Chapter 24 – Her name is Bai Ling
(TL By: PiggyBottle and 生豆)
Su Ming was actually very nervous, feeling the blood qi coming from this person, Su Ming could tell that the greatly surpa.s.sed Lei Chen and should be at somewhere about the fifth or sixth level of blood condensation.
This kind of people was someone, Su Ming would be unable to deal with. If the other person had any intentions, then Su Ming would have a hard time avoiding certain destruction. However, in order to obtain a large amount of Sieved Cloud Leaves, he needed a large amount of stone coins
He had no choice but to take this risk, after killing people in the jungle previously Su Ming’s way of thinking had changed. The knowledge he had obtained from the books at Grandpa’s place had been etched deeply into his mind.
He had decided that if he was unable to forcefully suppress the other person, then he would have to make the other person doubtful and not dare to make a rash decision.
That is why before he came he had already decided to disguise himself and bring along a small creature to at the right moment make a dramatic display.
As things progressed, you could see that it was pretty effective. However, Su Ming was still very nervous and did not slacken off at all.
In actual fact, the most tense person in the hut was not Su Ming but rather the other young man. He would still occasionally look at where the creature died, looking at the small set of bone remains made his heartbeat race, not excitedly but rather out of fear.
From his viewpoint, this person clad in hide was filled with a mysterious feeling he could not even begin to fathom. This feeling along with the display from before caused him to be far more tense than the Su Ming before him.
“This person speaks very calmly and seems very seasoned but is extremely ruthless, he should be one of those hidden rogue man-pract.i.tioners from the nearby forest……But, somehow from the way he speaks, it seems that he is still pretty reasonable……however, this drug of his just not have that much of an effect.” This young man pondered in his mind as footsteps came from outside of the tent before the doors opened and another person came in.
This person’s expression was dull and did not speak after entering, rather he stood at the side waiting for the young man’s orders.
The moment the person had entered, Su Ming took a glance at him, his blood qi was weak seeming only somewhere about Su Ming’s level of second blood condensation stage.
“Eat this, and this!” The one-eyed man did not hesitate, handing over the pill and some herbs to the other person.
That man took over them indifferently and immediately ate it before sitting down to cultivate. After circulating his blood qi, his expression changed, after a while he opened his eyes looking at the one-eyed man confused.
“There was not much effect… … only the seems a little more effective than usual… … perhaps about ten percent or so.”
After hearing that one-eyed man heard that, his pupil contracted, he knew the meaning behind increasing the efficacy of other herbs. Perhaps the effect is not so obvious on ordinary herbs, but if it is used on the herbs used by eighth or ninth level blood condensation, the value of it would be immeasurable.
“If a normal herb is worth ten stones, then this pill is also only worth about one stone, however if the herb was worth a hundred stones or even a thousand stones, then a tenth of that would be… …” The more he thought the more excited he got, only he was unsure of the extent of the pills effect on higher quality herbs.
“It’s a pity I don’t have many stone coins in my possession at the moment… …” softly sighing, he suppressed his own excitement and sent other person out. Respectfully standing in front of Su Ming he smiled.
“Senior’s medicine is indeed wonderful, how about this, junior offers thirty stone coins for each pill, how is that?” This one-eyed young man did not dare offend Su Ming, thinking that he was an rogue Man-pract.i.tioner, and someone capable of taking out a pill like this one, he definitely was not a simple person.
This kind of price was already sufficient to move Su Ming’s heart, however his voice instead was suddenly even colder than before.
“This… … senior, thirty stones is already my limit, and that is with me a.s.suming that the effect of the pill does not diminish with higher tiered herbs.” The one-eyed man hurriedly explained, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Su Ming.
“This pill’s effect will work regardless of what kind of herb you consume, it will for sure boost its effect by ten percent. If not for my need to trade for a Man-tool, I would never sell this.”
The one-eyed man hesitated for a while before biting his teeth and asking: “How many does senior poses?”
“After including the one you ruined, I still have one left.” While saying so, Su Ming retrieved another small vial containing a single enlightenment pill from his garment.
After hearing that, this young man’s eyes grew dim, and his heart ached, as he was hesitating, he saw Su Ming putting away that small vial while lifting the remained of the small creature in his hands. Reminded of the pill he wasted in his experiments, he quickly said.
“Senior, senior, this … … fifty stones!! That is really all I can offer for this!!”
Unwilling to stay much longer, Su Ming’s eyes flashed as he said: “Fine, in addition to the other pill, that is a total of 100 stones!”
The one-eyed man hesitated slightly before withdrawing a small cloth pouch, respectfully he handed it over to Su Ming, inside was two white stone coins.
