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Novel: [Night Without Boundaries]
Chapter 150: [Acting Within The Bounds Of The Rules]
Author: [Chen Dong]
Translator: [Shadow Knight AK]
Editor: [Shadow Knight AK]
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Under the night sky, the colossal White Peacock hovered in mid-air, its radiant glow distorting space and repelling the torrential rain.
"Since you discovered these wild Extraordinary Medicines, why didn't the Ancestral Court Elders 'transplant' them?" a Strange Bird asked.
The White Peacock shook its head. "Human intervention would cause their Extraordinary Blood to vanish. It's likely due to the unique Great Environment of the Land of Divine Lament Plains."
Within a towering structure amidst the downpour, Qin Ming was enveloped in a medicinal fragrance.
He drank the essence like fine wine, his internal organs swirling with cloud-like mists and flowing Immortal Mist.
He was deeply astonished.
Within the Redglow-infused blood, he had glimpsed the phantom image of a Fire Kirin.
"Tracing the Fire Scale Lion's lineage back to its source... could it be a terrifying 'Divine God like Creature' after all?"
Ignoring these thoughts, he absorbed the refined medicinal essence into his body, as if consuming jade nectar.
The vitality within his flesh and blood surged dramatically!
Qin Ming rose, savoring the changes within him.
This fundamental enhancement made him keenly aware that he was expanding the limits of his future potential.
Overwhelmed with satisfaction, a joyous smile spread across his face.
"There are countless mutant creatures in the outside world, yet I've never seen any born with Extraordinary Blood. Could this be related to the environment of this vast plain?" Qin Ming speculated.
At this moment, he increasingly understood that the Great Sect Ancestral Courts, Millennial Clans, Beyond the Mortal Realm, and Esoteric Sects, with their unfathomable depths, must have harvested Extraordinary Blood.
Before this, Qin Ming had never encountered it.
He recalled Cui Chongxuan, whom he had met on Luo Fu Immortal Mountain.
At that time, Cui Chongxuan was not yet an Extraordinary Prodigy, still nourishing his physical body with the Six Imperial Heart Scripture.
Yet in such a short time, Cui Chongxuan had already entered this domain and was poised to become one of the Six Imperial Core Disciples.
"A single portion of Extraordinary Blood drained Black Peng's entire fortune. It must be incredibly precious. I've refined five types of Extraordinary Medicine consecutively—how much Day Gold would that cost? And the improvement isn't even that significant, almost negligible. Ordinary people could never afford this!"
Based on his calculations, a single portion of Extraordinary Blood could increase his initial foundation by nearly thirty catties of strength.
This cost-effectiveness would be unacceptable to ordinary people.
However, the Great Sect Ancestral Courts and Millennial Clans considered it well worth the investment.
To them, the number thirty wasn't just about catties of strength; it represented future potential.
A dose of Extraordinary Blood might allow a youth nearing extraordinary prodigy status to step into that realm, gaining even greater benefits during their ninth and final awakening, their ultimate transformation.
After all, only extraordinary prodigies could undergo nine awakenings!
Youthful Prodigies earned their title because their final awakening resulted in an extraordinary leap in power, setting them apart from ordinary individuals.
Qin Ming noticed that the potency of the Extraordinary Blood seemed to be diminishing for him.
"Alas, everything has its limits!" he sighed.
He had underestimated the rarity of Extraordinary Blood.
Each time he refined a dose, it meant he had "harvested" an Elder from the Six Imperial Ancestral Court.
Though the Extraordinary Medicine was still in its nascent stage and currently useless to the Elders, nurturing it might one day extend their lifespans.
Moreover, who didn't have a favored descendant or valued disciple?
Qin Ming gazed at the rain-soaked landscape.
"I wonder if other regions of the Land of Divine Lament Plains harbor divine creatures capable of producing Extraordinary Blood."
He turned to ask, "Did you retrieve the Jade Iron Arrow I left at Wolf Hall?"
"They're all here!" Old Donkey nodded frantically, terrified by the recent slaughter of several Old Demons and the Divine God Society member.
"Who isn't stronger than it? All the old-timers on the mountain are dead, leaving only this little lackey alive!"
Qin Ming practiced archery in the rain, his focus unwavering.
The Arrow Scripture had opened up an entirely new domain of the Arrow Path for him, allowing him to harness wind, rain, and lightning to imbue his arrows with Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
What had once been mere technique had been elevated by the Arrow Scripture to a higher realm of artistic conception.
Where the mind willed, the arrow flew, striking true every time.
"I've already surpassed you just by practicing the Wu Clan's archery from Black White Mountain," Qin Ming thought, feeling that the Arrow Scripture had been a pearl cast before swine in the Great Hedgehog's hands.
Having obtained the complete Arrow Scripture, he naturally intended to propagate its glory.
The Old Donkey's gaze shifted.
No wonder this human youth was as terrifying as a demon god—he was constantly honing his skills, undeterred by wind or rain.
Qin Ming's archery improved rapidly.
He already possessed exceptional skill, and with the Arrow Scripture's secrets and unique Force Techniques, his progress was astonishing.
