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Pursuit-of-the-Truth (ErGen) - Chapter3
Pursuit-of-the-Truth (ErGen) - Chapter3
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Deep into the night, Su Ming lay in his room as he stared into the pitch-
black darkness, unable to fall asleep. Grandpa’s words lingered in his ears,
causing the scene from 8 years ago to continuously replay in his mind.
With a long sigh, Su Ming sat up and silently pushed open the wooden
door of the room. A gust of cool wind blew over his messy hair. The wind
was very cool, as if it had descended with the moonlight that sprinkled onto
on the land.
The surroundings were very tranquil, with only the occasional cry or two
from the Wu Mountains. Most of the tribe area was covered in a pitch-black
darkness, only some scattered flames remaining of the bonfire at the centre
and also the torches that hung from the surrounding wooden walls. In this
late night, faint burning ‘pa pa’ sounds could be heard.
Su Ming raised his head to look at the sky, where the bright moon shone
in an almost starless night. The seemingly eternal milky way causing a lost
look to be slowly revealed in Su Ming’s eyes.
“The people in the tribe have treated me very well……but I clearly look
different from them……perhaps, this is related to my failure in calling on
the Mán Statue….
Without the Mán Body I cannot cultivate the Mán. I can only spend all
my life here, incapable of leaving, incapable of seeing the world described
by the Animal Skin Book……” Su Ming silently sat down and leaned
against his house, watching the sky. The sense of loss in his eyes became
even thicker.
“Ancestors of the Mán tribe opened the skies and created men, their
legacy has been passed on for thousands of generations till today…..the
ones who grasp the Mán, soaring through the skies, boring through the
ground, moving the mountains and flipping the seas……with the Mán Mark,
one can break the heavens and pluck the sun, the moon and even the stars
from the sky……” In the late night, within the Wushan Tribe dwelling, a
youngster gazed at the sky as he mumbled……
The current him did not notice the black colored shard, that hung from
his neck, once again flash weakly.
Even the girls were the same. As such, Su Ming was exceedingly distinct
in the crowd, his delicate features even more out of place with the
surroundings.
Despite this, the people here had long ago accepted Su Ming’s existence.
He may have an appearance different from them but they did not exclude
him. Instead, they integrated him into being a member of their tribe. Despite
his different appearance, they did not exclude him but instead integrated
him to become a member of their tribe.
“Su Ming, I heard from others in the tribe that you went to Wulong
Mountain a few days back and even brought back Wulong’s saliva.” While
the surrounding tribe members were happily singing and dancing, a simple
and straightforward voice was heard from Su Ming’s side.
It belonged to a youngster of the same age, whose skin was rough and
had a rather sturdy body which was almost twice Su Ming’s in girth. At the
moment, the youngster was looking at Su Ming with a pair of bright eyes as
he let out a silly laugh.
“I brought some back and went to find you last night, but your father told
me you went to the mountains with the hunting squad. Later on, after the
Mán Enlightenment is over, come to my place and take some.”
Lei Chen’s eyes shone as he hastily walked forward, his silly laughter
sounding out.
Su Ming knew that though the other party had played it down, the reality
was that a Sable Deer was extremely difficult to kill and furthermore rather
dangerous. At this moment, a warm feeling bubbled in his heart.
These beasts were still alive as they let out mournful growls while
constantly struggling to break free to little avail.
There were a total of forty nine different beasts. A short while later, they
were all carried over and circled around the the youngsters. Wave after
wave of growling and howling reverberated about, condensing together and
bringing about a penetrating power that battered at the soul. It was only the
surrounding tribe members existance that firmly suppressed this power, not
allowing the beasts to struggle free.
The huge men that stood beside these beasts did not have the slightest
hesitation as they all bowed their heads together. Sharp stone knives
appeared in their left hands which were directly stabbed into the beast’s’
necks, chopping off their heads.
In that same instance, the growling and howling noises reached their
peak, seemingly able to make the world around to shudder and causing
fearful expressions to be revealed on the thirty plus La Sus’ faces.