The stone coins value was divided according to colour, grey was one, black was ten, white was fifty and if it was purple it would be worth a hundred.
“Give it to me in black stone coins!” Su Ming quickly said after taking a glance.
That one eyed man was stunned for a moment but did not ask further, taking out ten black stone coins, he handed them to Su Ming once more.
Once he obtained the small pouch, Su Ming handed the small vial to the other person. Picking up his basket, he left without giving this one-eyed man another look. After leaving the place, he did not act rashly, rather he walked around the bazaar a few more rounds. Although the moon was high and torches were abound, the amount of people in the bazaar did not diminish much, however, everyone shopping at this time shared Su Ming’s appearance.
After walking about and confirming that there was no one taking note of him, he quickly headed to a few pre-selected shops in the morning to purchase some Sieved Cloud Leaf eventually purchasing over sixty stems of them. Afterwards, he found another remote corner in the bazaar to remove his disguise before heading back to where he agreed to meetup Lei Chen. Only to see Lei Chen sighing there, quietly he walked to Lei Chen’s side.
Although startled, Lei Chen quietly followed. One in front of another, they quickly disappeared into the darkness of the forest. Sprinting all the way, Su Ming changed directions many times without stopping. Only stopping on the second day pale-faced and traumatised when the sun was already shining brightly.
Lei Chen heavily panting, although he did not understand what was going on, he did not ask. Only becoming extremely excited when he had received five stone coins from Su Ming.
After a short break, Su Ming once again got up and continued running forth alongside Lei Chen towards the tribe. This time they did not stop and rushed full-speed ahead even faster than before. Although his cultivation was lower than Lei Chen, in terms of speed Lei Chen had a hard time keeping up.
“The harvest from this trip was pretty good… … initially if I could not sell the pill, I was planning to but just five stalks of Sieved Cloud Leaf to test things out. Never did I expect things to go so well.” Su Ming thought to himself as he advanced.
“Although that one-eyed man should have been frightened by me, I cannot let my guard down and need to hurry back to the tribe.” Thought Su Ming cautiously, even today when they are already far away from the bazaar, he constantly changed directions, using his experience in forests to remove any trace of their travels.
About noon when the distant sun shone at its apex, Su Ming and Lei Chen could already see their tribe in the distance, only after arriving can Su Ming calm down and let out a satisfied smile.
“We are finally back, Su Ming, you still hadn’t told me how you knew Bai Ling was from the WuLong tribe?” Making use of the opportunity when Su Ming slowed down, he asked the question that had been confusing him all along while panting.
“Bai Ling?” The image of that tall and pretty lady appeared in Su Ming’s mind, especially when that lady’s eyes flashed while she wrinkled her nose, she exuded a wild beauty.
“I did not know she was from the WuLong tribe.” Su Ming mouth revealing a grin, that lady known as Bai Ling was the prettiest person he had seen in his life.
“That impossible, if you didn’t know, how did you manage to say it out instantly.” Lei Chen had been thinking about this matter for a long time and just could not figure out an answer, seeing Su Ming seeming unwilling to speak, he could not help but feel anxious.
Su Ming looked Lei Chen in the eye, laughing he asked.
“Lei Chen, don’t tell me you have fallen for her?”
“Rubbish!” Lei Chen shook his head, while mumbling.
“She is too skinny, I don’t like that, I prefer them a little meatier… …” Lei Chen scratched his head, from young he had liked those stronger tribeswomen, even to this day it’s the same.
Su Ming and Lei Chen joked as they headed towards the tribe, that shapeless sense of camaraderie and joy began to spread like the chill winds this cold winter.
“The three people behind Bai Ling had WuLong totems on them, in the nearby area, the only people who like to tattoo themselves with the WuLong totem would only be the WuLong tribe people.” Su Ming smilingly explained as they neared the tribe.
After hearing that explanation Lei Chen bitterly smiled, he had never thought it was something so simple.
The journey was safe all the way back to the tribe, but only after returning back to his home did Su Ming take out the Sieved Cloud Leaves he bought with a satisfied expression.
“Mountain Spirit Pill, I wonder what effect it would have after I refine it! Grandpa wanted me to not go out… … going and coming quickly should not have taken too much time.” Su Ming made up his mind as he pondered.
Meanwhile, at the WuShan Bazaar, a huge uproar was currently occurring!
And the reason behind it is precisely a certain round pill!
After Su Ming left his tent, that one-eyed man had deliberated for a long time and not accepted any guests. Gritting his teeth, he hesitated before bringing that small vial with the pill inside to the large purple tent belonging to the owner of the bazaar.