Night without Borders

Chapter 491 Attention from all parties
“The Great Yu is very special. It has restored order and formed a place close to the capital. Cultivation there is twice as effective with half the effort. We should go and take a look,” Bai Meng said, his tongue slurring.

He was really drunk, and almost called out "brother-in-law" by mistake.

Qin Ming nodded and said, "Yes, I will go down the mountain to take a look in the next few days."

Looking at Shuangshu Village, Bai Meng was truly moved. Now, the outstanding figures of each clan and the top talents of each sect all have amazing backgrounds. He really didn't expect that Qin Ming was a rogue cultivator who came from such an ordinary little mountain village.

Only those who have personally experienced and competed on the path of spiritual practice can know how difficult it is.

Bai Meng comes from Taixu. He is a genius who rose from among countless youths. He eliminated countless opponents before reaching the highest peak of the Holy Clan and obtaining a mysterious inheritance.

In his hometown, he was a legend, and the protagonist of a popular folk novel.

In the capital of the Great Yu Dynasty, there are many protagonists from all over the country, but Bai Meng felt that although some of them may have higher cultivation, none of them were as special as the one in front of him.

Bai Meng said, "Brother Ming, you are the strongest among the rogue cultivators!"

"Apart from rogue cultivators, who is stronger than me?" Qin Ming asked with a smile.

Bai Meng said, "This... is hard to say. There are always higher heavens beyond heavens, and even in the fields, there may be a Qilin hidden."

Qin Ming agreed. He knew that there were indeed rivals among his peers. Not to mention the vast and boundless depths of the Night Fog World, there were such people even in the nearby regions.

For example, the real mastermind behind the "Monkey King" (心猿).

Two years ago, during the great battle outside Tu City, he was only two levels below that ape. That battle left a deep impression on him, and he was very wary of it.

How powerful would that person be if they were to take action personally?

"How have those old guys been doing lately?" Qin Ming asked.

As he was about to leave Black and White Mountain, he naturally wanted to find out the details to ensure his safety.

Bai Meng, his eyes blurry with drunkenness, said, "These days are extremely difficult. Let alone Earth Immortals, they might perish if they make a move. Now even Grandmasters are almost extinct."

Qin Ming smiled; that put his mind at ease.

It is said that even the most resolute Earth Immortals and the top experts of the Sixth Realm have bowed to reality and ascended to heaven.

Bai Meng added, "Or it could be a strange place hidden on the ground, such as a spirit nest that has emerged in the River Styx, or a place like the Taiyin Secret Aperture."

This is a common phenomenon, and it's the same in Taixu.

A powerful being like the Dog Sword Immortal, still struggling, is probably putting up its last act of defiance. If it really can't hold on any longer, it will surely slash its sword towards the sky and force its way up.

“But everyone is optimistic about the future,” Bai Meng said.

This is the consensus of Earth Immortals and those who have accumulated seven days of power; it is the prediction of the supreme experts that a golden age is about to arrive.

Some unparalleled figures in the seventh realm have even sensed the "dampness" approaching from afar, foretelling a prosperous future.

"In the current situation, would a Grandmaster be killed if he intervened?" Qin Ming asked.

Bai Meng's eyes widened immediately, and he said, "Brother Ming, are you trying to cause trouble?"

Qin Ming shook his head and said, "What are you thinking? I'm just worried that someone wants to harm me, so I'm making some preparations in advance."

Bai Meng's eyes were strange, and he thought to himself: You might as well just say it directly, there are always treacherous people trying to harm me.

He put down his wine glass, thought for a moment, and then said, "Grandmasters are almost extinct. I reckon they would suffer unbearable pain if they came out."

He then saw Qin Ming reveal a mouthful of snow-white teeth, which shone brilliantly under the sunstone's light.

Qin Ming naturally wouldn't rely entirely on others' "decline" to protect himself; the current special atmosphere was simply the most advantageous to him.

He obtained a rotten fan from the ruins of Feixian Mountain, which originated from the Tushita Palace. In the current environment, it should be enough for him to protect himself.

