Su Ming walked up the stairs to the altar. When he stood on it, he lowered his head and cast a glance at the Rune formed by countless runic symbols on the platform under his feet.
Silence.
The figure in Dao Chen's isolation grounds, which was connected to the altar, was also silent.
Time trickled by, and when the time it takes for an incense stick to burn went by, puzzlement appeared on Dao Lin and Dao Hua's faces. Compared to them, who had immediately sensed Progenitor Dao Chen's will the moment they stood on the altar, Dao Kong remained the same at that moment. Not a single strange change could be detected from him.
There was a hint of sentimentality on Sang's face as he meditated by the side. He sighed softly, then stood up. Without a single word, he swung his arm and swept up Dao Lin, Dao Hua, and himself. In an instant, they left the world, leaving … the place to Su Ming.
When Sang Sang swept up Dao Lin and Dao Hua and left, another dozen something breaths passed. Suddenly, the space around Su Ming distorted, and his body became indistinct. At the same time, a vast amount of power appeared in the air and charged towards Su Ming's Flourishing Lotus, clearly intending to activate the various strange powers in the robe.
Yet at the instant that power was about to touch Su Ming's robe, he lifted his head and took a step back with a cold expression. His cultivation base spread out from his body and crashed into the incoming vast power.
With a bang, Su Ming took three steps back and stopped the vast power from activating his robe.
"I don't need you to activate it." Su Ming's voice was cold and indifferent. As he spoke, a glint appeared in his eyes, and the power to reverse time swiftly spread out from his body. This was the Abyss Builders' inborn divine ability, and only the Abyss Builders' divine abilities could activate the robe.
It might be called the Flourishing Lotus, but in truth, at the moment Su Ming put it on, he had noticed that the robe was clearly created with the Abyss Builders' inborn ability.
If he wanted to activate it, he could do so.
As the Flourishing Lotus was activated, booming sounds reverberated in the air, and a piercing, brilliant light spread out from the robe. It turned into eighteen lotuses that surrounded Su Ming, causing streams of light to flow out in all directions, creating a scene of matchless beauty.
A sigh came from the air. At the same time, a vast amount of life force descended and charged towards Su Ming. It was a life force that wanted to give him a serendipity and increase his level of cultivation.
In silence, Su Ming took another step back.
"Although most of my cultivation base wasn't cultivated by myself, even if it was external power, it was acquired by me at the cost of death. I acquired it through all sorts of good fortune. Sir, your life force is precious, and I … can't take it.
Goodbye. " Su Ming turned around and walked down the altar. At that moment, he no longer felt uneasy, and neither did he have any complicated feelings. These thoughts had long since turned into resentment in an invisible manner.
A deep resentment.
"Ming Er …" At the instant Su Ming turned around and took his third step, a sigh reached his ears from the air. That voice was very gentle, and there was even an apologetic tone to it. At the instant it echoed in the air, Su Ming's footsteps came to a halt.
He closed his eyes. At the same time, the Rune on the altar suddenly shone. When it shone brilliantly, a Relocation power appeared and submerged Su Ming's body within it.
When Su Ming opened his eyes, he was in a chamber surrounded by a faint layer of fog. It was incredibly big, and through the fog, he could see a person with his back turned towards him, as if he was sitting cross-legged. Waves of decay and ancientness spread out from that person's body, along with a thick aura of death.
From his position, Su Ming could not see the hairpin and the rattle-drum placed before the person. He also could not see the body hidden under the robes staring at the rattle-drum with a dumbfounded gaze, and a deep sense of guilt appeared on his face.
If Su Ming could see the rattle-drum, perhaps he would remember that when he was still a child, he had seen his friends with this sort of toy and begged the elder to make one for him as well. On the second day, when the elder handed the rattle-drum to him, Su Ming's happiness at that time lasted for several days.
A few years later, as Su Ming grew up and fell in love with climbing mountains, he found Xiao Hong as his friend. At that time, he forgot where he had left the rattle drum.
But he should have remembered it, because this rattle-drum was the first toy he had asked the elder for, and it was also the only toy he had.
The sound of the rattle-drum made him feel like he was no different from his other playmates …
He was silent, and so was Su Ming, but in the end, he was the one who broke the silence. He sucked in a deep breath, wrapped his fist in his palm, and bowed towards the person.
"I am Dao Kong. Greetings, Progenitor." His voice echoed in the chamber, lingering in the air for a long time.
"I am Morning Dao Sect's Progenitor, not … your Progenitor." After a long while, a hoarse voice came from the person. Su Ming could not see it, but the hand he used to touch the rattle-drum was trembling slightly at that moment.
