Sun Shan stared at Su Ming with a dumbfounded expression. His heart was filled with shock. As a Hidden Dragon Sect disciple, he naturally knew about the marks on the eight stone doors. However, when he saw Su Ming sitting cross-legged before the first stone door, and by the looks of it, he seemed to be trying to understand the wind runic symbol, disbelief appeared on his face.
A cold, derisive sneer also appeared in his heart.
'This person might have high power, but he's overestimating himself. Trying to understand Hidden Dragon Sect's runic symbol? There are only a few who have managed to do this since ancient times. I refuse to believe that he'll succeed!' Sun Shan thought to himself, but he did not dare show a single hint of it on his face.
Time trickled by. The sky outside became brighter, and when daylight arrived, rain fell from the sky and fell on the ground, washing away the blood in Thousand River Valley.
As thunder rumbled outside the cave abode, Su Ming's eyes sparkled as he looked towards the first chamber. He lifted his left hand swiftly, and with a swing of his arm, he wrote a runic symbol.
That runic symbol was written in the air, but its appearance was exactly the same as the seal of the mountain gate.
This was the Wind Seal. Su Ming had an extraordinary level of understanding towards wind to begin with, hence he was the fastest to understand it. The instant he wrote that runic symbol, a runic symbol gradually appeared on the pad of Su Ming's left index finger.
Once that runic symbol appeared, the stone door to the first chamber slowly opened with a bang, revealing the chamber within. However, the chamber was empty. There was not a single thing inside.
Su Ming's expression remained the same. Not a single hint of emotion could be detected on his face. To him, it was no longer important whether there were any treasures in the chamber. He had already found the most valuable thing in this place.
These eight runic symbols!
Gu Yun Hai could not have imagined that he had been scheming and using Su Ming to block off his pursuers to give him time to escape. He had not paid much of a price either. He only had a few items in his storage bag and the jade slip that could open the door to the cave abode with the treasures in this place.
That jade slip could be considered as a priceless treasure during normal times, because it was the only token that could open the cave abode, and because the cave abode contained Hidden Dragon Sect's savings over the years.
But now, the jade slip was completely useless to him, because the cave was already empty. Everything had been hidden somewhere else.
However, he did not expect that the eight marks on the stone door to the chamber would become Su Ming's greatest reward in his trip to Hidden Dragon Sect!
These eight runes were inherent to the Hidden Dragon Sect. In fact, they existed in every Hidden Dragon Branch Sect. Usually, they were used for sealing. There were also rumors that if one had enough comprehension, they could sense the changes in the world from these eight runes.
Because these eight runes were left behind by the ancestors of the Hidden Dragon Sect.
In Hidden Dragon Sect, there were only a few people who were able to obtain opportunities from these eight runes over the countless years. There were too many people who did not feel anything when they saw it. Hence, Gu Yunhai had subconsciously ignored it. Instead, he thought that the item that had been taken away from the secret room was the treasure.
If he knew about Su Ming's current transformation, he would definitely be shocked.
Su Ming only cast a glance at the empty first chamber before he got up and went to the second chamber to focus his attention on it.
Su Ming, who had been paying full attention to the runes in the second chamber, did not notice Sun Shan's widened eyes, as well as the disbelief and shock on his face.
Sun Shan's breathing quickened. He had been observing Su Ming all this while. When he saw the wind rune appear on Su Ming's left index finger and saw the door to the first chamber open, all of these things turned into a powerful shock that made his heart race. He could not believe what he was seeing.
'It's only been four hours! He actually managed to understand the wind rune! Even if the eight runes here are just copies and not the real ones from the Immortal sects, for him to be able to understand them in four hours is … 'Sun Shan sucked in a sharp breath and only recovered after a long while.
It was especially so when he saw that Su Ming was not resting and had gone to understand the rain rune on the door to the second chamber. Sun Shan could not help but become nervous. This time, he was not nervous because of his own safety, but because Su Ming's actions had overturned his train of thought.
Twelve hours later, when the sky outside turned dark once again, Su Ming lifted his left middle finger, and as a brilliant light shone in his eyes, he drew the mark of the rain rune on the stone door. At the instant he did so, a rune similar to the one on his index finger also appeared on the pad of his middle finger.
At the same time, the second chamber opened with a bang.
Su Ming did not even spare it a glance. He got up and walked towards the third chamber. He sat down cross-legged and looked at the lightning rune with bright eyes.
Sun Shan stared at the second chamber with a dumbfounded expression. His mind was completely blank, and that blankness did not last for long. Immediately, when the third chamber opened with a bang, fear appeared in his eyes as he looked at Su Ming once again.
He was also not afraid of his own life and death, but of Su Ming's terrifying comprehensive abilities!
'What sort of comprehensive abilities is this?! Who is he?! ' Sun Shan had a feeling that if the things he saw spread out and Hidden Dragon Sect learned of it, it would shake up the entire Hidden Dragon Sect. In fact, even the Immortal sects would be shaken by it.
Two days later, Su Ming drew the lightning rune on his left pinky with a slightly tired look on his face. Once he placed it on the pad of his finger, the four chambers on his left hand were all opened.
