Chapter 47 – Six Numbers!
Hearing those words stunned Su Ming, he slowly understood Grandpa and that Feng Zhen Tribe’s Man-Elder’s relationship. It definitely did not seem as he initially thought, the two of them definitely were hiding some past disputes.
It was also precisely due to this that Grandpa had not been willing to come to the Feng Zhen Tribe all these years. Today’s matters also showed that that Feng Zhen Tribe Man-Elder had some apprehension in his heart, which is why he had been so extremely courteous to Grandpa who was only at the Blood Condensation stage.
Memories of when he was on the Black Python surfaced in Su Ming’s mind, thinking of the fact that Grandpa and that purple robed man both walked away on air, his heart uncontrollably started to race.
“You will understand eventually.” Grandpa did not answer the question, he had only left this one sentence as his reply. Bringing Su Ming along, he left that pentagonal altar.
Within that pentagonal altar, Jing Nan silently pondered, looking towards where Mo Sang walked towards his gaze gradually darkened. After some time, he pulled out a small vial from his robes, this vial was a beautiful purple, making the object inside seem very precious to him for him to use such an exquisite vial.
As he opened the vial, a fragrant aroma wafted out, inside was actually a medicinal pill!!
Awakening Pill!
“It’s a pity, there is only one…… A single one would not have much effect on me, if there were maybe eight more……” Jing Nan spoke as his eyes revealed a sense of longing.
“I must find that Evil-Man who is able to refine this pill! Regardless of the price I must find him…… I have already sent people out in all the nearby areas, that person will definitely not be able to escape!
I can feel him nearby, he must be nearby, very nearby……”
Currently, it was already evening, the chlorite city was soon to be enveloped by moonlight, but the city was as bustling as ever, many bonfires began sprouting out around the city, these bonfires were actually set up in a strange Man-Tool, enabling them to magically float mid air, bathing the city in its light.
Grandpa walked in-front while Su Ming followed behind, the two of them walking ahead in silence.
“Seven days later will be when the Feng Zhen Tribe’s Test will take place, this test is hosted by the Feng Zhen Tribe and all the Tribes paying homage will have to partic.i.p.ate, it’s some kind of festival for you of the junior generation.
Grandpa hopes you will partic.i.p.ate in it, don’t worry about being exposed, with Grandpa’s arrangement, you just hold onto this and other than that Jing Nan, the other people will not realise it is you.
Su Ming, Grandpa can only help you so much, for the rest…… you will have to rely on yourself.” Grandpa patted Su Ming’s head as he gently spoke. With a wave of his right hand, a weak blood qi emanated from Grandpa, as a black straw hat instantaneously appeared in Grandpa’s hands/
“This is something that Grandpa obtained in the past from a large tribe, it can also be considered to be a Man-Tool i guess. After being absorbed into your blood, it is able to change your physique and appearance. Although the change might not feel like much, it is more than enough to appear to be a different person, it is something that Grandpa enjoyed playing around with in his younger days.
This thing has accompanied me for many years, it is really no longer of much use to Grandpa now, so let me gift this to you.” Grandpa held that black straw hat and thrusted it towards Su Ming’s body, Su Ming felt his body tremble as a chill penetrated his body, instantly the black straw hat had vanished within him
Although it had disappeared, Su Ming could feel that that object seemed to have merged with his bloodstream and had been a.s.similated into his body, shortly after, the method on how to use this black straw hat to change his was taught to him by Grandpa.
“During the test days, you just remain in the residence first, after we leave change your appearance, I will arrange for someone to bring you there to secretly join the rest.” said Grandpa with a laugh.
Su Ming wanted to speak, but after some hesitation, he decided not to, however he was determined, determined that no matter if he had to stake everything, he could not disappoint Grandpa!
“Top forty…… top forty!!” Su Ming tightly grit his teeth.
“Su Ming, since young Grandpa had taught you to think more, to contemplate by yourself, this will benefit you greatly in the future…… Let Grandpa suggest you a question, and lets see if my little La Su can think of an answer……” Grandpa kindly gazed at Su Ming, blinking his eyes, his smiled.
“Listen well, Su Ming, Grandpa will only tell you once, Thirty-two, seventy-nine, two hundred and forty-eight, three hundred and seventy-one, five hundred and sixty-three, seven hundred and eighty-one.”
(TLN: 32 79 248 371 563 781)
Su Ming was momentarily stunned, murmuring those six numbers, but unable to figure out what the meant, seeing Grandpa’s smiling silently, Su Ming memorised these six numbers as he pondered.
Moonlight fell unto their bodies, their shadows elongating as Su Ming remained in deep thought, the two of them walking further and further……
In a flash, it was already the night six days later. The Feng Zhen Tribe festival was about to start in the following morning……
In these six days, Su Ming had remained within the house arranged for the Wu Shan Tribe by the Feng Zhen Tribe, spending all his time cautiously circling his blood qi, feeling like there was someone observing him, but was unable to find anyone nearby.
Under the presence of this gaze, Su Ming’s cultivation was frequently interrupted. Every Time that feeling of being watched reached its peak, he would stop cultivating and lie on his bed, pondering on those six numbers which left him baffled.
On the fifth day, that feeling of him being watched had finally disappeared, which made Su Ming feel even more nervous, he had frequently tried to guess who was watching him, a few figures frequently popping up in his mind, but in the end he could still not be sure.