As for the Great Hedgehog's experience and insights, Qin Ming considered them mere dross and discarded them entirely.
This wasn't arrogance; it was simply the truth.
So-called master-level achievements were nothing more than this!
Just as before, the weasel had claimed to be a master of sword techniques in this region, yet after decades of practice, it had failed to master the Sword Control Technique.
Qin Ming, however, had mastered it after obtaining the complete Sword Manual.
Even more challenging Extraordinary Techniques, such as the Li Fire Scripture and Golden Silkworm Scripture, which he had only acquired as handwritten copies, were quickly mastered, allowing him to cultivate their profound Force Techniques in record time.
Next, Qin Ming turned his attention to the Blazing Sun Sword Manual, another peerless technique.
He found the Divine God Society's second-in-command's execution of the technique crude and unrefined.
When truly mastered, the sword should burn like the blazing sun, illuminating all directions and vanquishing demons across the eight wildernesses!
Yet in the man's hands, the heavy sword merely carried a flickering flame, falling far short of the sun's true brilliance—a qualitative difference.
Upon obtaining the Blazing Sun Sword Manual, Qin Ming naturally discarded the man's crude insights and experiences, achieving mastery faster and more powerfully on his own.
By now, only original ancient texts, bearing the crystallized essence of their creators' lifeblood, were worthy of his study.
What he sought to understand was why these scriptures had been created and the mental journey of those ancient sages!
All else was unworthy of emulation.
Finally, Qin Ming turned his attention to the incomplete Black Peng Scripture.
The Old Donkey was stunned, momentarily seeing its Eldest Brother transformed into human form, rampaging through the torrential rain.
The brother's razor-sharp aura, terrifying claw techniques, and lightning-fast movements sent shivers down its spine.
Qin Ming absorbed the essence of the Extraordinary Blood and practiced the Arrow Scripture and Blazing Sun Sword Technique, working up a sweat that left him feeling refreshed and in high spirits.
But he was also hungry.
"Roast the Black Peng," he ordered. "Let's see what Peng meat tastes like."
Lü Chongxiao's entire donkey body went numb.
Was he being ordered to personally roast his Eldest Brother?!
Late that night, the building filled with rich aromas.
After careful tasting, Qin Ming concluded that the Great Hedgehog meat was quite good, the Fire Scale Lion meat was mediocre with a slightly fishy and sour taste, while the roasted Peng meat and Brocade Sparrow wings were fragrant and delicious.
But his favorite was still the donkey meat in the iron pot—tender, chewy, and perfectly suited to his palate.
It wasn't that he was determined to "kill the donkey after it had ground the millstone."
The Old Donkey had always harbored the belief that a gentleman's revenge could wait three hundred years.
How could Qin Ming tolerate such a threat?
The donkey had once endured a century of patience, slaughtering the descendants of its former master.
Now, it had vowed to itself that if this human youth lived to old age, it would return in three hundred years to slaughter his descendants.
Qin Ming had long since sensed the donkey's intense emotional fluctuations through Spiritual Resonance.
Naturally, he had to send it on its way.
"So much demon flesh, and I can't possibly eat it all myself. What a waste!" He didn't bother notifying the nearby villages to collect the meat.
This wasn't human territory, and traveling here was too dangerous, not to mention the risk of retaliation from mutant creatures later.
More importantly, in this frontier region of the Great Pioneering Era, the land was vast and sparsely populated.
The Fire Fields cultivated by the border residents were exceptionally fertile, yielding abundant harvests.
If not for the recent demon attacks, this would be an ideal place to live.
"I'm pioneering!" Qin Ming realized.
By venturing into demon territory and slaughtering countless Old Demons, he had already far exceeded the requirements for this assessment.
As these thoughts surfaced, a dark cloud settled in his heart.
The Black Peng, Fire Scale Lion, Silver Wolf King, and other demons had ambushed him.
Someone among the humans must have been sending them messages.
Could the Six Imperial Ancestral Court be involved?
After all, they were overseeing this local assessment.
If the Six Imperial's shadow loomed behind this, he would flee immediately, subdue a Bird Demon, and set off alone.
But the forty-thousand-mile journey home was daunting.
The endless, pitch-black terrain was fraught with peril, and ordinary raptors couldn't possibly traverse it.
They would easily fall prey to unknown creatures along the way.
Qin Ming pondered deeply, concluding that the Six Imperial Ancestral Court's fundamental rules still held.
If someone truly possessed the power to control the heavens with a single hand, causing a major crisis, they would simply kill him directly.
How could he possibly survive?
Qin Ming breathed a sigh of relief.
After eating and drinking his fill, he set out into the torrential rain.
Lightning tore through the night sky as heavy rain blanketed the vast plains.
Amidst the boundless forests, raindrops splashed and scattered, shrouding the landscape in a thin mist.
In the rain-soaked night, Qin Ming resembled a banished Immortal, carried by a verdant mist as he stepped lightly across the vegetation, each stride covering immense distances.
Enveloped in emerald light, he radiated an ethereal, almost Immortal aura.
The Yi Mu Essence Qi of the entire plain surged toward him, engulfing him completely.
As Qin Ming traveled, he felt no fatigue.
