Night without Borders

Chapter 401 Climbing to the top
"Last night was truly a fierce battle, a real eye-opener! The Chaos Force shattered the Tribulation Avoidance Immortal Scripture!"

In the early hours of the night, in Tucheng, at a roadside breakfast stall, people were eating steaming hot food while discussing this matter.

Qin Ming's duel with the mysterious young man in white has sparked heated discussions.

"It's amazing! I never imagined that Hunyuan Jin was so powerful. It's truly divine."

"Is it really as scary as you guys say?"

"The Immortal Scripture of Avoiding Calamity is said to be invulnerable to all laws and impervious to all calamities. Yesterday, the white-robed youth did indeed demonstrate the true power of this immortal scripture. However, the Chaos Force was unparalleled in its attack power, which stirred the blood and made the heart pound with excitement."

"The young man in white seemed to have even mastered the legendary 'Subduing Immortal Scripture,' but he still lost!"

Many people found it outrageous that two teenagers at the third realm were fighting, a scene that made even geniuses at the fourth realm feel uneasy and wary.

Both the "Avoiding Calamity Immortal Scripture" and the "Subduing Immortal Scripture" originate from the four-page jade book, and both have a very important origin, a very long history, and many legends.

Legend has it that if you cultivate them to perfection, even becoming an Earth Immortal is not the end goal!

The Chaos Force, whose lineage is not that distant and was interrupted for five hundred years, has yet to produce such a stunning performance, causing quite a stir.

"If we look at it this way, wouldn't the living sage Pugong, the source of the Chaos Force, be able to look down on the realm of Earth Immortals once he returns?" someone asked.

The people of Yezhou all know about Chaos Force, which has terrifying attack power, but it is not well-known outside the region. This is mainly because it appeared for a short time and was limited to Yezhou, and there was a break in its development during that period.

Now, visitors from outside the region are also paying more attention.

"That's hard to say. After all, the orthodox Chaos Force was no match for the collateral lineage some time ago. The key is still the person who practices this force."

"Hmm, Qin Ming truly lives up to his title of Emperor Emeritus!"

That morning, the talk of Qin Ming and the boy in white filled the city.

Suddenly, the dark clouds in the night sky were pierced, and accompanied by auspicious clouds, rain of flowers, and celestial music, a group of people descended from the heavens.

"Today, a group of teenagers from the sky seem to be here to exchange skills and knowledge. Are people from Sky City coming to watch?"

Many people looked up to see that those people, from teenagers to young adults to the elderly, all had outstanding demeanor and seemed to be of extraordinary status.

The arrival of guests from the Golden Palace high above the heavens has attracted widespread attention.

The people in heaven value the group of young men and women who came to Tucheng to hone their skills, and today some important figures have come here in person.

Su Mohua gazed at the night sky, staring at some of the people in it, a hint of fighting spirit in her eyes.

"Are there people your age?" Qin Ming asked.

Su Mohua nodded and said, "Yes, not all people of our age have come to Tu City. Some of them stayed in the sky to cultivate, and others were taken to the outer realms. I guess they came here today to observe and see the results of our cultivation."

Qin Ming said, "It seems you'll have quite a few competitors in the future."

Su Mohua smoothed her hair and said, "Yes, these are still the younger opponents. The older seeds have already entered the fourth realm."

Those people are extremely terrifying; in terms of cultivation level at this stage, they are even more profound than her junior master, Qin Ming.

However, it is far from time to determine whether it is Lieyang or Shenyue, and everyone has a chance to compete.

Tucheng has piqued the interest of many people.

"Even the people in the heavens have come, let's go and take a look."

Without a doubt, everyone's attention will be focused on this competition among the newcomers today.

In the center of Tu City, at the Vermilion Bird Martial Arts Arena, the ground is paved with red gold stone, engraved with special textures to ensure that the ground is solid and difficult to damage. Fire springs flow all around, illuminating the place as bright as day.

