"If you don't, then what right do you have to make me give you the third finger on my right hand?!" The small black humanoid stared at Su Ming, and its voice became even sharper.
"Because you only managed to wake up fifteen years ago after you followed me!" Su Ming's expression remained calm as he looked at the small black humanoid and spoke languidly.
Fifteen years ago, with the small black humanoid's help, Su Ming had been able to sense the Crimson Stones. He had been rather puzzled about this, but due to his level of cultivation, he could not see through it.
Fifteen years later, when he walked out of the Undying and Imperishable World and obtained the Candle Dragon's blessing, Su Ming's level of cultivation increased by a large margin. When he observed the small black humanoid once again, he found some clues with just one glance.
There might still be aura of death in the small humanoid's body, but that aura was to hide that extra hint of life force!
It knew how to hide that life force, and when Su Ming remembered what had happened fifteen years ago, he was eight-tenths certain that the small black humanoid had been asleep the first time he obtained it. Perhaps it had only woken up fifteen years ago because of the stimulation from the Crimson Stones!
Or else if it had woken up a long time ago, it would not have been auctioned off!
With just a brief analysis, Su Ming could guess that while the small humanoid had woken up, it could not escape from the Candle Dragon's body due to Su Ming's petrification. Once the petrification was over and Su Ming's level of cultivation had increased by leaps and bounds, it must have decided that it did not dare to escape.
Perhaps it had originally wanted to search for a chance, but that chance never appeared.
The small black humanoid fell silent in the face of Su Ming's calm words. Su Ming was patient enough. He sat down cross-legged and did not speak.
After a moment, a glint appeared in the small black humanoid's eyes and it looked towards Su Ming.
"Perhaps we can make a deal … Do you want to leave this place? I'm talking about … Yin Death Region!"
"The third finger." Su Ming's expression did not change as he spoke languidly.
The small black humanoid hesitated for a moment before it lifted its right hand from the mountain rock. A complicated look appeared on its face, but in the end, a resolute look appeared on its face. It bit down on the third finger, spat it out, and once it held it in its hand, it cast some unknown divine ability and threw it. The third finger instantly shot through the mountain rock and landed before Su Ming.
At the instant Su Ming lifted his right hand to seize that finger, it immediately turned into black fog with a bang. A ghastly mouth appeared within it, and it swallowed Su Ming's right hand.
Su Ming's divine sense remained calm. He did not dodge and simply allowed the mouth that was formed by the black fog to swallow his palm. Yet the instant it touched his palm, his right hand immediately withered away, and it looked like the arm of an old man. His flesh and blood instantly caved in.
The black fog was immediately bounced back by a powerful rebound and exploded with a bang. Su Ming seized the air with his right hand, and the exploded black fog tumbled backwards. It gathered on his hand and turned into a black finger.
At the same time, Su Ming's arm returned to normal, and the withered flesh reappeared.
With the black finger in hand, Su Ming cast a glance at it.
Shock appeared on the small black humanoid's face. He stared at Su Ming's right hand with a dumbfounded expression, and shock gradually appeared in his eyes.
"You … This is a curse technique! You actually mastered the Candle Dragon's Curse? This is … "
"Ever since I obtained the Candle Dragon's blessing, I noticed the hidden life force within you. You might have been able to see my words and actions after I left the Candle Dragon's body, but I was the one who let you see them," Su Ming stated flatly as he held the third finger.
Without waiting for the small black humanoid to continue speaking, Su Ming waved his left arm, and immediately, the transparent mountain rock was surrounded by golden light. Once it was enveloped by that golden light, Su Ming put it away into his storage bag.
With the small black humanoid's third finger in hand, Su Ming no longer bothered himself with it and walked towards the medicinal cauldron. Once he placed the black finger into the medicinal cauldron based on his memories, he sat down cross-legged by the side, pressed one hand on the medicinal cauldron, and started creating the pill.
'Based on the method, I'll need to create the Welcoming of Deities for 997 days, and two of them will be affected by the Heavenly Disaster. If I can survive it, then I'll have completed 999 days, and I'll be able to create the Welcoming of Deities!' Su Ming looked at the medicinal cauldron before him and gradually closed his eyes.
Days passed by without his knowledge. In this frozen underwater world, it was an eternal silence. There were no interruptions, no sun, moon, and stars changing places. There was only endless darkness around him.
Su Ming would occasionally wake up and give the small snake some black liquid. The turtle that would often come and wait for him would also give him the black liquid once it brought the items over.
Perhaps it was because Su Ming had been here for a long time, or perhaps it was because of the black liquid, but the turtle no longer hated him as it did in the beginning. Instead, it would sometimes put on an ingratiating expression as if it was trying to get the black liquid.
Two years went by in this peaceful manner. If he added the year before that, then Su Ming had already been in this frozen world for three years.
The Welcoming of Deities had yet to be created.
Days passed by, and when the Welcoming of Deities was created for the 998th day, perhaps it was because this place was isolated from the world, the Heavenly Disaster did not arrive.
On the 999th day, booming sounds came from the medicinal cauldron before Su Ming, and there were also numerous sounds that sounded like mumbling spreading out from within the medicinal cauldron.
The instant Su Ming opened his eyes, the lid of the medicinal cauldron flew off, and a ray of strange light instantly flew out. A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes, and he warped to walk out from the layer of ice at the top of the cave abode. He lifted his right hand and seized the incoming ray of light.
