The tunnel formed by the vortex in the sky was opened by Su Ming to help the boy and the others send out their legacy items. Besides the legacy items, he could not send in anything like a Nascent Divinity.
Since people were not satisfied, cultivators like the purple-robed old man tried to use this chance to take a gamble. Since he was bound to die hundreds of years later, then he might as well step into the world that might truly exist.
However, he was worried that Su Ming would not allow him to do this, which was why he had taken the risk to pass off as the real thing. In truth, Su Ming had noticed it a long time ago, which was why he had said those words. Besides, the purple-robed old man's Nascent Divinity had not been destroyed by Su Ming. Instead, he had been unable to withstand the mighty pressure when he moved through the tunnel, which was why his body and soul had been destroyed.
When the vortex in the sky disappeared and the sky returned to normal, the boy turned his head around with a complicated expression and cast a glance at the spot where the purple-robed old man had been. At that moment, the spot was empty. The purple-robed old man's body had long since turned into ashes and disappeared with the wind.
Only the maple tree in the night continued to shine with a red color that no one cared about. Even if it was hidden in the dark, it still existed.
The boy was silent. The young man in white had a slightly complicated expression on his face. The other four people by his side also did not say anything. A hint of grief rose in their hearts. They knew that the purple-robed old man's death had nothing to do with Su Ming. He had just sought death himself.
However, this sort of ending caused them to be unable to help but understand the purple-robed old man's state of mind when he made his decision. In truth, they had also thought of this before …
"If that world truly exists, then your legacies … will carry my blessings, and perhaps they will continue to exist in the distance." Su Ming swung his arm. He cast a final glance at the cultivators before him, then turned around and stepped into the air.
The boy and the others simultaneously bowed deeply towards Su Ming. There was no need for them to say words of gratitude. What Su Ming wanted was not gratitude, but respect towards their determination to pass down their legacies.
Su Ming left. Beside the maple tree in the night sky, a smile gradually appeared on the boy's face. There was not a hint of scheming in that smile. He stared at the sky with a peaceful expression. His legacy contained his blessings and hopes. He hoped that his son would grow and surpass him in the world that might exist.
The white-clothed youth touched the scabbard without a sword. His expression was free and at ease. He had turned his sword into an inheritance. Even if his sword was scattered and shattered in the world that might have existed, it would still turn into several sharp swords in the end, and the owner of each sword would have great achievements.
He didn't need a successor. All he needed was to give the sword cultivator's intent to the world that might exist, to someone who could possess his sword!
The other four looked up at the sky silently, their hearts filled with different but similar hopes … They would never know what kind of resplendence their legacies would shine in that world that might exist.
The answer wasn't important. What was important was that they no longer had any regrets in their hearts.
"My fellow Daoists, I want to sleep for the final three hundred something years and not think about anything until that day arrives." The boy looked at the others beside him.
"I intend to go out and take a stroll. No matter what, I must create another sword during these three hundred something years." The white-robed young man smiled faintly. His smile was slightly cold, but there was still a carefree air to it. As he spoke, he wrapped his fist in his palm towards the crowd and stepped into the air.
The other four people were silent for a moment before they wrapped their fists in their palms towards the boy. They turned into four long arcs and stepped into the air, disappearing into the galaxy.
When the crowd left, the boy sat down cross-legged under the maple tree and leaned against it. He looked at the lights of the houses in the city, and a smile gradually appeared at the corners of his lips. He slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The autumn wind blew past and lifted his hair. The autumn leaves fell and covered him with a blanket. Once he closed his eyes, the entire world gradually became indistinct until it eventually turned into nothingness.
He had no idea how much time had passed. When he opened his eyes again, he was no longer under the maple tree, but at the mountainside. The sky was no longer dark, but afternoon. Grass was everywhere at the mountainside, and herds of cows and sheep could be seen. He … was still the boy, but at that moment, he had already forgotten his true identity.
"I had a dream …" The boy patted his head, and a fascinated look appeared on his face …
Su Ming took a step forward in the galaxy, and the space where he was was lifted up without a single sound. It was as if the pages of a book had been flipped open. When it fell down again, the fourth wing had already changed and turned into the Heavenly Fox Expanse Cosmos belonging to Dark Dawn's camp.
Su Ming stared at the rather familiar galaxy. He did not notice the bald crane, and he could not help but chuckle. A lot of time had passed, and with the bald crane's personality, it had to be enjoying itself in some place.
When Su Ming turned around, he spread his will outwards and noticed the place where Yan Pei was at that moment. Beside him was the woman called Zi Ruo. After a moment of pensive silence, Su Ming still took a step forward.
At the center of the Heavenly Fox Expanse Cosmos was a mountain on a planet. Zi Ruo stood there. One hundred something years might have only been an instant to her, but at that moment … there was a hint of desolation on her face.
