Night without Borders

Chapter 89 The Future Positioning of the Newcomers
"You can't go!" Meng Xinghai objected immediately. In his eyes, Qin Ming was still in the early stages of development and needed to grow. If something happened, it would be too late for regret.

"Uncle Meng, I really have to go back to Black and White Mountain. I have a feeling that the Gold Thieves might have taken advantage of the destruction of Jinji Ridge. If something happens in that area, I will feel guilty." Qin Ming said solemnly.

He had good intentions in riding alone into Jinji Ridge at night to wipe out all the bandits, but if this brought disaster to the local mountain people, he would feel extremely guilty.

Meng Xinghai stroked the bronze tripod in the living room and said, "I will consider arranging some personnel there. At your age, if you are a direct descendant of a major family and want to go out for training, you are still in the stage of being protected."

The two people had a difference of opinion.

Qin Ming has experienced many bloody battles along the way, and recently captured one of the gold thieves. He doesn't want to stay out of it.

"There are more powerful people among the Golden Thieves. Although their activities have been discovered, we should be prepared for the worst. I have finally seen a good talent like you, and I don't want anything to happen to you." Meng Xinghai said seriously.

He added new incense to the copper incense burner and said, "To be honest, although I am still using the knife and still improving the skylight, I am no longer on this path. I see some characteristics in you, which reminds me of myself back then, so I want to see if you, with your talent that surpasses that of young extraordinary people, can go further on the road of rebirth."

Qin Ming was surprised that Lao Meng was stronger than he had imagined and had taken more than one path.

He asked, "Will our journey really be that difficult later on?"

Meng Xinghai nodded and said, "Yes, I originally wanted to take this path, but now using the knife to improve the skylight is just an inertia brought by obsession, and it is also covering up my true strength. Not only me, but also Cui Laoqi. He went to the outside world not to improve the skylight and purify his own "spiritual field", but to completely reveal his cards and strengthen his cultivation on another path."

Qin Ming frowned. Even Meng Xinghai and Cui Hao had given up long ago and were no longer on this path. The future was unpredictable and seemed quite vague.

Meng Xinghai sighed, "People of our generation who were very dazzling on this road in the early years are now either silent, or they used Xinsheng Road as a cover in the early years, and actually majored in another road. If you look closely, there is no one who can carry the tripod now."

Qin Ming asked: "If we keep going, not to mention the secret teachings, how big will the gap be in the end compared to people of the same age in the outside world?"

"The disciples from the outside world always have some golden-armored guards around them in the initial stage. Later, when they can't keep up with their pace, they will soon be replaced by jade-armored guards. They are all selected from our path. Do you understand this positioning?" Meng Xinghai said calmly.

Qin Ming nodded and thought for a long time.

After he embarked on his new life, he made rapid progress, especially in his ability to quickly comprehend the true meaning of various secret books, which he originally thought was quite extraordinary.

Now, taking a preliminary look at the road ahead, he found that he had very few companions. What he had to face was the mountain-like pressure from other brilliant systems, and he could not afford to slack off or be complacent.

"I have been practicing hard, not to join a secret sect or go to a foreign land to be someone else's follower!" Qin Ming said in his heart.

Then he asked, "Uncle Meng, has the extremely rare spiritual substance you prepared for me been delivered? If I take it, I will have no problem going to Black and White Mountain again."

Meng Xinghai sat down and took a sip of tea, then said, "Don't worry, it will be delivered together with the wonderful work."

Qin Ming smiled and said, "Why don't you give me the spiritual substance that can regenerate my body six times? As for the fifth regeneration, I will handle it myself."

"Calm down, I'll give you some calming incense. No matter which path you take, don't be impatient. You must be peaceful in your heart. Even if the sacred mountain collapses before your eyes, you must remain calm."

The next day, Meng Xinghai himself became anxious and could no longer remain calm because a gold theft and blood theft case broke out in the neighboring Maple Leaf City.

The Golden Thieves are not a small organization and are not limited to one city or one place. They can be found in several nearby cities.

This time, Meng Xinghai contacted many people, including the mayor of Maple Leaf City, and prepared to work together to completely eradicate the gold thieves.

However, news leaked out from Maple Leaf City, and they were forced to take action in advance. They did kill some notorious gold thieves, but they were retaliated against wildly by them.

"They didn't have the guts or the strength to massacre the city. They set fire to two towns and let wild animals run rampant, killing many people."

Qin Ming came to the City Lord's Mansion, listened in, and learned part of the situation.

Now the people Meng Xinghai dispatched and the masters he invited have not all arrived yet.

Qin Ming learned that the former city lord Ling Xu would also come to help, and the tabby cat carrying the Chixia sword was also invited again, but it would take time.

"Some of the gold thieves have fled and may pass by us. I don't know if they will cause a terrible impact. Maple Leaf City is really unreliable. The middle-level members have been infiltrated by the gold thieves!"

Qin Ming strongly petitioned to go to Black and White Mountain.

This time Meng Xinghai agreed. He received a secret report that the top leaders of the Golden Thieves would not take the route through Black and White Mountains and had appeared somewhere else.

Now time is pressing and there is no room for any hesitation. Meng Xinghai quickly ordered all the major families in the city in the City Lord's Mansion that they must send their experts to various places to take charge.

"Be careful!" Meng Xinghai reminded, and sent a bird of prey that could carry people to fly to Qin Ming.

This is a red eagle, blood red all over, with a wingspan of six meters when spread. It has mutated twice and can take people on long journeys, but it is not yet a true flying mount.

Generally speaking, experts will not sit on it easily, because they recognize exotic birds with similar strength to themselves, which are considered real flying mounts. Otherwise, if they are intercepted in the air by someone, it may be very miserable.

