During this season, the rain in Black Ink Planet was not cold. The falling raindrops brought with them warmth, but when they fell on a person's body, they would inevitably get their clothes wet and stick to their skin, making them feel incredibly uncomfortable.
The oil paper umbrellas looked like flowers in the rain. If anyone looked down from the sky, they would not be able to see anyone. They would only be able to see the footsteps under the umbrellas walking in the rain at a moderate pace.
Su Ming placed his hands behind his back. His long gray hair was blown by the rain and wind. By his side was the elegant Yu Rou. She held an umbrella and stayed close to Su Ming, as if she had truly turned into a maidservant.
Su Ming's long hair spread out in the rain and wind. Some of it swept past Yu Rou's veil, as if it had fused with the veil and turned into a picture on it.
Behind them was the bald crane sitting on the big yellow dog's back, simply allowing the rain to fall on its body with an incredibly disdainful look on its face. However, no one knew who its disdain was directed towards …
The big yellow dog was still glaring at Yu Rou in front of him with hostility as he followed swiftly in the rain.
The last was Yu Chen Hai.
The group walked out of the Yu Family's gate, and what appeared before them was a vast world. This place was rather remote, and it was where the Yu Family was located. If they wanted to go to the auction hall, they would need to go to Black Water City.
The entire Black Ink Planet was divided into many regions by the families, and there were many complicated relationships between them. Overall speaking, there were three largest cities in the planet - Black Water, Ink Kirin, and Mortal Star. They were occupied by the three largest families in Black Ink Planet.
Due to the fame of the three great cities, due to the cultivators or the alien races from Divine Essence Star Ocean gathering there, and due to the distribution of benefits, the other families could set up auction houses in the cities near them, but they had to pay some fees.
That was why some of the small-scale auctions were usually held in the three cities near them. Only some of the large-scale auctions would send out invitations and be held in the auction halls built by the families in different places.
For example, the Yu Family's auction hall was located in a gigantic natural basin eight thousand lis away from Black Water City. The powerful warriors of the Yu Family were stationed there all year round, and the place was incredibly extravagant. It gave off the air of a middle-sized auction hall, and its security was tight. It also resonated with the land of the Yu Family, so if any accidents happened during the auction, they could solve it at any time.
The distance between the Yu Clan and Blackwater City was tens of thousands of miles. It seemed far, but for cultivators, this distance was nothing.
If one did not wish to fly, there was also a Teleportation Formation that could directly teleport them to Blackwater City.
Su Ming did not choose the Relocation Rune. He liked the rain. To him, the rain was real, and it was something he could not see before he came to Black Ink Planet.
In the rain, their group turned into rays of light that slowly disappeared into the distance.
Eventually, a huge city appeared in the distance. The city looked quite strange at first glance. It didn't have any city walls. Instead, it was a very large pool.
The water in the pool was pitch black, and it emanated a frigid aura. When the rainwater fell into the pool, it instantly turned into ice crystals, which hit the water and caused countless ripples to spread out.
Stone bridges ran through the entire pool, and at the intersection of each stone bridge, there were platforms that were tens of thousands of meters wide. There were many pavilions, palaces, and shops on these platforms.
In fact, there were some dozen something stone bridges that intersected with each other, and there were also huge platforms that were more than one million feet tall. They were carved with jade, and there were countless of them.
This was Blackwater City. Even though it was also raining, it could not hide the bustling atmosphere in the city. Cultivators could be seen everywhere in Blackwater City.
The city was so big that it could accommodate millions of cultivators. It could also be seen just how big the pool was based on the city's scale. This was no pool of water, it could already be considered as the outer sea.
"Among the families in Black Ink Planet, the Mo Family, Tai Ci Family, and the Hua Family are the leaders. They are the three strongest families in Black Ink Planet, and only with their power could they build a city like this.
"Even the alien races in Divine Essence Star Ocean have to be very polite to these three families. Even the forces of power from the four Great True Worlds keeping a lookout over this place have to greet these three families when they occasionally come here.
It's said … and it's just said that these three families can even negotiate with the four Great True Worlds to send their people out of the Barren Lands of Divine Essence to train in the four Great True Worlds. "Yu Chen Hai took a few brisk steps forward and spoke in a low voice behind Su Ming.
The group descended from the sky and appeared outside Blackwater City.
"Blackwater City was built by the Tai Ci Family. It has a long history, and there are countless legends about this pool of water. There are also all sorts of inconceivable records about it, making it impossible for anyone to tell whether they are real or fake.
"But there is a legend that someone from the Yu Family once saw with his own eyes that there is an incredibly terrifying ancient ferocious beast in the depths of the pool. That beast has nine heads … and once every ten thousand years, it will appear and roar out the words' Nine Abides'."
A focused glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. As he listened to Yu Chen Hai's words, he cast a glance at the pool of water in Blackwater City in the distance.
"Let's go and take a look at Lie Shan Family's auction hall in Blackwater City," Su Ming said flatly and walked in front of them. Yu Rou had been quiet all along the way. At that moment, she followed Su Ming and held an umbrella for him as they walked onto a stone bridge in the pool.
