The early morning wind brought with it a slight chill. In this cold winter season, it was like a knife. However, as the bonfires in the tribe swayed, it seemed to be able to chase away the cold and let warmth fill the entire tribe.
For Berserkers, the circulation of Qi in their bodies could help them fight against the cold. However, since most of the tribe members were normal people, most of them would not go out during winter.
Even if they went out, they would wear thick beast skins to avoid the cold. It was also during this season that the common doctors in the tribe were the busiest. They had to make large amounts of medicine for the tribe members to drink to increase their resistance against the cold.
The elder would even personally help them during the coldest days. He would not hesitate to circulate his Qi to help the tribe fight against the cold.
As he stepped on the snow on the ground, crunching sounds echoed in the air. Su Ming put on a beast skin robe and walked into the tribe. He looked at the familiar tribe and the members of his tribe who smiled and nodded at him in greeting. That warm feeling seemed to be able to chase away the chill of winter.
The houses in the tribe were mostly simple. They were fine during normal times but it was difficult to keep out the wind during winter. That was why they had to stick a lot of beast skins outside the houses to stop the cold wind from entering.
However, the beast skins could not stick for too long and had to be fixed again. The bonfires in the houses also had to be filled with tree branches from time to time. Because of that, winter was a torture for most of the people in the tribe.
Fortunately, they would not freeze to death. It was just a little more troublesome.
As Su Ming continued walking, he arrived at the fences of the house that was constantly guarded by his tribe members. This was the place where Dark Mountain Tribe stored their herbs. The house was covered with thick beast skins and there were also a few bonfires burning around it. When he got closer, he could feel a wave of warmth mixed with the cold wind blowing towards him.
Su Ming was very familiar with this place. Every time he came back from gathering herbs, he would bring them here. That was why when the guards saw Su Ming, they all smiled and did not stop him.
Su Ming also smiled and greeted the tribe members. He walked into the fences and was about to push the door open when a surprised voice called out to him from behind.
"Su Ming, when did you come back?"
It was a woman's voice. It sounded very pleasant, like the chirping of a lark.
Su Ming's footsteps faltered and he turned around to look. A gentle look appeared in his eyes. It was a rather tall woman wrapped in thick beast skins. Her long hair was tied up by grass, and there were two exquisite white bone earrings on her ears. Her skin was slightly rough, but it could not hide her beauty.
Her eyes were huge and looked like pools of water. They were very clear and filled with innocence. At that moment, there was joy in her eyes, and with a few brisk steps, she arrived before Su Ming.
"I came back yesterday." Su Ming smiled. The woman was Chen Xin, the one who would usually tidy up his house when he was not around. Suddenly, Su Ming's smile froze on his face and his gaze shifted slightly.
She wasn't alone. Behind her was a young man who was about eighteen or nineteen years old. This young man was quite strong, even more so than Lei Chen. In this winter, he only wore a thin animal skin shirt. His hair was messy, but it wasn't dirty. Combined with his sharp face, he gave off a fierce and arrogant aura.
His eyes, in particular, were like stars. There seemed to be some kind of strange totem flickering in his pupils, giving people an invisible sense of oppression. It would always make people uncontrollably vigilant, as if they had seen a ferocious beast.
He stood there with a bow on his back. His eyes were like arrows as he looked at Su Ming.
"Su Ming!"
"Bei … Big brother Bei Ling." Su Ming looked at the young man with a complicated look in his eyes as he spoke respectfully.
The young man before him was the strongest among the younger generation in Dark Mountain Tribe. The Berserker Body he possessed was something that even the elder could not compare to. It was not until Lei Chen was discovered to have a Berserker Body that Su Ming could somewhat compare to him.
As the strongest among the younger generation in the tribe, his progress was incredibly fast. Su Ming had even heard of him from the elder once that this person had the highest chance of breaking through the Blood Solidification Realm and becoming the legendary Transcendence Realm!
That person's name was also well-known in the other tribes nearby. Even Wind Stream Tribe had heard of him. They sent someone to take him away to Wind Stream Tribe to be taught. Su Ming did not expect that he would be able to see him on that day.
There was a complicated look in his eyes because when he was young, Bei Ling had taken good care of him like a real big brother. Bei Ling had even taught him some of his archery skills at that time. After all, Bei Ling was the child of the Head of the Guards in their tribe. Naturally, his archery skills were extraordinary.
However, all of this changed when Chen Xin was twelve years old. Perhaps it was because Chen Xin and Su Ming had become too close, but gradually, Bei Ling's gaze towards Su Ming became strange and hesitant. Eventually, his gaze slowly turned cold, and eventually, he became completely distant. He would even ignore Su Ming when they met.
Su Ming later found out that it was because the tribe leader and Bei Ling's father had decided to marry him …
Su Ming wanted to explain himself, but all his words were met with the same cold stare. Slowly, he could only sigh. His contact with Chen Xin also became further and further apart.
He knew that he was just a normal member of the tribe. He also knew that he was an abandoned baby picked up by the elder when he went out to train around 10 years ago. Even if the people in the tribe treated him well as he grew up and allowed him to fully blend in with them, allowing him to experience the warmth of family, it did not change the fact that his appearance was different from the rest of the tribe.
"Why didn't you tell me you came back? I went to look for you a few times, but you were never there." Chen Xin scrunched up her nose and grumbled.
Su Ming touched his nose and avoided Chen Xin's gaze. He only felt that Chen Xin was like family to him. He did not have any other feelings towards her. He did not want his big brother Bei Ling, who treated him so well when he was young, to continue misunderstanding him.
"Big brother Bei Ling, when did you come back?" Su Ming looked at the majestic Bei Ling. At such a close distance, he could clearly feel the vast power of Qi coming from Bei Ling's body. That power was the strongest he had seen in the tribe besides the elder, the tribe leader, and a few others.
However, the fierce and arrogant air about Bei Ling was as strong as his Qi. It made Su Ming feel as if he was suffocating as he stood before him.
"Yesterday." Bei Ling's expression remained the same. He was as aloof as ever. His words were short and brief, as if he was just brushing things off. He turned his head and looked at Chen Xin beside him.
"Xin Er, didn't you want to get herbs for your mother? Let's go in." As Bei Ling spoke, he held Chen Xin's hand and walked past Su Ming. He pushed open the door to the house that stored the herbs and went in.
Chen Xin wanted to say something, but after a moment of hesitation, she did not speak. Instead, she nodded at Su Ming and followed Bei Ling into the house.
Su Ming stood there and remained silent for a while. He sighed softly and walked in as well.
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