Ming observed carefully and found that when the rag became larger, a broken sun appeared at its edge.

He finally understood why there was such a loud noise just now. When the rag was amplifying and repairing itself, the waning sun appeared and shone directly.

The sun is woven with golden threads, and there is no doubt that its material is exotic gold.

Qin Ming sensed carefully and found that the blue fire in the pool was indeed fading at a relatively slow rate, while the piece of cloth seemed to be getting slightly bigger.

This caused waves in his heart, making it difficult for him to calm down, but at the same time he was extremely looking forward to it.

At this time, some evil spirits appeared one after another outside the city, attracted by the city of gods, and all showed expressions of great desire.

And in the distance, in the direction of Chixia City, it seemed as if there were several scorching suns across the sky, so dazzling that they illuminated the dark sky and earth.

"You are just a demon insect, and you dare to dream of swallowing up the city and becoming a god. I have been waiting for you for many days!" Someone spoke in the scorching sun. The voice was cold and ruthless, and there was an indescribable sense of oppression, which frightened many creatures on the ground and made them tremble.

Obviously, the "great existence" mentioned by the big snake encountered an accident because there were some strong people blocking it and hunting it in a targeted manner.

The figures in the sun are not physical bodies, but they are extremely bright and illuminate the night sky.

In one of the blazing suns, a white-haired old man with eyes like two immortal swords shouted, "Qingxu, you guys go, there is a lot of luck in the God City, hurry up!"

"Yes, Master!" Li Qingxu responded.

A high-level exotic bird spread its huge wings and carried a group of disciples from the outside world away quickly. Some of them were acquaintances Qin Ming knew.

"This is a great opportunity, disciples of the Esoteric Sect should not fall behind!" Someone spoke from another blazing sun.

Another huge bird of prey appeared, carrying the disciples of the secret sect towards the city of gods.

In the third dazzling sun, the sound of elephants was heard, accompanied by a loud roar: "Hurry up and follow!"

Apparently, the aliens have also arrived, including the young four-tusked white elephant, the purple lightning beast, and others.

There was a "great being" who wanted to approach the boundary of the gods, but was blocked by all parties, and it became a feast for gluttony.

(End of this chapter)