In these few days, Lei Chen had visited Su Ming several times, with the rest of his time mostly spent with Wu La. Under Grandpa’s advice, they carried out their final bit of cultivation before the test. However, given his character, after cultivating a bit, he would try to drag Su Ming out for a walk, the times Su Ming did not go, Lei Chen would just walk about himself, coming back with a mysterious expression on his face.
That expression somehow felt vaguely familiar to Su Ming……
“Su Ming, did you know, in this city that kind of place exists…… in my whole life, I have not seen so many women together……”
“Su Ming, in this place there is a drink, they call it wine, the taste is…… do you want to try it?”
“Su Ming, guess what I saw today, I saw the Hei Shan Tribe arrive, they came over on a black cloud, however their Man-Elder did not seem to come, rather it was their Tribe Patriarch that came over.”
“Su Ming, get up already, listen to me, today at the place they sell wine, I ran into a Hei Shan Tribesman, he was about our age but super arrogant, if fighting was allowed there I would have beaten him up a little!”
“Su Ming, I saw Bai Ling today! Don’t you think its strange? I think she might have really been tricked by us, she did not ask me about the coin incident anymore, however after seeing me, she did ask about you.”
“Su Ming, I think I found a girl I like…… remember I told you I ran into Bai Ling yesterday? Beside her was this girl, also from the Wu Long Tribe. She really has an amazing figure and is even prettier than that Bai Ling……”
“Su Ming, I finally found out her name, she is called Bai Fang, what a nice name……”
These few days, Lei Chen would practically come by and confide in Su Ming, especially the last few days, all he spoke about was this girl called Bai Fang.
As for Bei Ling, he too spent most of his time out of the house, even when he was in, most of the time he would be accompanied by youths from the other tribes, seeming like they were all good friends.
Only late at night on the sixth night did Su Ming leave the house, while gazing at the moon in the sky, he noticed Bei Ling being dragged out by some Feng Zhen Tribes people unwillingly.
“Today I really don’t feel like going……” By the main doors, Bei Ling hesitated before he softly spoke.
“Not coming? That’s fine as well, but Bei Ling, you must remember, you have been personally nominated by Wu Sen to join our ceremony, if you don’t want to partic.i.p.ate, you can forget about getting our Feng Zhen Tribe’s Man-Elder’s Man-Blood!
Don’t forget the reason you entered the top fifty positions previously.” the Feng Zhen Tribesman dragging Bei Ling along was a eighteen year old youth, smiling as he slowly spoke.
Beside them were two other people, whose contemptuous gazes were also resting on Lei Chen’s body.
Bei Ling thought for awhile before slowly nodding, disappearing into the night alongside these three other people.
Seeing this scene from a distance, Su Ming’s brows furrowed as he gazed at the moon, after thinking for a while, he slowly walked out the doors.
“Wu Sen……” Su Ming could vaguely remember Bei Ling mention this name before, it was supposedly one of the three strongest juniors in the Feng Zhen Tribe. This year, he had even been predicted to obtain a top three spot in all three tests.
As for matters involving this person, Bei Ling only gave a simple introduction, before quickly moving onto the next one.
As he walked along the dimly lit city, Su Ming’s body gradually transformed, shortly after, he became seven inches taller and much bulkier, even his hair had gotten significantly longer, transforming into a more simple looking man, emanating a st.u.r.dy feeling. Completely different from the normally weak looking Su Ming.
Even the clothing he was wearing could transform, it truly was bizarre.
After stretching a little, Su Ming realised that he felt comfortable as usual, as his blood qi circulated, his forty-nine blood veins did not surface on his body, but a powerful qi still emerged from his body.
“Under the moonlight…… even those of the fifth level of Blood Condensation are not my match…… now that I also have that Blood Scale Spear….. Even someone of the sixth level of Blood Condensation would have to be wary of me!” Su Ming’s gaze flashed as he raised his head to glance at the moon before he continued onward.
“Bei Ling’s cultivation should have just recently stepped into the sixth level of Blood Condensation, his father the Marksman and the hunting party’s leader are at the eighth level of Blood Condensation, among my generation, to be able to reach the eighth level of Blood Condensation should be very rare, they will definitely be able to surpa.s.s all their peers. This Wu Sen and his companions should definitely not be at the eighth level of Blood Condensation!” Su Ming’s steps were not fast but rather very stealthy, he only walked in the dark areas as he stalked the four people walking in the distance.
“Those three people seemed to only be at the fifth level of Blood Condensation, but seeing Bei Ling’s expression, the Wu Sen’s cultivation should be somewhere between the upper stages of the sixth level of the Blood Condensation stage but lower than the eighth level of Blood Condensation. I am eighty percent certain that his Wu Sen must be at the seventh level of Blood Condensation.”
“Seventh level of Blood Condensation, I might not be able to defeat him, but under the moonlight, if I were to fight with him, he can forget about trying to keep me behind.” Su Ming was extremely confident in his own speed.
The reason he followed behind was not purely out of curiosity, but rather also because of Bei Ling’s unwilling expression, which reminded him of his childhood where he called Bei Ling ‘Big Brother’, with a complex mix of feelings, he slowly followed behind them.
Time slowly pa.s.sed and the moon hung high in the sky as Bei Ling’s four man group disappear into a strange looking house located in a remote section of this chlorite city……