There was no one guarding the city. There were plenty of stone bridges surrounding the city, so people could come and go as they pleased. The fact that there was no defense around the city could only mean that the Tai Ci Family, who controlled the city, had the attitude of being in control of everything.
The big yellow dog would occasionally lower its head to look at the pool, and a strange light would shine in its eyes. Once it sniffed the air carefully, it would immediately leave the pool. The bald crane was completely unbothered by the pool. At that moment, it had its head lowered and was fiddling with its claws, calculating something.
As they walked on the stone bridge and looked at the incredibly strange city before them, Su Ming's expression became very relaxed. Yu Rou accompanied him quietly by his side. As they stepped into the city, they gradually saw quite a number of cultivators.
Yu Rou's face might have been covered by a veil, but she still attracted the attention of the cultivators around her.
She seemed to be used to being stared at by others and did not show a hint of discomfort. She continued acting like a servant, and because of it, Su Ming was immediately stared at by the cultivators around him.
However, the moment they looked at him, they would immediately avert their gazes.
With Su Ming's current appearance, the servant girl accompanying him, the big yellow dog, the bald crane, and Yu Chen Hai acting like a servant by his side, all those who saw him could not help but think that he was a foppish young master.
In fact, there was no need to even think about it to know that Su Ming was definitely a direct descendant of some family. He had brought a servant to Black Water Planet, and usually, no one would take the initiative to provoke this sort of person.
As a member of the Yu Family, Yu Chen Hai was very familiar with Black Water City. Under his respectful guidance, Su Ming walked on the stone bridges, and before long, he saw a place where six stone bridges intersected with each other.
There was a gigantic platform of about three hundred thousand something feet there. On it was an oval-shaped building that stood erect on the ground like a ring. At the center of the ring was a stone platform that also stood erect, and it was shining brightly.
There were also countless illusory threads swaying in the area. Those threads seemed to be scattered about, but if anyone took a closer look, they would immediately be able to see that they had formed four big words.
Lie Shan Family.
"This is Lie Shan Family's auction hall in Black Water City. It's just that this building is a little strange. Lie Shan Family's auction hall is always like this. It's not as beautiful as our Yu Family's auction hall," Yu Chen Hai said in a low voice.
Su Ming fell silent. He looked at the gigantic ring-shaped building, and a complicated expression gradually appeared on his face. This strange ring-shaped building might not be aesthetically pleasing to others, but at the instant Su Ming saw it, waves of emotions surged in his heart.
Su Ming saw depressions and protrusions on the ring-shaped building, along with numerous horizontal and vertical lines. This … was not a building. This was clearly … a map of the land of Berserkers!
The depressions were basins, the protrusions were plateaus, and the vertical and horizontal lines were mountain ranges rising and falling. The hollow center of the ring-shaped building … was the Dead Sea!
The hollow stone platform was the former core of the land of Berserkers, the place where the Great Yu Dynasty was located. This was a complete map of the land of Berserkers, and this building was the embodiment of Lie Shan Xiu's longing for his home.
Perhaps he felt that no one would be able to understand this longing, which was why he had fused it into the building of Lie Shan Family. Perhaps he had never expected that someone … would be able to see his thoughts on the building.
Su Ming saw it. He stared at the ring-shaped building in a daze, then at the illusory threads around him. There were no more, and no less. There were only one thousand threads, and they were like the blood veins in a Berserker's body. They were the foundation and foundation of the Berserkers' cultivation methods.
To Su Ming, the four words formed by the blood veins were not some sort of divine ability, but the Berserkers' Berserker Mark!
It was a Berserker Mark formed by one thousand blood veins!
"I miss my home …" Su Ming mumbled. He could sense a strong sense of homesickness from the ring-shaped building. He stared at it quietly, and everything around him disappeared. The world before his eyes became indistinct, and the ring-shaped building became the only thing in his sight.
"The land of Berserkers was split into pieces during the time of the second God of Berserkers. During the time of the first God of Berserkers, it was a single entity. I originally thought that it was a gigantic piece of land, but by the looks of it … this is the land of Berserkers during the time of the first God of Berserkers.
"It might have changed a lot later on … but I can still see some traces on it … That is … the ninth summit, and that is … Dark Mountain …" Su Ming sighed softly.
"Come, let's go in," Su Ming said softly and walked in front.
As the crowd walked in, a few cultivators immediately walked out of the auction hall. The auction was already in progress, and if they did not have a unique token, they would not be able to join the auction.
However, as a member of the Yu Family, Yu Chen Hai naturally had a way to bring Su Ming to this place. Once he brought out a plate, the cultivators immediately opened up a path for him without a single word. A hearty laugh also came from within.
"I see, so it's brother Chen Hai. Please, come in." Along with the laughter was an incredibly big and built man. He looked to be in his thirties, and he had thick eyebrows and big eyes. He looked very boorish, and compared to the slender bodies of normal cultivators, he looked incredibly muscular. (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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