When the Feng Shui compass flew out and fused with the cushion under Su Ming, the ground of the cave abode seemed to have turned into a huge Feng Shui compass. The Space Whip charged towards Su Ming and turned into a red rope around his right hand …
The mountains beyond the cave abode started trembling. Booming sounds rose and fell, causing the one million mountains in the southwestern region of Ancient Zang to tremble violently. Rocks tumbled down, and dust flew into the air. From a distance, it looked like there was a sleeping dragon in the one million mountains. At that moment, the dragon had woken up, and it looked as if it wanted to shake off the dust that had weighed down on its body over the passage of time, which was why it looked as if the mountains were crumbling and the earth was cracking.
Loud booming sounds shook the sky and earth. In the blink of an eye, quite a number of mountains collapsed. Dust filled the world, and anxiety appeared on the faces of the thousands of people from Seven Moons Sect led by Xu Zhong Fan. At the same time, several sects and clans beyond the mountains noticed the abnormality in the area, and long arcs charged towards the place with loud whistles.
While Xu Zhong Fan was feeling anxious, a ray of white light flew out from the cave where Su Ming had entered. The person in that white light was not Su Ming, but a white dog. The white dog rushed over, and at the instant it closed in on Xu Zhong Fan, an old voice appeared in his mind.
"The young master has ordered that he won't be able to come out for the time being. All of you can return to Seven Moons Sect on your own. Once he comes out, he will go to Seven Moons Sect to search for you." Once the white dog sent that message, it immediately turned around and returned to the cave. At the instant it flew back, booming sounds surged into the sky from the cave. Shattered stones tumbled down and collapsed, causing the entrance to be submerged.
Hesitation appeared on Xu Zhong Fan's face, but when he saw the mountains swaying and the Runes in the area being activated, they still could not stop the earth from shaking. The mountains in the area crumbled, and even the mountain where they had set up the Relocation Rune had a large number of cracks on it.
Once the cracks spread to the Relocation Rune, the thousands of people would not be able to be Relocated. Clearly, the abnormality in the area had attracted the attention of the sects and clans in the area. Before long, quite a number of cultivators from those sects and clans would definitely come to the place.
To not expose the secret of the place, Xu Zhong Fan gritted his teeth and swung his arm.
"Seven Moons Sect disciples, let's go!" As they spoke, the thousands of people charged towards the Rune. At the instant the light from the Rune shone, the thousands of people disappeared without a trace. Almost at the same time, long arcs could be seen flying in all directions in the sky. The cultivators in the arcs could also see the light from the Rune, but they could not see the faces of the people inside.
Almost at the instant the people from Seven Moons Sect were Relocated, the mountain where the Relocation Rune was located crumbled, causing the Rune to shatter. It was impossible for anyone to reverse the Relocation Rune and return to its original location. Soon after, the Runes Seven Moons Sect had set up in the area self-destructed. Booming sounds reverberated in the air, and all traces of their destruction were completely destroyed.
This time, the explosion caused by the explosion connected with the tremors of the millions of mountains, causing dust and mist to fill the air.
Soon, more cultivators came to the place, but very few of them ventured deep into the dust and mist. They only stood in midair and stared at the mountains in shock and bewilderment.
Some powerful Dao Paragons from the sects and clans who came to investigate the place carefully, and when the mountains gradually returned to calm after the three days of the tremors and collapse, the sects and clans began searching for the place.
But in the end, they found nothing, and their hearts were filled with doubts. Hence, the search became even more thorough. It lasted for several more months before it slowly came to a stop. Gradually, not many cultivators from the sects and clans paid attention to the place, and the fact that nearly a third of the one million mountains in the southwestern region had suddenly trembled and collapsed became a mystery.
However, there were still some cultivators who felt that there was something wrong with the place, which was why they would occasionally come to the place in hopes that they could find clues that others could not see through their luck.
Time trickled by just like that.
Su Ming continued sitting in the cave abode. The tremors in the world outside caused a large number of cracks to appear on the cave abode. It looked as if it was about to collapse, but in the end, it did not. It was just that the area around the cave abode looked rather disheveled.
Su Ming continued sitting on the cushion with his eyes closed, immersed in meditation. He did not leave because the person who appeared in the ancient mirror was Xuan Zang's face.
If this matter was not resolved, Su Ming would not go out.
Behind him was the ice gate. At that moment, there were five white dogs guarding it, waiting for Su Ming's return.
Days passed, and in the blink of an eye, a year went by.
During it, Su Ming opened his eyes twice. The first time was half a year ago. At the instant he opened his eyes, he looked at the ancient mirror and saw Xuan Zang sitting on the Feng Shui compass, dressed in a black robe.
Then, Su Ming closed his eyes. Another half a year passed. He had been meditating in the cave abode for an entire year, and when he opened his eyes again … he saw Xuan Zang.