"You should be able to guess that with the Abyss Builders' talent and the intelligence of my son, the fact that you could return to Morning Dao Sect means that you already understand …
"I am Progenitor Dao Chen. I am also Su Xuan Yi, and also … your father!" When the person reached the end of his sentence, even with his indescribable level of cultivation, his voice still quivered.
"Progenitor, you jest." Su Ming remained silent for a moment before he shook his head, turned around, and walked backwards. He sent a divine thought to the bald crane, asking it to take him away from this place. He did not want to stay here, not in the slightest.
Before he came to this place, Su Ming had thought about what would happen once he met Su Xuan Yi. He had been anxious, confused, and filled with complicated feelings, but when he truly saw the person, he realized that no matter how much he thought about it or how much he tried to calm down, he could not push down the resentment in his heart that refused to disappear.
He hated Su Ming, and his resentment was so deep that it was impossible for him to ignore it.
"You …" The person shuddered. Su Ming could not see his face, but at that moment, the hand he used to touch the rattle-drum trembled even more violently. A sorrowful air came from it.
"I can make it up to you, Ming Er. You should know what I'm going through. I …"
"Progenitor, are you done?" Su Ming's footsteps came to a halt. He turned around and stared at the person with a dark look on his face.
"You are you, and I am me. It doesn't matter whether you are Dao Chen or Su Xuan Yi, you are you, and I am me! "You can continue with your plan, but don't treat me as a chess piece anymore. Today, I am not your opponent, but if I am a chess piece for a long time, then one day, I will surpass you.
"You are you, and I am me. You have your plan, and I have my own steps!" Su Ming swung his arm, turned around, and took a step forward. The bald crane did not bother Su Ming, which was a rare sight. Instead, it noticed that the atmosphere in the place was incredibly strange, so it obediently spread out its power, causing ripples to appear under Su Ming's feet as he walked forward. With the bald crane's power, Su Ming was about to force his way out of the place that made him gloomy and angry.
He was afraid that if he continued staying, he would not be able to suppress his anger, and the other side of his personality would erupt from him.
"Your surname is Su, and your name was given to you by your grandfather. The blood of Abyss Builders flows in your veins. This is a fact you cannot change. I can understand your resentment. I will use the future to make up for the past, I …" the figure said in anguish, but before he could finish speaking, Su Ming's footsteps came to a halt again. He also scattered the ripples under his feet. His hair instantly turned red, and madness appeared in his eyes. This was the destructive Su Ming.
However, this time, the red-haired Su Ming did not want to vent his desire to kill or destroy. Instead, he wanted to vent the endless resentment buried in the depths of his heart. At the instant his hair turned red, Su Ming laughed loudly.
He turned around and stared at the figure. As his laughter echoed in the air, his eyes were bloodshot, and the madness in them was incredibly clear.
"Make up for it? What a good way to make it up for it. When I was still a child and asked the elder where my parents were, he fell silent, and I was filled with uncertainty and fear. From then on, I never asked this question again, but where were you? How are you going to make it up for it?
When I saw my other playmates have their parents and return to their tents every single time the sun set, I was the only one left in my own house and stared at the moon quietly. Where were you? How are you going to make it up for it?
When I was young, I looked at the sky from Dark Mountain time and time again and imagined that one day, my parents would come to fetch me. Where were you? How are you going to make it up for it?!
'When I was bullied by my other playmates, when I was mocked for having no parents, when Lei Chen would always beat them up for me, where were you?! How are you going to make it up for it?!
Make it up for it? What a simple word, and you want to make my resentment disappear?
How laughable, how hilarious, how preposterous. I'd like to ask you, Su Xuan Yi, when I discovered that everything around me was fake and was created by others, how are you going to make it up for the sadness and confusion I felt at that time?!
"When I discovered that Dark Mountain was the same as before and that I had gone through thirty something cycles of life and death, how are you going to make it up for the feeling of being deceived by everyone?!
"When I learned that I was just a soul in Dark Mountain and that my body was turned into the core of a Rune to be used for training, how are you going to make it up for the cold feeling in the darkness?!
"When Di Tian manipulated me time and time again and controlled my fate time and time again, where were you? "Do you even have the right to say that I'm making it up for it?!
"When I was forced to leave Dark Mountain and went to the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, where were you when I was lying on Crimson Flame Planet like a corpse?
"What's even more laughable is that when I told myself that my parents were no longer around, I discovered in pain that my mother was lying in the fifth kiln. I understand her, and I don't blame her, because even in death, she still hugged me and let me feel the warmth of a mother.
"But what about you? Where were you? You let a child who thought that he had no parents know that he was not an orphan. This isn't a form of excitement or surprise. You've never experienced it before, that's why you don't know, but I know that this is … an extreme pain and confusion!"
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