The medicinal fragrance filled the dark room and spread outwards, causing all those who took a whiff of it to feel refreshed. Su Ming looked at the four medicinal pills in the transparent bottle. They were green, and the interior of the bottle looked rather illusory. It was as if the appearance of these four medicinal pills did not fit in with the surroundings.
"Four second grade Shaman Cores. I've tested them myself, and they are for healing." The person beside Su Ming took out the medicinal pills and sat down before speaking languidly.
'Shaman Cores …' Su Ming's expression was calm, but his heart was shaken. The auction this time had allowed him to learn about many things that he did not know in the past. At that moment, he stared at the transparent jade bottle and fell silent.
"You managed to snatch a Shaman Core from the hands of the Shaman Priests? Interesting, but I don't really believe that it's a second grade Shaman Core!" A dark voice traveled forth. The person who spoke was one of the people sitting across from Su Ming. As he spoke, he lifted his right hand and seized the air in the direction of the jade bottle.
Immediately, the bottle charged towards that person. He grabbed it in his hand and poured out one of the medicinal pills inside, then brought it to his nose and sniffed it.
The person beside Su Ming did not stop him from doing this. Clearly, this sort of action was very common in the auction. He was not worried that the Shaman Core would be taken away.
Some of the other people around him also took out the medicinal pills from the air and examined them. Usually, they would only look at it for a moment before putting it back into the bottle.
There were quite a number of people who examined it. A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. He waited for a moment, and when he saw that no one was looking at it, he lifted his right hand and seized the air in the direction of the medicinal bottle. Immediately, the bottle flew towards him. He poured out a medicinal pill, and after a few scrutinizing glances at it, he chose to sniff it as well.
A medicinal fragrance wafted into his nose, but there was a hint of blood within that fragrance. As he stared at the item, Su Ming was certain that this was a medicinal pill, but it was not one of the ones he knew.
The method of creating it was also clearly a little crude. It looked round and smooth like a core, but if anyone took a closer look, they would be able to see that there were numerous small holes on it. It was not as natural as the medicinal pills Su Ming created.
'When the Lizard Shaman Tribe's Patriarch saw Spirit Plunder during the trip to the land of the Shamans, he cried out about the Barren Core … By the looks of it, the Shamans do indeed have a method similar to mine to create medicinal pills.
'However, the method I learned is called medicinal pills, and the Shaman Tribe's items are known as Shaman Cores … By the looks of it, these Shamans are still a little inferior compared to my medicinal pills.' Su Ming placed the Shaman Core in the bottle and pushed it forward before him. He sat and did not make a sound.
These few Wizard Cores did not cause a large-scale fight, but there were a few people who concealed the attention of the bystanders and exchanged some unknown items for these few Wizard Cores while conversing in private.
The small-scale auction had been going on for a long time. Su Ming gave up on the chance to bring out his items to be auctioned. He had nothing to sell, and it was the same for Tian Lan Meng. After another hour, the small-scale auction came to an end.
This was the first time Su Ming joined such a high profile private gathering. Most of the items brought out by the people were things he did not know about and had never heard of. As the private gathering ended, Su Ming might not have gained much, but the memories of those valuable items were still fresh in his mind.
If he did not have this sort of chance, then he would have needed a long time to gain this sort of knowledge. Once the private gathering ended, the boy waved his arm, and the people standing by the sides of the square turned into illusions before they gradually became transparent and eventually disappeared without a trace.
The way to enter this place was through the golden tent, but there were a dozen something golden tents in Western Sea Clan. It was not necessary to enter the largest golden tent in the center.
That was why when the people appeared, most of them would split up and quickly leave once they walked out of the golden tent.
Su Ming and Tian Lan Meng walked out of the golden tent. There was a chain in Su Ming's hand, and at the end of the chain was a Fire Ape with dark red fur. The ape had just walked out of the tent and lifted its head to look at the sky. It looked at the snow falling down from the sky and started trembling.
"Brother Su, this bag can contain living creatures. Hurry up and put away the Fire Ape. We have to leave this place immediately." The moment they walked out of the golden tent and Zi Che and Tian Lan Meng's attendants went up to them, Tian Lan Meng spoke to Su Ming anxiously. At the same time, she brought out a small white bag and handed it to Su Ming.
Su Ming did not hesitate. Once he took the small bag, he scanned it with his divine sense and patted it lightly. Immediately, a great suction force came from within and swept up the Fire Ape, sucking it into the small bag.
"Let's go!" Tian Lan Meng moved and turned into a long arc that rose into the sky. Su Ming lifted his foot and took a step forward. Even if Tian Lan Meng had flown up first, with that one step, Su Ming was already parallel to her as she charged forward in midair.
Zi Che and the girl followed behind the two of them. As for the man with the white mask, he was walking slowly at the very back. His movements were neither fast nor slow, and he looked incredibly relaxed.
The group of people turned into several long arcs in the sky and gradually disappeared into the distance.
