Chapter 73 Rebirth Bathed in Light

At Chixia Mountain, in the Thunder and Fire Refining Hall, lightning flashes and fireballs tumble across the bright tiles, a spectacle that has drawn the admiration of many nobles.

On the other side, weeping could be heard as some family members came to claim the bodies, their faces filled with unconcealed grief.

“This guy doesn’t seem like a good person. He deliberately let the corpse absorb more sunlight and spiritual matter inside.”

Two people whispered not far away, glancing at Qin Ming’s body collector. As fellow professionals, they knew the ins and outs of the business.

“That’s a bit too much.”

“Wait, something’s not right. Look at the body he pulled out. It doesn’t seem to be damaged much. It’s about the same size as the first batch that was pulled out.”

The two looked surprised and immediately leaned over to take a closer look.

The sky was filled with thick clouds, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and the ground was bathed in rosy light. The entire mountain was not dark; in fact, it was quite bright. One could clearly see that Qin Ming had died a gruesome death, and his exposed skin was completely black.

Actually, he deliberately painted it black, so his true appearance is no longer visible.

When Xu Hai saw the intact corpse, his heart skipped a beat. Could it be that by delaying, he had killed a genius?

He slowly pulled on the rope after the sixth descent of light, and the seventh descent of light seemed to have slightly touched him as well.

“Old Xu, didn’t you act too late? This guy is incredibly powerful; he can withstand the thunder and lightning.” Someone said.

Xu Hai remained calm and said, “What are you thinking? I had already pulled him out of the Golden Hall beforehand, but I just didn’t pull him back immediately.”

Someone nearby nodded and said, “That’s true. He doesn’t seem to be very old. He’d be blown up by a ray or two of sunlight.”

Qin Ming remembered the name Xu Hai. This guy was talking nonsense. If anyone else had been tortured like this in the Thunderfire Alchemy Hall, they would have died without a doubt.

He had already mastered the secret technique of blending in with the world to its fullest extent, and now he was no different from a corpse.

Qin Ming sighed inwardly. This area was full of “familiar faces.” He knew Old Zhao, who was seventy-two years old, at least eighty percent of the time, but his body was not yet fully pieced together.

Apart from a group of old men hoping for a revival of life, everyone else came here because of their own hardships.

If given a choice, no able-bodied young man would be willing to come here to risk his life. Some have enemies who drive them to despair, some have been bullied and forced to the point of not being able to survive, and some are death row inmates.

The earth was shrouded in mist and drizzle, and the penetrating sound of suona horns rang out. Then, some coffins were carried up the mountain, accompanied by bursts of weeping.

These are all family members of elderly people of high status, who have come to take the bodies back.

Xu Hai found a relatively clean piece of black cloth, wrapped Qin Ming in it, and carried him down the mountain.

Qin Mingxin thought to himself that it was fortunate that Xu Hai was quite dedicated in this regard and did not carelessly throw away the “corpse,” otherwise he would definitely have had to come back to life a second time.

But he quickly changed his mind!

“Old Xu, how much is this thunder meat? It looks pretty intact. Give it to me, and I’ll deliver it to the mansion of a high-ranking nobleman for you.”

Before he even descended the mountain, someone approached Xu Hai, indicating that similar transactions had occurred before.

Xu Hai said, “This is a top-quality medicine man. I let him’settle’ there for quite a while, receiving at least six or seven waves of heavenly light and rare spiritual substances.”

“Stop lying!”

“Fine, don’t believe me then. Besides, I don’t plan to sell the whole Thunder Meat this time. If you want it, I can sell you a few pounds. After all, the employer paid a high price, and I can’t really lose the body. Kidneys, heart, you can choose whatever you want.”

Qin Ming was deeply surprised to encounter some man-eating “demons and monsters”.

Xu Hai carried Qin Ming down the mountain, and four groups of people came to him one after another, expressing their desire to buy a few kilograms of the product and had already begun to bargain.

