Night Without End
Chapter 57 - 57 38 Sleepless Night_2

57: Chapter 38 Sleepless Night_2 57: Chapter 38 Sleepless Night_2 Shallow Night, people from Jinji Ridge once saw Old Man Liu coming out of Fire Bat Cave and noticed a red glow flash across his chest, and understood what was happening, that he was longing for his home.

“Old Liu, you are already of such an old age, you suffered serious injuries in your early years, your foundation has already been damaged, it’s very difficult to undergo a Second Rebirth, rather than selling it at a high price, and leaving some inheritance for your children and grandchildren.”

“Yes, consuming that red grass is like being burnt by fierce flames, you are old and frail, you simply can’t withstand it, if the Second Rebirth fails, the consequences would be too terrible.”

Old Man Liu was helpless, his facial expression indescribably desolate, with a touch of sadness, he said: “Old man has strived all his life, fought for most of my life, all for this opportunity!”

Without a doubt, this was his obsession, and he had even prepared some cooling medicinal herbs, recently he was slowly conditioning himself, taking the red grass in divided doses, his chances of success were high.

The matter that can help people to rebirth, mainly because it contains rich vitality and spirituality, the so-called strong medicinal properties, like fierce flames, are an exaggeration.

…

Qin Ming, hearing this, felt very angry, wasn’t this bullying?

A man over seventy years old, harboring the obsession to undergo a Second Rebirth for decades, finally seeing a glimmer of hope, now someone came to force a buyout!

And the price they offered, wasn’t this just plain robbery?

Dozens of night silver, for ordinary people, indeed constitutes a significant wealth, but that is a Spiritual Material that can help someone undergo a Second Rebirth, greatly undervaluing people.

The red grass grows in the dangerous cave guarded by third level Mutant Fire Bats, extremely hard to harvest, even the Golden Chicken Knights themselves dare not enter.

“Three brothers…” Qin Ming spoke up, stepping forward.

“Who are you, stay out of this!” one of them spoke sharply, denying any further discussion, clearly not wanting him to say much.

And the Golden Chicken Knights just glanced at him coldly, though they said nothing, the warning was clear, telling him not to interfere.

“Xiao Qin, don’t say any more, let me go inside and think.” Old Man Liu spoke, not wanting Qin Ming to get involved, because messing with Jinji Ridge was risky, they were once a band of bandits, even though they had been subdued, their actions were still very rough.

Once targeted by them, the outcomes were unpredictable.

“Three brothers, this red grass for Uncle Liu was given by the direct lineage nobles Cao Long and Mu Qing from Chixia City…” Qin Ming spoke again.

His implications were clear, mentioning the nobles of Chixia City who now had good relations with Uncle Liu, willing to give him Spiritual Material to condition his body, tomorrow Uncle Liu had to wake early to lead the way for them.

“These matters Old Liu has mentioned himself, ha, at the end of the day you all are just…” The Golden Chicken Knights sneered, he didn’t say Qin Ming was using big names to scare them, but that was clearly the meaning, disbelieving that people from Chixia City would be close with a few hunters.

“Young man, you should know your place, if it isn’t your business, better not to meddle.” Another person plainly warned.

Old Liu turned and entered the house, from a hidden compartment in the wall, he took out a packet of glowing red grass, eventually gritting his teeth, grabbed a handful and stuffed it into his mouth, without using the medicinal herbs to slowly condition his body, he directly consumed most of it.

He only left a little, which he brought into the yard.

“So little, you didn’t eat some beforehand, did you?” The facial expression of the Golden Chicken Knight immediately became gloomy, his instincts were sharp.

“Really, that’s all there is.” Old Man Liu said.

“What’s the use of so little?

Old Liu, very good!” Patting him on the shoulder, the Golden Chicken Knight turned and left.

After those three disappeared at the village entrance, Old Man Liu spat out a mouthful of blood.

“Uncle Liu, are you alright?” Qin Ming was alarmed.

Old Man Liu said: “That Golden Chicken Knight is very vicious, trained in Yellow Mud Palm, he suspects I consumed the Spiritual Material beforehand, he wanted to secretly disperse my blood energy to prevent my Second Rebirth.”

Qin Ming looked through the courtyard door towards the snowy outside the village, really wanting to chase after them and give each a Hammer Blade strike.

