Volume 1: Life is Like First Love Chapter 117: Walking Out

  It's time to go to Handan City. This morning, Su Ming woke up from his meditation, and there was still a complex mood left over from the night's contemplation in his expression. His heart had already made a decision.

  After tidying up the medicine and stones on his body, Su Ming looked around the cave. He had lived here for two years and didn't plan to leave just yet. This place was already familiar to him and was a good place for cultivation.

  What Fang Mu said about the nearby information should be 90% true, but it's also necessary to verify it personally, especially that Pu Qiong department! Moreover... this Han Shan city is a must-pass route for Tian Han Da Bu in Nan Chen, and there may be maps leading to Xi Meng inside. Su Ming's eyes flashed, and he walked out of the cave crack, standing outside, the wind brought wetness blowing over, now, it was also the rainy season when he came here two years ago.

  He touched the tattered bag in his arms, and this thing had not changed at all in the past two years. The fragmented space inside had not spread, which made Su Ming feel much more at ease.

  In that bag, apart from the large amount of medicinal stones he refined, there were also many animal hides and bones that he had hunted in the past two years. Through Fang Mu, Su Ming learned that the tribes in this southern region, unlike their western allies, relied more on obtaining goods from some wild beasts rather than just relying on herbs.

  For example, when he first saw Fangmu, they were hunting a python, which was to take its venomous gallbladder and snake bones, etc., for use in refining medicine.

  With everything ready, Su Ming's body flashed and he charged straight into the Rainforest at the foot of the mountain.

  As night fell, on the edge of this rainforest, Su Ming walked out from within for the first time. He wore a sky blue long shirt, his black hair dancing in the wind and rain. Before him lay an endless grassland.

  Lowering his head, Su Ming withdrew his gaze and walked forward. The sky was vast and the earth was wide, but at this moment, there was no second figure around him except for himself. In fact, this rainforest had always been rarely visited by people, and even if someone came, it was mostly to collect materials for refining medicine.

  The sky was clear and the moon was bright, its light pouring down on the earth. Su Ming moved forward silently, his speed so fast it was like a long rainbow shooting across the ground, but this rainbow did not rise into the air, instead it stuck close to the earth as it flashed by.

  Fang Mu had said that this direction would take ten days to reach. Su Ming had long known the location of the city from Fang Mu, and he was also familiar with every detail of the city.

  "This is a chaotic city, controlled by three tribes, and because of its location at the hub, there are many strong people... And these three tribes are also very indulgent, they will even choose from the strong people who come to this city, as guests, with thick gifts to invite them." Su Ming's eyes flashed faster and faster.

  The land of the south, with mountains as its main feature, on this vast and boundless land, countless mountains can be counted in tens of thousands or even more, it is also not an exaggeration to call it a land of mountains.

  Those tribes also mostly built around mountains and were completely unrelated to the Ximeng region.

  Due to the numerous tribes in the entire South Morning Land, various strange and barbaric techniques emerged one after another. Among them, there were many powerful warriors, and with the existence of the Tian Han Clan, especially the establishment of the Tian Han Sect, it provided a strong foundation for the prosperity of the South Morning Land.

  Tian Han Zong is a mysterious place completely under the control of Tian Han Dabu. It's not a tribe, but a sect! A small sect belonging to the Manzi people, any Manzi from the Nan Chen region, regardless of which tribe they come from, can join this sect if they pass the test of Tian Han Zong.

  This Tian Han Zong is extremely famous in the southern morning land, with many rumors surrounding it. It's said that the earliest establishment was six thousand years ago, with the help of Mo Gong Cun Wai Ren from the Tian Han department. As time passed, when the Tian Han which used to be a medium-sized tribe slowly grew into one of the two major departments in the southern morning land, this Tian Han Zong rose to prominence.

  The ten thousand barbarians are all in Tianhan!

  It is the entire South Morning Land, the first to break through the restrictions between tribes, opening up the barbarian techniques, allowing those with exceptional talent to have a place to grow and become strong.

