Slightly north of the mountain range where Su Ming's cave abode was, the group of people led by the middle-aged man were leaving quickly in the sky, afraid that if they were too slow, they would anger the Medial Soul Catcher.
Only when they were about 100,000 feet away did they slow down. Occasionally, they would turn their heads back to look. The distance of 100,000 feet caused everything to become blurry. If they did not possess a certain level of cultivation, then they would only be able to see the distance between them.
"Sir Shaman Zhu, what should we do?" the tribe member beside the middle-aged man asked with slight anxiety on his face.
"That's right, Sir Shaman Zhu. Half a month ago, everything was normal there, so why is a Medial Soul Catcher here now..?"
"Could it be that Black Crane Tribe hired a powerful warrior to forcefully occupy that place?!"
"Alright, shut up!" The middle-aged man frowned and his face was filled with resignation. Once he cast a glance at the people beside him, he looked towards the mountain range where Su Ming was in the distance and sighed.
"Perhaps this person is just temporarily training there and will leave before long. After all, this place is barren. There's simply nothing that would attract a Medial Soul Catcher to stay for a long time. Let's go. I'll report this to the Patriarch when we return to the tribe and let him make a decision." As the middle-aged man spoke, he shook his head and left quickly with the people beside him.
"He must be someone Black Crane Tribe hired. That mountain range is incredibly important to both our tribes. Hah …" one of the tribe members behind the middle-aged man mumbled under his breath and did not speak again.
As the crowd left, the area gradually returned to silence.
Su Ming, who was sitting at the top of the mountain and paying attention to the disappearance of the vortex, suddenly opened his eyes. His gaze was profound and contained a dark glare as he looked in the direction where the people from White Bull Tribe had left.
'White Bull Tribe nearby …' Su Ming averted his gaze and looked towards the mountain range. With his current divine sense, if he did not spread it out in a ring but gathered it into a single line, then he would be able to spread it to a distance of one hundred thousand feet. Su Ming could hear the words of the people from White Bull Tribe clearly.
'Looks like this mountain range isn't completely unnoticed. But before I changed it, this place was indeed barren and there's nothing special about it. Why would White Bull Tribe and Black Crane Tribe fight over this place?' Su Ming was slightly surprised. He was certain that when he decided to open up his cave abode in this place, he had carefully searched through the place several times, and only when he discovered that there was not a single clue about the place did he make his decision.
Yet by the looks of it, there were still some secrets in this place that Su Ming had yet to discover.
Su Ming fell into a moment of pensive silence before he stood up and looked at the vortex formed by the power of the world. It had already shrunk by a large margin, and by the looks of it, it would completely disappear in about two more days.
At that time, this place would return to its original state. Unless one entered it, it would be difficult to tell that this place had been transformed into an excellent place for cultivation.
As for this whirlpool, the White Bull Tribe's clansmen couldn't see it due to the limitations of their cultivation. However, because the power of heaven and earth gathered here, they felt that there was something different about this place, but they couldn't tell what it was exactly.
Su Ming moved and started investigating the mountain range once again. As he moved forward, he spread his divine sense outwards, but in the end, he still found nothing.
"Strange." Su Ming frowned. After a moment of pensive silence, a glint appeared in his eyes. Once he recalled the direction in which the White Bull Tribe members had come and left, he did not investigate the inner parts of the mountain range this time, but instead charged outwards.
He expanded his search area and placed his focus on the area 10,000 feet outside the mountain range. Even if it was flat ground, Su Ming still examined it carefully. Several hours later, Su Ming stood on a flat plain that rose and fell about 7,000 feet away from the northern side of the mountain range. He stared at the ground, and a glint appeared in his eyes.
Not too far away from him was a hole that had been dug out. That hole was covered by weeds and was not easy to notice at first glance. Besides, this place was outside the mountain range. Su Ming had mostly searched within the mountain range previously, so he did not pay attention to this place.
What was even stranger was that even if Su Ming stood there and spread his divine sense to investigate the place, he still did not find anything strange about it. However, when he spread his divine sense into the hole, he let out a soft gasp of surprise.
Su Ming's divine sense was bounced back by a brutal force about 100 feet into the hole. It was as if there was some sort of seal there that could stop the power of his divine sense from spreading further.
'Could it be that White Bull Tribe and Black Crane Tribe are fighting over this place?!' Su Ming cast a glance at the hole on the ground and walked over. He bent his back and stepped into the hole. The hole was not big, but it could fit a person. Once he entered the hole, Su Ming did not show any signs of discomfort. However, when he walked about 100 feet into the hole, his footsteps came to an abrupt halt.
This was the spot where his divine sense had been bounced back. His eyes sparkled, and with just one glance, he saw two items on the ground in the hole before him.
One was a black stone bowl filled with clear water. This was the first item.
The second item was on the ground beside the bowl. It was a black feather that was stuck in the ground.
