《The Wandering God》


 Prologue : Death & Rebirth

    TWG Prologue : Death & Rebirth


    The sun is setting, dusk is arriving.


    In a land far, far away from Earth.


    Amongst the countless shops and the hustle and bustle of the market, a track of railroad could be seen.


    This market is very unique that In the middle of the market, there is actually a railroad stationed in the middle of the road. The railroad was covered with 2 tall walls on each side, to prevent any accidents from happening.


    Residents that lived close to the market occasionally brought their children along. The mothers could shop at leisure while they leave their children at the usual train watching spot along with other children of their age.


    The residents that lived close to the market are all poor villagers that barely has enough to eat and live everyday. Since young, the kids of these families would be told the story of how big and wide the world is.


    Hence, these little kids have dreamed of going outside their village from generation to generation, hoping that one day, they will escape this poverty stricken life. That is why the train that passed by the market became a source of inspiration for them to someday become someone amazing that will traverse the world.


    Just like any other day, today, a huge amount of crowd has already gathered at the usual train seeing spot. The crowd consist of children of varying age but the majority of them were around 5-7 years old as kids at the age of 8 would usually have to help their families at home with work.


    It was moments before the sun sets. In terms of Earth''s measurement of time, it is around 5:30 pm, around the time where the train would come to pass.


    And indeed, not long after, the awaited train came passing by, the sound the wheels create when passing by the rail road with high speed vibrated in the children''s ears, as if that sound was a beautiful melody in their ears. A melody that sparked their dreams and wishes.


    Inside the train, the occasional chatters of the people inside could be heard.


    The train was very crowded with people, and the lack of windows inside the train did not help at all. Barely any light passed through, making the interior of the train looked very dark, any lights that should have passed through the windows were blocked by the people''s heads instead.


    The kinds of train that passed by the market are all cheap, old trains with not a single one maintained well. And at the time, lightbulbs were considered a very precious commodity in poor areas, which is why there were very few of them that were placed inside the train. To make it worse, it was only lighted at night, which also corresponds with the higher train fees.


    In an edge of a room in the train, however, light from the sun passed through the windows, brightening that area.


    The place where the light shined was vacant of crowds, with only a single person sitting at the edge of the seat, looking out of the windows.


    He was a lean middle age man that looked like he is in his 30s. The man, if you take out the sense of dread and baleful aura permeating out from him, along with his messy unkempt hair. He would look very charming in one¡¯s eye.


    If you erase the man from the scene, then it would immediately create a warm and fuzzy feeling from the light of the sun, that will bask away your tiredness. But with the man there, that warm and fuzzy place instantly turned into cold and desolate, as if that very man itself is rejected by the world.


    Li Zun, the man in question, peeks out of the window from the sit he is sitting in. Just awhile ago, he could see the kids at the market looking out at the train with eyes full of hopes and dreams.


    Right now however, all he could see was the scene of the sun setting down, slowly but surely.


    ¡° Ah....beautiful ¡° He could not help but sigh with praise towards the setting sun. It was as if being bathed by the sun¡¯s light could shed away a bit of his loneliness.


    Li Zun kept on looking out of the window until the sun has completely set. When the light of the sun ceased to shine, Li Zun finally looked away from the window.


    What greeted him was the usual dark, gloomy space which is completely void of life.


    After closing his eyes for a moment, he muttered faintly ¡° Hahh¡­this is why¡­I would never want to ride trains.. ¡° .


    Every time he left the wilderness and returned to human settlements, he would always be reminded of this ability of his, a dreaded ability that made people stay away from him. This ability has accompanied him throughout his whole life, albeit it was getting worse as he age. When he was young, it only made people uncomfortable when staying near him for too long, but now in the age of 30, not a single life dared to come close anywhere near him.


    It was even a miracle to think that he is actually still living at the age 30, any normal person would have killed themselves out of loneliness a long, long time ago.


    Every living being, be it bugs or humans would somehow stray far away from him. This was his ability, or maybe a ¡° curse ¡° is a better way to describe it.


    Li Zun have always lived a very lonesome life, a life that no one else could ever imagine.


    People said that humans are creatures that needs the presence of others to live, if they were to be left alone, then they would die of loneliness.


    For someone to live like Li Zun? It''s enough of a miracle to think that he actually still have the will to live.


    ¡° Haaah..I wish I could get back quickly ¡° Li Zun muttered softly, the longer he stayed amongst the countless people, the more bitter he felt. As if the train could hear his thoughts, the sound of it arriving at the station broke out.


    Li Zun took up his things and started to walk towards the door. Naturally, at the exit he chose, no one else dared to walk towards it.


    Li Zun quickly left the station and soon he arrived at a crossroad close to his '' home '' where he would usually stay for a few days before going out into the wilderness once more.


    His residence is of course not anything fancy. It''s located on the abandoned old city where one needs a quarter a day ride on train to reach the cities. In short, it''s just slightly better than the situation on the market, on the country''s map, this area was considered their impoverished or slums-like area.


    He was still deep in thought, staring absently at the badly attended road beyond him. All of a sudden, his half closed eyes opened wide. A few meters away from him, he saw a little girl running towards a rolling ball at the road. Then, at the corner of his eye he saw a woman in her 40s a bit far away from him who looked like the little girl''s mother, screaming at her with panicking eyes shifting towards the left.


    When he saw the woman''s eyes shifting towards the left, he naturally followed. At a distance away he could see a new modeled car, the kinds that only exists out of this shabby, poverty stricken district of his speeding towards the little girl.


    ¡° Dammit ! ¡° Li Zun, who no longer had the luxury to think, rushed towards the little girl, he managed to push the girl over before he was hit by the car speeding at at a high speed.


    ¡° Craash !! ¡° The sound of his body hitting the car boomed throughout the street. Li Zun''s body spun in the air and tumbled along the street.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    Screams and shouts rang out, some called for help to come. Others rushed to help him, but when they reached a distance close to him, somehow, they reluctantly stepped back in fright, as if a shadow of the grim reaper had manifested in front of them the moment they reached close to him.


    Li Zun, although close to his deathbed, could still see the scene of the people not daring to get near him.


    " Ahahaha, pitiful, truly pitiful!! My life is truly pitiful! People hated me, but I ended using my life to save them. And now in my deathbed not a single one came to help. ¡° Li Zun gave off a weak, self mocking-laugh as tears inevitably came out.


    Why did he choose to save the little girl while all he would receive in return are eyes of fear and loathing?


    In that moment, Li Zun felt that he was truly foolish!


    He had ended up saving the human that would only look at him as if he were an alien, someone that would never be welcomed anywhere he went.


    Just what has he done to deserve this ?


    30 years he lived in loneliness!


    Not a single hand reached out to him, it was a miracle to think that he could even survive his childhood!


    He cursed the World for this pathetic life of his, he cursed the Gods if they existed and all the living beings that looked at him as if he was an outsider.


    But at that moment..


    A faint, yet soft feeling touched him. To be precise, " it " touched his cheeks that was flowing with tears.


    A feeling that is extremely familiar to human, yet not to Li Zun. Yes, that''s right, it was the warmth of a touch, the heat of another person touching him. Oh how long has it been since he last experience this feeling?


    Before Li Zun could turn to look at the warmth that touched him, he faintly felt something dripping down his face.


    ¡° Water ? No..this..tears ? ¡° Li Zun may have never experienced the feeling of other¡¯s tears, but he surely had experienced his own. But the feeling of this foreign droplets felt truly different!


    Li Zun could only come up with one word to describe this feeling.


    ¡° Warm.. ¡° Li Zun muttered faintly as he turned his head and looked closely at the little girl he saved earlier on. The little girl was sobbing endlessly when he looked at her, she seemed like she wanted to say something but the words were stuck at her throat, unable to come out.


    Li Zun looked at the girl closely, the childish face of her that was splattered with tears was extremely cute and heart-warming to Li Zun. To Li Zun who had never felt the ¡° kindness ¡° of others, this feeling was a first for him.


    The little girl, if one looked closely, looked very cute and lively. Were it not for her crying buckets right now, she would have gave out the usual feeling of liveliness and warmth that she gave off. If she were given time, in another 10 years, she would definitely be a peerless beauty that infuriated the hearts of many.


    Li Zun took one last glance at the little girl before he closed his eyes peacefully..at the same time, he smiled. Smiling was a natural expression of human, but Li Zun had never truly smiled for the last 10 years. Never, ever has he smiled like this, a truly peaceful smile.


    ¡° At least my death wasn''t worthless ¡° Li Zun silently thought.


    ¡° Mmm¡­finally, this cursed life has come to an end ¡° . At the same time, his heart stopped beating.


    ????????????????????


    ¡° Hey, have you come to ? ¡°


    As he woke up, Li Zun could hear a faint voice ringing through his ears. The voice sounded extremely soft, like melody to his ears.


    ¡° Ughh..huh ? ¡° When he woke up, Li Zun turned his head up and down, left and right. All he could see was..white, complete white. There was no furnitures or even any other color that decorated the room.


    ¡° Am I in afterlife...? ¡° Li Zun muttered.


    But when he looked in front of him, there lies a goddess sitting on a table whilst sipping tea. That goddess was truly truly beautiful. Li Zun had never seen a woman as beautiful as her, it was as if those beautiful celebrities he had seen on pictures were like chickens compared to her.


    Even Li Zun could not help but stare at her absentmindedly. It was not until the voice of that goddess sounded out that woke him up.


    ¡° Hey, hey..how long do you want to keep on staring ? I don''t have much time you know ? ¡° The Goddess looked a bit in a hurry as she talk but at the same time she seemed very happy that Li Zun has been staring at her mesmerized.


    ¡° Eh ? Eh..S-sorry, you were too beautiful I could not help but stare. ¡° Li Zun looked slightly embarrassed as he said while scratching his head.


    The goddess could not help but giggle at Li Zun¡¯s straightforward confession. The look of her giggling mesmerized Li Zun even more.


    " Alright, because I don''t have much time with me, I''ll make it quick. I''m giving you a chance to reincarnate, I have already placed all informations you need to know later on when you reincarnate. ¡° The goddess¡¯ voice drifted through the air as that voice carried an invisible, formless wave that entered Li Zun''s head, flooding him with countless of information.


    ¡° Wa-wait what ? Me ? Reincarnate ? God ? What are you talking about ? ¡° The sudden influx of information from the goddess confused Li Zun.


    Li Zun himself never believed in the existence of Gods before. If you have lived a life in solitary for 30 years and you still believe in the existence of gods then it would have been really weird instead.


    " I don''t have much time..you will know eventually the answer to those questions of yours. Do you have any other questions ? ¡°


    ¡° Umm..then, why are you doing this for me ? It''s not like I''m the only person that have lived a pitiful life right ? ¡° Li Zun asked her, confused.


    The goddess stared blankly at Li Zun''s question for a moment, before she answered him.


    ¡° I..I just happen to see you and decided to help you because I felt truly pity for you ¡° The goddess felt very hurt as she said those words, especially the word ¡° pity ¡° felt like stabbing her own heart.


    Even Li Zun could see that the goddess is lying to him. But she looked like she wouldn''t be willing to tell him the reason. Since he guessed she wouldn''t tell him no matter what, he didn''t ask any further. As long as she is helping him, he wouldn''t mind the details for now.


    ¡° Alright, looks like you don''t have any other questions..¡°


    ¡° Wa-wait ! ¡° before the goddess could finish her sentence, Li Zun immediately interrupted her.


    This made Li Zun sweat profusely. ¡° Just what is with this goddess ? She has all the time in the world and she looked like she is being chased by a wild beast ¡°


    ¡° Hmm ? What is it ? ¡° The goddess looked like she was worried about something but immediately turned calm again, it felt like she could completely understand Li Zun.


    " What..what happened to the little girl that I saved ? ¡°


    A look of surprise swept the goddess¡¯ face before she quickly recovered.


    ¡± Even after all that you still think of other people''s well being¡­Aii.. ¡° A trace of pain could be seen in her face.


    ¡° Right now..I couldn''t explain it to you, but I can tell you one thing. The strings of fate have tied her with you, you would surely be able to meet her one day. ¡°


    Although he didn''t really understand the meaning of the goddess words, it felt like she was safe and he would be able to meet her again one day, isn''t that great? This alone had sparked happiness in Li Zun''s heart.


    ¡° Alright, looks like you don''t have any other questions..Remember, when you reincarnate you could never-ever talk about me alright ?


    Li Zun nodded his head in response. He knew the goddess had her own reasons.


    A look of relief showed up in the goddess. She then stared blankly at Li Zun.


    ¡° Can I ask you a question ? ¡° The goddess looked at Li Zun with her big, beautiful blue eyes.


    Although Li Zun was confused as to why the goddess who was acting as if she was being chased by a beast awhile ago is now trying to prolong his stay, he didn''t say anything out loud. Li Zun answered naturally..


    ¡° Sure. ¡° Li Zun looked back at the goddess, although he could be considered an introvert. He rarely lose his calm, it was only because of his first time seeing a woman that beautiful that he lose his calm a while ago.


    And although the woman who stood before him is a very beautiful goddess with unmatched beauty, somehow Li Zun felt a very familiar feeling with her and that caused him to feel completely comfortable and relaxed around her, it also allowed Li Zun to speak up his thoughts.


    ¡° Why..why didn''t you bear any hatred for the people around you ? ¡° She looked a bit perplexed as she asked Li Zun.


    Li Zun''s turned silent for a moment before he slowly answered..


    ¡° If I was to say that I bear no hate for the people and the world, then I would definitely be lying. I am no saint after all. How could I not be jealous? How could I bore no hate? "


    All those people could talk normally with others, they could love others normally, and in return they have people that love them back. If I wasn''t jealous of them then I wouldn''t have been human, haha¡­.but¡­although I am jealous of them, although I hate the life I lived so much, I could not bring myself to fault them¡­ ¡° A faint self mocking look could be seen across Li Zun¡¯s face.


    " Then why ?! Isn''t it normal for you to fault them ? After all you are living a truly truly unfair life! ¡°


    ¡° The world bears no fault, the people bears no fault, even you, Goddess. Bears no fault for my situation. if I was to vent my anger at them wouldn''t it be me who was at fault instead ? ¡°


    The Goddess stared at Li Zun for quite a bit before she finally uttered.¡° ¡­.Y-you truly are kind ¡°


    ¡° Hahh..I wouldn''t call myself kind, if..if I have a very important person that I treasure and someone wants to hurt that person, then I would be very very ruthless to that person. No matter who he or she is. I''m sure of that, that''s the very kind of person I am ¡° Li Zun looked very dignified, although he never had a person who he have truly treasured, it was as if he somehow knew that, that would definitely be the action he took.


    ¡­That is why you are very kind you know ? You really have never changed..even after all that..


    A bitter look briefly appeared on the goddess¡¯ face, but she quickly returned to her normal indifferent look.


    ¡° Alright¡­are you ready to set off ? ¡°


    ¡° Sure..and thanks ¡° A smile crept from Li Zun¡¯s face


    " Live your life as you will this time Li Zun.. " The Goddess spoke faintly


    Li Zun felt a bit surprised, he thought to himself. " Although she acted as if she were rushed, This goddess really do care for me ! ¡°


    Although it was spoken faintly, Li Zun could feel the sincerity in those words.


    " Sure ! " A bright smile crept up from Li Zun''s face. A smile so bright that even wouldn''t have imagined himself making one if he saw himself.

 Chapter 1 : Rising from the ashes

    Note : Sorry for the late chapter, i just suck too much ! You don''t know how many times I rewrote this chapter.


    Floating Cloud Continent, Mythical Beast Forest.


    Mythical Beast Forest, renowned as one of Floating Cloud Continent¡¯s 3 Danger zone, is a lair for creatures known as ¡° Magic Beasts ¡°.


    Magic Beasts are normal beasts that have undergone a mutation due to the Heaven and Earth Qi. The beasts that have been exposed to Heaven and Earth Qi prior to their birth would be able to tread in the path of cultivation and hence, becoming ¡° Magic Beasts ¡°.


    Legends even said that Magic Beasts that has stepped into the last realm of cultivation are no less intelligent than humans.


    The Magic Beasts, as creatures that pursue cultivation have always been attracted to places with a dense amount of Heaven & Earth Qi, and Mythical Beast Forest is one of the densest place of Heaven-Earth Qi in Floating Cloud Continent.


    The reason why Mythical Beast Forest has a very dense amount of Heaven-Earth Qi is because of a single tree. A single tree that has the power to change the entire forest, that tree is called The Earthly Oak Tree.


    The Earthly Oak Tree naturally collects the Heaven-Earth Qi in it''s surroundings and it also  releases Heaven-Earth Qi from it¡¯s leaves. A single tree caused thousands and millions of Magic beasts that have scattered through the entire continent to gather at the Mythical Beast Forest, one could imagine how precious the Earthly Oak Tree is.


    Although millions of magic beasts have made the Mythical Beast Forest as it''s lair, There were only 2 creatures that lived directly under the Earthly Oak Tree. The other creatures ? It wasn''t that they did not want to live under the Oak Tree, who didn''t want to ? The benefits they got by living under the tree is just incomparable to living outside of it''s perimeters.It''s just that one of the creatures that lived there is far far too terrifying for them.


    Mythical Beast Forest Sole King ¨C Vajra Thunder-Wolf ¨C


    A terrifying creature that with a single slash, it decimated the land. With a single roar, it frightens beasts to submission. With a single order, a thriving Kingdom will be gone. Such is the creature known as the Mythical Forest King.


    Center of Mythical Beast Forest, Earthly Oak Tree.


    The Vajra Thunder-Wolf that resides under the covers of the tree is quietly slumbering. It''s clear white snowy white fur is covered with cobalt blue stripes all the way to it''s head, making it look very frightening.


    Suddenly...


    The Vajra Thunder-Wolf¡¯s ears twitched, it instantly leaped and let out a huge roar !


    ¡° Grooooooooaa !!!! ¡°


    The instant it releases it''s roar, it''s aura leaks out. Thunder Qi spreads out at every direction, Any trees that touches it instantly burnt and turns to ashes, only The Earthly Oak Tree could withstand it.


    The Vajra Thunder-Wolf turned it''s head to south east, locking it''s pair of blue eyes into the direction.


    Moments later, 3 Huge Beasts no smaller than the Vajra Thunder-Wolf came out. Their auras compiled together are no lesser than the Vajra Thunder-Wolf !


    One of the beast, an Ox like beast that stood on it¡¯s two feet came holding a small pup in it''s hand.


    Any creature in the Mythical Beast Forest could recognize the small pup. It was the only offspring of the Vajra Thunder-Wolf ! Hence, no creature dared to make advances against it.


    But the bipedal Ox does not originate from The Mythical Beast Forest !


    Any one looking at this situation could tell that the bipedal Ox intends to make the Mythical Beast Forest as it''s lair. After all, at their level, those beasts are no less intelligent than humans !


    The Vajra Thunder-Wolf growled at the Ox, it knew it had been too careless. Although creatures wouldn''t dare to defy him, but it was only because of his overwhelming strength ! If any outside power came to invade the forest and rally against him than it may be possible.


    The Bipedal Ox snickered, it''s facial expression looked very much like a human. It kept swinging around the poor little pup. Although the bipedal Ox is a bit weaker than the Vajra Thunder-Wolf, with the 2 other strong creature behind him, it wasn''t that much of a difference, especially after he had caught the Wolf¡¯s only offspring. No matter how one looked, the situation seems very good for the Ox.


    The stalemate between the two sides was suddenly broken by the Ox. It threw the little pup up in the air and prepared to hit it with all it''s might.


    The Vajra Thunder-Wolf knew what the ox was planning. But still, it had to move ! It had to move and save it''s only child !


    ¡° Bang !!! ¡°


    The Vajra Thunder-Wolf instantly moved in front of the little pup, blocking the attack from the Ox using it¡¯s body.


    The instant the Vajra Thunder-Wolf was hit by the Ox, the other 2 creatures behind the ox, one bull like and the one snake immediately launched towards the Vajra Thunder-Wolf, hitting it with all their mights, causing the injuries of the Wolf to immediately worsen by a lot.


    " Graoooooooo !! ¡° The Vajra Thunder-Wolf growled in pain. Blood spread out from it''s horrible wounds, some even splashed to the little pup behind it. Judging by the wounds it received, it wouldn''t have much longer to live.


    ¡° Aooo !! ¡° The little pup could only howl in sadness. It thoroughly lacked the power to help his father.


    The Ox snickered, it looked like everything was going as it planned.


    The Vajra Thunder-Wolf was indeed not any normal beast though, it quickly recovered in the air and charged it''s Qi to the utmost.


    ¡° Swuuuun !! ¡° A Shrill scream came out from the Thunder Qi the Vajra Thunder-Wolf blasted. It went all up to the sky as if it was striking the heavens.


    ¡° Graaaaaoooooooouuu !! ¡° A mad shriek comes out of the Vajra Thunder-Wolf, the Qi it blasted, strikes the clouds and in just a moment, the clouds turned deep black, and thunder rolled.


    The Ox¡¯s face immediately changed after seeing it. It knew of the Vajra Wolf¡¯s ability but it didn''t expect for it to come out so early !


    In his heart, the Bipedal Ox knew what was coming, the Vajra Thunder-Wolf¡¯s innate bloodline skill.¡¾Vajra Thunderstorm ¡¿


    All of this took an amount of time to describe, but in actuality it happened in a split moment.


    The Bipedal Ox immediately braced itself and used both of it''s arms to block the incoming blow.


    ¡° BANG !!!!!!! ¡°


    A Shrill Thunder strike down to the earth. Not long after, countless amount of thunder followed the first, immediately creating a thunderstorm in the field.


    The Thunderstorms immediately caused a clear havoc in the forest, all the other beasts that was unlucky enough to be caught up in the thunderstorm are burnt to crisp.


    The Vajra Thunder-Wolf however, cannot relax. Although it would be safe from the thunderstorms, the same could not be said for his little pup.


    It immediately bitted softly the little pup and prepared to throw it far away, hoping for it to have a chance to survive. After the damage it took from the 3 beasts, it knew it was going to die today. So why not go all out anyway ?


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    But it''s only regret was that it couldn''t see it''s little pup growing to a mighty beast in the future, it might even die and followed him to the netherworld after this.


    But at that moment¡­


    Under the Earthly Oak Tree, clusters of light are shining and gathering.


    The Vajra Thunder-Wolf was bewildered, it have lived under the Earthly Oak Tree for countless of years, yet it have never seen a phenomenon like this.


    But with it''s clear eyes, it could see that somehow the thunder from the thunderstorms seemed to avoid that cluster of light. As if a divine being calmly watching under the rain of storms.


    The Vajra Thunder-Wolf instinctively knew. Whatever that light is, if it placed the little pup there, it will surely have a larger percentage of surviving rather than throwing it out to the wild.


    After all, all the creatures in the forest knew the little pup. After he, The Vajra Thunder-Wolf was gone who wouldn''t say that there would be beasts waiting to take revenge upon it ?


    The Vajra Thunder-Wolf immediately decided to throw the little pup towards the light. Whatever the light is, it hoped that it could keep it''s little pup safe.


    ¡° Waao ! ¡° The little pup growled in pain, it''s body covered with wounds. However, it does even seemed to mind it''s wounds, and instead howled at it''s father.


    Although the little pup is still very young, it instinctively knew that today, his father would likely be gone. But what can it do ? It''s power is far too weak, even though he was the offspring of the Great King Of Mythical Beast Forest, right now he was no different than a burden to his father.


    To feel weak may hurt one, but to be someone''s burden will make one feel even worse.


    The Vajra Thunder-Wolf after confirming that his son stayed put around that light, it immediately looked relieved, as if a heavy burden is lifted off from him.


    His child was one thing, and the battle was another thing. Now that the problems about his little pup it resolved, it locked it''s deep blue eyes on the 3 creatures.


    A series of of explosions could be heard as thunder strikes at the 3 of them. Although the storm could not focus on an area to hit 100%, it could still focus on a target to hit at least half of the thunderstorms.


    A massive boom rang out as three huge thunder blasted down towards the ox, bull and snake. It looked like the thunderstorm is reaching it''s final blast.


    ¡° Bang !! ¡° The bull and the snake which are holding on to the thunderstorms couldn''t hold out anymore and are shocked to crisp.


    The Bipedal Ox is a little bit better than the two, although it''s black ferocious face looked somewhat pale in color.


    The Vajra Thunder-Wolf, didn''t let this chance go. It gritted it''s ferocious teeth which is sparking thunder Qi and bitted the Ox¡¯s shoulders to ashes.


    ¡° MOOOOH !!! ¡° The Bipedal Ox screamed in pain, it didn''t expect for the Vajra Wolf to return so quickly.  After all, all of this took an amount of time to describe, but in actuality it happened in less than 7 breaths of time !!.


    The Vajra Thunder-Wolf, looked very determined, it wasn''t willing to let the Ox go. It gripped it''s sharp claws and stabbed it into the Ox¡¯s abdomens, sending thunder Qi once more through the claws.


    ¡° MOOOOOOO !!! ¡° The Bipedal Ox let out another, huge shrill scream. This time, it finally looked like it too, is reaching it''s end.


    But at that moment..the Vajra Thunder-Wolf finally could not hold on any longer and it''s grip loosened. And the Ox managed to barely survive.


    At it''s last moments it send a glance to it''s little pup which was already breaking down in tears. Then it took another glance at the light. At it''s last moments it could somehow make up a figure out of the bundled lights. It smiled and as if it knew the light was alive, it sent a look of gratitude towards it and closed it''s eyes, rewinding it''s memories. From the day it was born to the day it became the king of the forest to the day he was gifted a child, to the day his partner had died..leaving him alone with his pup.


    At it''s last moments, the Vajra Thunder-Wolf felt very peaceful. As if the battle before didn''t happen at all¡­


    Finally, The King Of Mythical Beast Forest, Vajra Thunder-Wolf breathed it''s last.


    The Bipedal Ox, who somehow had survived albeit with heavy injuries looked towards the Earthly Oak Tree.


    It felt very conflicted, although it had managed to win against the Vajra Thunder-Wolf, it had suffered terrible injuries that may not heal for months.


    In that span amount of time, who knew if any other wandering beast will kill him in his weakened state.


    It felt very angered and regret, if he knew that the Vajra Thunder-Wolf would be this ferocious, it wouldn''t have dared to make an attack at all. It just does not benefit him.


    It knew that it too, would probably die today too. After all, the injuries it suffered is far too serious. Any half-strong beast that wandered into the Oak Tree after staying far away from the battle awhile ago wouldn''t hesitate to kill him in one go.


    It''s pair of yellow eyes wandered around the tree, and it finally fell upon the little pup.


    The little pup, sensing the Ox¡¯s gaze, didn''t back down at all. It Instead stared back at it with eyes full of hatred and revenge.


    The Ox felt anger well up. Now even the little pup dared to retort against him ?!


    The Ox decided. Today wether or nor he will die, he would drag this little pup too with him.


    Alas, the Ox''s eyes was blinded with revenge, it did not even spare a glance towards the lights clustering with even more vigor since the battle.


    It dragged it''s heavily injured body towards the little pup. The little pup, which was already weakened and bruised with injuries all over it''s body was held up in the Ox''s fist.


    But suddenly¡­


    The Bipedal Ox¡¯s sense immediately sensed terrifying danger. It immediately looked around, but it does not find anything. Still, just by the terrifying aura it sensed, the owner of the aura is at least a hundred times stronger than him or the Vajra Thunder-Wolf !


    It became gobsmacked, just what is that aura ?!


    * Splashh* Before the Ox could discover the source of the aura, it suddenly felt it''s vision go black. It''s body torn to pieces by the lights that were clustering violently awhile ago, it''s blood splattered to tiny particles, it was as if the Ox had not existed.


    By now, that light has formed to a human figure. The figure took the little pup in it''s hands that have long ago fell unconscious. It is admirable to think that this little pup dared to stare back at the Ox just now, even if it was heavily injured.


    The light gradually dissipated, forming a young human in his teens with golden & a trace of black, long hair. His facial features looked very charming, albeit his face that was filled with grief and a sense of loneliness somehow hindered his charm.


    Yes, that man was none other than Li Zun !

 Chapter 2 : I am now a God ?

    Floating Cloud Continent, Mythical Beast Forest, Earthly Oak Tree.


    The Sun is shining brightly. The clouds, floating aimlessly in the sky. Everything looked incomparably peaceful, as if the great battle moments ago did not happen at all.


    However, if one were to look around the forest, clear traces of the battle earlier could be seen. Fields of grass are now burnt all over, the leftovers of trees struck by the lightning & the corpses of the two beast that are now beyond recognition, along with the dead body of the Vajra Thunder-Wolf.


    In the midst of all of this, A bare naked Li Zun is standing there motionlessly whilst holding the heavily wounded little pup in his arms.


    Right now, He didn''t know how he exactly did it, but he felt that he could somehow heal the little pup with this weird energy of his inside him. Therefore, he tried inserting the weird energy of his inside the little pup, since it was very badly injured after all, if this weird energy of his could heal the little pup, why not ?


    In fact, in just the time it takes for a kettle to boil, the little pup¡¯s complexion has turned for the better, and it''s wounds have all healed. It''s just a matter of time before the little pup would wake up.


    Li Zun did not really understand what is this energy he felt inside of him, but he felt that this energy couldn''t possibly be normal. After all it could heal the little pup who was very injured right now, has been nursed back to health in just a short amount of time.


    Having been thrown into the midst of nowhere, Li Zun was currently completely confused. He has a lot of questions popping up his head, such as ; Where in the world was he ? Those huge beast with the strength to crush a city, what are they ? Not to mention his body that is currently flowing with this ¡® mysterious ¡® energy. What the heck are those ?


    But Li Zun knew, he couldn''t lose his calm. Although awhile ago, he felt he was unable to move away from the entrapping of the lights, he could still clearly see the battle that happened just now.


    What further confused him was, the fact that he could see all that was happening clearly, from start to end. Even the speed that the ferocious wolf from earlier on doesn''t seemed too fast for him.


    However, Li Zun had a slight idea to where he currently is, but he didn''t dare to imagine it, because he could somehow feel that in his surroundings, he felt a faint energy flowing in the air, which made him remember of the fantasy novels back at his world where in a fantasy world, experts would use the Qi in the air to generate power beyond human¡¯s capabilities. Not to mention those beasts just now..especially little pup¡¯s father, the way it seemed to be able to control lightning..it just somehow fits with the term ¡°magic¡± he read from the fantasy novels.


    At that moment, he finally remembered. The goddess said that she left him a message that could explain his whole circumstances.


    Then he became even more confused. Where is the message that the goddess have left him ? He looked left and right to find some scroll or something that the goddess may have left him.


