Su Ming slowly opened his eyes on the ninth summit. There was fatigue in his eyes. Leaving a Brand on the insect's soul had always used up his divine sense. Even with the large amount of spiritual aura provided by the stone coins, Su Ming was still incredibly tired due to the burning of Si Ma Xin's human skin and blood picture.
Yet even though he was tired, joy appeared on Su Ming's face. There was a small black rod that was about the thickness of a finger lying quietly on his right hand.
If he took a closer look, he would find that it was the strange rod-shaped insect.
The snake had its head lowered, and if he did not look closely, it would be difficult to notice that its eyes were also closed. There was a fatigue that was similar to Su Ming's, along with a deep sense of weakness.
It was clear that the various things that had happened previously had not only injured this highly intelligent insect physically, but had also caused its soul to go through ups and downs.
However, Su Ming could clearly sense that once the snake went through the process of changing masters, it seemed to have become different from before. It was as if its soul had gone through a metamorphosis, and it was spreading outwards. Su Ming could vaguely sense a murderous aura that surged into the sky from its body.
"When you wake up from your deep sleep … I'll have another trump card by my side!" Su Ming mumbled and caressed the rod insect with his left hand.
The insect did not move. There was no longer any hint of struggle or resistance from before.
After a moment of pensive silence, Su Ming placed the insect back into Han Mountain Bell. It might still be a seal, but the meaning behind it was different from before. Previously, it was to trap the insect, but now, it was to protect it.
With Han Mountain Bell's strength, he would protect the weakened insect so that it would have enough time to recover until the moment it completely woke up!
Once he put away Han Mountain Bell, Su Ming took a deep breath. The sky outside had darkened once again, and before long, it would be completely dark. Su Ming stood up and walked out of his cave abode.
The moment he walked out, a gust of cold wind blew against his face, causing his hair and robes to flutter. Su Ming could not help but feel slightly refreshed. He breathed in the freezing air, and a chill spread through his body until it covered his entire body.
Yet that chill was only on his body. Su Ming's heart was filled with warmth because he was standing on the ninth summit and treated it as his home.
When Zi Che saw Su Ming walking out not too far away, he immediately stood up and bowed respectfully when he was several dozens of feet away from Su Ming.
"Zi Che greets Uncle-Master Su."
Su Ming did not speak. He looked at the world in the distance, at the faint light that seemed like a candle flame that was about to be extinguished. He watched as it was gradually devoured by darkness until the world turned dark.
There was not a hint of impatience on Zi Che's face. He simply stood there respectfully and waited for Su Ming's orders. He had already thought things through. He had to stay in the ninth summit for the next three years, because he had come to understand the ninth summit!
Time trickled by. After a long while, Su Ming looked at the darkness in the distance, and his voice traveled forth faintly as if it had come from the darkness.
"Bai Su, who is it?" Su Ming did not ask about Bai Su's name because he already had it in his heart. Instead, when he fought against Si Ma Xin using the rod insect as a medium, Su Ming had noticed Si Ma Xin's scheme, and he had a vague idea about it.
"Uncle-Master, Bai Su is a disciple of Freezing Sky Clan's seventh summit. She rarely speaks to us, so I do not know much about her. "But with my understanding of Si Ma Xin, he would definitely not come into contact with a normal disciple without reason. This girl has ordinary potential, but if Si Ma Xin came into contact with her, then there must be something special about her status," Zi Che said respectfully after a moment of pensive silence.
Su Ming remained silent for a moment before he turned around and walked off the platform. Zi Che quickly followed behind him. The two of them walked on the ninth summit in the middle of the night. Besides the moaning of the wind, there were no other sounds around them. It was a relative silence. Su Ming's footsteps were not quick, but each step he took seemed to follow a certain pattern. Zi Che followed behind him, and the more he watched, the more shocked he became.
'The people in the ninth summit are all monsters. There's something strange about Su Ming's movements now. The longer I watch him, the more I feel as if my mind is being trampled on by his footsteps.' Zi Che licked his lips and desire appeared in his eyes.
As the two of them continued walking, Zi Che's expression suddenly froze and he turned his head to look at a dark spot not too far away. He seemed to have seen a person floating past from the corner of his eyes just now.
"That's my second senior brother." Before Zi Che could warn him, Su Ming's calm voice traveled into his ears.
Zi Che was momentarily stunned. Before he could snap out of his daze, his pupils immediately shrank. He could clearly see a strange person floating towards them from the darkness not too far away.
That person suddenly stopped when he floated past them and lowered his body to look around him. Then, he lowered his head and quickly picked up some flowers before he floated to another place.
That person was like a ghost, causing all those who saw him to feel terrified.
Zi Che felt his skin crawl when he saw the person's actions and how he floated around without a sound. It was night time and the area was quiet. The sudden appearance of such a strange person, especially when he learned of that person's identity, made Zi Che's heart tremble.
'He … Er … What is second uncle master doing?' Zi Che took a deep breath and his gaze fell on Su Ming, who was walking forward slowly without turning his head back. Zi Che quickly caught up to him, and after a moment of hesitation, he spoke in a low voice.