When the group of people in the sky arrived, they were immediately surrounded. It was mainly acquaintances catching up. Even Su Mohua stepped forward to greet her elders and friends.

A bright and beautiful young woman spoke up: "Mo Hua, we heard that you became an apprentice on the surface?"

She wore a green dress and had many hair ornaments on her head, with beads swaying and sparkling. She covered her mouth and smiled faintly, with a hint of teasing, and said, "That's hilarious. That person was just a sparring partner. How could you take it so seriously?"

Others also cast strange glances at them.

Clearly, they had just arrived on the ground and were told this by a group of old acquaintances.

Another girl spoke up, saying, "Mo Hua, have you been bewitched by him? You are a chosen one of heaven, yet you take a sparring partner from the ground as your master, making us all lose face."

Su Mohua sighed. These two women were her clay-sculpted best friends, and she had to step in and tease them at this crucial moment.

None of the newcomers who came from the sky approved of her becoming an apprentice.

The group of people who came to the ground to hone their skills, just like Su Mohua, were unusually quiet today. They had been deeply shocked by the fight between Qin Ming and the white-robed youth last night.

"Let's talk about these things later. Here, I brought you some special winter snacks from Yezhou." Su Mohua took out two strings of "turtle honey" from behind her.

The two women were stunned. This was... rock candy turtle?
Although it's the season for snow, isn't it a bit too much for people in the mortal world to sell such special snacks?
"What is this? How am I supposed to eat it?!" the woman in the green dress said coquettishly, as the turtle's head was facing her, its eyes glaring.

"This is turtle honey," Su Mohua told them the name of the snack.

The two women wanted to roll their eyes; Su Mohua's words were loaded with meaning, subtly cursing them.

The girl in the green dress said, "Mo Hua, don't mess up this test. If you're squeezed out of the top three, you won't have a chance to compete with me in the future."

The group of teenagers who had just descended from the heavens all looked over, feeling that Su Mohua was being too unrestrained and pursuing individuality. Choosing to become a native as a disciple was truly a form of self-degradation, and her ranking this time probably wouldn't be very good.

Su Mohua said, "Let's let our performance speak for itself then!"

She is now mentally strong and doesn't care about these people's attitudes at all. Whether they are those who ridicule her to her face or those who stand by and watch her make a fool of herself, she ignores them all.

She believed in her moments of spiritual clarity, especially last night when her junior master helped her cultivate and actually forged the Primordial Chaos Furnace, which was engraved with the original patterns of dozens of classic texts, thereby refining her spiritual light. It was truly wonderful.

A large crowd surged into the area, and in an instant, it became bustling and noisy, with every seat in the Vermilion Bird Martial Arts Arena filled.

Qin Ming, Xiang Yiwu, and Xiao Wu entered the venue, all of whom had reserved seats in advance. Bai Meng was with them; he had been getting very close to Qin Ming recently.

Jiang Ran and Li Qingyue appeared in the row behind them, with Luo Yao, a girl in white, by their side.

Luo Yao said, "The storefront on Xinsheng Road is quite impressive. I heard you've taken on a disciple, and she's a stunningly beautiful fairy."

Qin Ming smiled and looked over, saying, "Emperor Ran, has your sister recently considered becoming an apprentice?"

Luo Yao's eyes widened immediately, her cheeks puffed out, and she shook her head, saying, "I would rather die than become your disciple!"

"I never said I wanted to take you as my apprentice." Qin Ming looked at her like this and really wanted to give her a good whack on the head.

"Your disciple seems to be isolated by some people," Jiang Ran said with a smile.

Li Qingyue said, "These are minor matters. The results of the competition are the most powerful words, and the outcome will be known today."

At the Vermilion Bird Martial Arts Arena, opposite Qin Ming and his group, a stunningly beautiful woman in a red dress stared in astonishment, then widened her eyes and looked at the familiar figure in front of her.

Qin Ming realized, "Oh no, that's Tang Yushang. She clearly recognized me."

Being in the same city, he knew they would meet sooner or later, and he was already mentally prepared.

