Night without Borders

Chapter 26 Second Rebirth
Late at night, the sky and the earth were as dark as ink, everything lost its color, and only a very vague outline remained of the entire village.

Qin Ming was dealing with a blood snake. The skin of this spiritual creature was extremely difficult to peel. Its scales were harder than fine iron, and they made clanging sounds when hit with a hatchet.

If you are not careful, the bright red scales can cut your fingers. It seems like it is made of pieces of pure gold. If it were made into armor, the defensive power would be amazing.

Qin Ming threw the hatchet aside and prepared to replace it with a sharp weapon. Two days ago, Mu Qing gave him a long-handled black gold hammer and a short sword.

He tried it. Although it was not as sharp as the long sword of the dark-faced man, he could still use it to skin the snake by clenching the dagger and increasing his strength.

Qin Ming was extremely focused. He used his short sword to peel off the skin of one end of the snake and then pulled it down with force. This was much easier than cutting it directly.

Several pieces of sunstone were emitting soft light, illuminating the blood snake's body with a bright red glow, as if it were a piece of polished jade.

After the red snake skin was gradually peeled off, the exposed flesh was white and delicate. The snake gall was not dark in color like ordinary snakes. It was blue and transparent like a gem.

Qin Ming has already noticed that both snake meat and snake gallbladder contain rich and vigorous spirituality, and are actually glowing faintly, which must be a top-grade nourishing tonic.

“No wonder the people from Chixia City immediately dropped their hypocritical faces after seeing it, and were willing to kill people to snatch it.”

He cut the snake meat with a dagger into pieces, washed it carefully and immediately boiled water in a pot. He would never leave it overnight if it could be reborn sooner.

In this environment, he had a sense of crisis. All kinds of monsters had come, and the big families and organizations in Chixia City had appeared one after another. No one knew what would happen in the mountains next.

These people are all looking for the "nodes" in the mountains. Special areas are all accompanied by abnormal scenes, especially the place where colorful mist and clouds are shining, which makes them extremely eager and willing to use extremely rare high-level scriptures to reward clues.

Ever since the magnetic field in the mountain became disrupted, the fire springs have gone out and been born again, and all kinds of strange things have happened.

"There is also a group of high-level creatures migrating from afar, bringing their families with them, to seize the resources in the mountains." Qin Ming wondered if the so-called migration was just a cover. Could the newly arrived top-level aliens be looking for something?

The snake meat had been put into the pot. As time passed, a rich aroma gradually emerged, which made Qin Ming quickly collect his thoughts and his appetite was instantly aroused.

Late at night, with strong wind and snow, the aroma of the snake meat pot in the house filled the air. Qin Ming did have a strong appetite and waited patiently for it to be thoroughly cooked.

"It's really fragrant and very fresh." After taking the first bite, his eyes lit up. This spiritual creature was much more delicious than ordinary snakes. It was like two different species.

Originally he was somewhat disgusted by snakes, but now he doesn't care at all. In his eyes, this is just the "dragon meat" on the ground.

After Qin Ming took only a few bites, he felt a warmth rising in his body. The effect was immediate. The spiritual substance took effect so quickly.

"Snake gallbladder can be steamed or soaked in spicy old wine. Alas, there is no wine at home, so I have no choice."

While eating the snake meat, he put the blue snake gall into the steamer. It contained mysterious spiritual essence, so he needed to watch it carefully.

After a while, the snake gallbladder, which looked like a large blue diamond, was cooked. Qin Ming no longer cared about the snake meat and began to enjoy the real "main course".

"Oh my... Mountain God, oh my God, my heart is so bitter!" Qin Ming took only one bite and felt his tongue was bitter and numb. He looked at himself in the mirror and found that his mouth was blue.

He knew that snake bile was bitter and was mentally prepared, but the bile, which was concentrated from the essence of a blood snake, was much more bitter than he had expected.

At this moment, he felt that snake meat no longer smelled good, and he was filled with bitterness and numbness.

He quickly took a sip of the delicious snake soup to flush the bitterness into his stomach, but the effect was not very significant, and a strong bitterness still lingered in his mouth.

Judging from the taste of this thing, even a dog wouldn't eat it, and even the newborns who have built a foundation beyond gold can't stand it.

Qin Ming did not swallow it in one gulp, mainly because the snake gall was large. Secondly, he felt that it would be easier to absorb the spiritual essence after chewing it into pieces, allowing for a quick second rebirth.

His good mood after enjoying the delicacies all night was almost ruined by the bitterness. Seeing that there was still half a pill left, he gritted his teeth and decided to just chew it slowly.

After Qin Ming swallowed the whole snake gall, he looked in the mirror and found that his lips seemed to be painted with an enchanting blue color, giving him an indescribable strange temperament.

"Luckily we ate it late at night. If it was earlier in the night, we wouldn't be able to see anyone!"

However, the effect of snake gall is really very strong. Not long after it was swallowed, his whole body became hot, as if he had a high fever.