Su Ming did not look at the chambers. Instead, he lifted his left hand and looked at the four fingers on his left hand. Gradually, a smile appeared on his face. He had a strong feeling that his left hand seemed to be in control of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning. He might only have a slight control over them, but it was as if he had planted a seed deep within his heart!
At that moment, Sun Shan had gradually become numb to the shock of the past two days. As he looked at Su Ming, besides laughing wryly in his heart, there was only anguish. It did not matter whether it was his appearance or his level of cultivation, Su Ming's comprehension was terrifying. There was also his scheming. It might have been just a simple seal, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was a long way to go.
If he was even the slightest bit careless, he would be doomed eternally.
'This old monster is either someone who has been walking down the path of cultivation for an unknown number of years, or he's one of the prodigies in those sects. Ah, compared to them, I might not be as good as them, but the fact that I've reached my current level of attainment with my background is something that they can't hope to compare to!' This was the only thing that could comfort Sun Shan's heart.
Su Ming did not continue trying to understand the four runic symbols of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Instead, he sat down cross-legged and rested for a moment. When his fatigue disappeared, he opened his eyes and looked towards the first chamber to his right, which was the spring runic symbol!
"Spring is the abundance of life, the awakening of all things …" Su Ming mumbled. He looked at the spring runic symbol for several days straight!
To him, a few days was just a blink of an eye, but he still could not completely immerse himself in the spring runic symbol. He could not copy it like how he understood the wind, rain, thunder, and lightning.
During these few days, the fatigue in Su Ming's eyes appeared once again, and it grew stronger. He no longer thought about anything in the world around him and focused solely on understanding and copying the runic symbols, even if Thousand River Valley had already been occupied by Evil Spirit Sect after it was destroyed and turned into a branch of Evil Spirit Sect, causing this place to become a line of defense in the eastern part of Eastern Wastelands, as well as a foundation that would allow them to venture deep into the heart of Eastern Wastelands.
During these few days, countless long arcs came and went in the sky. Not only were the people from Evil Spirit Sect occupying this place, there were also people from other Evil Sects who came to this place, causing Thousand River Valley to become incredibly lively.
Compared to the liveliness in the world outside, Su Ming's cave abode was filled with silence. Su Ming's breathing was not heavy. His eyes might be slightly bloodshot, but he was still trying to understand the spring runic symbol.
Su Ming's difficulty in understanding the runic symbol this time made Sun Shan let out a sigh of relief. He felt that if this was the case, then Su Ming was still slightly normal. If he truly managed to understand all eight runic symbols, then it would be a huge mockery to Hidden Dragon Sect.
'This old monster might have extraordinary comprehensive abilities, but there's no way he'll be able to understand the eight runic symbols of Hidden Dragon Sect so easily. He might only be copying them, but it's definitely not something that can be done so easily!' Sun Shan cast a glance at Su Ming, and the cold sneer in his heart appeared once again.
Another three days passed by. Su Ming's face was filled with fatigue, and more red appeared in his eyes. He stared fixedly at the spring runic symbol, and no matter how much he tried to understand it over the past few days, he just could not immerse himself in it. It was as if the life force contained within the runic symbol did not belong to him!
'Yin Death Region …' For the first time in several days, Su Ming closed his eyes for a long period of time. In his head, he remembered the scene of his body rapidly aging and disappearing when he left Yin Death Region on the ancient bronze sword.
Once that happened, what appeared in his head once again was the scene of his blood turning into aura of death on Fang Cang Lan's hand before disappearing.
'Spring is the time when all manner of life is revived, and summer is the time when life reaches its peak … Autumn is the time when life is extinguished and when death awakens, and winter … is the time when all manner of life is dead and cold!' Su Ming's eyes flew open. He did not look at the spring runic symbol, but instead looked straight at the fourth stone door, at the winter runic symbol that symbolized the death of all manner of life!
'I'm in Yin Death Region, and the spirit of the World of Nine Yin once said that I'm dead. Besides, I can also tell from the things that happened to me that even if it's not because I don't want to accept it, there's a high chance that this is the truth!
'Since I'm a dead person, it's only natural that I can't sense the life force of spring directly, but I can understand the death of winter and reverse the order of spring, summer, autumn, and spring. I can walk down a path from death to resurrection!' A brilliant light shone in Su Ming's eyes. He had been lost for many years and had never been able to see the path before him clearly. He had only been moving forward with a single thought, and at this moment, right outside the chamber in Hidden Dragon Sect's cave abode, he had discovered a path that would lead him from death to life by a stroke of luck!
This path overturned the world. This path overturned the four seasons. This path would start from winter, and it would lead him to the path of life and death that would lead him to spring!
If winter first appeared in the world, then when autumn arrived and the ice melted, the aura of death and the faint life force would replace each other. When summer arrived, the aura of death would disappear and the life force would erupt, allowing a person to successfully walk into spring. During that spring, they would be resurrected and wake up!
A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. When he looked towards the winter runic symbol and came to understand the path of life and death in his heart, he lifted his right pinky and swiftly drew the winter runic symbol in the air before him!
With a bang, the door to the winter runic symbol opened!
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