    At the moment he looked downwards, he immediately became embarrassed. Due to the situation he was thrown to earlier, he did not notice that he was currently naked without a speck of clothing. The good thing is that he was currently in the midst of a forest, he didn''t know how he would react if others have seen him in this state.


    ¡° Hey, are you hearing this ? ¡° Suddenly..a voice rang out in his mind, the voice sounded extremely sweet and beautiful, like a beautiful melody in his ears.


    The moment Li Zun heard the voice, he was surprised, surprised because he knew exactly whose voice did it belonged to.


    " Goddess ! ¡° Li Zun exclaimed loudly, He immediately turned his head at every direction as if he was looking for a lost child. Thankfully there was no one that heard or seen him, or he would have looked very foolish.


    ¡° There is no use in searching for me, as this is just a message I directly imprinted on your soul ¡° the voice rang out once more. When Li Zun realized this, he became very embarrassed, his face turned red. Because for just a moment there, he had even thought that the goddess had turned into the little pup.


    ¡° Listen closely Li Zun ¡° Li Zun had actually foolishly nodded his head at the sentence, once again making Li Zun embarrassed and at the same time amazed, amazed of the goddess¡¯ power to leave him a message like this that felt like she was talking directly to him.


    If the goddess had scene this scene, she would have definitely laugh heartily.


    ¡° What I am about to tell you, you must not tell anyone you don¡¯t trust, remember ! And especially me ! You must not tell anyone, even your closest friends. ¡° The voice of the goddess sounded very grave, Li Zun quickly turned serious too. He knew that, whatever it is, to make the goddess¡¯ voice sounded so serious it must be a treasured secret that if he were to flung around telling everybody, not only he may gain the consequences, even the goddess who helped him may get herself into trouble.


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    ¡° Right now, you are no longer a mortal, you are now a half-God or to be exact, a Demigod. ¡° The instant the voice ended the sentence, Li Zun became incomparable shocked once more.


    ¡° I am no longer a mortal ? I am now..a God ? ¡° Li Zun thought to himself. In fact, he had never believed the existence of gods before he met the goddess, now that he had been told he was now one, how could he not be confused ? Not just him, anyone that could be considered normal would have been confused.


    Before Li Zun could comprehend what it meant to be a God, the voice sounded out again.


    ¡° If you don''t believe me, check out your body. By now, you must have realized that there is a powerful, mysterious energy inside of you right ? That energy is called.. Divine Energy ! Divine Energy are the unique energy of Gods ! They have many uses, for example; healing your body, or even another''s body to even exterminating your opponents ! ¡°


    By now, Li Zun''s mouth was wide agape, that if a quail egg was thrown into his mouth, it would fit right in.


    ¡° So that''s what that energy was ! No wonder, no wonder ! ¡° Li Zun felt that he became enlightened to one of his questions.


    " I have left an imprint on your memories on how to use your divine energy, check on them later on. Now, I have to tell you where you currently are. ¡°


    Li Zun felt increasing admiration to the goddess, he felt that she knew everything that he wanted to ask.


    ¡° You are now currently on a lesser world called Cloudy Days Planet. To be exact, you are exactly at the Center of Mythical Beast Forest in the Floating Cloud Continent. ¡°


    ¡° The Cloud Days Planet, as you may have realized, contains an energy flowing through the air called The Heaven and Earth Qi. In actuality, the Cloudy Days Planet was categorized as a lesser planet because of the lack of the Heaven-Earth Qi, you may have felt a dense amount of it because of the big tree behind you. That tree is called the Earthly Oak Tree, it is quite the treasure. ¡°


    The voice continued.. ¡° Planets are categorized to 4 kinds according to their abundance of Heaven-Earth Qi. Grand, greater, lesser & empty. The planet that you have lived before, is empty, which means that there were not a single trace of Heaven-Earth Qi, resulting that mortals were became unable to cultivate¡­.¡±


    The voice continued on and on, explaining to him about what he should do, to the cultivation of mortals to beasts and magic beasts and that there were other Gods that resided in a planet, although they were usually residing only in planets that is abundant in Heaven-Earth Qi.


    Finally, the voice felt like it was ending the conversation. ¡° Remember Li Zun, you must never, never use your divine energy when you go out of the Cloudy Days Planet. Cloudy Days Planet is protected by a barrier preventing energy to come out, that is why no experts have taken fancy to the Earthly Oak Tree and snap it out. As long as you stay inside the barrier, then you are safe. Unless you were to become a true full God, then you can never ever use your Divine Energy outside. Because a Demigod is extremely rare, and there were usually circumstances when there is one. ¡°


    Li Zun nodded his head in agreement. The world is extremely dangerous after all, especially when the Goddess said that he was a rare kind, who knew if someone would kidnap him and use him for experiment.


    Just the thought of that made Li Zun shiver. If one were to say, He, Li Zun is probably not so afraid of death. What he was most afraid was if his freedom was taken away. That was how he came to be able to live for 30 years in solitary after all. ¡° Freedom ¡°


    He liked to wander around the world, looking at the creation of nature and the lifestyle of people, albeit he had never had the chance to converse with them.


    The goddess voice rang once more.


    ¡° Alright, this is my last message until you experience a breakthrough. Live your life as you want this time Li Zun¡­ ¡° the voice became fainter and fainter until it couldn''t be heard again.


    Li Zun looked up at the sky, it was the first time he felt excitement in a long amount of time.


    The new, unknown world in front of him, what mysteries does it hold ? He could not help but shiver in excitement.


    At the same time he felt something moving in his arms. Something fuzzy and warm.


    When Li Zun turned his downwards, he was met by the stare of the curious little pup, staring right directly in his eyes with eyes full of wonder..

 Chapter 3 : The Little Pup and Li Zun

    TWG Chapter 3 : The Little Pup and Li Zun


    The little pup stared unblinking at Li Zun.


    Sensing the stare of the little pup, Li Zun couldn¡¯t help but stare back at it. The little pup had a very small body akin to a small sized dog with fluffy snowy white fur and a few traces of blue stripes. Had Li Zun not saw the little pup¡¯s father before, he would have never thought that this seemingly cute and innocent lil pup would have any connections to the big, ferocious wolf from before.


    In fact, were it not for it''s sharp ears and a snout longer than average dogs, Li Zun might have even thought that this little pup was a cute little dog instead.


    The staring contest between the two was suddenly interrupted by a bright, golden light that enveloped the little pup''s body.


    If an ordinary mortal were to come across the light, they might even procrastinate themselves in respect to the ¡® divine¡¯ feeling the little pup is currently emitting.


    ¡° Ack.. ? This..isn''t this my divine energy ? What is happening ? ¡° Li Zun was completely clueless.


    Contractionary to Li Zun, the little pup seemed like it had a faint idea of what is happening and remained calm and indifferent to the light.


    However, this just made Li Zun even more perplexed.


    " Ahh¡­ I''m the owner of this divine energy but it seems even the little pup knew it more than me.. ¡° Li Zun felt increasingly bitter. He knew that he currently knows very little about his current body, but not to the point where even the little pup might know more than him !


    Now, his desire to read the imprint the goddess left him grew even stronger.


    Slowly, the golden energy that enveloped the little pup''s body began to conglomerate into a specific point.


    In the time it took for half an incense to burn, the light began condensing at the little pup''s right paw, shining even brightly then before.


    While all of this had happened, the little pup''s complexion turned a little pale and gritted it''s small, white teeth. It looked to be quite in pain.


    Li Zun, the cause of all of this, however, was completely loss at what to do. He began to worry that his divine energy might cause the little pup to have side effects.


    Not long after, the light gradually dimmed down. A golden runic-lion mark with a faint taint of dark black appeared. If one were to overlook the faint taint of black in the mark, then, just by looking at the runic-lion mark, one would feel a sense of unwavering courage with extreme sharpness and indomitable might from it.


    But when someone focused on the black taint instead, a dark indescribable feeling would quickly rise up.


    Before Li Zun could examine the mark on the little pup''s. His right hand also began to emit a light too, although it was blue in color and it did not cause him any pain in contrast to the little pup. Slowly, the blue light began to diminish, it then formed into a white-blue symbol with the back of a wolf looking extremely fierce.


    When Li Zun saw the symbol on his hands, together with the symbol on the little pup''s paw, his heart jumped.


    ¡° Is this the so called master-beast bonding like in the novels ? ¡° Li Zun remembered the novels he had read during his past lives, it looked extremely similar to the current situation he was in.


    ¡° No..it doesn''t feel like the little pup is under my control at all ¡° Li Zun felt that he had no whatsoever control on the little pup, nor could he establish the legendary ¡® spiritual ¡® link between the two. However,  that had only made him grow in confusion.


    From the marks, Li Zun could somehow guess that the little pup and him has become connected, although he did not understand what the connection is.


    But¡­when he saw the black taint on the little pup''s mark, Li Zun''s face immediately turned dark. Because, towards the black taint, he could feel a very familiar aura permeating from it.


    Although it was very faint, He who had practically lived with it for more than 30 years could naturally feel that aura better than any body else. Yes, it was his aura of ¡® rejection ¡®. The accursed ability that accompanied him from his last life all the way to this life.


    ¡° Aiii¡­sorry little guy, it seems that I have somehow dragged you along with me in this curse ¡° Li Zun looked at the little pup apologetically with heavy heart. If he knew that the little pup would be affected by this curse of his too, he would not dare to rashly insert his divine energy to the little pup.


    Sensing Li Zun¡¯s gaze at it''s mark, the little pup seemed like it could understand Li Zun''s words and brushed it''s head cutely at Li Zun¡¯s hand while looking back at Li Zun with an expression as if it''s telling Li Zun ¡° it''s all alright ¡°.


    Li Zun knew that the goddess had told him that magic beasts that have entered the cultivation realm are smarter than ordinary beasts and could somehow understand people''s intention. With the information in his mind, he determined that the little pup understood him and have forgiven him.


    Li Zun¡¯s gaze turned even warmer towards the little pup. It could somehow feel that, from now on, whatever he does, the little pup would always be there, right at his side.


    However, when he remembered about the curse, Li Zun could somehow feel that it had incredibly lessened a lot by now. He thought that it has probably something to do with him currently being a Demigod or his divine energy.


    Which was of course, a very good news for him and the little pup, since it meant that their lives would not be as harsh as his before.


    Suddenly, the quiet and obedient little pup began to move out of his arms and jumped into the ground.


    Li Zun, who was looking at the little pup who walking to it''s father, could somehow feel the little pup''s sadness through the wolf mark on his right hand.


    Then, he remembered. Before it''s father¡¯s last moments, it sends out a glance towards him, asking him to protect the little pup.


    ¡° Good parent¡­is that what having a parent feels like ? ¡°   Li Zun had never experienced of having a family. On his life before, his father and mother were nowhere to be seen, he was immediately brought up at the orphanage. Thankfully, his curse wasn''t that bad when he was young, but it still prevent him from having friends during his childhood days.


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    Li Zun began to feel sad for the little pup too.


    The little pup went up to his father and sat down close to it.


    The little pup is an intelligent creature, it naturally knew that it''s father was no longer here. All it wanted to do is pay a tribute to it''s loving father.


    Slowly..time passed.


    The sun began to set. The sky darkens in color, but the little pup just stood there the entire time, not moving a single inch. Only tears dripped down it''s eyes.


    Li Zun sat behind the little pup, gazing aimlessly. He didn''t  know how hurt the little pup must be, because he had never lost someone he truly cared. But from the mark on his right hand, the little pup''s feelings could somehow be transmitted into him.


    Since the great battle had ended, there were many curious beast lurking around to see the result and probably find a chance to replace the Vajra Thunder-Wolf as the king of the forest.


    Too bad, whoever that got close to the outskirts of the Earthly Oak Tree, Li Zun immediately kicked them out far away, afraid that they would disturb the little pup. With the current Li Zun''s strength, this was not a problem at all.


    But after 10-20 beast had flown in the air to who knows where, the other beasts were immediately frightened, afraid that they would encounter the same fate should they get near to the Earthly Oak Tree.


    Suddenly, the little pup moved.


    Li Zun too, noticed it''s movement and began to pay attention to it.


    The little pup began to exhale air into it''s mouth in large amounts. Then..it suddenly blew up crackling thunder at a single point on a nearby wood.


    The wood began to burn in flames.


    The little pup pushed the wood close to it''s father with it''s snout, leaving a bit of a burnt mark in the process. It watched as the fire began to burn it''s father¡¯s body slowly.


    It''s clear blue eyes reflected the burning fire.


    Suddenly, the little pup who had been quiet all the time howled.


    ¡° Awoooo !! ¡° ¡° Awoooo!! ¡°


    Li Zun somehow felt that..the little pup is howling at it''s father in heavens.


    After the little pup stopped howling, Li Zun began to move towards it. He raised the little pup''s body and examined it closely.


    The little pup was a bit startled when Li Zun suddenly raised it, but it didn''t reject Li Zun and instead looked at Li Zun closely too.


    ¡° Good eye ! ¡° Li Zun suddenly exclaimed. From the little pup''s eye, he could sense sadness, sorrow, but more importantly, the burning will to live on and become stronger.


    He was reminded again that the little pup is now somehow connected to him.


    " Ah ! if we were to be together from now on, I couldn''t call you little pup always right ? Let''s see.. ¡°


    ¡° Your fur is so white..and so soft....just like the snow in the winter. Okay, let''s call you Bai..Bai Xue ! That''s it, from today onwards your name is Bai Xue ! ¡¾°×Ñ©¡¿: Meaning ¡° White Snow ¡°.


    The little pup looked confused for a moment before smiling happily, looks like it liked the name quite a lot.


    Soon, the day passed, a new day is arriving.


    Li Zun was currently sleeping inside a tree house which he had made with the surrounding trees, the tree house was built on top of the Earthly Oak Tree. Because the Earthly Oak Tree had very strong, and big branches, the tree house Li Zun had built looked quite spacious and comfy.


    Building the tree house was not a hard task for the current Li Zun with his boundless strength, he felt that he could even carry a mountain with one hand if he wanted to, and this wasn''t even the limit of his power.


    The current Li Zun was wearing a clothing made out of leaves, sleeping soundly.


    Although Li Zun, who was now a Demigod, doesn''t need any sleep. Yesterday, too much things had happened at once and he felt that he should just rest peacefully for the night. He didn''t even look at the imprint the goddess left him and stayed besides the little pup all the time.


    When one had been alone for too long, even a small wolf could make him happy.


    When Li Zun woke up, he was dazed for a moment. He was afraid that all of the things happening yesterday was all but a dream.


    He dreamt that..he was still on his planet, sitting on his usual chair at his dark, gloomy room.


    But when he turned his head around, he saw the little pup sleeping not far away from him. The scene of the little pup sleeping soundly made Li Zun smile.


    The fact that the little pup was very close and comfortable with Li Zun confused him.


    Since the goddess did mention to him that usually magic beast, especially those that have great strength or potential would be really haughty and will not be willing to stay near humans at all.


    Li Zun understood this, he knew that the little pup was an extremely powerful kind of a magic beast. After all, he himself had experienced the might of the Vajra Thunder-Wolf King battling the other 3 beasts.


    Perhaps because Li Zun is the one who had saved it, along with this weird bond of theirs and together with the fact that it''s only family was gone now, it became increasingly closer to Li Zun, which in turn made Li Zun very happy too.


    After all, in his previous life, even the dogs stayed away from him. Now with the little pup by his side, at least he felt as if he had a companion, though it was in the form of a wolf.


    " Doesn''t people called dogs a man¡¯s best friend anyway ? Why can''t it be a wolf instead ? ¡° with this thought in his mind, Li Zun doesn''t seem to care if the little pup was human nor beast, or even a dog. Just having a living being accompanying him made him extremely, extremely happy..


    Note : All right, end of chapter ! There might be a side chapter coming up next so look forward to it if you like side chapters, if you skip it, it''s also fine. By the way, If you want to imagine how a Vajra Thunder-Wolf looked, just imagine a garurumon and Terry Cloth mixed together. Maybe someday when I have free time I''ll draw one. Don''t expect anything good though, Lol.

 Side Chapter 3.5 : I am a little pup, dreaming to be strong

    Note : Hey guys, this is just a side chapter, it''s not necessary to read it to understand the latter chapters, but I do recommend reading it, especially if you love the little pup. Andd the 2nd chapter would come out a bit late but would still be this week, prob Sunday. This chapter is in the Pov of the little pup or Xiao Xie. ¡¾Ð¡Ñ©¡¿: meaning little snow.


    In the midst of Mythical Beast Forest.


    Sounds of grass rustling and heavy breathing drifted along with the wind.


    The little pup was currently busy, chasing after a small, red mouse with speed that clearly exceeded the mouse.


    The little pup wasn''t chasing the small mouse to hunt though, it was chasing it for fun mostly with a hint of vengeance in it''s eyes.


    Prior to receiving Li Zun¡¯s divine energy, it couldn''t hunt the red mouse due to it''s blistering speed and it''s advantage of having a clearly smaller body. But now, the little pup was brimming with energy it never had before, and with it, it wanted to take revenge against these little mouse for teasing him whenever it failed to get them.


    As for food ? How could the little pup lower itself to eat a clearly not tasty mouse when Li Zun would always catch himself a high class beast meat that he would cook later on, adding the already high class taste.


    Although the little pup was very little, it had the smugness of an accomplished gourmet. Especially nowadays since it has tasted Li Zun¡¯s tasty cooking, it would never lower itself to eat raw, uncooked food.


    Just when the little pup was having fun, chasing the poor little red mouse, Li Zun''s voice sounded through the forest.


    ¡° Xiao Xie, it''s lunch time ! Are you eating or not ! ¡°


    When the little pup heard Li Zun¡¯s voice, it''s 2 pointy ears immediately perked up and it immediately ran back to where Li Zun is located.


    It rushed all the way to the Earthly Oak Tree where Li Zun is cooking the beast meat, with saliva dripping down it''s mouth and face grinning with happiness.


    For the first few days, there would always be strong magic beast that wanted to bully the little pup. But after seeing that it''s fellow comrades have now been roasted to food instead, they would now all back down and run away every time they saw the little pup.


    They were terribly afraid that the little pup would take some fancy to their meat and asked that monster in human¡¯s clothing to cook them. It was even worser than the day where the Vajra Thunder-Wolf is still living. At least, the Vajra Thunder-Wolf wouldn''t spoil the little pup so much and would only occasionally hunt when it''s stomach is hungry.


    Soon, the little pup arrived at the Earthly Oak Tree and saw Li Zun currently cooking a high class beast meat, it''s small nose sniffed out the fragrance coming out of the meat and ran with even more joy towards Li Zun.


    When it reached 5 steps away from Li Zun, it immediately stopped in it''s tracks and sat down patiently while lifting out it''s tongue and breathing heavily. Clearly this was not the first time it had done this, because the spot where it ate was always the same, and it had left a mark there.


    Li Zun had long realized the little pup was coming, he laughed when he saw the little pup begging for the food with it''s eyes. He immediately divided a portion of the meat and gave it into the little pup.


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    ¡° Be careful, it''s hot ! ¡° Li Zun warned the little pup because it looked like it could gulp down the meat at any moment.


    The little pup bowed it''s head up and down to show that it acknowledged Li Zun''s words and it immediately began to eat heartily.


    This was not the first time they had eaten like this, and nowadays it had became a routine for the little pup.


    When lunch was over, the little pup turned back to the forest and wanted to play around once more when it was stopped by Li Zun¡¯s words.


    ¡° Hey Xiao Xie ! Look at you, you''re so dirty, your snowy white fur had already turned brown with dirt, come and take a bath with me ! ¡°


    The little pup looked like it was hesitating a lot when it heard Li Zun saying the word ¡® bath ¡®. Clearly, it didn''t like baths so much.


    But before the little pup could run away, Li Zun immediately grabbed it and forced it to take a bath with him in the river while it was growling ¡° Awoo ! ¡° ¡° Awoo ! ¡° in discomfort.


    Night came.


    The little pup took a stroll around the forest at night. Since it was the rivers and lakes are very beautiful at night, it couldn''t help but always coming there at night while looking deeply into the water.


    When it looked into the water, it could somehow remember those memories of him and his father, living it''s days happily without a care for the world. Never, would it have imagined that it would lose it''s father this quickly.


    Suddenly, it felt a large big hand patting his head. When it turned back and saw who it was, he saw Li Zun squatting besides him.


    ¡° Thinking about your dad again ? ¡° Li Zun asked him in a soft voice.


    The little pup nodded it''s head in faintly in response.


    Li Zun sighed and sat on the ground next to it.  For a long time only the sounds of bugs creaking and water running could be heard.


    After a long moment of silence, Li Zun began to spoke. ¡° I have never experienced familial love before, so I don''t know how it feels when you lose someone important. But I''m sure your dad wants you to live out your life and became strong for yourself. Your dad clearly cared for you. Even in it''s last moments, it still sent me a look to ask me to protect you. ¡°


    The little pup nodded it''s head in response, but this time, instead of sadness, a clear determination burns in it''s eyes.


    It had been born here in the mythical beast forest. When he was young, his mother had already left him alone with his father. When it''s father was about to die, it thought that it was going to die that day too. Never had he imagined that Li Zun would appear at it''s last moments.


    The little pup lifts it''s head up in determination and began to walk back towards Li Zun''s tree house.


    Li Zun smiled when he saw the little pup no longer saddened that much.


    That day, he promised himself, although he was currently just a small little pup, one day it would become a fierce great wolf that would have it''s name resounded through.


    That night, the two snuggled together in their sleep.


    Man and Wolf, whose destiny have became intertwined.¡­but tonight they would just sleep soundly together.


    Note : Short and done, if you like side chapters like these, I may make more in the future !

 Chapter 4 : Divine Energy

    Note : Sorry for the late release, *** Microsoft Word & One Drive deleted my 70% done chapter. Just thinking about it makes me depressed..


    Center of the Mythical Beast Forest, Earthly Oak Tree, Inside The Tree House.


    The following morning, The little pup woke up while yawning lazily. He got up from the floor and turned his head to look at Li Zun''s make shift bed, only to find out that he was not there.


    The little pup lazily plunked down towards the cool wooden floor, rolling it''s body around.


    After rolling a few times on the floor, he finally stopped and began to stare at the ceiling.


    Too much had happened to him yesterday. His only parent had died..but he had met Li Zun. If Li Zun wasn''t there, he probably would have died long ago when the Ox had strangled him. Even if he survived against the Bipedal Ox, he probably wouldn''t have much more to live. He was heavily injured at the time and the other beasts wouldn''t be so kind to him either.


    The little pup shook his head cutely and got up from the floor once again. He knew that he couldn''t stay depressed forever. He must treasure the life that his father gave him and become powerful in the future.


    With eyes filled with determination, the little pup walked outside the tree house and began jumping down from branches to branches before it finally arrived at the ground.


    It was after all, the offspring of the Vajra Thunder-Wolf. There is no way it could be compared to a normal wolf.


    The little pup looked around the vicinity, and found out that Li Zun wasn''t here too. So he decided to stroll around and searched for him.


    As he approached the river, a familiar sense rose up within him and he quickly ran towards it.


    Rustling sounds of leaves and grasses filled the air as the little pup ran past them. Soon, he reached the river at the bottom of a short cliff.


    Surrounded by pale silver stones and leafy grasses, the river looked very enchanting to the eye. And at the middle of it, a person clothed in leaves sat down on top of the river in a lotus position, that person looked very alluring and catching to one''s eye, complimented with his shining long golden hair, he looked a divine being that descended down to the earth.


    Were it not for him being clothed in leaves and the murky aura that permeated out of him, the scene would have looked completely perfect.


    Yes, that man was of course, none other than Li Zun.


    He had been in that position since an hour ago, floating just above the gushing water.


    When he had finished reading over the imprint the Goddess had left him, he immediately tested out his flight capabilities by using his Divine Energy.


    As soon as he got the handle of it, Li Zun soared to the sky and began to fly across the air, performing air acrobatics while laughing in glee along the way. After all, wasn''t it man''s dreams to be able to fly freely in the sky ?


    How could Li Zun not get excited by the thought of him flying, he was so excited that he didn''t stop till an hour had passed. When he was finally able to contain his excitement, he began to test out another basic way to use Divine Energy.


    That is Divine Awareness. By spreading out divine awareness, a deity would be able to observe countless kilometers around it, all the way to minute details like the small grains of sand or dust.  Those who had reached true Godhood would be able to instantly cover a planet like the Cloudy Days planet.


    The current Li Zun, however, is only able to utilize a mere 1% of his true divine energy, anymore than that and he would no longer be able to control it.


    Therefore, his divine awareness could only cover the range around the river and the Earthly Oak Tree. Despite that, it was enough for him to watch over and monitor the little pup, ensuring that it was safe at all times.


    Thus, because of his divine awareness, Li Zun had already known that the little pup had woken up and is headed towards him.


    At this moment, Li Zun opened his closed eyes.


    He looked towards the little pup and raised a smile on his face. Then, he began to remember about the other uses of Divine Energy.


    One of those uses is it''s capability to heal mortals that are injured or even disease that the mortal may experience. But to be able to heal a mortal, a God would have to be very careful and confident in his control over his own Divine Energy.


    Should the God expend just a bit over the required amount, the mortal would directly experience an overflow of divine energy, causing the body to be unable to hold on and burst.


    ¡° Ahh..Good thing I somehow managed to insert the right amount of divine energy at little Xie. If I somehow failed just now and the divine energy goes out of control¡­ ¡° Li Zun began to sweat profusely at the thought.


    If he hadn''t been lucky in healing the little pup¡¯s wounds before¡­who knew if the little pup would still be alive right now.


    What Li Zun didn''t know that at the time, he had actually....already bypassed the limit that any magic beast could even receive.


    Li Zun got up from his lotus seated position and walked above the waters towards the little pup hastily.


    When he held the little pup in his arms, he began to fear that at that day, he could have lost the little pup due his carelessness.


    Li Zun had not realized that he was already used to having the little pup besides him just after a single day. His previous life had been too, too lonely after all..


    When he could finally mentally confirm that the little pup is right beside him, he finally let go of it.


    The little pup only looked at Li Zun with a confused expression. But he had no intention to reject Li Zun. He too, had been quite used to having Li Zun besides him just after a day.


    ¡° Ahahaha..hey Xiao Xie, do you want to taste flying ? ¡° Li Zun looked at the little pup with a gleeful face.


    He did not even waited for the little pup¡¯s response before he burst out his divine energy, flying through the sky.


    The little pup¡¯s screams of fear filled the air, although it didn''t last long though, before it turned into screams of excitement instead.


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    ~ ~ ~


    The two of them had  only returned back to the tree house when the sun has set.


    With Li Zun''s current speed, travelling through the forest in a blink of an eye is absolutely not a problem.


    Along the way, they traveled through the entire forest, admiring the scenes from above.


    Li Zun had also been forced to stop to cook for the little pup before they finally returned back to the Earthly Oak Tree. Since he was now a deity, he did not need to eat to nourish his energy. Instead, he only needs to absorb the surrounding Heaven-Earth Qi and slowly turn them into Divine Energy that he could use.


    Regarding the density of Heaven-Earth Qi in his surroundings, Li Zun could only sigh in disappointment.


    ¡° No wonder the goddess told me that the other gods only resided in a Grand or Greater Planets. I understand why now..the Heaven-Earth Qi in lesser planets are just too thin ! ¡° Li Zun exclaimed in sadness.


    He needed a thick amount of Heaven-Earth Qi to support his use of divine energy, or else he would have to be a bit stingy in using it because of the lacking Heaven-Earth Qi. Although he did not need to worry about it too much right now, as the amount used to fly is extremely small, almost superficial. The amount used to spread awareness was not too big too.


    As he was still unable to use advanced methods of the Divine Energies, he did not mind it for too much right now. For example..the most advanced method of using divine energy..Divine Blessings !


    Divine Blessings needed a huge amount of Divine Energy to use. And without sufficient Heaven-Earth Qi, gods just couldn''t casually use Divine Blessings or their divine energy would be horrendously depleted.


    Were Li Zun to reach this stage, he did not need to worry too much, as he had the treasure tree, Earthly Oak Tree with him.


    With the Earthly Oak Tree, Li Zun did not need to worry about having insufficient Divine Energy.


    This had only made Li Zun sigh again in gratitude. The Goddess really did prepare the basic needs for him to live here until he broke through the true realm of Gods.


    ¡° Breaking through huh..the goddess did say that unless I mastered some of those, I shouldn''t think about breaking through at all, I wonder why ? ¡° When he remembered about the necessities the goddess required of him before breaking through, Li Zun could not help but become confused.


    That is because..the necessities are quite..weird. If the goddess did not mention ¡®this¡¯ necessity to him, he wouldn''t have dreamt that something like that could exist as he always thought that it was just a nature of living beings to have that.


    ( note : try and guess what is it ! )


    ¡° Anyways..can someone even gain insights on something like that ? ¡° After much pondering of the matter, he remained puzzled.


    ¡° Oh well, there is no use thinking about it if I couldn''t understand it at all right now ¡° Li Zun shrugged his head helplessly.


    A fool may ponder over a problem for a year yet he may not even solve an inch of it, on the other hand, a wise person may only need a look to figure it out.


    Right now he needed to focus on getting the hang of his Divine Energy Instead. His control over his own Divine Energy is too petty to be said.


    " Alright, before I went out traveling, I should at least be able to use the most basic way of using Divine Energy ¡° Li Zun decided. He decided to train the 3rd basic way of using Divine Energy, infusing it to one''s attacks.


    Although it might sound simple, Li Zun was someone who directly leveled up from an ordinary mortal to a Demigod, something that may seem simple to those who cultivated from the beginning wouldn''t be as simple to Li Zun.


    Li Zun continued on training his Divine Energy. At times the little pup would stood there besides him, observing him training at the side.


    During training, he would cause the air to shake and the wind to rip apart, because he did not dare to use his Divine Energy at ground, sometimes a passing avian creature would get hit by his attacks and became their meal.


    Li Zun would only stop training to cook for the little pup or to accompany it for a while, he understood the loneliness of the little pup more than anyone else, so he couldn''t bear to leave it alone.


    Soon, a month came to pass.


    During this month, Li Zun only slept during the first day he arrived on the Floating Cloud Continent. He, who was now a Demigod didn''t need any sleep anyway, so he didn''t waste any of his time to sleep.


    Only sometimes he would accompany little Xie to sleep, after that he would continue on training in the midst of the night.


    The current Li Zun no longer wore a clothing made out of leaves, he now wore a simple yet elegant white tunic robe made out of his divine energy.


    His complexion has also greatly changed, albeit his murky aura still remained.