Qin Ming remained calm and continued to eat the snake meat, not only to suppress the bitterness, but also to add more spiritual fire to his body.

In the end, his body began to heat up, like a vibrant furnace, driving away the severe cold of the winter season, and his whole body was glowing.

"Food supplements, medicinal diet, the effect is coming!" Qin Ming stood up, grabbed the long-handled black gold hammer, and went to the yard to practice the killing moves in the sword manual. For a moment, all the snow on the ground rushed into the night sky. White mist lingered around him, and a faint light flowed on his body. His flesh and blood were full of vitality. When he swung the hammer, there were bursts of wind and thunder.

Qin Ming's spirit and energy continued to rise. He knew that his second rebirth had begun. This was a process and could not be achieved overnight.

But he could clearly feel the changes; his strength was increasing, his tendons seemed to be stretched, his perception was becoming sharper, and his eyesight was getting stronger.

"Every rebirth is so intoxicating. I feel myself getting stronger, and even the rich and indissoluble night seems to have faded a little."

A large amount of active energy was surging in Qin Ming's body. His whole body seemed to be purified and baptized, and his muscles and bones seemed to be vibrating and roaring.

Under the cover of night, his body was like a furnace and could be clearly seen glowing.

It was as if there was a secret flame burning in his flesh and blood, cutting off the old impurities, promoting new life, refining his essence, energy and spirit, and accelerating the thriving changes in his body.

Qin Ming swung the long-handled black gold hammer in the yard, constantly exhausting himself, until his hair was wet and his body was covered in sweat, then he entered the room.

He sat quietly in the room, silently feeling the changes in his body.

Then, he wondered if his body would grow again after the second rebirth? According to Old Man Liu, the changes in the body would be very different depending on the Qigong and meditation technique chosen.

Next, he will verify the quality of the "wild methods" he has practiced and see what changes it will bring about in his body.

Qin Ming was originally half a head taller than ordinary people, and he grew nearly two inches taller after his first rebirth.

In the evening, when he was chatting about his new life with Old Man Liu and Xu Yueping, they both felt that his height had not changed much, because some people can grow a head taller.

Old Man Liu has rich life experience. When he was young, he was very close to the older generation of mountain rangers and heard many anecdotes about the new life.

“After practicing some Qigong, each time you regenerate, your body will expand like a bubble and become taller and taller. However, only a part of it is a solid golden body, and most of it is a clay model. Therefore, when practicing many regeneration methods to a certain stage, you have to suppress the body to continue to grow taller.” This is one of the situations that Old Man Liu talked about.

He emphasized that there are some secret Qigong techniques that are extremely precious. After practicing them, some extremely mysterious changes will occur, such as the birth of a third eye. Some sacred legends come from this.

This secret book is so rare that even many big families cannot access it.

While drinking, Old Man Liu fell into reminiscence and recounted all the anecdotes that the older generation of mountain rangers had told him in his early years. He also talked about some special new methods and the corresponding various strange changes and influences.

Finally, he also mentioned that there is a method of rebirth that requires maintaining the golden height ratio of the body in the earliest stage and not allowing the body to grow rapidly.

While drinking, Old Man Liu looked at Qin Ming and said drunkenly, "I think your height change is not that obvious."

Qin Ming had a very calm mentality. He only needed to wait for two days to know which type of new method he was practicing was leaning towards.

For the first time, he felt that he was indeed somewhat isolated from the news here. He thought that the newcomers in Chixia City knew all this very well, but he was just piecing together what he had heard.

What's more, some people do not rely on rebirth to move forward. There are other ways to go. These are too far away for them and they have no way of understanding them.

After sitting in meditation for a long time, Qin Ming felt hungry. The changes from his second rebirth were very obvious. He immediately began to eat snake soup to replenish his body's needs with food that contained rich spirituality.

Finally, he rinsed his body with cold water and fell asleep in the silence of the night.

Before going to sleep, he vaguely saw the "Golden Jade Clothes" appear on his body again. The body was covered with silver light and interwoven with gold threads, which looked quite magical.

Qin Ming went from light sleep to deep sleep, and finally to a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness.

He felt like he was in a deep sleep, his body and mind completely relaxed, and he had a good rest, but his consciousness was still partially active.

In a state of half awake and half awake, he seemed to see a dusty black cloth covering his subconscious, blocking his vision and preventing him from seeing what was behind it.

But in the process of second rebirth, the dust was gradually blown away, a corner of the black cloth was lifted, and then he saw himself in his ignorant period.

Although he was half asleep and half awake, Qin Ming realized that his second rebirth had led to an overall improvement of his body, and even his mental awareness was getting stronger, which caused some of his blurred memories from his childhood to reappear.

In a trance, it was as if someone whispered in his ear: "This method... although it has a very good origin, it cannot be practiced."

Then, Qin Ming saw through the corner of the opened black cloth that a rough big hand was holding a very thin ancient book, and it was opened to the first page in front of the young boy...

(End of this chapter)