Chapter 19

The place was still surrounded by fog . He could not see too far away . The only thing vaguely visible was the peak of the mountain amid the mist . It was quiet around him . There was neither wind nor sound around the area .

Su Ming looked at the mountain shrouded by fog . It was his second time there . It was also the second time he stood where he was and sized up the strange mountain before him, especially the strange letters and drawings carved into the mountain . Su Ming had a sense of respect for whoever it was that left them behind .

He took a deep breath and looked at the accessory on his chest . The black stone was gone . He pinched himself and was once again certain that he was not dreaming . He had really arrived at the strange place .

He reached into his bosom and took out a few bottles that contained Scattering Dust . Then he quickly walked towards the fog . Before long, he arrived at the foot of the mountain and he went into the tunnel again .

He did not stop until he reached the stone door in the tunnel . As he looked at the familiar circle in the middle of the door and the 15 small holes there, Su Ming hesitated for a moment . Then he took a pill out from one of the bottles . With the pill between his fingers, he placed it into the very first hole on the door .

At the very moment his fingers touched the small hole on the door, Su Ming felt a faint pull coming from the hole and it sucked in the pill between his fingers .

Su Ming’s became stern and alert . He was unsure if his judgment was correct and he did not know what would happen once he filled up all 15 holes . However, he had envisioned this trip for a long time and a part of him was looking forward to it .

He did not act rashly . After the first hole absorbed the pill, Su Ming focused his attention on the door, but nothing happened .

Su Ming scratched his head . After a moment of thought, he took out another pill and placed it in the second hole . This continued until he placed the 15th pill into the last hole with much reluctance and nervousness .

‘If there are still no changes even after I’ve placed 15 pills into the holes, all of this would be a waste…’

Su Ming watched the 15 holes anxiously . At that very moment, a gentle glow surfaced from the holes .

Su Ming immediately retreated excitedly . As the light surrounded the door and gradually grew brighter, the strings on the door came to life and moved slowly . After a while, they joined together and started to turn quickly like a vortex .

As they turned, the light from the 15 holes was slowly but surely sucked into the vortex, causing the door to be enveloped by a brilliant light . A roaring sound suddenly reverberated throughout the tunnel . The sound was so loud it could have made a person deaf . It made Su Ming involuntarily manifest the 10 blood veins within his body . He felt the blood in his entire body boiling and he instinctively resisted the pull .

The roaring sound lasted for a few moments and green smoke emerged from the 15 holes . It was as if the pills had dissolved into smoke . As 15 puffs of smoke emerged from the holes, the gigantic stone door shook . A straight and narrow gap appeared all of a sudden at the center of the door .

As soon as the gap appeared, the two sides of the door slowly swung to the side . The door opened!

Su Ming’s heart pounded against his chest . As he watched the scene unfold before him, he felt himself trembling in excitement . It was only after the door opened completely that Su Ming took in a sharp breath . There was no longer a tunnel behind the stone door but a small stone chamber .

The walls in the chamber were not smooth instead, they were filled with carvings . There was a large door that was tightly shut at the northern wall in the chamber .

On the ceiling of the chamber were some stones glowing faintly . They had fused into the walls of the chamber . There was a faint aroma in the chamber which could lift a person’s spirits the moment they took a whiff of it .

Su Ming’s eyes lit up with excitement but he still walked into the chamber carefully . He swept his gaze around the walls and saw that the style of the carvings on the walls was similar to the ones in the tunnel . They all featured men with messy hair creating medicinal pills in an ancient setting .

When Su Ming first arrived at the place, he was baffled by the drawings . However, following the success of his own quenching of the herbs and the additional memories he gained, he could understand most of them when he saw the drawings again .

The figures on the drawings were creating different medicinal pills . As Su Ming observed the drawings, he could not help but be immersed in them . He verified each and every one of the drawings with his own experiences and forgot about time as he obsessed the drawings .

He would move quickly to search for the next carving once he finished observing one . He did not realize how much time had passed . When he finished looking at all the carvings, he still longed for more and he cast his gaze on the door within the chamber .

This door was slightly different from the first one . It was completely black and it gave off a nice aroma . It seemed like the materials used to build the door held some mysterious properties .

It also had a sort of heaviness to it . There was a drawing on the door too but it featured a gigantic cauldron . There were also wisps of smoke carved on top of it . It almost looked real . As Su Ming looked on, he had the impression that he was not looking at a drawing but at a real cauldron used for the quenching of herbs .

