As the Winter Talisman Gate was opened and booming sounds reverberated in the air, a shining runic symbol immediately appeared on Su Ming's right little finger. A freezing and destructive presence also appeared on his little finger.
At the same time, as Su Ming looked towards his right little finger, he gradually saw that it was withering away. Its color was clearly different from his other fingers, as if it belonged to an old man.
In silence, Su Ming lifted his head after some time. His expression was slightly different from before. He was surrounded by a still presence, as if he had suddenly become ancient.
A faint sound of someone sucking in a breath traveled into his ears. It was the sound of Hidden Dragon Sect's Sun Shan's disbelieving gaze, causing his breathing to quicken. Su Ming had been unable to understand the spring runic symbol for several days, and at the same time, Sun Shan had let out a sigh of relief. At the same time, he had also laughed coldly and mocked Su Ming in his heart, but when this happened before his eyes, he felt as if an invisible slap had landed on his face.
It made all his sneers freeze and swallow all his mocking words. As his breathing quickened, Sun Shan stared at Su Ming with a dumbfounded expression.
'Winter runic symbol … This is the final runic symbol among the eight runic symbols in Hidden Dragon Sect, and it's also the most difficult one … He actually … managed to understand it in an instant! '
The still and withering presence coming from Su Ming's body made Sun Shan feel as if an illusion had appeared before his eyes. In his eyes, Su Ming seemed to have turned into a big tree, a tree that had died and withered away in the harsh cold of winter. Perhaps this sort of tree was waiting for the arrival of spring, waiting for the moment it would wake up and be resurrected.
As time passed by, Thousand River Valley had already been completely occupied by Evil Spirit Sect when Su Ming's epiphany of the autumn runic symbol lasted for more than a few days. The atmosphere of war was incredibly thick, and the atmosphere of war was incredibly thick.
However, none of this had much to do with Su Ming at that moment. He looked at the autumn runic symbol and closed his eyes. After a moment, when he opened them again, he looked towards the summer runic symbol, and eventually returned to the spring runic symbol.
'Because of me, I can understand the winter runic symbol in an instant, but autumn, summer, and spring are even more difficult. With my current abilities, it's difficult for me to understand all of them. 'There was no dejection on Su Ming's face, only clarity.
"Autumn represents the withering of the aura of death and the emergence of vitality … Summer represents the boundless vitality … Spring is the opening of the eyes!" Su Ming had a vague feeling that when he understood the spring rune one day, it would be the same as him going back from winter to spring.
It was equivalent to walking from death to life!
He firmly remembered the Autumn, Summer, and Spring runes. Even though he couldn't comprehend them and fuse them into his body, he used his memories to bring them with him, and used the passage of time to comprehend them.
Su Ming stood up and cast a glance at the five opened chambers in the cave abode. Without his knowledge, he had already been in this place for half a month. To him, this empty treasure trove was a gigantic treasure trove.
As he swept his gaze across the place, Su Ming looked at Sun Shang, who had been frozen to the wall by him. A glint appeared in his eyes. At that moment, he was still in the state of the winter rune, and his entire body looked as if it had withered away.
There was not a hint of light in his eyes, but when his gaze fell into Sun Shan's eyes, it made his heart tremble violently. He could not tell what sort of eyes they were. This was something that could not be described with words. He could only express it with his feelings. It was a feeling as if he had seen a corpse, but when his gaze met that corpse's, it had opened its eyes and looked at him.
A dead man's eyes!
There was no spirit, no light, no life force, no emotion. Even the aloofness was gone. There was only an apathetic calmness, and it gave off an illusion that would make anyone who saw it feel as if their entire body was rotting away.
Sun Shan trembled, and even his teeth chattered. The feeling Su Ming gave him at that moment was simply too strong, so strong that it made his skin crawl, and he was almost scared out of his wits.
Su Ming looked at Sun Shan, and after some time, he asked flatly, "Are there any other treasure troves in Hidden Dragon Sect?"
Sun Shan nodded without hesitation, but there was nervousness on his face, and he shook his head.
"Yes, but … they're all empty now."
"What is your status in Hidden Dragon Sect?" Su Ming continued asking with a calm expression.
"Hidden Dragon Sect's ninth generation disciple …" Sun Shan said with a trembling voice.
"Give me a reason not to kill you." Su Ming remained as calm as ever. Not a hint of killing intent could be seen in his eyes, but those eyes of a dead man in Sun Shan's eyes were more terrifying than any killing intent.
"If you don't, you can return to the land of Immortals now." Su Ming lifted his right hand, and when Sun Shan saw that withered little finger, his pupils shrank. As he trembled, a sense of danger rose madly within him, causing his face to turn stark pale, and he immediately cried out in a shrill voice.
"Senior, I'm just a normal ninth generation disciple in Hidden Dragon Sect, I … I …"
Su Ming's expression remained the same. Waves of still aura of death spread out from his lifted hand, and he pressed his finger towards Sun Shan. Instantly, a wisp of gray smoke drifted out from his little finger and spread towards Sun Shan.
"You're still spouting nonsense. You lured the three people from Evil Spirit Sect to this place because you wanted to use the Rune in the cave abode to kill them. You also wanted to open this cave abode and hide here to avoid the disaster that would destroy your sect.
