"What is Life?" Su Ming asked calmly as he looked at the black sky and sea in the distance.
The footsteps grew closer, and Bai Su's father, the old man with an ancient face, stopped several dozens of feet away from Su Ming. He looked at the sky and sea Su Ming was looking at. That place was completely dark.
Bai Su's father remained silent for a moment before he said hoarsely, "All things in the world have Life. This Life is not born, but born from what we sensed in our previous lives and what we gained in our current lives."
Bai Su's father remained silent for a moment before he said hoarsely, "How did you determine that the stone falling from the river in the sky is Bai Su's Life?!"
Su Ming still did not look at Bai Su's father as he asked flatly, "Because the blood of the Bai family is the Life of the river in the sky. We live our lives in sorrow and loneliness, and only our children remain with us until we grow old … The river in the sky is formed by starlight. There are many of them, and when they fuse together, they may seem clear at first glance, but if you look closely, you won't be able to tell them apart. It's the same for me, and it's the same for my younger brother, Bai Chang Zai. My daughter, Bai Su … also has this Life. Every generation of the Bai family has this Life!
"But Bai Su is slightly different. Her Life was changed because of the stone falling from the sky. That stone … is Si Ma, and it's you!" Bai Su's father said slowly. His voice was low, and it reverberated in the dark.
"Nonsense!" Su Ming turned his head around and cast Bai Su's father a cold glance.
"Si Ma's Life is a Life that can be refracted by dew. The person with this Life is the light of the dew on the grass, and when the sun rises, it refracts light. He was originally a grass, but because of the dew on him, he shines so brilliantly under the sun.
"This is … borrowing Life.
"I don't know what his Life is, but the reason why he has such great power and serendipity is because of the effect of the dew refracting light. Refracting light can be broken or reversed, that's why I came to the conclusion that if this person dies, he will definitely die because of the refraction!
"The person who can kill him is definitely the person who gave him the dew and lent him his Life!" Bai Su's father's eyes were originally dull and lifeless, but as he spoke, his eyes sparkled brightly, and he looked at Su Ming as if he had regained consciousness before his death.
"As for your fate, I've divined it in the past. It's the life of plants, trees, and stones. Plants, trees, and stones contain veins that can support your entire body. Those who have this life will be controlled by others like puppets, unable to break free ….
"But now that I see your Life again, it has gone through a drastic change. I … can't see your Life on you!" Bai Su's father looked at Su Ming and took a few steps forward, his voice becoming urgent.
"That's impossible. Everything in the world has a life. Even those who die will have their lives and will not disappear, but you …" Bai Su's father stared at Su Ming and a brilliant light appeared in his eyes.
Su Ming looked at the old man before him coldly. The matter of Life the old man mentioned seemed to be related to his epiphany towards Life Cultivation, but it was even more vague, making it hard for others to believe in it.
Besides, Life Cultivation was a new Realm in the Berserker Tribe after the Berserker Soul Realm. Perhaps there were truly people who could step into this Realm, but they were incredibly rare. Even those who could figure out its threshold were few in number.
Su Ming did not believe that the old man before him was someone who had figured out the threshold of Life Cultivation, or else there would be no way he would have been bullied by Si Ma Xin! However … while Su Ming did not believe in the old man's words, the meaning contained within them made Su Ming's heart tremble.
'When Si Ma Xin died, he turned into a puppet … The hair I had when I was a baby and that drop of blood was at the center of the puppet's brows. I also saw the altars on the continents because of that hair.
'The Brilliance of Dew …' Su Ming's expression was unreadable. He looked at the old man, and his gaze was still as aloof as ever.
"I know that you won't believe in this so-called Art of Life so easily, but everything I said is true!" Bai Su's father spoke once again.
In Su Ming's head, the Life that belonged to him, especially the first half of his Life of Plants, Stones, and Plants. He was being controlled like a puppet, and this caused Su Ming's pupils to shrink in a barely noticeable manner.
"Then what is your own life?"
"My Life …" There was a hint of anguish on Bai Su's father's face, but when he looked at Su Ming, there was a hint of surprise within that anguish.
"My Life is the Life of the fish in the sky! This Life cannot be empty. Once it is, then I will definitely die! "I am like a fish that has left the water. I won't be able to live for long.
I did not understand it until I saw you again. You don't have a Life. You are empty! "Bai Su's father looked at Su Ming and spoke with a complicated expression.
"So you're saying that you won't be able to live for long?" Su Ming asked languidly with a calm expression.
"I'll die in at most a few days, or at least a few moments." Bai Su's father sighed and spoke in a low voice.
Su Ming narrowed his eyes and suddenly asked, "How can you see other people's Lives?"
"About that …" Bai Su's father hesitated for a moment. He cast Su Ming a glance and gritted his teeth.
"The Bai family has a long history in Freezing Sky Clan. Our ancestor, Bai Yuan Hua, was one of the founders of Freezing Sky Clan. His power could be said to have shaken the Land of South Morning during that era!
"We don't know where he is now. Once he built Freezing Sky Clan, he left the Land of South Morning, but before he left, he isolated himself for a hundred years. When he left, he left behind a Life Scroll!
"That Life Scroll is broken. Our ancestor obtained it by chance. He left to search for the other Life Scrolls. In fact, his great power also came from the epiphany he gained from this Life Scroll!
"But the descendants of the Bai family do not have our ancestor's intelligence. Even now, there is no one who has completely understood the Life Scroll. Since we are worried that we will get into trouble because of our wealth, we've kept this a secret of the Bai family.
