“Su Ming, this knowledge is not pa.s.sed down through the Mán-statue inheritance, but it is something that every Mán-pract.i.tioner needs to know! In this lifetime, it may be impossible for Grandpa to reach the awakening stage… … that FengZhen Tribe Elder had surpa.s.sed me twenty years ago, when I was thirty-four he was only barely able to fight on par with me. At that time, there was not a single person in the areas near here who had not heard my name!” Grandpa slowly spoke as his old face flushed with a rosy tint of pride.

Only that pride, seemed to have been sealed up, covered up under a thick layer of dust… …

“The me back then, had already reached the eighth stage of blood condensation… …”Grandpa sighed as he bitterly muttered, a look of sadness gradually appeared as he recalled the past.

“Su Ming, you need to remember, when you see someone strong remember that there are always people even stronger, never get full of yourself… …” Grandpa shook his head, seemingly unwilling to speak more about himself.

“In this lifetime Grandpa has journey afar thrice, experiencing many things, the number of companions that I have lost is also not few, but because of that I managed to learn a certain Mán-Awakening Technique. This is something that the FengZhen Tribe does not know about, even for medium-sized this is something difficult to obtain, it is something that perhaps only some large tribes will be able to comprehend it. A true Mán-Awakening Technique…

…something that can only be performed one in a lifetime, it is a blessing for the future generations.” A glow condensed in Grandpa’s eyes as the raised his right hand. In an instant a red light enveloped his entire palm, slowly he pressed it above Su Ming’s Tian Ling*.

“Su Ming, Grandpa’s once in a lifetime Mán-Awakening Technique shall be given to you. Let Grandpa give you his blessings, hopefully you will be able to attain my dream, let the WuShan Tribe once more have a new Awakened Cultivator!!

Circulate your blood qi, fuse with the Mán-Blood Grandpa has been condensing for eighty years!” A b.l.o.o.d.y glow exploded forth from Grandpa, especially his right hand where blood seemed to be forced out. Huge amounts of blood veins started appearing on Grandpa’s body, from the looks of it, there seemed to be more than seven hundred blood veins.

This is Grandpa’s true strength, with over seven hundred blood veins, even though he was only at the ninth stage of blood condensation his strength is enough for him to face off against rank eleven blood condensation cultivators!

Su Ming’s body shook, while circulating his blood qi, there was suddenly a surge of boundless warmth emanating within him, pouring forth from the Tian Ling it melded into his body resulting in his blood qi surging, a strange black substance constantly being secreted by all the pores on his body as if his body had turned completely permeable. Each time he breathed, all the pores on his body seemed to absorb the qi of the world.

With a Kaka sound, Su Ming’s body stopped trembling rather, it had turned rosy, as if he had just consumed a large amount of nourishing food, the blood veins on his body started to transform.

The originally faint seventh blood vein instantaneously coalesced, after which the eighth blood vein too immediately formed, followed by the ninth starting to also appear.

The speed of the blood qi circulating within Su Min reached a frightening speed, each time it completed one circulation it felt as if it would condense, giving him the illusion that his blood had became an extremely viscous solution.

“This is the true meaning of blood condensation! By condensing one’s blood to eventually form the Mán-Blood!”

While he was cultivating, he would frequently feel that his body was lacking in blood, but currently, with the influx of that boundless warmth from his Tian Ling, that feeling did not appear

The Grandpa who was engulfed with a blood glow, as if if having transformed into a ball of blood red light. He too had turned into a similar ball, only in comparison it was like a firefly floating against the moon, only this firefly was absorbing the moon’s glow and rapidly growing stronger.

“This… … is what Grandpa was talking about, the Mán’s True Awakening Technique, something only the large tribes may have access to!!”

The ninth blood vein too coalesced, causing Su Ming to feel his body full of energy, the black substance already completely exhausted from his body resulting in him instead release a sort of indescribable fragrance.

Su Ming was completely immersed in this warmth.

From the start Grandpa had been observing Su Ming’s body, he knew this ancient Man Technique was the true awakening process, not to improve the junior generation’s cultivation, rather it is used to clear the junior’s body of all impurities in order to create a suitable body for the junior’s cultivation in the future.

This was not a simple expulsion of the impurities, rather through a method he did not truly understand he used the Mán-Blood in his body as a guide to remove these impurities, what’s more, he can only do it once in his life.

For people who wanted to use this Mán-Technique a second time, his body will instantly combust and his spirit will immediately scatter.

As the fragrance emanating from Su Ming thickened, Grandpa’s face let out a small smile. However, he did not stop. Rather, he took a deep breath and lifted his left palm, pressing it onto his right palm resulting in an even more vast warmth penetrating into Su Ming’s body.

Su Ming’s body shook once more. Initially, the excretion of black substance had ceased. However, when the warmth again permeated his body, the excretion resumed, and a beating noise sounded from his body.

At the same time, the tenth blood vein which was having difficulty being formed on Su Ming’s body coalesced in an instant, even the eleventh blood vein had started to appear!

Once this eleventh blood vein was formed, it would signify that Su Ming had reached the third stage of blood condensation.

But this eleventh blood vein seem truly hard to condense, even after Su Ming’s body had once again stopped releasing the black substance, soaking in fragrance, this eleventh blood vein was still barely visible.