    Li Zun had also not wandered into the place with human populations, although he was a bit curious, Li Zun knew that he would still not be able to have much contact with the people there.


    The only beast that had been able to be close with Li Zun are only 2. One is of course the little Xie, but the other one is an unexpected trespasser in Li Zun¡¯s courtyard.


    ¡° Whew, now I could at least expand my Divine Awareness onto the outskirts of the forest at the east, that should be enough for now ¡° The Li Zun now could control around 5-6% of his Divine Energy. But to use it to heal others ? Only when he could completely control it would he be confident. That just shows how rash Li Zun was at the time he tried to heal the little pup.


    But at the moment that Li Zun had just stopped training, he suddenly detected human figures entering the forest..


    Note : Alright, next chapter is where it all begins. P.S I think this chapter is quite boring yeah ? Sorry guys ahaha, will make it up.

 Chapter 5 : The assasin girl

    TWG Chapter 5 : The assassin girl


    ¡° Eh ? Humans ? ¡°


    Just when Li Zun has just finished his month-long training, he detected human figures entering the outskirts of the forest with his divine awareness.


    ¡° Mm..15 in total, looks like they are all chasing a single person. Haii..my first meeting with humans in this world and from the looks of it, they are all cold blooded killers.. ¡° Li Zun shrugged at the thought of it.


    Back on his world, he had once read an extremely famous fantasy novel where the main character was in a similar situation as him. However, at his very first encounter, the main character in the story ended up meeting a beautiful girl which he saved from a monster, causing the girl to fall in love with him.


    Although he is no longer a hot-blooded youth, Li Zun cannot help but secretly harbor such fantasies within his heart. Of course, that fantasy had been crushed mercilessly by this world.


    ¡° Can''t my life be a bit more like fairytales ? ¡° Li Zun smiled wryly, he thought that his cursed life would take a turn for the better here, but it seems that his accursed luck still remained..


    ¡° Oh well, let''s check them out anyway ¡° muttered Li Zun, looking quite curious. He had been living in the forest for a whole month but he had not meet any humans in the forest until now. Not to mention outside the forest, since he had never travelled outside.


    If an ordinary person was reincarnated to a different world like Li Zun, the first thing they would do is to probably search for any trace of human civilization. But Li Zun? How could he, a person rejected by society for 30 years be looking forward to be rejected again?


    With a thought, Li Zun initiated his Divine Energy and teleported several kilometers away.


    Within the blink of an eye, Li Zun reappeared at a shrub close to the humans. He congealed his Divine Energy around his body, causing light to refract around him making him invisible to ordinary people.


    This was another use of Divine Energy, by congealing their bodies with Divine Power, Gods could appear in a different form or even invisible to mortals.


    When he learned how to make himself invisible, Li Zun teased the little pup all day long. Because of his teasing, the little pup was in a bad mood for that whole day. It took Li Zun a hearty meal and a nice flight around the forest to make the little pup finally forgive him.


    As the 15 people got closer to Li Zun¡¯s location, one of the chasers finally broke the silent chase.


    ¡° Hey Wuxi, just how deep are you planning to go in? Would you rather be eaten by beasts rather than being killed by us ? Kahahaha!! ¡° One of the men shouted loudly.


    " Gehehe, give up Wuxi. Although half of your face is burned, at least your body is good enough, Gahahaha ¡° Another one laughed lewdly. Just by looking at his face, one could already tell what he is planning to do.


    The black clothed Wuxi, the person in question sneered in disdain.


    ¡° Hmph, I would rather die eaten by beasts then being caught by you trashes ¡° Gritting her teeth, she sped up into the forest. The other 14 men following close behind her.


    As they were running, they did not bother to hide their cultivation levels and unleashed their aura, causing nearby magic beasts to be too afraid to approach them.


    This was, after all, the outer area of the Mythical Beast Forest. The beasts that lived here couldn''t possibly compare to the beasts that lived in the inner areas.


    But suddenly.. Wuxi felt a tinge of pressure looming over the area, a pressure that normal magic beasts do not give off.


    " This presence.. a 5th Grade Magic Beast! ¡° A look of surprise covered her face, although half of her face was covered by a mask, her widened eyes had practically revealed her surprise.


    ¡° That''s weird, these rank of beasts would usually not bother coming out to the outer area, did something happened? ¡° She thought, confused.


    Because of the Earthly Oak Tree, the Heaven-Earth Qi was gathered to the center of the forest, creating a distinct hierarchy in the forest. The outskirts and the outer area would usually only contain beast at the 1st realm of cultivation while the inner area would be filled with beasts of the 2nd realm. And last but not least, the center area...which only peak level beasts could have the privilege to live there.


    For 5th Grade Magic Beasts to appear in the outskirts? These beasts usually wouldn''t have even bothered coming out to the outer ranges, much less the outskirts of the forest.


    " Forget it, what matters more right now is to escape these guys, with this beast coming here, I have an even higher chance of escaping. ¡° Her eyes gleaming, Wuxi dropped her shoulders by a bit as her two hands came closer to her tights, ready to take action at any time.


    ¡° Ru Wuxi, Surrender now and we''ll leave you an easy death to honor our.. ¡° The leading man of the 14 people shouted, but before he could finish his sentence, Ru Wuxi made her move.This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    She suddenly turned back against the 14 men chasing her and unleashed her 5th rank cultivation power, taking out 2 dark, shimmering flying daggers in the process.


    ¡° Twin Shadow Picking Stars! ¡° She muttered softly in her heart.


    Whoosh! Whoosh!


    The two flying daggers moved like shadows at night, none of the 15 men could react in time, not even the 5th rank leader. In an instant, the two flying daggers had already reached the two men that ridiculed her earlier on.


    Pfft!


    A cold light flashed by before a thin line of blood appeared on the two men''s forehead. A second later, blood suddenly gushed out of their heads as they slowly fell to the ground.


    The two of them couldn''t even react at all and were slashed directly in the head. It was instant kill!


    The two of them had looks of disbelieves at their death, they did not even have time to shout out in pain..


    The other 12 pursuers were immediately shocked senseless.


    ¡° Ru Wuxi, you..you have actually been hiding your true strength all this time !! ¡° One of the men in black shouted furiously.


    Except for their leader, they were all at the 4th rank of cultivation, they did not expect that Ru Wuxi actually hid her 5th rank cultivation!


    Roooar!!


    Right after Ru Wuxi killed the two men, a huge roar sounded out. A blue scaled reptile like beast appeared, except for Ru Wuxi who had already anticipated that this beast would appear, the rest of the 12 men were utterly shocked at the appearance of the beast.


    ¡° Damn! It''s actually a 5th rank Wyrr Drake !! What is that thing doing all the way out here in the outskirts?! ¡°


    " Get out ! It''s heading this way! ¡°


    Panic and chaos filled the air as the Wyrr Drake roared ferociously and charged towards them.


    Magic Beasts of the same rank had always been stronger than humans of the same rank because of their advantage in their physique. The beast that appeared this time is at the 5th rank of cultivation! One should know that out of the 14 of them, only their leader was a 5th ranker!


    ¡° 6 of you stall the Wyrr Drake and the rest follow me to chase after Ru Wuxi!! ¡° The leader shouted furiously. Whether or not he succeeded in capturing Ru Wuxi today, he had already suffered a big loss.


    He had bought 13 experts of the city with him to kill Ru Wuxi but she had actually managed to kill two of them under his watch! This was a big slap in the face for him !


    Meanwhile, Ru Wuxi had already took advantage of the moment the beast appeared and ran away to the side, avoiding the Wyrr Drake.


    ~ ~ ~


    Not far from them, Li Zun stood on top of a tree, looking over at the situation.


    ¡° Mm..that girl, did she actually sensed that lizard beast was coming ? ¡° Li Zun muttered in interest. Unless the girl had some sort of technique to detect the beast, there was no way she could have timed her attack so perfectly.


    From his observation, Li Zun knew that the other 14 men did not notice that beast was arriving, even the leader who seemed to be as strong as her did not notice it at all. Thus, he figured that it was a special ability of the girl.


    ¡° Well, I''ve got the gist of the situation. Let''s see....I could do that I guess. ¡°


    With a thought, Li Zun disappeared once more.


    Because of the beast attack, those men in black did not realize that one of them had somehow disappeared along with the wind..


    ~ ~ ~


    Bum Gumsu had always lived an extravagant life. In his childhood, he was discovered to have immense talent in the path of warrior cultivation and was acclaimed as the city''s number 1 prodigy.


    Because of that, he was given special privileges and attention by the city lord. Wealth, power, women, he had it all. However, it could be said that he had wasted his talents, as he had only broke through to the 2nd realm of cultivation at the age of 28, while it is considered as a not so bad achievement in Floating Cloud Continent, with his talents and resources, he should have broke through a long time ago.


    In the path of cultivation, there were mainly 3 realms that one would traverse to achieve supremacy. The 3 realms are then further divided into 3 ranks each realm, every advancement in a realm would have a huge bottleneck preventing most people to be unable to advance.


    That is why, a 2nd realm practitioner were highly valued by any city. Hence, although he could be said to have wasted the resources given by the city, he was still valued as one of the city''s experts and his pleasant life continued to go on.


    However, because of the recent war with a neighboring city, he had been deployed in the front lines to defend against the other experts of the opposition. Usually, there were very few experts who are willing to go into the front lines to directly fight because no matter how strong 2nd realm warriors are compared to normal, 1st realm soldiers, if they were surrounded and attacked by a hundred troops they would still end up dead.


    But since Bum Gumsu could be said to have owned the city a debt, he had no choice but to be deployed into the front lines.


    But during his deployment at the front lines, back in the city, an earth shaking incident occurred!


    One of the Kingdom¡¯s 40 Royal Experts, the Black Wind Ru Wuxi betrayed the city, assassinated the City Lord and escaped.


    She took advantage of the war and assassinated the lord when the number one expert of the city, the 6th ranked Blazing Warrior was away watching over the war.


    Although the lord''s family tried to suppress the news from reaching the ears of the masses, they were a step too late and the news quickly broke out.


    The death of the lord had caused a major impact. The morale of the soldiers who are in the middle of war dropped considerably, allowing their neighboring cities to rally their forces, taking 30% of their land.


    Although the kingdom did not fall, the damage was extremely large. The late lord''s enraged wife ordered 14 of the 40 Royal Experts to chase after her, Bum Gumsu was one of them.


    At first, things went on very smoothly, after 15 days of searching, they managed to uncover the trails of Ru Wuxi and chased her into the Mythical Beast Forest.


    Actually, with their leader¡¯s advantage as a 5th rank warrior, it should not be too hard for him to catch Ru Wuxi who was hiding her strength as a 4th ranker. However, they deliberately slowed down their speed to pressure her to escape into the forest. Their intentions were extremely clear.


    Even if Ru Wuxi¡¯s face is half burned, her looks are not disgusting and her exceptionally fit body was something that other women could only dream of. During their time as the kingdom¡¯s 40 royal experts, Ru Wuxi had always been cold and indifferent, just like an ice cold princess.


    The thought of conquering such a girl had burned their flames of desire, of course, Bum Gunsu was one of them who were eagerly expecting it.


    But things did not go according to their plan at all. Ru Wuxi had actually hid her strength as a 5th rank warrior and killed 2 of their comrades by catching them off guard with her superior strength. Then, a 5th Grade Magic Beast had actually appeared almost immediately after, creating havoc all over the place.


    But Bum Gumsu would have never imagined that in the middle of that havoc...He had actually been kidnapped !

 Chapter 6 : Bum Gumsus Misery

    TWG Chapter 6 : Bum Gumsu''s misery


    Note : If anyone would like to have a basic summary about the cultivation, you can find it here on my Wordpress :


    https://dusktales.wordpress.com/2016/04/17/twg-glossaary/


    If there are still confusions about something, you can tell me and I can give a basic summary too.


    Somewhere in Mythical Beast Forest..


    ¡° Alright, let''s start over from the top ¡° a voice resonated out of thin air.


    ¡° Y-yes ¡° Bum Gumsu replied hastily, afraid that he would offend this mysterious expert that he was unable to detect or see at all.


    ¡° Your name is Bum Gumsu, and you are a noble of Dunham City? ¡°


    " That''s right ¡° Bum Gumsu nodded his head tepidly, he had been asked the same question 3 times already. At this moment, he was beginning to think that this mysterious expert has some kind of disorder.


    ¡° And your purpose here is to apprehend the criminal Ru Wuxi who was suspected to have killed the Lord of Dunham? ¡° The voice continued.


    ¡° Uh..it was not suspected sir, the royal decree stated that she had assassinated the lord.. ¡° Bum Gumsu tried to correct him.


    ¡° Shut up! ¡° the voice suddenly exploded, scaring Bum Gumsu in the process.


    ¡° If the Royal decree told you to eat poop, would you eat poop?! ¡°


    Bum Gumsu sweated profusely at this question.


    Since ancient times, this was probably the first time the Royal decree was insulted to this extent..


    ¡° N-no sir ¡° Bum Gumsu could only reply meekly. He was usualy a very haughty and arrogant person. Back in Dunham city, he was known as the nightmare of young ladies and was one of the royal experts that had the worst reputation. But currently...he was no different from the lackeys he ordered around back then.


    In his heart, he was cursing continuously at what dog shit did he actually stepped into to meet this kind of person.


    The voice humphed lightly in a satisfied tone, interrupting his thoughts.


    ¡° Now tell me, is your purpose only to apprehend her? ¡°


    When Bum Gumsu heard this question, cold sweat began to pour out of his back, his mind reeling, he began to simulate all kinds of possibilities that could happen.


    ¡° If I told him that we were planning to play around with her, who knows what he would do to me? ¡°


    ¡° Y-yes sir, th-this, I Bum Gumsu swore to the heavens. ¡° Bum Gumsu replied ¡® truthfully ¡¯.


    ¡° Hmm..then, have you investigated whether the Royal Decree was telling the truth? ¡°


    ¡° Eh? ¡° In that moment, he could not help but blurt out.


    Who in their right mind would investigate a Royal Decree ?


    Unless of course, that someone was a being that even the Lord couldn''t oppose at all cost! However, if he was someone of that stature, then forget pledging his service to a lord, he would be a lord himself!


    ¡° Did you? ¡° The voice asked once more with a colder tone.


    ¡° Uhh.. we did, we did! We have made thorough investigations! ¡°


    ¡° Oh? "


    ¡°Th-this, senior, I Bum Gumsu would have never dared to lie to senior! If I were to lie one day, I should be burned and castrated a thousand times over! ¡° Bum Gumsu spoke out righteously, as if him lying was an earth shaking sin.


    When the owner of the mysterious voice who was of course, Li Zun heard him say this, he felt his head go dizzy.


    Aii..this person¡¯s shamelessness truly knows no bounds !


    ¡° In the first place, how could a funny name like Bum Gumsu be the name of a noble ¡° Li Zun sighed with emotion, he really wanted to tell him to pick a better name to lie next time.


    " Looks like I really have no choice but this.. "


    Li Zun looked hesitatingly at Bum Gumsu, he did not want to use this art, but it seems that he truly had no choice now.


    ¡° Alright, I''m getting tired. Let''s end this. ¡°


    Bum Gumsu did not even have time to respond to the sudden declaration when two flashes of bright light flashed past, the instant Bum Gumsu saw the light, he felt his head go dizzy and immediately passed out.


    " Soul Scour! ¡° Li Zun¡¯s eyes gleamed with a profound light of mystery, penetrating deep into Bum Gumsu¡¯s conscious, reaching the depths of his soul.


    Numerous images began to pop up into Li Zun''s mind. Replays of Bum Gumsu''s life from his birth to becoming an expert at his city, his numerous deeds, evil or not, everything was playing in Li Zun''s mind.


    After around 30 breaths[1] of time, Bum Gumsu''s body slowly dropped to the ground, lifeless.


    Li Zun, who had just finished soul scouring Bum gumsu, breathed out a sigh of relieve.Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel.


    ¡° This art..is truly, truly dangerous! Thankfully, thankfully he did not die. " Li Zun gasped in fear.


    Soul Scour allows one to pry into the memories of someone, revealing almost all the secrets that a person could keep! But of course it was not without a price, it has huge side effects too!


    Usually, if an immortal were to use soul scour, the target would end up dead as a result of the soul scouring placing a huge strain on the victim¡¯s soul, causing the soul to become damaged.


    But because Li Zun is not just any ordinary immortal but a Demigod instead, he possessed the almighty Divine Energy which he used to coat Bum Gumsu''s soul with to prevent him from entering death¡¯s doors.


    However, Li Zun had just spent too little time in cultivating the Soul Scour technique and with his measly control of his Divine Energy, the '' coating '' he did cannot be said to be without flaws. Hence, as a side effect, Bum Gumsu''s memories were completely erased, leaving him with only basic knowledges to live off.


    " Maybe it was for the better that his memories were erased.. " Li Zun muttered after pondering briefly.


    Were he to damage Bum Gumsu''s soul, he would without a doubt, die. Losing memories is nothing significant compared to death.


    In truth, Li Zun was actually afraid of killing him. Although he knew that Bum Gumsu was not a decent person at all, the world he lived before had very strict laws in the prohibition of killing.


    Living in that kind of environment, naturally, he had never witnessed someone being killed, much less actually doing the deed himself.


    Hence the reason why he prolonged the ¡® interrogation ¡® as he hesitated in using Soul Scour, afraid that he might accidentally kill him in the process. It was definitely not because at some point, he began to enjoy teasing him!


    ..


    ...


    Alright he did enjoy it, just a little.


    But you can''t really fault him. In his previous life, Li Zun rarely had conversations that lasted that long, not to mention where he could be in such a good mood while talking, so he couldn''t help but enjoy teasing him.


    Although when he was talking to Bum Gumsu, he did not dare to stay close to Bum Gusmu while talking, afraid that his curse would frighten Bum Gumsu to death.


    Li Zun stared silently at the now unconscious Bum Gumsu that was lying on the ground.


    " This time, I won''t end your life. Since you have no more memories of your previous life, maybe this could be a good chance for you to start over. However..if you will still retain that attitude...then when that time comes, I will have no choice but to personally end your life. ¡°


    This was Li Zun, he was kind but he was not soft hearted. He decided not to end Bum Gumsu''s life because he saw that there was still a chance for him to turn over. While at the same time, he could keep watch on him should he decide to walk on the path of evil once more.


    He was a person with a heavy sense of responsibility. Once he decided to act, he would shoulder the responsibility even if things turned out to be a mess.


    " For now, I should seal your cultivation at least. ¡° With an incantation from his fingers, Divine Energy began to congeal around Bum Gumsu''s body, forming an invisble seal that latched into Bum Gumsu''s muscles, bones, etc. In a matter of moments, the seal had already began working, sealing off Bum Gusmsu''s 4th rank cultivation and turning his body to that of an ordinary mortal.


    Li Zun knew that by sealing Bum Gumsu''s cultivation, he had a much higher chance to turn over. Men are creatures that are easily blinded by strength. Only when they experience the feeling of weakness and hopeless themselves can they relate to the weak.


    ¡° I wish that you would live a decent life from now on. I will continue to watch over you using my divine sense, I hope that you would prove to me that I did not make the wrong choice ¡°


    Li Zun willed his Divine Energy and made Bum Gumsu float close to him, then he teleported continuously to a location far away from Dunham kingdom.


    After teleporting countless of times, Li Zun finally stopped at a mountain forest which is fairly close to a village.


    This was one of the villages Li Zun randomly picked from Bum Gumsu''s memories.


    After confirming that there were no dangerous beasts around, Li Zun dropped the floating Bum Gumsu down to a tree then he placed a trace of his Divine Strand inside his body before finally teleporting out of the place.


    With his current teleportation range, going back to the Mythical Beast Forest would not take too much time.


    By the time he arrived, he gradually regained his usual disposition while at the same time, he can finally digest his newfound information - Bum Gumsu''s memories.


    " So..he actually didn''t lie to me when he said his name was Bum Gumsu, now I kinda feel bad.. ¡°


    Back when he had just finished soul scouring, he did not have the mood to laugh at Bum Gumsu''s name because of the terrible side-effects soul scour might have caused. But now that everything had been resolved, he was in a fairly good mood.


    ¡° But he did lie to me about almost everything except his name and status, so he got what he deserved, hmph hmph. ¡°


    If Bum Gumsu were to hear this, he would definitely feel like crying.


    How could he have thought that Li Zun had already doubted him just after hearing his name ? It was too unjust for him..


    ~ ~ ~


    Somewhere in the outer area of Mythical Beast Forest.


    BOOM!! BOOM!!


    Explosions rang out one after another, followed by the cracking sounds of trees being torn apart.


    ¡° Get the hell out here Ru Wuxi you b*tch !! ¡° The Leader of the experts who was chasing Ru Wuxi roared full of rage.


    When the Wyrr Drake attacked, he chose to split his force into two with his team pursuing Ru Wuxi.


    However, things didn''t go as he planned at all.


    Ru Wuxi, who no longer bothered to conceal her 5th rank cultivation is simply as slippery as a fish in the water.


    Back when she was a royal expert of Dunham Kingdom, the Lord had valued her very highly even though she is '' merely '' a 4th ranked warrior.


    After all, her strength did not lie in her 4th rank cultivation, but her assassination skills instead! A truly top-tiered assassin would be able to easily and silently kill a warrior of the same rank. Of course that was under the condition that the warrior is unprepared and alone.


    Nonetheless, despite their obvious strengths they have their own flaws too. If these assassins were to engage in direct close combat with a warrior, they would be severely disadvantaged. In the end, assassins are warriors who pursued the arts of one-hit kills, concealment and escapement. Battling at close-quarters is simply not their forte at all.


    As such, Ru Wuxi who is especially talented as an assassin already had astounding speed back when she was hiding her strength. Now, with her releasing her 5th ranked strength, her already excellent speed had became even faster allowing her to easily shake off her pursuers.


    But..she did not stop at just running away.


    After she had hidden herself from them, she opted to viciously attack them instead! Sneaking up on them countless of times, she managed to kill 4 more people in their group, totaling her kill count to 6. In the process, she had also managed to cut the leader¡¯s right arm, leaving him with only a single arm.


    With the exception of the leader and Bum Gumsu, she had already exterminated the squad that continued to chase after her.


    " Dangit, Damn it all!! I swear I''m gonna break you until you plead me to kill you Ru Wuxii!! ¡° The leader shouted till his lungs felt like it could snap.


    " AARGHH!! Come out here if you dare!!! " He released a powerful punch into a nearby tree, causing that tree to fly off the ground, breaking into pieces!


    Looking at his crazed state right now, one might think that he is extremely angered because 6 of his subordinates had died. But in fact, the reason why he went absolutely bonkers is because he had lost his right arm..


    The horror of losing his right arm is far greater than losing his 6 subordinates. After today, his cultivation would be hindered and his fighting capabilities would drop by a level. Losing an arm is almost equivalent to crippling a warrior.


    In the midst of all that shouting and screaming, a shadow quietly sneaked up behind a big tree. From this tree, one would be able to spy on the crazed leader without alerting him.


    That shadow was of course none other than Ru Wuxi who was panting heavily, trying to soften her breathing as she waited for an opportunity to strike..


    [1] So someone asked me how long is N breaths of time? The answer is simply how long it takes to breathe in and breathe out normally. Which I tested myself is around 3 seconds. So 30 breaths is around 1.5 minutes.

 Chapter 7 : Im Sorry

    TWG Chapter 7 :


    Ru Wuxi silently observed the leader behind the tree.


    While she did managed to cut off the leader¡¯s arm earlier on, it was only because in her first attack, she who was thought to have escaped far away had actually came back and unleashed her most powerful attack from the shadows, completely without warning.


    While the attack she did killed 2 experts instantly, her true aim was actually the leader !


    The attack came too fast, too sudden. Ru Wuxi had aimed for the leader''s dead angle that was protected by one of his subordinates. But her attack was too fierce, it managed to cut through the unprepared subordinate¡¯s body and slash down towards the leader''s throat.


    But even in the midst of that sudden attack, he had actually managed to escape with his life intact !


    But in exchange for his life, he lost an arm instead. To mortal cultivators, losing an arm is a big, big horror.


    There are lots of reasons why, but when losing an arm, a cultivator¡¯s strength would immediately suffer a drop in power.  It would be hard for them to be in an equal footing with an enemy of the same rank and their future cultivations would be limited.


    In that kind of situation, there would definitely be a lower value placed on the expert compared to his peers.


    However, Ru Wuxi did not escape unscathed either. The Qi consumption of the attack she used was price of that technique was quite severe. Currently, Ru Wuxi only had 30% left of her remaining Qi. To kill the leader with her remaining Qi ? It was truly wishful thinking.


    Therefore, she continued to observe on the leader. If he somehow exposed himself to a huge opening or a strong beast like the Wyrr Drake earlier on appeared, then she would make her move.


    Time passed..5 minutes..10 minutes..


    The leader continued to grow crazier, he flung his rage towards the trees surrounding him as he continued to run madly around the forest, trying to find Ru Wuxi wherever she is.


    Although Ru Wuxi had a grudge against the people who chased her, it wasn''t that deep to the point where she wouldn''t allow them to exist under the same sky. She only decided to get revenge and kill the other experts because she had full confidence in being able to kill them and escape from the place.


    As for the leader ? She didn''t have confidence in being able to escape unscathed, but she still wished to take him out if possible because even back when she was one of the 40 royal experts, the leader didn''t spare her any face as he continued to pick on her everyday because of her half-burnt face.


    But as she continued to observe, she saw no opening being made by him. Nor where there any other strong creatures attracted here. This place was after all, the outermost area of the forest, usually only 2-3rd Grade Magic Beasts would exist here.


    Hence, she made the decision..to escape !


    Running straight towards the outskirts of the forest, Ru Wuxi did not even hesitate in the slightest.


    She did not even look back, her life was more precious than killing some 5th ranker that she only bore shallow grudges.


    But suddenly..she stopped on her tracks, her eyes wide with shock. Because someone she never expected to appear before her again had actually appeared.


    Standing in the branches of a tree, looking very fierce and demonic. It was none other than¡­the Leader !!


    The leader''s face was blood red. His body was dyed with the colour of blood, looking very bizarre in appearance. Right now, he looked no different from a devil.


    Ru Wuxi could instantly guess what had happened to the leader.


    ¡° Y-you madman !! You actually used blood escaping technique to chase me down ?! ¡° Ru Wuxi could not believe what he had actually done. Blood escaping technique is a widely known escaping technique that were used by legendary experts of the 3rd realm when they encounter dangers.


    It was not that experts below the 3rd realm couldn''t use it, but the price they must pay in exchange for it is just too severe. Their bodies would not be able to handle the backlash caused by the blood escaping technique.


    The leader laughed coldly at her astonishment. He spared no words of wisdom as he blasted off towards Ru Wuxi, tearing down the tree he stood on.


    Seeing the leader so fierce, Ru Wuxi had no choice but to grit her teeth and fight back.


    BANG !!


    The first exchange of blows between the two 5th rankers caused the surrounding trees to break apart like paper. Following that, they kept on interchanging at high speed in close combat.


    In a matter of minutes, they had already exchanged hundreds of blows, causing the winds to tremble and trees to fall.


    Even with only a single arm, the leader was actually not in a disadvantageous position at all. In fact, he was actually pressuring Ru Wuxi !


    After exchanging countless of blows, Ru Wuxi began to suspect that something is not right, but currently, she did not have the luxury to think about it as losing the slightest bit of focus in this battle would meant her death.


    Soon, the battle would reach it''s climax.


    With her remaining Qi left, Ru Wuxi knew that she couldn''t drag the battle out.


    She wanted to gain some distance away and use her speed against the leader, but alas with the leader¡¯s blood escaping technique, he did not allow her to do so.


    It was at this moment that she realized that¡­.what the leader is currently using wasn''t the blood escaping technique !


    Why ? There is a clear reason why, in the momentum of the fight, she had actually forgotten that when using blood escaping technique, the user would concentrate all of their strength to escaping, causing the user¡¯s physical strength to weaken by a lot.


    But the leader could clearly use his usual strength while his speed got boosted by a lot. Ru Wuxi quickly scanned her memories and one technique quickly came to her mind, but even the thought of that technique caused her heart to palpitate in fear.


    ¡° Demonic Transformation technique.. ¡° She muttered, unbelieving.


    The crazed Leader suddenly stopped his attacks when he hear Ru Wuxi mentioning the demonic transformation technique.


    ¡° Oh ? You are actually quite knowledgeable ! ¡° The leader was surprised that Ru Wuxi knew of the Demonic Transformation.


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    ¡° Then..you should know why I am willing to pay this price to chase after you right ? ¡° He smiled maniacally.


    Ru Wuxi kept her silence, but inwardly she had already guessed why the leader had been willing to pay the price to chase after her.


    ¡° Tch !  silent as always eh ? Let''s see if you can keep that silence when I torture you later on !! ¡°  The leader howled loudly and lunged towards Ru Wuxi. Eyes beaming, his look turned even more demonic.


    Ru Wuxi looked back with a determined look, her eyes flickered as she raised her hand towards the sky, raising 2 fingers towards the moon.


    Light from the moon seemed to seep into her fingers as it coalesced into an enchanting blue light that danced in her fingers.


    All of this took some time to describe, but in actuality, it happened very quickly.


    She waved her fingers down, pointing towards the incoming leader. The gentle, dancing lights that were playing around in her fingers suddenly shot out towards the leader in response, turning into a blinding light that pierced directly into the leader''s throat, crushing his wind pipe along the way.


    The leader had no time to response as his eyes bulged with shock, his advancement fell through in the middle of the air as he fell down towards the ground.


    Although he did not know what was that blue light, he knew of one thing.


    That he had lost, and was now lying in death doors.


    In contrast to him, Ru Wuxi did not look the least better at all as she looked like she was drained of all energy, her face turned pale white and she too, fell powerlessly.


    When she had used that blue light earlier on, she knew of the consequence that would happened.


    But she had no other choice.


    The leader with the Demonic Transformation technique was too much for her too handle. Even if she had her full strength with her, she did not know if she could be able to kill him with just her usual skills.


    Therefore, she had to use it. Although that means exposing her powerless self into the magic beasts of the forest, she thought that it would be better than to die eaten by the beasts than be tortured and defiled by the leader.


    The two of them plopped into the ground, head on. Neither could even move their heads to look at each other.


    But even when the blue light had seeped off all of her energy, Ru Wuxi somehow found strength to look up towards the leader. She looked like she could pass out at any second, but her eyes shined with determination.


    She did not seem like she would be able to rest peacefully without confirming that the leader would be dead


    She mustered up all the remaining strength she had to get up off the ground.