"Even if a normal disciple could think of this, they wouldn't be able to do it," Su Ming stated flatly. When he saw that the gray smoke was about to touch Sun Shan's body, anguish appeared on Sun Shan's face. After a moment of hesitation, he immediately spoke.
"I am the one with the potential to search for dragons among the ninth generation disciples in Hidden Dragon Sect. I … I know the method to break most of the seals in Hidden Dragon Sect that are below the sixth seal!
"All the treasures in this place have been taken away, and some of them are hidden away. I might not know where they are, but if I return to Hidden Dragon Sect's head sect, I can retrieve those treasures for you in secret!
"I swear, I can do it, I can definitely do it!" Terror towards death could be heard in Sun Shan's voice. As he looked at Su Ming, a pleading look appeared on his face.
The gray smoke spreading out from Su Ming's pinky stopped three inches away from Sun Shan. Even though there was no killing intent or chilling aura coming from that gray smoke, there was a hint of stillness coming from it, and it caused the life force in Sun Shan's body to become chaotic at that moment. It was as if the moment that gray smoke touched his body, it would immediately extinguish the flames of his life.
A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes, and he suddenly asked, "Do you know the Hidden Execution of Justice Art?"
Sun Shan was momentarily stunned, and his heart let out a loud thump. This Hidden Execution of Justice Art was an absolute secret even in Hidden Dragon Sect. Very few outsiders knew about it, much less the name of this divine ability. Yet this person before him had mentioned this Art right off the bat.
After a moment of hesitation, Sun Shan said in a low voice, "I only know how to fuse four Daos together. I can only push it slightly …"
"What is Bright Yang Stone?" Su Ming asked again.
Sun Shan's expression immediately changed drastically. He fell silent and no longer spoke.
Su Ming was not in a hurry either. He simply waited for Sun Shan's answer.
After some time, Sun Shan cast Su Ming an anguished look and sighed in his heart.
"Bright Yang Stones are the life force gathered by the Immortals who descend in large numbers. They are the source that allows them to descend in Yin Death Region and activate their power.
"Every single sect has to prepare a Bright Yang Stone to gather their souls before they descend … This stone is also an essential item for us Immortals to leave this place."
"Bright Yang Stone …" Su Ming's expression was calm, but a thought had appeared in his heart. Based on his analysis of the karma behind Shen Dong's desire to snatch the stone, he could tell that while Sun Shan's words were partially hidden, most of them were true.
"It's no wonder why Evil Spirit Sect wants this Bright Yang Stone. It's practically an existence equivalent to a Life Stone. It's an item that gathers the souls of all the people who descend in this place.
"This is Yin Death Region, and outside is Bright Yang Void. If we descend together, then this stone must be able to prevent the power of Yin Death from invading all the people who descend in this place. With its protection, all the souls of those who descend in this place will always remain in the state of Bright Yang.
"And once we obtain this Bright Yang Stone and destroy it, then it will be the same as us killing a large number of those who descend in this place …" Su Ming's gaze fell on Sun Shan. He had chosen to bring this person into his cave abode because he had some guesses as to why this person had lured the three people from Evil Spirit Sect here. When he had interrogated him just now, even though his words were not trustworthy, he had still obtained a general answer.
"If I was Gu Yuan Hai, who only had his Nascent Soul left and had a Bright Yang Stone that Evil Spirit Sect is determined to obtain after my sect was destroyed, then I would definitely not bring it with me … I would hide it. By doing so, I would be able to keep myself alive!
"If that Gu Yuan Hai was afraid of death, then he wouldn't be considered as such, but during the battle just now, he had the willpower to self-destruct his physical body, so he should be someone loyal to Hidden Dragon Sect.
"If I was him and this Bright Yang Stone could be split into two, then I would bring a small part of it away and use myself as bait in exchange for the chance to hide the larger piece of Bright Yang Stone without being discovered." Su Ming's eyes sparkled. He had already thought about these things when he was fighting against Shen Dong. That was why he had chosen to work together with Gu Yuan Hai. There was a possibility that there were no treasures in the cave abode, but he had still chosen to stall for time.
Because stalling for time was not only beneficial to Gu Yuan Hai, it was also beneficial to Su Ming's analysis of the situation!
"There's a two-tenths chance that this Gu Yuan Hai is afraid of death, and all my guesses are wrong, but even so, I won't suffer any losses! "There's a four-tenths chance that he hid the Bright Yang Stone … There's also a four-tenths chance that he has a small piece with him, but there's a large piece hidden nearby!"
Su Ming narrowed his eyes, and a brilliant light shone in them.
"The more important this item is, the more anxious Hidden Dragon Sect will be. It would be fine if Evil Spirit Sect really managed to snatch it away, but if my analysis is correct, then once Thousand River Valley becomes slightly more stable, Hidden Dragon Sect will definitely hesitate as to whether they should send powerful warriors to sneak in and take it away. After all, this place is filled with danger!
"Perhaps I can create this chance for Hidden Dragon Sect."
A pensive look appeared in Su Ming's eyes, but right when these thoughts appeared in his heart, Sun Shan suddenly gritted his teeth with a pale face as he looked at Su Ming. A resolute look appeared on his face, and he said something.
"Senior, if you swear in your heart that you won't let me go, then I can give you a great gift. I can offer my life as a sacrifice and search for the place where my sect's treasure is hidden!" "If you like this work, then please come to Start Point and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation."
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