“Su Ming, Grandpa cannot forcefully help you increase your cultivation base, it would be of no benefit to you, but if you work hard it should not be too long before you reach the third level of blood condensation.” Grandpa’s voice resounded by Su Ming’s ears.

Su Ming took a deep breath and slowly reopened his eyes.

In the instant he had opened his eyes, the world before him had seemed different, it had become clearer than ever, the many small things he never noticed now appeared clearly in his mind.

The world was no longer the same.

His eyes were clear as water, but if one looked closely it would seem deep as an abyss causing any who stare into them feel as if they can not extricate themselves.

He looked at Grandpa, and in just one glance he could tell that Grandpa’s face looked much older and had a faint trace of fatigue, looking deep into his eyes he could feel a deep sense of kindness and affection.

Su Ming stared at Grandpa and knelt there silently a while, before he kowtowed towards Grandpa.

“That’s enough, you have already grown up, no longer are you a La Su. Grandpa is a little tired, you should go, let me rest a little.”

“Grandpa… … Su Ming bit his lips, deeply looking at Grandpa while trying to remember everything here in his mind, forever and ever he will never forget, that this person had took care of him for so many years in his youth, had let him experience familial love, had let him understood this familial love, for the rest of his live he would be unable to repay this debt… …

“One of these days, you must come with me to the FengZhen Tribe to visit their elder, as well as the FengZhen Tribe Patriarch, then also get to know some of the youths of your generation … … and also those from the HeiShan Tribe, WuLong tribe and the other various tribes in the area.” Were the words of Grandpa that pa.s.sed his ears as Su Ming was preparing to leave.

“I have already applied a Mán-Technique to help you hide your blood qi and fragrance, other than someone who is of higher cultivation than I, they will not be able to find out. Don’t tell anyone else about you becoming a Mán-Cultivator… … all that can wait till we found the traitor.”

Su Ming nodded his head, only after seeing Grandpa close his eyes and start cultivating did he slowly get up and leave.

He knew that the FengZhen Tribe was the only medium sized tribe in the area, as such it was considered to be the overlord of the region. Su Ming had heard rumors that the Grandpa of the FengZhen Tribe was actually an Awakened Cultivator, not only did he have an extremely long life, he apparently had the ability to reach the skies.

“Awakened stage… … I wonder if I can reach that level in my lifetime… … if I will be able to create my own Man Tattoo… …”Su Ming’s eyes let out a sense of yearning, to him, an awakened cultivator was something of stories, something just too far to reach.

“So actually Grandpa’s strength was so great… … then the HeiShan Tribe Elder I heard of previously should also be hiding some secret… … if not they cannot possibly have lasted so long… …” Su Ming shook his head and decided that the was no point in thinking too much about this.

After arriving at the home where he had not been to in many months, Su Ming felt a sense of familiarity and inner tranquility. Somehow there was not much dust in the house which Su Ming deduced must be because Chen Xin visited him while he was away.

Chen Xin was the only girl from the WuShan Tribe which Su Ming had more contact with. She also happened to be the daughter of the Tribe Patriarch and was meant to only marry the next Patriarch to continue the bloodline, nothing else.

This was something that Su Ming knew early on which never really bothered him much. After all, to him Chen Xian was just like a little sister of his, there were no other feelings there.

Sitting cross-legged on his bed, Su Ming touched the fragment hanging from his neck and started meditating.

When the skies darkened, Lei Chen came over to Su Ming’s place with doubts in his mind. But after seeing Su Ming, he was stunned again, while Su Ming just laughed at his confused expressions.

He took out the medicinal herbs he had obtained from the HeiShan pract.i.tioners the other day, it was a herb that Su Ming was fairly familiar with, a kind of precious herb. In his many years of combing the mountains, he had only picked it once, what’s more when he did, it was still a sapling. Unlike the one before him now which was completely mature with six leaves.

“Six Leaved Heavenly Rock Gra.s.s, I need it to make medicine but I can give you a leaf, it might help with your cultivation quite a bit.” Su Ming said as he plucked a leaf and handed it to Lei Chen.

Lei Chen scratched his head while smirking, feeling somewhat embarra.s.sed while receiving the gift. While patting his chest he said

“Su Ming, I don’t know much things, but since young I have said this, next time I shall become our tribe’s Grandpa, and as long as I am here I will always protect you!”

Su Ming laughed and had a chat with Lei Chen, but the whole time he could see Lei Chen restlessly clutching the blade of Heavenly Rock Gra.s.s, as though unable to wait to go home any longer to swallow it and start cultivating.

As such, Su Ming acted a little tired, allowing Lei Chen to take the initiative to bid his farewells.

Currently, the skies were completely darkened and the tribe was completely silent. Su Ming went and barred the boors to his house with a chair before returning back to his bed, clutching the black fragment in his right hand, his mind once again returned to that strange place.

“I have already prepared enough enlightening pills… … This time I wonder if I will reap any returns. …” Su Ming closed his eyes, he had long figured out how to return to that place. As long as while cultivating, he focused on the blood veins near his chest, he could feel that strange sensation.

Previously while practicing, he had already felt it many times, this time it was time to try and put it to action.

*Tian Ling is an acupoint located on the forehead