No one spoke along the way. Su Ming was immersed in his own thoughts and would occasionally lower his head to look at the small white bag. He still had an indescribable feeling towards the Fire Ape in the bag. The instant he saw the Fire Ape, his heart had been shaken, and complicated feelings had even appeared in his heart.
He hoped that the ape was Xiao Hong, but it was also difficult for him to accept the fact that this was the truth. When he saw that the ape was not Xiao Hong, his longing and melancholy towards Xiao Hong appeared in his heart.
In the midst of these complicated feelings, he charged forward silently with Tian Lan Meng. The sky brightened up. Once they were quite a distance away from Western Sea Clan's temporary tribe, Tian Lan Meng turned her head around and cast Su Ming a glance.
"The item you used to exchange for the Fire Ape was also a Shaman Core." Tian Lan Meng's voice was gentle. No one else could hear her words, but they echoed in Su Ming's mind.
Su Ming had experienced this method of speaking during the private meeting. It was very strange.
"This is a simple Art used by the Immortals. It sounds simple, but it's very difficult for Berserkers to master." Tian Lan Meng smiled at Su Ming. She could tell that Su Ming was puzzled by this type of Sound Transmission Art.
"You don't have to answer me. I don't know whether you know where it came from. If you do, then it's fine, but if you don't, then you know now.
"But your Shaman Core is very unique. It's very different from the ones I've seen before. If I hadn't seen a lot of Shaman Cores before, it would have been difficult for me to recognize it. That boy from Western Sea Clan thought he had seen a lot of things, but he couldn't tell where this item came from with just one glance." Tian Lan Meng's smile was very beautiful. As she smiled, her eyes turned into crescent moons, and it added a feeling that made people's hearts pound.
Su Ming carefully sensed Tian Lan Meng's voice echoing in his heart. With his divine sense, he could vaguely tell that the voice was transmitted through Qi. That Qi was not the power of his blood, but another form of power that existed in the world.
It would be difficult for other people to notice this power, but it was not the case for Su Ming. There was a path that had been opened up in his body, and the Qi flowing within that path was precisely that Qi!
He had sensed it before and had even named it the Art of Refinement.
After a moment of pensive silence, a wisp of Qi circulated within the opened path in Su Ming's body. The moment it spread outwards, it fused with his divine sense. As his divine sense spread out and touched Tian Lan Meng, Su Ming gained an epiphany, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Perhaps that's not the case." Su Ming did not open his mouth when he said those words. Instead, his voice echoed in Tian Lan Meng's mind.
"Oh? Huh? " Tian Lan Meng did not manage to register what was going on in the beginning, but soon, she was stunned. Her eyes went wide and her body came to an abrupt halt. She looked at Su Ming with surprise and disbelief on her face.
"You … Were you the one who spoke just now?" Tian Lan Meng hesitated for a moment.
"That's right. I said perhaps that's not the case," Su Ming replied.
"... You learn too quickly …" Tian Lan Meng cast Su Ming a strange look before she continued charging forward.
After some time, Tian Lan Meng could not help but ask, "How did you do it?"
"I did it how you did it. It wasn't something difficult to begin with. It was easy once I got the hang of it." Su Ming smiled faintly and replied.
"If you don't want to tell me, then so be it. But it's a good thing for us that you can do this. Su Ming, I need your help during Sky Mist Hunt." A grave look appeared on Tian Lan Meng's face.
"Tell me the details." Su Ming sighed. He could no longer refuse. After all, what happened during the auction had turned her into his creditor …
Tian Lan Meng looked at Su Ming and spoke after a moment of hesitation, "This isn't the time for us to talk about the details. Once Sky Mist Shaman Hunt starts, I'll tell you in detail. Once you help me this time, not only will you not owe me any more stone coins, I'll even thank you in other ways."
"Alright, but I have to say this first. No matter how dangerous this is, as long as it's beyond my abilities and my life is in danger, I will choose to give up. As for the stone coins I owe you, I'll think of a way to pay you back," Su Ming said in a low voice.
"Alright." Tian Lan Meng smiled and nodded towards Su Ming.
Time passed by as the two of them continued sending their thoughts to each other. When dusk arrived, the group did not run into any danger on their way back to Freezing Sky Clan. Tian Lan Meng looked at the nine summits on the ground not too far away from them and brought out a clear blue ice bottle from her bosom. Once she poured out a drop of blue liquid, she placed it into another ice bottle.
"There are three drops of Sea Marrow. I'll take one as interest and return the other two to you. This thing is very valuable. Once you take one drop, you'll gain a large amount of life force. It's a life-saving item." As Tian Lan Meng spoke, she handed the ice bottle containing the two drops of Sea Marrow to Su Ming.
"With this, our chances of success during Sky Mist Shaman Hunt will be higher." As she spoke, Tian Lan Meng smiled at Su Ming once again and turned into a long arc that flew towards the seventh summit. The girl followed behind her. As for the man with the white mask, he had already disappeared.
Su Ming looked at Tian Lan Meng's departing figure, then lowered his head to look at the ice bottle in his hands before he turned around and flew towards the ninth summit with Zi Che.
There were less than two months until Sky Mist Shaman Hunt!
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