Pursuit of the Truth - Chapter 1239 - One Slash To Seal Heaven
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Chapter 1239 - One Slash To Seal Heaven

If the stranger wanted to attack him, he would have done so a long time ago. Since he did not attack even up to this momentā€¦ Su Ming laughed wryly. He could only sit down and speak in a low voice,

"Thank you for saving me earlier, senior."

It was quiet all around him. It was as if Su Ming was talking to himself. There was absolutely no response.

Time pa.s.sed, and in the blink of an eye, an hour went by. At that time, a thought rose in Su Ming's mind. He slowly stood up, then walked towards the entrance of the cave, but when he reached the entrance, the air around him suddenly distorted. In an instant, with a wry smile on his face, Su Ming noticed that he had been sent back to the spot where the person had previously meditated.

Su Ming sucked in a deep breath and murmured, "Senior, since you won't speak and won't allow me to leave, you can just tell me your requests. If this junior can fulfill them, I will do my best to repay you for saving me earlier."

"Young lad, which tribe did you come from?" a faint voice asked from behind him after a long time.

"Dark Mountain Tribe. I am a member of Dark Mountain Tribe."

Su Ming spoke without hesitation, and he prepared the words what he would say once the person said he had never heard of the tribe before, but while he waited for the upcoming questions, he heard the old voice behind him say words that caused his heart to tremble violently.

"Dark Mountain Tribe, one of the thirteen tribes born and split from Great Berserker Tribeā€¦"

When these words fell into Su Ming's ears, his heart trembled. At the same time, an old man's withered right hand appeared on his shoulder. It patted his shoulder, and immediately, a domineering presence seeped into Su Ming's body before it swimming a complete cycle in him. Then, it rushed towards Su Ming's soul.

The old man did not perform a Soulseek, but only touched Su Ming's soul lightly. Then, the presence moved back and returned to his shoulder before retreating to the withered right hand.

"It's indeed the presence of the Berserker's Initiation, but your soul belongs to Great Abyss Tribe. There is also something nouris.h.i.+ng you, something that doesn't belong to this World. Hmph, I've been the most vocal objector towards interracial marriage, but at the very least, you showed that you're a Berserker by not lying."

When the old voice echoed in the air, a huge storm raged in Su Ming's mind.

'Dark Mountain Tribeā€¦ So Dark Mountain Tribe really exists. Berserkersā€¦ Great Berserker Tribeā€¦ and he says that my soul is from Great Abyss Tribe. This isā€¦'

Su Ming could not calm down. His heart was in complete turmoil due to the old man's words.

"I'll make a deal with you, young Berserker. Since you can come here, you and I are linked through fate. Your soul and aura might be a little mixed, but it doesn't matter whether you're from Great Berserker Tribe or Great Abyss Tribe, for you're still a member of the younger generation from one of our allied tribes. This deal will grant you a great serendipity," the old man said in a faint, ancient voice. A decaying air even formed due to the sediments of time.

Su Ming did not immediately ask what sort of serendipity he would receive. Instead, after hesitating for a moment, he forced down the storm that had begun raging in him due to the old man's words. "Senior, if you had determined that I wasn't a member of the younger generation belonging to one of your allied tribesā€¦"

"You'd share the fate of all the other people who had come here. You have your soul Sought through, your skin flayed, your bones plucked out, and when you're dried up, I would add some seasoning to your flesh and feed you to the beasts of offering," the old man said faintly.

A barely noticeable glint shone in Su Ming's eyes. He then asked another question. "What about the other members of the younger generation from your allied tribes who received this great serendipity of yours, senior?"

"They are among the substandard beings you saw in the red fog in the world outside." The old man's voice was as calm as usual, but when those words landed in Su Ming's ears, a cold chill went through his heart.

He fell silent, and the old man did not continue speaking either. When the time it takes for an incense stick to burn pa.s.sed, Su Ming smiled wryly and sighed.

"Senior, this great serendipity you speak of is a chance for me to have my spirit ascend and become an Ancestral Spirit, right?"

"Hmm? Boy, you're a shrewd one. You must have deduced this from how I dispelled those substandard beings. That's right. The serendipity I will give you is a chance for you to have your spirit ascend. Since you like to a.n.a.lyze things, then you can a.n.a.lyze what you will need to do for the deal before I give you the serendipity. If you can guess it, I will give you some rewards."

The old man's words came to a halt then as if some emotion that had not existed in him previously had entered his heart, but he soon finished what he wanted to say in a faint voice.

"You only have one chance to guess."

When the old man's voice reverberated through the air, Su Ming's eyes sparkled.

"You should not be thinking of leaving this placeā€¦" Su Ming said, and the old man behind him snorted coldly.

"Don't try pulling some meaningless schemes."

"Senior, you want me to search for the person who killed your tribe!" Su Ming suddenly said in a firm voice.

He was making a bet, but even if he lost, he would not suffer any loss. Still, Su Ming wanted to win because he had constantly been in the pa.s.sive during his entire contact with the old man. His constant presence behind him had caused a shadow to loom over his heart. It was also growing larger, and it would continue to do so until Su Ming could no longer muster any will to fight back. At that time, the old man would completely control his mind.

Su Ming wanted to seize control even if it was just an insignificant amount of it, for to him, it was still a form of resistance and struggle against the old man.

And Su Ming had not chosen this answer out of the blue. He had formed it from a couple clues. One, the place had been reduced to ruins and become the burial grounds for Heavenly Spirit Tribe, and the old man had chosen to remain with his tribe members. Su Ming could tell a number of things from this.

There was also the very distinct, crude craftsmans.h.i.+p of the final carving. The things shown in the picture had a bizarre air, and they have the feel of the end of the story. This revealed plenty of things as well. Heavenly Spirit Tribe could have walked to their ruin with all the members' lives coming to a natural end, but there were children among the skeletons, which wiped off this possibility.

There was also the possibility of the red figures killing them. But even though this was possible, it made no sense with the old man's strength. There was also the possibility of external reasons causing it, but Su Ming only had one chance to guess, so he had chosen his answer without hesitation.

Even so, he was not certain of it himself. Yet when the person behind him remained silent for a time, Su Ming knew that there was a possibility that his guess had been correct.

"Perhaps I should have agreed to the matter of interracial marriage in the pastā€¦" After a long while, a long sigh came from behind Su Ming.

"You're very smart, and you have a good idea for observationsā€¦ Your guess is correct, but also wrong. The person who killed my people is meā€¦

"Tell me, what sort of reward do you want?" There was a hint of sorrow in the old man's voice as it echoed in the air languidly.

Su Ming was silent for a moment before a glint shone in his eyes, and he spoke in a firm voice. ."This junior does not want any sort of reward, but would like to have a look at your face, senior."

"You are indeed very intelligentā€¦ the mental state of a person able to see and unable to see is completely different." After some time, the old voice reverberated in the cave, and the air in front of Su Ming distorted. A moment later, an old man walked out.

His body was filthy, but Su Ming could tell with just one glance that he was the old man in the last picture, who was sitting on the platform with his arms raised in the hall in the sky while being wors.h.i.+ped by countless people!

There was a profound look in the old man's eyes, but there was apathy mixed with loss in it. People could not look straight into them for it would feel like their souls would be sucked into his eyes.

The old man just stood there. There was no ripple of power about him, but Su Ming could sense a mighty pressure much greater than what he had felt from the Predecessor of Dao Ocean. It was as if there was an entire Realm between this person and the Predecessor of Dao Ocean!