Night Without End
Chapter 52 - 52 36 Leave After Accomplishing the Task

52: Chapter 36: Leave After Accomplishing the Task 52: Chapter 36: Leave After Accomplishing the Task Qin Ming did not peel off any more stone skin, as the environment in the mountain forest did not allow him to act impulsively.

A beam of light could rise at any moment, endangering his life.

The stone had shrunk in size twice, and it could barely fit into the sleeve of his beast skin robe, but he chose not to do so.

Qin Ming walked out of the mountain, leaving the stone in the dense forest.

He noticed that at the exit of the mountain, there were people watching, as each major organization was closely monitoring for the special produce at the node.

Not long after, he saw a woman wearing a fur cloak, tall and standing in the wind and snow.

Her black hair fluttered in the wind, yet her true face remained hidden.

“He is indeed unharmed.” The crow was also there, having noticed Qin Ming, a symbol flashing through its purple eyes as it took a few extra glances at him.

Qin Ming remained calm, yet ripples stirred in his heart, knowing how many eyes must have scanned the people coming out of the mountain.

Carrying the stone on the road would definitely give him away.

The purple-eyed crow circled in the sky, wishing it could also dive into the mountains, exclaiming, “This place has become incomprehensible, how could there be a ten-color node here?

And it has even merged with the Five-colored Smoke and Mist Land!

I almost cried from craving.

If I had known, I would have asked your master to come in person, and invite Old Crow Master out of the Black Fog World to see who would dare stop us!”

The woman in the black cloak said, “Don’t act rashly, all the High-level Creatures are bloodthirsty now; we should wait for the right moment.”

Outside the great mountain, Qin Ming met up with Mu Qing, Cao Long, and others, noticing that this group of nobles from Direct Lineages was exceedingly cautious, not making any careless moves.

“Where did you run off to, youngster?

It’s too dangerous in the mountain now,” Black Sheep Knight Yang Yongqing asked him.

“I was chasing that talking sparrow, but lost track of it,” Qin Ming responded with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Cao Long quickly asked where he had lost track of it because that sparrow had seriously offended him, and he was still not over it.

That day, the commotion deep in the mountains was enormous, drawing the gaze of ordinary villagers nearby, having never seen such a spectacle as bright as the day in their entire lives.

Shallow Night was almost over, but no results had come yet in the mountains.

Qin Ming professionally asked the employer to confirm that they wouldn’t be entering the mountain then yelled, “Uncle Xu, Uncle Liu, it’s time for us to go back.”

“Ah, why go back so early?” Old Man Liu hadn’t had his fill of the sight yet.

Qin Ming said, “To eat, we’ve been hungry all day!”

Wei Zhi Rou, Cao Long, Mu Qing, and others couldn’t help but glance at him, thinking that this young man was indeed pure-hearted and simple; even such a major event in the mountain grabbing everyone’s attention couldn’t sway him from thinking about going back to eat.

“That’s true, even if we watched for three more days and nights, it wouldn’t concern us.

Let’s go, time to eat,” Old Man Liu said.

Black Sheep Knight Yang Yongqing and Xu Yueping also left with him.

The mountain was colorful, but it was not their world.

At night, Qin Ming came to the village entrance, sitting under the Black and White Trees, looking towards the mountain, which was as bright as day; all the splendid colors were so fresh and enticing, making one long to get closer.

“So this is Black and White Mountain, huh?

Ever since it collapsed 500 years ago, the old black and white landscapes are gone, what a pity.”

Qin Ming was surprised to see two women in the snow mentioning such things.

He was a local and didn’t even know the old name, Black and White Mountain; usually, he only referred to different mountain territories as East Ridge, West Valley, but these two foreign women seemed to know more than he did.

In the wind and snow, the two women stood elegantly, their clothes fluttering.

They were dressed lightly, although it was far from the active high-temperature summer of Fire Spring.

Upon nearing the village entrance, they examined the Black and White Trees within the Fire Spring.

“It turns out this village also has Black and White Trees; it seems the seeds left from Black and White Mountain sprouted,” the same woman who spoke earlier said.

She wore a plain white dress, standing out in the night colored by fire mist, with a light fog around her, yet her slightly chubby face was visible, clearly quite young, about fifteen or sixteen, with curved eyebrows and sparkling big eyes, very beautiful.

If it were Qin Ming, he definitely would not choose to wear white clothing; it’s too conspicuous for hunting in the mountain, unsuitable for survival in the wilderness.

He quickly noticed that the girl in white clothes seemed to be following the other woman, always staying two steps behind.

Qin Ming realized something was off, the girl in white was clearly behind, yet how could he overlook the woman ahead?

There was something peculiar.

The woman ahead wore simple green clothing, standing quietly in the wind and snow, meticulously observing the two old trees in the Fire Spring.

Thick clouds surrounded her, making her appear hazy and indistinct, with an ethereal quality as if she were an Immortal about to ride the wind away.

Qin Ming stood up, feeling it improper to continue sitting by the Fire Spring, and greeted the two women.

They nodded in response, the woman in green speaking for the first time, “What’s the name of this village?”

“Shuangshu Village,” Qin Ming informed, taking the opportunity to ask, “Was there any legend about the old Black and White Mountain?”

The woman in green spoke in a soft, pleasant voice, “Half of its territory was pitch black, half bright as day, divided by thick fog, a once forbidden place, later collapsed.”

“Young man, it’s rare indeed; my miss rarely speaks so much with anyone,” the vivacious girl in white interjected, her relationship with the woman in green not appearing to be purely of servant and master, given she dared to joke like that.

The woman in green said nothing more, lastly casting a deep look at the Black and White Trees before turning to leave, heading toward the great mountain.

Her steps were light yet her resolve seemed firm.

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