Night without Borders

Chapter 73: Almost Faking Death
At this time of year, the ground is covered with steam, the fields are covered with light rain, the dark clouds in the sky can be seen, the first thunder of spring sounds, and faint lightning appears in the distance.

With a whoosh, a large group of people appeared around Qin Ming, both men and women, and rushed into the Thunder and Fire Alchemy Hall, all of them were very nervous.

"Why are you in such a hurry? The spring thunder has just started to move, but there is still some time before the real 'explosion'. How the celestial phenomena will evolve depends on the light on the ground." The 72-year-old old man Zhao really came. He once said in Zuixialou that this year he would fight for his life in the Thunder and Fire Alchemy Hall, hoping that spring would come back to life.

"You are still too young. You don't usually go into the fire fields, don't observe the clouds on the ground, and don't know the solar terms. Although the light rain from the dormant fire springs underground that evaporates to the surface has already triggered the celestial phenomena, it is still a little short of the right time."

A group of old men came over, all of them wearing funeral clothes in advance, which made the young and strong people in the Thunder Fire Alchemy Hall feel very depressed and thought it was too unlucky.

"Don't worry, you have to wait. You still have time to write your last words, eat and drink, don't let yourself suffer before you leave, and you can even think about whether you want to die or not."

Led by Old Man Zhao, a dozen old guys not only wore funeral clothes and beautiful jades, but also hung some of their favorite items on their bodies, ready to be "taken away".

"Are you going to use the Thunderfire Alchemy Hall to cremate yourselves?" A big man with a stubble on his face spoke up. He had a bad temper and felt that he had been offended.

"Young man, are you getting impatient? I, an old man, have no ill intentions. Based on past experience, it's good enough if one of us can survive in a few years. I guess we are destined to be companions on the road to the underworld. Let's get to know each other in advance and build a good relationship."

A group of young men were left staring blankly at what he said, because although his words were unpleasant to hear, they were indeed the truth.

"If I had known this earlier, I would have worn gold and silver in advance. Even if I die here, I won't have suffered a loss." A young man sighed.

At this moment, an old man with almost no teeth asked the people outside the hall: "Has my golden nanmu coffin been brought here?"

The group of young and strong men in the Thunder and Fire Alchemy Hall were speechless. These old guys had probably even arranged the burial objects and the cemetery.

"Everyone, don't be so formal. Come and have some wine and food together. We are 'good friends' and we are all family." Another old man greeted them and had already ordered people to send over a lot of fine wine and delicious food.

The group of young and strong men were very silent. It seemed that they were not as open-minded as the group of old men. They regarded life as a big dream and they should travel calmly and end this life calmly.

"You've even prepared your shroud and coffin. You know there's no hope, so why are you still coming here to suffer? Wouldn't it be better if you don't get struck by lightning and your body stays intact?"

"How do you know if you don't try? What if you can succeed? In this world, no matter what you do, there is no sure thing. Who doesn't want to be the 'one'?"

A group of people sat down, and after careful counting, there were 69 people in total, roughly the same as in previous years. The group of close friends also relaxed, and men, women, young and old began to eat and drink, and some even began to talk about their past.

Qin Ming kept looking outside the Golden Palace. Where did the corpse collector Xu Sheng found for him go? Don't let him miss the important matter. He felt that he was a little unreliable.

"Young man, I see you are still young, why are you here to risk your life so early?" asked an old man.

At this time, Qin Ming's long black hair was loose, covering most of his face, and his face was dirty, but the old man still felt that he was very young.

Qin Ming sighed, "There is no way. There is a thousand-year-old beast in the distance staring at me coldly. I don't know what it will do to me. If I don't raise my life level as soon as possible, I will not be able to control my own destiny."

Anyway, we are all going to die soon, so it doesn’t matter what he says now.

"Young man, you are only fifteen or sixteen years old, or even younger. Why are you here?" Old man Zhao asked a dull young man beside him.

The boy named Qian Cheng said stupidly, "They said I was stupid, and always bullied, beat and scolded me, forcing me to work for them. I don't want to be kicked or slapped in the face anymore. Anyway, my grandma has passed away, and I'm the only one left. I came here to try my luck."

