Su Ming stood alone at the top of the ninth summit. Ever since Tian Xie Zi swept him out of the cave abode, he was the only one left in the place. Tian Xie Zi was nowhere to be found.
'Freezing Sky Clan's ninth summit … home, huh?' Su Ming looked at the world in the distance. It was all white, and a mixture of familiarity and unfamiliarity rose in his heart.
The familiarity was due to the snow, but the unfamiliarity was due to the world.
Snowflakes danced around him. As he looked at the snow, Su Ming lowered his head and walked down the stairs filled with plants.
'Since I'm here, I'll have to find a cave abode to stay in.' As Su Ming continued walking, he looked around. Wherever he looked, there were plants that could grow in the snow. They were so dense that they covered most of the mountain.
'Second senior brother is very hardworking. He believes that he can do better …' His third senior brother's words echoed in Su Ming's ears unknowingly. He walked for a long time, and gradually, he gained a deeper understanding of those words.
When night fell and the sky gradually turned completely dark, Su Ming found a spot without any plants at the mountainside of the ninth summit, which was a rare sight. It was slightly far away from the stairs leading up to the mountain. There was a big rock protruding out of the ground, forming a small platform.
As he stood on the platform, the moaning cold wind whistled past his ears. Su Ming lifted his right hand, and immediately, green light shone at the center of his brows. The small virescent sword flew out and circled around him a few times before charging towards the wall of the ninth summit.
Banging sounds reverberated in the air. As the small sword pierced through the stone wall, a simple cave abode was gradually carved out by Su Ming. The ice and stones in this place were incredibly sturdy. Su Ming had spent quite a bit of effort just to create this simple cave abode.
When the moon hung high in the sky, the cave abode was finally completed. Su Ming put away the small sword and looked at the cave abode that did not even have a door. He shook his head and walked in.
There was only one room in the cave abode. Su Ming walked to the end and swept his gaze across the area. The walls of the cave were cold, causing the interior of the cave to also be cold.
Su Ming sat down quietly and brought out the beast skin map from his bosom. He lowered his head and looked at it for a while before sighing.
'Cultivation base … Master is right. If I want to walk out of the Land of South Morning, I'll need to rely on my powerful cultivation base.'
'I have to find a way to clear my mind and understand the true meaning of Creation.' Su Ming put away the beast skin map and sat down with a contemplative look on his face.
Time trickled by. It was Su Ming's first night in the ninth summit of Freezing Sky Clan. He spent most of the night thinking about Tian Xie Zi's words in the simple cave abode, accompanied by the moaning cold wind outside.
Besides the sound of the wind, Freezing Sky Clan was quiet at night. It was especially so for the ninth summit. Since there were simply too few people living there, it was even quieter.
The moonlight shone softly outside, giving off a cold feeling in the ice and snow.
When it was almost daybreak, Su Ming woke up from his meditative state. He frowned, not quite sure what clearing his mind meant.
"Calm my heart? But I feel that I should have achieved this. I have already calmed down. But how would doing this help my cultivation … What does the enlightenment that Master spoke of represent? " Su Ming thought about it for a long time, but he still felt that it was a little unclear. He lifted his head and looked at the faint light in the sky outside the cave abode. He got up and walked out.
The moment Su Ming walked out of the unfamiliar land and unfamiliar mountain, a cold gust of wind blew against his face. Some snow fell on his face, but he did not mind the cold from the snow.
The sky was slightly brighter. The darkness around him had mostly dissipated, and he could roughly see the outline of the place. Su Ming walked forward casually. As he stepped on the snow, it let out crunching sounds. That sound came with a rhythm as he walked, and it slowly made Su Ming's puzzled mind become much more at ease. "Clear my mind.
Could it be training my mind? "Su Ming seemed to have figured something out.
He had no idea how much time had passed. As Su Ming continued walking, he suddenly came to a halt. A fierce look appeared in his eyes, but he soon relaxed and looked forward with an odd expression.
Before him, he saw a person crouching behind a big rock with a pot of wine in his hands. As he drank, he carefully poked his head out of the rock and looked outwards.
From where Su Ming stood, he could only see the person's back. He could not see what the person was looking at so cautiously behind the rock.
'Third senior brother …' Su Ming's expression became even stranger. He could not understand why the man who always called himself Grandpa Hu was crouching there.
"Shh …" Third senior brother had clearly noticed Su Ming. He quickly turned his head around and placed his index finger by his lips. He winked at Su Ming, signaling him not to make a sound, then waved at him.
Su Ming hesitated for a moment before he walked forward cautiously. When he saw his third senior brother, who called himself Grandpa Hu, being so cautious and even a hint of nervousness on his face, Su Ming could not help but be wary. He bent down and approached him slowly.
When he saw Su Ming's actions, praise appeared on the man's face. When Su Ming got closer, he grabbed Su Ming's arm and pulled him to his side before he spoke in a low voice.
