Night without Borders

Chapter 20 Non-stop
Qin Ming stood there. He didn't feel embarrassed about not being selected and he was in a very calm state of mind.

Xu Yueping was worried about him, but he couldn't change anything. Yang Yongqing also felt sorry for him and had joked with him that a noble lady would come down during the mountain-clearing operation and asked him to perform well.

Wei Zhirou was very good at speaking. She greeted Qin Ming warmly and praised him generously. She said that she also wanted to invite him to join them, but Cao Long and Mu Qing would not agree. After the mountain sweeping was finished, he could go to Chixia City to find her.

Qin Ming naturally would not put on airs and responded with a smile that if he were to leave his hometown, he would choose Chixia City first.

"I choose Qin Ming." Mu Qing said.

Qin Ming's body stiffened slightly. He didn't think it was a big deal and was very calm about not being selected before, but now he felt a little uncomfortable.

It would be fine if I didn't know whether the person in front of me was a man or a woman, but it's hard to say whether he is still a human being. I was really nervous about going into the mountains with him.

He was somewhat skeptical whether Mu Qing was some kind of advanced creature who joined Chixia City. Otherwise, no matter how the human body transformed, it would not be able to grow a furry golden tail, right?

What could he do? In this situation, he nodded and agreed without hesitation.

Mu Qing was very satisfied with him. Seeing that he only brought a hatchet, he asked, "You are lacking a handy weapon. Which one do you usually use?"

Qin Ming said: "It has not been decided yet."

Mu Qing thought for a moment and said, "Some monsters in the mountains have solid scales and thick skin, and ordinary swords may not be able to cut them. I will give you a long-handled hammer. If you use it well, it will be very lethal and can blow their heads off with one blow. But it is a heavy weapon, and I don't know if you can use it smoothly."

Mu Qing waved to the person behind him, and someone immediately brought a long-handled hammer made of black gold.

After Qin Ming took it, he danced casually a few times, leaving a trail of afterimages and making a buzzing sound in the air. He seemed to be shaking the gun lightly, or dancing with the sword flexibly.

"Okay!" Mu Qing nodded, realizing that he was very strong.

Wei Zhirou was slightly surprised. She had very high expectations. Judging from the way the other party swung the long-handled heavy hammer with ease, her estimate was that his strength had reached the limit of 600 kilograms.

Earlier, she had someone investigate the only two young men who had built a golden foundation, and she had always thought that Xu Yueping had exaggerated about Qin Ming, but now it seems that was not the case.

However, she did not feel it was a pity. The chosen Zhou Wubing had injured his vitality in his early years. With his rebirth, his essence was gradually recovering and his potential was very great. It was estimated that after stabilization, he could lift a tripod of at least 600 kilograms. He was truly gifted. After all, even Xu Kong valued him and taught him personally.

Cao Long, on the other hand, was indifferent. He followed the path of the giant spirit god and was born with supernatural powers!
Mu Qing said: "I'll give you a short sword as well. If you get caught in a close fight with an alien, you'll need a sharp short weapon."

"Thank you!" Qin Ming took it. Now he finally had better weapons than the patrol team.

Next, Cao Long, Wei Zhirou and Mu Qing will be quick to select players.

Old man Liu is over 70 years old. No one chose him at first. But he recommended himself and said that he was as familiar with the mountains as if they were his own backyard. Then he became a hot commodity and all three parties wanted him.

"I want to be in the same team with Xiao Qin. We are from the same village and are familiar with each other so we can take care of each other." said Old Man Liu.

Soon, the Cao, Wei, and Mu families finished selecting candidates.

"Everyone, the top leaders will soon have the final negotiation with the mysterious aliens in the mountains, and now we can only wait."

Cao Long, Wei Zhirou, and Mu Qing are going to take people back to Yinteng Town, where they are currently living, and ask the selected freshmen to make all preparations after returning.

Afterwards, people saw dozens of people appear in the dense forest and leave with the three teams. They were all young and strong men wearing armor.

On the way back, Xu Yueping sighed: "It seems that the people in Chixia City really only use us as guides. They are polite and courteous, but in fact they don't think highly of our strength at all."

