Chapter 186 Worshiped by Near-Immortal Beings

Qin Ming felt a strong sense of unease. He hadn’t even left the Fourth Forbidden Land yet, and he was already seeing people from the First Forbidden Land. It was truly one problem after another.

Wu Yaozu shouted, “Whether it’s first or fourth place, it’s still a desperate situation. We’re all on the same side. If you marry my brother Ming, you must treat him well and not make things difficult for him!”

Qin Ming looked at him with a “resentful” expression. Was this brother really honest, or was he a bit of a jerk?

With a thud, he fell into the red sedan chair, and the slender white hand withdrew.

Wu Yaozu got up from the damp, gloomy ground. Should he run away alone, or wait for Brother Qin? He looked ahead.

This enormous wedding procession stretched endlessly, densely packed together—it was almost too magnificent. “Is this the grandeur of the First Forbidden Land? It’s not too bad for my brother Ming!” Wu Yaozu muttered to himself.

Qin Ming stepped into the red sedan chair and saw his bride, who had removed her red veil. Her body shimmered with a cold, silvery light, and she was indeed extremely beautiful.

She wore a phoenix coronet and embroidered robe, her eyebrows were like distant mountains, her skin was as white as snow, and her hair was black with rouge and makeup, making her look like a fairy who had stepped out of a painting. Qin Ming immediately realized what the so-called token was: the tattered cloth woven from strange gold that he was holding in his hand. The bride stared at him for a while, and then simply “took” the tattered cloth from his hand.

Qin Ming originally didn’t want to let go, but as expected, he couldn’t win against her.

The bride only glanced at it for a moment before exclaiming in surprise, lifting the sedan curtain and saying, “Uncle Jiu, come and see quickly!”

An old man appeared before her like a ghost, staring intently at the tattered cloth in her hand. His expression turned grave. He said, “Why are there a few more remnants of the sun and some areas of black mist? Could it be…”

He opened his eyes wide in shock, a look of disbelief on his face.

“This isn’t a replica; it seems to be the original!” The bride, dressed in a phoenix coronet and embroidered robe, breathed heavily, her chest heaving violently; she was also quite shocked.

Qin Ming thought to himself: It’s over!

He felt that this tattered cloth of unknown origin was about to change hands.

If counterfeits can become tokens of the First Deadly Realm, then the genuine articles must be even more extraordinary!

Sure enough, the extremely beautiful bride lifted the sedan curtain and said, “Take this back to show our ancestors!”

She lifted her red dress and rushed towards the edge of the earth as fast as lightning, followed closely by her ninth uncle and then a huge wedding procession.

“Brother Ming, are you alright?” Wu Yaozu rushed over.

Before Qin Ming could speak, at that very moment, a terrifying shockwave emanated from the horizon, and the bride and Uncle Jiu exploded!

The stunning beauty withered instantly, blood and broken bones flying everywhere.

Next came the massive wedding procession, everyone enveloped in a blinding light, as if they had become crystal clear, before suddenly disintegrating in a truly horrific manner.

In that area, blood rained down from the sky, everyone exploded at the same time, and the night fog there was stained red.

Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu froze like clay or wooden statues, their bodies instantly turning icy cold and tense, a chill running from head to toe. The scene was truly terrifying. One could only imagine how horrifying the person who struck must have been!

To their astonishment, a large group of figures reappeared nearby, the red sedan chair was intact, and the bride lifted the curtain.

“Is this… a recurrence of the past?” Qin Ming asked in astonishment.

The bride sighed and said, “So we’re all dead. Every day we just repeat the same things in this place, never able to leave. Today, I’m finally awake for a moment.”

Holding a tattered cloth, she looked lost and melancholy on her beautiful face.

“Here you go!” she said, tossing the piece of cloth woven from the exotic gold into Qin Ming’s hand.

Uncle Nine sighed, “Alas, back then, when the Fourth Forbidden Land was breached, we happened to be passing through here and were only slightly affected before we were all blown up in an instant!”

“You are…” Wu Yaozu was speechless.

“We’re no different from the monsters, phantoms, and illusions that roam this land; we repeat the same actions every day.”

Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu understood that this huge wedding procession, including the people they had encountered earlier, such as the woman on the paper boat, had almost become a strange “phenomenon”.

They are bound and imprisoned by some force, and “patrol” the edge of the Fourth Jedi.

The bride worriedly said, “The fourth forbidden zone is over. I wonder if my first forbidden zone will also be’subdued’ and become that person’s resources.”

Qin Ming had no intention of getting involved with the several forbidden zones or the powerful beings who wanted to devour them; those beings were simply too terrifying.