"There must be very few Wind-Fixing Pearls in the world, right?" he pondered to himself. Besides, even if there were, how could he possibly happen to encounter someone carrying one?

Qin Ming decided to set off, saying, "Let's go, we're going to the capital of the Great Yu."

After leaving the village, he looked up at the sky and said, "Your sister really hasn't forgotten me. She hasn't left yet. Shouldn't I respond?"

Bai Meng said, "She's still angry, so don't tease her. Imagine if you got kicked in the butt twice, would you be able to swallow that anger?"

In the night sky, Tang Yushang stood on the back of a high-level exotic bird, waiting for them to leave the village.

Suddenly, she cried out in alarm and had to spur her horse and speed away, for she saw a bleeding figure looking down at her from high above.

At first, Bai Meng was curious and asked, "Who's flying a kite?"

A moment later, his expression changed, and he said, "That's a blood-dripping human skin."

Qin Ming was surprised. Old Liu still had a backup plan. He was worried about his wife and children. The blood-stained human skin kite was still there and had not disappeared.

After walking some distance from Shuangshu Village, he whistled, and the Thunder King Bird flew over to take him to the capital of Dayu. This time, he was leaving the mountain in a dignified manner, so he naturally didn't need to ride the wind to cross the distance himself.

Along the way, in the night fog, the kite watched quietly, as if seeing them off, following behind them until they were almost in the desert.

"Brother, let's go to the ground." Bai Meng was terrified.

"Okay." Qin Ming nodded. He was going to see an old friend and told Bai Meng in advance that there was a friend who looked a lot like him.

Tang Yushang originally wanted to wait ahead, but the blood-dripping human skin rushed towards her, making her hair stand on end, and she had no choice but to leave ahead of time. She used her jade mirror to look at the kite, and the special weapon immediately gave her a strong warning.

"Fine, I'll settle the score with you when we get to Chongxiao City." Holding a grudge, Tang Yushang ran off first.

In the desert, Bai Meng looked at the palm-sized Ming pig with its big nose and big ears and thought to himself: It's so ugly, how does it resemble me?
"When did our pig clan produce such a hero? Excellent!" exclaimed the Palm-sized Pig.

“I am not of the same race as you!” Bai Meng immediately corrected.

Qin Ming was disappointed that the two did not appreciate each other and almost came to blows.

When passing through Chixia City, Qin Ming made a brief stop, had a cup of tea with Meng Xinghai at the city lord's mansion, and then rode the Thunder King Bird and disappeared into the night sky.

His initiative to enter the sights of those large organizations was not because he was arrogant or wanted to fully expose himself, but because he wanted to "clarify the truth" and prevent misjudgments from all parties.

Now, some people suspect that he is a combination of Taiyi, Jingjiepai, and Yijian.

If he were to be confirmed, he feared that someone might take the risk.

Even if he leverages his power, it probably won't be enough. Unless Liu Mo returns, even the Dog Sword Immortal can't protect him.

"Right now, the Daoist energy is surging intensely. While the old monsters are still struggling, I will take the initiative to come out and show it to you."

During the journey, Bai Meng also asked Qin Ming what realm he was at.

"The eighth level of the Spirit Realm," Qin Ming stated "frankly."

Bai Meng's eyes widened, and he said, "The third realm? Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

He couldn't accept this "truth" at all and didn't believe it.

"If you don't believe me, investigate for yourself." Qin Ming let him take the lead and no longer concealed his aura.

As Bai Meng reached out, he released his spiritual perception, probing into the man's body to truly sense him. He was immediately dumbfounded, feeling as if he were dreaming.

Ming-ge, who caused such a commotion in the remnants of Feixian Mountain, hasn't even reached the fourth realm yet? Bai Meng found this absurd and hard to understand. "How did you conceal it?" He couldn't believe it, because Tang Yushang had used the jade mirror to check, and the person in front of him was definitely at the fourth realm.

Qin Ming smiled faintly and said, "That's the truth. Also, once we get to the capital of the Great Yu Dynasty, don't say anything out of line, or it will cause a lot of trouble."