Qin Ming was fully prepared. He learned from Ge Qianxun of Xinyi Hall and put on a black suit with bat wings, while trying to keep the Red Eagle flying at a low altitude.

The straight-line distance between Chixia City and Black and White Mountains is actually less than three hundred miles. The reason why it takes several days to travel by ground is because one has to keep taking detours and avoid the territories occupied by many powerful creatures.

The night was filled with fog. The land was covered with shadows of mountains. The fire springs in various places were like fireflies. Qin Ming stood on the back of the red eagle, overlooking the area below.

In some areas, you have to fly in the night fog at high altitudes, otherwise some high-level aliens in the mountains will think that you are offending them. Even if you take a raptor that can carry people, you have to avoid some dangerous areas, such as the dark desert as the abyss, and the central area of ​​the black and white mountains.

It didn't take long for Qin Ming to arrive. This is why many masters desire to have a flying mount with similar strength to themselves.

The world of night fog is too vast and boundless, and many dangerous areas need to be avoided. Without exotic birds that can fly across the night sky, traveling is really inconvenient.

Qin Ming let the Red Eagle land on a higher slope outside Shuangshu Village. He did not enter the village, but just watched quietly in the dark night.

At this point, his life could no longer be as peaceful as before. He was afraid that if he got too deeply involved here, his rivals would turn their attention to this place in the future.

"Brother Lu, Wen Rui, Old Man Liu..." Qin Ming sighed softly in the breeze and just looked into the distance.

In the end, he only startled the mutated and cunning talking bird and lured it over.

"My mountain god, Master Qin, why did you come back suddenly?" This talking bird was much larger than its peers, and it once made Cao Long so angry that he wanted to roast it alive.

"Stop talking nonsense. Can you just mention the word lord of the mountain? If the powerful master hears it, do you want him to send me away?"

"This is my respect for you. In my heart, you are on par with it!" Yuque was flattering it.

It kept its promise. Even when its wife was released from the cage early and became free, it did not leave and even built a nest in Lu Ze's house.

Qin Ming said: "Don't tell others that I'm back. Call all your brothers to help me do something."

"You say!" Yuque became alert and used honorifics, mainly because the purple-eyed crow Master Wu had told it to pay more attention to Qin Ming in the mountains and give him advance notice, etc. It had neglected this, so naturally it had to actively remedy the situation now.

Qin Ming whispered, "Send one of your brothers to each nearby town to keep a close eye on the situation. If there is any news of gold thieves, notify me immediately. If there is a bloodbath, there can be no delay at all."

"Okay!" Yuque disappeared in an instant.

In just half a day, Qin Ming heard the news about the gold thief. This was Chixia City's way of sending a warning to all places through the raptors, and the news had also spread throughout the Black and White Mountains.

The two big men among the Golden Thieves want to break out, and a group of loyal subordinates want to create opportunities for them. They take the initiative to stir up trouble in various places, committing murder and arson, causing major chaos, in order to attract the attention of all parties and pin down some of the masters.

"The situation in several villages and towns in Maple Leaf City is serious, and many people have died. Even in some areas of Chixia City, there have been bloody incidents." Yuque informed quickly.

Now the people in Qingsong Town, Yinteng Town and Emei Town are in a panic, worrying that some gold thieves will attack this remote area.

"When you have the latest news, go to Jinji Ridge and tell me!" Qin Ming stood on the back of the red eagle, crossed the night sky, and headed for the old land fifty miles away.

He had a hunch that if a certain gold thief had some feelings for Jinji Ridge, he would probably set foot there again.

The last time he took action, Qin Ming already knew that the old golden rooster that had mutated five times was a "martial arts practitioner" who had been personally taught by a certain golden thief.

In the past, several gold thieves lived in Jinjiling for a long time.

The overall terrain in the Black and White Mountain area is relatively high. Although it is early spring elsewhere, there is still some snow on the mountains here and it has not completely melted.

Under the night sky, Qin Ming revisited the old place and stood on Jinji Ridge overlooking the mountains.

"Go hide in the back hills."

Although the Red Eagle had only mutated twice, it was already quite human. Upon hearing this, it immediately moved away from the high ground filled with dilapidated wooden houses.

Chixia City was as bright as day, but the Black and White Mountain area lacked bright fire springs and was much dimmer overall. However, Qin Ming did not feel uncomfortable. After all, he had lived here for two years and felt a sense of closeness.

As the night deepened, Yu Que came and told him that the Golden Bandits had really gone mad in order to protect their leader, and their figures began to appear in the Black and White Mountains.

"Fortunately, in the town eighty miles away, there was an expert sent by Chixia City, who successfully killed a gold thief."

Qin Ming nodded when he heard this. This was good news.

There is a fire spring in Jinji Ridge. Qin Ming stayed away from there and found a dilapidated wooden house to live in.

The next day, when early night arrived, the mountains were still very dark, with only the center of Jinji Ridge illuminated by a fiery glow.

A tall and thin old man climbed the mountain, stepped on the snow, and came to the plateau. He was very old, but he was well maintained. Although he had a head full of white hair, his face had few wrinkles and he didn't look fierce at all, like an old scholar.

"I have been recuperating here for five years. I never thought that when I came back, it had become a ruined place. Who did this?"

Sure enough, a gold thief came here to pay tribute, and wanted to take action in the nearby area.

"The Golden Thieves were once famous and dominated this vast land for decades. Now that they have met with misfortune, many people think that we are weak and can be bullied. I will go and wash the place with blood and help the leader escape." The old man spoke calmly, and after paying tribute to Jinji Ridge, he turned around and left.

"They are a group of extremely vicious people. You make them sound so extraordinary and tragic, but in fact they are notorious!" Qin Ming walked over from a distance.

(End of this chapter)