As the white fog surrounded him, Su Ming swept his gaze across the cave, and he paid special attention to a few special spots. Before he left, he had placed some fine wild beast fur in those spots. These furs were very light and could be blown away by the slightest bit of wind. Based on how far they were blown away, Su Ming could vaguely tell how strong the wind was.
Furthermore, he had set up some traps on the ground near the entrance. After observing for a while, he was sure that no one had come here during the time he had been gone.
"Fortunately, I have this. Otherwise, it would be very inconvenient." Su Ming rubbed his head. As the heat from his Qi spread out, his hair was no longer wet. He brought out a small, damaged bag from his bosom and opened it. He poured out the herbs and materials he bought from Han Mountain City.
Once Su Ming checked them one by one and was certain that they had not been reduced, he felt at ease. The dimension within the small bag was damaged, which was why even though Su Ming had used it frequently over the past two years, he still felt uneasy.
"Refining the Spirit Plunder Powder should be the most important. Once this powder is refined, it should be of great help to me. In fact, when it's inconvenient to summon the Spirits of the Moon, I can use this as a trump card.
"But the requirements for creating this medicine are too high … The herbs are secondary. I found some of them in the third layer of Han Mountain City, so I only need three more.
"But there's only one beast bone that's equivalent to the Transcendence Realm." Su Ming picked up the black bone among the materials. The cold air coming from it was so strong that it felt cold in his hands.
'But even though it's the bones of powerful ferocious beasts that are equivalent to those in the Transcendence Realm, there's no time requirement. You don't have to personally kill those ferocious beasts to get their bones. If that's the case, then even though there aren't many of these bones, I should be able to buy them.'
'Besides these, I also need to find a person who is about to die. That person might not have any requirements for their level of cultivation, but if the materials to create this pill are so hard to find, then it's clear that the higher the person's level of cultivation is, the better the quality of the Spirit Plunder will be … I wonder if I can find a person who is about to die in the Transcendence Realm and create Spirit Plunder …' Su Ming's eyes sparkled, but it soon turned into a sigh. He knew that he was thinking too much. It was impossible.
"As for refining this powder, we can't use fire. Instead, we need corpse Qi to refine it. I've already figured out the source of this corpse Qi. The Puqiang Tribe cultivates the aura of death, so they must have stored a thick corpse aura for cultivation. " Su Ming thought about it again and decided to put this matter aside. After all, there were still a lot of materials that he had yet to gather to create Spirit Plunder. He had to think about this at length.
"Now that my cultivation has recovered, I need to use the Mountain Spirit Powder to increase my cultivation." Su Ming sucked in a deep breath. Even though it was raining outside, there was still waves of heat filling the cave. That heat came from Su Ming's right hand, which was slowly burning up in flames and the herbs in his hand.
As he concocted the pills, he silently consumed the Mountain Spirit Powder, which he absorbed into his Qi and blood. It circulated throughout his body, causing his blood veins to stabilize and slowly increase.
Su Ming rarely ventured out once again in the depths of the rainforest. He spent all his time training as if he was in isolation. Time trickled by, and in the blink of an eye, half a month went by.
During this half a month, Su Ming never stepped out of the cave. He had enough herbs to create Mountain Spirit. During this half a month, the number of blood veins in his body increased from 243 to 249.
The speed of his training was neither fast nor slow, but it was steady. Every single time a few more blood veins appeared, Su Ming would stop for a moment and use his mind to control them until they were perfect before continuing.
Because of that, even though the number of blood veins did not increase by much, Su Ming's power increased day by day.
He was silent most of the time. At that moment, if the people from Dark Mountain Tribe saw him, they would fall into a daze, as if they would not be able to recognize him at first glance. Not only had his appearance changed, his presence was also different from before.
It was a metamorphosis, a growth that was akin to nourishing a plant.
There was a thin scar on his face that was parallel to his eyes. It was only the width of two fingers away from his eyes. The scar could have healed, but Su Ming did not want to.
He would always touch the scar on his face and stare at the darkness in the dark cave.
On this day, half a month later, Su Ming sat cross-legged in the cave and ate Mountain Spirit. As he circulated the Qi in his body and absorbed it, a familiar voice traveled into his ears.
"Senior … Senior …"
Su Ming did not bother with it immediately. After a few hours, when the sky outside darkened and moonlight appeared, he slowly opened his eyes. His gaze was calm as he stood up and put on the beast skin robes that covered his entire body before walking out slowly.
In the depths of the rainforest, not too far away from where Fang Mu's call came from, the rain was still pouring, but it had lessened. It fell in a hazy manner, causing the entire area to be damp.
Su Ming stood beside a big tree and swept his gaze across the area. This was the place he had chosen. The cautious Su Ming had only gone to Fang Mu on his own the first time he had taken the initiative to meet him. The other times, he had asked Fang Mu to come to a place he felt was safe.