    Slowly, she walked towards the paralyzed leader. At times, toppling along the way.


    The leader''s face was even paler than her''s, his face was completely devoid of blood. But his eyes grew more and more bloodshot at every step Ru Wuxi made.


    He seemed to be wanting to say a thousand words to Ru Wuxi, but sadly no voice came out of his throat.


    Ru Wuxi stayed silent the whole time. She stood there, looking down on him. She took out her flying dagger with great difficulty and held it up right above his throat.


    But before she could swing it down, the hairs on her body stood on end. She instinctively turned her head. There, a boar like creature stood behind her.


    Although the creature looked like a boar, with it''s huge body, it was hard to discern whether it could still be classified as one. It''s tusk are huge and sharp, pointing upwards into the sky, cursed Qi emanating out of it. There was a small bone underneath it''s tusks, small because when compared to the tusks, it was nothing significant.


    Ru Wuxi instantly recognized the creature. "  T-thousand Bones Boar¡° She thought inwardly, unbelieving at the creature standing before her.


    Thousand Bones Boar are recognized to be a special existence amongst boar creatures as It has a natural affinity to cursed Qi.


    Any experts that was afflicted by their curse won''t have an easy time dealing with it. Especially when they are of a lower grade than that of the Thousand Bones Boar. Just a single touch with their curse could cause immediate death ! That is why not even experts who have stronger cultivation than the boar would dare to casually approach it.


    But what made Ru Wuxi dazed with fright is not the boar itself. But the energy the boar currently gave off, because the Thousand Bones Boar before her¡­is emanating a crushing 7th rank energy !


    7th grade creatures are a completely different existence compared to a 5th ranker or even a 6th ranker. Why ? Because they are already in a completely different realm, the 3rd and final realm of cultivation, also known as the ¡° Thrones Realm ¡°.


    Even Ru Wuxi who had a disposition like cold snow in the middle of winter could not help but shiver in fright.


    She thought that, as long as she could drag her body out of the forest somehow, she could have a glimmer of hope in living.


    But in front of the creature before her, all sorts of hopes diminished into air.


    A look of unwillingness appeared on her face.


    She thought that she had steeled her heart for death, because the path she took could kill her at any time.


    But at her end, it seems that her resolve..simply wasn''t strong enough.


    As she sensed the boar nearing her, her legs gradually grew weak, unable to support her body anymore, it dropped down to the ground.


    A look of hopelessness and desperation could be seen on her face as she softly muttered.. ¡° I''m sorry. ¡°


    It was only two words, but that 2 words contained a hidden, profound meaning to it. It contained all her past grievence and sadness, unable to accomplish her life goal.


    She closed her eyes as tears dripped down. She stood there silently, as she waited for her fate to come..


    Note : Yup, it''s a cliff..but the next chapter will be tomorrow if I have no problems with the ¡® inspiration ¡® part . I always suck on battle scenes and this one is no exception, I sigh every time I think about it..

 Chapter 8 : Fleeting moments of life pass away

    As Ru Wuxi closed her eyes, the sounds made by the footsteps of the Thousand Bones Boar ringed in her mind, in that world of darkness, the only thing she could hear was the sound of the footsteps.


    Like the footsteps of a grim reaper, pronouncing her death. Dread filled her mind, the thought of death scared her to the point of despair.


    She thought about the deeds she had not payed, the meaning of her life and the people she promised she would avenge at all cost.


    Her mind scrambled to insanity and could no longer think properly, she could only sense her incoming doom..


    At the moment, she was no longer the calm, cold & collected Ru Wuxi. She became the frail girl she truly is, who needs the protection of others to live.


    But in the moment of despair, a voice sounded in her mind. That voice was extremely familiar to her, a voice full of warmth and care.


    ¡° Don''t Worry, It¡¯s fine, it''s fine..¡° Just like a melody sang by Gods or a voice that carried warmth with the wind.


    The instant she heard that voice, her fears went away, gone who knows where. As if all the burden she bore of was lifted.


    The voice was imaginary, she knew. She knew it more than anyone else.


    It was nothing more than a dream, like the snow in the winter, flitting away in the summer.. gone by the time she realized.


    But in her current state, what is a dream and what is truth ? In the moment of incoming death, her subconscious self accepted that voice as real, even if deep down, she knew it was not.


    But at the moment of her death, she..relaxed.


    And what waits upon her was a world of darkness..and memories. Past memories began to play in her mind.


    Happy moments of her life began to play out, from the time she was a baby taken care of by her mother and father, like the apple in everyone''s eye.


    She played around cheerfully, oblivious to the world.


    Then, the happy scenes turned sour, sour turned to dread. At the moment, she woke up, eyes wide.


    Then she looked ahead of her, the thousand bones boar¡­was nowhere to be seen..


    She pulled out the last bit of her energy to turn around and realized that the Thousand Bones Boar is currently behind her, dragging and lifting the fallen leader away before she slowly faded unconscious.


    It was as if, it did not care of her existence at all¡­


    ~ ~ ~


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    Crackling sounds of fire resounded in the air, as Ru Wuxi slowly woke up


    She woke up only to find out that she had not died, but rather sleeping in a makeshift bed made out of leaves.


    Instantly, she felt danger in the air. She didn''t know where she currently is, but she knew one thing, she was alive, alive and breathing but that doesn''t mean she is out of dangers.


    She sensed her daggers, still there, not removed.


    She sensed her weapons, clothes are all intact.


    Only then did she heaved a sigh of relief in her heart, but she did not dare to make out any sounds, as her sense told her..there was someone currently behind her.


    It''s power, Unfathomable. Even 100s of her wouldn''t hold a candle to this expert behind her.


    ¡° Hey, how long are you going to pretend sleeping ? ¡°


    The instant she heard the voice, she suddenly sprang up into the air, taking out her flying dagger in the process. Holding them in her two hands tightly.


    Before, she did not have time to take a look at the owner of the voice, but now that she''s currently standing up, facing him. She saw a hooded figure roasting  fishes in the fire, carefree and uncaring.


    Her movement before did not alert him in the slightest, he just continued there, roasting his fish over the fire.


    She stared cautiously at him, her eyes vigilant. Were he to make the slightest movement, she would immediately react.


    On the outside, she seemed calm and fearless, but in her heart, she was shivering in fright.


    Since she woke up, she had only used her well-trained sense of touch to sense her weapons and garments. she did not make any movement, perhaps only her eyelids did. However, this hooded man in front of her actually detected any slightest movement or probably the change in her heartbeat and figured out that she had already woken up.


    To achieve that level of perception, just what level of terrifying strength has this man reached ? That she did not need to know, she only knew that this man in front of him is countless times stronger than her.


    Ru Wuxi did not dare to believe that she could kill this man in front of her. Hence, she did not aim her flying daggers towards him, but rather towards her throat.


    She spoke no words, but from her body''s actions, it was fairly easy to guess her intention.


    " I do not know why did you saved me, but if it is my body you are after, then forget it. I would rather die here than be defiled. ¡°


    The hooded man, who was of course Li Zun, stared back at her for a moment, eyes hidden by the hood by he is wearing. Before he let let out a deep sigh.


    ¡° Goodness, I saved you and this is your attitude ?¡° Li Zun rolled his eyes at the sight.


    He had a reason for wearing the hood, he had already tested it with any strong beast of the forest and after a moment or two, there would be a reaction to stay away from him, probing their natural instinct to not get closer to him.


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    But by limiting their vision in not directly seeing his face, there would only be a reaction if they were at a meter¡¯s range around him, and from the tests he got, he could actually hold a conversation with other people as long as they did not see his face or is too close to him.


    Compared to the curse at his old life, this was much, much better.


    Ru Wuxi did not answer him, but she continued to grip her daggers tightly, pointing towards her throat. She seemed fearless, she had always been. But this time, she could not help trembling.


    Her body doesn''t seemed to be listening to her, as it continued to tremble and tremble, even the tightly gripped dagger in her hands shook uncontrollably.


    It was probably the first time in her life, she had felt this weak for two consecutive times already.


    She knew that her actions were for naught, if he wished to end her, he could do it any time he wanted. But all she could do was to bring her daggers close to her throat, as it was an act that could mentally reassure her that she could, at least, end her own life.


    Her eyes scanned her surroundings, they were currently inside a cave.


    The cave was relatively small and there was nothing noteworthy except for a man-made white line dividing her and the man.


    Eventually, her eyes fell on the opening of the cave, where the light of the moon shined pass. And unconsciously, she took a step forward.


    " Do not step that line, or else... " Li Zun warned her, his voice cold.


    Ru Wuxi involuntarily shivered, she was immediately woken up from her daze and focused her gaze on the him once more.


    Usually, she would have never made the mistake to lose her focus on her enemy. But this time she was truly heavily pressured mentally, after surviving a life threatening danger, she was pitted in another life threatening one. she could not help but long for an exit, a safe haven, away from dangers.


    ¡° Forget about leaving, I do not want to see someone I just saved die outside, your injuries haven''t even healed yet, get back to rest. ¡° the hooded Li Zun spoke nonchalantly, while still roasting the fish in the fire.


    Ru Wuxi continued to stare vigilantly. Soon, she came to the conclusion that this hooded man wasn''t aiming to harm her.


    She did not know whether he was truly kind or he was put off by the burnt mark covering her face, all she knew that she was temporarily safe.


    She spared one last glance at him before she turned away and lied down on the ground, her back facing Li Zun. But her vigilance did not drop in the slightest, only her actions seemed to be.


    Silence filled the cave, only the crackling sounds of the fire & the roasting of the fish  could be heard.


    It continued on until Ru Wuxi finally decided to break it with a sentence. " I will repay the favor one day. "


    Hearing her words, Li Zun could not help but let out a slight smile.


    " I do not need you to repay me back, i was just close by and i too, gained something in exchange. " Li Zun spoke calmly, it was true that he gained lots of information from Bum Gumsu and the leader''s memory.


    Ru Wuxi stayed silent, she did not answer him for she did know that her sentence earlier was merely a form of equities. Considering his power level, how could she possibly pay him back ?


    ¡° But I do have a question. ¡° Li Zun spoke, looking at her.


    ¡° Your revenge..is it worth it ? ¡° He asked, his voice did not seem probing, but not nonchalant either.


    From the memories of the leader and Bum Gumsu, it was easy to guess that she had some sort of debt with the king, or else why would she even bother provoking an entire kingdom to kill a king ?


    Ru Wuxi didn''t answer him again, she just laid down on the leaves, her face did not change on the outside, but the answer was clear and vivid in her heart.


    Since is not willing to talk about it then he won''t ask further.


    Li Zun wasn''t na?ve enough to persuade her to forget her revenge. If it was any other religious person from her world, perhaps they would encourage her to stop thinking about revenge.


    But who was he to her ? He¡¯s not her family nor her lover, what rights does he have to convince her to forget about revenge ? In fact, in the first place he did not even knew what was the enmity between the two. Li Zun knew that, that was why he did not say anything.


    ¡° Saving her life does not mean I can control her life. ¡° With the thought in mind, all Li Zun could do was to stay silent.


    Perhaps, if a normal person was in his shoes, they would have already tried to convince her or spare some words of wisdom.


    But who was Li Zun ? Someone who had the most minimal contact during his 30 years of life !


    In such a situation, how could he come up with words of wisdom ? Being able to talk normally could already be categorized as an achievement for someone like him.


    ¡° Alright then, if you don''t want to answer, that''s fine. But tell me something little miss, Ru Wuxi..that''s not your real name right ? What should I call you by ? ¡° He looked at her, face smiling, eyes gleaming. His look seemed like it could reach the depths of secret she had..

 Chapter 9 : So tell me, whats your real name ?

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    ¡° But tell me something little miss, Ru Wuxi..that''s not your real name right ? ¡° Li Zun spared a glance at her back, but did not bother to spread out his divine awareness.


    Time ticked as silence stood still. Li Zun didn''t bother looking at her again but instead, he continued to pay attention to the roasting fish on his hands as he roasted them carefully and slowly.


    Not long after, the fishes was finally roasted to perfection and Li Zun humphed in satisfaction. However, he did not choose to eat it and instead put it away in the wrappings of leaves he had already prepared beforehand.


    Seeing that she is still not answering him, he continued to roast all sorts of vegetables and exotic looking fruits, seemingly unperturbed by Ru Wuxi¡¯s silence.


    After a few more roasting and burning, the vegetables were finally mostly done as he place them carefully on the leaves wrapping. This may seem quite long, but in actuality it did not even take the time for a quarter of incense to burn since Li Zun asked her.


    He was about to take out some spices he prepared when Ru Wuxi finally decided to answer him.


    ¡° ¡­What makes you think so ? ¡° She asked calmly, while maintaining her cold tone.  Her back facing Li Zun.


    Li Zun snickered inwardly at her act but he maintained a straight face outwards. Although it''s not like she could see his face.


    Even if he didn''t spread out his divine awareness, his sense to the surroundings have actually become so much more acute than ordinary mortal practitioners to the point that he was even a bit frightened by his own perception for a while.


    Just by sensing the slightest bit of fluctuation in the air, he could actually make out what her reaction is towards his questions.


    Ordinary mortals could never have a perception of this level, no matter how much they tune in with nature, they would never reach Li Zun¡¯s level.


    In fact, If he were to pour in just a bit of concentration to the surroundings, he could even mentally create a map of the surroundings just by the flow of wind itself.


    Thus, just by her heartbeat, eyelids, body movement. It was very easy to tell that she was actually shocked and nervous since hearing his question.


    After all, no matter how well trained she is, she was after all still a mortal.  Whereas Li Zun is a full-fledged Demigod, he was bound to notice her slightest giveaway.


    Li Zun thought a bit for a moment before he calmly answered.


    ¡° Let''s see..if someone who went so far to mask her face with a disguise to infiltrate a kingdom used her real name that would be..a joke right ? ¡°  Li Zun calmly answered, while springing some spices on the fishes and vegetables.


    Ru Wuxi¡¯s heart instantly jumped, her heart pumped like crazy when she heard him.


    Somewhere inside of her, she had actually guessed that he somehow knew of her disguise.


    But the confidence she has on her disguise had covered the easiest answer to her question.


    ¡° How..does he know ? How¡­? ¡° The same questions continued to resound in her mind.


    Her revenge was one thing, anyone with a half-brain could figure it out. Or else why would she go on to assassinate a king ?


    But her disguise ? As far as she knew, only a single soul knew of her disguise, and that person is¡­ herself !


    She infiltrated the kingdom 4 years ago and she had never-ever lifted her disguise ever since then.


    This disguising technique of her is a legendary lost technique that should have been perfect !


    The great master who created the technique even went on to the point that no matter what, no mortals could have ever see through his disguising technique !


    Speculations began to pop up in her mind. But the more she thought about it, the more scared she becomes.


    ¡° Could he possibly..? No, impossible. ¡° She shook her head inside her heart.


    She did not knew why, but the great elder clearly said that 15.000 years ago, there would occasionally be supreme experts that have reached immortality that allows them to travel through space and reach the Floating Cloud Continent.


    But for some reason, 15.000 years ago, those supreme experts stopped coming to the Floating Cloud Continent.


    How could one possibly appear before her now ?


    Therefore, although she did not think that it was possible, she believed that he must''ve an extraordinary secret ability that could see through her disguise. Although that explanation is a bit off given how the supreme expert held this technique of his in so much confidence, it was a far better explanation than the person in front of her being an immortal !


    But no matter what, to see through her disguise itself is already incredible ! She thought that he was just a supreme expert leagues above her but it does not seemed as if his background is that simple at all.


    It was around this time that Li Zun finally finished his preparations. Awhile ago, he had actually been using his divine energy to create a blockade around the food he prepared to avoid the heat from escaping the food, hence the smell had also been blocked by it.


    But when he had finished his dish, he took away the blockade and the fragrant smell from the fishes and fruits began to permeate around the cave.


    It eventually reached the lying Ru Wuxi who had not eaten for who knows how many days.


    ¡° You don''t want to answer ? That¡¯s fine then, I will just call you little miss ! So, little miss..you may not trust me but at least eat this food I prepared alright ? You have been unconscious for 2 days, I''m sure you''re hungry. ¡°  He reached out his hand to take a bite for himself and munched along while taking 2 other packs and left one on the ground as he stood up.


    ¡° I''ll be leaving for awhile, be sure to eat up ! Oh, and don''t try to leave cause I will know ! ¡°


    With a flick of his fingers, he disappeared with teleportation. Leaving Ru Wuxi alone with no time to respond to him.


    She could only get up from her bed and stare down on the leaf wrapping with a very tasty looking fish on top of it, sprinkled with spices and adorned with colorful fruits..


    Her eyes bulged a little and her nose twitched, but she maintained her still, indifferent face as she looked over the fish.


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    Her eyelids twitched as the fragrant smell of the fish wafted across her face, without realizing it she had actually forgotten about her earlier desire to escape and completely focused her attention on the leaf wrapping..


    As she was unconsciously approaching the fish,  something seems to knock her into sense as she refused to gave in into her craving and turned her back to the leaf bed to try calm herself.


    But not long after, her stomach gurgled in defiance as she felt that her stomach..is truly empty.


    For warrior cultivators like her, she didn''t necessarily need a lot of food to compensate for the energy she used. She could easily do that by absorbing the surrounding Heaven-Earth Qi, thus minimizing the need for her to eat too.


    But she had been unconscious for days and her energy was horrendously depleted during the last battle, it was very normal for her to eat a lot currently..


    Eventually, her face reddened in embarrassment as her stomach continued to gurgle in hunger. She finally compromised to eat and reassured herself that this mysterious expert would not possibly be lowering himself to putting something inside.


    If he was planning to do something to her, he did not need to bother going through these means..


    ~ ~ ~


    ¡° How could a peerless expert be this good in cooking.. ¡° Ru Wuxi muttered angrily, her face showing a trace of irritation.


    Although Floating Cloud Continent¡¯s women is not necessarily equipped with household skills, She had been forced to live on her own at a very young age. Hence, her cooking skills while not top notch, is quite good.


    But not only in cultivation, she was actually far inferior in cooking too..


    ¡° This..does he actually have so much free time ? His cooking is even better than that of the Royal chefs.. It''s sickening ¡° She grumbled on and on, but her mouth did not stop munching down the fish.


    Before she had realized, she had already finished the dish Li Zun prepared for her. Not even the fruits and vegetables are left, all of it is wiped clean.


    She stared blankly for a moment but her face quickly returned to her cold demeanor. But her act could not hide her reddening cheeks, flushing in embarrassment.


    Not to mention that not long after, a low gurgle could be heard. Clearly, she was not feeling full. But before she could think any further, a sudden sleepiness strikes her as she stayed stagnant in the air for a few seconds before plopping softly into the bed made out of leaves.


    At that moment, a figure suddenly appeared out of thin air.


    It was of course, none other than Li Zun. He looked over at the unconscious Ru Wuxi and couldn''t really believe his eyes at first.


    " Is she really that hungry for her to even forget about escaping ? ¡° Li Zun thought that she would probably not eat his food as the goddess did told him that when cultivators reached the 2nd realm of cultivation, they don''t have much need to eat mundane food, just by cultivating in Heaven-Earth Qi will allow them to stay for weeks without needing food.


    But he did forgot about the fact she had thoroughly wasted her reserve energy just a few days ago and went unconscious for those few days, leaving her unable to take in the surrounding Qi.


    " The Croupia Fruit finally worked yes ? Now, she should be out for a few hours.. ¡° With a slightly reassured face, Li Zun sat down silently on the ground.


    The Croupia Fruit is a very rare white coloured fruit that is found only deep within the forest, where a thick amount of Heaven & Earth Qi exist. It has a lot of use, but by eating it normally, it could act as a sleeping drug with no side effects. How long the affect lasts could be somehow affected by burning parts of it carefully.


    Currently, Ru Wuxi¡¯s usual cold countenance looked very peaceful, void of any of her usual coldness. Her face could be considered slightly cute at best but because of the burnt mark, lots of people who had seen her face became disgusted by it.


    Her burn mark could have made a lot of people shake their heads in pity but he knew, that all that pity was for naught.


    ¡° With a face like that, she would have definitely be called a peerless beauty anywhere she went¡­ too bad she is just too cold and feisty ! ¡° With a sigh, Li Zun shook his head and turned around to the exit.


    He did not save her because she was a beauty, in fact after being in solitude for so long, he had somehow had a fear of rejection against the society.


    Therefore, whether Ru Wuxi''s actually a peerless beauty or not did not matter to Li Zun. He just saved her out of whim, firstly, she did not seemed like a completely evil person compared to the leader and Bum Gumsu.


    Secondly, he still had some mentality of an ordinary mortals of his past world. Where people should help alongside each other if possible.


    Lastly, though Li Zun had been feeling less lonely since having the little pup as a part of his life, Deep down in his heart, he had always been yearning to be able to talk and converse normally with people of his kin.


    Although he could not maintain a normal conversation, at least having a human company is quite relaxing for his mind.


    He glanced one last look at Ru Wuxi¡¯s sleeping face and a trace of smile creeped out of his face.


    ¡° Geez..I''m afraid that as long as I am here, she would never go to sleep..¡° He smiled bitterly, his eyes slanting downwards towards this feisty girl he coincidentally met in this forest.


    ¡° I wonder what had happened to her, that coldness and bloodlust..that''s not something you will ever see on any girl in her teens back at my world.. ¡°


    He pulled his look away from her and faced the exit. Feeling the gentle wind blowing into the cave, he spread his divine awareness and picked out the location he was about to teleport into.


    Just as he was about to leave, a light snore could be heard. Snoring, oh so peacefully..


    Li Zun turned his head once again and watched in a daze, then he smiled bitterly once again and said  ¡° She actually snored ! ¡°

 Chapter 10 : Demons, oh demons

    Note : Your promised chapter ! A slightly short one though, but I think it''s very good to stop there. I will try to release a chapter by Monday.


    In a certain place on the outskirts of Mythical Beast Forest, 2 days before Ru Wuxi had woken up.


    Fallen trees and devastated grounds are everywhere on sight, the barks and branches have been stripped away from it¡¯s original location, leaving some trees to be shaved off of it¡¯s outer layers.


    This part of the forest looked as if it had just encountered a storm, it was a storm though, albeit it was not a storm of winds and thunders but instead a storm of blows between experts of the 6 rank of cultivation.


    In the midst of the destruction, A lone figure suddenly appeared out of thin air.


    Li Zun, who had just teleported right here, placed his hands behind his back as he slowly strolled around the site.


    He walked around everywhere, if an ordinary mortal were to see him, it would seem as if he was taking an ordinary walk after a storm. But his divine awareness had been spread out since he had even arrived here, examining every bits of the surroundings.


    If one had not reached Godhood, they might not be able to tell that there was something wrong in this forest by a glance as only deities could posses Divine Awareness to see the Qi and Energy fluttering about in the surroundings. At most, they could only sense it when they tune in with nature.


    In some places on the site, traces of black, evil Qi lingered around in small amounts.


    ¡° As I thought..this black, evil Qi..it''s none other than Demonic Qi ! ¡° He glared viciously at the dissipating Demonic Qi.


    Actually, Li Zun had been observing the battle between the two 5th rankers the whole time. He had observed from afar when the leader had been rampaging about in the forest, trying to find Ru Wuxi.


    But he knew, that all of it was nothing but an act. The leader tried to lure Ru Wuxi into making the move on him, but he did not dare to create a moment of opening for Ru Wuxi, as he knew just how good Ru Wuxi is at taking chances even at the slightest bit of opening.


    He was also afraid that if he deliberately faked an opening, Ru Wuxi could have suspected something and escaped hurriedly.


    But even he did not guess that Ru Wuxi would be so decisive to immediately leave an injured, rampaging target like him.


    At that moment, he had no choice but to unleash his Demonic Transformation technique, a technique he was not willing to use because of his insufficient cultivation.


    There was actually a reason for his decision to chase after Ru Wuxi, it was not because he was afraid of her getting revenge against him or anything close to that.


    But it was purely¡­hatred! anger!


    For normal cultivators, losing an arm might be a big blow to their future cultivations,  but it was not something they would risk their life with to get revenge.


    But for the leader ? It was something akin to telling him to die!


    He was not a normal warrior practitioner, but instead a demonic practitioner !


    The amputation of his arm may not seem to be something he would be willing to risk his life for, but after a few hours, Demonic Qi will begin to seep out of his scar.


    If he were to leave the forest, even normal, ordinary mortals could sense the Demonic Energy leaking out of him. And if they do,  they would immediately launch an all out attack against him at all cost, not leaving till he was dead.


    If he were to stay in the forest for the whole time then he may have a chance to live on, but by the time he was discovered by other practitioners who will venture to the forest, they will immediately attack him or escape and report to the kingdom of his existence.


    He was already the same as dead, he no longer had much left to live. Thus, he sacrificed everything in order to kill Ru Wuxi, the person who practically destroyed his life.


    There was a reason why humans bore so much hatred towards demons and demonic practitioners. Long, long ago, Demonic practitioners ruled the continent. Their might, unmatched.


    It was not until the join hands of the 3 mighty Kingdoms and the 2 Great Sects did they finally perish.


    But they did not perish for good.. they have been waiting deep in darkness..waiting for the chance for them to take back the continent and rule with terror once again !


    There are of course, a reason why Demonic practitioners are so powerful. The Cloudy Days Planet, is only a lesser planet, it naturally did not have an abundant amount of Heaven and Earth Qi. Hence, it was not so easy for humans to cultivate. But Demonic Practitioners, were however, different.


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    They do not cultivate in Heaven and Earth Qi, but in Demonic Qi instead !


    The abundance of Demonic Qi is not decided by the Planet but it is decided through other means. Therefore, they have some ways in which they are able to advance in cultivation faster than normal practitioners, but it was in the exchange of their humanity as they slowly turn into demons themselves.


    This information was naturally obtained by Li Zun before when he used soul scour on the leader. But he did not have much luck, as he was killed as an after affect of soul scour.


    Li Zun blew out an air out of his mouth as he retracted his Divine Awareness back. He decided to finish his investigations as he would continue to truly enjoy strolling about in the wrecked site.


    Back then, in his old world. He had seen lots of places and natures but he had never seen a forest this devastated. Hence, he would naturally enjoy his stroll and wander about aimlessly.


    Even if the forest looks completely devastated in nature, it would not take hundreds of years for them to grow back, the natural existence of Heaven and Earth Qi would quicken the rate of their growth and it would not take them more than 20 years to get back to the original, lush forest.


    Especially in places where the Heaven-Earth Qi is especially dense, it might not even take them 5 years to grow back ! These miracle like occurrence in Li Zun¡¯s old world is considered a very normal scene in a cultivation planet like Cloudy Days Planet.


    In fact, there were some cases where plants and trees gained consciousness to the point where they are able to gain a hint of intelligence. Legends have even told of cases where there were plants or flowers who gained the chance to cultivate and gained immortality !


    Li Zun could only sigh at the wondrous power of the Heaven-Earth Qi.


    But the existence of the Heaven-Earth Qi could also hamper the progression of science and technology. Unlike in his old world, the technology had advanced pretty far in contrast to the Cloudy Days Planet, which from what he knew, is comparable to the medieval ages on his planet.


    But to Li Zun, a not so advanced place where nature is lush and devoid of pollution is definitely to his liking. After all, traveling around the world had been one of his reasons why he could live up to 30 years of his solitary life.


    All this information he knew, are mostly from Bum Gumsu''s and the leader¡¯s memory, since the goddess did not have time to mention such trivial occurrence.


    But he did know of one thing, that the legends where plants and flowers are able to have the chance to cultivate and gained immortal life is true ! This information, was of course something that the goddess told him.


    At times, during his stroll, he would stop to stare at the sky as he saw some small birds flying in the sky, approaching the grounds.


    These birds are ordinary, normal birds. They do not have a strong perception towards the natural energies, unlike magic beasts who are naturally sensitive towards the energies.


    If these ordinary birds were to get in contact with the demonic energy around, they might in some cases get sick and had their lifespans taken, in the worst case they would immediately die or become demonic birds themselves.


    Li Zun had already seen quite a few who were affected by the Demonic Energy and could only sigh helplessly.


    For an ordinary bird, they have very frail bodies, once getting in contact with the Demonic Energy, it is not a good idea to try to help them out with his Divine Energy when he had not mastered it.


    Their bodies could immediately explode from the surging power of Divine Energy, hence Li Zun did not try to do that.


    With a brush of his hand, wind fluttered about. Preventing these normal birds from reaching the place.


    After a few times doing this, Li Zun gradually grew tired and congealed his Divine Energy to block off any creatures from reaching here.


    Li Zun continued to stroll around when his eyes suddenly gleamed brightly as he saw 3 little birds laying down on the ground in pain..


    Note : A peaceful chapter that explains some questions. The reason why the leader does his actions and also what had happened to him, with some foreboding of the demons of course.


    Oh, and If anyone''s having a bit of uncertainty.. Li Zun''s old world is NOT Earth, but a similar Planet where there is no cultivation and is quite advanced in science & technology.


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 Chapter 11 : The 3 little birds and Li Zun

    TWG Chapter 11 :


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    As he was walking around enjoying his stroll, Li Zun''s feet suddenly came to a halt as his eyes fell on the distant.


    3 little birds are currently lying on the ground, grimacing in pain. Demonic Qi permeating out of their bodies, it was clear that they had been affected by the Demonic Qi in the surroundings.


    With a whoosh, Li Zun directly teleported right before the little birds.


    He squatted down, face closing into the birds while at the same time, he activated his Divine Awareness.


    ¡° Oh? These birds.. ¡°


    Li Zun¡¯s face flashed with surprise, he furrowed his brows and spreads out his divine awareness once more to clear his suspicions.


    After some time, his expression gradually returned to normal but right after, his face changed once again, flickering with hesitation.


    He seemed to contemplate something for a moment before his face turned serious.


    With a wave of his hand, Divine Energy brimmed out of his palm. Immediately after, the countless dots of Demonic Qi that had been attacking the little birds halted any movements.


    It looked like their full attention was suddenly grabbed by the appearance of Li Zun''s Divine Energy, they stayed on their positions, trembling in fright. The little dots of demonic Qi looked like it wanted to fight back, but it looked completely powerless in front of Li Zun¡¯s Divine Energy.


    The surrounding Demonic Qi also noticed this and they too, froze in place, unable to move.


    Li Zun too noticed this, but he did not want to think about it now as any second he wasted, the lives of these little birds might be more in peril. With hands reaching outwards, he clenched his hand, signaling the Divine Energy to eradicate the Demonic Qi.


    With a whoosh, the Divine Energy swept out, forcefully pushing out any Demonic Qi in range.


