In this slightly unfamiliar state, Su Ming forgot about the flow of time. His eyes were closed, and he looked as if he had lost his soul. It was as if his soul had left his body and fused with the world.
There was no world in his world. There was only chaos that surrounded him like fog, causing him to be unable to see clearly. However, his heart was very calm. It was so quiet that even his heartbeats had become weaker.
Snow fell on his hair and clothes. More and more snow slowly accumulated, causing Su Ming to look like a snowman from the distance.
Four days, five days, six days …
The sun rose and set multiple times. Sunlight and moonlight intersected and fell on Su Ming's body, reflecting different rays of light. His body still did not move.
At that moment, Su Ming did not know that the person he saw a few days ago when he entered this state had never left the top of the ninth summit.
Tian Xie Zi stood at the top of the mountain quietly. His gaze was fixed on Su Ming sitting there. He had spent several days with Su Ming, and he would continue doing so.
Only when Su Ming woke up would he, as his Master, leave.
Because he knew that this was an incredibly important process and metamorphosis in his disciple's life. This was an epiphany.
"Every single one of my disciples will have their first epiphany at different times after they entered the mountain …" Tian Xie Zi mumbled as he looked at Su Ming, who was standing in the distance.
When his eldest disciple had his epiphany, he had been watching.
When his second disciple had his epiphany, he had also been watching.
When his third disciple had his epiphany, he had still been watching quietly.
Now, he was standing there, just like the other three times, watching Su Ming gain his epiphany. During this process, he would not allow anyone to disturb him. He was their Master. He had to extend his arms and protect them with his chest when they were weak.
"I'm looking forward to what sort of method you'll come up with to clear your mind …" An amiable smile appeared on Tian Xie Zi's face, and within that smile was hope.
He would never forget how this disciple he took in had cried when he saw the beast skin map in the chamber a few days ago …
It was just like when he took in his eldest, second, and third disciples in the past. At that moment, when Su Ming called him Master, he had already treated Su Ming as his disciple. There was no need for time to pass. Sometimes, people only needed a moment to familiarize themselves with each other.
Tian Xie Zi was watching …
His third senior brother, who always liked to call himself Grandpa Hu, lay in his cave abode on the ninth summit. He held a wine gourd in his hands and drank from it. He was already drunk, but it was difficult for him to sleep. He would occasionally lift his head. His gaze might have been blocked by of the cave walls, but if there were no walls, he would have been able to see clearly that he was looking at the platform where Su Ming was sitting.
"I have a tough life … Well, he's my youngest junior brother. I can't help it, I can't help it … But when I go out to fight in the future, it's not bad, not bad at all …" third senior brother mumbled and grinned. That grin was incredibly smug.
"Heh heh, I'm still the smart one. Youngest junior brother even gained an epiphany when I inadvertently gave him pointers. Let's see what method he'll come up with … No, if he manages to come up with an epiphany and isolate himself like eldest senior brother, then I'll be lonely again!
"Even if he manages to come up with an eccentric hobby like second senior brother and likes to take care of plants, it's not good … Drinking. It'll be best if he manages to come up with an epiphany. At that time, I'll have someone to drink with me." The man scratched his head and nervousness appeared on his face.
At that moment, there was another person on the ninth summit. He was crouching down in the middle of a large patch of plants at the mountainside. He was rummaging through some of the frozen soil and planting the seeds of some plants.
That man was dressed in white and had a handsome face. His eyes were bright, and there was always a smile on his face. Occasionally, he would lift his head and look at the spot where Su Ming was sitting, and his smile would widen.
"Youngest junior brother, good luck. Whether you can become a member of the ninth summit or not will depend on whether you can come up with an epiphany …" That man was second senior brother. He did not sleep during the day. In fact, he had not slept for the past few days. Instead, he acted out of character and would occasionally look at the spot where Su Ming was as he took care of the plants.
At the foot of the ninth summit was a pair of gentle eyes looking at Su Ming. It was the spot where eldest senior brother isolated himself at the bottom of the mountain along the crack in the ice. That person seemed to be looking at Su Ming, and there was an expectant look in that gaze.
Su Ming sat there quietly. His world was still covered in fog. He could not see anything. The only thing he could see was the fog floating in the air. He did not know how much time had passed. Perhaps it was a few breaths, perhaps it was several days, perhaps it was even longer.
He did not think about it in detail. He only looked at the fog.
He could vaguely see a figure in the fog. It was indistinct, and he seemed to be sitting cross-legged. Cold air gradually filled the area around him, but there was a wave of heat within that cold air.