The ray of light was just about to dodge, but once Su Ming let out a cold harrumph, a wave of ripples appeared in the air above the cave abode. That ripple spread out and looked as if space itself had frozen, causing the ray of light to freeze for a moment.
During that instant, Su Ming grabbed the ray of light with his right hand. The instant he touched it, the light disappeared, and a purplish red medicinal core appeared in Su Ming's hand!
A human face that was exactly the same as Su Ming's appeared on the medicinal core, and it was staring at him while letting out low growls.
"The Welcoming of Deities possesses the power to destroy the world. It can manifest into tens of thousands of things, and it can contain the souls and will within it. It can also absorb the broken spirits in the world and have them descend on its body to be used by the creator!
"If you devour it, you can turn it into the body of the broken souls it absorbs into your body. The wind and clouds will reverse, and you can shake the heavens!" This was the introduction to the medicinal effects of the Welcoming of Deities once Su Ming obtained the method to create the pill.
At that time, he had been rather unclear about this, but now, Su Ming could already see the true use of this medicinal core! It was just as the saying had said, the Welcoming of Deities was divided into the inner and outer parts! The inner part contained the Nascent Divinity, and it could change into a body as if it was a clone!
The outer part could sense the broken souls in the world and forcefully absorb them. Once it swallowed the pill, it could turn into a broken soul, and with its own will, it could bring forth the power of the broken soul. The strength of that power would depend on the number of broken souls it absorbed!
If it absorbed the Candle Dragon's broken soul … Su Ming held the one and only Welcoming of Deities he had created, and as his eyes sparkled, he stared at it.
"The Welcoming of Deities …" A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes as he fell into pensive silence. The Immortal's Nascent Divinity in his body spread out and charged towards the Welcoming of Deities. Once it fused into the pill, it flew out of Su Ming's hand, and as dark light shone in midair, it gradually turned into a teenager.
That teenager's appearance was that of Su Ming's in the past.
'I still need to find the broken souls of powerful spirits. It's a pity I didn't have this pill when I ran into the Candle Dragon, or else … if I took in the Candle Dragon's broken soul and swallowed this medicinal core, then based on its effects, I could turn into the Candle Dragon …' Su Ming's eyes sparkled and his heart raced.
'I wonder if this pill is an exaggeration …' Su Ming cast a glance at his past self, and with a single thought, dark light immediately shone on the teenager's body. His Nascent Divinity returned to his body, and as that dark light gathered together, it turned back into the medicinal core. Once Su Ming put it away into his storage bag, he lifted his head and cast a glance at the darkness beyond the ice.
'It's been almost four years. As I've been training during these four years, the Berserker Bones in my body have improved slightly. Now, nearly a seventh of them have all turned into Berserker Bones!
'It's time for me to leave. The clash between South Morning and Eastern Wastelands should also end …' The ninth summit appeared before Su Ming's eyes. After a long while, he closed his eyes, and when he reopened them, he had tidied up the cave abode he had stayed in for almost four years. He put away the medicinal cauldron and the Poison Corpse, as well as the Celestial Maiden and Ahu's souls. Once he put away the small snake on his shoulder, Su Ming went to the ice mountain at the exit of the cave abode. He looked at the Relocation Gate in the ice mountain and was just about to leave.
Suddenly, a low roar came from beyond the layer of ice. When Su Ming lifted his head to look, a smile appeared at the corners of his lips. The turtle was charging towards him from the dark seawater with a huge object in its mouth. That object looked to be several hundreds of feet long and could not be seen clearly. The turtle brought it to the layer of ice, and once it saw Su Ming, the turtle immediately let go and looked at him with eager anticipation. It even used its claws to push the object it had brought with it.
Su Ming stared at the turtle, then turned around with a smile. He pressed his right hand on the layer of ice, and cracking sounds reverberated in the air. When the turtle blinked, the layer of ice that had existed between them for the past four years shattered, and Su Ming walked out.
The turtle did not show the ferocious look it had in the past. Instead, the anticipation on its face grew stronger, and it even took a few steps forward to get closer to Su Ming.
Su Ming did not avoid it. He simply allowed the turtle to get closer to him. He looked at it, and a smile appeared in his eyes. He did not look at the object it had brought over, but instead brought out the small bottle containing the black liquid and poured out eight drops.
'I'll give you these eight drops. I don't have much left. I'll have to save some for the small snake … I'll be leaving today. I wonder whether this Relocation Gate can last until I come again …' Su Ming patted the turtle's head with his right hand. The creature moved back a little, but once it cast a glance at the eight drops of black liquid, it simply allowed Su Ming to pat its head.
"I'm leaving." Su Ming looked at the turtle and averted his gaze. Just as he was about to leave, the turtle stuck out its tongue, and right under the small snake's jealous gaze, it swallowed all eight drops of black liquid with an intoxicated look on its face. When it saw that Su Ming was about to leave, it quickly used its claws to push the item it had brought over a few more times.
Su Ming instinctively looked at it. It was still a broken item. It looked like it was left behind after some palace collapsed and was connected to a sign. It was covered in crushed ice, and there were even some indistinct words written on it.
Su Ming crouched down and wiped off the ice on the broken sign before looking at the indistinct words on it. Yet the instant he saw it, a shudder ran through his body. A bang went off in his head, and a dazed look appeared on his face.
"Great Yu Heavenly Palace …" These four large characters were carved on the dilapidated signboard!
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