At this moment, his divine light enveloped part of his consciousness and wisdom, attaching itself to the old cloth. Moreover, some of his blood essence was also separated and sent into the old cloth.

He was the temporary owner of the strange gold cloth. Outsiders, including earth immortals, could not detect that the cloth was on him, which was why he concealed his true cultivation.

Qin Ming thought to himself, "It'll be soon. Time is on my side. Even if it's slow, the old guys probably won't be able to get out in a while, right?"

As time goes by, he believes that since skilled fighters will die if they make a move, not many old monsters will be willing to show their faces.

He needs to carefully navigate through this still precarious and dangerous period.

If it weren't for the woman blocking his path in the Sun Secret Aperture of the Flying Immortal Mountain's remnant vein, and the presence of the Qilin's toe and golden claw marks lingering in the night mist, Qin Ming might have already gone far away.

Now that he is in Yezhou, he needs to "verify" that he is in the third realm as soon as possible. People at this level cannot possibly be realm-based cultivators who can pierce through the thirty-sixth heaven with a single sword. He needs to clear his name.

He also wanted to be in the spotlight and exposed to the "sunlight," but it was too early for that now. It would be better to wait until the old monsters were half-dead.

Moreover, his improvement rate is very rapid. If he continues to persevere, he might be able to catch up with many old men.

"To put it bluntly, with my current strength, I could even put up a fight against those grandmasters who are ill." He secretly weighed his options.

The main reason is that he had just killed Cui Changqing, who was on track to reach the Grandmaster level, so he knew what was going on.

On the way, Bai Meng used his extraordinary treasure to examine Qin Ming fourteen times. No matter how he looked at it, Qin Ming was only at the eighth level of the Spirit Realm, leaving Bai Meng completely dumbfounded.

He said, "Brother Ming, if you haven't reached the fourth realm yet, it's not safe for you to go to the Great Yu Emperor."

If you think about it carefully, Qin Ming hasn't appeared for the past two years, which is equivalent to advancing one level per year, which is already an astonishing rate of improvement. However, most of his opponents are in the fourth realm.

Bai Meng knew about his past, and many people wanted to think twice about him.

For example, Cui Chonghe, one of the two dragons of the Cui family, is challenging all sides and has even publicly mentioned that if Qin Ming reaches the fourth realm, he will fight him.

"Cui Er has been making a lot of noise lately, and he's in the capital of the Great Yu!" Bai Meng solemnly informed him.

Qin Ming didn't care and said, "I'm already at the eighth level of the Spirit Realm, how could I not be able to defeat someone at the fourth level?"

Bai Meng was taken aback. What kind of talk was that?

Those who didn't know him might have thought he was already a grandmaster, hence his disdain and condescension towards Cui Chonghe, who was in the fourth realm. But he was clearly a realm below Cui Chonghe.

Bai Meng's eyes gleamed strangely as he said, "Brother Ming, are you up to something?"

"We never go looking for trouble," Qin Ming said, shaking his head.

Bai Meng was excited and said, "You know that Cui Chonghe wants to fight you, so you came here to use your Spirit Field Realm to fight against Cui Er, who is in the fourth realm, and to break his Dao Heart."

Qin Ming laughed and said, "You really have a lot of drama in your mind."

The Great Yu, Chongxiao City, is already in sight, its scale magnificent and imposing. Now, with this place as its center, the order of heaven and earth in the Night State is being sorted out, and thick lines spread into the distance, making it appear even more extraordinary and sacred.

Qin Ming entered the city discreetly, but he was still discovered, and the news spread immediately.

"Mountain Lord, I'm going to visit an old friend and catch up, and perhaps have a friendly spar." The Thunder King Bird's eyes gleamed, and it looked ready for battle.

"Take it easy, don't be so ruthless. If you can't get it, you can't just smash it. That's really not a good idea," Qin Ming warned, knowing that it was definitely going to see the Thunder King Bird, the mount of the Fourth Princess of the Great Yu Dynasty.

"Don't worry, it's just a discussion of principles, I won't go to such extremes." The Thunder King Bird vanished in a flash.

