Brushing Away Clothes after Accomplishing the Task

Qin Ming didn't continue peeling the stone skin. The environment in the mountains didn't allow him to act rashly. If a beam of light were to rise here, his life would be in danger.

After the stone block was two sizes smaller, it could barely fit into the sleeve of his animal skin robe, but he didn't do that.

Qin Ming walked out of the mountain, leaving the stone block in the dense forest.

He noticed that there were people watching the entrance to the mountain. For the special products in the Nodes, all major organizations were keeping a close eye on it.

Soon after, he saw the woman in the fur cloak again, tall and slender, standing in the wind and snow, her black hair flying in the wind, but he still couldn't see her true face.

"He is indeed unharmed." The Purple-Eyed Crow was also there and had already spotted Qin Ming. Symbols flashed in its purple eyes, and it glanced at him a few more times.

Qin Ming's expression was calm, but there was a slight ripple in his heart. Along the way, countless eyes had scanned the people leaving the mountain. If he were to carry the stone block, he would definitely be exposed.

The Purple-Eyed Crow circled in the sky, wishing it could also rush into the mountains, saying, "This place is already incomprehensible. How could a Ten-Colored Node appear? And it's fused with the Five-Colored Haze land! I'm almost drooling with envy. I should have had your master come in person and invited Old Crow from the Black Mist World to see who dares to stop us!"

The woman in the black cloak said, "Don't mess around. All the higher-level beings are already fighting with bloodshot eyes. Let's wait for the opportunity."

Qin Ming found Mu Qing, Cao Long, and others outside the mountain. He found that this group of aristocratic descendants was quite cautious and did not act rashly.

"Where did you run off to, kid? It's too dangerous in the mountains now," the Black Mountain Goat Knight Yang Yongqing asked him.

"I chased the Talking Finch, but I lost it," Qin Ming replied with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Cao Long immediately asked where he had lost it. That Talking Finch had offended him badly, and he still hadn't calmed down.

On this day, the commotion in the depths of the mountains was too great. Even the nearby ordinary villagers were looking up, and they had never seen such a brilliant scene like daylight in their lives.

Shallow Night was almost over, but there was still no result in the mountains.

Qin Ming asked his employers very conscientiously and confirmed that they would not enter the mountain. He shouted, "Uncle Xu, Grandpa Liu, we should go back."

"Ah, why go back so early?" Old Man Liu hadn't seen enough yet.

Qin Ming said, "Go back for dinner, we've been hungry all day!"

Wei Zhirou, Cao Long, Mu Qing, and others couldn't help but glance at him, thinking that this young man was truly pure and simple. Such a big event was happening in the mountains, attracting attention from all directions, but it couldn't affect his desire to go back for dinner.

"That's right, even if we watch for another three days and three nights, it's none of our business. Let's go, let's go back for dinner," Old Man Liu said.

The Black Mountain Goat Knight Yang Yongqing and Xu Yueping also left. Although the mountains were colorful, that was not their world.

At night, Qin Ming came to the entrance of the village, sat under the black and white Double Tree, and looked towards the mountains. It was as bright as day, and all the colorful lights had not faded. It was so fresh and made people yearn to approach.

"This is the Black White Mountain. Since its collapse five hundred years ago, it has never regained its former black and white landscape. What a pity."

Qin Ming was surprised to see two women in the snow and hear such words.

He was a local and didn't know the old name of Black White Mountain. Usually, when he entered the mountain, he only referred to different mountain areas as East Ridge and West Gully, but the two women from outside were even clearer than him.

In the wind and snow, the two women stood gracefully, their clothes fluttering. They were dressed very thinly, and it was far from the most active high-temperature summer of the Fire Spring.

After the two approached the entrance of the village, they looked at the black and white Double Tree in the Fire Spring.

"But this village actually has black and white Double Tree. It is estimated that the seeds left by the Black White Mountain back then sprouted," the woman who spoke earlier said.

She was dressed in white, which was particularly eye-catching in the fiery night. She carried a faint white mist, but he could see her slightly chubby face, which was obviously not very old, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with curved eyebrows, big watery eyes, and very beautiful.

If it were Qin Ming, he definitely wouldn't choose to wear white clothes; hunting in the mountains like that would be too conspicuous and unsuitable for survival in the mountains.

Soon, he noticed that this white-clothed girl seemed to be secondary to the other woman, always following her.

Qin Ming realized something was off. The white-clothed girl was clearly two steps behind, so how could he have overlooked the woman in front? It was a bit strange.

The woman in front was dressed in simple, unadorned green, standing quietly in the wind and snow, carefully observing the two old trees in the Fire Spring.

She was surrounded by a thick mist, making her appear hazy and her face unclear, giving her an ethereal quality, like an immortal about to ride the wind and return.

Qin Ming stood up, feeling it was no longer appropriate to sit by the Fire Spring, and greeted the two women.