Yan Pei stood behind her with an anguished expression. He looked like he wanted to say something, but as he stared at Zi Ruo's back, he found himself unable to say anything.
After a long while, Yan Pei sighed and said slowly, "You should know that the person who appeared in Dark Dawn and Saint Defier over the years isn't him …"
"I naturally know that it isn't him, but … I personally saw my people die in that person's hands. That's his appearance, that's his presence. I saw my people's madness and resentment. What … could I do?!" Zi Ruo shuddered, and hatred appeared in her eyes.
Yan Pei was silent. He did not know what he should say. Even though he knew that person was not Su Ming, he might be a Sovereign of Dawn, but he could not make the cultivators who had lost their loved ones and whose bodies had been filled with resentment believe in anything.
Even if it was Yan Pei, if he was not familiar with Su Ming, he would have been in disbelief at the instant he saw that person …
At that moment, while sighing in his heart, the desolate Zi Ruo and Yan Pei did not know that Su Ming was standing behind them. When he listened to their words, he frowned.
As Su Ming frowned, his will spread out without a sound. It filled the Heavenly Foxes' Expanse Cosmos, all the Expanse Cosmoses in Dark Dawn, and even Saint Defier's camp. He saw the 180 Expanse Cosmoses in Saint Defier's camp.
The scenes in those Expanse Cosmoses appeared in Su Ming's mind like pictures. He saw that nearly half of the Heavenly Foxes in the Heavenly Foxes' Expanse Cosmos had died. He saw all the races in Dark Dawn's camp, and it was the same for the 180 Expanse Cosmoses in Saint Defier's camp.
There were far too many people from all races who had been cruelly killed by a person called Su Ming over the past one hundred something years. Their resentment ran so deep that their killing intent towards Su Ming was so strong that he fell silent once he saw all of this.
This was clearly what Old Man Extermination had done, but Su Ming could not figure out the reason behind his actions. No matter how many people died over the past one hundred something years, when the disaster descended, they would still be wiped off the face of the world. Besides obtaining resentment, he would not gain anything else by doing this.
'Resentment …' Su Ming frowned. After a long while, his brows relaxed. Since he could not understand this, then he might as well not think about it. However, what was done could not be undone, and even if he tried to resolve it, it would be useless.
Su Ming's expression was calm, and his heart was calm. He only needed to understand that this was indeed not his doing. As for everything else … Su Ming did not want to care about it.
In fact, he could already imagine that since this matter was related to Old Man Extermination, there was a high possibility that it was related to the three black-robed men he had sent to Arid Triad.
When he thought of the three black-robed men, Su Ming sighed softly and turned around to leave. He did not reveal himself, and neither did he disturb Yan Pei and Zi Ruo. He walked into the galaxy, and when his foot landed, he had already left Dark Dawn's camp and stepped into the galaxy belonging to Saint Defier's camp.
He walked towards the place where the bald crane was at that moment.
Saint Defier's camp was a small Expanse Cosmos at the edge of Falling Dust Expanse Cosmos. It was known as Falling Dust, and it had a sacred status in Saint Defier's camp, because the person who lived there … was Fei Hua, one of the three Great Saints of Saint Defier.
There was only one cultivation planet in Falling Dust Expanse Cosmos. From the distance, it was covered in a layer of emerald green. Rivers and oceans surrounded it, causing it to look like a planet of water. It was filled with a graceful and tenacious air, but at the same time, it also had a great presence that did not lose to that of a mountain.
There was a lake on the planet, and there was a wooden house. There were countless flowers and plants around it, and their fragrance filled the air. It was filled with a feeling that it was full of life. There was always an old woman sitting outside the wooden house. She stared at the lake alone with a gentle smile on her face, as if she was counting her memories and immersing herself in the memories of the past.
Not too far away was the bald crane on the other side of the lake. It had turned into a stone, and over the course of one hundred years, it had stared at the wooden house and the old woman outside. It was as if it could see the world being destroyed and the universe no longer existing.
It did not know why it was staring at her like that, and neither did it know why it did not want her to know that it had come. It was as if every single time it thought about this question, its heart would ache so much that it felt as if it was about to be torn apart.
Once it stopped thinking about this question, it found another form of peace besides following Su Ming during the one hundred something years. This sort of peace allowed it to no longer be obsessed with crystals and no longer think about the past that it could not remember. In fact, the thought of wanting to stay by Su Ming's side for the rest of its life grew in its heart.
One day, Su Ming appeared beside it without a single sound. When he sat down quietly, the stone that was the bald crane slowly changed. In the end, it returned to its original form and looked at Su Ming.
Su Ming also looked at the bald crane. He saw the tears in its eyes. As an illusory body that did not have a corporeal form, tears … were a luxury. It could not fall, which was why its tears were a form of sorrow.
"Su Ming … I really want to cry …" the bald crane mumbled.
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