    The Divine Energy is after all, the energy only Gods could wield! How could a measly Demonic Qi do anything in the face of it ?


    And thus, the frozen Demonic Qi could do nothing in resistance as the Divine Energy swept them away, creating a space devoid of them.


    Within the span of breaths, the Demonic Qi on the vicinity was already wiped out, chased away by the Divine Energy.


    Since destroying Energy is not possible, if Li Zun wanted to clear out any Demonic Qi, he had to use his Divine Energy to ¡°Devour¡± the Demonic Qi and slowly turn it into his own Energy or he had to forcefully chase them out.


    But since Li Zun is a full-fledged Demigod,  it means that his body is compromised of Divine Energy flowing throughout his body. Divine Energy is the complete opposite of Demonic Energy, hence, while a small amount of Demonic Qi will not cause any negative effects on him, Li Zun could potentially harm himself if he continued to ate up Demonic Qi.


    This was the reason why he did not try to ¡®eat¡¯ them up, and just let it go. As time passes, the Qi will eventually disperse.


    Seeing that the surrounding Qi is already wiped clean, his attention quickly reverted back to the remaining Divine Energy in his hands.


    However, despite him worrying about the little birds, he did not dare rush things.


    Closing his eyes, he entered a world of darkness and began to take deep breaths. In the span of 2 breaths of time,  his concentration had already peaked, tuning in one with nature. Within his consciousness, everything else vanished, leaving only the Divine Energy in his palm.


    1 breaths of time..2 breaths of time..


    Right when he reached his 4th breath, the divine energy in his palm¡­began to divide itself!


    *Swiish* swiish*


    The Divine Energy fervently divided itself, it was not known how many times did Li Zun divided it, but eventually, he was only left with 3 strands of Divine Energy, invisible to the naked eye.


    Still closing his eyes, 3 fingers rose out from Li Zun''s hands as each of them linked up with a strand, controlling a strand each.


    With a motion of his hand, the strands turned into a streak of light, entering the little birds¡¯ bodies.


    At this moment..Li Zun finally opened his eyes!


    Eyes wide, he spreads out his Divine Awareness, focusing especially keen on the little birds.


    Soundlessly, the Divine Energy strands entered each of the birds¡¯ bodies as they began to rush after the Demonic Qi, eating up every Demonic Qi that it sees.


    Probably because the Divine Strand is in a smaller size compared to the Divine energy Li Zun released a while ago, the Demonic Qi tried to rebel when it saw that it was getting ¡° Devoured ¡° by the strand.


    But alas, it''s level was simply too different. It''s rebellion was immediately cut short when it was fully absorbed by the Divine Strand as the strand continued to speed away towards the other Demonic Qi.


    With the guidance of Li Zun''s Divine awareness, the strand quickly devoured every Demonic Qi on the birds¡¯ bodies, when Li Zun confirmed that not a single particle of demonic Qi is left, he quickly willed the strand to leave the bodies of the little birds..


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    Only when the divine strand had left the birds¡¯ bodies did Li Zun relax. Although he did not actually feel fatigued at all physically, but mentally ? This was probably an operation only second to using soul scour''s dangerousness with his current control of Divine Energy.


    Just the thought of a slight mistake, resulting in the deaths of 3 little birds would probably saddened Li Zun quite a lot. After all, although he was now in a world where killing is normal, his mentality was still an ordinary mortal in a world with rules and regulations.


    Especially when he was a very kind person in nature, he could not just bear to see these little birds die when he could help them.


    He let out a breathe of relief and spreads out his hands as plopped into the ground, looking up into the sky.


    The sky on Floating Cloud Continent did not differ too much from Li Zun''s old world. But there is indeed, a greater amount of clouds floating freely in the sky compared to the sky on his old world.


    At times, this clouds could even create unique shapes or even combined together to form a massive amount of clouds in the sky, creating a very wonderful scene.


    ¡° Perhaps this was the reason why this planet was called Cloudy Days.. ¡° he murmured..relaxing his whole body.


    This was a usual occurrence for Li Zun. Back on his old world, he loved to travel around, admiring the wonders of nature and even exotic beasts.


    Whenever he would feel lonely or fatigued, he would lay back on the ground, observing the blue sky and the white clouds.


    Seeing the clouds floating freely in the sky, Li Zun had once wondered how wonderful it would be if he too, could float freely in the sky, unrestrained by the shackles of the world.


    But it seems that dream turned into reality here on his second life, he is now a deity and he could fly freely into the sky, ride above the clouds and admire the sky on a different perspective..


    ~ ~ ~


    Time passed, and soon it was dusk. The sun began to set, lighting up the sky in a vibrant orange colour.


    The slight snoring sounds of Li Zun sleeping resounded through the air, accompanying it was the lively chirping sounds of birds.


    This too, was also not a rare occurrence for Li Zun. During his last life, when he would be able to relax like this and confirmed that the area was safe, he would usually doze off peacefully, forgetting


    The 3 little birds, who were now all better, ran around the grounds playing together playfully in the grasslands.


    The 3 of them could subconsciously guessed that the man sleeping in front of them was the one who healed them when they were suffering. Hence, they did not try to leave the place and instead tried to approach him countless of times to express their happiness. But some mysterious, invisible power blocked them from coming any closer.


    But even that barrier did not stop them from their curiosity towards Li Zun and not to mention that they had nothing to do anyways, so they stayed around and played while they waited for him to wake up.


    They even tried to get near to him numerous times and ended up banging their heads into the barrier, and whenever one of them did, the other two would laugh heartily, resulting in the 3 of them chasing around each other.


    Surrounding the sleeping Li Zun is of course, a barrier made out of Divine Energy. When he was relaxing and lazing around earlier, he had somehow predicted that he could doze off. Thus, he had already prepared 2 barriers of Divine Energy.


    One was to surround him, blocking off anything within the range. Another was a much larger barrier, covering the area within where Li Zun and the 3 birds was.


    If he healed the 3 little birds only for them to escape and get hurt again eventually..it is not funny right ?


    He had even gone as far to use the Divine Energy to blur his face, in case the little birds will wake up before him and they went to see his face, he did not want them to be infected by the curse..


    Suddenly..


    The barrier that has been surrounding Li Zun swished and disappeared, signaling that he has woken up. But of course, the 3 little birds were oblivious to this, as they cannot sense the energy around them.


    Accompanied by the faint rustling of the grass, Li Zun slowly raised his body up. He looked over and saw the 3 little birds playing around with each other, not noticing that he had woken up.


    When he saw the 3 of them all well and lively, a surge of happiness grew in his heart. One of the reason was of course that he was happy the little birds are now fine, another is that he noticed that the larger barrier he had created had not experienced any contact from the inside, which meant that the little birds did not try to leave at all..


    But whether they were waiting for Li Zun to woke up or they were too preoccupied in playing is something that Li Zun would not know for some time to come..

 Chapter 12 : A Refreshing feeling

    Note : I''m back, I''m back !


    Back at the present time..


    The Sun had just set, making a timely disappearance to the appearance of it¡¯s other half, the moon.


    *Caw*Caw*Caw*


    High up in the sky, the cawing sounds of crow like creatures echoed throughout the night. As these beasts were nocturnal creatures, their cawing sounds had long become a signpost that signaled night has arrived in the Mythical Beast Forest.


    Deep in the forest, lies an ordinary cave that is currently resided by a human girl. Suddenly, a mysterious, invisible energy whooshed over the entire area, the cave included.


    That mysterious, invisible energy was of course none other than Li Zun''s Divine Energy. With a flash, Li Zun arrived at the entrance of the cave.


    As he arrived, his eyes naturally fell upon the only other living being beside him in this cave, which is of course none other than Ru Wuxi, still snuggling down with the make-shift bed he created.


    Letting out a brief sigh, he murmured. ¡° Just what had she gone through really¡­¡±


    The Croupia fruit he used to put her to sleep is one of the few sleep-inducing fruits that almost had no side effects. In fact, because Croupia fruit is an extremely rare fruit found only in areas where Heaven-Earth Qi along with Earth & Wind Elemental Qi is abundant, It creates a mind-calming effect that could also help in cultivation.


    However, Croupia fruits are very rare in the Floating Cloud Continent, this is why such a well-honed assassin like Ru Wuxi did not even recognize the Croupia Fruit. But from the strong Magical Beasts who he had personally ¡®asked¡¯, Li Zun knew the details of all the rare, precious fruit in the forest.


    One must know that these magical beasts whom Li Zun could categorize as ¡®strong¡¯ is at least a magic beast of the 3rd Realm! It had an intelligence just a bit less or equal to humans, they are only lacking the vocal system required to talk in human language.


    Therefore, Li Zun knew the effects of the Croupia fruit clearly. According to his information, the Croupia fruit could only cause a 4 hour sleep, after 4 hours had gone by, the one who ate it would naturally woke up. This is especially true for strong cultivators, they might only need less than 4 hours to wake up.


    But as for Ru Wuxi ? 5 hours had already passed by..and she still hadn''t woke up. Just from this, Li Zun could somehow guess just how though a life she had gone through..


    The expression the girl currently wore is extremely cute. Others might look at him weirdly in the eyes if he said that out loud, because all they see was a decently faced girl with a burnt mark covering half of her face. ¡®Cute¡¯ couldn''t be used to describe her.


    But within his Divine Awareness, nothing could escape his eye. A beauty that would not lose to the artists of his original world is currently sleeping right in front of him.


    ¡° This is an assassin? All I see is a sleeping cute little girl.. ¡° He lamented. Wondering just what did this girl right in front of him went through to create a cold, distant personality when she currently looked like a frail, beautiful woman in her 18s.


    If she was in his old world, she might currently be smiling and laughing together with her friends, or perhaps falling in love might not be so far off ? Experiencing a life like a normal teenager should have.


    With her beauty, it was easy enough to imagine countless of suitors flocking to her. Or even just by passing by, glances and stares would be everywhere.


    But in this world, if you do not have power beauty might just be your doom fall. This, Li Zun clearly knew.


    From the memories of the two he soul scoured, he could have been said to have understood just how the world works in this world.


    There are no systems and regulations, the strong lives and the weak dies that was it!


    This dog eat dog world, perhaps the current Li Zun who had only seen it from a third perspective* do not fully understand what it truly meant to be living in a world like this.


    [ Referring to him watching the world through the soul scour, hence third perspective ]


    Seeing such a rare beauty in front of him, someone like Li Zun could not help but become tongue-tied. He continued to stare for quite a moment before shaking his head to wake himself up.


    Do not forget that in his last life, he was a bachelor with no friends! How could he possibly ever have a girlfriend? That is why with such a beauty in front of him, how could he not help but stare?


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    But don''t mistake him, while he may admire young beauties but admiring was admiring, that was it! Only admire, not love!


    Do not forget that in his last life, he is practically a 30 years old man!


    He definitely do not want people to call him an old farmer who picks on young sprouts..


    [ Note : Basically Lolicon lol ]


    ~ ~ ~


    It was not until the next morning that Ru Wuxi woke up.


    With a faint '' mm..¡¯ Her eyes opened and her body rose up.


    When she had just woke up, this time, she was not alert at the slightest. the feeling she felt at the time is something that she would probably remember for countless years to come..


    It was simply¡­Refreshing! It was to the point where she was about to stretch her arms wide.


    How long had it been since she was able to wake up as peacefully as this ? She no longer knew.


    For her who had almost lived a life on the borderline of life and death, there is no way she could have a peaceful sleep in the night. At the very least, a strand of consciousness will keep her awake.


    But this sleep she had, it was simply...refreshing. Perhaps it was because of the Croupia fruit¡¯s mind calming effect or because during her sleep and when she woke up, she did not feel a sense of vigilance at all. This, no one knew.


    For her to be able to continue to live on while having a sleeping habit like this is only possible because she is a cultivator of the second realm, a quite high one at that. If it wasn''t for that, she might have already encountered various sickness along the way.


    At the time, even she did not realize she had already unconsciously accepted that mysterious figure as someone she could lower her guards a little with.


    Do remember that she, Ru Wuxi is someone who had lived alone for more than half of her life! She trusted no one, rely on no one and fought solely for herself. For her to even subconsciously ¡® open ¡® the doors by a little towards her heart is already somewhat of a miracle itself!


    Not to mention that she had only met Li Zun just for a single day!


    Little did she know that this subconscious action would change her life forever..


    At that moment she was about to stretch her arms, her sleepy eyes suddenly opened wide and quickly scanned her surroundings.


    Where..am I ?


    it did not take her long as her mind jolted up and her body shot up!


    Sensing that there was no one around, she sighed in relieve and her eyes fell upon her leftovers.


    With a quick check and sniff of her food, she found out that..she had been drugged to sleep!


    For her to come into such a conclusion was extremely natural, she was after all a very well trained assassin


    Currently, her face had a very complexed expression.


    Naturally, with a quick check, she found out that her belongings are at the exact same position, that man did not do a thing against her. Even if he did, why wait till now ? When she just passed out, he surely had a lot more opportunities to do anything to her, why trouble himself to put her to sleep ?


    This made her truly confused..


    Ah! Forget it! For an assassin in my caliber to be drugged to sleep is very shameful in itself!


    She gritted her teeth with anger. Whether she was more angry at Li Zun or herself this was simply a mystery already.


    She continued to pout out in anger until she quickly realized that this was currently..the right moment to escape!


    How could she probably stay at a place where she did not know? With a stranger at that, if she chose to stay then it would be weird instead..


    Her eyes eyed on the cave entrance, and her body quickly propelled herself upfront.


    But at this moment..a slight, or maybe a tiny tingle of hesitation bloomed in her heart. Unfortunately, with a ¡® hum?¡¯ She quickly shrugged it off as something currently unimportant.


    But at the moment she stepped out of the cave, her eyes bulged wide as she saw something she would have never dreamt of..


    Note : Ah..i know that my release speed is very slow, especially since TWG is a slow-paced novel it is very hard to get into it..I''m really sorry..sigh. This is a short chapter so expect another tomorrow or the next day.

 Chapter 13 : You must take responsibility!

    TWG Chapter 13 :


    Note : Chapter up, the last sentence of the previous chapter where Ru Wuxi took on her fighting stance has been removed, a slight mistake.


    Ru Wuxi¡¯s eyes grew wide in astonishment, her pretty lips parted slightly to reveal her small mouth gaping in surprise.


    Even someone like her could no longer maintain her usual cold demeanor anymore.


    Why ? Because the one who stood in front of her is¡­a small-sized Thousand Bones Boar!


    But just a small-sized Thousand Bones Boar alone could not render her totally speechless like this..


    A small reason for that is because this Thousand Bones Boar..is the same one she met days ago!


    One might ask, how could she recognize the boar as the same one?


    Well, firstly, although the Thousand Bones Boar in front of her has shrunken in size by a lot, quite a few of it''s distinct features still remained. Such as it''s thick black hair between it''s eyes.


    Secondly, Thousand Bones Boar are rare creatures. Perhaps only very few of them lived in this Mythical Beast Forest, but this boar in front of her..clearly emanated an aura of a 7th Grade Beast no less!


    As the saying goes, don''t judge a book by it''s cover. Ru Wuxi knew that some superior beasts are able to hide their true form or even their aura! Appearing as a weak, ordinary magical beast as to avoid the prying eyes of strong human experts.


    But what further condensed her suspicions is the same as the big reason why she is currently so shocked to the point of her unable to remain her calm anymore..


    That  Thousand Bones Boar is currently...obediently snuggling it''s head to someone!


    That ''someone'' is wearing a black robe all over his body and a black hood to cover up all of his face, if one do not recognize him, they might think he is a suspicious person of an evil organization.


    The instant she saw him, Ru Wuxi screamed inside her heart. " F*ck, it''s actually that bastard! "


    Of course that black hooded guy is none other than Li Zun!


    Everything makes sense to her now, that day when she collapsed, the The Thousand Bones Boar carried her to him and she ended up to where she currently is.


    At this moment, Li Zun had of course already noticed her, face full of anger.


    Face hidden by the hood, he secretly laughed and thought inwardly.


    Even I do not expect her reaction to be this good..


    " Hey, hey lil'' miss are you finally awake now ? Even I did not expect for you to sleep for a whole day! ¡° Li Zun spoke out loud.


    Ru Wuxi, who had been in a trance earlier on, immediately woke up. Her face flushed with embarrassment, just by a quick check on the leftovers earlier, she is able to estimate the fruit¡¯s drug potency.


    Such kind of fruit, although she had never heard it before is at most able to put her to sleep up a quarter of a day at most, any more than that would require some seriously rare precious fruit.


    But currently her embarrassment had been flushed away by her anger.


    Her face seethed with rage as she raised her finger to point at the Thousand Bones Boar.


    Li Zun acted as if he did not notice her anger as he answered with an ¡®Oh¡¯.


    ¡° Yes, yes I believe the two of you had meet each other, yes? This is Gu Hai! He is the one who saved you so you have to be tha- ¡° Chattering about, Li Zun could not even finish his sentence when a whoosh sounded out and a flying dagger imbued with energy shot straightforward to Li Zun.


    A single dagger, a single action. It was all it took for Li Zun to once more realize that the woman standing in front of him is a cold blooded assassin no less!


    Girls in his world would probably react by chasing and hitting out but this girl..


    Hey, hey girl you are a bit too feisty aren''t you!?


    Although that dagger was not worth mentioning to the current Li Zun and all it took was a slight dodge for him to avoid it. It was her killing intent and viciousness that made Li Zun speechless.


    In his old world there would be girls who acted all strong and the like while radiating some sort of killing intent in a comedy like skit but encountering her made him curse those skit directors.


    ¡° Goddamit, I saved you and this is how you pay me ?! ¡° Li Zun screamed, taking the opportunity to pull Gu Hai up across his face. With the current small sized Gu Hai, his appearance is actually quite cute, nothing similar to the one Ru Wuxi met few days ago.


    She did not answer him back, but turned her back away from Li Zun, as if that one dagger is enough to vent her anger towards him.


    Her eyes scanned the surroundings for a moment before she looked up to the sky.


    She stayed silent for a moment before congealing her energy towards her feet, jumping several meters up high, from branches to branches and from tree to tree until she reached the topmost region.


    With a plop, she landed on the treetops. But it did not take her long for her to feel shocked, thoroughly shocked!


    Cultivators have a much better vision than average mortals and 2nd realm cultivators could see thousands of meters without a problem, but even so, her eyes..could not see an end to the sea of trees!


    Faraway from where she is, a resounding roar exploded out and a Tyrant Bluerex¡¯s jaw surfaced from the trees, biting towards a Velvelian Bird, the Velvelian Bird counterattack with it''s own screech and flew away from the Tyrant Bluerex.


    This scene, is not an unfamiliar scene in the Mythical Beast Forest. It was extremely normal for a battle or two to occur in a location, Ru Wuxi of course knew this too.


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    But the thing that made her frightened is that..those two beasts are emanating a 3rd realm aura!


    Just what does a 3rd realm magic beast signify? It means that if it was let loose into the human territory, a single 3rd realm magic beast could wipe out a small kingdom!


    This..just where is she?!


    Actually, she had a good guess on where she is, but her subconscious refuses to accept it.


    At that moment, Li Zun had already appeared beside her, within a distance of course.


    Seeing this feisty lady''s expression, he smirked and laughed at her.


    ¡° Now you know why I don''t want to let you leave right? With your power..meeting any creature from here will mean your death! ¡°


    That sentence alone sparked Ru Wuxi¡¯s mind, she now understood that she currently is at..the core region of the Mythical Beast Forest!


    This is a place where only beasts of the third realm is qualified to stay!


    She turned her head to look at Li Zun once again, her expression full of disbelief.


    The core region of the Mythical Beast Forest..not even human experts of the 3rd realm dare to casually enter.


    Beasts of the same rank are usually already stronger than human experts of the same rank, that is why no experts at the 7th grade of the 3rd realm dare to possibly enter the core region!


    Perhaps only a group of them would possibly dare to enter, that is to say they are staying at the outer boundaries of the core region.


    If they do dare to enter further down to the center..there would only be massacre waiting for them if they are to unluckily meet a beast of the 8th rank.


    As for 9th rank beasts? They are only legends, since ancient times there had been only a few legends of people having the opportunity to meet a 9th rank beast.


    To be able to casually live in a cave in the core region of the forest and have a 7th rank Thousand Bones Boar as a pet..


    Ru Wuxi felt that this expert before her is simply..boundless! In terms of strength he is simply unreachable, just what kind of strength did he reach? This, Ru Wuxi did not dare to guess.


    Seeing her expression, Li Zun simply laughed and said to her.


    " Alright little lady, you don''t have the power to traverse this forest currently, I could bring you out if you want right now. ¡°


    Although seeing a rare beauty close to him is not a bad thing at all, not to mention having a human company close to him, Li Zun simply couldn''t force her to stay here.


    She had her own things to do and most of her injuries had already healed. Not to mention that he is currently a bit excited too, to see the human population in this world.


    At first, she felt joy when she heard Li Zun is willing to bring her out of this dangerous place but suddenly..her mind seemed to rotate and work.


    In a hurry, she quickly sat in a lotus position and began to mediate to the Heaven and Earth Qi.


    It did not take her long for her to realize that the Heaven-Earth Qi here is..extremely dense!


    Just by mediating here, she could achieve results more than two times compared to training outside!


    With this density of Heaven-Earth Qi, she could probably make a breakthrough to the 6th rank in a month or two!


    As soon as she realized this, her heart began to burn with excitement and vigor.


    The past few days had been too hectic for her that she did not realize the Heaven-Earth Qi surrounding her, nor did she had a chance to try and sit down and train, therefore she did not realize the difference in the density of the Heaven-Earth Qi.


    Li Zun was of course not stupid, he quickly realized her current state and excitement, but he chose to play fool and asked.


    ¡° Hey, you want to head out now? I don¡¯t have much time with me to play around with you everyday.¡°


    Ru Wuxi ¡° ¡­ ¡°


    Ru Wuxi is currently in a big dilemma. If she wants to quietly train without the disturbance of the beasts here, surely this expert must be in a place close to her. She could not bear to ask him to safeguard her when she had already owe him so much, especially considering he is just a stranger to her.


    It took her a moment of hesitation and perplexing before she gritted her teeth and barked ¡° Y-you..you must take responsibility! ¡°


    Li Zun felt his head go dizzy when he heard her. Responsibility? What responsibility! This old man did not touch a strand of your hair!


    In his heart he was already cursing out loud.


    Your Sister! Thank God no one is here or else I don''t even know how would I appear in public later on..


    ¡° One month! One month! At least a month, let me stay here for a month! You brought me here so you must at least do that much! ¡° She hissed. Her face, blushing with embarrassment.


    She had never been a person with a thick face, but this kind of opportunity¡­how could she miss it?


    She knew what she is saying is completely unreasonable, but she had to try!


    This kind of opportunity, once lost is forever lost!


    If such a place was placed in the middle of the human territories, perhaps a huge war involving countless countries will already start brewing..


    Li Zun, who was already cursing in his heart was immediately dumbfounded when he heard her.


    At first she was going to escape at every moment she had. Now, she is begging to stay for every moment she could..


    The sad part is, this almighty God who probably do not have a foe to match him in this world is already losing a mental battle with this sister..

 Chapter 14 : A servant beast hunting

    TWG Chapter 14 : A servant beast hunting


    It was night at Mythical Beast Forest.


    But the night doesn''t signify as a moment of peace for the beasts in the forest, in fact one might say that the night is an even more dangerous time as nocturnal beasts would join in the fray too, but the battles that occur are usually more silent¡­if one could say.


    Even if the moon was gleaming up in the sky, this overly dense forest is still dark all-round, with only specks of moonlight reaching the ground.


    But that doesn''t mean that every corner of the forest is dark, this was especially so within a small cave in the middle of the forest that is flaring up with light.


    Usually, no one would have the courage to light up a fire in the middle of the night inside the Mythical Beast Forest, because the fire would only attract the attention of strong, powerful magic beasts instead of deterring them.


    This cave might seem very normal at first, but somehow not a single beast dare to approach it. And if one would look carefully, there is a small boar sleeping at the entrance of the cave. Just this small points alone is enough for someone with a wealthy amount of experience to tell that this cave..is not ordinary at all.


    Lighted up by bonfires, the cave was very bright in the darkness, with nothing noteworthy to mention except for a human girl sitting in a lotus position, training arduously even in the night.


    The girl had a burnt mark covering half of her face, she had a lean body and long black hair dropping down to her shoulders.


    Yes, that girl was of course Ru Wuxi.


    She had been training fervently for several days, but now her eyes opened. Within them was calmness and a hint of smile.


    The effects of training in a place so abundant in Heaven and Earth Qi has truly shown it¡¯s advantages. This made her sigh with relish, never before had she experienced such luxury, not only will it would speed up the process of cultivation, it would also be easier to breakthrough bottlenecks in such a place.


    Her mind gradually grew clearer as the constant training for days made her feel somewhat detached to the physical world.


    It was at this moment, her hands scoured around her pockets before she took a small, bluish item out.


    It was a talisman made out of blue coloured leaves.


    ¡°  Can this talisman really bring me out of here..? ¡° She murmured, eyes full of doubt.


    If this talisman could truly bring her out, then she was truly heavily indebted to that person..but if it can''t, then so be it. She would stay here and continue to train until she breakthrough to the 3rd realm, then she would break out of the inner region by herself!


    Her eyes burned with determination, regardless whether the talisman could work or not..she would never fault that person. If it was not for her urgent desire for power, she too would have never be willing to ask so much of him.


    Remembering the words that person, her mind began to reel back to a few days ago..


    ~ ~


    ¡° Here, take it. ¡° While she was sitting in a lotus position, training, Li Zun shoved a talisman made out of leaves into her hands, using the winds to carry it towards her.


    She stared curiously at the talisman in her hands as she began to inspect it carefully.


    But no matter from what angle she looked at it, there was nothing special about it, just an ordinary talisman made out of leaves.


    ¡° ¡­What''s this? ¡° She asked, confused.


    Li Zun went silent for a moment before he answered. ¡° Your ticket to the way out.¡±


    Ru Wuxi looked at the talisman once again. Then she raised her head to look at him, she did not say anything but her face is full of questions.


    ¡° What? You don''t believe me? Heh, it''s up to you whether you want to believe in me or not.¡° Li Zun smirked at her, though his face was still hidden by the hood.


    Ru Wuxi did not question any further, she pocketed the talisman and returned to training, after a short while she said¡° Thank you, whether this talisman is real or not..it doesn''t matter. This big favor..I will never forget. To someone like you, whatever I promise you may be laughable, but I will definitely pay you back. ¡°.


    Looking at her, Li Zun could only smile wryly.


    ~ ~ ~


    A shadow leaped out of the bushes in high speed, it was a Daredevil Dog speeding through the forest at it''s fastest speed, but eventually it could advance no further as a huge river awaited it.


    ¡° Grrraw ¡°


    It growled irritatedly at the river, but as a Daredevil dog, a magic beast that has a natural alignment to the fire element, it has an innate fear of the water. Therefore it did not try to pass through the river and instead chose to look back towards the trees, straddling on it¡¯s feet as it huffed and growled.


    It''s eyes glared towards the bushes with hostility. It had been living in the forest for countless of years and it was one of the most feared beast in the outer region, but never before had it seen a beast with a rank lower than itself that could possibly so fast and fierce, it had battled with it for a time and it was actually losing against it.


    ¡° Waaoo ¡°


    It did not take long as a  roaring reverberated across the wind. A little wolf jumped out of the seas of trees and rushed through the air with a speed exceeding it''s rank, lightning sparks flicker about on it¡¯s teeth.


    The Daredevil dog did not hunker down either, it''s innate pride as a beast of the higher rank welled up and leaped off to meet the little wolf, it''s teeth flaring up with fire.


    But it could have never imagined that the wolf suddenly twisted it''s small body to the left, avoiding it''s charge and bit down fiercely at it''s body, lightning spark fervently rushed out!


    The Daredevil dog couldn''t resist the lightning and it''s body was charred to the bones, it is not dead but it could move no further, if the little wolf did not let go at the last moments, then it would have definitely died.


    If it had known that the little wolf would have been so fierce, it would have never dared to provoke it earlier on..


    The little wolf looked down at it, it''s face swelling with pride. It lifted off it''s paw and landed it on the Daredevil dog¡¯s head.


    It then barked ferociously at the Daredevil dog in beast language, the Daredevil dog was stunned when it heard it, it angrily retaliated but the little wolf only humphed back in dissatisfaction and willed more strength in it''s paw.


    The Daredevil dog, who no longer had the strength to resist could do nothing as it''s poor snout was stomped to the ground, it began to whimper in pain before it eventually barked out in beast language.


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    The little wolf, who was very satisfied when it heard it, summoned out a mysterious energy out of it''s body, the energy then turned into small lightning sparks that engraved itself on the Daredevil dog¡¯s forehead.


    Shockingly, the mark is very similar to the mark on Li Zun''s hand, it was a mark of a Vajra Thunder-wolf¡¯s back! However, the mark of the Daredevil dog did not appear in the little Wolf¡¯s body this time, unlike Li Zun.


    The little wolf, who successfully gained itself a servant beast, howled happily and ran towards the forest whilst dragging the poor Daredevil dog along with it.


    Eventually, it met with Li Zun who was on the ground surrounded by 3 little birds flying in the air a meter around him.


    Li Zun who saw the little pup returning back smiled wryly at it.


    The little pup had been trying to get itself an underling when it realized that it could somehow create a magic beast contract with other magic beast.


    However, the magic beasts on the inner and the middle region is far too strong for him to take down, so it could only wait until it reached the outer region to hunt for servants.


    But..it was actually extremely picky in picking one. Li Zun did not know the requirements it had for being it''s servant, but this Daredevil dog is already the 24th beast it had challenged and it was the first beast that managed to fight against him for so long, perhaps that was the reason he finally settled with it.


    What made Li Zun puzzled though, is that it could actually form contracts with other magic beast. Humans could form contracts with beast as long as the human was a high ranked mage or is in possession of a certain item, but this was the first time Li Zun saw that a magic beast could contract another magic beast..


    Ah well forget it! What is the use of thinking about it right now?


    He began to think about other things as he glanced at the 3 little birds, who no matter how hard he tried to chase them away, they would come chasing back at him, even if he locked out the space a meter around him.


    As such, he could only sigh helplessly, but at the same time, an indescribable feeling well up in his heart. It was happiness, at the same time joy and wonder. He did not know why these little birds liked him so much but he was certainly enjoying their company.


    Then..his eyes began to travel to the little pup who was still in the moment of elation.


    ¡° Currently, this little guy is only a 2nd grade magic beast..but his speed and power is definitely stronger than a 3rd grade magic beast.. ¡° He did not know why, but if the little pup is stronger than ordinary beasts then it was certainly a good sign.