They nodded in response, and the green-clothed woman spoke for the first time, "What is the name of this village?"

"Double Tree Village," Qin Ming told her, and at the same time, he took the opportunity to ask, "Is there any story about the Black and White Mountain of the past?"

The green-clothed woman's voice was soft, pleasant, and melodious, "One half of the area was pitch black, and the other half was as bright as day, with a heavy fog blocking the middle. It was once a forbidden area, but later it collapsed."

"Young man, it's rare that my lady has said so much to you," the white-clothed girl said, showing a lively personality. Her relationship with the green-clothed woman didn't seem to be a purely master-servant one, considering she dared to make such jokes.

The green-clothed woman didn't say anything more, taking one last deep look at the black and white Double Trees before turning and heading towards the mountains. Although her steps were light, her conviction seemed firm.

"May I ask for the names of the two ladies?" Qin Ming asked from behind.

The white-clothed girl chuckled, "Young man, don't overthink things. We will soon disappear; we are separated from you by mountains and seas infinitely far."

"I'm just asking for names. How far is infinitely far? Don't you usually live in the human world?" Qin Ming said.

The white-clothed girl laughed, "Oh, you are so simple and cute. Judging by the path you are taking, when you stand on the mountain peak, perhaps there is a slight chance that you might see us from afar in certain situations."

"Too talkative, reckless," the green-clothed woman scolded.

Qin Ming watched their departing figures, speechless. Who are these people? For a moment, he really wanted to make the white-clothed girl cry and ask what nonsense she was talking about.

"You go back and summon the Golden Roc; I'm going into the mountains," the green-clothed woman said.

"Alright!" The white-clothed girl turned and walked in another direction.

Qin Ming's pupils contracted. The speed at which the white-clothed girl left was too fast, even a bit outrageous. A hazy white mist flowed in front of her, isolating all the wind and snow, and gradually enveloped her entire body. In the blink of an eye, she disappeared at the end of the earth.

The next day, Qin Ming responsibly led the team as a guide because Mu Qing, Cao Long, Wei Zhirou, and others finally couldn't sit still and began exploring the Nodes in the outer areas of the mountains.

Previously, four organizations had successively harvested mysterious products after paying the price of some members being severely eroded by the light mist.

All the New Life beings were restless, searching carefully everywhere in the mountains, eager to enter the dangerous underground Node spaces.

As for the deepest part of the mountains, it was still as bright as day. The high-level members of the major organizations and those high-level Otherkin had been struggling for a day and a night, their eyes red.

They had come to capture the mysterious products, initially acting as if they were patiently fishing, but now they had been outsmarted by the fish.

The two spectacles merged into one and were still constantly moving, sometimes sinking underground for a long time before emerging, carrying dazzling light and thick fog.

So far, no one had been able to get close enough to see what it was.

In the end, these people went all out, braving the terrible erosion, and went deep underground from the Node spaces, preparing to intercept its path in the Spiritual Veins created by the Heavenly Light.

Even Ling Xu and Old Weasel, who had set up the situation, were no longer in the mood to fish. Instead, they "baited" themselves and plunged into the Nodes, entering the underground world.

They had a feeling that after the two mysterious products merged, they might have completed their final transformation and were about to be born, so they had to go all out.

Such competition grew increasingly fierce, with some higher life forms dying directly underground, never to emerge again.

As they disappeared from the surface, those outside the mountain breathed a sigh of relief.

"Old Wang, don't go too far! This small, spiritual tree is already mine. Are you trying to steal it outright?!" In the distance, an old man covered in blood emerged from a Node, clutching a small tree about a foot tall, flowing with purple mist.

"Stop him! That old Cao family codger dug up a Longevity Tree; it can extend his life by ten years!" the old man surnamed Wang roared, chasing after him.

"Seventh Uncle, come this way! Let's see who dares to stop you?!" Cao Long shouted, sitting atop a giant, crimson bull taller than an adult, wielding a gleaming Great Spear.

"Good nephew, quickly bring people to help me block them."

An old man with shattered black armor ran over. In the process, he panted and directly ate the small tree, not even letting go of the roots with a bit of soil, chewing them up and swallowing them all.

"Old Wang family codger, I've already eaten it! What can you do to me?" The Cao family elder laughed.

"Everyone, cut open his belly! The medicinal effects are still there!" the old man surnamed Wang shouted.

Nearby, six or seven old men approached, their eyes frightening. Longevity was more precious to them than any mysterious resource.

"Old Wang codger, you really are bad from head to toe! No wonder your youngest son, Wang Nianzhu, commits all kinds of evil and became a wanted criminal, because you yourself are no good!" Cao Long's Seventh Uncle was very agitated, looking at the approaching old men, and said, "If you really want to kill me, don't blame me for disgusting you to death!"

He looked at Old Man Liu's big yellow dog, and then glanced at Yang Yongqing's Black Mountain Goat, and said, "If you really force me, I'll immediately cut open the goat's belly and drink the goat urine! Then you can eat this kind of longevity medicine!"