Bai Meng said, "My sister is looking over here, and she seems quite surprised? Hey, it's rare to see her show such emotional fluctuations. She's usually so dignified and poised."

He waved to the opposite side while chatting and laughing with Qin Ming. Tang Yushang was almost furious when she saw this. What was that guy doing? Just yesterday, Bai Meng was telling her that he had been trying to find the Great Thunderclap Temple's mortal enemy. How come he's sitting with him today, and so enthusiastically, laughing so heartily?

"Sister, this is my new good brother Qin Ming!" Bai Meng said, not caring whether the other side could hear her from such a distance.

Tang Yushang looked at his lip movements and really wanted to give him a light punch on the head.

"Don't you think he looks a lot like that person from the Great Thunder Temple?" Tang Yushang retorted, glaring at him through gritted teeth.

Bai Meng was puzzled and said, "Sister, what are you talking about? Brother Qin is so handsome. Compared with that villain with the small nose and ears, he is worlds apart."

Has he gone mad? Tang Yushang wanted to rush over and slap him twice to wake him up.

"Hehe, fine, whatever makes you happy. Bring him over to see me later!" That was all she said in the end.

On the other side, Qin Ming politely nodded and smiled at her.

In an instant, Tang Yushang's eyes turned dangerous. Was the other party provoking her?

She got angry whenever she saw Qin Ming. No one had ever dared to treat her like that before. The heavy kick to her plump buttocks was something she couldn't let go of.

"Brother Qin, even my proud and arrogant sister wants to see you. You must have a lot of influence." Bai Meng excitedly transmitted his voice in secret.

"Thank you, sister!" Qin Ming replied.

"The competition is about to begin, and all spectators are not allowed to move around freely," an old man announced.

The noisy training ground gradually quieted down.

The woman in the green dress spoke up: "Mo Hua, you've encountered a formidable opponent in your first battle. Based on his usual performance, he should be ranked in the top three. Be careful."

Then, she chuckled and said, "Mo Hua, I heard that your little teacher is called the Emperor Emeritus by some people? Haha."

Su Mohua smiled faintly, ignored her, and walked into the training ground.

Opposite him was a purple-haired boy with a vertical line between his eyebrows, like an eye about to open, and a faint electric light flowing around him.

Su Mohua knew this person; he was skilled in thunder magic and had mastered the true scriptures of the thunder path. He was incredibly fierce and anyone who encountered him would have a headache.

Sure enough, right from the start, the purple-haired youth unleashed a dense barrage of lightning, like a thunder god descending to earth, carrying a massive amount of lightning as he struck towards Su Mohua.

At that moment, Su Mohua's consciousness surged forth, initially like a golden elixir, radiating light in all directions. Then it transformed into a pure yang flying sword, which swept across with a whoosh, unleashing a thunderous roar and shattering all the lightning.

"This level of pure Yang consciousness is very rare in the second realm!" someone exclaimed.

With a soft thud, blood appeared on the purple-haired boy's shoulder, and he retreated rapidly, not expecting to be injured so soon.

Without uttering a word, he suddenly opened the vertical line between his eyebrows, which indeed transformed into an eye. Purple lightning burst forth from it, scorching the void as if it were distorted, crackling and shooting out at lightning speed.

With a whoosh, Su Mohua unleashed a strike using her Pure Yang Sword Body!

boom! boom!
In this area, deafening collisions continued to erupt.

Many people found it hard to believe that someone could perform so well in a battle at the second level.

Finally, the purple-haired youth staggered backward, the vertical line between his eyebrows closed, and blood flowed from his eye, which had been injured by the pure yang sword energy. His face was pale and quite bitter as he said, "I have lost."

Just two weeks ago, he had ridiculed his rival Su Mohua, saying that her choice to become Qin Ming's apprentice was absurd, but in the end, he was the one who lost.

The group of teenagers from the sky fell silent. Everything depended on their performance; the facts were there for all to see. Anyone who said anything unpleasant was just asking for trouble.