    Looking around the forest around him, he calculated that it had already been more than a week since he had decided to travel to the human population. But he was only halfway through there.


    " No rush, no rush..it''s not like I will be welcomed there either. ¡° He smiled sardonically.


    As long as this curse of his existed, living in the crowded cities would only be torture to his life..


    He looked up to the sky as he continued down the road, humming a tune at times, while the 3 little birds and the little pup along with his newly gained servant beast followed closely behind him.


    ~ ~ ~


    Somewhere in the outskirts of the Mythical Beast Forest..


    " Hey newbie! Are all the goods inside? ¡° A bulky man shouted at a loud tone, pointing his thumb backwards towards a huge wagon.


    ¡° Yeah, the goods are all inside. A few of them tried to resist but a good hit or two will do and they will become as quiet as a mouse. ¡° A lean, placid man answered him.


    ¡° Good, you know the rules. don''t let a single mouse escape or else..¡° The man said, face grim.


    ¡° I know, I know..how could I dare try out the boss'' anger? ¡° He answered, sighing at the same time.


    ¡° Alright, if you understand then get going!¡± The man nodded in agreement, just thinking of the boss made his palms wet with sweat.


    The Boss..is an incredibly fearful existence among them, just a mention of his name is enough to bring them to their knees. He was so powerful that even various kings of many kingdoms do not dare to offend him.


    As long as he did not cause the kingdom too much deficit, the kings of the kingdom are not willing to offend such terrifying monster.


    The placid man face drooped as he went to lock the wagons with his keys. He is fairly new to the job so much of the menial tasks are left for him to do.


    He would have never imagined that..he who as a kid, admired heroes and has a high sense of justice would fall to joining a highly notorious bandit group that does everything to earn money, from slavery, murdering, counterfeiting goods, blackmailing, trafficking and many more.


    But reality is harsh, he is 28 years old this year and his talent in cultivation is low, so he had only reached the 2nd stage after years of hard training. As such, he did not have the confidence and power to survive in a mercenary group nor could he bear to work as an ordinary solider of the kingdom.


    The pay for being a solider is very low for a 2nd stage cultivator, and it was nowhere near enough to cover the costs of her mother¡¯s medicine. In the end, he could only end up in a bandit group like this.


    Being in the most notorious bandit group sure does have it''s perks though, ordinary solider and mercenaries do not dare to touch them in fear of their boss, the danger could only come from wild Magic beasts so the safety is much better, the pay is much higher than being a solider too.


    But every time he is involved in their works, especially when he deals with human trafficking, seeing the children and women full of desperation, his heart felt like it was stabbed by knives.


    He felt that he was better off dead rather than doing such things, but he cannot leave his sick mother alone waiting for him..


    While he was in sorrow and dolor, he did not realize that behind the trees in the perimeters of the forest, a lone boy was gasping for breath, he had managed to slip away from the traffickers in the expense of his friends.


    The little boy gritted his teeth, his eyes were red with anger and tears. But he could only run away from here..


    Note : Alright, finally time for the next arc I guess.

 Chapter 15 : An acorn to tremble the earth

    Note : So yeah guys, I have a confession to make. TWG is actually pretty hard to write for me so I am also kinda helpless in trying to speed up it''s release, mostly it is a matter of feeling or insights I don''t know, it actually kinda annoys me too but for the time being I can only promise 2x a week, 1x if I''m very busy. So, I truly apologize for that.


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    ¡°Huff¡­huff..huff ¡°


    Running through the seas of forest, Ju Yan, the little boy who escaped from the bandit groups sprinted with all of his might whilst gasping for every little breath he could to preserve his stamina.


    He charged forward deeper into the forest, his eyes had long turned blurry. His legs felt as if they were about to break apart, but he kept on running and running.


    Following closely behind him was a horde of magic beasts chasing after him.


    One look and one could easily tell that these beasts aren''t running at their full speed or else they would have long catch up to Ju Yan, they looked like they were enjoying Ju Yan struggling to live.


    " How did this happen? Am I..going to die here? No! I can''t..can''t..everyone..everyone is waiting for me.. ¡° He sobbed and began to think back to a few hours ago when he had just escaped from those traffickers.


    He hid behind a tree while waiting for a chance when they would leave before he could run away and ask for help.


    But it had never crossed his mind that a magic beast would actually detect him and chased after him. In a state of total confusion, he could only run deeper and deeper into the forest where eventually, more and more magic beasts joined in the fray to chase after him.


    He had already lost count of how many moments he almost died.


    Suddenly..his legs froze, unwilling to move any longer. With both of his legs frozen, Ju Yan couldn''t even stand anymore and collapsed into the ground. His mind had not given up yet but it looks like..his legs had already given up on him.


    Despair filled his eyes as he could hear the sounds those beast are making becoming ever closer.


    But suddenly, a voice roared out out of nowhere.


    ¡° Scram! ¡°


    A single word echoed out at the vicinity, those beasts that had been chasing after him all stopped in their tracks and each of them trembled uncontrollably, and within moments they had fled hurriedly.


    It was only a single word, but it was all it took to cause these beast to tremble in fright. This word would later on be something that Ju Yan engrave on his mind for eternity.


    Ju Yan who was on the verge of collapsing could no longer comprehend what was exactly happening. But he realized that those beasts are no longer chasing him.


    His eyes bleak, and in the very last moments all he could see was a figure..a human figure. He did not know why, or he was probably not even in a conscious state at the time. However, in that state he still managed to utter out his last words before collapsing.


    ¡° Please.. my friends..sa..v..e ¡°


    With a thud, his head fell straight into the ground. Ju Yan was not a cultivator of even the lowest rank, so to be able to run all the way quite deep into the outskirts part of the forest needs incomprehensible bravery and also determination. Determination to be able to hold on for so long running at his maximum speed when he had long reach his limit.


    The human figure sighed and shook his hands, causing an invisible power to seep out, surrounding Ju Yan. His eyes fell on to the distance at the direction the boy went through.


    With an intention from him, the invisible energy shot out once again, this time covering an incredible amount of range, it passed through the seas of trees, reaching outside of the forest into the plains, eventually the energy focused into a particular caravan with wagons following behind it.


    ¡° I expected to one day meet these people, but for us to meet so early..hmph. ¡° His eyes cold, he willed the energy to surround him and in an instant, he disappeared from the forest and In the next moment, he reappeared in the air floating above the caravan.


    Strong wind blew upon him and his hood fell off, his long, golden hair fluttering about in the sky.


    Of course, that man was none other than Li Zun. And with his divine awareness, he could naturally tell just what is inside these wagons, but he did not choose to act immediately and instead he took a bit of time to observe everything that was occurring inside the caravan.


    Gambling, drinking¡­there even those who were raping the women they had captured. In just a few moments, Li Zun could no longer bear to see it and flew into a rage.


    He let out a cold breath and took something out of his interspacial ring. The ring was something he obtained from the leader. Bum Gumsu had one too of course, but the leader¡¯s ring was of a higher quality than his, it could store much more space inside it. Henceforth, Li Zun threw it away already,


    The thing he took out was actually an acorn the size of an apple, it''s colour was brown and plain. Except for it¡¯s size, it looked just like a normal acorn.


    But the instant he took it out, a sublime aroma wafted around him. With an intention from him, his divine energy brew out, carrying with it the aroma of the acorn.


    His energy eventually reached the Mythical Beast Forest below and although some of the fragrance had dissipated into the air, a small amount of it still remained and it quickly spread around the forest with the aid of the divine energy.


    Li Zun stood up in the air unmoving. He waited for a moment before counting down.


    ¡° 3..2..1..0 ¡°


    And indeed, when he reached 0, a tremor broke out in the forest. It was not a tremor caused by an earthquake, but instead it was caused by magic beasts!


    The tremor eventually reached a terrifying level and even people from miles away could feel it. But the cause of it all, Li Zun still stood up there silently, his face expressionless. Clearly, he had already expected for this to happen.


    The magic beasts in the forest looked like they had turned mad after sniffing that aroma. Their eyes turned red and it did not take long before fights broke out amongst them.


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    Although they were low leveled beasts since they were only able to stay on the outskirts of the forest, the scene of hundreds of beasts going mad like this is enough to terrify any 2nd realm cultivator.


    They were fervently searching for that aroma, even to the point of going mad. If it was magic beasts that do not originate from the Mythical Beast Forest, their reaction might not had been so great.


    But these beasts had lived in the forest for years, although they had never delved deeper into the forest and could only stay in the outskirts, they instinctively realized that deep in the forest..lies something amazing.


    That something had been the one that made this certain forest be so abundant of energy and the energy provided by it had eventually made them become quite accustomed to it. Therefore, when they sensed that this aroma contained a similar presence to the energy they absorbed in, they couldn''t help but craze for it.


    What kind of thing is the one producing this aroma? That, they did not know, nor do they care anyway. What they do know that if they took in such a treasure, the benefits will be unimaginable for them!


    As for the person who instigated all this? He was still up in the air, now even in a sited position, watching things unfold.


    While Li Zun had half-expected for things to happened like this, he was still quite surprised at the power of this acorn he is holding. But the reason why he was confident it would be able to cause such a ruckus among these beasts is because the acorn Li Zun was holding on to was..the fruit of the Earthly Oak Tree!


    Such a thing may not seem so incredible but one must know just what kind of treasure the Earthly Oak Tree is. It is just a sole tree, yet it actually created such a lush forest thousands of kilometers around it! And just with it''s presence alone, thousands and millions of magical beast made the Mythical Beast Forest it''s home!


    Such a treasure, only laid it''s fruit once every year! And these fruits are in a very small amount, measly even. Thus, if a magic beast consumed it, especially these outskirts beasts. The effects are unimaginable!


    Li Zun continued to observe these beasts with his divine awareness, it had not been a full minute and yet the situation had already gone out of hand.


    ¡° Alright, it''s about time to do it, any longer and there will be countless of casualties. ¡° With a snap of his fingers, his divine energy began to retreat back to him at a slow speed. At the same time, the aroma also followed along with it. This caused those beasts who had been rampaging around trying to find the source of the aroma to turn their attention to Li Zun''s location.


    Within moments, almost all the beasts in the outskirts of the forest that had been affected by the aroma..rushed out!


    Seeing things going all according to his plans, Li Zun nodded slightly in satisfaction. Then, he raised his hands that was holding the acorn.


    With a slight blow from him, the acorn flew out right on top of the caravan of the bandits who were still in confusion about the turbulent tremors that occurred in the forest. Some sticked their heads out to see, others even got out of the caravan to take a clearer look.


    In spite of that, they all found out that nothing out of ordinary. There was no mountain erupting or anything of sort as such, all they did was raise their eyebrows and shoulders in confusion. They had never heard such a thing happening in the forest, so all they could was to take some precautions and speed up.


    Sadly, these guys..did not know that a huge catastrophe was waiting upon them.


    Nonetheless, it did not take them long to realize it when a huge amount of dust and smoke were becoming visible in their eyes along with the sounds of the tremors becoming increasingly closer to them.


    These bandits all felt as if their hearts stopped beating, they were scared silly. All of them had already subconsciously realized what is happening. But not a single one of them dare to speak it, all of them were wishing that what their eyes were seeing was nothing more than a dust storm.


    And yet, their wishes doesn¡¯t look like it was coming true as they saw that hundreds or even a thousand magical beast squirming out of the forest at high speed.


    When those bandits saw this, their face immediately fell. Their countenance became dark to look at. Especially when they realized that although these beasts were in a huge disorder, some even stepping on one another, their target looked like..it was their caravan!


    Realizing this, they screamed and shouted, bickering about with each other. Although they did not know what kind of thing could cause such a terrifying scene, they did know of one thing.


    That the thing is..incredibly precious!


    And what''s more even mind blowing is that this thing..is in their caravan!


    They are mainly traffickers of slaves and some normal goods. All of them knew that the goods they brought with them couldn''t be the source of it or else the Boss wouldn''t have left it for them to carry.


    And so, they could only come into a conclusion that some bastard had found himself a treasure trove and kept it for themselves in this caravan.


    ¡° F*ck it, leave! Leave the caravan! I don''t know what kind of f*cking thing caused all of these beasts to rush here madly but whatever it is, this thing is beyond our scope! ¡° One intelligent man shouted.


    " That''s right! I don''t know which f*cker got himself a treasure trove that caused those beasts to become like this but you better leave it in here if you want to live! Forget it, I''m escaping! ¡° Another intelligent man shouted.


    All of those who heard their shouts looked as if they had been enlightened. In a hurry, they threw about every item they had secretly took with them and ran out of the caravan, scrambling about at full speed.


    Since the forest is a distance away from them, if these beasts¡¯  are all fully focused on the caravan alone. They might just have a slight chance to make it out alive if they run away now. Especially since most of them are cultivators.


    Alas, these " intelligent ¡° men do not know of the existence even more terrifying than the horde of beasts was silently watching them from above..

 Chapter 16 : Wei Yis righteousness [ edited ]

    Note : The chapter name actually has a play of words in chinese. Wei Yi''s [ ΤÒå ] Yi actually meant righteousness. There''s a footnote too at the end of the chapter.


    Within the spans of moments, these men had already thrown themselves out of the caravan. All of them running towards the great wide plains.


    At the north of the plains lies a fairly large city called Glusemburg. Since Glusemburg is located very close to the Mythical Beast Forest, lots of capable warriors and mages resides there before going to venture. Not to mention the battle-hardened city guards who are a cut above compared to a normal city guard who do not need to deal with the occasional beast raid.


    But even then, a beast raid at this size is a truly rare scene. It may cause a big damage to the city if they were attacked with a horde of this size, but of course they couldn''t care less about that. They were more worried about the distance between them and the city.


    Although it was only a 2 days journey with a caravan at normal speed and a distance like that are usually called ¡® just a short distance away ¡® in the Floating Cloud Continent, right now Glusemburg seemed like it was a thousand of kilometers away from them and all of them were practically cursing why the city couldn''t be any nearer.


    In the middle of that chaos, there was someone who hadn''t escape from the caravan. It was a lone placid man who had just stepped a foot outside when he suddenly stopped in his tracks, his head turned back to look inside the caravan with eyes full of hesitation.


    His name is Wei Yi. As he was a newbie, he was the lowest ranked amongst them and his strength was one of the lowest one too. Therefore, while the others had hurriedly scrammed away through the doors, Wei Yi had to wait for his turn to exit.


    After a split moment of hesitation, eventually he gritted his teeth and ran back inside.


    Ah damn it, at least if I die here then I would be able to die with my head held high. I have already soiled the name my mother gave me by doing this job, at least in my death I would be true to my name Wei Yi*


    At that point, someone noticed him heading back inside and looked over in a worry.


    ¡° Wei Yi! What are you doing?! Hurry up or you''ll die! ¡° The man screamed at him.


    Wei Yi turned his head to the man shouting from a distance away.


    It was a fellow newbie he had friended with in his job as a bandit. Since they were both the only newbies in the group, much of the menial tasks were left for them to do and they quickly bonded to become good friends in the past few weeks.


    His name was You Longchang*. Don''t mistake it though, despite his name, he is a very cowardly person who is terrified of death.


    You Longchang is more or less a good friend and a good person, he was one of the few people along with Wei Yi that did not took part in engaging their carnal pleasures on the women. He is forced to become a bandit because of similar circumstances with Wei Yi.


    ¡° Longchang, y...you go on ahead! There are still people inside, I have to help them! ¡° Wei Yi said after a brief moment of contemplation.


    Longchang looked on at the disappearing Wei Yi with a conflicted look, eventually he sighed and shouted remorsefully. ¡° Aiee Wei Yi you crazy kid, I can only blame myself for having a crazy friend like you! ¡°


    Even if he said all those words, his feet had already rushed back towards the caravan at full speed.


    Seeing his friend running back to help him, Wei Yi¡¯s heart felt a gush of warmth. To have a friend who is willing to die for you is indeed a great feeling!


    Although You Longchang is a very cowardly person, he took care of his friends well and is very faithful to them.


    The both of them hurriedly rushed inside and saw 6 naked women on the floor chained with locks, their eyes dead. These women had clearly heard what had happened from the bandits¡¯ talk, in spite of that they had abandoned any hope to escape and leave anyway.


    Firstly, they were completely sure that no matter how much they begged and pleaded, those men would have never bothered to spend their precious time running away to help them.


    Secondly, they were not cultivators at all, just an ordinary mortal. They wouldn''t be able to escape very far when the beasts arrived, bringing them along would only just drag down others too.


    Lastly..they felt that dying..is probably a better way to end such a life. With those bandits around, they wouldn''t be able to do a suicide. At least they don''t have to go through such horrible experience anymore..


    Wei Yi clearly understood the second point, the same goes for You Longchang.


    But deep down in Wei Yi¡¯s heart, he had always been someone who uphold righteousness. However, because of his sick mother, he had to bent down and do this kind of job.


    Glancing at these women whose eyes seemed like they did not have a trace of life in it, Wei Yi¡¯s expression immediately turned grim and full of self deception. He had been here all along, but all he could do was just to watch as these women were constantly violated by those men.


    He briskly grabbed the keys and began to unlock the locks placed on a woman.


    " ..What are you doing? " The woman glared at him. Even if Wei Yi had never done anything to her and the others, she had a downright bad impression of any of the bandits that captured her.


    Wei Yi didn''t answer her and instead continued to fiddle with the locks. He did not want to waste even a moment of time as every moment loss could count as them being a step further into the gates of afterlife.


    Eventually, the locks are unlocked and Wei Yi hastily fiddled on another one.


    The women who had just been freed looked at Wei Yi and You Longchang cautiously, but as time passed she eventually realized that...they do not have any hint of malice at all.


    Actually, she knew that Wei Yi and You Longchang was more of a lackey towards the other men, but nonetheless towards them..she couldn''t help but put her guard up.


    " Why..are you doing this? ¡° she stared at Wei Yi with a blank expression. She did not understand why they are willing to do this.


    ¡° Don''t talk, quick help me out here and unlock the others! ¡° Wei Yi was not in the mood to answer her at all. In the first place, he saw that amongst the 6 women, she was the only one with a hint of life in her eyes.


    The women also stopped asking, she knew how dire the circumstances are and helped unlocking the locks too.


    With a click, all 6 of them are freed from the chains, they are truly free now and yet none of them are in a happy mood. They knew that with the upcoming beast horde, it would be hard for them to survive.


    ¡° Alright Wei Yi, all of them are freed c''mon c''mon lets get going already! Which one of you couldn''t walk? I¡¯ll carry one of you and Wei Yi, you carry one too..wait, wait hey what..where are you going! ¡° Whilst You Longchang was busy chattering, Wei Yi had already stood up and ran towards the wagons at the back.


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    ¡° I''m going to free the people in the wagons! ¡° Wei Yi shouted, his voice trailing off in the air.


    You Longchang became completely flabbergasted.


    ¡° Damn it Wei Yi, are you seeking death?! ¡° Longchang just couldn''t comprehend this friend of his. How did your brain work damnitt !


    The people on the wagon are the one who would be sold as slaves by these bandits, most of them are women and children, there are only very few men amongst them. To escape with such a large group of women and kids? Dream on!


    Longchang looked towards the women who were now wearing a simple cloth over them.


    ¡° Dang it, Wei Yi oh Wei Yi, I will curse you everyday in our afterlife! The 6 of you hurry up and get away as far as you can! ¡° Tears streaming down his face, he got up and chased after Wei Yi. Apparently, he had already given up any hopes of living.


    But contradictory to his expectations, all of the 6 women didn''t run away and followed behind him.


    ¡° What are you all doing?! ¡° Longchang looked at them like he was looking at a talking cat.


    This father has traded his life away for you to live, why don''t you leave damn it!


    ¡° I cannot leave those people in the wagons here. ¡° The one Wei Yi saved first earlier on replied sternly, the others all nodded to in agreement but they did not talk, their eyes had more life in them now but they were still keeping their guards up with Wei Yi and Longchang.


    You Longchang rolled his eyes in response.


    looks like I am surrounded by people who are courting death eh!


    Alright, here''s the keys, there are two wagons that contains people in it. Go open the locks at the 3rd wagon, leave the other one to me and Wei Yi. Their bandit group are very cautious with the ¡®goods¡¯ they deliver because one escaped goods will mean their death if their boss founds out, therefore a lot of locks are placed in each wagon.


    They say that when humans are pressed into an edge, sometimes they will be able to exclude a power beyond them. And this is can be proven by Wei Yi & co, they had actually managed to unlock all the locks at breakneck speed, all under the matter of seconds.


    The people inside the wagon all stared at Wei Yi & co with a variety of looks. Some fear, others anger, surprise and much more.


    All of them are locked inside the wagon earlier on, even if they were able to hear the sounds of the earth rumbling, they weren''t able to identify what is causing it.


    ¡° Hurry up and leave! A beast horde is coming! ¡° Wei Yi shouted shrilly.


    Only then did they react and hastily stood up to leave. While they were escaping, some had even had the chance to send murderous glances towards Wei Yi and You Longchang.


    Feeling their gazes, Wei Yi and You Longchang could only smile bitterly. It was, a very normal response after all.


    But when all of them came out, their faces are writhed with despair all over. The beasts are now increasingly close to them, if they were all cultivators they might have a chance to live on, however reality is cruel. Most of them are ordinary mortals, with women and children amongst them, only with a miracle can all of them escape.


    Wei Yi of course knew what they were thinking, but instead of being downhearted, he raised two small little girls and shouted.


    ¡° Run! These beasts came here being attracted to something in the wagon, if their attentions are all on that thing then we might all have a chance to live if we run now! ¡°


    When the others heard Wei Yi, their ears perked up and their eyes gleamed with hope. They knew that the situation is still hopeless, but clearly even the most little of chance is a hope for them.


    Just as they were about to start running away, suddenly..


    ¡° Stop, you don''t need to leave at all. Stay there and I will guarantee your safety. ¡° A voice came out of nowhere and rang in their ears.


    Wei Yi and the others who heard it were immediately dumbfounded, they looked at each other and found out that all of them received the same message. They had clearly heard a voice ringing in their ears but they had no way to discern where this voice come from.


    While the others were still in a state of confusion, Wei Yi began to tremble as his eyes scanned the surroundings.


    The other people all looked at him with a confused expression.


    ¡° This..this is a sound transmission! There is clearly no strong cultivator here in the vicinity and yet this sound transmission had managed to reach us..j-just what how strong is this expert?! ¡° Wei Yi exclaimed in surprise.


    The other more knowledgeable people amongst them also turn wide eyed when they heard Wei Yi.


    ¡° Are you saying that..that voice is a sound transmission? ¡° You Longchang eyed Wei Yi with an unbelieving look, the other knowledgeable people also looked at him but with untrusting eyes. How could they possibly trust the one who locked them up here? If it wasn''t for their hands still chained by locks, perhaps they would''ve beaten them up already.


    Seeing their looks, Wei Yi could only smile bitterly.


    ¡° The truth is..I also don''t know. But if it wasn''t a sound transmission then what it is? That voice is sent directly to ours ears, and we don''t posses a sound transmission talisman too, it must be a person who directly sent it to us. But I don''t see such a person near us anywhere, for a sound transmission to be able to reach this far¡­it only tells just how powerful the person who sent it must be. ¡°


    The others all nodded their head in agreement, they too, had no other explanation to that voice.


    Sound Transmissions are a method the people of Floating Cloud Continent communicate over long distances. But to be able to do that, one must either posses a sound transmission talisman first or one must be in the 3rd rank of cultivation.


    But even then, the distance a 3rd rank cultivator could send is very short, they could only do it when they are standing close by to the target and when the target are in small numbers. For a sound transmission to reach such a terrifying range...they are not able to comprehend just how powerful that person is.


    ¡° What if it was the beasts who send that? ¡° One of the people exclaimed with glaring eyes.


    Wei Yi shook his head in response.


    ¡° These beasts are at most of the 3rd rank, some of them at the 4th. They are not able to send such a complicated sentence in human tongue, nor do they have the power to send it to all of us at the same time.


    ¡° Then..what do we do? ¡° The women who Wei Yi freed the earliest asked him.


    ¡° This..¡± Wei Yi clicked his tongue in contemplation..


    * The Òå Yi here in Wei Yi¡¯s [ ΤÒå ] name means justice/ righteous .


    *You Longchang¡¯s [ ÓÈýˆ²ý ] name roughly translates to Outstanding Dragon & Prosperous.

 Chapter 17 : An evil man isnt necessarily evil

    Chapter 17 ¨C


    Note : I want to say thanks a lot to Sephiran who pointed out an error in my judgment last chapter and  * mark means there are footnotes at the end of the chapter.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    The rumbling sounds of more than a thousand of magic beasts charging ahead reverberated across the ground.


    The sight of this horde in one word is simply ¡° terrifying¡±. Perhaps only a group of strong 6th rankers or supreme cultivators of the 3rd realm could remain calm after encountering such a scene.


    Not far away from these horde of beasts is a wagon train* with a group of people crowding inside the wagons, with most of them pleading and saying their prayers while hoping for a miracle.


    In the end, Wei Yi, You Longchang and a group of people chose to stay instead of running away. To the people who choose to leave, Wei Yi did not try to stop them.


    The fact that some actually believed in his judgment is actually very surprising, even if you take account of the sound transmission Li Zun sent.


    You Longchang, filled with bruises and black-and-blue mark snooped his head out of the wagon only to see his friend Wei Yi, who stood outside alone with arms crossed, the wind blowing against him. He was also full of black-and-blue mark on his face and body.


    He harrumphed and walked over to him.


    ¡° Why are standing there so stubbornly? Let''s get inside the wagon! ¡° Longchang urged him.


    Wei Yi looked over at him and sighed.


    ¡° What''s the difference of staying inside and outside? If those beasts do attack us, we''re all done for anyway. ¡° Wei Yi said with a bitter smile.


    He was the one who held on to the idea of staying in the first place after that sound transmission, if..all of them were to die here then it would truly be his fault.


    ¡° And besides..even if we were only lackeys to them Longchang, we were also responsible in their capture, I..I just can''t stay in the same room as them. ¡°


    You Longchang sighed in return.


    Of course those people would be hostile to them and in the end, they did receive some beating by the people they freed. Even if both of them knew this would happen and had prepared themselves for it, the bruises..stings.


    No, the thing that actually stings is their hearts. When some of those people are freed, they quietly left without doing a thing. And that actually hurts even more than when they received some beating..


    The feeling of wronging someone and that someone did not retaliate against you..depending on the person, it would truly bring pain to the heart.


    And not to mention that their beating is actually pretty light. Of course it could just be that either those who choose to run away did not want to waste their time on them or the people who chose to stay would rather choose to pray for a miracle.


    ~ ~ ~


    Though some of them chose not to remain at the wagons and ran away, Li Zun did not bother to stop them either.


    If all of them choose to run away instead, Li Zun would also not interfere. Whether they would believed in him or not, he didn''t really care.


    Looking up from the clouds, with his enhanced vision he could see everything that is happening clearly.


    ¡° At least..it was all not for naught. ¡°Li Zun said with a light smile.


    He stood up from his sited position in the air. Raising his hand in front of him, he clenched it tightly and willed his Divine Energy to surround the wagons, creating an invisible barrier around it.


    Then, he switched his attention over to acorn lying on top of the wagon that was the cause of all this ruckus. With an intention from him, his energy swept out and the acorn was carried away once more, it flew into a distance away from the wagons before eventually stopping faraway from the wagons, hovering up and down in the air.


    With that done, Li Zun turned his attention into the fervent beasts whose eyes became even redder when they saw that the acorn flew further away from them.


    He released a mouthful of air before deciding to send a sound transmission these beasts.


    ¡° All of you can do what you like, but leave the wagons and the people alone. ¡° The beasts ears rang with a sound transmission from Li Zun.


    At the instant they received the sound transmission, all of them stopped in their tracks and turned their heads to look up towards the sky where up ahead was a blurry and slightly invisible Li Zun.


    These beasts are all magic beasts at least of the 2nd rank, which meant that they had the intelligence to at the very least understand Li Zun¡¯s words vaguely to a certain extent. And as soon as they saw a glimpse of Li Zun''s figure, their body shook with terror.


    It took them a moment to recover and the stronger ones recovered the earliest, they swiftly  bowed their heads in respect towards Li Zun and then continued to rush madly towards the acorn. The other weaker beasts who had recovered a slight later also followed through and rushed to chase after the beasts ahead.


    When these beasts reached the wagon, all of them did not dare to step even a bit close to it. They dispersed into two groups left and right, avoiding the wagons at all cost.


    Wei Yi, and the others who had already been prepared to die before turned speechless when they saw the scene before them.


    ¡° A..a miracle! A miracle is happening before us! ¡° A women shouted with happiness.


    " L-lord expert saved us! Hail lord expert! " Another woman screamed in excitement.


    The sight of hundreds of magical beasts splitting into left and right just before they were about to meet them is truly an amazing experience.


    It felt like being in the center of a turbulent storm as they witness it crashing down into them, but they remained safe and sound.


    Wei Yi was not an exception, he was particularly awestruck by the scene before him.


    After some moments, he snapped out of his entrance and shouted at the sky.


    ¡° Lord expert, Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for saving our lives, Lord expert¡¯s grace and kindness I, Wei Yi would never forget till the day I die! ¡°


    Ever since he was still a little kid, Wei Yi had always admired heroes and strong people. However, because of the harsh reality of the world, he was degraded into doing dark works like this. But the truth is, his heart had never changed. Deep down he was always that little kid who liked to help others and dreamt of becoming a great hero too.


    Li Zun chuckled when he saw Wei Yi, but truly he is relieved that people like Wei Yi still existed.


    At the same time, an angry roar boomed out. Looks like the competition to get that acorn is reaching it''s peak.


    From afar, Li Zun saw that it was actually a little squirrel who had managed to obtain the acorn. Surprisingly, that squirrel is also a 4th ranked beast, a rare one even. Li Zun knew that even small creatures like mouses and squirrels could also be strong ranked beast although it is far harder for them to advance.


    You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.


    For example, the Squirrel who obtained the acorn is actually a White-Shadow Squirrel. It''s one of the very few squirrel species that when reaching adulthood, would reach the 5th rank.


    Since the first moment where those beasts had been roused by the smell of the acorn, Li Zun had always observed them closely. And from that, Li Zun realized that this White-Shadow Squirrel is one of the very first to react to the acorn, perhaps even the first to do so.


    In the moment of frenzy, it actually decided to hide on the hide of a large bull like beast, concealing it''s tiny existence and strikes with it''s highest speed when it had gotten close to the acorn.