During this process, Qin Ming could no longer bear it. He used his Yellow Mud Palm technique, which he had never used on anyone before, and quietly pressed it on Xu Hai’s back. The soft force was very subtle and would not erupt immediately. It would take several days for Xu Hai to cough up blood.

Soon, Qin Ming’s body began to heat up continuously, and he felt that if he delayed any longer, there was a risk of being exposed.

The thunder and fire, mixed with the light of heaven, gave birth to a special spiritual substance, which is now taking effect, and his fourth rebirth has officially begun.

“Let me tell you, this time it’s not one of those old-timers. This is a tender-skinned young man. If you don’t believe me, come and touch him. His body isn’t stiff yet, and it’s even warm.”

“Xu Hai, what are you doing!” Xu Sheng arrived, completely shrouded in black robes, and was furious. Luckily, he hadn’t waited at the foot of the mountain, otherwise his brother’s corpse would have been sold off.

With a bang, he kicked Xu Hai away, caught Qin Ming, and carried him quickly down the mountain.

Upon seeing him at the foot of the mountain, Wu Zheng immediately cried out in sorrow, “Alas, Brother Qin, may you rest in peace. I hope you are reborn into a wealthy family in your next life, preferably a family with a thousand-year history, so that you won’t have to work so hard.”

Xu Sheng also sighed and said, “Xiao Qin didn’t listen to advice and died young, which is a pity!”

Soon, he realized something was wrong. His back was getting hotter and hotter, and at the same time he heard a very faint whisper: “Brother Xu, find a place where no one is around.”

Xu Sheng’s hand trembled, and he almost threw the body away.

“It’s come back to life?!” Wu Zheng’s eyes widened.

Soon after, Qin Ming washed his face with clean water in the dense forest and changed into a brand new set of clothes.

“I actually saw someone who survived the impact of the heavenly light walk out alive from the Thunderfire Alchemy Hall!” Xu Sheng was deeply shocked.

Wu Zheng was dumbfounded, then excitedly said, “Brother Qin, you’re amazing! You managed to come out alive from that pile of dead bodies!”

“Let’s talk when we get back!” Qin Ming was the first to leave. His body was burning hot, almost steaming, and he needed to get back to the inn as soon as possible.

Soon after, he finished his bath and thoroughly washed away the ashes, but was quickly engulfed by the white mist again. This time, his transformation was extremely violent.

Besides the divinely bestowed spiritual matter, a great deal of divine light entered his body and was raging, surging throughout his entire being, almost setting him ablaze.

At this moment, Qin Ming could not suppress it no matter what secret techniques he used. He began to guide the chaotic beam of light with the rebirth method on the silk scroll.

It must be said that the sunlight in the secluded place was too domineering, like molten iron, almost burning people through; ordinary people really couldn’t withstand it.

This wasn’t the first time Qin Ming had been eroded by the heavenly light, but this time the amount of heavenly light was too much for him to handle.

He drank a lot of cold water, but his whole body was still constantly steaming with white mist.

Wu Zheng said, “Brother Qin is about to become an immortal. It feels almost like he’s riding the clouds. Even a hermit like him can’t compare to this.”

“That was the surging light of the heavens, making him feel as if he had returned to his mother’s womb, or as if he had been born bathed in light. His rebirth was much more intense than that of ordinary people!” Xu Sheng exclaimed.

Soon, the two left the courtyard that Qin Ming had specially booked in the inn for the sake of the new students, feeling that it was not appropriate to watch any longer.

“I don’t know whether I should thank Xu Hai or curse him.” The heavenly light within Qin Ming’s body was unusually strong.

He endured the excruciating pain as he combed through the celestial light of the outside world, merging it with the celestial light born from his own body. They became one, each containing the other, transforming into a new celestial light, undergoing a gradual qualitative change.

Qin Ming gathered all the light of the heavens into his abdomen, compressing it infinitely, like a ball of light, and merging it to the extreme, forcing it to transform, making it increasingly dazzling.