‘If only I had a cauldron like this… ‘

Su Ming looked at the cauldron for a few more moments with envy .

Su Ming saw a number of different herbs on top and on both sides of the cauldron . He immediately felt himself quivering in excitement and paid full attention to the drawing . This was what he came here for, to find more recipes to create other medicinal pills .

To the left of the cauldron were seven herbs . Among the seven herbs, five of them were herbs needed to create Scattering Dust . As for the other two, Su Ming had never seen them before . After he carefully observed their features, Su Ming imprinted their image on his mind .

There were eight holes on the stone door arranged neatly, right underneath the recipe .

To the right of the cauldron were eight herbs . The recipe was slightly similar to the recipe on the left . Five of the herbs required were also the necessary ingredients for Scattering Dust .

When Su Ming saw the additional three ingredients necessary, his eyes lit up with joy . He knew two of the three herbs . They were just slightly rare .

There were also holes underneath this recipe but the number was slightly more than the recipe on the left . There were 12 holes underneath it .

When Su Ming looked at the recipe on the top of the cauldron, his face became grim . The ingredients to the recipe were not herbs . The drawing was of three things that would incite fear among those who saw them .

The first was the scales from the tail of a python, the second was the ninth leg from a Nine-Legged Spider and the third was the third finger from the right hand of a small black humanoid creature, the size of a palm .

Strangely, there were no holes underneath the third recipe . Perhaps, it was because the medicinal pill was too hard to create so it was not necessary to make it .

Su Ming fell silent momentarily . He walked towards the stone door and raised his right hand . Without any hesitation, he pressed his hand on the door and immediately, the drawing of the cauldron emitted a piercing light . It enveloped Su Ming’s body .

After a moment of discomfort, foreign memories appeared once again in Su Ming’s mind . He obtained the method to create the three medicinal pills and their names .

‘South Asunder!’ Su Ming looked at the drawing on the left of the cauldron, then turned his gaze to the right .

"Mountain Spirit… As for the last one… the Welcoming of Deities!" Su Ming looked at the strange recipe on top of the cauldron and mumbled .

As Su Ming thought about them, the light surrounding his body gradually dimmed along with the light from the cauldron on the stone door . Once the light completely disappeared, Su Ming’s vision blurred but he was not nervous . He had already experienced this once . There was a strange whistling sound next to his ears . Once it was over, his vision slowly returned, and he found himself in his room within the tribe settlement .

Su Ming took a deep breath and walked towards the door immediately . He took away the chair and opened the door . It was still night time outside . The stars shone in the sky . It was quiet as the cold night wind blew past him .

However there was a faint silver light at the horizon, a clear sign that dawn was about to arrive .

‘Looks like the difference in time between the two places is not too big… ‘

Su Ming closed the door behind him and sat down with his legs crossed again . He cupped his chin with his hands and began thinking .

‘All three crafting methods are different for the three medicinal pills . I’ve never seen the two herbs required for South Asunder so I can ignore that for now . As for… the Welcoming of Deities… ‘

Su Ming narrowed his eyes .

‘The ingredients required for this pill aren’t herbs and the items are simply too strange . But what happens once the pill is created is really shocking! ‘

Su Ming remembered how the weather had changed when the person in his memories created the Welcoming of Deities . The sight of the wind and clouds traveling backwards and made his heart pound fiercely .

‘The effects of the pill must be really shocking! But it’s a pity… It’s clear with the lack of holes on the stone door that the creation of this pill is extremely difficult… That’s why it does not serve as a key to open the door . ‘

With some thought, Su Ming already guessed about half of the true story .

‘Looks like the only thing I can create for now is Mountain Spirit . I know two of the three additional herbs… I may not have it now but there must be some in the tribe’s herbal storage . ’

As Su Ming continued thinking, light gradually filled the sky and a new day arrived .

He had not rested an entire night but Su Ming was not tired at all . The lack of fatigue became obvious when he reached the second level in the Blood Solidification Realm . It was as if he had obtained a huge amount of energy . Unless he went a few nights without sleep, he would not become tired .

As day arrived, the members of the tribe started busying themselves with work . Once Su Ming cleaned himself up, he walked towards a house made of grass not far away from his own house . It was surrounded by a fence which was constantly guarded by a few members of the tribe .