Chapter 22: If at First Encounter (Second Part)

  Su Ming could clearly feel that Lei Chen's expression was unnatural, as if he was very afraid and also very helpless. Along the direction of the sound, Su Ming looked over with an unchanged expression.

  At this glance, Su Ming suddenly felt a sense of astonishment!

  That was a woman, wearing a small jacket made of sable fur, and with her extremely high hairdo, she seemed to be at least a head taller than the slender Su Ming. Her figure was absolutely stunning. Unlike other barbarians, her skin was not rough, but rather very fair, revealing breathtaking beauty.

  Her hair was black, tied with a red cord, and two small braids were formed beside her ears. The rest of the green silk flowed behind her head, blowing in the wind, with a few strands floating up, adding to her beauty.

  Her eyes were like a pool of clear water, with a hint of sharpness in her gaze, as if there was a faint glimmer of cold light within. Her forehead was dotted with sparkling crystals that shone brightly when the snow on the ground flashed by, emitting a piercing radiance.

  Especially when she breathed out, two small white tiger teeth could be faintly seen, a wild feeling that existed invisibly on this woman's body.

  She is not ordinary, but like Su Ming, they are both barbarians. The Qi and blood in her body are scattered, looking like only the third layer of Congealed Blood Realm.

  She was not alone, behind her were three burly men of the barbarian tribe, as imposing as small mountains, their eyes cold and unfeeling, staring at Su Ming and his companion, the aura of blood and energy emanating from them only slightly weaker than that of Bei Ling.

  On the bodies of these three men, there were some patterns that looked like centipedes. Su Ming's eyes flashed with a hint of attention to this detail.

  "Lei Chen, you have a big nerve!" The woman glared at Lei Chen, gritting her teeth.

  Lei Chen rubbed his nose, and a silly smile spread across his face.

  "You deceived me like this last time, and I got a colored broken grass medicine for three stone coins!!!!" The woman stood in front of Lei Chen, her face furious.

  "This can't be blamed on me, I didn't even know what that herb was, I just casually put it there, you're the one who wanted to buy it..." Lei Chen said with a hint of grievance.

  "Hmph, bring the stone coins here!" The woman glared at Lei Chen, and also began to dislike Su Ming who was standing beside him. However, Su Ming's frail appearance caused her to take a second glance before automatically ignoring him.

  "But I..." Lei Chen smiled bitterly, just about to speak, but saw the woman's eyes flash with a cold light, and the three big men behind her became even more fierce, instantly choking back his words, secretly cursing his bad luck.

  "Lei Chen, is she the one from the Wulong Department that you and Grandfather were talking about?" Just then, Su Ming's face was expressionless as he slowly said a sentence.

  As soon as he finished speaking, Lei Chen was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and knew that Su Ming had always been calm. Since he spoke now, it meant that he would help with this matter. He was very familiar with Su Ming, and at this moment, hearing Su Ming's strange words, his heart moved, and he hastily retreated several steps, standing behind Su Ming, posing as if Su Ming was the leader.

  "Report to Lord Shaoman, it is indeed this woman!" Lei Chen's expression was quite respectful, and he spoke in a low voice.

  Lei Chen's actions and words immediately made the woman involuntarily cast her gaze on Su Ming, revealing a look of astonishment. The title "Shao Man" usually represented the future Mohe chieftain. She carefully looked at Su Ming several times, but no matter how she looked, he still appeared to be an ordinary Mohe tribesman. As a result, her expression remained cold and her voice icy.

  "I don't care if you're a barbarian or not, return my stone coins!"

  "Alright! The stone coins are yours, but I came here with Lei Chen today specifically to find you!" Su Ming's expression was calm as he reached into his robes and directly pulled out three stone coins.

  "Give me the herbs you bought from Lei Chen!" Su Ming said slowly, looking at the woman.

  The woman was taken aback, she didn't think it would be so easy to get the stone coins back, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of wonder inside. Her eyes swept across Su Ming and Lei Chen's faces.

  "What's that herb?" She hesitated for a moment, not reaching out to take the stone coin, but instead asked tentatively.

  "That's..." Lei Chen was about to speak when he was interrupted by a low shout.

  "Shut up!" Su Ming glared coldly at Lei Chen, causing him to tremble and hastily lower his head in apparent reverence.

  This scene made the woman blink, even more puzzled. She hesitated for a moment, then took out a purple herb from her bosom. The herb looked very ordinary, except that its color was entirely purple, looking somewhat eerie.

  At the moment she handed over the herb, this woman directly handed it to Su Ming, but her eyes were staring at Su Ming's expression. When she saw Su Ming's eyes light up and he was about to grab it impatiently, this woman suddenly burst out laughing like a silver bell and quickly withdrew her hand.

  "What are you doing?! This is my herb, I bought it back! Are you going to rob me of my herb?" The woman wrinkled her nose and snorted.

  "Miss, do you still want this stone coin?" Su Ming was taken aback and furrowed his brow.