This was the image of his eldest senior brother that Su Ming had formed in his mind.
"By isolating himself, locking down his body and focusing his mind, he can reach a state of calmness … Understanding his cultivation methods and creating his own path … This is eldest senior brother," Su Ming mumbled. This was the image of his eldest senior brother in his mind.
"I can do this as well … but because I saw it, if I chose to do it, then I would not be creating … I would be walking on someone else's path and walking behind eldest senior brother." Su Ming remained silent for a long time before he shook his head slowly.
Slowly, a new picture appeared in the fog before Su Ming's eyes. Speaking of which, only he could see this picture. If there was anyone else in his world at that moment, then they would only be able to see the fog. They would not be able to see anything else.
He might have said that it was fog, but in truth, it was Su Ming's thoughts.
In the new picture, Su Ming saw his second senior brother. He saw the flowers and plants in the ninth summit, and he saw a power that could create life.
'Since I can reach the pinnacle of the flowers and plants, I can reach the pinnacle of the heart. The life force of the flowers and plants is given to me by the world, but it has gone through second senior brother's hands. This is a form of creation …
'Second senior brother seems to have changed into another person at night. He takes away the flowers and plants he planted … This is because the life force of the flowers and plants is created by his hands, but it can also … be destroyed by his hands … 'Su Ming shuddered. In his state of epiphany, he suddenly understood some of his second senior brother's actions.
Perhaps these were not correct, but they were what Su Ming had come to understand at that moment.
"This sort of creation has already reached an incredibly profound state … second senior brother …" Su Ming mumbled. He remained silent for a moment, but still chose to shake his head.
'This sort of path isn't suitable for me to answer Master's question. What is creation..? 'Su Ming looked at the fog. In truth, he already had an answer to Tian Xie Zi's question, but he could only keep it in his heart. He could not say it out loud, because if he did, he would be wrong.
"Eldest senior brother's answer should be that I am creation.
"Second Senior Brother's answer is the same."
"Third senior brother's words might be slightly different, but the meaning should be the same … They can answer this way because they found their own way to clear their minds and found their own Creation.
"I can't say it, because I haven't found it yet. If I imitate second senior brother's path, then I'll never be able to say these words … unless one day, I walk down my own path." Su Ming shook his head.
The fog before him changed once again. This time, in a picture that no one else could see, third senior brother who called himself Grandpa Hu was drunk and lying on the ground while drinking. There was a silly smile on his lips, and there was even drool trickling down the corners of his mouth. Su Ming could even hear faint snores.
It was as if there was a world in his dreams that made him happy. In that world, there seemed to be an endless amount of people drinking with him, and an endless amount of people waiting for him to beat them up …
That happy look on his face made Su Ming laugh uncontrollably.
He could already imagine that perhaps his third senior brother's epiphany was the easiest and the simplest. In fact, there was a high possibility that his third senior brother had never gained any epiphany. He had just fallen asleep after getting drunk and had a dream. From then on, he naturally obtained his own method to clear his mind.
'If there comes a day when third senior brother's dreams come true, then his achievements will not be any weaker than second senior brother's … As for eldest senior brother, I still can't see through his path.' In the end, Su Ming still chose to shake his head.
He would not walk down his third senior brother's path either.
'I wonder what is Master's epiphany..?' Su Ming had no clue, and neither did he think too much about it. Gradually, the fog before his eyes started changing violently. Their changes meant that Su Ming was thinking.
He was thinking about his own epiphany and his own method to clear his mind.
Days passed by just like that. Very soon, it was the 27th day since Su Ming sat down on the platform.
During these 27 days, snow would occasionally fall, but the snow was very light. Yet even so, it still made Su Ming and his body feel as if they were connected together with the snow and wind.
When the night of the 27th day passed and the morning of the 28th day arrived, a huge snowstorm accompanied the morning sun.
Blizzards were not rare in Freezing Sky Clan. They would occasionally appear, and now, it was the time for a blizzard to arrive. The moaning and howling wind shook the sky, sweeping up a large amount of snow that looked as if it wanted to cover the entire world. It was as if an ancient giant beast had lifted its claws and slammed them on the ground.
As the blizzard howled, a person gradually walked towards the foot of the ninth summit from the distance. That person wore a thick bamboo hat that covered his entire body. As he walked in the blizzard, a shocking presence spread out from his body, causing the snow and wind to seem as if they did not dare to get close to him. Instead, they fell backwards around him, causing him to look like an Earth Dragon from the distance as he walked towards them.
"Su Ming …" That person's voice was cold, and he spoke in a ghastly voice at the foot of the ninth summit.
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