Night without Borders

Chapter 25 Major Case
In the dim night sky, the mountains stand side by side, the white snow covers the forest, strange birds circle in the low sky, and the cries of mountain beasts can be heard from time to time nearby.

Qin Ming felt very satisfied as he let the cold snowflakes fall on the tips of his hair. Although today's trip into the mountains was very thrilling, the gains he made far exceeded his expectations.

He has enough "food" for his second rebirth, which means his strength will be greatly improved.

Qin Ming stood in the snow and looked at the forest stained with blood red. He originally didn't want to do this, but the other party didn't give him any other choice.

Since the other party has given him such a valuable gift, he must bury the person properly and let the deceased rest in peace. He should not have to wear cold armor after death.

He stripped off the black gold armor, searched the body from head to toe, and then placed the body deep in the dense forest, leaving the mountain beasts to bury him.

"What a good sword!" Qin Ming stroked the long sword that was like a clear spring with his hand, and gently passed it through the night. The brilliant sword light was like a silk thread across the sky.

However, he was unable to get out of the mountains, which was a great pity for him.

This sword is much stronger than Fu Entao's long sword. After he chopped the blood snake, the long sword was full of gaps. However, after the man with a dark complexion killed the blood snake with the sword in front of him, the sword was still sharp and smooth as a mirror.

Qin Ming quickly cleaned up the battlefield. Those who needed to be buried were buried, and those who needed to be buried were buried. This group of people came from Chixia City and had to be cleaned up.

Both the long sword and the black armor of its owner were the best weapons he could get his hands on at the moment, but they could only be left in the mountains.

"Dig it when you need it."

Obviously, the weapons left behind by Fu Entao, Feng Yian and others can all be eliminated as they were badly damaged in the process of dealing with the blood snake.

Several of them had night silver on them, and the strongest man had thirteen day gold coins on him.

"Sure enough, a man cannot get rich without unexpected wealth, and a horse cannot get fat without night grass." Qin Ming sighed, but he didn't want to experience any more of this daytime gold stained with blood.

Unfortunately, he didn't have the meditation and Qigong that he valued most. It's understandable if you think about it, who would carry a secret book of scriptures when going into the mountains for adventure?

Qin Ming set out on his return journey and hunted a huge bison on the way. After cleaning out its internal organs, he stuffed the blood snake into its belly and sewed it up.

There were no accidents along the way and he returned home safely.

"It's been two days since Fu Entao and Feng Yian died. Why hasn't the truth been exposed yet?" Qin Ming estimated that it should be soon.

After all, the group of rangers who went to deal with the blood snakes had sent people to spy on Fu Entao's stronghold and found that several wooden houses had disappeared.

In fact, the day after Fu Entao, Feng Yian and others disappeared, someone realized something was wrong, because the catalytic liquid needed for the Black Moon planted in the fire spring had been prepared, but when the time came, the person in charge of the patrol team did not go to get it.

When Fu Entao did not show up for two consecutive days, and Feng Yian, Shao Chengfeng and others did not go to Yinteng Town to fool around, the people involved realized that something might have happened.

After lunch, Qin Ming began to practice sword skills seriously.

He stood in the yard, swinging a long-handled black gold hammer, which gradually brought up snowflakes all over the yard, artificially causing heavy snow to fly. The hammer broke through the air, and there was even a faint sound of wind and thunder.

Not until his body was burning hot and he had delivered his strongest blow with the hammer, causing the snow and wind to explode, did he put away the hammer and stand in the yard covered in sweat, feeling extremely refreshed.

Qin Ming gained a new understanding of the fighting sword styles recorded in the sword manual. He stood still for a long time, grasping those feelings and pondering them carefully.

Afterwards, he began to study "harmony with the light and dust", visualizing tranquility and emptiness, concealing vitality, and having a dim spirit. As he went deeper into it, he gained more and more insights.

As the early night was coming to an end, Xu Yueping came back from outside with an extremely solemn expression, and then called all the new students in the village over.

"Something big has happened this time!" He uttered a few simple words, and immediately made everyone nervous.

"What's going on?" someone asked.

"Feng Yian, Shao Chengfeng and others are very likely... to have been killed by the mountain monster. Haha!" At the end of his speech, Xu Yueping couldn't hold back his smile and couldn't help laughing.

He quickly restrained himself. After all, this kind of thing couldn't be made too obvious. If it got out, it might cause some trouble.

But the corners of his eyes and brows relaxed, and even the movements of making black ant tea became lighter.

"Is it true?" Yang Yongqing stood up suddenly. This was a big event.

Xu Yueping nodded and said, "They have been missing for two days. I think they are in grave danger."

Old man Liu was old and didn't care about anything at all. He just said, "Hiss, the mountains are really scary. Feng Yian, Shao Chengfeng and those bastards are all dead? This mountain monster might become a mountain god!"

"How did Uncle Xu know?" Qin Ming asked. As an eyewitness, he couldn't appear too calm, and he really wanted to know the latest situation.

Xu Yueping said: "Not long ago, a large group of mountain patrollers, dozens of people, rushed into Qingsang Village in search of Er Bingzi's distant relative Xu Kong."

"Why are you looking for him?"

"Because this time only Qingsang Village did not plant the Black Moon, and Feng Yian, Shao Chengfeng and others went there to meet Xu Kong the day before the accident."

Qin Ming was a little dazed after hearing this.

In Qingsang Village, Xu Kong was confused. What the hell was going on? He was confused. How did he become a target of suspicion?
On that day, Feng Yian, Shao Chengfeng and others came to visit him very politely. Even if those people had the courage, they would not dare to threaten him. There could be no mortal hatred between the two sides because they were not on the same level.