"My younger brother, Bai Chang Zai, had the most epiphany, but he was still unable to gain a deep understanding of it. As for me, I only know the surface of it. I can only make some deductions and calculations, that's all."
Bai Su's father's face was filled with sincerity. His voice echoed in the dark night, causing all those who heard it to feel as if he was an ancient being.
"This is absolutely true. There is no need for me to lie to you. I can give you this Life Scroll that has been passed down in the Bai family, but I only ask of you one thing!" When Bai Su's father said those words, he lifted his right hand swiftly and tapped the center of his brows with a finger. Immediately, a dark light shone at the spot where his finger touched, and his body immediately started trembling before he started withering away.
As he withered away, the skin on his face started squirming, as if there was something moving within his body. Bai Su's father sucked in a deep breath and lifted his left hand to swing it in the air. Immediately, a lit incense appeared before him. Wisps of smoke surrounded the incense, and as it floated up, Bai Su's father sucked in a deep breath. Instantly, the smoke turned into seven wisps that crawled into his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
This scene was incredibly bizarre, and it made Su Ming's gaze focus on it. Once Bai Su's father absorbed the seven wisps of smoke, his body trembled, and a crack appeared at the center of his brows.
No blood flowed out from that crack, as if it had been there for many years, but it was usually hidden so that no one could see it.
A person had to use a unique Secret Art to make it appear on their body, and the instant the crack appeared, Su Ming immediately sensed a presence that made his heart tremble spreading out from within the crack.
This aura was difficult to describe. It was like a sweet fragrance, causing one to feel a sense of joy in their body and mind. It was as if their entire body had relaxed, and even their cultivation base seemed to have increased a bit. In the depths of their hearts, joy appeared, as if they had experienced something extremely joyous, causing a smile to appear on their faces uncontrollably.
It made them try to sense the presence of that presence, but when they could not help but open up their hearts and touch that presence, that presence was no longer sweet, but had turned into a nauseating feeling. It was a nauseating feeling that made them feel as if they wanted to vomit out all their organs. It was as if everything they had sensed previously was just an illusion, and what they felt right now was the real thing!
However … if that was all, then that presence would not have been too bizarre. What made Su Ming's heart tremble was that after he felt nauseous, he slowly sensed bitterness from that presence. That bitterness was as if he had swallowed the thickest gallbladder in the world, and it made him feel extreme bitterness from within his body.
That complicated and ever-changing presence made Su Ming's heart tremble. At the same time, he saw Bai Su's father lifting his right hand and reaching into the crack at the center of his brows. His expression was strange, as if he was laughing and crying at the same time. Slowly, he pulled out a black piece of wood!
That piece of wood was only the width of two fingers and about half a palm long. The presence that made Su Ming's heart tremble came from that piece of wood!
'This is the Life Scroll left behind by our ancestor before he left all those years ago! This scroll is not a scroll, and its Art is to turn wood into wood … '
Su Ming's eyes were trained on that black piece of wood. The instant his gaze was fixed on that piece of wood, he felt as if he could hear the cries of babies, the cries of women, the sorrowful cries of men, and the sounds of old people's tears falling on their robes.
Those were the cries of people living through different periods of time …
Su Ming's pupils shrank. With his current level of cultivation, it was rare for his expression to change, but at that moment, he was moved, and it was all because of that small piece of wood!
'This item is definitely not ordinary!' This was the only thought that appeared in Su Ming's head at that moment.
Because while Su Ming could hear crying from that piece of wood, he could only see illusionary shadows surrounding that piece of wood. Those shadows were of a man and a woman, and they were laughing … They were laughing in all sorts of ways. They were laughing at birthdays, at the birth of a child, at the ceremony of marriage, at the consummation of marriage, at all sorts of things, at all sorts of lives, and at all sorts of joyful smiles.
"I'll give this to you … I only ask one thing of you. Promise me that if one day you possess the power to change the principles of Life, then help my daughter, Bai Su, change her life …
"Before you possess this power, I hope … that she can live … peacefully in this chaotic world." Bai Su's father sat down cross-legged on the ground. His voice was weak, and once he said those words, he swung his right hand. Immediately, that black piece of wood slowly floated towards Su Ming.
It floated right before Su Ming.
Su Ming looked at that piece of wood, and after a long while, he nodded slowly. He might have some guesses about what Bai Su's father had said about the Art of Life, but he still chose to agree to the old man's request.
The instant Su Ming nodded, a smile appeared on Bai Su's father's face. He lifted his head and looked at the black sky and sea in the distance. Vaguely, he seemed to see a woman walking out of the air and extending her hand towards him.
"Hui Chen … is that you..?" Bai Su's father had a dazed look on his face. He spoke softly and closed his eyes. His presence and life force disappeared at that instant.
"When I received the double monthly votes, I said that I would go out twice this month. The first time was on the 12th, and the second time was on the 19th. Many in the circle of authors knew about this, and quite a number of them went out as well.
"For example, right now, I'm writing together with the old cat, who is just as miserable as I am, and we're scolding someone together!
I'm anxious, and I want to explode. This is the truth!
"The original plan was for everyone to go back together on the 22nd, but now, I'm going home tomorrow. For today and tomorrow, please allow me to write one chapter each day. Once I go home on the 22nd, I will immediately explode!
This is an oath! (To be continued. "If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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