Su Ming looked at Bai Su, and Bai Su also looked at him. The two of them stood on the platform outside the cave abode and looked at each other in the morning.
The instant she saw the dazed look in Su Ming's eyes and the brief moment of confusion, Bai Su no longer felt pleased with herself. Instead, an indescribable feeling rose within her.
She knew that her dream, perhaps, was real.
The thin boy in her dream gradually overlapped with the Su Ming before her.
Su Ming looked at Bai Su and walked towards her until he stood before her. He stared at that familiar face, and after a long while, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Bai Su's right hand, then lowered his head to look at her.
This was the first time he touched Bai Su's skin. She shuddered and instinctively struggled a few times, but she could not break free from Su Ming's grasp.
Most of the time, Su Ming paid attention to Bai Su's and Bai Ling's identical faces. He had never observed any other parts of Bai Su's body. Only at this moment did he look at Bai Su's right index finger. It might still be as white as jade, but that finger was bent … and could not be straightened.
Bai Su broke free from his grasp and took a few steps back, then looked at Su Ming with a complicated expression.
"You … You saw it?"
Su Ming nodded.
"Why did this happen?" Bai Su remained silent for a moment. When she lifted her head, her gaze was still as complicated as ever. This was her secret. She did not want anyone to know about it. This was the weakest part of her heart, and she did not even tell Si Ma Xin about it.
"You shouldn't have interrupted my training …" Su Ming shook his head and walked past Bai Su to sit down on the big stone outside the cave abode. He brought out his drawing board and started drawing on it once again.
Bai Su stood there for a long time. For the first time, she turned around quietly. She did not make a ruckus, nor was she pleased with herself, nor was she angry. Instead, with a complicated expression, she left the ninth summit.
When she left, Su Ming lifted his head and looked in the direction Bai Su had left, then let out a soft sigh.
"This is your Life. This is my Creation … This is the path you chose. I didn't force you … When you no longer know who you are, that will be the moment Si Ma Xin fails."
Time passed by without anyone knowing it. In the blink of an eye, three months went by.
There was less than half a year left until the day of Sky Mist Shaman Hunt. During this half a year, many of the people in Freezing Sky Clan began their final isolation and began their final preparations. Sometimes, quite a number of Freezing Sky Clan disciples would form groups to look at the affiliated tribes at the edge of the Great Tribe of Freezing Sky, which were located not too far away from the place.
There were quite a number of squares there. You could buy all the items you needed there. In fact, there were even quite a number of items unique to the other places in the Land of South Morning that were brought there to be traded.
During the Sky Mist Battle that was held once every ten years, there would also be a large number of such squares appearing. Besides being formed by the Great Tribe of Freezing Sky itself, they also attracted quite a number of outsiders.
Besides, this was the Great Battle of Sky Mist that only happened once a century. That was why during this period of time, there would be two incredibly lively places in the entire Land of South Morning. One of them was the square outside Western Sea Clan, and the other was a place like this outside Freezing Sky Clan.
Almost every single day, there would be Freezing Sky Clan disciples going out to trade for the items they needed. Similarly, as the number of people in the square increased, they would occasionally hold some auctions. The items brought out from the auctions would usually pique the interest of the crowd.
During these three months, besides copying the Golden Roc's charge, Su Ming also used the method of carrying weights to refine his body at fixed times. There were already eight ice hoops on his legs.
These eight ice hoops were hidden under Su Ming's robes. Besides Zi Che, no one else knew about them. Every single time Zi Che saw Su Ming walking like the wind, he would be shocked. He knew clearly just how heavy the eight ice hoops were. They were like mountains, and under that weight, Su Ming would have to pay several times the price before he could even take a single step forward.
It could be said that Zi Che had witnessed everything that happened after Su Ming put on the ice hoops. From the initial ease of his movements to the time when there were three ice hoops on each of his legs, Su Ming could no longer take a single step forward. His body trembled, and he only got used to it after standing for an entire day.
When he could walk with ease after three ice hoops were added to the four, he went through another round of getting used to it. Gradually, the four ice hoops on each of his legs no longer seemed to have any weight on Su Ming's body. It did not matter whether he was walking or flying, he was no different from a normal person.
However, only Zi Che knew just how much effort Su Ming had put in to reach this state. During these three months, he practically did not sleep at all. Besides copying the Su clan's movements and the Divine General Armor that would occasionally surround his body with black mist, he spent most of his time getting used to the weight.
During these three months, Su Ming's Divine General Armor would frequently appear. Sometimes, the black mist would gather around his body, and at other times, it would scatter and surround him. Every single time the black mist from the armor appeared, Su Ming would pay full attention to it and use fine control along with his divine sense to form a series of combinations on the armor.
These combinations were based on the dozens of Rune pictures Hu Zi had given him two months ago. This was Su Ming's rather absurd idea. He could not increase his own methods of defense, so he could only create his own. The best way was to control the black mist that appeared when he Transcended and have it form the Runes within the armor while it was turning into the armor.