  It is said that Tian Han's rise to become a giant in the Southern Morning also has a close connection with this Tian Han Sect. There are rumors that everything within the sect is an imitation of that mysterious and exotic land, whose cultivation methods differ greatly from those of the barbarian tribes.

  It is said that in those distant lands, there are no tribes, but rather small sects.

  Due to the success of Tian Han, in these thousands of years, the entire Xian Nan Chen land seemed to have set off a wave of sects. A large number of tribes followed suit, especially with another great tribe, Hai Dong, which was on par with Tian Han, establishing the Hai Dong Sect and bringing about friction.

  Similarly, except for small tribes, those medium-sized tribes that had some strength also followed suit and established their own tribal schools.

  However, such a sect is actually still dominated by the barbarians of this department, and the heart of exclusion cannot be dissipated. At most, it just opens up part of the transmission of barbaric skills to attract strong guests from all sides to join in, thereby increasing the power of each tribe. They are mostly mutually utilized, and there is always a defensive heart at any time.

  These things, Su Ming had already figured out in the past half year, through his multiple transactions with Fang Mu. As for Nan Chen's peculiarity, he wasn't too surprised, after all, although he came from Xi Meng, but since childhood to adulthood, he was only around Wu Shan, and his understanding of the entire Xi Meng was not as good as his current knowledge of Nan Chen.

  Handan City, to be exact, was established in such an environment. Although it has a history of over 2,000 years, it was occupied by the Pu, Yan and An Dong tribes for less than 400 years.

  Su Ming had heard Fang Mu mention that on the wooden tablets of their tribe, there was a record of a great war 400 years ago. At that time, the city of Hanyang was in the hands of a very powerful medium-sized tribe called the Han Department. After a slight decline, it was swallowed up by three tribes under its command, and after killing all the clan members, they successfully seized the city of Hanyang.

  The reason for competing for this city is that whoever occupies the city has the qualification to contact the Tianhan Sect, and in the surrounding eight directions, occupying the Handan City is equivalent to becoming the overlord of this land, enjoying some special rights that Fang Mu does not know.

  However, the three tribes were evenly matched and unable to continue fighting. Otherwise, the city of Handan would have changed hands again. Therefore, the leaders of the three tribes made an alliance that year to jointly control the city.

  But not controlled by tribes, but by a three-part built sect.

  Su Ming's mind flashed back to the scenes he had learned from Fang Mu. Several days later, standing on one leg at the peak, looking ahead, it was dusk in the dim sky and earth, not far away, there was a high mountain.

  There is no grass or trees on it, but a mountain city, all made of stone, extremely majestic, far beyond the Wind and Mud Stone City. This is the most shocking city Su Ming has seen from childhood to adulthood.

  He stood on the mountain peak, gazing at the city below for a long time, took a deep breath, and his eyes shone brightly. He vaguely thought about why Grandpa would often leave Wushan to travel the world when he was young, only by seeing more, only by experiencing this vast world, can one be considered grown up.

  Otherwise, what grows old is just the body, not the soul.

  He didn't choose to leave immediately, Su Ming sat down cross-legged in the mountain wind that was blowing wildly, his long hair dancing in the air. After arriving here, he clearly felt a large number of Moon Wing Souls stirring within his body. At this moment, with his eyes closed, he suddenly opened them and in his pupils appeared the shadow of Blood Moon.

  That Blood Moon's shadow was faint and couldn't be seen by outsiders, but at this moment in Su Ming's eyes, the sky and earth suddenly changed!

  He saw on the mountain city above, there were three clusters of fog that were clearly floating.

  Those three mists were red, black and white!

  Outside the city of Handan, in the direction where the eye can see far and wide, there are three high mountains surrounding the city. In these three mountain peaks, there are respectively three kinds of colored mist rising into the air, which is a shocking sight, as if afraid that others do not know about the wonders here.

  On the left side of that mountain city, in the distant high mountains, the mist is red. Faintly visible within that red mist, there seems to be a woman's face, exuding an eerie chill, making one's heart tremble with fear when gazing at it.

