"Greetings, Sir Su Ming!"
"Greetings … Sir Su Ming!"
Before Su Ming were the people who had attacked the screen of light due to his request. At that moment, they were all looking at him with respect on their faces. Some of them had seen Su Ming in the past, and their hearts were filled with complicated emotions at that moment, but they did not dare show any of it on their faces. Instead, they were incredibly respectful.
It did not matter which race they belonged to, the powerful would always be respected. This respect might be sincere, but it might also be due to fear. The powerful were revered, and this was the law of heaven that would never change.
This group of people before Su Ming's eyes were like that.
They were the survivors of Heaven Gate's destruction, and they had personally witnessed Su Ming's slaughter in Heaven Gate. As they spoke, Su Ming's gaze fell on them, and they lowered their heads, not daring to look him in the eye.
Su Ming's gaze was not too fierce in their eyes. Instead, it was clear and profound, but that ordinary gaze made these people feel as if their hearts had been seen through with just one glance, and they had a feeling that they could not hide anything from Su Ming.
The shock in their hearts filled these people's hearts at that moment. As they lowered their heads, Su Ming looked at them. There were some among these people whom he had some vague memories of, but he could not remember their names. They were people he had met by chance when he was in the ninth summit.
After all, to those who knew Su Ming, twenty something years had passed. Perhaps many things could be changed in twenty years, but to those who possessed power, their memories would not be too vague.
However, Su Ming had gone through the Candle Dragon's countless cycles of reincarnation in the Undying and Imperishable World. His will might have become stronger, but besides some special people and some special events, his memories of the past had all become blurry, as if he had been separated from the past.
In fact, even the feelings he had for Su Ming in the past had become much fainter. It was as if he had swept his gaze past the people in midair and landed on the ninth summit, on the beautiful figure dressed in white, just like she had been in the past.
Hu Zi's snores were still occasionally echoing in the air, breaking the silence that had descended upon the area due to Su Ming's appearance.
Su Ming lifted his foot and took a step towards the ninth summit. When his foot landed, he disappeared and reappeared in the sky above the ninth summit. When he took a step forward, he stood at the top of the mountain.
Aside from Bai Su and her father, there were also a few people who had escaped from the Heaven Gate on the mountain peak. Among them was a white-robed old man. He was the Heaven Gate Master who had lost consciousness and looked like he was dead.
After Si Ma Xin died, the Berserker Threads in the old man's body did not disappear. Instead, they seeped deep into his body and remained still, as if they had lost their lives.
Following that, the old man gradually regained consciousness. Although his injuries were severe and his life force had dissipated, since he dared to take such a risk, he naturally had a way to restore his life force. Moreover, it was very likely that everything that had happened before was just an illusion.
When the old man in white who had just woken up saw Su Ming, excitement appeared on his face. He wrapped his fist in his palm and bowed deeply to him.
"I am Lin Hai 'zi. Greetings, Lord of Freezing Sky's Great Plains."
Once the old man finished speaking, all the other people on the ninth summit besides Bai Su and her father wrapped their fists in their palms towards Su Ming.
"Greetings, Master of Freezing Sky's Great Plains!"
The voices came from many people, forming a sound wave that echoed on the surface of the sea and lingered for a long time.
Behind the crowd, Bai Su's father, the old man with a complicated look on his face, also lowered his head and wrapped his fist in his palm towards Su Ming.
At that moment, all the people in the world were expressing their respect towards Su Ming with respectful voices. They might not know what had happened in the sea, but as the Berserker Threads in their bodies fell silent as if they had lost their lives, they sensed Si Ma Xin's death. They sensed that the threads of fate that had been controlled by someone over the years had been abruptly cut off.
As Su Ming walked out of the sea, all the people understood that no matter what had happened in the battle between Su Ming and Si Ma Xin, the result … was Si Ma Xin's death!
"Lord of Freezing Sky's Great Plains, Sir Su Ming, about Si Ma Xin …" The old man in white hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he still asked. He might have a feeling that Si Ma Xin should have died, but since Su Ming did not personally tell him, he was still slightly wary.
"Si Ma Xin is dead!" Su Ming answered slowly. He did not pay too much attention to the title of Lord of Freezing Sky's Great Plains.
The instant he heard Su Ming's words, the old man sucked in a deep breath. A hint of excitement flashed briefly on his face, and he looked at Su Ming before wrapping his fist in his palm and bowing towards him once again.
As Su Ming returned and mentioned Si Ma Xin's death, the remaining members of Heaven Gate on the ninth summit also became dazed in the midst of their excitement. They were at a loss as to where they should go, and at a loss as to where their fates lay.
When another night arrived, Su Ming sat outside the cave abode where Hu Zi was sleeping on the ninth summit. Besides a white figure, there was no one else around him. It was quiet all around him. Only the faint sounds of waves crashing against the waves could be heard, along with Hu Zi's snoring. Those sounds would occasionally travel into the air.