However, this was easier said than done. It was difficult for Su Ming, who did not have a single shred of understanding towards Runes, to form them with the black mist without making any mistakes.
Besides, Hu Zi mostly relied on his innate ability in this aspect. He could not explain it too clearly to Su Ming, so Su Ming had to understand everything on his own. Fortunately, his Picture Creation could copy the world. After spending a large amount of time, he managed to make the black mist form into a Rune once among the dozens of times he tried.
However, this Rune was not only of the lowest level, it could also only change a few times. Once it changed a few times, Su Ming would no longer be able to control it. He would need to use fine control and an even greater divine sense before he could do it.
However, Su Ming did not give up. Even if he could not be considered to have succeeded perfectly once out of the dozens of times he tried, he could still clearly feel that the armor's defensive capabilities had increased by quite a large margin.
This was a direction. When the day came when Su Ming could control it perfectly, then even if the Divine General Armor did not have any physical form and was just an illusion, its defense would still be incredibly strong.
Su Ming continued training and making preparations during these three months. Besides these things, Bai Su also came to him every single day without a break during these three months.
During the first few days, she still had a complicated look on her face, but after half a month, Bai Su seemed to have understood something and returned to her rude and unreasonable personality. She maintained her previous attire, causing the noise outside Su Ming's cave abode to appear every single day.
"Su Ming, what have you been drawing these past few days? You've been drawing for a few months now, but there's nothing!"
"Su Ming, do you think this looks like a mountain? I drew a mountain!"
"Su Ming, can you lift your head and say something? Has anyone ever told you that you're like a mute?!"
Snow was falling from the sky on the ninth summit. Bai Su sat beside Su Ming and glared at him angrily. She held a piece of charcoal in her hand and an item that looked exactly like Su Ming's drawing board before her. She scribbled on it a few times.
Su Ming did not speak. He sat down cross-legged with his eyes closed. Black mist surrounded his body. That black mist would occasionally form strange shapes, but very soon, it would dissipate as it could no longer maintain its form.
When she saw that Su Ming was still behaving the same way, Bai Su grabbed the drawing board before her and threw it at him angrily. Yet the moment the drawing board closed in on Su Ming, it floated in midair.
Bai Su stood up and threw the charcoal in her hand at him as well.
Yet that charcoal continued floating around Su Ming's body.
Bai Su seemed to be used to this sort of thing. She was not surprised at all and walked towards Su Ming quickly. She lifted her foot and was about to kick him, but the moment she lifted her foot, she put it down and glared at Su Ming, who had his eyes closed, angrily.
She had kicked him like this before, but the consequences were severe.
Yet when she saw Su Ming closing his eyes and ignoring her actions, Bai Su could no longer control her temper. She gritted her teeth and kicked him.
"I'll kick you, you mute! I'll kick you …"
She kicked him, but before her foot even touched Su Ming, she immediately let out a cry of surprise. She felt as if her body was grabbed by an invisible hand, and her head fell downwards to float beside Su Ming … together with the drawing board and charcoal.
"Su Ming, you … You're a bastard!" Bai Su shouted loudly. Her eyes were once again filled with anger. She tried to turn her body around, but she still ended up floating in midair with her head still downwards.
As she continued shouting, Bai Su could not help but feel tired. The dizziness that came with it after a long period of time also caused a red flush to appear on her cheeks. She decided not to speak anymore, but the anger in her eyes did not diminish. She continued thinking of ways to deal with Su Ming in her head.
At that moment, a long arc closed in and turned into Zi Che on the platform. He took a few brisk steps forward and arrived beside Su Ming. He swept his gaze across the area and saw Bai Su floating upside down on the platform.
"What are you looking at? What's there to look at? Haven't you seen it before?!" When Bai Su saw Zi Che looking at her, she shouted again.
Zi Che completely ignored Bai Su's words. During the past three months, he had already gotten used to Bai Su causing trouble and being taught a lesson by Su Ming.
"Master, the ice stone is gone. I've searched many places, but I couldn't find it. But the square at the edge of Freezing Sky Tribe has been very lively lately. The people from the clan often go there. There must be ice stones there.
"Master, please allow me to temporarily leave the ninth summit and go to the market on your behalf."
"Square?" Su Ming opened his eyes. The black mist around him seeped into his body and disappeared.
"That's right. The closer we get to Sky Mist Battle, the more squares like this will appear at the borders between Freezing Sky Tribe and Freezing Sky Clan. Don't worry, Master, I'll be back in half a month," Zi Che quickly said.
"Be careful." Su Ming fell into a moment of pensive silence. He had gained some understanding of controlling the black mist in his Divine General Armor recently and did not want to interrupt his training. That was why he nodded and lifted his right hand to tap Zi Che's body, temporarily releasing the restraints on him.
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