"He's stealing the plants he planted," Su Ming said calmly. Su Ming spoke calmly, and soon, he arrived at Hu Zi's cave abode. Su Ming had once promised Chen Xiang that he would help persuade Hu Zi. Since he had taken the item Chen Xiang had given him, he would not forget about it.
'Stealing the plants he planted himself …' Zi Che's expression was strange and there was a perplexed look on his face. The ninth summit was becoming more and more difficult to understand.
Su Ming did not hear his third senior brother snoring outside Hu Zi's cave abode. When he went in to take a look, the cave abode was empty. His third senior brother was nowhere to be seen.
Su Ming felt a slight headache coming on. He could already imagine that when night arrived, as long as Hu Zi had nothing else to do, he would definitely go out to "scout" with that mysterious smile on his face.
Right now, he had gone to some mountain and was crouching in some corner, smiling as he peeked at his surroundings.
Zi Che was behind Su Ming. When he saw that the cave abode was empty, he did not think much of it, but when he saw Su Ming frowning, a thought appeared in his head. He remembered a legend about Hu Zi in Freezing Sky Clan.
The moment he remembered this legend, Zi Che shuddered and his expression became even stranger.
Su Ming frowned and walked out of the cave abode. He lifted his head and looked at the night sky. After a moment of pensive silence, he walked into the distance. He did not speak along the way, and Zi Che did not speak either. The two of them walked quietly for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before Su Ming suddenly came to a halt.
At the same time, a light chuckle that made Zi Che's skin crawl came from not too far away.
That chuckle was like the cries of birds in the night. It was incredibly clear in the quiet night.
"Your Grandpa Hu is still the smartest. Second senior brother, oh second senior brother, I'm not going to tell you who stole those plants. Ah, it's not good to be too smart. Take your Grandpa Hu for example, it's lonely …
It's too lonely … "Accompanying the chuckle that made people's skin crawl was a voice that sounded as if it was filled with emotion.
Zi Che's mind was blank. He could naturally tell that the voice belonged to Hu Zi, but he could not figure out just what part of Hu Zi was so smart …
In his confusion, he instinctively cast a glance at Su Ming.
The frown on Su Ming's face disappeared, and in Zi Che's eyes, his tall and straight body bent down. He walked forward with light footsteps, his back hunched.
Zi Che's mind was already in a mess. At that moment, Su Ming was like a different person compared to the one he usually saw. That hunched posture made Zi Che gulp, and he could not help but imitate Su Ming. With his back hunched, he walked forward softly.
Not long after, a big rock appeared before them. Zi Che saw a man who looked like a tiger crouching behind the rock. He craned his neck and looked over the edge of the rock.
Su Ming was already used to Hu Zi's actions. With his back hunched, he moved closer and squatted down beside Hu Zi. Hu Zi turned his head around and cast a glance at Su Ming. He was just about to make a move when Su Ming lifted his right index finger with a wry smile and shushed him.
Hu Zi's eyes lit up and his face was full of praise. He said in a low voice, "Not bad, youngest junior brother. Looks like you have the talent to learn from my good habits. I won't be lonely anymore. I'll bring you to every corner of Freezing Sky Clan."
Zi Che was also crouching by the side. His curiosity was piqued, and he could not help but lift his head to look at the edge of the rock. The moment he saw it, he blinked and found himself speechless for a long time.
Behind the rock was a glacier in the mountain. There was a depression in the middle of it, and it was about 100 feet wide. There was a block of ice that was several dozens of feet tall standing in it.
There was a faint light coming from the ice, and Su Ming could vaguely see the figure of a woman on it. She seemed to be … bathing.
As the woman bathed, she looked around cautiously.
Since only the woman's back could be seen, Su Ming could only see her long hair, but not her face. Besides, it was a little blurry, so it was difficult for Su Ming to see her face.
"What … What is this..?" A dazed look appeared in Zi Che's eyes. He simply could not understand why such an illusion would appear on the 100 feet tall block of ice before him.
He even instinctively looked around. The place was quiet, and it was clear that no one was bathing.
"Heh heh, this is your Grandpa Hu's greatest creation. It's useless no matter how strict the seventh summit is. I don't have to go there myself, and I can still see what I want to see." Hu Zi looked smug, and he was beaming with joy.
Zi Che was stunned, and he instinctively asked, "... Uncle master Hu, since you can see it from here, why don't you go out and look at it from the side of the ice? Why are you crouching here instead?"
When Hu Zi heard this, he immediately glared at Zi Che with disdain and disdain.
"That's why I feel like I'm peeping, do you understand?!"
Zi Che smiled wanly. He felt that the blurry figure of the woman's back was a little familiar, but he could not remember where he had seen it. When he looked at it again, the woman reflected on the ice seemed to have turned around a little, and the side of her face was still blurry.
But the moment he saw the side of her face, Zi Che suddenly widened his mouth, and veins popped up on his face.
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