Chapter 71 – Western Alliance Territory
He just simply stood there, yet Shi Hai and the others did not seem to even notice him to slightest. Even if their eyes were wide open, all they would have seen was an empty sky.
“One of the four Fire-Mán divine beasts, the divine Roc…… it was slain that year…… but to think that a shred of consciousness is actually here…… if that Hei Shan Tribe Mán-Elder knew about it, I would really have missed out. Forget it, what he told me, and being able to see this beast today is enough for me to satisfy his request.
Merely two early-stage awakened cultivators, I don’t need to pay them any heed…… but I am pretty sure i heard that this Feng Zhen Tribe was descended from some larger tribe in the Western Alliance Territory.” The mysterious person sighed as he walked away, step by step towards the Feng Zhen Mountain sealed by the strange barrier.
Su Ming returned to the housing designated for the Wu Shan Tribe in the Feng Zhen Tribe grounds, his appearance reverting back to his original frail looking appearance. After changing into a simple hide robe, he sat down in the house.
His eyes filled with excitement and nervousness, the first test felt like a dream for him, he felt as if it was not himself, but rather someone else. Especially when he returned to the plaza, the center of everyone’s gazes, his heart was rapidly beating, when he recalled the way he faced Si Kong and that old lady, the way he spoke to Bai Ling, he somehow felt really proud of himself.
After taking a deep breath, he barely managed to calm his emotions before shutting his eyes and checking the condition of his blood qi. A total of a hundred and sixty blood veins appeared on his body, filling Su Ming with confidence.
The number of blood veins on his body had increased by four at the very end of the test, going up to one hundred and sixty from a hundred and fifty-six.
“I have already reached the sixth level of blood condensation, the gap to two hundred and forty-three blood veins for the seventh level of blood condensation is not very far now……” Su Ming mumbled as his eyes shone with a strange glint.
“I should b e able to cultivate the Wu Blood Dust technique now…… as for the Triple Vanquishing Strikes, that would have to wait a little more.” Su Ming sat there thinking, as he recalled the process of the first test, his lips curled into a smile.
“Most importantly, I have mastered Nuanced Control! If I will it, my blood qi will circulate, if I don’t my blood qi can stagnate…… it can help prevent me from excessively wasting my blood qi, not only making me stronger, I will become faster as well!” Su Ming excitedly took a deep breath.
“With the Blood Scale Spear, the current me should be barely enough to help Grandpa, help protect the Tribe and my Tribesman! I want to fight for my tribe!!” Su Ming clenched his fists, his eyes filled with determination.
“It is a pity my cultivation is still so low, i only have a hundred and sixty blood veins…… if I can get even more, that would be nice……” Su Ming frowned and sighed before a flash of inspiration struck him.
“If I can buy a large amount of herbs and refine some more Mountain Spirit Pills…… but ah it’s a pity.” Su Ming’s eyes darkened, as he thought about his empty pockets, he just did not have to money to buy these herbs.
“The tribe is currently in trouble and they need the money, I can’t add on to Grandpa’s burdens like this…… I need to think…… just how can i get a large amount of money……” Su Ming scratched his head as he thought, but suddenly, his ears twitched, he could hear Wu La’s excited voice coming from outside the door.
Su Ming stood up and left his room, seeing the main doors open as Bei Ling, Wu La and Lei Chen walk in, followed by Grandpa, the Marksman and Shan Hen.
“That Mo Su is just too impressive, did you all see? The moment he came back, he drew the attention of everyone! Even that Ye w.a.n.g took the initiative to talk to him, I heard from the other people that this was something incredibly rare!” Wu La excitedly spoke, her eyes filled with emotion, constantly talking as she walked in with Bei Ling and Lei Chen.
“Although that Mo Su looks plain, he is actually extremely amazing, my idea of a powerful person is someone like that, from the last place, he climbed to the top. Even after he came back, his expression was extremely calm, he has the air of an expert. I still remember how he spoke to Ye w.a.n.g, that one line, ‘I am not taking part in the second test’ shocked just so many people!” Wu La excitedly gesturing as she spoke, clearly Mo Su’s reputation in her heart had reached a great height.
Su Ming stood in the house as he watched the group return, seeing Wu La’s excited reaction, he unconsciously rubbed his nose, remembering his nervousness at that time, the feeling of being stared at by so many people made him truly uncomfortable, he did not seem to remember being as gallant as Wu La recalled.
“This Mo Su was not known by anyone before, but now he is famous, his name can be heard all around the Feng Zhen Tribe, very soon even all the nearby tribes will know of him!” Bei Ling’s expression was not as cold as before, a trace of excitement and emotion could even be seen in his eyes.
“It’s a pity he is not one of our Wu Shan Tribe’s Tribesmen, sigh…… if only our Wu Shan Tribe could have a genius like him……” Bei Ling sighed, his heart without the slightest bit of envy. People were like this, they only compared themselves to people close to them, if they surpa.s.sed one by this much, it becomes hard to be envious of them. Unless of course…… if that genius was someone who had grown up together with them.
