"Ah, I only saw his back …" As Nan Gong Hen spoke, he shook his head in regret. At that moment, the group had already arrived at a rather secluded corner of Shaman City. Right before them was a seemingly normal inn.
"We're here, brother Mo. This is the place I stay every time I come here. It's very quiet here. Brother Mo, please rest for a while. We'll go rent the Spirits of Nine Yin tomorrow morning." Nan Gong Hen stepped into the inn, and an innkeeper immediately came up to him. After a simple conversation, he wrapped his fist in his palm towards Su Ming. The regret of only seeing the red-haired Su Ming's back was still lingering on his face, and he brought the boy with the withered right arm into his room.
"Come with me," Su Ming said flatly, then turned around and went to his room under the innkeeper's guidance.
Lan Lan's face was pale. Even though she had always been bold, she hesitated at that moment. However, Ahu, who had always been timid and rather cowardly by her side, grabbed Lan Lan's hand. A determined look appeared on his face, and he nodded towards Lan Lan before dragging her along with him and following behind Su Ming.
For the first time, Lan Lan allowed Ahu to pull her along. She bit her lip and slowly followed Su Ming into his room.
There were not many people staying in the inn. Most of the rooms were empty, and each room had its own seal. Once a person stepped into the room, they would be able to activate it.
When the door to the room was closed, Su Ming stood by the window and looked at the quiet street outside. He looked at the foggy sky. It was almost noon. He could vaguely hear the noises coming from the distance, but when those noises fell into his ears, it was as if they had been isolated by several layers and became much weaker.
This was a pretty good place to stay. He could avoid any disturbances and stay in a place of relative peace.
He spread his divine sense outwards and enveloped the room without a sound, causing no one to be able to detect anything that happened in the room as long as the ripples did not surpass the power of Su Ming's divine sense.
As Su Ming spread his divine sense outwards, he also spread it into Nan Gong Hen's room. With his divine sense and his observation, Nan Gong Hen first returned to his room with a melancholic look on his face before he sat down and meditated. After a long while, when he did not do anything else, Su Ming left a hint of his divine sense behind to continue observing the place, then turned around and looked at Lan Lan and Ahu.
The two youths had been waiting for a long time, but they did not dare to show the slightest bit of impatience. Lan Lan's face became paler, and Ah Hu held Lan Lan's hand even more tightly.
When she met Su Ming's gaze, Lan Lan shuddered.
"Se … Senior …"
At this moment, Ah Hu's behavior was completely different from how he usually acted. His expression was resolute as he pulled Lan Lan to his knees.
"Senior, please cast a spell and erase our memories just now, lest we subconsciously reveal any clues. Not only will it bring trouble to Senior, but it will also bring disaster to us."
Su Ming did not speak. Once he swept his gaze past the boy and girl, he closed his eyes and sank into his thoughts.
This was an accident, but ever since Su Ming agreed to the Patriarch of White Bull Tribe's request, he had been prepared for this accident. After all, Hong Luo's actions in the past had been too flamboyant. His appearance and characteristics would inevitably be remembered by others.
However, he didn't expect things to happen so quickly. Nan Gong Hen had told him everything about his appearance when he was still a red-haired man.
Fortunately, even though Nan Gong Hen had only spoken casually previously, judging by his current behavior, he did not seem to be suspecting anything. A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes, and he looked at the boy and girl once again.
"If you know about this, there will be more harm than good. Not only will you bring trouble to yourselves, you will also bring destruction to your tribe …" Su Ming did not lie. Once these two children revealed any clues, then White Bull Tribe would be unable to avoid disaster.
"Senior …" Ah Hu's face turned pale, and it was the same for Lan Lan by his side.
Su Ming lifted his right hand swiftly, and with a swing of his arm, the boy and girl immediately fell unconscious. Su Ming's expression was calm. If he did not have the Immortals' Nascent Soul and had not learned of a method to erase memories from Hong Luo's legacy, he would not have agreed to bring them to the World of Nine Yin previously.
He had been prepared for this since a long time ago, but he did not expect that he would have to use it now.
Two hours later, Lan Lan and Ahu walked out of Su Ming's room with bewilderment in their eyes. Once they returned to their own rooms, they gradually recovered after the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. There was no longer anything related to the red-haired Su Ming in their memories.
Once Lan Lan regained her senses, she could not help but want to go out and look around Shaman City, especially since it was only noon and the sky was still bright. That was why she went to Ahu and invited the boy with the withered right arm to come with them. Once the three of them asked for permission from Su Ming and Nan Gong Hen, they left the inn.
Time trickled by. When dusk was about to arrive, Su Ming opened his eyes and looked towards the door to his room. After a moment, someone knocked on his door, and along with it was Nan Gong Hen's hearty voice.
"Brother Mo, dusk in the World of Nine Yin is an incredibly beautiful sight, and it's even more so when the nine moons appear. Why don't we drink while we watch it?"
The reason why Nan Gong Hen had so many friends was largely due to his hearty way of talking and his personality of taking the initiative to ask people to drink with him.
When Su Ming heard Nan Gong Hen's words, he smiled faintly and got up to walk to the door. When he pushed it open, he saw Nan Gong Hen standing outside with two pots of wine in his hands.