By doing so, he could provide some form of protection and avoid traps that might not even exist.
Su Ming averted his gaze from the area and swung his right hand before him. Immediately, the invisible souls of the Wings of the Moon spread out and surrounded the area, causing the moonlight in the area to seem to have gathered a little more.
"Fang Mu, come here!" Once he was done, Su Ming spoke slowly. His voice was not loud, but it had a penetrating power that spread through the area.
As he spoke, Su Ming stood there quietly, hidden in the darkness, unmoving.
Before long, rustling sounds traveled forth. A person ran out from the rainforest. It was Fang Mu. He was already used to Su Ming's mysteriousness and habits. It was not difficult for him to find this place by following the sounds. Once he appeared, he panted harshly as he looked at Su Ming standing in the darkness. To him, Su Ming seemed to have fused with the darkness. He could only see his vague outline.
"Greetings, Senior Mo." Fang Mu quickly wrapped his fist in his palm and bowed towards Su Ming. Once he did so, he took down the big bag he carried on his back and placed it by the side. He opened it to reveal the large amount of Cloud Gauze Grass inside.
Su Ming swept his gaze past the bag and lifted his right hand to press on the big tree beside him. The tree immediately trembled and part of its bark fell off. As Su Ming drew lines on the bark with his finger, the picture of three herbs was drawn on the tree.
"If you can find any of these three herbs, you can use any one of them to heal your wounds three times. If you can get all of them and pay a sufficient price, then I might be able to heal your wounds completely!" Su Ming said slowly.
Fang Mu's body froze. His expression did not change, but his heart instantly tensed up. This nervousness was not due to fear, but excitement. If it had been the first time he met Su Ming and he said this, he would definitely not have believed him. Yet now, in Fang Mu's heart, he believed most of Su Ming's words.
Fang Mu fell silent for a moment before he forced a calm smile and said, "Senior, please don't play tricks on me. I know my wounds well. I was planted with a Berserker Art. Even my father and the Elder can't get rid of it. They can only suppress it slowly. It's too difficult to get rid of it completely, unless you can find the person who harmed me in the past and kill him."
Su Ming remained silent for a moment before he spoke flatly. "Come forward."
Fang Mu's heart trembled once again. He walked towards Su Ming without any hesitation. The moment he got close to Su Ming, Su Ming immediately lifted his right hand and grabbed Fang Mu's shoulder. A cold chill traveled from his hand into Fang Mu's body.
There was a chill in that chill that made Fang Mu's body tremble. Yet the moment that chill passed, it turned into a hint of heat that swam through his body as if it had a mind of its own.
Before Fang Mu could sense it in detail, Su Ming had already lifted his hand. Fang Mu knew that this person had a strange fetish and did not want anyone to get close to him. He quickly took a few steps back and looked at Su Ming anxiously.
"I'm not completely confident. I only have a 70% chance of success," Su Ming said in a low voice.
"70% …" Fang Mu took a deep breath and a resolute look appeared on his face. He nodded his head and looked at the three herbs on the tree, committing their faces to memory.
"Also, you need to find two beast bones. They must be the bones of ferocious beasts that are equivalent to those in the Transcendence Realm," Su Ming said unhurriedly.
Fang Mu did not ask Su Ming about the uses of these materials. He only nodded his head and remembered them. When he saw that Su Ming was about to end the meeting once he finished speaking, a respectful look immediately appeared on his face and he wrapped his fist in his palm towards Su Ming.
"Senior, before Fang Mu came here, my father told me to bring you something. I hope you'll accept it." As Fang Mu spoke, he brought out a black bell from his bosom and crushed it before Su Ming. A layer of fog surrounded the bell and dissipated in an instant, revealing a white wooden box.
The wooden box looked very normal. Fang Mu handed it over with both hands.
Fang Mu was also curious as to what was in the wooden box. His father had suddenly appeared and given this item to him when he was on his way here. He had asked him to give this item to Su Ming when he met him in the rainforest under the protection of a few of his tribe members.
"Open it." Su Ming's gaze fell on the wooden box. He was surprised by the sight of the black bell shattering just now, but he did not show it.
When Fang Mu heard Su Ming's words, he immediately opened the wooden box. Once he took a look, he was momentarily stunned. There was a bone blade in the wooden box. The bone blade exuded a chilling presence, and there was a faint red line on it. It was the item Su Ming had used to trade for in Han Mountain City.
As he looked at the blade, Su Ming's expression remained the same. He lifted his right hand and seized the air. The bone blade flew up and landed in Su Ming's hand.
"Thank your father for me when you go back." Su Ming took the bone blade that had returned to him and the bag of Cloud Gauze Grass. Then, he floated backwards and disappeared into the darkness.
Fang Mu was puzzled. He recognized the blade, but he could not understand why it would appear in his father's hands when he had given it to him before, and why did he ask him to deliver it to him again? (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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