"This... Alas! Child, you should leave here and come to my house. I will arrange a job for you to feed the horses." said Old Man Zhao.

"No, being pitied by others will eventually wear out the friendship with time." said the dull boy Qian Cheng.

Qin Ming was surprised and felt that he was not stupid.

"The spring thunder has sounded, why hasn't it struck yet? It's really tormenting!" said a fierce man with tattoos on his face, like a prisoner.

Feeling the strange looks from others, he said, "Don't look at me. I am a death row inmate who was sent here to bear the brunt of the bomb. If I can survive, I won't be executed."

"This is a medicine man, thunder meat!" an old man muttered in a low voice.

"What did you say?" the big man asked.

"Nobles have done this over the years. They send the condemned prisoners here, so that there is still some daylight left, and then feed the corpses to the aliens."

"It's not necessarily that they are fed to aliens. If they have good teeth and are strong enough, they might eat them themselves."

When the fierce man heard these words, he felt terrible and sat down on the ground. He might as well wait to be executed!
Now, he will first be struck by lightning, and then either be fed to alien creatures or enter the stomach of an old noble. It is really too miserable.

"No, I quit. I want to leave the Thunderfire Alchemy Palace!" he stood up and shouted.

"What are you shouting about? Your family has already accepted the money and your son has entered school. Do you want to go back on your word at the last minute?" Someone was approaching from a distance.

The big man sat down dejectedly, without saying a word or moving.

It was obvious that he was not an exception. There were more than a dozen people in the Thunderfire Alchemy Hall who looked as pale as he did. They were all sent in by nobles or wealthy people.

After Qin Ming had eaten and drunk his fill, he went to the black sea of ​​emotions to fish for treasures. It didn’t matter if he couldn’t find any, because he discovered that he could exercise his consciousness in this kind of “terrible wave”.

"Hmm?" When he stopped caring about it and regarded this resonance as a kind of practice, an accident happened and he encountered a very strong wave.

In this dark sea of ​​emotions, a young man roared, with a faint silver light bursting from his whole body.

"I refuse to accept this. I have survived two spring thunders. I am even stronger in the third year. Am I going to die here? Why is the otherworldly light that came with the thunder and fire so strong this time?!"

In the scene ahead, a young man with his hair standing on end was practicing a strange method to resist the erosion of the skylight. Around him, the ground was full of corpses, some black, some red, and some were torn apart by the skylight, like a corner of hell.

"Unfortunately, I have only cultivated the explosive power, which is not yet the real thunder power. I hate it so much. The master's secret skill was about to be opened to me, but I rushed forward rashly in order to break through quickly, and ruined my bright future."

All these were his thoughts in the last moments, when he was unable to move and escape was impossible.

The young man regretted and blamed himself, but at the last moment he threw away his negative emotions. Every pore in his body burst into explosive power like electric arcs, and he tried his best to fight against the skylight.

"I'm going to carry it through!"

Then he exploded and died a horrible death.

Qin Ming felt as if he had experienced it himself, and his hair stood on end. This was too bloody and tragic.

Afterwards, he began to practice the explosive power in the Golden Palace. This power was very powerful and could evolve into the famous thunder power.

Qin Ming was surprised that the explosive force was actually a compound force method that integrated several kinds of skylight force. It was extremely powerful. Once it hit the body of the giant beast and exploded, a large piece of flesh and blood would be shattered.

"Xiao Qin, it's not too late for you to regret now." Xu Sheng came, obviously in disguise, completely different from his usual appearance, and brought with him the corpse collector who almost overslept.

Qin Ming shook his head and whispered that his condition was better than ever before, and he had begun to practice the Sun family's hammer and whip power.

He had already been frank with Xu Sheng before. After all, he had to instruct the corpse collector to drag the body out of the Golden Palace as soon as he received the four rays of light from the sky, no matter if he was dead or alive.

The rumbling sound of spring thunder appeared in the distance.

After waiting for another two days, real lightning began to appear in the sky above this area. It was drizzling, and the fields were filled with mist. The sky and the earth were extremely bright, almost like daytime.