All of Nan Gong Hen's actions and even everything that happened in the inn were covered by Su Ming's divine sense. Nan Gong Hen was not the one who brought out the two pots of wine. He had summoned the innkeeper and brought them over from the underground wine cellar. Su Ming had also scanned the innkeeper and the wine with his divine sense, but he did not find anything wrong with them. Besides, Nan Gong Hen had also drunk a pot of wine in his room, and as if he felt that it was tasteless to drink without anyone accompanying him, that was why he came to Su Ming.
Su Ming knew all of this. With a smile on his face, he took the pot of wine and took a big swig from it. Nan Gong Hen's eyes lit up, and as he laughed heartily, he walked to the top floor of the inn with Su Ming.
The top floor was a balcony in the attic. There were a few tables placed there, and there were not too many things blocking their view, causing the place to be ventilated. When they sat on the tables by the edge and looked into the distance, they could see the faint red hue of the sky. It was a very comfortable feeling.
"I like the World of Nine Yin a lot. I come here practically every time …" Nan Gong Hen drank and looked at the sky in the distance as he spoke with a sentimental tone.
"This place is indeed pretty good. It's hard to imagine that this is an ancient ruin." Su Ming's gaze fell on the fiery red sky in the sky and he spoke calmly.
"Heh heh, when you look at the peace here and think about the dangers outside, especially the World of Nine Yin that is one million lis away, a place that even the ancestors of the Shaman Tribe have never explored, and here we are, drinking wine and watching the moon rise. This feeling is so damn comfortable!" Nan Gong Hen laughed heartily and took a big swig from his mouth.
"Brother Mo, you know what my dream is. I want to go to a place no one has ever gone to one million lis away. Over there, I want to look at the dusk in the sky and the moment the moon rises, and I want to drink wine there!" Nan Gong Hen looked at the faint shadow of the moon that was gradually appearing in the red sky and spoke with a smile.
"Over there, I don't care about the war, I don't care about my father's hopes, I don't think about anything else, I only think about my dream … and over here, I wait for someone." Nan Gong Hen sighed softly.
"Oh?" Su Ming took a sip of wine and looked at Nan Gong Hen.
"Brother Mo, you must be wondering why I come here every single time. Besides the fact that I really like this place, the more important reason why I come here every single time is because I made a promise with someone …
"I'm going to wait for her here. She went one million lis away … We made a promise. I'm going to wait for her here and wait for her to come back, but many years have passed, and she still hasn't come back," Nan Gong Hen said bitterly after remaining silent for a moment.
"A promise." Su Ming lowered his head and looked at the wine in his hand. He picked it up and took a big swig from it. His gaze fell on the sky in the distance, where the first moon gradually appeared in the red sky.
"If you really can't forget her, then why don't you go one million lis away to search for her?!" At that moment, an aloof voice came from the bottom of the tower. Su Ming focused his divine sense. His divine sense had only noticed someone approaching the tower the breath before that voice appeared!
Several breaths later, an aloof woman walked up the stairs. She was Nan Gong Hen's younger sister, and she was also the person Su Ming did not want to see at that moment.
The woman did not even look at Su Ming. Once she walked over, she sat down by the side, and when she took the wine pot from Nan Gong Hen's hands, waves of white freezing air immediately spread out from within. Clearly, the wine in the pot had instantly turned cold. She picked it up and took a big swig from it.
Nan Gong Hen lifted his head and looked at the woman. After a long while, he said slowly, "I'll go. I definitely will!"
Su Ming stood by the side and looked at the siblings. Just as he was about to find an excuse to leave, his expression suddenly changed, and a freezing glare immediately appeared in his eyes. He stood up and looked towards the distance in the city.
"Brother Nan Gong, I have some matters to attend to. I'll be taking my leave now." As Su Ming spoke, the freezing glare in his eyes became even colder. With one move, he turned into a long arc and walked away from the balcony.
Nan Gong Hen was momentarily stunned. When he lifted his head to look, for the first time ever, the aloof woman by his side cast her gaze on Su Ming's departing back. Suddenly, her pupils shrank.
At that moment, there was a shop in a bustling street located in the north of Shaman City. Lan Lan's face was filled with anger. By her side was Ahu, who looked slightly afraid. As for the boy with the withered right arm, his face was pale and his face was filled with anguish.
Standing before them was a boy dressed in luxurious clothes with disdain on his face. There was a woman standing by his side. That woman had a graceful figure and no signs of age could be seen on her face. There was a calm look in her eyes.
Behind the boy and the woman were three expressionless men. The ripples of power spreading out from their bodies showed that they were all Medial Shamans.
"Qi Dong was the one who saw this herb first, and he even paid for it! How could you be so unreasonable and forcefully snatch it?!" Lan Lan said angrily.
"Qi Dong, I didn't expect to run into you here. Look at your right arm. You need this herb to heal it, right? Don't worry, I'll have someone buy all these herbs in the city. If you beg me, I can give you some. If you kneel down and kowtow to me, I'll give you one … But now, I'm in a bad mood. Chase them out!" the boy said with a smile, and his final words were directed at the Medial Shaman behind him.
"Bei Er, don't make things difficult for others. It's impolite. Since he bought this herb first, just break their legs and throw them out, then give them to him," the woman said flatly and turned around to ignore them. Said the young woman calmly. She turned and ignored him, looking at the other items in the shop. It seemed that such a small matter wouldn't attract too much attention to her. Since she had already given the order, there would naturally be people who would carry it out.
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