He just wanted to know where this tattered cloth came from, so he couldn’t help but ask.

To his surprise, the bride actually replied, “A fleeting appearance during the Great Frontier Period.”

The tattered cloth, located deep underground in the misty world, is the highest-ranking burial item in a large tomb, and it is suspected to have been offered as a sacrifice within the tomb. By any measure, it is no less important than the status of the tomb’s occupant.

“The tomb owner was at least a god-like being, or a near-immortal being!” the bride told us.

Back then, the leader who lived on the edge of the first forbidden zone, who was also the bride’s ancestor, and two other people of the same rank entered the tomb.

It was just a tattered piece of cloth, yet it was valued so highly by a being who stood atop the pyramid, even to the point of being enshrined in his tomb after death. Naturally, this aroused the curiosity of the three great masters. In fact, it led to a bloody battle between them.

“In the end, the tattered cloth was activated, emitting a dazzling light, and was blown away in the battle, never to be found again,” the bride sighed.

The three experts suspected that it was a fragment of some kind of weapon, or perhaps a map. Therefore, they each made multiple copies based on their memories, observed its texture, and tried to analyze it.

Qin Ming was still dizzy on the way; this tattered cloth was really something else.

Wu Yaozu said, “Brother Ming, there’s something special about this tattered cloth. The tomb owner was either a god-like being or a near-immortal being, yet he worshipped this cloth. If you think about it carefully, it’s a bit creepy!”

“Stop talking!” Qin Ming interrupted him and warned him not to mention it again, as if he had never heard of it, for fear of causing a big disaster.

“Are we finally out completely this time?” Wu Yaozu was lost in thought. After passing through the ruins and getting away from those villages and towns, the scenery before their eyes changed again. Looking back, the land that had been shrouded in eerie energy was gone.

Qin Ming nodded, too familiar with the world shrouded in night fog. He must have left the dwelling place of Wu Yaozu’s ancestors and come to the outside world. Wu Yaozu looked at the thick darkness and said, “I never thought that the people outside were living worse than me, living in dire straits. This world is too dark.”

He was disappointed. At least the Fourth Forbidden Zone had a moon, its light shining brightly over the entire courtyard, like a soft, hazy mist, creating a simple, dreamlike beauty. Qin Ming said, “That’s how the real world is, but it will get better after the early night.”

Then, the two of them ran for 150 li in one go, first getting away from the area behind them. Wu Yaozu looked at the night sky with a sense of melancholy and said, “How sad, we are now leaving our hometown.”

At this moment, they were hiking in the wilderness.

“We are all fellow sufferers from the same sky, alas, may I travel with you?” In the distance, a woman in white, holding a gourd of wine, staggered over, drunk.

“Okay!” Wu Yaozu nodded immediately. But soon he shouted.

The woman in white grabbed his neck, as if she wanted to strangle him immediately.

Moments later, the woman in white died, and simultaneously, in the nearby woods, Qin Ming smashed the head of a giant fox with a single punch. Clearly, a wild fox demon was controlling the human woman, using her to hunt prey.

“Are people always this direct outside? No preparation or ‘warm-up’ at all, they just attack right away!” Wu Yaozu rubbed his neck. Although the other party hadn’t hurt him, he had managed to kill them in return.

However, this left him with a psychological scar. In that strange town, everyone avoided taking action if possible, and they were all incredibly hypocritical.

Undoubtedly, he had adapted to the methods of those wandering souls, and upon arriving outside, he was extremely uncomfortable with such a simple and brutal approach.

“You’ll get used to it after a few more experiences,” Qin Ming comforted him.

Wu Yaozu remained silent, silently reminding himself that he couldn’t afford to suffer such a loss again. But even when he was on high alert, problems could easily arise.

After traveling for dozens of miles, the two finally came to a small town. Although it was late, there was still a wonton shop open at the entrance of the town. Qin Ming led him to sit down and prepare to eat something.

As a result, Wu Yaozu rushed over, grabbed the shop owner by the collar, and said, “Tell me, are your wontons filled with human flesh?!” The shop owner turned pale, revealing a look of horror: “?”

Qin Ming quickly pulled him away. The man had become extremely nervous, probably because he remembered his grandmother’s words, who worried that he wouldn’t be able to travel more than a hundred miles before becoming dumpling filling for a roadside shady shop.

“Are you crazy? I’m not doing business with either of you!” the boss cursed, clearly terrified.

Fortunately, there were still other restaurants in town that were open. After Qin Ming led Wu Yaozu to eat and drink his fill, he said, “It’s good to be vigilant, but there’s no need to be paranoid. There are still more good people than bad in this world.”

