Ming Li woke up from his daze and looked at his body. He felt better and his wounds were almost healed. Something inside him changed and he instantly knew that he increased his level! He stepped at the sixth level of the beginners realm.


    "Just how many days has passed!? That was dangerous. It''s a good thing those guys didn''t find me or else I would have died without knowing why."


    Ming Li immediately leaped and tried to get further away.


    Meanwhile, Gui Mo was furious, since he has been searching for three whole days, but he didn''t find Ming Li. He already beat out some of his men out of anger. A mere fifth level escaping from him was a huge blow to his pride. One of his trusted follower was also badly wounded during the chase. He never expected such outcome.


    His men continued to search the forest. He deployed additional manpower just to ensure his success.


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    They concluded that he used a high level healing skill or pill to heal his wounds. What they didn''t expect is that Ming Li continuously refined demonic energy while avoiding them.


    While escaping, Ming Li found a small cave with a bit of demonic energy. He tried to study the demonic energy and control it.


    When it comes to natural energy Ming Li can utilize it freely but he can''t refine it. His recent observation revealed that he can refine demonic energy and control it as well. Demonic energy refinement can increase his level and with that his control over both demonic and natural energy will increase.


    His eyes shone brightly as he took interest in demonic energy. He wondered how many more different type of energy exists in the world.


    He also realized that demonic energy cannot be easily found just anywhere. There are specific conditions for it to be produced.


    When he couldn''t get any more deeper understanding of demonic energy, he gave up studying it for the mean time and started refining it.


    It just took him a few hours to completely drain the demonic energy in the small cave. "This isn''t good. I can refine demonic energy and I feel that it does help me get stronger, but there isn''t enough. I only broke through last time because I was almost at the sixth level."


    He stood up with determined face "I need to look for more information about demons and find a clue to help me get stronger fast."


    After a while, he sat down again and scratched his head "I can''t even go back to the town because of those crazy people, and I have no idea where the next town is."


    He stood up again with gleaming eyes "That''s it! I need to join a sect or some organization like those guys so I can hide."


    But not even five breaths of time passed he lost his determination and said "In the end I need to go back in the town or find another town to accomplish this"


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    He chose this sect because they have groups who have members weaker than 5th level. Also he kept observing them and realized that they form groups to specifically gather herbs. This only proved that they have a lot of information about herbs which Ming Li could use.


    Near the outskirts of the forest Ming Li can be seen suppressing an 9th level armored bear using torment. He already knew that suppressing a 9th level was his current limit. He could not fully suppress the monster, but he can weaken it to the point where he could tie it up by using magical chains he bought in the town earlier to tie the armored bear.


    He hunted this monster for several days deep in the forest. It took him one whole day just to drag it near the outskirts of the town where the group from crystal leaf sect always pass by.