Su Mohua left the arena and, after resting for a sufficient amount of time, watched others fight.

Soon after, she faced her second opponent. This battle was even faster. She used a wisp of pure Yang consciousness to evolve into a golden crow and defeated her opponent in less than ten moves.

The woman in the green dress, Lü Lin, spoke up: "Mo Hua, your consciousness has made rapid progress in becoming pure Yang in the past half month. It is said that special heavenly light is of great benefit to us cultivators on the path of immortality. It seems that your little master is not simple."

"Mm." Su Mohua simply nodded.

Lu Lin said, "I've heard that there's a very famous person in Tu City who has mastered this Heavenly Light Force, known as Little Buddha, and his cultivation is even more profound. Do you think it would be more effective if I asked him to spar with me?"

“You can give it a try,” Su Mohua said.

She then returned to the court, where she faced another formidable opponent in the third match.

As soon as they clashed, the opponent used a portion of his consciousness to transform into a golden-winged roc, its golden feathers gleaming and billowing with fierce winds, as it charged towards Su Mohua.

This opponent is very strong, and his progress in the pure Yang transformation of his consciousness is also remarkable. There is a divine halo behind the roc's head, like the blazing sun shining down.

Su Mohua was extremely serious as she circulated the "Nine Heavens Book," her fundamental scripture, and now she had gained many new insights than before.

Especially last night, when Qin Ming helped her refine her pure yang consciousness, he even resonated with her to some extent and passed on some insights, such as the killing techniques that incorporated the "Golden Crow Shining at Night Scripture".

High in the sky, ten suns stretch across the heavens, and within each sun, a golden crow builds its nest.

Chi!
Ten golden crows flew together, traversing the sky and earth, illuminating the entire training ground. Each golden crow held a knife in its beak.

puff!
The Golden-Winged Roc opposite was dismembered, quickly falling into pieces, its consciousness and spiritual light dissipating.

The boy behind him turned ashen-faced and retreated. He had been defeated and utterly crushed by his opponent.

Two of her rivals, who were strong contenders for the top three, have already been decisively defeated by Su Mohua. This achievement has caused quite a stir. Given the current situation, barring any unforeseen circumstances, she is destined to reach the top today.

Sure enough, in the following matches, Su Mohua won a series of victories, a resounding triumph, without any suspense.

In the end, Su Mohua reached the top.

A group of teenagers from the sky remained silent for a long time.

The real results speak for themselves, and this is Su Mohua's most powerful response, leaving them all speechless.

"Lu Lin, how about we have a friendly spar?" Su Mohua asked her clay-sculpted best friend.

The girl in the green dress glanced at her and said, "Heh, Mo Hua, our duel has always been a 50/50 affair. It seems you're quite confident now."

She was really eager to try it out, because she had recently obtained a cluster of strange fire in the heavens, and by using it to refine herself, her consciousness and spiritual light had become noticeably purer.

Soon, the two entered the arena and began a fierce battle.

In the end, Lü Lin unleashed the entire cluster of strange fire, but it failed to frighten away her familiar opponent.

The main point is that Su Mohua had already witnessed Qin Ming's Southern Ming Fire, so why would she be surprised by that strange fire?

After a fierce battle, she defeated Lü Lin.

Finally, she personally helped her friend, who looked pale, up and comforted her, saying it was just a simple sparring match and there was no need to worry about it. She also gave her a string of tortoise shells.

Lu Lin remained expressionless, her knuckles turning white from clenching her fists.

"My niece performed exceptionally well, defeating all her opponents. Not bad at all, it makes me want to take her on as a disciple," Wu Yaozu exclaimed.

At this moment, Bai Meng revealed a look of joy and said, "Brother Qin, look, my sister is smiling at you and wants me to invite you over."

However, in Qin Ming's eyes, even though Tang Yushang was stunningly beautiful, at this moment she was no different from a Tyrannosaurus Rex baring its fangs, its smile concealing a thunderous sense of oppression.

(End of this chapter)