“That’s right, just how great would it be if he was someone from out Wu Shan Tribe…… Mo Su, Mo Su, doesn’t this name sound nice, Mo Su……” Wu La’s expression was strange as her face turned slightly red, until she noticed Su Ming standing there by the side and she could not help but frown in contempt.
She suddenly recalled Lei Chen’s words, that perhaps Mo Su and Su Ming were the same person, to her this was a great insult towards Mo Su.
Lei Chen did not speak on the way back, after seeing Su Ming, his eyes focused as he took a few good looks at him, before his gaze dimmed. He too had decided that there should not be any link between Su Ming and Mo Su.
As for Bei Ling, he had long since noticed Su Ming standing there, however he had completely ignored Su Ming’s existence.
“Mo Su is truly mysterious, up till now no one knows what tribe he is from, in a few days we will probably find out, at that time I will represent our generation of the Wu Shan Tribe and exchange greetings with him……” Bei Ling no longer looked at Su Ming as he brought up Mo Su, his eyes filled with respect.
“En, we must go, Mo Su, Mo Su…… I guess his cultivation must be pretty powerful, a pity he is not partic.i.p.ating in the second and third tests……” Wu La’s excitement was completely caught by Su Ming who could not help but rub his nose again.
“Perhaps his cultivation is not that high, that’s why he is not partic.i.p.ating……” Su Ming unable to bear it any further, subconsciously murmured.
“Su Ming, what did you say!” Wu La shouted, her eyes filled with rage as she glared at Su Ming.
“You have no right to talk about Mo Su, his cultivation must be too high, that’s why he is not partic.i.p.ating. It is probably he has other things to do and can’t be bothered to partic.i.p.ate!”
Su Ming bitterly smiled as he stopped talking, seeing Wu La’s anger, he was unsure if he should feel helpless or happy for himself.
“Su Ming, you saying these things here is one thing, I am guessing you heard of him these few days here. But let me tell you, once we leave this place, don’t talk about him like this, it will only bring trouble to the tribe, that Mo Su is at a level we cannot compare to!” Bei Ling’s expression was severe as he glared at Su Ming and slowly spoke. As a member of the Wu Shan Tribe, him saying these words were nothing out of the ordinary.
“Su Ming…… I too think you should not speak like that, that Mo Su…… you just weren’t there to see it personally, he is really amazing, even Ye w.a.n.g took note of him! He is not someone we can so simply speak about, he is…… truly too powerful!” Lei Chen softly spoke. After speaking, he hesitated slightly as he gazed at Su Ming with a complicated expression, seemingly wanting to say something.
Su Ming bitterly smiled once more.
“That’s enough, you three still have to partic.i.p.ate in the second test tomorrow, go meditate now.” The Marksman frowned as he cleared his throat, immediately silencing the Bei Ling trio as they headed back to their rooms.
Grandpa Mo San nodded towards Su Ming, his eyes filled with praise, without speaking he headed into another room, followed by the Marksman and Shan Hen who seeming as if they had urgent matters to discuss.
After they separated, Su Ming returned to his room as well, he knew that Grandpa would most likely approach him soon, as such, he silently waited in his room.
Before long, Grandpa did not come, rather it was Lei Chen who appeared with a grim expression. Sitting across Su Ming in his room, he stared at Su Ming.
“What is it?” Seeing Lei Chen’s honest expression Su Ming could not help but smile.
“No…… nothing much…… Su Ming, do…… do you ……” Lei Chen hesitated before he finally grit his teeth and asked: “Do you like Bai Ling?”
Su Ming was stunned.
“Sigh, Su Ming, regardless of whether you like her or not, I think it is better for you to…… give it up. I really wonder, is that Bai Ling really that pretty…… I think Bai Fang is still better……” Lei Chen mumbled in confusion.
“Su Ming, you weren’t at the plaza during the end of the test, so you did not see what that Mo Su did at the end, he actually walked up to Bai Ling in everyone’s presence and asked if she wanted to go circles with him, go circles my a.s.s! I really cannot see eye to eye with that person!” Lei Chen took a quick glance at Su Ming’s appearance before he hurriedly spoke.
“The worst thing is, that Bai Ling actually agreed while blushing, sigh, you were not there to see that scene, it is obvious she took interest in that Mo Su, this Bai Ling is just too disappointing!” Lei Chen hurriedly commented.
Su Ming’s expression was extremely strange as he hesitated for a while, before he finally softly spoke.
“Lei Chen, let me tell you a secret…… actually, I am Mo Su.”
Lei Chen was dumbstruck as he quickly raised his hand to Su Ming’s forehead. After being dodged by Su Ming, Lei Chen quickly spoke a few more sentences, and just as he wanted to comment further, he heard Grandpa’s cough coming from outside.
Lei Chen quickly stood up as the door of the room opened and Grandpa walked in with all smiles.
Without waiting for Grandpa’s instructions, Lei Chen respectfully took his leave, after taking one last glance at Su Ming. His expression filled with worry, Su Ming’s words previously truly shocked him, he had not expected Su Ming to be that traumatised.