These two items were the ones that had created the power that stopped Su Ming's divine sense from spreading further. Su Ming stood by the side and lowered his head to look at them for a moment. There was nothing special about these two items.
The feather was just a normal bird's feather. It was not naturally black either. Some of the spots on it were still white. By the looks of it, it was just a white feather that had been smeared on charcoal after it was burned, causing its color to turn black.
As for the stone bowl, it was extremely ordinary, and the water inside was the same.
Su Ming narrowed his eyes and spread his divine sense outwards, charging straight towards the feather. The moment he touched it, Su Ming immediately had a feeling as if the feather did not exist. In fact, under that feeling, it was as if the cave did not exist either. It was as if Su Ming had been buried underground.
'No wonder I didn't sense anything when I was in the cave abode. This feather has the ability to hide itself. It's just a normal item, but it has this sort of ability …' Su Ming's divine sense enveloped the feather, and as he examined it layer by layer, his expression suddenly changed.
Because he could feel a faint divine sense within the feather. This was not a sense of perception, but a divine sense!
It was the same as the divine sense he possessed within his body! This was the second time in the land of the Shamans, or even in the Land of South Morning, that Su Ming had found an item with the same power as his divine sense.
The first time was during the auction held in the land of Freezing Sky.
That divine sense was incredibly weak, and it was gathered within the feather. It was this divine sense that allowed the normal feather to possess the ability to hide itself. That divine sense had also noticed Su Ming's existence. As it struggled, it looked as if it wanted to fight against the invasion of Su Ming's divine sense. However, compared to the entirety of Su Ming's divine sense, the divine sense in that feather was slightly weaker. The moment the two of them touched each other, that divine sense instantly disappeared. Even the feather turned into ashes and scattered on the ground.
Su Ming was momentarily stunned. This was the first time his divine sense had come into contact with the divine sense of an item. When he saw the feather disappearing, Su Ming's gaze fell on the stone bowl beside him. After a moment of pensive silence, he spread out his divine sense once again. However, this time, under his control, he only spread out a small amount of his divine sense. The instant it touched the stone bowl, he immediately felt a brutal force spreading out from the bowl and crashing into his divine sense.
Without a single sound, Su Ming felt as if his mind was ringing. His divine sense was bounced back, but that feeling soon disappeared. Su Ming let out a cold harrumph and increased the power of his divine sense by a large margin before he pressed it against the stone bowl.
The stone bowl seemed to be unable to withstand the pressure. Cracks appeared on it, and the small amount of divine sense contained within also disappeared. With a crack, the bowl split into two. The clear water within spilled out and seeped into the ground.
Su Ming frowned. He did not know what these two items were, but he was certain that they belonged to White Bull Tribe or Black Crane Tribe, or perhaps they belonged to each of them.
Without the stone bowl and the black feather, Su Ming closed his eyes and stood there. There was no longer any obstruction to his divine sense. He had yet to arrive, but as his divine sense swept through the area, he charged into the cave. After a moment, Su Ming opened his eyes, and a strange light appeared in them.
'I see.'
His divine sense reached the end of the cave. About several thousands of feet underground, he saw a karst cave. That karst cave was not too big, but there were quite a lot of shiny items on the walls around it. There were also quite a lot of signs of mining. Su Ming could tell with just one glance that those shiny crystals were Shaman Crystals!
This was an earthen vein that produced a lot of Shaman Crystals.
Once Su Ming covered the entire place with his divine sense, he saw the entire Shaman Crystal vein. It was not big, and a small part of it had already been mined. The remaining ones amounted to about 10,000 Shaman Crystals. Perhaps some of the bigger tribes would not be interested in this, but to a small tribe like the Shaman Tribe, this was a huge fortune.
However, it was clear that there was a dispute over the ownership of this place. White Bull Tribe and Black Crane Tribe were fighting over this place, which was why they were in conflict. However, based on Su Ming's observations, it was clear that this place had been mined for many years, and these two tribes were still in conflict with each other. It was not difficult for him to guess that they must have found a way to resolve this dispute. It might not be the best way, but it could at least avoid war.
However, all of this was changed due to Su Ming's coincidental arrival.
A strange expression appeared on Su Ming's face. He did not expect that the cave abode he had his eyes on would have such a small treasure trove right in front of it. When he thought that White Bull Tribe and Black Crane Tribe would definitely not let go of this place and that there would not be a lot of trouble in the future, he felt a slight headache coming on.
'Oh well, since this Shaman Crystal vein is right in front of my house, then it can be said that we're connected by fate. If that's the case, then I can't just give it up.' Su Ming placed his hands behind his back and walked out of the cave. Before he left, he left a hint of his divine sense in the cave.
'Thank you, everyone, for letting me occupy this place for 60 something hours. I don't have a lot of ambition, my only desire is to occupy this place for a little longer, so that I can breathe in the air that I haven't seen for a long time.
I beg for monthly votes so that I can stay here for a little longer. Thank you! This is the first chapter! (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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