Instead, the Yi Mu Spiritual Medicine coursing through his veins, infused with the essence of mountains, rivers, and vegetation, continuously purified his flesh, blood, and spirit.
After the battle at Black Peng Mountain, he had consumed four Extraordinary Medicines, truly prolonging his lifespan, unlocking hidden potential, and enhancing his strength.
Having tasted this power, he resolved to strike again.
This time, his target was the Boss of the Divine God Society!
And while he was at it, he intended to uncover whether the Six Imperial were truly behind this affair.
"We're here!"
A mere fifty miles away, Qin Ming swiftly arrived, propelled by the Yi Mu Essence Qi.
The verdant glow and the refreshing vitality of the vegetation carried him, lending him an otherworldly, ethereal grace.
A towering mountain loomed ahead, the stronghold of the Divine God Society.
Normally, no one dared challenge this extremely dangerous territory.
Qin Ming silently ascended the mountain.
The area was a chaotic mix of Beast Monsters, Bird Demons, and humans, with the "Divine God-Like Creature" as its leader, deep within the Night Mist World.
The creature's original motives for establishing the organization remained unknown.
That night, torrential rain lashed the Divine God Society's stronghold atop the mountain.
Abnormal lightning bolts struck repeatedly, causing a cliff face to collapse and massive boulders to tumble down.
Many members were shaken.
What was happening?
As crimson lightning flashed across the sky, they glimpsed figures clashing in battle.
"That's the Boss fighting someone to the death!"
Demons charged forward, while humans rushed to the summit, only to be met with agonizing screams.
This battle proved exceptionally challenging for Qin Ming.
He had observed the Divine God Society's Boss for a long time, carefully assessing his strength before launching his assassination attempt.
Yet the man proved far more formidable than anticipated.
He hailed from a prestigious lineage, the Five Elements Palace, though he had been expelled as a disgraced disciple, having long since defected from the Great Sect that shook the Night Mist World.
His name was Sun Teng, and he had long since entered the Outer Saint Realm, mastering multiple top-tier Extraordinary Techniques.
Among these, his signature technique was the Wither and Flourish Scripture.
He could not only absorb the Vegetation Essence Qi of the plains but also comprehend the transformations of Yin-Yang from the cycles of Wither and Flourish, making his abilities exceptionally formidable.
By concealing his aura with the Wither-Flourish transformations, he had even deceived Qin Ming's perception.
Qin Ming, using the Overlord's Legacy as his core, harnessed the extreme weather conditions of the night to summon wind and lightning, unleashing a devastating strike against his opponent.
Yet Sun Teng, having mastered the Yin-Yang transformations of the Wither and Flourish Scripture, managed to neutralize a portion of the lightning with Yin-Yang Qi.
Had Qin Ming not refined three Extraordinary Medicines on Black Peng Mountain to enhance his potential and strength, tonight's battle against Sun Teng would have been a fifty-fifty affair, with the outcome uncertain.
Now, the mountaintop lay in ruins, the ground shattered and scorched, littered with corpses—all members of the Divine God Society.
Some had fallen to the lightning, while others had been slain by Qin Ming's Jade Iron Sword.
"It's a pity I couldn't obtain the supreme Extraordinary Technique, the Wither and Flourish Scripture," Qin Ming sighed, his voice tinged with regret. "Sun Teng's will was as unyielding as iron. No wonder he achieved such heights."
Such ruthless individuals, their emotions utterly still and their willpower indomitable, were truly formidable.
"The Great Sects have such vast resources," Qin Ming mused. "Their Core Disciples never lack for Extraordinary Techniques."
Here, Qin Ming learned that his exposure had stemmed from an incident on the Land of Divine Lament Plains, where he had invited a fellow cultivator to hunt the Silver Wolf King, only to be betrayed.
He was lost in thought, recalling how he had helped that person slay a demon, only to receive such a "grand gift" in return instead of gratitude.
Qin Ming had found the man's corpse among the bodies on the mountaintop, already cleaved in two by his sword.
"I can't delve any deeper into this. It ends here!"
Qin Ming stripped off his tattered "rags," scavenged for a new set of clothes, and then rode the Yi Mu Essence Qi into the distance, his wide sleeves billowing like an Immortal on a journey.
The next day, Elder Zhou Tao of the Six Imperial Ancestral Court arrived personally at the Land of Divine Lament Plains, riding a fierce raptor.
He addressed the White Peacock soaring high above.
"The time is nearly up. Have there been any unexpected developments? Is everything still proceeding according to the rules?" He spoke with great respect, treating the White Peacock as an equal.
For the creature was truly formidable.
The massive White Peacock nodded. "There have been some complications. In fact, they involve you, Elder Zhou."
"Oh? What happened?" Zhou Tao's expression turned serious.
The White Peacock explained, "Elder Zhou, your Extraordinary Medicine has been harvested. Moreover, the wild medicines discovered by other Elders of the Ancestral Court have also been taken."
"What?! Who dares violate the rules?!" Zhou Tao's voice rose in anger.
The White Peacock replied, "One of the youths, acting within the bounds of the rules, uprooted several Extraordinary Medicines."
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