Once Bai Su left, Zi Che bowed respectfully towards Su Ming and quickly left the place. When he was hundreds of feet away from the cave abode, he let out a huge sigh of relief and turned his head back to look at Su Ming's cave abode. Respect appeared in his eyes.
'He's … different.' Zi Che could not put his finger on it either. It was just a feeling.
Under the night sky, Su Ming breathed calmly and meditated quietly in his cave abode. The injuries on his body were already under control, and as he adjusted his breathing, he gradually recovered.
When dawn arrived, Su Ming opened his eyes. There was no brilliance in his eyes, only clarity. He looked at the dark night outside the cave abode. Cold wind blew in, lifting a few strands of his hair and causing them to float on his face.
'The battle in the land of the Shamans …' Su Ming lowered his head and looked at his hands. A contemplative look appeared on his face. In his head, the scenes of him chasing after one of the Split Dawns to the moment he walked out of Lizard Shaman Tribe slowly replayed in his head.
"I made a few mistakes in this battle," Su Ming mumbled. He lifted his left hand and brought out his drawing board. He lifted his right hand and started drawing on the back of the drawing board. Gradually, pictures appeared on the drawing board as Su Ming looked at it.
The first thing that appeared was a small hill in the dense forest. He stood at the top of the hill and charged down the hill. The Split Dawns he was chasing were also closing in on him from the foot of the hill.
'I might have paid a lot of attention to the enemy … but during the critical moment before the battle, I neglected the terrain of this place. Even if I didn't know about the strangeness of this place, when I saw the person I was chasing suddenly stop, I should have been on guard.' Su Ming looked at the drawing board and the scene from that time appeared clearly in his head.
'I could have not been injured in this battle … and that boy, I could have not made any mistakes with him. Even if I didn't kill him, I could have taken him away and returned his freedom to him once I was safe.' Su Ming closed his eyes. When he opened them once again, he flicked the drawing board with his right hand. A thin layer of dust flew into the air and swept away the previous picture. Then, Su Ming continued drawing with his right hand.
This time, what appeared on the drawing board was also a forest. Su Ming was sitting cross-legged on a big tree, and there were a dozen something Shamans charging towards him.
'I'm not vigilant enough, and I'm not careful enough in my actions. That's the land of the Shamans. If I had set up a lot of traps in the area before I rested … If I had brought out the red meadow and the beast skin before I rested … then I wouldn't have needed to use the treasure eldest senior brother gave me, and I wouldn't have suffered too many injuries. I would have been able to kill these people one by one!'
Su Ming waved his right hand and continued drawing on the drawing board. What appeared on the drawing board was the scene of Su Ming and the old Shaman chasing after each other in the forest, as well as their counterattack.
A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes as he looked at the picture.
"I didn't make any mistakes in this battle … but if I hadn't changed my previous two mistakes, then perhaps there wouldn't have been this battle. Even if there was, because I had bought enough time, it shouldn't have been so difficult for me to win.
"This trip to the land of the Shamans allowed me to see that there are still a lot of things I lack when it comes to actual combat … Be careful, be careful, be more careful! 'Determination appeared in Su Ming's eyes.
Summing up his mistakes in this battle and summing up his inadequacies in this battle was the path Su Ming came up with so that he could become stronger.
A life and death crisis would definitely not just give him a chance to get lucky and the pleasant surprise of surviving a disaster. If that was the case, then perhaps he would not get lucky a second time.
In Su Ming's eyes, a life and death crisis would bring him a metamorphosis and growth. He would continuously perfect himself, continuously correct some of his mistakes and the way he handled things. This would allow him to obtain a higher chance of survival when he faced the next danger.
'I have to be careful with each step I take and each action I do. I have to be wary of the dangers that might appear around me at any moment. Only by doing so can I survive during Sky Mist Shaman Hunt and become stronger.' Su Ming closed his eyes and remembered the lesson he learned this time.
'Besides the inadequacies in my words and actions, there's one more thing that I have to be wary of and correct.' Su Ming opened his eyes and lifted his right hand to draw a line in the air before him. Once that line was drawn, Su Ming looked at the spot he had drawn and his eyes shone brightly.
'I've completed this line. Perhaps it's not perfect, but with my current level of cultivation and my epiphany, this is my limit … Yet besides this line, I don't have any other divine abilities or Arts that I can use to fight against powerful enemies …' Su Ming frowned. Before he entered the ninth summit, he had not had this worry.
Yet once he entered the ninth summit and searched for a method to clear his mind based on Tian Xie Zi's teachings, he no longer had the chance to learn any other divine abilities or Arts.
During the battle against the Shamans, Su Ming had felt this weakness and inadequacy of his.
'I lack divine abilities … Speed is my specialty, but when I faced that old Shaman, I couldn't use it at all! Besides divine abilities and speed, it was the same for my defense.
'The Divine General Armor is fine when I run into enemies of the same level as me, but if I run into powerful warriors, I won't be able to recover in time and shatter. This is because I didn't go to the Great Yu Dynasty to get the real armor, which is why it's not sturdy.
