Chapter 460: Chapter 273: Retreat of the Divine
“Fame is but a name, as long as I’m comfortable living.” Qin Ming said.
“How can this be just a name, it’s an embodiment of real strength, it’s the record you set on the Kunleng plateau.” Xu Cheng said.
He never expected that the young man he brought out from the remote Black and White Mountain during his time as a traveling merchant would be so extraordinary, capable of overpowering some Immortal Seeds!
“Xiao Qin, when I heard the news, I was truly shocked.” Sister Fenfang Zhou Lin said.
Thinking back to those days, she, Qin Ming, and Xu Cheng were hunting in the mountains outside Chixia City, gathering Spiritual Material, and now, how quickly has the time passed, Xiao Qin has made a name in Kunleng.
“Congratulations to Brother Xu and Sister Zhou on your marriage.” Qin Ming raised his glass with a smile.
The unity of these two was not really unexpected.
Afterward, he inquired with Xu Cheng about being a traveling merchant.
“Xiao Qin, if you have a choice, avoid walking the night paths. The experiences of traveling merchants from generations deep, two months ago, my master bade me farewell for the last time and vanished!”
Xu Cheng’s simple words made Qin Ming put down his glass, causing Wu Zheng to shiver.
“My master said he had lived over a hundred years, calculating the time, it’s time he returns to the depths of the Night Fog. He advised me not to be a traveling merchant, or I would meet the same fate as him sooner or later.”
“This…” Qin Ming was somewhat lost, asking for details and the truth.
Xu Cheng said, “My master didn’t say much, just vaguely mentioned some things, warning me that the Yewu World reveals only a layer of its surface to ordinary people, but in truth… the reality is terrifying, full of unknown, fear. He walked the night path for years, he was almost no longer himself, he had to leave, to stay in the place he should be.”
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The night grew deep as they left the tavern.
As they parted, Wu Zheng asked, “Brother Ming, will you ever return? We won’t never see you again, will we?”
Sister Fenfang said, “Even if you can’t see him, I believe you will often hear about Xiao Qin in the future; he will eventually make a name throughout the entire Yewu World!”
In the latter half of the night, Qin Ming felt a thunderous roar, his body convulsed, and he was amazed to find that his consciousness wrapped in Heavenly Light like a Fierce Sun had separated from his flesh.
It was as if a mysterious force, like fierce gusts of wind sweeping across, or a river and ocean rushing across, passed over Chixia City, shaking the root in his Heavenly Light consciousness out of his body.
He hurriedly protected himself with that piece of broken cloth and then approached the window to look into the night sky.
In fact, it was not just him; Meng Xinghai’s Divine Wisdom light burst forth, having also left his body and now stood on the rooftop, gazing sternly.
“Little beast, I hold no disrespect, only here to ponder for a month, without coveting land.” A silver armadillo in the night sky, enormous, bowed repeatedly in the direction of Black and White Mountain before fleeing in embarrassment.
Meng Xinghai confirmed that it was a powerful spiritual entity, at least in the Fifth Realm of perfection, dormant beneath the city, now driven away.
Qin Ming was dazed, is Chixia City inherently a summoning ground for demons? Previously there was a giant blue centipede that came to become a god.
Now, a terrifying armadillo fled from here.
At the horizon’s end, a blood-stained kite wafted thinly, yet it drove away the Pure Yang consciousness of a giant demon.
That night, the Sanyan Sect, with a notable following in this domain, its most devout upper members received divine orders to withdraw completely from the region covered by Black and White Mountain, including Chixia City and Fengye City.
The upper echelons of the Sanyan Sect in this domain were incomparably shocked, Divine beings avoided and abandoned a place of believers? To them, this was extremely horrifying!
“Xiao Qin, was that armadillo bowing in the direction of Black and White Mountain just now?” Meng Xinghai came upon Qin Ming, landing before him.
“That’s right!” Qin Ming nodded seriously.
“Looks like I must pay my respects to the gods soon.” Meng Xinghai said.
Two tigers cannot share one mountain, two gods cannot reside in one land; there is evidently something unusual towards Black and White Mountain.
“Is Chixia City special? Why did a giant centipede die, and now there’s an armadillo?” Qin Ming asked.
Meng Xinghai said, “It is somewhat special. During the Great Expansion Period, several Class of God’s Dojos were unearthed here, at least two, hence some creatures covet this place, wishing to become gods in this ‘treasure land.’
That’s also why he came here to be the City Lord, for he also walks the God Road and wants to study the unique terrain ahead of time, naturally having great benefits.
Meng Xinghai just wanted to experience, not to refine this city.
Moreover, with the improvement of the Esoteric Buddhism system, the process of becoming a Divine being does not necessarily have to be restricted to one area.
Meng Xinghai revealed, “Nowadays the God Road, it’s said that some peerless strong individuals have broken the shackles of one area, can move between different domains, Skill Creation, not for becoming gods, but to pave new paths.”
Upon hearing this, Qin Ming’s expression turned solemn; the people walking at the forefront of every path are certainly terrifying to the utmost.
Two days later, Xiao Wu sent a message telling Qin Ming that Outer World might need to hire someone, because the Immortal Seed of the Second Realm may not be able to suppress the Sun Elf.
After all, Immortal Path Disciples truly begin to grasp Pure Yang Transformation from the Third Realm, to “Cross Tribulation,” or undergo “immortal fire” baptism of consciousness.
Whereas in the Second Realm, Immortal Path Disciples are burned by celestial fire, Fierce Sun, etc., and cannot withstand it.
The diplomatic mission from afar is said to be elves bathed in Sun Fire, who inherently restrain the consciousness Spiritual Light of the Immortal Path in the Second Realm.
“Brother Ming, the people here are bad, but wealthy, prepare accordingly.” This is Xiao Wu’s most concise summary.
Deep within the Yewu World, there is a stretch of Divine Tomb and Immortal Tomb, the Sun Elf Clan candidly admits they cannot handle it, so they send an envoy to this territory to negotiate with Outer World, with whom they had previous contact, to see if cooperation is possible.