Chapter 3 (1/2)

prickling silence

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 froo to continuously replay in his mind

With a long sigh, Su Ming sat up and silently pushed open the wooden door of the rooust of cool wind blew over his messy hair The as very cool, as if it had descended with the ht 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 so of the bonfire at the centre and also the torches that hung froht, faint burning ‘pa pa’ sounds could be heard

Su Ming raised his head to look at the sky, where the bright ly eternal ’s eyes

“The people in the tribe have treated me very well……but I clearly look different fro on the Mán Statue…

Without the Mán Body I cannot cultivate the Mán I can only spend allthe world described by the Aniainst 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 enerations till today…the ones who grasp the Mán, soaring through the skies, boring through the ground,the seas……with the Mán Mark, one can break the heavens and pluck the sun, the ht, within the Wushan Tribe dwelling, a youngster gazed at the sky as he mumbled……

The current hi froain flash weakly

Time passed in an instant and it quickly came to the third day

As this generation’s La Su Mán Enlightenment day, the entire tribe was abuzz since early in the ht the La Su froathered at the plaza in the

The Mán Enlightenment ceremony usually needed a whole day In particular, the La Su’s 16 years old’s Mán Enlighten the Mán Enlightenment today, the La Su would even be able to select a mate

A druFollowing the appearance of the drumbeat, one by one, the La Su walked out of the crowd to stand in the center area

This time, there were over thirty La Sus who had costers Although they were young, their bodies were extre a valiant presence

Even the girls were the saly distinct in the crowd, his delicate features even s

Despite this, the people here had long ago accepted Su Ming’s existence He may have an appearance different frorated hi a member of their tribe Despite his different appearance, they did not exclude hirated him to become a member of their tribe

After circling these La Su ere preparing for the Mán Enlighteninal dance one after another They were dancing as a tribute to the heavens and using their bodies to express the reverence and scarification they offered to the heavens

“Su Ming, I heard fro Mountain a few days back and even brought back Wulong’s saliva” While the surrounding tribe htforward voice was heard fro’s side

It belonged to a youngster of the sah and had a rather sturdy body which was alster was looking at Su Ming with a pair of bright eyes as he let out a silly laugh

A sster who had spoken This youngster was called Lei Chen and was one of the few good friends Su Ming had in the tribe

“I brought soht, but your father toldsquad 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

“Originally, I could have returned earlier but I encountered a Sable Deer You previously said that you needed a Sable Deer’s blood tovery late”

Su Ming knew that though the other party had played it down, the reality was that a Sable Deer was extreerous At thisbubbled in his heart

While the two chatted, the surrounding sounds of singing gradually quietened down The crowd split open to reveal the Wushan Tribe’s Grandfather Wearing a coarse set of clothes and holding an entirely pitch-black bone cane in his hand, he walked over while being escorted by a few tribe sters

His appearance caused the surroundings to fall into costers faces, they were clearly very afraid of this Grandfather

“A sacrifice for the Mán Ancestors!” Grandfather’s eyes were bright as they swept across the crowd, slightly pausing on Su Ming As the words were spoken, the pitch-black bone cane in Grandfather’s right hand waved and iesome binded beasts

These beasts were still alive as they let outto 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 firle free

The huge htest 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 sa noises reached their peak, see fearful expressions to be revealed on the thirty plus La Sus’ faces

Su Ming’s coaze 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

An even larger amount of blood suddenly spurted out, like a fountain of blood, eent smell The blood sprayed towards the thirty over La Sus, falling on their hair, bodies and the ground beneath their feet

“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