    If it choose not to conceal itself, perhaps it would have never have gotten the chance to get close to the acorn, because even if it was a 4th grade beast, it''s tiny body is too small that it could be trampled in the madness.


    The squirrel is currently scurrying away from the rowdy crowd of beast that is planning to snatch the acorn on top of it''s head.


    With a single glance from Li Zun, Divine Energy shot out, Immobilizing the group of beasts. Not long after, another sound transmission rang in their ears.


    ¡° I was the one who placed that acorn here, then I can also be qualified to stop this. That little squirrel deserved it, let him be. ¡°


    The other beasts were immediately terrified, they no longer dared to chase after the little squirrel.


    The little squirrel also received the sound transmission and with a squeak of happiness, it bowed his head in gratitude towards the sky. Then, without spending any commemoration, it hopped at a tall rock and began to nibble at the acorn which is half as big as it¡¯s body.


    The other beasts could only disgruntled in ire, not a single one of them are brave enough to act against the little squirrel, how could they dare to? Even if Li Zun was not the one who placed that acorn he has the qualifications to do as he like!


    Why? Of course it''s because of strength! In a world like the Floating Cloud Continent Strength is the law! With strength you could kill kings, topple kingdoms and rule the world!


    Li Zun too, also began to understand the law of this world. With power you can do as you like! But without power..even beauty can only bring you doom.


    ~ ~ ~


    Meanwhile in a place quite far from the beast horde, a group of people where running away like mad. Yes, they were the bandits who ran away earlier on when the beasts came attacking. Although the beasts had settled down at the place where the acorn is, they didn''t dare to stop and rest, they would only run ahead.


    Not to mention that they were all warriors, all of them were at least warriors of the 2nd rank, with most of them at the 3rd with few 4th rankers, as such they could run continuously for hours and would only feel somewhat tired.


    But at that moment¡­


    A bright light suddenly enveloped all of them and in mere moments, they were teleported into a clearing in a forest.


    Whilst they were still in a moment of confusion, a hooded figure slowly walked from the trees towards them.


    While these men had a lot of questions, not a single one of them dare to speak.


    Because the hooded man, who was of course Li Zun is currently releasing his power without restrain, pressuring them in place.


    The pressure alone from Li Zun could actually pummel them into paste, this was not Li Zun¡¯s limit, he had actually restrain a lot of his power. Such is the difference of Gods and mortals, no matter how strong a mortal is, they are all not worth mentioning in the face of Gods.


    ¡° I was planning to end all of you the moment I saw you but I was suddenly remembered about a certain quote back in my world.¡± Li Zun said solemnly.


    ¡° An evil man isn''t necessarily evil, but it was their surroundings and environment that forced them to be one. ¡°


    I thought it was plausible and I too, believed that he was right.


    ¡° But amongst all of you..did any one of you even think about the women you left at the caravan? Or the people left on the wagons? None! Absolutely not a single one of you! ¡° Li Zun bellowed, his voice cold.


    ¡° L-lord expert..we- ¡°


    His face expressionless, Li Zun swept his hand into the air and resounding booms immediately broke out followed by screams of anguish.


    Li Zun did not do much to them, he had only injured their dantian*, which would cause them to be unable to generate battle Qi, although with time they would be able to recover.


    ¡° Forget it, I don''t want to be dealing with you anymore.¡° Li Zun shook his head and with a swish, all of them disappeared.


    When they reappeared, they were still in a moment of pain because of their injured dantian, they had yet to realize they were already in a different location.


    It actually took them some amount of time for them to realize.


    But before they could even leap off in joy because that monster was no longer here, their already pale face immediately turned even paler.


    Because they were not in just ANY place. They were surrounded, truly surrounded.


    And what was surrounding all of them..were Magic beasts! Hundreds and hundreds of Magic beasts!


    Yes, Li Zun teleported them into the place where those beasts are currently gathered.


    These magic beasts were in a very foul mood, they had all rushed out but they did not obtain the treasure lying in front of their eyes. All they could do was just to watch as the little squirrel continued to munch upon the acorn.


    And while they were in that state, a group of humans had suddenly appeared out of nowhere  while screaming and shouting. They who had been pent up in anger, immediately found a perfect punching bag to release their anger.


    Moments later, shouts and screams rang out once more. One could only imagine what had happened to them..


    Note :


    1. A wagon train is a group of wagons traveling together. In a military context, a baggage train was the wagon train that followed an army with supplies and ammunition.


    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon_train</a>


    2. Dantian, dan t''ian, dan tien or tan t''ien is loosely translated as "elixir field", "sea of qi", or simply "energy center". Dantian are the Qi Focus Flow Centers, important focal points for meditative and exercise techniques such as qigong, martial arts such as t''ai chi ch''uan, and in traditional Chinese medicine.


    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dantian</a>


    3. If anyone might wonder where did the magical beasts that are used to pull the wagon went, it will be explained later.

 Chapter 18 : Living a carefree life in Pumpledom village

    ¨C TWG Chapter 18 ¨C


    ¡° Big brother Wei Yi! Big brother Wei Yi! ¡° a childish voice called out from the lower slope of a hill.


    It was a cute, little girl running towards a waterfall at the other side of the hill with a wide grin on her face. Behind her, a young boy in his early teenage years followed behind while huffing and puffing.


    " Ai Mei, huff, slow down! You are becoming too energetic since you started training as a warrior. " The young boy complained towards the little girl ahead of him.


    " Ehehe, Big bro Ju Yan* you are so weak! If you don''t work hard, I will leave you in the dust one day! " The little girl, Ai Mei retorted laughingly.


    Ju Yan smiled wryly. Since he knew why this little mischievous girl is so energetic.


    " She really likes brother Wei Yi huh? "


    It''s justifiable actually, Wei Yi is a very friendly and amiable person. All the kids in the village loved him, the enmity between him and the villagers had also pretty much died down.


    " Grandpa Bon used to say that fellows who suffer in this world should not place enmity amongst them. I used to not be able to agree to him but now.. "


    He sighed. Wei Yi had not lived an easy life, nor did they. They now knew why both Wei Yi and You Longchang joined the bandits, their parents are in a very poor health, ordinary menial jobs would never be able to cover their costs.


    Though Ju Yan is still very young, but his mind matured quickly because of he environment he lived in.


    " Mm? Where is little Ai Mei? " When he got out of his trance, he found out that little Ai Mei is no longer in his sight.


    He turned his head towards the waterfall, and there she was, playing in the water with Wei Yi.


    He smiled and walked over.


    ~ ~ ~


    " Little Ai Mei, you shouldn''t disturb brother Wei Yi''s training! " Ju Yan softly knocked her head and grabbed her wet body as he raised her from the water.


    " B-buuttt " Little Ai Mei puffed her cheeks and showed her displeasure.


    " Ahaha, it''s fine Ju Yan. I''m already done training anyways. Mediating for 8 hours straight had left me hungry now.. " Wei Yi who was wet from head to toes came over to them.


    " Ehehe, alright. Brother Wei Yi, you don''t work too much too! I know you are trying very hard to become a great magus but a break from time to time is necessary. Ever since a month ago, you are either training or working to build the village ! "


    " Ahaha, right, right. Okay, I''ll rest after I play with little Ai Mei. "


    Right, Wei Yi is now training as a magus. A water magus to be exact. He spends most of his time mediating under the waterfall as he train.


    Since mediation recovers energy, cultivators, especially higher ranked ones rarely slept. Although Wei Yi is still unable to do so without sleep, he doesn''t need too much sleep to be fresh and full of energy.


    ¡° Yup, It''s been a month already huh..¡± Wei Yi smiled and his eyes drifted into the sky, a reminiscent look flashed in his eyes.


    A month has already passed since that eventful day.


    Since that day, Wei Yi had gone back to his village, told his mother the truth and moved to Pumpledom village, where most of the villagers who were caught by the Ravenous Tigers bandits lived before.


    Since they were using the trained magic beasts that were used to pull the wagons to travel across the land, it only took Wei Yi a week to travel.


    The magic beasts had not been affected by the craze and they were just lazily munching on grass when they saw them.


    They did not know but Li Zun had specifically locked the space around those magic beasts to prevent the smell of the acorn from reaching them.


    Wei Yi moved to the Pumpledom village along with You Longchang and some of those who don''t have a home. Of course there is still an enmity between them, since he was still a part of the Ravenous Tigers, although he was merely a retainer to those bandits.


    But even so, he steeled himself and moved to the Pumpledom village in order to repent his faults.


    Everyday, he and You Longchang worked hard to help build back the houses of the villagers who were torn down by the bandits.


    After a month, things have pretty much been restored back to normal and there were no signs of the Ravenous Tigers coming back to ransack their village.


    Now, they are mostly in good terms with each other, his mother is also very happy living in the Pumpledom village, her condition has been improving too.


    With the amount of treasure they got from the Ravenous Tigers, it was enough for them to live for a long time without hunger. And Wei Yi exchanged a bit of those treasures to pay for his mother''s and You Longchang''s family''s medical expenses.


    He had been living a very blissful life in the past month, all thanks to the intervention of lord expert.


    When mentioning lord expert, Wei Yi began to reel back in time, back when they had just avoided the disaster and everyone is in a very solemn mood. While they had just escaped calamity, they couldn''t help but ponder what they would do in the future as the threat of the Ravenous Tigers bandit group continue to exist and would never let them live in peace after this incident.


    ¡° You, you say your name is Wei Yi? ¡°  Out of nowhere, a hooded figure appeared right in front of Wei Yi, right in the middle where they are gathering.


    ¡° Eh? Ah, y-yes. ¡° At the time, although Wei Yi was struck with amazement at the site of a hooded figure appearing out of nowhere, he was not panicking. Instead, he was very¡­excited.


    ¡° It must be the lord expert who saved us. ¡° He thought, exhilarated.


    ¡° Mm, good. ¡° The hooded figure, who was of course Li Zun nodded his head slightly in confirmation.


    When Li Zun spreads out his divine awareness, he is able to see a lot of things that mortals could never see. Sometimes, he would be able to find some interesting things, for example, things like..talent.


    ¡° Talent, a talent for magic. ¡° He thought, while sizing up Wei Yi.


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    It''s not an extremely high talent, but it''s still very good nonetheless.


    ¡° Why are you training as a warrior? Your talent is quite poor as a warrior. ¡°


    Wei Yi smiled bitterly, he could only. Such an expert looking down on him? he was not even worthy of his belittling.


    But the next words uttered out by Li Zun made him even more gobsmacked.


    ¡° You have a high talent for magic, especially towards the water element, if you try hard you will definitely be an expert in the future. ¡°


    Li Zun''s words kept on cringing on his head, for a moment all he could hear was those words repeating over and over again in his head.


    Talent, such a simple word. But that word alone can cause the lives of many people to change. Either they would forever be destined to become mediocre or an expert, it all depends on their talent!


    And Wei Yi is one of the many, who did not have the necessary talent. Since he was young, his dreams had always been to become a hero, an expert who would be able to stand high up in the vast world.


    Sadly, the world had never been kind. He, Wei Yi had longed to be recognized, what he needs most is people who would believe in him, who believed that he can become a hero and encourage him.


    But on that moment, he was finally recognized!


    What''s more is that the one who recognize him is an expert of such caliber, such an expert actually told him that he have a talent as a magus, this, how could Wei Yi not become excited? Even if it was all a lie he would love to live in that lie!


    One must know that not just anyone can thread on the path of a magus! The most basic requirements to be a magus is that one must have an abundant amount of spiritual energy and have a good aptitude to the elementals!


    The path of magus is extremely harsh, in a rural village like where Wei Yi lived, only 1 out of hundreds could thread on it, this is why people from the capital rarely bothered to come and test their talent. This is especially true in places like Wei Yi''s village where it''s quite far to the nearest large city. Thus, over the passing of time, there will be mortals who could have actually become a peerless magus faded away.


    ¡° If you ever have the inclination to thread on the path of the magus, perhaps this manual could help you. ¡°


    Li Zun took out a thick scroll from his interspacial ring and let the wind gently carried it to Wei Yi and with a plop, it softly landed on Wei Yi¡¯s outstretched hands.


    The scroll is filled with beautiful handwriting and drawings of the human body with their energy channels visible in it. At the very top, the words ¡° Aqueous 3-folds wave ¡° is written in a blue ink.


    ¡° Senior, this is? ¡° Wei Yi asked, he had only taken a glance at it for a bit, but his heart had been rapidly beating ever since then.


    ¡° It''s a cultivation manual for magus created by me during my free time, it''s especially suited towards water magicians. ¡° Li Zun answered casually.


    ¡° Badump! ¡° Wei Yi felt like his heart had stopped beating for a moment at the time.


    ¡° S-senior I am not worthy of such a thing. ¡° Wei Yi stuttered. Even if this great expert had created this manual during his ¡° free time ¡° such a manual is an absolutely priceless treasure.


    ¡° Take it, I have no use for it anyway. ¡° Li Zun turned his head and walked away, he did not wait for Wei Yi to answer him as he left him in a daze.


    ¡° Yeah, such a thing did happen. ¡° Wei Yi grinned and pressed his palm on his cheeks, still reminiscing those moments.


    Seeing that his big brother Wei Yi reminiscing when he was recognized by mr.expert, Ju Yan smiled and said. ¡° Geez brother Wei Yi, you know that you are not the only one who mr.expert gifted some manuals right?¡±


    Wei Yi laughed, it was true. He was not the only one who lord expert gave some guidance to.


    Aside from him, the little boy Ju Yan, little Ai Mei and a few others had received some guidance too. What was even more surprising is that lord expert actually founded out that You Longchang had a  talent in treading the path of warriors.


    You Longchang is 26 years old this year, he is younger than Wei Yi by 2 years and is also a stage higher in cultivation than him. Sadly, the world is a very harsh place, the Qi manual that is widely distributed to the masses are mostly very rudimentary in practice.


    Those who use those Qi manuals are only able to reach the 3rd rank at most, they can never hope to reach the 2nd realm of cultivation. If one has the desire to advance in cultivation, they could only pledge loyalty to a kingdom or join a clan.


    But once you do, your life would never become yours forever. It belongs to the kingdom or the clan, if they told you to die then you have no choice but to die. Hence, a lot of people hesitated in joining a side.


    You Longchang was one of them, he is after all very afraid of dying. How could he possibly hand his life over to someone else?


    He was fated to never advance in the path of warrior until he met Li Zun.


    Thinking about the mysterious expert who saved them, Wei Yi sighed.


    The past month, Wei Yi and the others had discovered that even the scroll containing the manual is special. It is actually imbued with a bountiful amount of Heaven-Earth Qi. Training while keeping it close to oneself will increase the rate of training by quite a bit.


    Such an amazing treasure and lord expert just casually gave it away.


    This only made Wei Yi speechless in awe. Just what realm has that expert reach?


    And then, the parting words left by Li Zun set his heart in blaze to pursue the path of cultivation.


    ¡° Train hard, if you continue in the path of cultivation, maybe we could meet again one day. Oh, and those bandits? Don''t worry, settle down and live freely, I will take care of them. ¡° The words left by Li Zun became the source of their energy to strive for power..


    Note :


    1. Ju Yan, remember? The one who escaped from the bandits and met Li Zun in the forest back at chapter 15.


    This chapter might be quite rough on the edges, sorry.

 Chapter 19 : Mad Tiger of the Ravenous Tigers

    ¨C TWG Chapter 19 ¨C


    Inside a rowdy bar in the town of Crustavale


    ¡° Hey, hey have you guys heard about it? ¡°


    ¡°  This again? If you''re talking about the Ravenous Tigers, everyone knows it already. ¡° The man sitting opposite of him answered lazily while chugging down his beer.


    The Ravenous Tigers are the notorious bandit group that ruled the dark side of many cities in the Floating Cloud Continent. Their original name is actually the Raven Tigers who are led by their boss Mad Tiger, but because of their acts, everyone is calling them the Ravenous tigers.


    ¡° Oh, oh...but man~, I was so shocked when I heard about it, who would have thought that those bastards who looked as if they were ruling the world would suddenly collapse in a single night!


    ¡° Yeah, even till now, I still can''t swallow it. That mad tiger is a well known 3rd realm warrior, for a figure to lay waste to their base in a single night? Imagine what kind of existence is needed to do such a thing, phew. Just the thought of it makes me shiver in fright. ¡°


    ¡° Bahahaha, forget it man. Such a figure is someone that we would never meet, if I do meet him though, I will immediately kiss his boots in thanks! I will even offer up my daughter to him! ¡°


    The other man on the table spitted out in response, ¡° Bleh, who would ever want that ugly daughter of yours! ¡°


    ¡° Hey! What did you say! ¡° The man retorted and a small skirmish soon broke out.


    What they did not realize that at the corner of the bar, a lone hooded figure is drinking away alone. When he heard that that man was willing to offer his daughter to that ¡®expert¡¯, he choked his drink in response..


    It was of course, the main perpetrator Li Zun, drinking alone in the corner. Through the use of his Divine Energy, he was able to blend in the surroundings whilst avoiding the attention of anyone.


    The topic of Ravenous Tigers have already been circulating since a month ago but it is still in the mouths of many people. This just shows, how cruel and impactful the Ravenous Tigers are to the ordinary people.


    But as the culprit of this widespread story, Li Zun isn''t very comfortable with the issue itself. It constantly reminded him of the deed he has done, a deed that he..wouldn''t have any pleasant memories remembering..


    In the edge of the bar, he sighed away and drank lonely. The look in his eyes couldn''t hide the reminiscent in his thoughts.


    His eyes looked off into the distance as his thoughts reeled back to that day..


    ~ ~ ~


    In a distant place.


    At Floating Cloud Continent southernmost part.


    Rocky terrains covered this part of land. There were nearly no trees in the vicinity, practically no signs of greenery. Almost not a single sign of life was found in this place.


    And yet, in this clearly inhabitable land, an auspicious wide, tracked, road is in place.


    As for where exactly did this road leads to, many knows but not many dare to use it.


    As the road directly leads to a tall hill within a distance. That particular hill is filled with even more rocks, even more greys, but most notoriously..even more bones and skulls.


    At the top of the hill lies an old, abandoned castle in appearance. In spite of it''s appearance, lively chatters along with laughters could be heard from miles away.


    This was home to the most famed, most notorious bandits in the Southern region of Floating Cloud Continent.


    It was home to the Ravenous Tigers.


    It was noon, and the day is still bright. And despite the morning sun, drunken and intoxicated men are everywhere within the castle''s vicinity. In fact, some of them are naked from top to bottom, indulging themselves to carnal pleasures.


    This was a regular sight in the Ravenous Tigers base. And just like any other day, they were spending their days away in depravity.


    High up in the castle, a shadow stood behind the window as he looked over at the scene below him.


    It was a big, burly man with two sharp teeth pointing out of his mouth, surrounded by  countless of bewitching women beside him. The man excluded an air of madness, matching his crude appearance.


    He was the the leader of these bandits, the sole reason these bandits are able to act as they pleased and reign terror over the southern lands of Floating Cloud Continent.


    He was the infamous Mad Tiger of Ravenous Tigers, an expert warrior of the 3rd realm, a figure that even kings would fear.


    " Boss, what is wrong with you today? Are you perhaps feeling unwell ? " One of the women showed her concern as she drapes his loose clothes properly.


    " I am fine Veronica, it''s just that..these past few days I''ve been feeling uneasy..watching these idiots down below can put my mood to ease. "


    " Ohh, what in the world could ever worry you lord tiger. " Another similarly stunning woman spoke up, these women would never throw away a chance to please him as they were all personal women of Mad Tiger, but being ''personal'' today doesn''t mean the same tomorrow..


    " Heh heh, alright stop right there. I am not feeling that good these days, I want to go back to my room, do not let anyone disturb me. " Said Mad Tiger as he shook off all the women surrounding him and took off to his room.


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    Lately..he had an extremely bad feeling, a foreboding feeling that tells him to be careful of the coming days.


    A foreboding or bad feeing are not anything special. Even ordinary mortals are capable of having a bad feeling or two that will come true. But in the case of strong practitioners, they are usually much more acute than mortals. Whenever they had an uneasy feeling, most of the time, something is about to happen.


    As Mad Tiger entered his wide room, he did not tardy around as he sat on his throne seat, deep in thought.


    " The King of Risberia had already agreed to sell off 25 villages in his territory to me and the Prime Minister of Sulvokia has also agreed to cooperate regarding the matter of Risberia black goods. Huhuhu, things are all going according to the plan, as long as I keep this up, these 2 will slowly become suspicious of the other, instigating a war between these two kingdoms will not be hard..kuku..¡±


    " Clever aren''t you? Mad Tiger. " A voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts.


    Mad Tiger abruptly stood up and got into his battle ready form as he shouted, " Who is there?! "


    At almost the same time Mad Tiger ended his speech, a blurry figure appeared in the center of the room. The figure is just within his sight, but for some reason, Mad Tiger is unable to make up his facial features at all.


    Although Mad Tiger''s words seems very domineering, his back had already became drenched in cold sweat. That figure had been in his room the entire time, but he did not notice him at all..


    Towards a figure who is able to sneak in so close to him without alerting him at all, just what does that mean?


    It means this person is clearly someone beyond his power!


    Not to mention that as he chose to so nonchalantly disclose his presence when such a clear opportunity to end him is there, it does not mean that the person is foolish.


    It meant, that the person is just that confident in killing him that whether or not he is alerted, he did not care. if he wants him dead, then..he is dead. This, Mad Tiger clearly understood.


    " Just who did I offend? The goods were delivered to the Southern Blue Coast last month, Thunderstorms Mountain have received my gift too...Wu Dong sect? couldn''t be..."


    " Or is it..The Demon Palace? "


    When the name " Demon Palace " crossed his mind, Mad Tiger involuntarily shuddered. Demon Palace..amongst Floating Cloud''s powerful organizations, it could be considered fairly new.


    But it was a place..that not even he, an otherworldly 3rd realm Warrior would dare to offend at all cost.


    While Mad Tiger looked as if he acted as he liked and plundered whatever he sees, but in reality, his strength does not solely rely on his muscle alone.


    Without him silently cooperating with the higher ups of the Kingdoms, sending gifts to the powerful sects, he wouldn''t have been able to act like as he did now.


    Only through his dark dealings is he able to stand so lavishly till this day!


    " Lord Emperor, may this lowly bandit be enlightened on who exactly did this bandit offend? " Mad Tiger placed his right hand on his left shoulder, a standard noble greeting in Floating Cloud Continent as he quickly bowed on the ground.


    The figure sneered in disdain at the prostrating Mad Tiger.


    " Heh, the title "Mad" does not fit you at all doesn''t it Mad Tiger? Perhaps clever or cunning is a better fit..don''t you think so? " The figure mockingly said.


    This figure behind the blurry shadows, is of course, none other than Li Zun.


    Li Zun knew that for an arrogant 3rd realm warrior like Mad Tiger, none of them could possibly not experience the feeling of being a figure standing above others, just like a politic leader of his previous life.


    To be able to throw away his pride so quickly when he sensed that he wouldn''t be able to beat him.. How could li Zun not realize just how cunning and intelligent this so called ''mad'' tiger actually is.


    " This lowly bandit do not dare, Lord Emperor. " Mad Tiger replied briskly, his head facing the ground.


    " Oh? So you do know your place. "


    " Of course, compared to Lord Emperor, I a mere bandit couldn''t possibly be an equivalent. ¡°


    " Compared to me? You are wrong. You are not even worth a dirt compared to ordinary people to me. " Scoffed Li Zun, his voice carrying a tone of rage he is not able to keep hidden..


    In a flash, a hand grabbed Mad Tiger''s head and an invisible energy struck him in the depths of his soul. Mad Tiger did not even have a chance to resist as his eyes blanked out, foams began to rise on his mouth. An invisible, matter-less ball flew out of Mad Tiger''s mouth into Li Zun''s forehead as Li Zun closed his eyes in response, activating soul scour.


    This time, Li Zun could no longer bother to think about soul scour¡¯s negative effects. if this Mad Tiger is someone he could classify as a decent person, he did not want to imagine just what kind of being is evil enough for him.


    Sadly for Mad Tiger, he probably had the saddest ending a 3rd realm warrior had ever experienced within a hundred years of Floating Cloud Continent history..

 Chapter 20 : Tremble Ravenous Tigers! ( Pt.1 )

    Seconds went by as Mad Tiger¡¯s life played out in Li Zun¡¯s conscious and as seconds passed by, more and more strength flowed into the hand grabbing onto Mad Tiger''s head.


    Only after a long while did Li Zun finally let go of Mad Tiger''s head, his body limped down to the floor, soulless.


    Li Zun did not even spare a glance at his corpse, his eyes stared up into the ceilings..who knows what he is currently experiencing.


    By soul-scouring a person, one would peak into the person''s memories one by one. Even forgotten memories by the brain will still be left in the soul!


    The past deeds of Mad Tiger rewinded in Li Zun''s eyes. As a God level being, Li Zun could now process his thoughts at a speed a mortal brain couldn''t possibly imagine. It would also not take him that much time to overview Mad Tiger''s memories.


    But being born in a peaceful world, he is currently embroiled indirectly in the cruelty of this world. A cruelty that he could see indirectly through Mad Tiger¡¯s eyes.


    Such cruelty!


    Such disgusting acts!


    Such.. is the life of an unfortunate..


    In comparison, his previous life could be said to be nothing word mentioning..


    Although he had soul-scoured Bum Gumsu and the leader, the both of them, are after all nobles.


    And even if most nobles are treacherous, outright scum. Bum Gumsu and the Leader had the very least of integrity, they wouldn''t behave this haphazardly.


    As such, he did not feel that much anger when soul scouring either of them.


    But right now, all that Li Zun felt is anger, an insatiable rage.


    This was the first time Li Zun had directly killed someone, When he had ended the life of the leader who chased after Ru Wuxi, he no longer had any limbs left and even if he helped him survive, only a pitiful life is left for him.


    To a 5th ranked warrior, being a cripple is worse than death. This, Li Zun understood deeply just from the memories of Bum Gumsu and his..


    As such, the act of ending his life could even be said as an act of mercy from Li Zun.


    Even if it Li Zun''s first time directly killing a person, Li Zun did not feel guilt at all, much less being uncomfortable in doing it.


    Before, he thought that no such person is worthy of being warranted a death penalty, now however, he felt that the previous him..is far too green..


    Al that Li Zun currently feel is anger, an unspeakable rage that he had never experienced. As to how to calm himself? The best way is definitely to punish those responsible.


    ~~~


    Within the Castle of The Ravenous Tigers.


    A placid old man full of wrinkles sat alone drinking away in the bar.


    His eyes looked withered and lifeless, and alongside with his hunched back, he looked even more out of place within the rowdy atmosphere of the Ravenous Tigers.


    ¡° Old advisor Yan, why don''t cha come and drink with us yeah? Don''t stay cooped up like that alone! ¡° Out of a sudden, a burly man with wide chin and red hair approached him with a big grin on his face, booze in hand and two playful looking women are by his side as they hugged and played with him not giving old advisor Yan a single glance.Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.


    Old advisor Yan knew exactly who that man was, Ravenous Tiger¡¯s 4th captain peak 5th rank warrior Bulfersag. Rowdy and evil-natured, known for his habit to make women broken.


    Disgusting! Old advisor Yan sneered inwardly, but on the outside, he kept a very amiable smile on his face. ¡° Oh, you youngins do your thing, this old man only want to have some drink. ¡°


    Bulfersag chortled, his strong alcoholic breath seeped out of his mouth, it made Old advisor Yan¡¯s face twitched slightly, but nevertheless he still kept his amiable smile plastered on his face. ¡° Oh, old advisor Yan, you never seem to accept an invitation to drink from us before don''t you? Are you perhaps belittling the friendship of us brothers? ¡°


    Old advisor Yan''s heart jolted, he unnoticeably let out a cold sweat. ¡° Ah, how would I dare to think like that? It''s just that my old bones wouldn''t be able to keep up with you youngins and I would only retire after a couple of drinks kekeke..¡±


    Bulfersag smiled nefariously and intervened Old advisor Yan. ¡° Ehehe, I see, I see..but Old advisor Yan, I have also never seen you hitting up on a couple of women during your days here, I wonder are youu too limp now? ¡°


    Old advisor Yan¡¯s smile cramped up before he began laughed foolishly. ¡° Kekeke, cough, cough it seems that brother Bulfersag now knew one of my secrets..¡±


    ¡° Ahahaha I see, I see..no booze, no gals, no gold! You are indeed a very fine person old man Yan. ¡° Bulfersag chattered with a moking tone, he has now addressed Old advisor Yan simply as ¡® old man Yan¡¯.


    ¡° Kekekeke..¡± Old man Yan laughed with a stiff smile on his face.


    ¡° But the question is..old man Yan..¡± Bulfersag spoke with his finger raised, a dumb look on his face. ¡° What is someone like you doing here? ¡°


    ¡° You do not desire for gold nor women, not even alcohol! What does someone like you get from entering the Ravenous Tigers?? ¡°


    Unknowingly, at some point of time Old man Yan had been surrounded in all sides, more than 20 people have surrounded him in the bar.


    ¡° Gehehe, I wonder, I wonder why Old man Yan. Of course that is unless..you are a spy!! Get him men!! ¡°


    Old man Yan shuddered. His seemingly weak body jumped in a moment¡¯s notice and he suddenly released a powerful kick towards the men leaping at him. The kick was so powerful that it had actually blasted 3 people crashing into the wall, their fates unknown.


    He then stood atop the bar table, his hunched back now stood upright in an overbearing manner, an aura of a 5th rank warrior emanated out of him.


    Bulfersag however, kept his calm and laughed merrily, it was as if he expected all of this to happen.


    ¡° Gahaha, you sure are strong that''s for sure Old man Yan..or should I say, Sulvokia¡¯s young hero Wyndinn! ¡° Bulfersag¡¯s expression took a sudden change and became extremely fierce, his eyes radiated a strong desire to kill.


    Old man Yan''s look turned icy cold. He grew silent for a while before he suddenly tore off his mask, a young and handsome face replaced the mask, coupled with his silvery white hair, he looked extremely attractive in the eye. ¡° Since when? ¡° Since he no longer disguised himself, his voice now carried a tone of arrogance and coldness, a youthful voice that is full of vigor.