Many people have come to Chixia Mountain. They all know that at this time every year, after the spring thunder, some people will line up here to die.

Many people came to watch this "spectacle", mostly to join in the fun, but of course there were also some nobles waiting for their "thunder meat" to be carried out.

The mountain temple was once again crowded with people, all watching the thunder and lightning on Chixia Mountain.

Finally, the spring thunder landed and exploded above the Thunder and Fire Alchemy Hall. On the bright metal tiles, electric arcs intertwined, which was extremely dazzling. There were also balls of thunder and fire rolling, and the scene was terrifying.

The most terrifying thing is the light from the sky, which comes down with thunder and lightning. It is so dazzling that it can penetrate buildings and sink into the mountains.

The structure of the Thunder and Fire Alchemy Hall is very sophisticated. It can conduct electricity and weaken thunder, but it is difficult to withstand the sunlight from the outside world.

The combination of heavenly light and thunder and fire gave birth to an extremely rare spiritual substance, which was carried into the golden palace.

Qin Ming witnessed with his own eyes that after the first wave of thunder and fire, half of the people fell down. Some of them had black faces and were motionless, while others had red skin, as if they were ripe.

Qin Ming was awed. He indeed felt the fierceness of the skylight. After it entered his body, it was like boiling water flowing, trying to cook him.

With a loud bang, when the second wave of sky light fell, there were few people standing in the Golden Palace. Qin Ming saw the 72-year-old old man Zhao exploded.

When the third wave of skylight arrived, Qin Ming felt severe pain all over his body. He also lay on the ground. He didn't want to be too special because everyone had fallen down. The ground could still receive the skylight and spiritual matter anyway.

Far away outside, people had already started pulling the ropes, and there were cries of grief, indicating that the relatives in the hall could not hold on.

When the fourth wave of skylight fell, the Golden Palace was like purgatory. Some bodies that had not been pulled out in time were torn apart by the skylight. In front of Qin Ming, there was a thigh of old man Zhao and the arm of another old man, and the broken shrouds were burned beyond recognition.

The light from the outside world was indeed terrifying and posed a threat to Qin Ming. At the same time, he sensed a rich spiritual substance entering his body.

He practiced the methods on the silk book to regulate his physical condition and use the light of heaven for his own benefit. This otherworldly light could be merged with the light of heaven that was born from his own body.

Suddenly, Qin Ming felt something was wrong. The fifth wave of skylight had already fallen, but why was the corpse collector still not moving? He saw that half of the body of Old Man Zhao, who was also a thrice-reborn, was pulled away, while he was still lying here.

What is the corpse collector doing? Qin Ming wants to curse!

Then, the sixth wave of thunder, fire and sky light mixed with rare spiritual substances fell down. Qin Ming became furious. Did that guy really want to send him away?
He had had enough and was ready to jump up and run away.

He is a grown man, he can't be tortured to death by an unreliable corpse collector, the worst that can happen is that he won't be able to keep a low profile.

In the distance, someone spoke to Qin Ming's corpse collector: "Brother, we have pulled our employer out, whether he is intact or incomplete, we have done our best, why are you still not moving?"

"He can't survive anyway, so it doesn't matter whether he's dead earlier or later. But we'd better drag him out to avoid him being chopped into pieces. If that happens, the deceased's family will cause trouble and I'll have to pay him less." The corpse collector finally took action.

Qin Ming was about to sit up at this time. He had no choice but to pretend to be dead. He went out to chop off the corpse collector!

Just as he was about to stand up, the rope made of special material around his waist tightened and began to drag him out. He gritted his teeth and endured it!
Then, he wanted to curse again, why was he so slow in pulling the rope, hadn't he eaten? He really wanted to kill the corpse collector.

When the seventh wave of thunder and fire fell, Qin Ming was caught in some of the "tail light" and was finally dragged out of the hall.

He immediately used the secret method of "Harmony with the Light and Dust" and began to pretend to be dead.

Qin Ming heaved a sigh of relief. With such a rich spiritual substance entering his body, his fourth rebirth should be no problem and he will recover those lost memories.

(End of this chapter)