Su Ming fell silent. After a long while, he averted his gaze from Hu Zi's back. At that moment, the chill in his heart had already reached a point where it could burn the skies. He would make someone else pay for the pain Hu Zi had gone through!
If he did not do this, he would not be able to quell the pain in his heart. If he did not do this, he would not be able to quell the raging anger burning in his heart!
He was angry, and that anger had already reached its peak. It turned into a seemingly calm demeanor, but if the anger beneath that calmness erupted, it would be able to burn the world.
Su Ming turned around quietly and looked at the cave abode that belonged to his Master. He swept his gaze across the area. The place was empty, but he had been to this place before. His Master had left behind a large amount of items for his collection in each of the layers.
Yet now, this layer was empty. In silence, Su Ming moved to the next layer. When he walked through all the cave abodes, his expression turned dark, and once it fused with his anger, it turned into a terrifying wave of ripples.
His Master's cave abode was almost completely empty. There were only a few items left, but the rest were all gone.
Su Ming's heart clenched in pain. He walked out of the cave abode quietly and stood outside. He looked at the world in the distance, and Hu Zi's voice echoed in his ears. His Master often stood here and looked in the direction of the land of the Shamans with a gloomy expression …
His Master had gone to the land of the Shamans to search for him, but he could not find him.
'Master …' Su Ming stood there and closed his eyes. After a long while, when he opened them, he walked down the mountain based on the traces in his memories. When the seawater started tumbling about before him, Su Ming did not stop. He walked into the seawater, and under the seawater, he saw the complete ninth summit …
With a sad expression, he walked in the seawater and walked up the steps leading to the ninth summit that had been submerged. The steps should have been covered in plants from the sea, and when he stepped on them, it should have been as if he was stepping on dust.
Yet Su Ming could see that the steps were very clean. Clearly, Hu Zi often came here to clean them.
The scene in his memories became clear before Su Ming's eyes, and it overlapped with the desolate scene he saw right then. He could vaguely hear the wind's voice when he was on the ninth summit all those years ago. He could also see his second senior brother standing there with the side of his face facing the sun and smiling at him.
Grief appeared on Su Ming's face. It was quiet all around him, and in the midst of that silence, he walked quietly alone. He walked past Hu Zi's cave abode and arrived at his second senior brother's place. The place was very tidy, but it was submerged in seawater. The herb garden was a wreck …
Second senior brother's smile, his figure, and his status as a ghost appeared in Su Ming's heart, causing him to stand quietly for a long, long time …
Perhaps there were tears in his eyes, but the tears merged with the sea, so you couldn't see them.
"Second Senior Brother …"
When Su Ming turned around, he saw a lot of plants that had died in the seawater. Those were … the marks left behind by his second senior brother.
When Su Ming arrived at the bottom of the ninth summit, his eldest senior brother's isolation grounds, he followed his memories and arrived at the karst cave that was now submerged in seawater.
As he looked at the familiar place, he felt as if his eldest senior brother's voice reached his ears all those years ago. The concern in that voice was still as strong as ever in Su Ming's heart.
"Eldest senior brother …" Su Ming mumbled in anguish. His eldest senior brother was a man of few words. He did not want to speak too much, but he loved his junior brothers and his Master deeply.
After a long while, Su Ming left with a dejected look on his face.
He walked past all the spots in the ninth summit and all the mountain rocks in his memories. All of them contained the warmth and memories of the past. Eventually, Su Ming arrived at his cave abode in the past. He looked at the protruding platform and the dead plants that his second senior brother had planted on it after he left. Su Ming sat down quietly on the platform.
He sat alone on the ninth summit in the depths of the sea and looked into the distance in grief.
What he saw was an indistinct patch of seawater, but in his heart, he saw the world and the ice and snow of the past.
The ninth summit was an ice mountain, but within that ice mountain was a real mountain. It would not melt, and it would never … ever melt!
Su Ming closed his eyes. As he sat there, his heart instantly calmed down.
It was just like in the past, but this place lacked his Master's frequent roars towards the sky, eldest senior brother's divine sense enveloping the area while he was in isolation, and second senior brother's gentle smile was missing. After so many things were missing, was this … still the ninth summit?
"This is the ninth summit. This is my home in the Land of South Morning," Su Ming mumbled. Under the endless seawater, only his figure was visible on the platform, and it stood out like a sore thumb.
However, this clear-cut expression revealed loneliness, longing, and reminiscence towards the past.
What sort of longing would make a person risk everything to protect the ninth summit?
What sort of longing would make a person sit quietly at the bottom of the lonely sea and search for traces of his past?
"Master, I'm back … I'm back to the ninth summit. I'm home." Su Ming sat on the platform, just like how he did in the past. As time passed by, Su Ming sat there day by day …
On the third day, Su Ming opened his eyes. He lifted his head and looked at the surface of the sea above him. A freezing glare and killing intent that surged into the sky appeared in his eyes.
He stood up and walked down the path he came from. Gradually, he walked out of the sea and walked up the stairs leading to the mountain. When he arrived at the top, Hu Zi's snores could still be heard. When Su Ming heard them, the first smile he showed since he entered the ninth summit at the bottom of the sea appeared on his face.
"Senior brother Hu Zi, have a good sleep. Leave everything … to me!" Su Ming sat down cross-legged outside his Master's cave abode at the top of the mountain. His hair was lifted by the sea breeze, and his robes let out fluttering sounds. His expression slowly turned aloof, and he closed his eyes.
The bald crane was by his side. It had been here for the past few days, but due to the seal on its body, it did not dare leave. There were plenty of rumors in its heart, but when it saw Su Ming returning from the bottom of the sea and sitting quietly on the platform, it suddenly shuddered.
It had sensed the killing intent from Su Ming's body. The strength of that killing intent surpassed that of Scour Sieve Island, causing the bald crane's heart to tremble, and it did not dare get closer.
In fact, with its divine abilities, it could vaguely see that even the air around Su Ming had frozen up.
The small snake crawled out from Su Ming's storage bag and lay down on his shoulder. It had also sensed the killing intent coming from Su Ming, and at that moment, it hissed and glared at the sky coldly.
Time trickled by. Two hours later, an illusory distortion suddenly appeared in the sky above the ninth summit. Two long arcs flew out from that distortion and charged towards the ninth summit.
Before they even got close, a cold voice echoed in the air.
"The time is up. Bring out your tributes and come with us to meet Sir Si Ma. Once you suffer the punishment of nine lashes, you can protect the ninth summit for another month."
Su Ming opened his eyes and lifted his head to look at the sky.
"Double seven days, there are only a few hours left. My demon friend, do you still have any more monthly votes?! Let us use up all of our monthly votes in the next few hours, alright? " "To be continued. If you like this work, then please come to Qidian.Com and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation. "
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