In silence, Su Ming slowly stood up from the Feng Shui compass on the ground. He removed the red string from his right hand and threw it on the ground. When he looked at the ancient mirror again, he no longer saw Xuan Zang or Wang Tao, but himself.
"If I want to obtain your treasures, I will need to become you …" When Su Ming said those words faintly, a brilliant light shone in his eyes. One of the reasons why he did not go out was because he was not Xuan Zang. If he did not resolve the scene in the ancient mirror, it would turn into a thought that would be buried deep in his heart. It was not suitable for him to do so.
There was another reason. Be it the Space Whip or the Feng Shui compass, Su Ming needed time to refine them. He could already predict that when he refined the two treasures and turned them into his own, when he looked at the ancient mirror again, he would no longer see Xuan Zang, but himself.
In silence, Su Ming slowly sat down on the Feng Shui compass. Once he closed his eyes, his cultivation base spread out from his body and fused with the Feng Shui compass beneath him. At the same time, the third eye at the center of his brow opened. The Dao Spirit in it formed a seal with both hands, and invisible flames immediately spread out from Su Ming's body to refine the Feng Shui compass.
Su Ming's will also surrounded the cave abode at that moment. It fused with his cultivation base and his Dao Spirit to turn into a power that belonged solely to Su Ming, and he began refining the Feng Shui compass in an unprecedented manner.
Time passed just like that. When Su Ming refined the Feng Shui compass in the cave abode as if he was in isolation for ten years, there were no longer many cultivators in the mountains outside. Ten years might not have been a long time, but there were too many people who came back empty-handed, and the tremors that had happened ten years ago were gradually forgotten.
However, there were still some stubborn cultivators who did not want to leave the place. When another ten years passed, they left with regret in their hearts.
When Su Ming isolated himself in the cave abode for a total of thirty years, the one million mountains in the southwestern region remained the same as before. No one came to them, and they were very quiet.
Su Ming opened his eyes. At the instant he did so, he looked at the ancient mirror. The first person he saw was still Xuan Zang, but the second person he saw … was himself!
At that moment, Su Ming had only refined two-tenths of the Feng Shui compass.
Su Ming was not in a hurry. He closed his eyes again and immersed himself in the refinement. When another thirty years passed, and he had been in isolation for a total of sixty years, he had refined five-tenths of the Feng Shui compass. When he looked at the ancient mirror again, he saw an indistinct figure that overlapped with his own and Xuan Zang's.
The cave abode was in the mountains, and divine senses could not spread through them. Unless someone set up a Rune, they could not even Relocate, much less send a divine thought over.
Hence, no one besides Seven Moons Sect knew that Su Ming was in the place. When the thousands of disciples who had left Seven Moons Sect in the past returned to the sect, their memories were immediately wiped off by the great sect elders, which was why there were only thirteen people who knew that Su Ming was in the place.
They were the thirteen great sect elders.
They sealed off all information and quietly waited for Su Ming to come out. Time passed, and when another sixty years passed, Su Ming had been in isolation for one hundred and twenty years in the cave abode to refine the Feng Shui compass. At the instant he opened his eyes and looked at the ancient mirror, he no longer saw Xuan Zang, but himself!
He could not completely refine the Feng Shui compass, but he had refined nine-tenths of it. No matter how Su Ming tried to refine it, the final tenth seemed to be sealed, and it was difficult for him to fuse it with his Brand.
Even so, this matter could not be considered as a knot in his heart. Hence, Su Ming lifted his right hand while sitting cross-legged and seized the air in the direction of the red rope he had taken one hundred something years ago. Immediately, it charged to his right hand and wrapped itself around his wrist. When Su Ming looked at the ancient mirror, he still saw Xuan Zang.
With a calm expression, Su Ming closed his eyes and began to refine the red rope formed by the Space Whip. This refinement … lasted for another sixty years!
When Su Ming isolated himself in the cave abode for a total of four cycles of sixty years, he opened his eyes again, and his face appeared in the ancient mirror.
When he stared at himself in the mirror, a dark light shone in Su Ming's eyes, and he slowly stood up.
'Four sixty years is a little long, but perhaps if I can refine nine-tenths of the Space Whip and the Feng Shui compass, it'll be worth it.' Su Ming lowered his head and cast a glance at his right wrist. When he turned around to look at the ice gate, he casually lifted his right hand and swung it. With it, the originally bright sky beyond the mountains instantly turned dark. The stars in the sky looked as if they had connected with each other. With a flash, an illusory whip appeared in Su Ming's hand. At the instant it touched the ice gate, booming sounds reverberated in the air, and the ice gate shattered to pieces.
It revealed the five white dogs who were looking at Su Ming at that moment.
"Let's go." When Su Ming said those words faintly, a Feng Shui compass appeared under his feet. The Feng Shui compass could change its size, and at that moment, it was only the size of a cushion. When Su Ming stood on it, he turned into a long arc and charged forward.
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