Night Without End-Chapter 830 - 418: Blade Light Illuminates Black and White Mountain (Part 3)
Besides it, the Red Squirrel also came along, and to make the journey, it shamelessly shouted, "Uncle Qin!"
Furthermore, after smoothing out its tongue, it spoke of its own contributions, saying, "Back then, I used my entire winter’s provisions to feed you, now take me on the cultivation path!"
"Mouse, you’re not as dull as I imagined," the talking sparrow muttered.
"Squeak, squeak!"
Immediately, the two little creatures started fighting on the back of the Thunder King Bird.
The journey went smoothly, and they entered Chixia City.
Qin Ming unexpectedly learned at the City Lord’s Mansion that Old Meng went to meet guests again, and this time he was receiving people from the Cui family.
He knew them somewhat, already aware of who they were, all familiar faces, led by Cui Lao Wu, including Cui He, with his green hair cultivated from the Zhu Shi Scripture, and the former "aunt" Cui Shuning, along with some young Cui Family men—truly a batch of elites.
This instantly aroused a surge of "energy" in Qin Ming’s heart, his whole being bristling, even he felt that he was somewhat combative now.
In the past, Fifth Master Cui was one of those who advocated raising Qin Ming into waste; he and Master Cui didn’t want Qin Ming to contact other Advanced Cultivation Techniques, only allowing him to practice Silk Scripture, not giving the complete version.
However, they didn’t anticipate that Qin Ming would ultimately accomplish it alone.
"Cui Wu, Cui He, Cui Shuning!" Thinking of them made Qin Ming furious, wanting to strike, whereas previously he was inferior to them, now except for Cui Wu, he could suppress the other two.
Even if it’s Cui Wu, once injured in the mountains, it would be hard to say who would win. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
Thinking back, the three once visited Chixia City because of him, intending to ruin him, but Cui Wu was taken away by Li Qingyun using his armpit, and Cui He and Cui Shuning were forced away by Meng Xinghai.
"Cui Family, pray nothing happens to you in the mountain!" Qin Ming whispered.
To the few he muttered about, when the knife swings down, there’s no worry about killing wrongly.
Even the cold, elegant woman Cui Shuning, who he once called "aunt," gave Qin Ming much discontent, not to mention her past intention to ruin him, even when she touched his head back then, her disdainful look and arrogant demeanor were indeed unforgettable.
Qin Ming silently practiced the Nine Heavens Scripture, cultivating awareness seeds in Hell, then seated Above the Spiritual Nine Heavens, swiftly calming himself.
In the reception hall, Cui Lao Wu said, "Has my good grandson Qin Ming not returned to Black and White Mountain? What a pity, the old man wanted to see him, such a good kid."
Meng Xinghai said, "Do you have any ideas? I advise you to be discreet, forget about Lu Zizai visiting the Cui family?"
Cui Lao Wu’s forehead veins almost pulsated, it took a moment to regain calm, mainly due to the great humiliation he suffered last time.
Cui He, with green hair, sighed, "Actually, our Cui family really wants to accept him, but alas, my big nephew plans to go down a dark path."
"Your sycophantic attitude is truly disgusting." Meng Xinghai gave him no face, serving tea to send off guests.
After the group left, Qin Ming came in.
Meng Xinghai said, "The Cui family’s elite are estimated to just be scouts, should there be significant discoveries, surely a second group will come."
Qin Ming nodded, saying, "Hmm, Uncle Meng, prepare then, once they act, we’ll follow."
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The next day, several teams indeed all entered the mountain one after another.
These individuals chose different routes, heading towards different destinations, although not communicating, they were somewhat tacit, trying to avoid conflict upon arriving at this territory.
Qin Ming stood on the back of the Thunder King Bird, and Meng Xinghai had his own flying mount, following them closely into the mountain.
"Fellow kindred spirits, come out and see, your bird..." The talking sparrow started speaking various bird languages after entering the mountain, chattering, using its native status to understand the mountain’s conditions.
"I’m really a local bird, believe me, I’ll tell you all the slang from our area..." The talking sparrow was eloquent, besides its considerable cultivation, attracting a large flock of birds.
"Dear brothers and sisters, this is my token of goodwill." It began distributing, handing out some Spiritual Material and High level Abnormality’s flesh.
This was a gift it specially communicated with Qin Ming for, taken from him.
Indeed, the effect was excellent, it didn’t take long for it to discern where in this mountain flying was possible, where terrifying ghosts and monsters were, places not to approach.
Moreover, it invited these mountain birds to help monitor several groups’ actions from afar.
Although the talking sparrow is small, its capabilities are not insignificant, through its friends and allies, Qin Ming and the others effectively built a simple information network within the deep mountain.
The Thunder King Bird tried to imitate, but ended up scaring away those birds.
Half a two hours later, several groups all reached their respective destinations.
Meng Xinghai said, "Indeed, the barbarians from the Northern Wilderness are the most direct, they start action immediately, trying to monopolize the benefits, not waiting for expert support."
The other teams at their destinations remained cautious, unwilling to approach, just surrounding from a distance for observation.
Especially the Cui family, actually sent some to monitor the progress of the group of Mysterious Realm’s mountain goat swordsmen, with significant thoughts, probably hoping to pick up cheap benefits.
Qin Ming and Meng Xinghai also focused on the swordsmen from the Northern Wilderness, silently following from afar.
It was a rather large bamboo forest, containing two varieties of bamboo.
One kind was bright red as if carved from Red Agate.
The other type was golden, from leaf to stem all gleaming in a golden hue.