'Thank goodness I have Han Mountain Bell, but to me, the bell chimes can only make people fall into a daze. It's not a form of defense. Using it for defense can only be the final method to protect my life.
'Besides these, I also lack enchanted Vessels. The ice and fire eldest senior brother gave me have disappeared, uncle master Bai's Divine Clone has also disappeared … I'll have to make a lot of preparations before Sky Mist Shaman Hunt.' Su Ming frowned.
'There's also not much medicinal pills left. I'll need to create more of them. The power of Spirit Plunder has surpassed my expectations. This thing can only make the old Shaman withdraw for an instant. I might not be able to grasp the weakness in that instant, but if I'm fast enough, if I can use two or three or even more Spirit Plunder to freeze him, then … I might have a chance!'
In silence, Su Ming touched the black stone hanging around his neck. Gradually, the image of the medicinal pills he could create appeared in his head. There was an item called the Welcoming of Deities that existed in the medicinal pills he could create.
'When the old Shaman saw my Spirit Plunder, he said that it was the Shaman Tribe's Barren Core … Could it be that my stone came from the Shaman Tribe?' Su Ming frowned. He felt that it did not seem like it.
As Su Ming was immersed in his thoughts, the sky outside the cave abode was no longer dark. It gradually brightened up, and when the sky was completely bright, morning arrived.
As the morning sun shone on the cave abode, Su Ming took a deep breath. He already had a plan in mind for what he wanted to do next, so he got up and walked out of the cave.
It had been six days. Ever since he was brought away by Tian Xie Zi until he came back, this was the first time he stood on the platform outside the cave abode once again. He breathed in the cold wind in the morning and looked at the sea of clouds beyond the mountain. He also looked at the occasional snow falling or being swept up by the wind.
He stood there and looked at the end of the world. That place might be blurry, but Su Ming's eyes seemed to be able to see what the land of the Shamans looked like on this morning beyond Sky Mist Barrier, beyond that blurry place.
"Youngest junior brother, good morning." A voice that was as gentle as the spring breeze came from behind Su Ming. As Su Ming turned around, he saw his second senior brother walking towards him with his usual gentle smile on his face, dressed in a long robe.
"Second senior brother, you're up early." Su Ming was slightly surprised. It was rare for him to see his second senior brother waking up so early. Most of the time, his second senior brother would only wake up in the afternoon. After all, he would need to rest when the sun rose after he wandered about the place during the night.
Second senior brother let out a few fake coughs and turned his face slightly to the side, allowing the sun to shine on it.
"Youngest junior brother, I understand now. There's a saying that goes, sleeping early and waking up early is good for your health." Second senior brother shook his head.
Su Ming smiled and did not speak.
"Hmm?" Second senior brother was just about to say something when a sharp glint suddenly appeared in his eyes. He looked at Su Ming carefully and even lifted his right hand to pat Su Ming's body. Once he circled Su Ming once, he suddenly spoke in a low voice.
"Fourth Brother, tell your Senior Brother, did Master come to find you in the middle of the night wearing purple clothes? How did you answer? "
"My answer was … I wanted to see." Su Ming smiled.
"That's … not good …" Second senior brother was momentarily stunned before a smile appeared on his face. His smile grew wider and wider until he eventually started laughing loudly.
"Why didn't I think of that? That's … really not good …" A hint of anticipation appeared briefly in second senior brother's eyes and he patted Su Ming's shoulder.
"And then? What did Master do?"
"He brought me to watch a battle, watched a xun being made, went to the land of the Shamans, and killed a group of Shamans …" Su Ming said softly.
Second senior brother widened his eyes and a fascinated look appeared on his face. Determination gradually appeared in his eyes.
"Next time, when Master comes to me in purple, I'll give you the same answer!" Second senior brother was just about to continue speaking when he suddenly lifted his head and quickly smoothed out his robes. He even turned his body sideways so that the sun could shine on the side of his face, and a gentle smile appeared on his lips.
In the sky, two long arcs whistled through the air from the seventh summit. The two arcs came one after the other, and in the front was a woman. The woman was beautiful, but she was frowning, looking a little unwilling. It was Zi Yan.
Once she closed in on the ninth summit, she glared at Zi Che. Zi Che did not dare look at her and quickly lowered his head. At that moment, second senior brother stepped forward and kept the side of his face illuminated by the sun as he spoke gently to Zi Yan.
"Miss Zi Yan, let's go." As he spoke, he took a step towards the sky and walked towards Zi Yan. He turned into two long arcs and left into the distance unwillingly.
Su Ming did not look at second senior brother and Zi Yan leaving. Instead, he looked at the second long arc that came from the seventh summit. There was a woman dressed in white. Her hair was tied up with a red string made of grass and turned into two small braids by her ears. There were some sparkling crystals on her forehead.
At that instant, a dazed look appeared in Su Ming's eyes.
On the first day of the third watch! (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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