Under the night mist, along the banks of the Shuyu River, silver willows droop their silken branches, wisteria blossoms exude fragrance, painted boats dot the river, and melodious music and dancing fill the air.

In the past, Qin Ming had Xiao Wu and Xiang Yiwu by his side, accompanying him to visit this place. Now, looking at the familiar night view, he no longer knows where his old friends are.

"Young Master Qin, the River God invites you." A woman dressed in white walked across the river, holding a bright pearl, to guide the way. She bowed respectfully on the river.

"I'm sorry, I have an appointment today," Qin Ming politely declined.

Back then, the river god disliked him, Xiao Wu, and Xiang Yiwu quite a bit, and eventually even drove them out of the river god's residence. Now, Qin Ming doesn't care about this kind of invitation.

Bai Meng gasped in the night mist and transmitted his voice, "That is, after all, a deity, and has a close relationship with the Great Yu royal family."

"Under these circumstances, would she really take a shortcut and come out to make things difficult for me?" Qin Ming secretly replied, actually wanting to test whether the old guys were really unable to move.

Besides, he was being very polite; he wasn't really trying to go against the river god.

Soon, the Fourth Princess of Dayu, Yao Ruoxian, sent someone to invite Qin Ming, not only because she was the host and well-informed, but also because the Thunder King Bird had indeed gone to attack her mount, which was truly... hard to explain!

"A little later," Qin Ming replied, wanting to walk around the city first to let everyone know he had arrived.

Along the Shuyu River, there are many historical sites and scenic spots. This is the most prosperous area of ​​the capital of Dayu, where every inch of land is precious. Most people who enter the city for the first time will come here to stroll around.

"Master!" Many people were coming and going, and some waved from a distance.

"It's you." Qin Ming said in surprise.

A young girl jogged over; it was Su Mohua, Qin Ming's disciple whom he had taken in Tucheng.

Behind Su Mohua was her cousin, Su Moran, who greeted her with a smile: "Brother Qin."

Su Moran felt a little awkward. She and Qin Ming used to have a good relationship. She had even given him a secret book about spirit fields and treated him as an equal. However, her cousin insisted that he become her disciple.

From behind, Gao Chan walked over as if he had swallowed a dead child. Although he was not happy, he had no choice but to smile and go forward to talk.

"Qin Ming has entered the city? I'd like to see him." Li Wanfa, the youngest disciple of the contemporary sage, stopped circulating his Chaos Energy after receiving the news. He was like an abyss, devouring light.

Little Buddha put down his teacup and said, "Nowadays, I guess many people want to get to know him."

Qin Ming walked along the bustling Shuyu River, showcasing himself to everyone.

Whether in the heavens or on the ground, many extraordinary talents were invited to the capital of the Great Yu Dynasty, and even saints from the heavens came in person.

The old mountain peaks above the Nine Heavens and the earth immortal lineages outside Yezhou had all harbored doubts about Qin Ming. Now that he has appeared, it has naturally attracted attention from all sides in the city.

"He's here. Has he broken through to the fourth realm yet?" Cui Chonghe also heard the news.

“Someone is approaching him. Preliminary assessment suggests he is still in the Spirit Realm,” an elder from the Cui family said with a smile.

“They are not qualified to fight Chonghe.” Cui Chongxiao, the eldest son of the Cui family, was also in the city.

In the city, a mysterious figure whispered: "You once slew my restless heart, and now you stand before me once more."

Meanwhile, in Qinghe City, the Cui family also received a report that after two years, Qin Ming had officially stepped forward and had entered the capital of the Great Yu Dynasty.

"I don't know what level he's at right now, he's always a potential threat." Some members of the Cui family are very concerned about Qin Ming's cultivation level and have been trying to find out.

"News has come from the Sunset Forest, from the Zhushi Manor!" Someone reported to the core leadership of the Cui family, along with a secret letter.

"It must be Changqing who has broken through." In the hall, the main figures of the Cui family all smiled.

Cui Chonghe's father, Cui Qi, was also there. He personally took the secret letter, tore it open with a smile, and said, "No need to think too much, my Cui family has gained another grandmaster!"

(End of this chapter)