Black Ink Planet was a planet that had once been familiar to Su Ming. In fact, he had even felt a sense of belonging to it. It recorded the past of the first God of Berserkers, Lie Shan Xiu. In fact, it could be said that if Lie Shan Xiu was not around, Black Ink Planet would not have existed.
While standing in the galaxy, Su Ming stared at Black Ink Planet in the distance. His gaze gradually focused on it, then he looked towards Divine Essence Star Ocean, which was even further away. Bits and pieces of his memories slowly surfaced in his mind.
He still remembered the fire from the fifth kiln burning the entire Divine Essence Star Ocean. He still remembered Su Xuan Yi's wife in the kiln, which made Su Ming feel as if he had found his mother. Perhaps there was a deep sense of guilt contained within that motherly love, but there was one thing that even Su Xuan Yi and Lei Chen would never know …
Su Ming had once spared Su Xuan Yi when he was in the capital planet of the Emperor of Abyss' True World. Even if he had seen through Su Xuan Yi's plan to use him to get rid of some of the negative effects, he still did not kill him.
Some of this was because of Lei Chen, but most of it … was because of the woman in the fifth kiln who Su Ming had always believed to be his mother.
It was because of her that Su Ming had chosen to give up on his hatred towards Su Xuan Yi. Even if that woman had closed her eyes in the empty galaxy, she had still held him in her arms when he was still a baby. The warmth she had shown him was something Su Ming could never forget.
She was not his mother, but in Su Ming's heart, that woman was also his mother. Even though she had done it out of guilt and because she wanted to leave a path of retreat for her true child, no matter what, Su Ming could not forget what he had experienced in the past.
That was why he had only returned the fifth kiln to Su Xuan Yi and ended his time of sighing softly. When he turned around, he sealed everything away.
At that moment, when he returned to the place where he had once risen to power, Su Ming shook his head and walked towards Black Ink Planet. The families in the planet had also gone through changes during the one thousand something years. Their former glory had become dull, and the inconspicuous ones in the past had perhaps reached the peak at that moment.
Su Ming walked through Black Ink Planet, walked past city after city, walked past race after race, and continued walking through Black Ink Planet until he arrived at the city that once belonged to the Berserkers. He stood outside an inn in the bustling street and looked at the cultivators around him, and Su Ming seemed to have found some of the feelings he had in the past.
When he lifted his head, sunlight shone into Su Ming's eyes. A light breeze lifted his long hair, and his robes fluttered gently. At that moment, Su Ming did not look tall or built. Instead, he had the air of a scholar around him, but in truth, it was a kind of elegance, a kind of otherworldly air, a kind of aloofness that would make him stand apart from the world if he wanted to.
Yet now, when Su Ming saw the name of a restaurant under the sun, he stopped moving, and nostalgia appeared in his eyes.
A thousand years ago.
These three simple words were the name of the inn. The words on the signboard also had a hint of age to them, as if they were a testament to how ancient and real those three words were.
Su Ming smiled faintly and walked into the inn. The moment he entered, an innkeeper immediately came up to him. Perhaps it was because of Su Ming's otherworldly air, but the innkeeper did not dare to be inattentive to him. He guided him to a table near the window and brought him a pot of wine as well as a few side dishes. When he saw that Su Ming still did not speak, he took his leave to serve other customers.
Su Ming sat there and savored his wine, as if he had truly returned to one thousand years ago.
In the afternoon, when the sun shone through the window, it shone on Su Ming's face, as if it wanted to fuse his body with the sunlight. When others looked over, they could only see a gentle light. They could not see Su Ming's face.
"He's here!"
"Haha, it's time. Innkeeper, hurry up and invite Mister Chen over. We're all spoiling him."
"That's right. Hurry up and invite Senior Chen over. Last time, he told us about the Dual Fiends, the Crane and the Black, from one thousand years ago. We don't know what happened in the end." Once the number of customers in the inn increased, a clamor slowly spread through the inn.
The innkeeper quickly bowed with his hands in front of his chest. Once he voiced his agreement, he strode into the inner room. Before long, he supported an old man in a white robe with a head full of white hair and walked out slowly.
Once the old man appeared, the noise in the inn immediately died down. Almost everyone's gazes were on the old man at that moment.
There were even some clever employees who brought over a chair for the old man to sit on. He coughed a few times, and when his ancient gaze swept past the crowd, it landed on Su Ming. He seemed to have paused for a moment, but soon, he looked away.
"Where was I last time?" The old man touched the cup of water placed by the employee beside him and asked with a smile. He seemed to be full of energy, but when he spoke, his voice sounded a little hoarse.
"Senior Chen, don't be so forgetful. Last time, you said that the Dual Fiends, the Black, and the Yellow had angered quite a number of families by cheating them into marriage, and they're being hunted down."
"What Dual Fiends, it's clearly the Crane and the Black Fiends."
"It doesn't matter what the Dual Fiends are, Senior Chen, you said that last time." The inn became noisy once again, and quite a number of people spoke while laughing.
