Chapter 46: Grandpa's Secret! (Seeking Recommendation Tickets!)

  Su Ming walked silently within the earthen city that belonged to the Wind Stream Tribe. Ahead of him, the tribe member who had come to receive him was walking alone, and Su Ming could clearly sense the pride emanating from his back.

  "He indeed has the qualifications to be arrogant..." Su Ming gazed at the city in front of him, looking at the mud and stone houses one by one, and his mind couldn't help but think of the animal hide tents in his own tribe. In comparison... or perhaps it was simply incomparable.

  Especially along the way, Su Ming saw too many Feng Xing tribe people. In these sixteen years, he had never seen so many barbarians before. It was extremely lively. The men and women in the crowd were all wearing beast skins that were several times better than Su Ming's shabby attire.

  Among them, there were many who wore only coarse linen robes that only Ah Gong possessed. These people, without exception, were all powerful warriors with extremely strong vital energy.

  "Medium-sized tribe......" Su Ming gazed at everything he saw, and looked again at the distant city wall outside. He remembered that when he was in mid-air before, he had seen that there were six tribes like Wushan around this earthen castle, apparently they did not have the qualifications to live in the city for a long time, and could only be outside.

  Along the way, Su Ming also saw many houses for trading transactions. Although there were not many people there, every person who came in and out made Su Ming's heart skip a beat.

  On the ground, it was not mud, but many stones were laid out. I don't know what method was used to crush and flatten all these stones, but they felt very hard underfoot, making Su Ming, who was accustomed to soft mud, feel somewhat uncomfortable.

  In the distance, all around were earthen and stone city walls. Su Ming also saw several giant bows that were over ten zhang in size, their entire bodies black, emitting a deathly aura that made one's heart feel cold just by looking at them.

  "Have you seen enough?" A shrill voice interrupted Su Ming's gaze, it was the Wind Pavilion tribe member who had led him here. He turned his head to look at Su Ming and smiled.

  That smile, with its hint of arrogance, seemed to have transformed into ridicule at this moment. But it wasn't ridiculing Su Ming, rather it was ridiculing the people from the small tribe who had all become similarly stunned after arriving here.

  "Don't look around for now, you'll be staying here for a while and can take a look anytime, especially at night. I suggest you don't stay in your dwelling but go out for a walk instead. The nights of my Wind Village are far from comparable to those of your Wushan Village."

  "Hurry up and follow me, don't keep the barbarian king waiting." The Fengquan tribe member patted Su Ming's shoulder and turned to quicken his pace.

  Su Ming fell silent and quickly followed behind him.

  In the center of the earthen castle, inside the huge five-sided altar, there were three secret rooms. At this moment, in one of the secret rooms, the barbarian king of the Wind Chute tribe and the purple-robed man from the Open Dust Boundary sat cross-legged facing each other.

  Between them was a chessboard, the pieces of which were made from animal bones that had been ground into shape and looked rather crude. The board itself was a large stone slab that had been carved with a grid pattern.

  Apart from the chessboard, each of them had a fist-sized stone cup beside them, with hot air rising and emitting a rich fragrance that wafted around.

  "Mosang, when you returned from your trip that year, you gave me this chessboard and pieces, and even taught me how to play. I suppose it was also because you didn't want to be lonely, having someone to accompany you to pass the time." The man in purple robes picked up an animal-bone chess piece and placed it on a certain spot, then looked up with a smile.

  "This chessboard was given by the Ta Ah tribe, it's said that Ta Ah's ancestors copied it from a distant place... Unfortunately, I haven't touched it for many years and can't beat you." Old Man picked up a piece and placed it aside, speaking softly.

  "Mosang, I've always envied you." The man in purple robes sighed lightly, gazing at the aged Mosang before him. In his mind's eye, scenes from their youth floated to the surface - memories of a time when they were both so full of vigor and pride, so unyielding against the world... Among their peers in that generation, who didn't know them? Yet now, who would have thought that the former prodigy had become an old man in his twilight years.

  "You shouldn't have been born in Wushan... If you had agreed with Grandfather back then and were willing to become his barbarian, the current Wind Village's Barbarian King wouldn't be me, it would be you..."

  Moreover, you won't be stuck in the difficult-to-enter stage for long, and should surpass me by a large margin, stepping into the Kai Chen... Even back then, your grandfather said that you were the most likely person he had ever seen to reach the Jizugu realm!" As soon as the words "Jizugu" left his lips, the purple-robed man's eyes shone brightly with longing.

  "Sacrifice the thirteenth vertebra... Sacrifice the thirteenth vertebra, open the seal of fate and make that thirteenth vertebra a true barbaric bone from the ancient times!" The man in purple robes said, his eyes dimming.

  "I can't..."

  Mo Sang fell silent, and upon hearing the words "Festival of Bones", his face showed a mix of bitterness and reminiscence.

  "If you had agreed to Grandfather's request back then, married Wen Yan as your wife and joined the Wind Pavilion, Grandfather would have used the entire tribe's power to help you achieve Bone Sacrifice! Once you reached the Bone Sacrifice realm, how could our Wind Pavilion tribe remain hidden here..." The man in purple robes let out a bitter smile.

  "Jingnan, it's all in the past." Mosang said slowly.

  "Yes... it's all in the past..." The man in purple robes shook his head and sighed when Mo Sang finally called out his name.

  "You've come to see me this time, an old friend, probably because of the child who stood by your side before... He should be the baby you brought back that year." Feng Quanbu said slowly, looking at Mo Sang.

  "This is one of them!" Mo San picked up the stone cup, blew a mouthful of air into it, scattered some of the rising heat, and slowly savored a mouthful.