"Don't talk. No matter what you see later, don't make a loud noise, or else something bad will happen," third senior brother said sternly. Ever since Su Ming arrived at the ninth summit, his third senior brother had been the one following him. This sort of expression had never appeared on the man's face before.
When Su Ming saw this, he could not help but be surprised, but there was also a serious look on his face. He nodded his head.
"Hmm, when I lift my head to look later, you can look with me. Remember, don't make a loud noise …" Third senior brother licked his lips. As he reminded Su Ming, he drank a mouthful of wine and lifted his head slowly to look at the edge of the mountain rock.
Su Ming lifted his head as well and cast a glance at the edge of the mountain rock.
The moment he cast that glance, his expression instantly became even stranger.
The area behind the mountain rock was empty. The ground was filled with plants, but not a single person could be seen. It was very quiet.
"He's here!" Third senior brother's spirits lifted and he quickly said. The moment his words left his mouth, Su Ming immediately saw a person in white floating towards them like a ghost from the distance.
That person's speed was not fast. He floated to the place filled with plants and stopped. That person was naturally second senior brother.
There was a wary look on his face. Once he looked around, he lowered his head to look at the plants under his feet. He crouched down and plucked some of them, then quickly looked around himself before he floated into the distance once more.
Su Ming was stunned.
He simply did not know what there was to see in this scene. The cautious and stern look on the man called Hu Zi's face made Su Ming feel as if it was all a farce.
Only when second senior brother left did the man called Hu Zi relax. He leaned against the wall and grinned as he looked at Su Ming.
"How was it? It was fun, wasn't it?"
Su Ming was speechless. He looked at his third senior brother and did not know what to say.
"Let me tell you, youngest junior brother. Do you know who is the smartest person in the ninth summit?" Third senior brother had a smug look on his face. He picked up the pot of wine and took a big swig from it. He even let out a drunken burp.
Su Ming fell silent and shook his head. He felt that he should not have come here, or rather, he should not have walked out of his cave abode.
"You don't know? That's right. You just came to the mountain today. Let me tell you, if we talk about power, I can't win against second senior brother, and I can't win against eldest senior brother, much less the old coot.
"But if we talk about intelligence, who is smarter than me in this mountain? No one! "Third senior brother's face became even more smug.
Su Ming remained silent. He looked at the man before him and did not know where he got this answer from.
"Surprised, right? Let me tell you, your Grandpa Hu is the smartest because I like to think," third senior brother whispered with a smug look on his face.
"Not only do I like to think, I also like to observe. Forget the ninth summit, even the other mountains have targets that I observe.
"I think, I observe, that's why I'm getting smarter.
"What did you see just now? It was second senior brother, right? But let me tell you, what you saw was second senior brother, but it was also not second senior brother. "Heh heh, second senior brother talks about how someone steals his plants every night and even suspects that I'm the one who did it, but I won't tell him. Every single time, I see him stealing his plants at night," third senior brother said to Su Ming, feeling even more pleased with himself.
Su Ming felt a slight headache coming on. He rubbed the center of his brows and was just about to get up and leave.
"Second senior brother has become stupid from farming. He's not the same person at night and he's not the same person during the day. Don't you think he's tired? During the day, he plants, and at night, he steals. He even looks for himself often, but I won't tell him." Third senior brother grinned and took another big swig from his pot of wine.
Su Ming smiled wryly as he looked at his third senior brother.
He finally knew what his third senior brother's strange hobby was. His strange hobby was not drinking, but observing and thinking.
"This wine is getting a little cold. We've been here for too long. The wine doesn't taste good anymore," third senior brother mumbled under his breath and stood up. He swept his gaze past Su Ming.
"Youngest junior brother, your senior brother Tiger is happy today. How about I take you to meet our eldest senior brother? "Our eldest senior brother is also a strange person. He's such an idiot. He isolates himself every day like a turtle and doesn't even feel tired. If you ask me, life should be like this. Think more, observe more, drink more, dream more …
"But I heard the old man say something when he lent me wine in the past. Eldest senior brother seems to be different from us. He's lucky. He was the first to follow the old man, and I heard that he obtained a real skill. It's even the most mysterious skill in Freezing Sky Clan." Third senior brother pursed his lips and mumbled with drunken eyes.
Su Ming was originally about to leave, but when he heard those words, his heart suddenly trembled. A bright light appeared in his eyes, and he seemed to have caught onto something from his third senior brother's words. He was originally about to lift his foot, but he froze in his tracks once again.
He lowered his head and looked at his drunken third senior brother, who was smiling foolishly at him. Gradually, he found himself unable to tell whether this person was truly drunk or just trying to tell him something.
"Are you going or not? If you're not going, then I'll go by myself. "Third senior brother rubbed his eyes and yawned. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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