But now the mountain patrol team has mobilized a large number of troops, all of them are armed to the teeth and have their arrows drawn.

Several great masters came in person, leading sixty or seventy patrollers to surround the place. At the same time, the patrol team that had attacked the Blood Bamboo Forest was also targeted, and the team leader Liu Huaishan was trapped by several team leaders of the same level.

"Everyone, what are you going to do? Although I don't like Fu Entao and others, it is impossible for me to kill them all and put myself to death." Liu Huaishan said quickly.

Someone said in a deep voice, "Then tell me, why did your team lose several people? And recently they took away twelve more sets of armor and bought a large amount of poison. Don't you admit it?"

"I... I was wronged so much!" Liu Huaishan was so anxious that his forehead was sweating. He explained, "We took away the armor and bought medicine powder in order to go to the Blood Bamboo Forest to hunt spiritual creatures."

An old man shouted, "That's right. The Blood Bamboo Forest is in the area that Fu Entao is in charge of. Their group has always wanted to hunt blood snakes, and after you crossed over, you must have had a bloody conflict with them. There is also a worse possibility, that is, when they and the blood snakes were both injured, you secretly attacked and harmed them, right?"

"I..." Liu Huaishan almost vomited blood. As he listened to it, he felt that all the links matched and it seemed to make sense.

"You have nothing to say?!"

Liu Huaishan hurriedly shook his head and explained loudly: "Old man, please don't do it. My colleagues, please listen to me. We really didn't commit a bloody crime. However, I seem to know who killed the blood snake. We saw a man with a dark complexion holding a long sword and killing the blood snake alone. I think he is the only one who has that kind of strength in that area these two days..."

Then, he added solemnly, "Most importantly, we have truly felt that he is very hostile to us rangers. He once approached us with a sword in hand, wanting to kill us!"

"Take them all away and interrogate them carefully!" an old man ordered with a stern face.

Several powerful old masters looked unhappy. How many years had it been since such a serious incident happened? A patrol team was wiped out. If it was man-made, it would undoubtedly be a major case.

All patrol teams in this area have been dispatched and are acting separately.

One of the patrol teams came to Shuangshu Village and not only called in new students such as Xu Yueping and Qin Ming for questioning, but also stopped several idle men in the village.

"Does anyone here have conflicts with the patrol team? For example, have the new students in your village ever had conflicts with Feng Yian, Shao Chengfeng and others?"

A ranger sternly questioned several idle men, including Ma Yang, Wang Youping and Hu Yong, who had tried to intercept Qin Ming's prey outside the village entrance when Qin Ming had just recovered from a serious illness.

"What are you looking at? I'm asking you questions, answer honestly!" The patrolman was not in a good mood towards them.

"Uncle Xu has always been kind. Mr. Liu's legs are weak..." Ma Yang replied.

In the distance, when Old Man Liu heard these words, he was so angry that his beard stood up and he wanted to roll up his sleeves and beat him up.

"Qin Ming, even though Brother Qin beat us up, I can't slander him for no reason. He is the last one to do that. He was just born not long ago. He is very kind and peaceful. He shared a lot of the prey he brought back from the mountains with the villagers. He even shared some meat with us without any grudges."

Ma Yang, Wang Youping and Hu Yong answered in succession, saying that the newcomers in the village were all very nice and had never had any disputes or conflicts with anyone.

A group of mountain patrollers turned around and left without staying for long. They were just doing their routine work and had to rush to the next village.

That night, Liu Huaishan and several of his surviving men, even though they were not good at painting, persevered and sketched the picture, revising it over and over again, and finally they painted the heroic figure of Wang Nianzhu holding a sword and killing the blood snake.

A stack of portraits of Wang Nianzhu were sent out as soon as possible and quickly distributed to various towns.

……

At night, Qin Ming and Xu Yueping leisurely drank a jar of aged wine that Old Man Liu had found from under the bed. The three of them had a few sips and were in a very good mood.

"Hey, last time Xiao Qin was cursing and saying so many "what ifs", and it really came true. They were really dragged away by the mountain monster!"

Xu Yueping was in a good mood. He was drunk even without drinking. He felt dizzy after just a few drinks.

"I've already said it, God will not stand by them, and something bad will happen sooner or later." Qin Ming said calmly, using God to refer to himself.

He is in a very good mood now, because he is about to prepare for a second life, and now he suddenly feels that this old wine tastes quite good.

Old Man Liu felt sad and said, "Hey, this is the old wine I have treasured for ten years. There is only this one jar. From now on, there will be no more wine in the house."

"Uncle Liu, don't feel bad. I will give you ten jars of alms in the future. Let's talk about the second rebirth. I have some feelings recently, and my body seems to be heating up."

"Oh my god...are you a monster?!"

……

Late at night, Qin Ming took out all the blood snakes at home.

The wound on the second big snake was very deep. Qin Ming judged that in addition to the sharp sword of the man with a blue-black face, his strength must also be very strong, and his power might be greater than his.

Coupled with the opponent's faster speed, if they really met on a narrow road and fought to the death, he might really be in danger.

Qin Ming felt a little gloomy in his heart. All kinds of monsters and demons had appeared in the mountains. The situation was becoming more and more dangerous.

However, when he thought that the man with the dark complexion had been reborn, his mentality became very peaceful again. His arms now had the strength of a thousand pounds. If he was reborn again, he would be able to lift a tripod of two thousand pounds, which was far beyond the records of those gifted people in Chixia City.

At least in the past few hundred years, there has been no such horrifying record in Chixia City.

"Everything is ready. It's time for me to be reborn again..."

I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, good health and all the best!
(End of this chapter)