  "I can feel it, the Blood Moon from a few days ago is related to the Black Mountain Tribe... Perhaps Bi Tu of the Black Mountain Tribe has undergone a transformation..." Ah Gong put down his stone cup.

  "I won't hide it from you, he can enter the Kai Chen realm at any time! Mo Sang, if you ask me to take action and cut him down, this matter..." Jing Nan hesitated for a moment before shaking his head.

  "This thing I cannot do. If he becomes the Kai Chen realm, it will be of great help to my Wind Spring tribe. Even if you agreed to my request back then, I still cannot do it."

  "It doesn't matter." Ah Gong smiled slightly, he had long known it would be so. The Jin Nan in front of him was not as friendly as he seemed on the surface. Both of them understood the entanglement between them.

  "You have your difficulties, I understand this matter. And between him and me, there will be a showdown sooner or later! This time I came to make a deal with you!"

  "Oh? You said." The barbarian king of the Wind Rong tribe, Jiong Nan, flashed a faintly discernible glance, and slowly opened his mouth.

  Grandfather spoke softly, his voice very weak, only Jingnan could hear him. After hearing this, he remained expressionless, but closed his eyes as if deep in thought.

  Grandfather didn't urge him on, but instead picked up the stone cup and savored it slowly.

  Time slowly passed, and the room was silent, also didn't know how long had passed, suddenly from outside the room, came a respectful voice.

  "Report to General Meng, Su Ming has arrived."

  "Let him in." Jing Nan still had her eyes closed and didn't open them.

  Footsteps echoed in the silent chamber, slowly approaching from afar. Su Ming was very tense, taking step by step forward. The lights here were dim and faintly dark. As he moved forward, at the end of the road, he saw the old man and the purple-robed man inside the chamber.

  After seeing his grandfather, Su Ming felt relieved.

  "Su Ming, come over here." Ah Gong's face broke into a smile as he beckoned to Su Ming. Su Ming quickened his pace and stood behind Ah Gong, lowering his head in silence.

  "State your second request." After a moment, Jing Nan opened his eyes, and a sharp glint flashed in them as he stared at Ah Gong Mo Sang, speaking slowly.

  "I want a drop of your barbaric blood!" Ah Gong stared at Jing Nan, speaking slowly.

  Jing Nan's eyebrows furrowed immediately, as a barbarian warrior, he possessed barbaric blood, but he was a strong practitioner of the Kaichen Realm, and his barbaric blood was extremely precious. Every time he condensed a drop, it would take him some time to recover, even among his own tribe members, except for those with exceptionally good innate talent, he rarely gave away a drop of barbaric blood.

  In a daze, Jing Nan's gaze passed over Mo Sang and glanced at Su Ming.

  Su Ming felt the gaze of the purple-robed man on him, like a needle prick, even though he kept his head down.

  "Give it to him? This child has ordinary talent, and my one drop of fierce blood is hard for him to assimilate, it's a bit wasteful. Ask for something else." Jing Nan withdrew his gaze and spoke calmly.

  "Two conditions, no change. First, the art of brutality, and then the true method of awakening brutality. If you agree, I will give it to you after the matter is settled!" Ah Gong Mo San handed the stone cup to Su Ming behind him, indicating that Su Ming should drink it down.

  Su Ming took it and drank it in one gulp without hesitation. Instantly, a faint warmth spread throughout his body, looking very comfortable.

  Jing Nan furrowed his brow and sank into thought for a moment, gazing at Ah Gong Mo Sang before suddenly speaking up.

  "Alright, I can agree to your two requests, but the Barbaric Blood here, you also know that this trial has three stages, and for each stage, the top three will receive Barbaric Blood. To avoid waste, I'll add a condition: if this child can rank within the top 40 in any of the stages, I'll give him Barbaric Blood!"

  "If you can't achieve it, change your request!"

  The old man sank into thought for a moment, still feeling that the other party was being deliberately difficult. After thinking for a long time, he nodded and considered in his heart how to make a similar request beneficial to Su Ming.

  Su Ming listened to these words, looking at the white hair and wrinkles on his grandfather's face, thinking of the old woman's sarcastic remarks in Wulon Department, and the coldness of Beiling, even the loneliness and solitude he had felt since childhood, watching the night sky and fantasizing about the beast skin book. All of these thoughts surrounded Su Ming's mind, forming a determination and decisiveness he had never had before!

  This determination was even stronger than when he had previously worshipped the barbarian statue!!

  Grandfather stood up, gesturing for Su Ming to follow him. Just as they were about to leave, Jing Nan, who was sitting cross-legged, stared at Ah Gong Mo Sang with a hint of hesitation in his eyes and suddenly spoke up.

  "Mosang, I have a question that has been buried in my heart for over ten years and I've always wanted to ask you... Now that you're here in our Wind Village tribe, I hope you can give me an answer!"

  Grandfather's footsteps didn't stop, walking ahead, Su Ming followed behind him and heard the voice of the purple-robed man coming from behind.

  "You are clearly only at the ninth level of Blood Condensation, so why is it that I, whether in the past or now, have always felt a faint yet unmistakable aura of the Opening Dust on you!!" The man in purple robes spoke quickly, not revealing all his thoughts. In the aura surrounding the other person, there was even a hint that made him feel terrified.

  It was like this in those days, and now it is still like this!

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  Third update! Although we didn't get first place on the recommended list, today's recommendation is the highest since the book was released. Thank you everyone for your encouragement, how could my ears not be ringing with excitement!

  I'll continue writing, there's still one more chapter tonight, today, four updates will be released!!