It was a rainy season in Black Ink Planet. It had been cloudy for several days, and on this day, rain poured down.
Rain fell on the ground, causing the entire world to look as if it had turned indistinct. Su Ming sat in a tower in the Yu Family and looked at the rain falling from the window. There was a jade slip in front of him, and Black Ink Planet's terrain, forces of power, as well as the locations of the various auction halls were Branded on it.
In fact, there was a large area of Divine Essence Star Ocean on the jade slip. However, while it might seem big, in truth, compared to the vast Divine Essence Star Ocean, the map the members of the Yu Family had compiled over the years was just a drop in the ocean.
Su Ming did not immediately look at the jade slip. Instead, he looked at the curtain of rain outside the window with a pensive look in his eyes.
'The elephant has two forms. One of them is the physical form of reality, and the other is the illusory form of illusion! The physical form of the elephant is like the paragon of a Gate, and it is not the power of an Antecedental Spirit. The illusory form of the elephant is like the illusion of a scene, and it can be measured … This elephant has three breaths! '
The words spoken when the malicious spirit weighed the elephant in the chamber echoed in his head.
'This sentence is a little difficult to understand, but if I think about it carefully, the so-called elephant has two forms is referring to the physical form and the illusory form. The physical form is the elephant itself, and the illusory … is the scene that people often speak of. To a certain extent, the elephant is not a living being, but is … a phenomenon, an environment. 'A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes.
'If that's the case, then I can understand the meaning of the second and third sentences. Weighing the elephant itself is the same as weighing the supreme paragon of a Gate of Dao. However, only those who have reached Antecedental Spirit Realm can do this.
'The third sentence can also be understood in this manner. It means that the elephant has three breaths, but what does the last sentence mean..? 'After a moment of pensive silence, Su Ming shook his head and buried his puzzlement at the bottom of his heart.
His gaze fell on the jade slip and he started reading it.
There was also a storage bag by Su Ming's side. Every once in a while, Su Ming would put his hand into the bag and bring out a crystal to place on the jade slip. The crystal would flash a few times before fusing into the jade slip.
This jade scroll was very strange. Perhaps because it had existed for a very long time, it would be damaged every time someone looked at it. That was why once someone looked at it, they would need to nourish it with crystals every time they looked at it.
There was a veil over Yu Rou's face, and her presence was incredibly different from before. In fact, even the ripples of power from her cultivation base were incredibly weak. By the looks of it, she was only in the initial stage of World Plane Realm and did not show any signs of being in the later stage of World Plane Realm.
She sat quietly by Su Ming's side. The green smoke coming from the incense burners in the room made her look otherworldly.
Before her was a pot of boiling wine. She picked it up with her lily-white hands and poured the wine into a wine cup before placing it beside Su Ming, who was reading through the jade slip.
Her appearance and actions made her look like a maid.
This was originally a very artistic scene. The smoke was faint, the maidservant was otherworldly, and the rain outside the window was like the sound of nature. However, in this scene, there were three parts that were not in harmony.
The bald crane lay on the ground with a displeased look on its face and started rolling about nonstop …
"Crystals! You promised me! You had to give me crystals! Y-y-you … You're going overboard! You have so many crystals! No matter what, you have to give me some of them! My crystals! Just kill me! Those are all my crystals …
"You … Ah! You're still putting crystals in there?! My God, there are already 379 of them! Those are crystals! They're sparkling 379 crystals!" As the bald crane screamed shrilly in pain, it stared at Su Ming, watching him reading the jade slip and placing crystals on it. This scene almost drove the bald crane mad.
However, Su Ming did not hear its shrill screams of pain. Even Yu Rou did not pay any attention to it. She stared at the boiling wine with a calm and elegant expression, as if she did not hear a single sound.
There was one other part that was not in harmony … and that was a big yellow dog.
It lay not too far away and was staring at Yu Rou with hostility. Occasionally, it would let out threatening growls, as if Yu Rou's existence had, for some unknown reason, made it feel an indirect threat.
'Damn it, how could there be a woman as beautiful as our young mistress? By the looks of it, Su Ming has clearly acknowledged this damn woman's existence! This absolutely cannot be allowed! ' The big yellow dog's eyes moved about, continuously thinking about what its young mistress would do if she was here. The threatening and hostile look in its eyes became stronger.
The final part that was not in harmony came from Yu Chen Hai.
He sat by the side with a dumbfounded expression. He was the one who had brought the jade slip and handed it to Su Ming. Occasionally, he would look at Su Ming, but most of the time, he would sneak glances at Yu Rou.
He had a feeling that the woman was slightly familiar, but for some unknown reason, he could not remember where he had seen her before. However, this was not the main point. The main point was that even though the woman had a veil over her face and covered most of her face, causing her to look rather indistinct, she still exuded a beauty that could make others' hearts pound.
This sort of beauty caused Yu Chen Hai's heart to race.
'This shouldn't be the case. With my level of cultivation, this shouldn't be the case, but why does this woman make me feel incredibly close to her? It's precisely because of this sense of closeness that I feel so impulsive in my heart. '
With great difficulty, Yu Chen Hai forced down this feeling in his heart. He did not dare look at the woman, worried that he would cause Su Ming to misunderstand. That was why even though he still wanted to look at her, he had to endure it.