Wu Yaozu chuckled, knowing that he had been a little too nervous after arriving in the real human world.

After finding an inn to stay and rest for the night, they set off early the next morning for Kunling Jucheng, which was more than 1,300 miles away.

On the way, the burning sensation in Qin Ming’s body gradually subsided, and his eighth rebirth was coming to an end!

Soon after, he stopped and focused on sensing the changes within himself. In addition to the improvement in his physique, a new light appeared within his body.

This is an ability he gained after his eighth rebirth, and Qin Ming has confirmed that it is related to divine wisdom.

Afterward, he began drinking the Heavenly Light Liquid again to undergo the Fusion Technique, which was related to the transformation of the Heavenly Light Force and could greatly increase his strength.

First, he activated the “River Collateral Scripture,” a miraculous skill that had already been demonstrated in actual combat, and today he could finally push the River Collateral Force to its peak.

Amidst the misty air, Qin Ming sat cross-legged in the woods, a place that resembled a fairyland. Flowing rosy light surrounded him, accompanied by the white mist that spread into the distance.

Then, he took a sip of Heavenly Light Liquid and began practicing the Purple Mansion Thunderfire Force. Instantly, the heavenly thunder began to ignite the earth fire, and thunder and fire illuminated the forest.

During this time, Qin Ming used the World Flame to examine the techniques and found that he had no discomfort with them.

However, some techniques clearly overlapped, such as Tiger Roar and Five Thunder Refining the Organs. He chose the latter because it was a more powerful advanced version of the technique.

Qin Ming took out his bow and arrow and began practicing the techniques in the “Arrow Manual”. Although the arrow power in it didn’t sound good, it was a unique skill in any major sect!

This is the cultivation technique he obtained from the silver hedgehog in the frontier of the wilderness.

At this point, Qin Ming’s archery skills had reached a terrifying level; he drew his bow repeatedly, and every arrow hit its mark.

He himself felt that his archery skills were extraordinary, at the very least master level, and better than hammer fighting, spear fighting, and other skills.

Subsequently, he practiced the “Blazing Sun Sword,” which he also learned from the pioneering frontier, from the Divine Alliance, and he brought the Blazing Sun Force to its peak.

“Now I have mastered the six arts: knife, hammer, spear, arrow, lance, and sword,” he said to himself with a smile. Then, he pushed the Jade Flower Force, Black Roc Force, Soaring Force, and Mountain-Suppressing Force to their ultimate levels.

Afterwards, Qin Ming began to integrate his internal energy, working with utmost seriousness, constantly refining it through the “Dragon and Tiger Combination” method, and finally completing the process.

Beside him, Wu Yaozu was dumbfounded. This brother was glowing all over, his flesh and blood were crystal clear, and a large pill appeared in his chest and abdomen, which then emerged into human form… It was similar to what he had seen last time, but the commotion was even greater, with lightning and thunder throughout the entire forest.

Much later, Qin Ming stood up, having completed his mission.

This time, the five extraordinary skills he had practiced corresponded to all five elements, and the Heavenly Light Force underwent a qualitative change. “Let’s go, we should head to Kunjun City,” Qin Ming said.

The two did not rush on their journey, and three days later, they arrived in Kunling without incident.

Despite being called a giant city, it has no walls and is very open. It has many powerful dojos and academies, so there is no need for city walls for defense.

“What a huge city! So bustling!” Wu Yaozu’s eyes couldn’t take it all in. Even from a distance, he could already feel the hustle and bustle of people there.

The wide streets were bustling with traffic, filled not only with humans but also with all sorts of strange creatures. Both sides of the road were lined with thriving shops, all of which were doing very well.

Looking into the distance, one can see clusters of ancient buildings, as well as brand-new and bustling commercial streets, and numerous mountains shrouded in mist, which are said to be the locations of various Taoist temples.

After entering the city, the two naturally headed towards the Taoist temples and academies.

“The Pure Yang Body is incredibly powerful. Its consciousness and spiritual light already possess a slight Pure Yang attribute. Who can defeat it?”

“I think Ling Yu from Liuguang City is perhaps more powerful. He has been on the path of rebirth and the path of immortality at the same time, and has already tested his sword in a hundred cities. Now he has reached Kunling!”

“Your information is outdated. There are people who are capable of standing on equal footing with them, or even stronger. It is said that more than one immortal seed or god seed has arrived!”

While Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu were asking for directions, they overheard many people talking about the powerful disciples of various universities and Taoist temples.

(There’s more to come!)