Yang Yongqing said, "The young men in those three teams came here to hone themselves, but those dozens of experienced young men are the main force of the three families to sweep the mountains and explore the mysterious land."

Old man Liu was quite open-minded. The other party had mastered advanced Qigong. How could he compare with him?
Xu Yueping shook his head and said, "I've been to Chixia City. Only a very small number of core members of the nobility have mastered the complete advanced scriptures."

According to his judgment, this so-called generous reward would not allow the clan's secrets to be revealed, as that would shake their foundation.

"I guess they are probably fragments of high-level classics they collected from the outside world, not their own family heritage. Of course, for people in the new field, this is definitely enough for them to practice to perfection."

Yang Yongqing yearned and said, "High-level Qigong is so rare. Even if it is not complete, just recording the path to the new field is enough to drive people crazy."

Qin Ming whispered, "The high-level scripture is so precious that the three major families in Chixia City are willing to take it out. This shows how much they value the place of mist and haze that appeared in the mountains. What is the hidden story?"

"You're wrong. There were more than a dozen families in total," Old Man Liu corrected.

Soon after, they returned to the village.

……

As the night was coming to an end, Qin Ming came to Old Man Liu's door carrying a large piece of donkey meat, saying that he came to have a free meal, but in fact he wanted to ask about the Blood Bamboo Forest.

Old Man Liu lives at the entrance of the village, close to the fire spring. In the night, the blue brick and gray tile house is dyed with a faint red glow.

As soon as Qin Ming entered the yard, he saw a yellow dog jumping out of the kennel. It was as tall as an adult's shoulder, with yellow fur that shone brightly, and its snow-white canine teeth were exposed.

Qin Ming immediately thought of the golden mastiff of the mountain patrol team and couldn't help but look at the yellow dog a few more times. It looked fat and strong, and the meat seemed to be of good quality.

The yellow dog seemed to sense something. It was baring its teeth just now, but the next moment it suddenly tucked its tail between its legs and dived into the doghouse, not wanting to come out.

"Why is Xiao Qin carrying meat when he comes to my house?" Although Old Man Liu is old, he is still very sharp and appeared in the yard at the first moment.

Qin Ming smiled and said, "Uncle Liu, how about I exchange two saber-horned deer for the yellow dog you raise?" "Ah, ah..." The big dog in the kennel barked, with its tail between its legs, and tilted its head to look at its owner, as if telling something.

"This old dog is very intelligent and is very afraid of you. This means that you have developed a murderous aura from hunting in the mountains recently." said Old Man Liu.

At the same time, he smiled and shook his head, saying, "I won't trade with you. This dog is almost mutated now, and it is feeding our family, bringing back some game from time to time."

"Is its spirituality so high?" Qin Ming was surprised.

Old Man Liu stroked his goat beard and said, "Of course. Two months ago, it was so old that it could hardly move its legs. It disappeared by itself for a few days, and after it came back, it started to get better. It must have mutated earlier than the black goat at Yang Yongqing's house."

"When a dog grows old it returns to the mountains, where it either dies or becomes strong again. This saying actually has a practical application." Qin Ming was amazed, staring at the big yellow dog again and again.

Old Man Liu laughed and said, "Come to think of it, the last time you went into the mountains you fell into a crack in the ground and nearly died, but you recovered quickly after a serious illness. This is really a bit like an old dog returning to the mountains and coming back alive."

Qin Ming really wanted to beat him up. This old man really didn't know how to talk and his mouth was quite mean. No wonder he didn't marry the most beautiful girl back then.

Old Man Liu whispered, "The crack in the ground you found is worth paying attention to."

The big families in Chixia City are all looking for those special nodes, there must be a deep meaning behind it.

Qin Ming shook his head and said, "I don't plan to go near that area unless I am reborn again."

He took the opportunity to ask Old Man Liu for advice: "Uncle Liu, you know a lot about the legends of various spiritual creatures in the mountains. Please tell me about them."