Then, he released the dazzling round pill, letting it erupt chaotically once again. The light of heaven transformed into thousands upon thousands of rays, rushing into his flesh, bones, and internal organs, burning like raging flames.

This was like a massive explosion of light in the sky.

Doing this is extremely dangerous and could easily cost you your life.

However, since this is how the method of rebirth is recorded on the silk manuscript, it is conceivable that an even more dangerous process followed.

Qin Ming heard the sound of a tsunami in his ears; it was the expanding, fierce eruption of the sky light, which made him dizzy and as if he was about to be overwhelmed.

It was clearly a rebirth, but it felt like a death ordeal!

Qin Ming had some doubts. He suspected that the people who researched and created the silk calligraphy were simply trying to make future generations walk on a life-or-death line, and that many of their successors probably died.

Otherwise, the new method of life on this silk manuscript would not have been abandoned by later generations and swept into the dust of history.

This contradicts the original intentions of the founders, who wanted to break free from constraints and forge a completely new path, but it turned out to be less easy than the established path.

Finally, Qin Ming’s eyes regained their clarity; he had made it through.

“The laws on the silk scroll are too dangerous, but as long as you can withstand them and survive the trials, the power you gain is indeed strong enough, and your physical fitness will be much stronger than that of other newcomers.”

Qin Ming merged with the Heavenly Light nine times in a row, compressing it, and then let it erupt.

By the ninth time, the ball of light within him had become very small, and the primordial chaos had merged with the celestial light of the outside world, resulting in a complete qualitative change.

After a short rest, Qin Ming went to practice several of the newly acquired Heavenly Light Force techniques.

The soft strength originates from an ancient book in Jinji Ridge. It is a composite type of Heavenly Light Strength Method and is the foundation of Yellow Mud Palm.

He had already figured it out and knew how to practice; what he lacked was simply the amount of natural light.

Today, he was “enlightened” by the divine light of the world in the Thunderfire Alchemy Hall, which was even more effective than taking the Three-Colored Flower. He then practiced soft strength and continuously pushed his level upward.

The feeling of practicing this method of internal strength was so wonderful that Qin Ming was completely immersed in it and could not extricate himself. He practiced the soft strength to perfection, and the power of his Yellow Mud Palm increased dramatically.

Afterwards, he practiced the hammering and whipping techniques from the newly acquired hammer technique book, and again there was no more stagnation. As the Heavenly Light Force advanced, both techniques were perfected.

Qin Ming unexpectedly discovered that the mysterious explosive force he obtained from the Thunderfire Alchemy Hall was perfectly compatible with the hammer force and whip force, as if they were originally one.

Once all three types of Heavenly Light Force were mastered, they automatically merged into one, and when he practiced that hammer technique again, its power increased dramatically.

“Back then, when I wielded the long-handled black gold hammer at Black and White Mountain, I was actually demonstrating swordsmanship, which could be called hammer-sword technique.”

Now Qin Ming has drawn his mutton-fat jade iron knife and is using his hammer technique, which can be called “knife and hammer”!

Finally, he merged all the techniques he had mastered into his original Heavenly Light Technique, causing it to change again and significantly increase in power!

He can still use soft force, intercepting force, explosive force, etc. separately, but once they are all integrated into one, that is when he will reveal his trump card and unleash a devastating force.

In the inn, Xu Sheng and Wu Zheng were both surprised to hear a thunderous sound coming from Qin Ming’s courtyard.

“No wonder Xiao Qin kept a low profile this time, managing to deceive everyone and even want to enter the Thunderfire Alchemy Hall a second time. He truly possesses a talent that is difficult for ordinary people to match,” Xu Sheng sighed.

A wave of sleepiness washed over him, but Qin Ming didn’t immediately fall asleep. Instead, he sat quietly in his room, knowing that his world might be completely different when he woke up.