  On the right side of the city of Handan Mountain, there is another mountain peak, which is a piece of white fog, looking like a cloud fairy mist, revealing a piece of condensed time, and also rising with a murderous intention. In that white fog, from time to time, a huge white scorpion shadow appears vaguely, and can be seen vaguely, on the tail of the scorpion, there seems to be a black bell.

  The last mountain peak was behind the city of Hanyang, this mountain had a dark aura surrounding it, emitting an air of death, in the midst of the fog, there existed a skeleton sitting cross-legged, its entire body pitch black.

  "Black fog is Pu Qiang department, red is Yan Chi department, and white is An Dong department!" Su Ming murmured, the bloody moon's shadow dissipating from his eyes.

  Although these three peaks surround the peak where Handan City is located, and seem not far away, in fact, if ordinary people walk, it often takes several days.

  There are three iron chains that stretch from the peak of Mount Huan to the peaks where the three tribes reside, with a deep chasm below. If one falls, unless they have reached the Open Dust Realm, they will surely die.

  These three iron chains seem too high, swaying in the mountain wind.

  In the distance, beyond those three peaks connected by iron chains and belonging to different tribes, one can still vaguely see the iron chain piercing through and extending further away, only to be shrouded in mist, which is the end of one's line of sight, a blurry and unclear expanse.

  "These three scattered, oppressive auras are enveloping the city of Handan, apparently to demonstrate their strength and intimidate others. It can also attract more powerful guests." Su Ming's eyes flashed as he stared at the mountain peak behind Handan City, where the Puqiang tribe was located.

  There are some things I want to share with everyone, Xiumo is a brand new system. In my memory, it seems that very few people have written about the barbarian period. Of course, if you insist on calling it witchcraft, I have no way to argue against it. According to the materials I've searched and my understanding, witchcraft evolved from the barbarians and then further evolved into Taoism.

  This is not building foundation, nor forming elixir, nor cultivating the primordial infant. Don't go with the flow of time. The more you follow the flow of time, the more confused you will become.

  Looking at a brand new system, because of its unfamiliarity, it's awkward to accept. Moreover, there will always be comparisons with the past, making it even harder to integrate, and sometimes giving off a feeling as if I'm looking at a primitive Western tribe, this is due to my cognition being influenced by games and some incorrect information, which makes me feel quite helpless.

  In the history of Zhongshan Country, the earliest period was also in the form of tribes, and Sanmiao culture was no exception.

  We are the descendants of Yan and Huang, the time and legend of Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang, also occurred during the tribal period. You can think of Xun Ma as a story from that era, but only in terms of environment, actually there will be great differences and inconsistencies.

  In fact, our ancestors, in legend, in history, have gone through the tribal period, and this point should be known to everyone.

  I've been preparing for this book for nearly a year, and the framework is not small. Now, only one corner has been unfolded. If you have patience, you can slowly unfold it along with me, and perhaps see a system that you may never have seen before, behind the curtain of seeking enlightenment.

  As for the monthly ticket here, Xīu Mó is a new book, and it's only the first month. To be honest, I don't want everyone to rush too much. We still have a long time, let's take it one step at a time.

  It's time to repay debts, starting from today. Many good friends have given me advertisements for my new book, although they didn't ask me to repay debts. Recently, I've been feeling anxious and guilty about not repaying them yet. First, I want to repay a friend called Bai Niao (White Bird), who opened a new book and asked me to give him an advertisement first. For the next few days, I will be repaying debts by giving advertisements for three good books every day, without distinguishing between old and new friends.

  The first book, Cang Tian Bai He Xin Shu, creates gods, the book number is Bi Mian. It says that every time I create a god, it becomes a stove god...

  The second one is written by a guy called Fat Cat, the book name is "Night", and the book number is Jing Xue. This guy has a strong push tendency, his ears were once strongly kissed, and to this day he still wakes up with nightmares and is extremely frightened, so everyone be careful, be careful again, and be careful once more.

  The third one is Dong Ge's canopy, the book number is Xi Kou, Dong Ge is a kind-hearted person, every time I go to Beijing he invites me to dinner and sings songs, what a good guy, I'll find an opportunity to visit him in the next few months...