  "What's wrong with that, but I want to think about it. Unless you can prove that you are a Xiao Man of the Wushan Department, I'll give you this medicine." The woman's eyes gleamed with cunning, and such an expression made the wild feeling on her body even stronger.

  Even Su Ming couldn't help but accelerate his heartbeat, but his expression didn't change much.

  Su Ming fell silent for a moment, looking at the woman in front of him. He suddenly took a deep breath and raised his left hand. However, he saw a second-layered condensed blood aura emanating from his right hand instead.

  "This certificate, is it enough?!"

  This sudden change immediately caused the woman's pupils to shrink, and even the three big men behind her also suddenly became serious.

  Their expressions, in fact, are not difficult to understand. After all, in the previous life of Su Ming, no matter how they looked at him, he was just an ordinary tribesman, without any aura or bloodline, but now this strong disparity has caused people to be shocked and uncertain.

  "This young master, there must be a powerful barbarian spell on his body that has concealed the traces of his qi and blood circulation. Moreover, this powerful barbarian is far beyond what we three can sense, otherwise, we wouldn't have been unable to feel it."

  "That's right, I also looked at it for a long time and didn't notice anything. It seems that only the barbarian king of Wushan can achieve this..."

  The three big men behind the woman whispered softly beside the girl.

  The girl's eyes flashed, and she looked down at the purple herb in her hand, hesitating for a moment. She had exchanged it for some days ago, and had even talked to Lei Chen about it, thinking it was an unknown object. She had planned to ask Grandpa about it, but found that the purple color on the second day had stained one of her hands, clearly dyed afterwards.

  This made her quite indignant, and this breath was hard to swallow. She often came here with herbs, wanting to meet that damned guy named Leichen again.

  Just as he was hesitating, Su Ming's slightly urgent voice came over.

  "The proof has already been proven, don't regret it, this is three stone coins... forget it, I'll give you five stone coins!" Su Ming gritted his teeth and took out two more stone coins, handing them over to the girl.

  "Five stone coins for the herbs!"

  The girl blinked, secretly thinking that this person had just opened his mouth and pointed out that he was a member of the Wulon Department, obviously told by Lei Chen, and he even raised the barbaric public of the Wushan Department...

  "It can't be fake, this thing is a treasure!" The girl's expression showed satisfaction, and she shook her head slightly.

  "What's the matter, what's the matter? I regret it, how about this? This is mine. If you want to exchange, give me thirty stone coins!" The girl said, seeing Su Ming's bitter expression and Lei Chen's gloomy face, she became even more pleased with herself, turned around, hummed a sound, and quickly left the place.

  Those three big men followed behind him, gradually disappearing into the distance in this compound.

  Until the four of them were gone, Lei Chen's dull face cleared up, and he smiled foolishly at Su Ming, rubbing his nose.

  "Su Ming, how did you know she was from the Wulon Department?"

  "Originally you exchanged three stone coins, and there's one more, bring it!" Su Ming swept a glance at Lei Chen, putting the stone coin in his hand back into his bosom, speaking slowly.

  "Wait, that... the stone coin I used last time to buy something... Ha, I still have some business, let's part ways for now, I'll wait for you here tonight and we can head back to the tribe together." Lei Chen's eyelid twitched as he hastily spoke up, not even waiting for Su Ming to respond, and quickly ran a few steps before darting into a more bustling alleyway, disappearing from sight.

  Watching Lei Chen escape, Su Ming shook his head. If he wasn't extremely poor now, he wouldn't have revealed his Qi and blood power. Grandpa's brutal technique was very powerful, and if it weren't for Su Ming's willingness, outsiders would find it hard to see through it.

  If he didn't do that, then not only would he have to return the two stone coins he got from Lei Chen to the girl, but he would also be out of luck.

  "Alas, it seems I really have to use that method...". Su Ming scratched his head, looking very troubled as he walked towards the Department of Justice.

  The temple was bustling with activity, each of the grass and wood skin tents had people buying and selling goods. Even on the snowy ground outside, some people laid down a small piece of animal hide, placing their goods such as herbs and other items on top, sitting beside them waiting for customers to arrive.

  Su Ming arrived here for the first time, everything was novel to him. He walked around in this medicine shop, looking at all sorts of things he had never seen before. There were bones of wild beasts and various strange-looking herbs, even some refined medicinal liquids existed inside.

  "Wulong cream is also for sale, and a small bottle actually costs one stone coin!" Su Ming's footsteps paused, looking at the Wulong cream placed on the beast skin beside him, blinking his eyes.

  "I've been drinking so much Wulong saliva from a young age... how many Shi coins is this going to cost!! And Xiao Hong has also had quite a bit..." Su Ming muttered as he was about to leave, but suddenly his gaze froze, staring intently at the object wrapped in animal hide on the snowy ground not far away.

  "This is..." Su Ming took a deep breath and walked over to where the animal hide was, looking at the owner of the stall. It was an old man about fifty years old, wearing loose-fitting animal skin clothing, sitting cross-legged on the snowy ground, motionless.