"The Dual Fiends are being hunted down by many families, but they aren't bothered by it. The crane is skilled in transformation, and it has turned into an old man in many of the families' cities …" The old man stroked his beard and began speaking languidly.
He spoke slowly, but his descriptions were incredibly realistic. Soon, his words attracted the attention of the people around him, and laughter could occasionally be heard.
"That's right. My Master once said that he was once tricked by an old man with the air of an immortal into buying a few fake medicinal cores in a city."
"That's right. I've heard about this as well, but it's said that the Dual Fiends have a great background."
Su Ming continued drinking and listened to the old man's slow narration. Gradually, a smile appeared on his lips.
"… Just like that, the last person the Dual Fiends ran into was actually their master. That's why in fear, they tried to flee, but in the end, they did not manage to escape." The old man picked up the cup of water and took a sip before he spoke with a smile.
"Who is the master of the Dual Fiends?"
"This is the first time I've heard of this. Senior Chen, how did you learn about it?" When the old man finished speaking, a ruckus rose in the inn once more. When the old man raised his hand and made a light gesture, the ruckus slowly died down.
"I'll tell you more today. You should have heard about the master of the Dual Fiends before. There was a person who walked out of Divine Essence Star Ocean in the past. This person rose to power in Divine Essence Star Ocean, took away the fifth kiln, spread out the kiln's flames, and burned the entire galaxy. He also fought against all the races beyond the fifth ocean, and a large number of Almighties died in his hands.
"Even the Almighties in Mastery Realm died because of him, and even the powerful warriors in Fate Realm were not his opponent …"
"Dao Kong? Senior, are you talking about Dao Kong?" Someone in the inn immediately asked. Nostalgia appeared on Su Ming's face. This name had been buried in his memories, and when he remembered it now, it had been too long.
"It's Dao Kong, but it's also not Dao Kong. Very few people know his name. Even I only know that his surname is Su. It's said that he was once an Abyss Builder from the Fifth True World!
"This person Possessed Dao Kong and went to Divine Essence Star Ocean. The Dual Fiends were by his side, and they swept through the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, stirred up the kiln's flames, and subdued all the alien races. They killed countless people, and when he left the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, he left behind his legend.
"It is said that he went to True Morning Dao World!" When the old man said those words, the inn instantly fell silent.
Everything that had happened in True Morning Dao World, including the fall of Morning Dao Sect, the appearance of the gap in Arid Triad, and even the cultivators from Dark Dawn and Saint Defier slaughtering their way into the Barren Lands of Divine Essence. If it was not because this place was incredibly barren, it might have also descended into the flames of war.
"It's said that a sect known as the Ninth Summit rose to power in True Morning Dao World when Dark Dawn and Saint Defier descended with the greatest intensity. This matter had happened a long time ago, so it was only natural that news of it had spread to this place.
"It's said that the strongest person in Ninth Summit also has the surname Su!" When the old man said those words, he started coughing. A waiter by the side went up to support him, and the old man smiled apologetically at the crowd.
"I'm sorry, everyone. My injuries are acting up again, and I can't talk for long. Thank you for coming to support me today. Two days later, I will continue telling you the story from one thousand something years ago."
Almost at the same time the old man stood up, a smile appeared at the corners of Su Ming's lips. The old man's appearance made him remember a person from the past.
"It's rare to meet an old friend …" Su Ming put down his wine cup, stood up, and walked towards the door of the inn. At the moment he walked out, the old man smiled apologetically at the crowd, and by coincidence, he saw Su Ming. This time, there was no sunlight, so he saw Su Ming's full face. The old man shuddered, and disbelief appeared on his face. In fact, the old man's appearance changed at that moment. It was as if … he was no longer an old man, but an old woman with white hair.
However, due to certain reasons, she could only show the appearance of an old man to the outside world.
"When my beauty turns white, it will be as if I've been waiting for a thousand years … Gathering all my thoughts to train in exchange for the Sacred Deities of Sun and Moon to stay, it won't last long …" Su Ming's sentimental voice reached the old woman's ears. As Su Ming left into the distance, the old woman cast her gaze towards the table where he had been sitting. She saw a medicinal core placed beside the wine cup.
When Su Ming left into the distance, the person who looked like an old man stared at the door of the inn in a daze. After a long, long while, a complicated expression appeared on his face. He sighed softly, and when he lifted his right hand, the medicinal core flew towards him and landed on his palm.
At that moment, the people in the inn gradually noticed something, and they looked towards the old man curiously.
"Senior Chen, who was that fellow Daoist just now?" someone quickly asked.
"He's the person I mentioned just now …" The old woman who was disguised as an old man sighed softly and mumbled. The scenes of the past rose in her mind. At that time, she still had her youth and her face, but now, her old friend was as good as new, and she was already old …
Today, the author of the Art of Begging for Art's cover was originally known as Cucumber's Mustard, but now known as No _ Understand. She was the owner and the lady boss of the teahouse. This was the grand occasion of her life, the wedding where she would walk from being single to practicing dual cultivation!
She wished Mustard and wished that she and her partner a happy and harmonious life.
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