Old Man Liu and the others were stunned. This was truly a ruthless person. But why was he staring at the big yellow dog? Beside him, Yang Yongqing's Black Mountain Goat directly urinated, obviously it had already gained sentience and sensed that something was wrong.

And Old Man Liu's big yellow dog also reacted and directly defecated.

"I... why are you reacting so strongly?" Cao Seventh was very angry.

"Alright, Cao Seventh, if you're such a ruthless person, we'll turn around and leave. We'll just watch here. Do you dare to do that?!"

"Enough!" Cao Long moved, urging the giant bull to rush over, holding the Great Spear and directly cleaving down at the old man surnamed Wang.

"Young man, I know you're powerful, but... ah!" The Wang family elder's long knife was knocked away, his hands were covered in blood, and he himself flew out.

"Good nephew, you've become so powerful! You didn't learn in vain in that giant city!" Cao Seventh was shocked and delighted.

Immediately, several old men retreated.

Cao Long's defeat of the older generation made all parties wary, and no one dared to approach, making their area quite safe.

During this period, Qin Ming asked the Mu Family, Cao Family, and Wei Family about what kinds of mysterious resources there were and what their characteristics were.

For the people of Red Haze City, these were already very public news, with no secrets. Just a few words would broaden the knowledge of Qin Ming, Xu Yueping, and others.

"Plant and earth liquid spiritual resources are easy to pick and collect. What's troublesome are the special resources wrapped in stone skin, which are often overlooked, and you'll miss them if you're not careful."

Qin Ming learned a lot of useful knowledge, and some of his doubts were resolved.

Unless special resources are dazzling and illuminate the world, after peeling them open, a little Heavenly Light will dissipate, and they will return to calm.

Qin Ming pondered that he could cut open the stone he picked up to take a look, there shouldn't be any big problems.

As Shallow Night was about to end, he hid in the snowdrift and peeled open the stone skin. Sure enough, wisps of Heavenly Light escaped and entered his body.

Under the stone skin, a touch of pure white jade light was revealed, crystal clear.

"Could this be the Mutton Fat Jade Iron they were talking about?" Qin Ming had only heard a few simple sentences, knowing that it was a rare material, and weapons made from it were full of mystery.

Of course, although Mutton Fat Jade Iron is rare, it can't be said to be priceless. Every time Heavenly Light descends, some materials of similar quality can be collected.

Even in the same place, multiple pieces of Mutton Fat Jade Iron can be collected.

He buried the cracked stone block again. After confirming that it wasn't some kind of spiritual substance for direct consumption, there was no need to rush. He could retrieve it later.

It was late, and Qin Ming had already finished his guide duties and was preparing to leave the mountains.

Boom! The earth shook and the mountains swayed. Boundless colored light erupted in the distance, even more dazzling than before, stinging the eyes and causing tears to flow.

"What happened?" Everyone was shocked.

Deep in the mountains, Five-Colored Haze and ten kinds of light appeared. A mysterious object was born and snatched away, bursting out from the underground fissures.

A woman was moving swiftly through the forest, but she couldn't hide her presence at all, because although the special object she had obtained was sealed in stone, the intense fluctuations still spread in all directions and continued to glow. It seemed it would take some time to completely extinguish.

During this time, she summoned a golden giant bird and immediately jumped on its back. The giant bird carried her into the sky, about to escape to the horizon.

However, Moon Worms, winged humanoids, a woman in feathered clothing standing on the back of a blue bird, and others, a total of six high-level beings, blocked her path.

"It's her?" Qin Ming was surprised. It was the woman in green he had seen at the village entrance last night. She was very young, yet so strong, daring to snatch food from the mouths of a group of high-level beings.

The woman in green was suppressed by the six experts and forced back towards the forest.

Qin Ming turned and ran, while also displaying "Blending Light with Dust" to the extreme, because it wasn't far from him.

"Chi!" The woman in green, in mid-air, forcefully broke the foot-long stone in her hand, directly taking out the mysterious object from within.

The light in her hand became even more intense, Five-Colored Haze and ten kinds of light, intertwined in the void, tearing through the night.

The object was surrounded by a misty light, concealing something dazzling. She pressed it towards a crystalline red mole on her brow.

The brilliant light cluster actually disappeared directly into it, and she, standing on the back of the golden giant bird, was not suppressed and forced to the ground, but rushed towards the distance along the forest.

"Chase!" All the experts from the major organizations and high-level aliens chased after her.

After an unknown amount of time, Qin Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief and walked out of the dense forest. He moved forward in the heavy darkness, and successively found the two broken pieces of stone.

"Hmm?!" He was stunned. After experiencing the erosion and baptism of the Heavenly Light in the fissure and adapting to it, he had developed a special perception. There seemed to be some faint fluctuations in the stone in his left hand.