"Senior Su, there are only three days left before I have to host the auction …" Yu Chen Hai quickly said in a low voice.
Su Ming's status in the Yu Family had already changed. To the outside world, he was a true guest, but the family members would not know what was going on behind the scenes.
"I understand." Su Ming nodded, then picked up the crystal and placed it on the jade slip to continue reading.
"Um … Senior, if you have time, should we go and take a look at other families' auctions to familiarize ourselves with them?" Yu Chen Hai quickly asked.
Su Ming turned a deaf ear to his words and did not speak.
Yu Chen Hai smiled wryly and did not know what else he should say. He instinctively looked towards Yu Rou, and when he did so, Yu Rou lifted her head and cast Yu Chen Hai a glance. For some unknown reason, a hint of a smile appeared under her veil.
When that smile landed in Yu Chen Hai's eyes, it immediately caused his heart to tremble. He found it difficult to control his heart, and as he stared at Yu Rou, he became infatuated.
As these three things did not fit in with each other, the atmosphere in the tower became slightly strange. Su Ming continued reading the jade slip and put his right hand into his storage bag to bring out the crystal. He had already read most of the jade slip, and there were still some things that had happened in Black Ink Planet over the past ten thousand years left. At that moment, when he picked up the crystal and was about to place it on the jade slip, his right hand suddenly froze.
As his right hand froze, an oppressive force immediately appeared in the room. Yu Rou noticed it, and the bald crane was also momentarily stunned. It no longer rolled around and screamed in pain, but instead looked towards Su Ming with surprise.
Even the big yellow dog, who had a hostile look on his face, blinked and looked towards Su Ming.
Only Yu Chen Hai was still immersed in his infatuation, unable to extricate himself from it.
'Lie Shan Family rose to power in Black Ink Planet ten thousand years ago. Their Progenitor, Lie Shan Xiu, has a mysterious background, and his power is as great as the heavens … He is a man of great talent and bold vision, and in ten thousand years, he managed to turn his family into a middle-grade auction house in Black Ink Planet. '
What Su Ming saw was this sentence in the jade slip.
'Lie Shan Xiu is a formidable person. I might not know of his origins, but he is definitely famous in the galaxy where he lives … but even after multiple investigations over the past ten thousand years, neither Divine Essence Star Ocean nor the four Great Galaxies in the worlds beyond have found a single clue about him … '
Su Ming's expression was calm, but there was a storm raging in his heart. In fact, that storm had even turned into lightning that roared and reverberated in Su Ming's mind. His calmness was an illusion, but his shock was real.
He might have made some guesses, but when he truly discovered it, he still could not calm down.
It was so much so that his right hand, which was about to put down the crystal, froze in place. The aura in his body also spread out slightly, causing an oppressive force to appear in the tower.
Several breaths later, the oppressive force in the tower disappeared. Su Ming placed the crystal on the jade slip and continued reading it. After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he closed his eyes.
"Lie Shan Xiu …"
"Yu Chen Hai, you mentioned just now that you wanted to take a look at the other families' auctions?" Su Ming opened his eyes and turned his head around to look at Yu Chen Hai. When he did so, he frowned, and a strange expression gradually appeared on his face.
At that moment, Yu Chen Hai was looking at Yu Rou with a dumbfounded expression. The infatuation in his eyes could be clearly felt by anyone.
Yu Rou's expression remained the same, as if she did not mind … being stared at by a member of the younger generation in such an infatuated manner.
Su Ming let out a fake cough. Yu Chen Hai shuddered and snapped out of his stupor. When he saw Su Ming looking at him, cold sweat instantly drenched his robes. As his face turned pale, he even thought of the consequences, and terror filled his heart.
He did not know what had happened to him, but when the female attendant smiled at him, he had lost his senses and sank into an infatuated state. When he woke up, he was immediately filled with lingering fear. He was afraid that Su Ming would be displeased.
"Senior … I …" Yu Chen Hai was just about to explain himself anxiously.
Su Ming cut off Yu Chen Hai's explanation and asked flatly, "Does Lie Shan Family have an auction?"
"Lie Shan Family is a middle-sized auction hall, and they have a small auction every three days. They have one today as well." Yu Chen Hai quickly nodded.
"Let's go. Lead the way to Lie Shan Family's auction hall." Su Ming stood up. As he spoke, he walked towards the door. The bald crane blinked, then cast a glance at the big yellow dog. Immediately, they let out a loud whoosh and followed after Su Ming.
Yu Rou stood up in a very elegant manner and put away the pot of wine. Then, with a sway of her body, she followed behind Su Ming.
Yu Chen Hai let out a huge sigh of relief in his heart at that moment and quickly walked out as well. He looked at Yu Rou's curvaceous body before him and suddenly remembered how Su Ming did not seem to mind his rudeness just now. The female attendant who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere … did not seem to mind either.
Yu Chen Hai looked as if he was possessed. His heart raced, but he did not dare to think too much about it. He followed Su Ming out of the house and into the rain.
Lie Shan Xiu is about to appear. My fellow Daoists, you should still remember this amazing person, right? He is the first God of Berserkers, Lie Shan Xiu. Just what sort of person is he? Please look forward to it! (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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