Su Ming’s complexion was pale but he gritted his teeth and endured. His
gaze turned to his side and swept across Lei Chen, only to see an ominous
look in his friend’s eyes. Within those eyes, was a blood-thirsty look, as if
he was already long used to such a situation and even faintly enjoyed it.
Compared to the simple and honest demeanor he had before, it was as if he
was a completely different person.
“All of you are fortunate because there are no wars between the tribes
these days. Yet at the same time, all of you are also unfortunate……”
Grandfather looked at the youngsters before him as he softly spoke.
At the same time, the fingers on his left fist abruptly opened as a strong
aura suddenly spread out from his body. This aura rolled over the
surroundings, taking the form of a violent wind as it blew over the entire
Wushan Tribe.
Lines of Mark appeared on grandfather’s face, intertwining together and
to everyone’s astonishment, turned into the picture of a python’s head.
Or even the Bone Sacrifice Stage after the Open Earth……it was written
on the Animal Skin Book that a Bone Sacrifice Stage practitioner was
extremely rare even in a medium sized tribe. Only those almost
unimaginable large sized tribes possessed a few Bone Sacrifice Stage Mán
practitioners.” Su Ming’s mind shuddered, in his heart, the longing to
become a Mán practitioner grew even stronger.
“Offer the fresh blood and the beast’s body to the Wushan Mán Statue!”
Grandfather’s thunder-like voice derailed Su Ming’s train of thought. As
Grandfather’s voice rang out, the surrounding beast’s bodies immediately
exploded. The blood and flesh on the ground and even those on the
youngsters were all sucked up by an invisible power to condense together in
the sky, forming a huge ball of flesh.
“Mán Enlightenment!” The tall and sturdy man beside Grandfather, the
chief of the Wushan tribe suddenly shouted out.
Including Su Ming, all of the La Sus did not hesitate as they bit off the
tips of their tongues, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood. Their blood
swiftly soared into the sky and was absorbed by the ball of blood and flesh
before a huge boom rang out. To everyone’s astonishment, the ball of blood
and flesh transformed into a black statue.
Half of the statue was in the image of a person while the other half was a
ferocious beast. The statue was filled with a wild and primitive aura. In one
hand, it held a dragon and the other hand grasped onto a huge spear while
its eyes were colored with madness and bloodthirst.
“Come forward one by one and enter into the Mán Statue to pay your
respects!”
As the voice faded, a youngster quickly walked forward and stepped into
the area under the Mán Statue as his whole body abruptly disappeared. Not
long after, in the place he disappeared, the youngster once again appeared,
having a dark look on his face as he stepped back to one side without
speaking a word.
“!” The owner of this voice was the Chief of the Wushan Tribe. He had a
grave expression on his face as his gaze swept across the La Sus.
Immediately, the all of the tribe members were shaken and even
Grandfather looked over with rapt attention, only to see the scarlet light
continuously flash nine more times before the girl’s figure once again
materialized.
“Nine flashes of the Mán Statue indicates the possession of the Mán
Body!”
“You are called Wu La right, very good, come to my side.” A small smile
surfaced on Grandfather’s face as he looked at the girl and nodded his head.
Most of the Wushan Tribe members felt kindness and pity towards the
youngster that looked distinctly different from them. Their gazes
concentrated on Su Ming until he came to stand below the Mán Statue.
This was not the Wushan Tribe dwelling but a huge empty space. A
pitch-black darkness filled the surroundings and only the black statue that
floated towards his front emitted a scarlet light.
The appearance of the statue looked exactly like the one he had seen
outside as it emitted a primitive aura.
Gazing at the Mán Statue, Su Ming was silent for a moment before he
deeply bowed towards it.
After bowing for a long time, a bitter look appeared on Su Ming’s face.
He knew that if he possessed the Mán Body, only one bow was needed to
let the Mán Statue emit scarlet flashes. Yet the scene before his eyes were
no different from nine years ago.
“I will never become a Mán practitioner in this life……” Su Ming bit his
lip as he let out a long sigh before turning to leave.
At the same time, he saw the fragment, that he had neglected on his
chest, emit an eye-piercing radiance……