He knew, he couldn’t be so reckless, behind them was Jinji Ridge filled with bandits, acting on impulse might bring disaster to the entire village, better to head to the mountains and “plan in the long term.”

“Old man, are you alright?”

“Grandpa!”

Old Man Liu’s family gathered around anxiously.

“How are you feeling?” Qin Ming asked.

Old Man Liu said: “I know the style of Jinji Ridge, and I was prepared in advance.

Although the situation isn’t great, it’s not that serious either.

A few days of adjustment will do.”

In fact, Jinji Ridge was not the only one who came to force a purchase, the local Sanyan Sect also sent people, and they too were second-time rebirths.

In the end, when the people from Sanyan Sect failed to forcibly buy, they left with their sleeves swished, sweeping their cold gazes before leaving, causing a lot of unpleasantness.

“Ordinary people find it hard to live in harsh environments, and it seems just as difficult after becoming a rebirth…” At night, Qin Ming sighed in his yard.

Soon, he realized what changes had occurred in him.

His energetic spirit had not changed yet, it was already very late, and yet he felt no sleepiness.

After lying down, he struggled for a long time and found that he simply couldn’t sleep; the more he closed his eyes, the more awake he became.

Troubled in the middle of the night, what was this?

He wasn’t immortal, how could he not sleep?

Besides, if there were immortals and gods in this world, they would have lifted the sun already, why would the night still be foggy and the world dark.

In the latter half of the night, Qin Ming couldn’t stand it anymore, got up and took a walk, and after walking around the village for eighteen loops, he felt more and more spirited.

“What’s going on with me?” Back in the yard, he practiced the rebirth skill from the silk scripture, followed by the combat techniques from the Blade Manual, feeling tired, but just not sleepy.

He ventured out late at night and eventually came to the village entrance, having nothing else to do, he cleared the snow-covered stele.

“I heard from the elderly that this stele weighs 1,100 catties.

I estimated that I have the strength of 1,000 catties in one hand, but I have never actually tested it.

Now, let’s try it with this.”

Eventually, Qin Ming forcefully pulled the stele out from the frozen ground, and then he lifted it over his head with one hand.

“Although it was strenuous, I was able to do it, which means my arms actually have the strength of 2,200 catties, which is higher than my estimate.”

The next day, Xu Yueping saw Qin Ming and asked, “Xiao Qin, have you been crying?”

Qin Ming was stunned and said, “No.”

“Why are your eyes a bit red?” Xu Yueping asked.

“I didn’t sleep well last night.” Qin Ming replied.

Old Man Liu went to the mountains as usual, showing no signs of injury.

Upon meeting Cao Long, Mu Qing, and Wei Zhi Rou, Qin Ming didn’t hide anything and directly talked about last night’s attempts by Jinji Ridge and Sanyan Sect to forcefully buy.

“That’s a bit too much,” Mu Qing commented.

Half a two hours later, the Golden Chicken Knight from yesterday was found.

Mu Qing slapped him, sending him flying six or seven meters away, with several teeth falling out.

“This is my hired man, always helping me with tasks, and you wanted to steal the Spirit Grass we gave him?” Mu Qing asked coldly.

“No…

It’s a misunderstanding,” the Golden Chicken Knight said tremulously.

With a clang, Cao Long’s Big Spear brushed past his ear, and after changing direction, split a large tree nearby; he coldly said, “Even after we leave, you are not allowed to seek revenge, otherwise you won’t have a good end.”

“I understand!”

Moments later, people from Sanyan Sect were also warned.

However, Mu Qing and Wei Zhi Rou also privately told Qin Ming and others that it was okay about this local base of Sanyan Sect, but their distant Taoist lineage was very strong, and they had branches in many cities.

“Jinji Ridge is also not simple; it’s a foothold created by Golden Bandit in this area.”

Old Man Liu was very grateful, as he did not expect them to stand up for him.

That day, Qin Ming took the opportunity to dig out the Blade Manual, and since Wang Nianzhu had become a wanted criminal, he was no longer too worried and could take the secret book home to study.

After Shallow Night, he returned to the village.

“I hope I can sleep tonight, not keeping on being so spirited!”

After dinner, illuminated by the firelight of the Sun Stone, he began flipping through the leather Blade Manual, and just upon opening it, he was dumbfounded.

Qin Ming looked up towards the outside of the house, then looked down again at the ancient book, wondering, what’s going on?

This world seemed different to him now!

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