The remaining members of Heaven Gate were scattered all over the mountain. They did not get close to the place, but occasionally, some of them would lift their heads and naturally look towards the figure under the moonlight at the top of the mountain. When they looked at him, gratitude and respect would appear in their eyes.
Bai Su sat by Su Ming's side. The two of them had been there for almost two hours. They did not speak as they watched the sky gradually turn dark and the sea and sky dim.
In truth, they were not the only ones there. There was a bald crane lying at the edge of the cliff not too far away. It was lying there in a lackadaisical manner, and in its claws was a shiny stone. It continued looking at it, and occasionally, a smug smile would appear on its lips and it would let out cackling sounds.
"Will you still leave?" After a long while, the bald crane shifted its gaze away from the crystal and cast a few glances at Su Ming and Bai Su. At that moment, Bai Su broke the silence.
"I'll go to Eastern Wastelands," Su Ming said languidly as he looked at the black seawater.
"I wish you happiness …" Bai Su lowered her head and looked at the seawater as well, speaking softly.
Su Ming did not speak. He turned his head around and looked at Bai Su. Her hair was very long, and it covered her face, covered Su Ming's gaze, and also covered the hideous scar on her face.
"I was ignorant in the past. Thank you for your tolerance. I'm very happy to be able to see you this time …" Bai Su said softly. She did not look at Su Ming, but instead lowered her head and looked at the sea. A gentle smile appeared on her face, and there was a hint of carefreeness in that smile, along with a hint of nostalgia.
After a long while, she stood up and walked past Su Ming.
"The ninth summit is your home. Leave in peace. I will stay here and take care of this place … If I'm no longer here one day, my corpse will also be here … to atone for the harm I did to you in the past," Bai Su said softly. Bai Su spoke softly. The instant she walked past Su Ming, he suddenly lifted his hand and grabbed her arm.
The instant his hand touched Bai Su, she shuddered lightly. She did not try to break free and simply allowed Su Ming to hold her arm, but she still kept her head lowered.
Su Ming stood up and looked at Bai Su. He lifted his right hand and pushed aside some of the black hair on her face. Bai Su clearly avoided his touch, but Su Ming still saw the hideous scar on her face.
Bai Su closed her eyes, and tears fell from the corners of her eyes. She lowered her head, as if she did not want Su Ming to see that hideous scar.
"You don't need to atone for your sins. What happened in the past is already in the past. What I want to see is the cute girl from before, the girl with wild beauty," Su Ming said softly as he looked at Bai Su.
"People grow up, don't they..? I'm no longer the person I was in the past, and neither are you." Bai Su opened her eyes and looked at Su Ming. The wild look in her eyes was no longer there, but had been replaced by the signs of age and time.
There was also a deep wave of exhaustion and a powerlessness to fight against fate.
"My father once said that I am the Life of a stone falling from the river in the sky. That stone falling into the river stirred up waves and turned into me. I am destined to be accompanied by tears for the rest of my life. I am destined to forever be the splashes from the river …" Bai Su looked at Su Ming and struggled with her right hand, as if she wanted to break free from his grip.
"When I come back, I will search for a way to return to the Alliance of the Western Region. If I find it, then … come with me to the Alliance of the Western Region." Su Ming did not let go. He looked at Bai Su, at the woman, and spoke languidly.
"The stone falling from the river in the sky is destined to be alone for the rest of my life because of that stone. Even if it falls into the river, no one will be able to find it, because there is a lot of water in the river in the sky, and I … am just a few drops of it.
"Su Ming, I will stay here. I will help you take care of the ninth summit, but I won't … leave with you." Bai Su turned her head around and broke free from Su Ming's grip. When she turned her head back, her black hair danced in the air and cut off a few of her tears, causing them to shatter and fly into the air. They floated past Su Ming's eyes, and Bai Su left into the distance.
Su Ming watched Bai Su disappear from his sight quietly. Dark Mountain's Bai Ling and the Celestial Maiden from the World of Nine Yin appeared before his eyes. The figures of these three women seemed to have overlapped with each other at that moment.
"The fate of falling rocks in the Milky Way … appears because of the falling rocks. Because of the falling rocks, it is unique, and because of the falling rocks, it is lonely. In the end, it fuses with the river, making it impossible for anyone to find it." An old voice traveled forth from the other side of the mountain. Along with that voice was an old man with a pale face and a complicated look on his face. That old man's life force was dim, as if there was not much left in him. It was as if all signs of his life could be wiped away at any moment. He walked towards Su Ming. He was Bai Su's father, the middle-aged man who was famous in Heaven Gate all those years ago.
Twenty years had passed, and time had left too many marks on his body.
"This is her fate. If she can't break it, then she's destined to be like this."
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