"Boy, I knew you had something to ask me." Old Man Liu pointed at him with a smile, but soon became serious again, saying, "If spiritual objects were so easy to obtain, I wouldn't have wasted my time until now. You have built a golden foundation, and you will definitely be able to be reborn again. There is no need to take risks at all."

Qin Ming said: "Didn't you say that young people should be aggressive? If not, it would be a waste of my life in the world. I want to be reborn as soon as possible and see the scenery from a higher place."

"Did I say these words?" Old man Liu looked at him suspiciously. He was not drunk when he drank yesterday. Each person only drank half a cup of spicy old wine.

"That's about right." Qin Ming said with a smile.

"You really should have big ambitions when you are young, because dreams will become smaller year by year as you get older, so you have to start higher," said Old Man Liu.

The cold wind blew heavy snow against the windows. In the house, the Liu family's dining table was steaming with donkey meat as the main dish. Qin Ming chatted with Old Man Liu until late at night and learned the names of some spiritual creatures, all of which were in extremely dangerous areas. He also learned where the Blood Bamboo Forest was.

Qin Ming himself had also speculated that the blood bamboo forest that Feng Yian, Shao Chengfeng and others were targeting was most likely within the area of ​​responsibility of the mountain patrol team.

Sure enough, Old Man Liu mentioned that the Blood Bamboo Forest was only six miles away from the patrol team's base.

There lives a kind of snake, whose entire body is red and shiny, as if carved from red agate, and its flesh, blood and snake gall contain rich vitality and spirituality.

But this snake is very dangerous, even deadly. It is extremely poisonous and even a newborn cannot survive a bite from it.

"If you are lucky enough to catch one, you need to chop off the snake's head and remove the venom glands. Otherwise, this is not a tonic, but a deadly soup."

Old Man Liu told him that in addition to being extremely poisonous, this snake has a body as hard as iron, is incredibly strong, and can fly. Even a small snake that is only a few feet long is more dangerous than many mountain beasts. It can shoot out like an iron arrow and pierce into the opponent's body in an instant.

So some people call it blood snake, while others call it arrow snake.

If you find a blood snake over ten feet long in the mountains, the best option is to run away immediately.

Old man Liu recalled that the snake nest already existed when he was young. Decades have passed, and secondary mutated blood snakes must have appeared there.

Qin Ming said: "Just don't let a more powerful old snake appear."

"Swords and knives may not be able to cut the blood snake in half, and sparks will fly. Among creatures of the same level, it is extremely ferocious and has almost no weaknesses." When Old Man Liu said this, he suddenly stood up and almost overturned the table, scaring his wife and almost making his youngest grandson cry.

"What's wrong with you, old man?" The old lady glared at him.

Old man Liu's face flushed, as if he had regained his youth. He waved his arms excitedly and said, "How could I forget this? There is a problem in the mountains now. If the fire spring in the blood bamboo forest is extinguished, the blood snakes there will be frozen and will be easy to be picked up by anyone, right?"

He wished he could grow wings and fly into the mountains to take a look.

Qin Ming immediately said, "How about we go into the mountains to pick up spiritual blood snakes overnight?"

"Okay!" Old Man Liu nodded vigorously, but he suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and sat down dejectedly, sighing: "I have realized that Feng Yian, Shao Chengfeng and other grandsons guarding the mountains are eager for a second life. How could they not think of the spiritual creatures in their own small piece of land?"

The old man looked as if he had lost all hope in life. He was so happy and excited that he sat there slapping his thighs until they were almost blue, and angrily cursed the people in the forest patrol team.

"These bastards are so lucky. Could it be that there will be one or two more people like Fu Entao? They actually encountered such a good opportunity. I really want to give them a spoonful of golden juice and pour it on their faces."

……

Qin Ming was on the go that day. He braved the wind and snow to enter the mountains in the middle of the night and killed Fu Entao, Feng Yian and others with an axe. Then he went to meet the nobles of Chixia City. After that, he listened to Old Man Liu bragging all night about his various mysterious sights and bizarre experiences in the mountains.

Qin Ming felt a little tired when he returned home and soon fell asleep.

The next day, he woke up very early, had a quick breakfast and went straight into the mountains.

(End of this chapter)