    ¡° Young with limitless potential, strong and upholds his Kingdom, unbending towards evil. Celebrated as the future of the Kingdom, loved by the masses. Sulvokia''s young hero, Wyndinn Sl?via. But do you know.. that your existence is an eyesore towards someone? ¡°


    Wyndinn¡¯s face sank. ¡° Prime minister Humphfrey! ¡°


    ¡° Gahaha, that''s right, it''s your prime minister Humphfrey and to answer your question..it''s since the very start Wyndinn! Do you think that the leader is that blind? You being here is all part of the plan! ¡°


    ¡° Right now his majesty is already on the later stages of his plan. It won''t be too long now before your country enters war! But of course, that is all a ploy for us the Ravenous Tigers to control your kingdoms, gahaha! ¡° Bulfersag¡¯s laughter echoed around the bar, causing Wyndinn¡¯s face to become even paler. He then snapped his fingers, signaling for someone to come.


    Two figures slipped out of the crowd and Wyndinn¡¯s grim face instantly turned even grimmer.


    " Captain of the 9th troops mid 5th rank warrior Jean and Captain of the 10th troops low 5th rank warrior Luva. ¡° Wyndinn snarled.


    " Hahaha, extremely accurate Wyndinn, you even managed to get an accurate level of my power. ¡° The 9th troop captain Jean laughed.


    It must be known that a warrior¡¯s cultivation power is extremely hard to unravel. Should they choose to hide their power, one might not be able to discern their exact power, a mage however, would almost be identified easily by other mages of a higher rank. The reason why Wyndinn knew their exact strength is because he had been in the Ravenous Tigers for quite a time and hence, gaining an understanding of their strength.


    Now, not only he had to face the peak 5th rank Bulfersag, he is also confronted by two other 5th ranks and tens of other bandits surrounding him from all sides. No matter how you look at it, Wyndinn no longer had a chance to live through this.


    But it was at that moment..when suddenly,


    An eerie silence suddenly filled the bar¡¯s atmosphere.


    It was not known who started first but in an instant, everyone''s face is filled with dread! Yes, with dread!


    In all of a sudden, 3 heads flew away from their bodies plopping right into the ground!


    Those 3 heads..belonged to the 3 captains!

 Chapter 21 : Tremble Ravenous Tigers! ( pt.2 )

    Wyndinn stood in a stupor, he couldn''t believe what he is seeing, nobody could.


    *Prang!* A glass of booze fell into the wooden floor.


    " Captn''..n-no impossible! " one of the men stuttered in horror, he raised the head of Bulfersag carefully, whose face still maintained that gleeful smile.


    It was only then did Wyndinn broke out of his daze, his eyes narrowed slightly. While he did not know what kind of being could possibly kill those 3 without leaving a single trace, he realized that what''s more important is that currently he is not out of danger yet, albeit his chance to escape has gotten so much higher.


    He suddenly sprang up from the bar he is standing, his two hands forming an X on his belly imitating a swan dance. Two razor blades silently slipped into his hands and in an instant, he wildly swung open his arms and twirled in the sky, a slashing sound reverberated in the air as 4 heads dropped into the ground, dead.


    Borrowing the momentum of his attack and the moment of confusion, he stepped into one of the falling headless body that he had just decapitated before, leaping out of the encirclement of the bandits.


    It was only then did the bandits awoken from their stunned silence. They grew mad and hateful that they had allowed Wyndinn to kill 4 of their brothers and escaped their encirclement in the moment of confusion. Each of them sheathed their blades and screamed at the top of their lungs, attacking Wyndinn from all sides.


    In actuality, none of them had actually cared about these 4 dead ''brothers'' of them. They are all selfish in nature and won''t hesitate to kill anybody if it meant that they could live.


    They are only angered because with 4 people down, it would be harder to kill Wyndinn, and after all this events, even if they manage to kill Wyndinn, they would have no idea how to report to their boss Mad Tiger that 3 of his captains had died.


    They would already be considered lucky if they could survive the Boss outrage, not to mention getting a losing a limb or two! As such, Wyndinn had became their platform to vent their frustrations.


    But sadly, almost all of these bandits are stuck at the 3rd rank of the first realm, with some of them only at the 2nd rank, and none of the 4th rank the mark of the 2nd realm.


    One must know that each and every rank represented a cumulative difference in power! Especially a difference between two realms.


    While one might only be a 4th rank, a 4th ranked warrior alone is enough to face 10 3rd rank warriors without breaking a sweat! Of course, there are exceptions. Even so, these exceptions are restricted to some geniuses or those who come from a sect with a deep amount of heritage.


    And while it may seem overwhelming, to advance realms is in fact not an easy task. It is proven by the fact that out of 100 3rd rankers, perhaps only 2 or 3 4th rankers might emerge from that group..


    Thus, the result of the battle is easy to predict. Wyndinn who has already reached the middle point of the 5th rank and is accounted as the brightest genius of his kingdom, had easily massacred all the bandits in the bar, which reached around 30 bandits or so.


    He then step out of the door, his gaze cold. He sent one last glance into the body of the 3 leaders, wondering whose work it was before he headed out into the darkness..


    ~~~


    Seconds before the incident at the bar happened..


    An invisible energy swept out, covering the whole mountain in densely packed energy.


    An enraged Li Zun observed all of the happenings within the mountain, his gaze turning colder and colder at every moment.


    Within a single glance, Li Zun had already identified a hundred members of the Ravenous Tigers that is engraved on Mad Tiger''s mind.


    Then..


    With a single ''humph'' of Li Zun..


    *Whoosh*


    Almost instantaneously, hundreds of heads flew away from their necks and plopped into the ground.


    The process was so quick and unexpected that all of them..still had a merry laugh on their face! Yet all these hundred people are deader than dead!If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.


    While it is only a hundred of people who died, from this day on, the Ravenous Tigers will cease to exist!


    These people are either Ravenous Tigers'' most vile personnels or a high ranking member of their group. Without them, Ravenous Tigers would no longer have the foundation to act so arrogantly and Li Zun had been very careful only to select those who are clearly proven to be vile and horrendous, but sadly almost all of them are men who Li Zun would have love to end..


    Li Zun then turned away, his fingers stroked upwards and slashed into the celling of the castle, causing a huge hole to form on the celling.


    He then leapt up into the sky, readying his next move..


    ~~~


    The castle of the Ravenous Tigers went into a huge uproar, there was a big commotion everywhere one went.


    Wyndinn sneakily moved from wall to wall, hidden within the shadows of the wall or crowds. He snooped in from time to time into the crowd of bandits and overhead their commotion.


    While all of them are in a state of total confusion, he had perceived one important information from all the commotions.


    Dead!


    All dead!


    All of the known captains and leaders of Ravenous Tigers laid on the ground, their heads removed from their bodies.


    Wyndinn shuddered uncontrollably, he could not even imagine just what kind of creature could have possibly assassinated all of Ravenous Tigers strong warriors within the crowd of bandits all at the same time!


    He wouldn''t even want to imagine if that creature had mistaken him to be a part of their group as cold sweat involuntarily dripped from his face.


    The normal bandits within the Ravenous Tigers are all not much different from him either, they were all madly arguing on what they should do now. Such an unprecedented calamity had never befallen them before.


    Some of them had even suspected that their boss..is now dead too.


    It did not take them too long to find out though, as sounds of Mad Tiger¡¯s women shrieking reverberated across the halls of the castle.


    The men who heard that immediately scurried into Mad Tiger¡¯s room, where they found the celling with a huge hole and a ragged Mad Tiger lying on the ground.


    Although they could see that his head was still attached to his neck, they all know that their boss is no longer alive..


    None of them could believe their eyes, some of them are shouting that it''s an imposter and that their real boss is somewhere in the sky battling against the intruder.


    If it was their captains, perhaps they could somehow swallow their deaths.


    But their boss? Who was their boss in the first place?


    Otherworldly 3rd Realm Warrior Mad Tiger!


    The concept of a 3rd realm warrior is completely different to that of the 2nd realm in the minds of the people of Floating Cloud Continent. If breaking through the 2nd realm from the 1st realm is hard enough, then breaking through the 3rd realm is immeasurably hard!


    A single 3rd realm warrior is equivalent to a thousand soldiers! That is why, those who have reached the 3rd realm like Mad Tiger had another title, Kings!


    Those who have reached the 3rd realm wouldn''t have been bothered by a King of an ordinary Kingdom, they alone are worthy enough to be Kings as a single one of them alone is as strong as a troop of a thousand soldiers. Not to mention that they can infiltrate into the Kingdom and rush in to kill the King before having to confront the kingdom''s army itself, that is why the concept of a 3rd realm warrior is as if the lofty sky towards them, unreachable and untouchable..


    ~~~


    Wyndinn was hurrying his speed in the hallways of the castle taking advantage of the confusion when a hand suddenly grabbed his shoulder from an intersection.


    ¡° Wyndinn? ¡° A rough voice asked him behind his back.


    Wyndinn acted reflexively, he took out his razor blades and was about to slash at the source of the voice when the voice spoke again hurriedly.


    ¡° Stop, stop! It''s me, Harrander remember? ¡° said ¡® Harrander¡¯ as he hastily ripped off his mask, revealing a middle-aged man with rough features.


    Wyndinn stopped his blade in the air, his eyes looked into Harrander¡¯s eyes for a moment before he broke out into a smile, relaxing his arms. ¡° Is that really you Harrander? To think that you are the 2nd captain Blaster all along! ¡°


    Out of all the captains, Wyndinn had the least interaction with the 2nd captain Blaster because he is often out to safeguard their most dangerous missions, but he had heard that the 2nd captain Blaster dislikes to be disturbed so he had mostly stayed within his own tent.


    In spite of that, he heard that the 2nd captain is a 6th rank warrior and had once saved Mad Tiger¡¯s life, so Mad Tiger trusted him dearly. Now that it is revealed that Blaster was in fact Harrander, a warrior of Skeddenberg Kingdom, Wyndinn is naturally delighted.


    Harrander also smiled in return. ¡° Whooh, however you lil twerp, you almost sliced me into two you bastard! ¡° Harrander slapped Wyndinn¡¯s back hardly while laughing gleefully.


    Wyndinn followed him along for a laugh, his cold demeanor is now gone nowhere to be seen.


    It was then..


    *Rumble* *Rumble*


    A massive rumbling shook the ground.


    The both of them stopped their laughs and turned into each other before the two of them both looked out into the windows outside, only to have their eyes popping out, mouths agape at the scene before them..


    ~~~


    Li Zun was high up in the air, he was performing an incantation that he had learned on the way towards here. It was a skill that Li Zun deemed to be very important.


    Soon, his incantation ended, divine energy flowed out of his fingertips in a mysterious manner swaying towards the horizon.


    Moments later, a huge rumbling shook the ground which alerted all the bandits in the mountain.


    All of them are currently annoyed and enraged at the sudden happenings so they reacted quickly, reaching out into the window or the door to take a look at the source of the rumble which had further annoyed them, but they stopped feeling annoyed when they saw what was brewing up in the distance.


    These bandits saw, in the distance, a massive storm of dust sprang up and towering, huge shadows are visible behind the storm of dust.


    Their faces instantly turned pale in fright. They stopped their bickering, and for a moment, all of the mountain vicinity went as silent as a grave.


    Yes, it was another of the same tactic from Li Zun. Another Magical Beast wave, albeit this time, it was just an illusion.


    Old it might be but who says something old isn''t effective?

 Chapter 22 : Tremble Ravenous Tigers! ( pt.3 )

    TWG 22


    Inside the castle of Ravenous Tigers


    Wyndinn and Harrander are currently running around at full speed without restraint, both of them had a serious look on their face.


    They glided through the stairs, rocketed passed the hallways and sprint past groups of bandits. As both of them are warriors of the 5th rank and 6th rank respectively, one could imagine the speed they are traveling in.


    Of course, by running so haphazardly in the base of their enemies, it was natural that they would encountered upon some bandits along the way.


    But these bandits are all selfish thugs that prioritized their lives before anything else, so how could they not be scrambling about trying to save their lives right now?


    As such, whenever these bandits encountered the both of them, most of them wouldn''t even spare a glance at them and minded their own business, leaving the two of them a free-way pass towards the prison.


    Naturally, there are a couple of bandits that stopped and tried to block them. Merely, with their strength, how could they possibly be bothered by a couple of bandits? With a swish and a slash, those ¡®couple¡¯ of bandits were sent away to the next world.


    It did not take them too long to get to the location where the captive and slaves are kept in. However, when they had finally reached the doorway that leads them to the the prison, they slowed down in their tracks and glanced at each other.


    A look of worry could be seen in their eyes as the door that was supposed to be tightly guarded is actually left open. Despite of that, it had only caused them a moment of delay as they leaped up to speed once more, bursting through the door.


    In spite of their worries, they were instead left dumbstruck when they saw that instead of the brawny bandits, there were around 10 youths instead with several captives, running around opening the locks of the cages.


    When the two of them arrived, the 10 youths stopped for a moment to see the two of them and tossed them a ring of keys right away and ordered the two of them to help them, not taking another notice of them.


    Wyndinn and Harrander stood in the entrance, taken aback by the scene before them, but not long after, a smile gradually rose from their lips.


    ¡° No need for these. ¡° remarked Harrander as he threw away the keys and went into the closest still-locked cage in his vicinity, he then placed both of his hands into the steel bars of the cage and exerted his 6th ranked warrior strength, bending the bars into a hole in the size of an average adult.


    The surrounding people bulged their eyes when they saw Harrander bending the steel bars so relaxedly. They then broke out into a great cheer straightaway..


    ~~~


    The bandits scampered and scurried away, each of them had a ghastly look on their faces, some of them are even screaming ¡° it''s doomsday!¡± Or ¡° it''s an apocalypse!! ¡° as they ran away, magic beasts in tow.


    High up in the skies however, Li Zun calmly floated high up in the air, his countenance looked otherworldly as if he did not care one bit of the storm that will occur.


    His eyes closed, his divine strands stretched out. One by one, each of the strand surrounded the helpless and ordinary people that are bought into their lair by the bandits, protecting them from any serious danger.


    Time passed by as he waited..


    Soon, the leftovers of the Ravenous Tigers could no longer be seen within the mountains vicinity. They have quite a distance away from the mountain.


    Aside from these bandits, Harrander and Wyndinn''s group had also already escaped the castle, descending down the mountain and into the rocky lands.


    They were already sweating nervously at the thought of the rumbling steps that neared them so they did not have the chance to relax at all. Of course their speed are much slower in comparison to the bandits because they had to help the captives and slaves in escaping as such, they had only reached the base of the mountain while the bandits are already running into the rocky grounds.


    It was around this time that Li Zun finally opened his eyes, an unspeakable lamentation showed on his face.


    ¡° 49 people, a measly 49 people out of thousands..¡± He murmured, thinking aloud.


    These 49 people are members of the Ravenous Tigers that Li Zun saw who are willing to help the helpless in escaping, although not many of them went to the prison, at least they had still been willing to help those within their vicinity which was enough for Li Zun to forgive them.


    He looked at the castle for a moment of time, then shook his head. " No use in lamenting, it''s time for me to take care of those other bandits. "This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.


    With a swish, Li Zun disappeared from the skies, an invisible energy soon swept out throughout the rocky lands, pinpointing on the bandits that had escaped earlier.


    With an intent from him, his Divine Energy flared and all thousands of bandits are suddenly teleported alongside him, he flashed and reappeared for another 3 times each with an staggering amount of distance between them before he finally landed on an island far away from land.


    The clueless bandits, could only see flashes of white lights before the scenery before them changed completely, from the ragged rocky terrains to a sandy grass that stretched out into the distant sea.


    These bandits were all dumbfounded, they had just been running away earlier on, some are even riding their magic beasts, but they had all suddenly appeared here?


    And when they looked around, they could see hundreds of their comrades all here too, looking around in confusion.


    The perpetrator, Li Zun did not even give them an explanation for their situation. He had only stood with his arms folded in the sky, glancing at them with a displeased look before he turned back and teleported away.


    The crimes that these bandits have committed are far too heavy for Li Zun to just let them be free in the mainland, who knows what kind of act they would do to the helpless and ordinary villagers?


    Although they had lost their most fearsome captains and experts, with a hundred or so of them, it is still enough to terrorize tens or so village, plundering and continuing their activities.


    Of course the island Li Zun picked for them is by no means any normal island.


    The island is as more than 5000 square miles, surrounded by high speed, powerful undercurrents that only 5th rank warriors could possibly withstand.


    Beneath the waters are also home to vicious sea magic beasts and poisonous beasts, not to mention that most of these magic beasts are of the 2nd realm! It shows just how treacherous the underwater environment is surrounding that island.


    Inside the island are also home to land and avian magic beasts, some which are relatively high grades.


    While the island is full of colorful fruits and flowers, many 1st to 2nd grade magic beasts, and fishes to reel from the sea, the magic beasts that can appear from time to time are of no joke, they can tear the hundred of bandits apart and cause heavy casualties.


    But this is in fact, already an act of kindness from Li Zun.


    These bandits are all trashes of the society, none of them are worthy to be called a decent person, each and everyone of them are rotten and wicked to the bone, they will do anything necessary if it meant to be of use to them.


    For Li Zun to give them another opportunity to live? This is only possible because of his transcendental powers, if he was only a mere 3rd realm warrior, he would''ve probably had to deal with them if he wants a foolproof method.


    But with the power he had? He just chose to isolate them within an island.


    If they lived? Then so be it.


    If they were to die? Then, that is fine too.


    ~~~


    Within the blue skies above the Ravenous Tigers base.


    A white robed, golden haired Li Zun appeared out of nowhere.


    He stood in the air in silence before he let out a deep breath and calmed down his turbulent emotions.


    After a few breaths of time, his angered look is now gone, replaced by a sad and hurt expression.


    It was only now did these emotions rose inside of him, killing all these people..even one is enough to affect his state of mind, a hundred of people..how could it possibly not cause grief and guilt to Li Zun?


    This is because, although Li Zun is a transcendental God level being, his previous life is just that of an ordinary person!


    He had never killed, nor had he even harmed before in his life previously. In this life, he was already forced to send some bandits he met outside the forest to their deaths, and now, he had to kill these hundred bandit captains personally..


    Were he to send them along with the other bandits, their powerful strength might cause problems to the magic beasts living in the island, disrupting the ecosystem there.


    Not mentioning that someof them might even have a chance to escape!


    Because no matter how inescapable the sea surrounding the island is, if more of them were to breakthrough to the 6th rank, it might not be that much of an arduous journey to them.


    But of course, Li Zun''s disposition is no longer comparable to that of an ordinary human, he had been able to recover within moments after, his reclusive and otherworldly look surfaced once again.


    It was just that he is far too lacking in experience with cases like this, and also, Li Zun had always been an inherently kind person.


    With his emotions now calmed down, he then glimpsed on the escaping group of Wyndinn and Harrander.


    Confirming that they are by now, quite a distance away from the castle, he turned around and casted his eyes on the Castle of Ravenous Tigers, his look determined.


    He lifted a finger in the direction of the castle, and with an intention from him, a small part of his Divine Energy formed on his fingertip.


    With a slight push of his finger, the conglomerated Divine Energy shoots downwards, with a  '' chi chi chi ''  sound reverberating throughout the sky, it swelled in size as it moved, eventually reaching the size of an elephant as it neared the castle grounds.


    "BOOM!"


    The explosion burst apart, causing a hazy white light blinding the naked eyes of mortals. Since the Divine Energy isn''t visible to the eyes of ordinary mortals, it instead created a very peculiar phenomenon in their eyes where they could see a thin line of white haze that blinded their vision from afar.


    However, because of Li Zun''s illusion, they could see a vague outline of a humongous Saber-Fanged Tiger, the size of a mansion descending right after the explosion occurred, and with a thunderous roar, it shook the entire mountain as if proclaiming that the mountain is it''s territory from today onwards.


    Of course, all of this incident was intended by Li Zun to make the whole act more believable.


    The terrified mortals, began to ran in an even more crazed manner, In which case the 5th rank Wyndinn and the 6th ranked Harrander are no different than them. While the both of them might be extraordinary characters within the eyes of mortals, they were not worth a fart in the face of a supreme creature like the Saber-Fanged Tiger, which are known to be powerful 3rd realm creatures in the histories of Floating Cloud Continent.


    " Whoosh "


    Dust clouds rose about as the aftermath of the explosion is brought to light.


    Rubbles are everywhere within sight, the towering castle of the Ravenous Tigers are now nowhere to be seen, only broken walls and debris are left behind..


    In actuality, Li Zun could just make the whole castle disappear into nothingness, but for the sake of authenticity of the Saber-Fanged Tiger''s existence, he purposely left some debris and walls behind, with the addition of a few claw marks on the grounds and walls.


    A month later, valiant 3rd realm heroes from all over the land visited the mountain to seek the Saber-Fanged Tiger, however, they were left disappointed to find the Saber-Fanged Tiger nowhere to be seen..

 Chapter 23 : 1 month passes, living in the city

    TWG 23 - 1 month passes, living in the city


    " Clink, Clank. "


    It was the clanging sounds of silver coins being dropped on the table. But strangely, the sounds it made did not escape the range of the table''s proximity, It was quickly drown out before escaping any further.


    Although, with how rowdy the bar currently is, no one would probably notice the sounds of these coins either.


    A white-robed Li Zun placed down his glass of ale on the table, the look on his eyes was hazy, his mind constantly playing the scenes of the final moments of the bandits he had killed.


    " In the end...was I wrong? Or...was I right? " He mumbled, a conflicted look appeared on his face.


    It had been a month since then, but it had always been on his mind, reminding him of his deeds from time to time.


    After all, 3 months ago, he was just an ordinary mortal. Sending a group of people to their deaths[1], ending the lives of a hundred people personally in one go..no matter how wicked those people are, it would continue to haunt a normal person to no ends.


    Thankfully, Li Zun is by no means normal. Although that matter had troubled him a lot, he was not severely affected by it.


    " Forget it, There was never a '' right '' in killing people in the first place. "


    " The lives of people..no matter how measly they are.. they should not be handled lightly.. "


    " I was far too rash, far too emotional. I thought I was someone who could control my own emotions well..but in reality? Heh! " He let out a self-mocking smile.


    Actually, no matter how good someone is at controlling their emotions..to witness for the first time, a despicable act those bandits did first-hand, no one would be able to keep their emotions under control. Especially a man of values like Li Zun.


    " In the end, I was wrong. " He smiled bitterly. Resolving the conflict in his heart.


    Recognize and learn from his mistakes, this is the only way he could prevent him to make more mistakes in the future.


    In truth, Li Zun''s actions could not be described as ''wrong''. The one who he had ended their lives were a group of bandits who no one wouldn''t have bat an eye on even if they were murdered. What more of the 100 Ravenous Tigers most vile personnels, they were also the one who made up the true strength of Ravenous Tigers.


    If he had chosen to banish them to the isolated island he had sent the other members to, he couldn''t guarantee that they would be able escape.


    If they were to escape back into the mainland, could he be willing to risk the lives of thousands of villagers just for them? Impossible.


    The only true solution to that is with Li Zun presiding on that island too, watching after these bandits so that they will not escape.


    But what kind of person was Li Zun? He is a person of free spirit, he loved to wander and see the world. Asking him to live in an isolated island for years? Simply another impossibility.


    With another glance at the silver coins on his table, Li Zun counted his expenses and knew that those silver coins would have covered more than enough for the drinks he had ordered, a second later he disappeared from the bar.


    It was as if he wasn''t even there in the first place, he arrived silently, and left just as silent..


    ~~~


    Tap tap.


    The noisy crowd of Lanwun City moved in waves as night falls. The City of Lanwun is an average sized city with around 5000 habitants but at night, the roads in the city would be bustling with plenty of people and colorful lights, brightening the city even at night.


    In a certain venue of the city, however, the crowd was dispersed into two as a white-robed man was slowly strolling in the center of it.


    Usually, this kind of incident would only happen if a noble would walk pass through the road or in some other cases, an extremely savage looking man that is passing through, but at this moment, the same treatment was given towards a lean, normal looking white-robed man.A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.


    From afar, one could not tell the specialness of this white-robed man, but anyone who would come into a close range with him would feel that this white-robed man..gave off a very strange, unpleasant dark aura.


    In fact, there is a reason why Li Zun didn''t bother to think of the affects of his actions. He was very clear that there are people who are very similar to him in terms of aura in the Floating Cloud Continent.


    Those people he are referring to, are called deranged mages!


    Powerful, half-crazed mages of the dark element walking on the path of curses and hexes that has done countless of experiments on the body of living beings, causing them to release a very horrifying, dark aura.


    These kind of mages possessed some of the most terrifyingly bizarre magics such as voodoo, hex, ghostly magics, poison and even possession!


    These kinds of mages are the most dangerous, feared experts in the Floating Cloud Continent. Even experts of the 3rd realm might not necessarily want to anger these individuals.


    Usually, not even powerful mages and warriors would dare to act so unruly in a state ruled by a king, but one could never tell what those deranged mages would do if they were angered, after all their sanity could already be questioned.


    Once, there was an incident where a deranged mage specializing in curse magic was angered by a noble in a kingdom, and at the very next day, that deranged mage spread his curse magic across the noble''s territory, causing a casualty of more than 1000 people, turning fertile lands into waste, killing all the poultry raised and even more people suffering from the curse.


    Of course that mage was long dead, hunted by the kingdom''s warriors. But cases like that did not only occur once, In fact, it has happened 6 times in the history of Floating Cloud Continent!


    Each time it happened, lands turned to waste, deaths came like rain. These events had long terrorized the population of Floating Cloud.


    But the main reason why they have continued to exist till this day is the existence of the " Deranged Emperor ", a terrifying deranged mage of the 3rd realm, 8 rank!


    This is the reason why the guards of the city would not bother to act on these kind of individuals as long as they did not disturb the city.


    Of course, that White-robed man was not a deranged mage, but instead Li Zun, a being far more frightening than an ordinary dark mage.


    Seeing the crowd dispersing around him, Li Zun could no longer be bothered. This was a scene he had seen almost every day in the past month he had visited cities.


    Although he had made qualitative improvements in the control of his Divine Energy, this curse of him was still there, not allowing him to live a normal life. Li Zun suspected that only when he could fully control his Divine Energy like the back of his hand is the time when he could envelope the curse to not leak outside.


    After a short walk, Li Zun had finally arrived on the inn he was currently staying at. Although he would be able to instantly teleport to the inn, he would relish the chance to take a walk in the busy street once in a while, even if he had to feel the discomfort of people avoiding him. He had been too used at it already in his past life, now he was already very content with little Xie by his side and the 3 little birds, who are actually not afraid of him.


    But even if they were not afraid of him, Li Zun wouldn''t allow them to touch him, or he feared that the curse might attack these little birds.


    Once he arrived at the front door of the inn, Li Zun did not bother to use it and instead, he directly teleported into the door of his room.


    " 398 " He confirmed, and with a turn of the doorknob, the door was opened. The room he rented was very big, actually it was the biggest room that the inn could afford.


    It even took up a fourth of the floor of the inn! Although Li Zun did not need suh a wide room, with how active little Xie and the three birds are, he decided to rent the largest room for them to play around. Little Xie was there, scampering around the room chasing after the 3 little birds in the air, occasionally jumping and occasionally barking. The Daredevil dog[1] was there too, sleeping alone in the corner of the room, it opened his eyes for a moment when he saw someone entering but closed it''s eyes again as soon as it saw that it was Li Zun who had entered.


    Swiping his paws towards the little birds, Little Xie jumped high into the air, but it wasn''t able to catch his target and instead, it fell head first into the wooden floor, his snout whimpering. The 3 little birds noisily chirped at it almost to the point where they seemed like they were laughing at him.


    Seeing this scene, Li Zun couldn''t help but let out a small laugh, this was a very usual scene for him.


    Only when Li Zun let out a light laugh did those 4 mischievous creatures finally noticed him, they stopped playing around and ran towards them with gleeful faces.


    Little Xie hurriedly leaped up into Li Zun''s arms while the 3 birds circled around his head, chirping gleefully.


    Although Li Zun did not allow them to touch him, they were still very affectionate towards Li Zun and since they were not the slightest bit scared of him, Li Zun allowed them to be near him as long as they are not in contact with him.


    Because of the special bond they shared, Little Xie is the only one Li Zun would allow to touch him.


    At the time, he discovered that a part of his curse had affected little Xie as well, thankfully though, it''s curse is nowhere as powerful as Li Zun''s and would only cause the people around it to feel uneasy, it would also not cause any adverse affects when he touched someone else.


    The little pup continuously barked and jumped at him, while the 3 little birds chirped continuously at him. The Daredevil Dog did not say anything, but by now it''s eyes have opened and a look of eagerness was in it.


    If it was any other person, they might not understand what they are being noisy about, but as someone who had lived them for more than a month, Li Zun could naturally understand what they wanted.


    " Alright, alright..you guys wanna go out? Let''s go out then! " smiled Li Zun.


    Staying cooped up in this room for the day would definitely bore them to death, which is why they would usually go out at night.


    " Get ready. " said Li Zun, activating his Divine Energy, and a second later all 6 of them, including the Daredevil Dog disappeared into nothingness.


    [1] Li Zun sent the first bandit groups he met to their deaths in chapter 17.


    [2] Remember? The Daredevil Dog was forced to become the servant beast of Little Xie in chapter 14.

 Chapter 24 : Little Xie vs the Harpussa Snakes

    TWG 24 - Little Xie vs the Harpussa Snakes


    " krak! "


    A branch broke into two as a a shadow ran past it.


    " Woof, woof! "


    The little pup barked energetically into the sky, sprinting with vigor and excitement.


    The 3 little birds flew beside him, twirling in the air avoiding branches and trees, chirping in delight.


    Behind them is the Daredevil Dog, who kept it''s silence all this time. But just from the look of it''s face, it is evident that it is having fun too.


    Whenever they are out to venture the wilds, the little pup is always at the very forefront of their little group, leading the way. For the Daredevil dog, it is natural that he follows the little pup''s lead for it is the little pup''s servant beast. But the 3 little birds?


    They are just playful and mischievous by nature, they do not care who leads them as long as they can have fun and cause mischief.


    At this moment, the little pup''s snout abruptly twitched.


    " Ta! "


    Out of a sudden, he pounced towards the direction of the 3 little birds, astonishing the 3.


    But half-a second after the little pup jumped..the leaves rustled, a slithering shadow lunged it''s fangs towards the blue feathered little bird, who had now realized it was in grave danger.


    However, that shadow was unfortunate as the little pup had already noticed it moments before.


    The little pup arrived just before it could come close to the little birds, sparks of lightning crackled in the his own fangs as he came to meet the opposing fangs of that shadow.


    " Boom! " exploded the little pup''s lightning, causing a glow of light to appear in the dark forest, which at the same time revealed the shadow''s figure.


    The shadow, which is a red-scaled snake shrieked shrilly as it instinctively darted backwards into the darkness, it''s head charred into blackness.


    Any experienced warrior could recognize this snake with one glance, a harpussa snake, a common magic beast usually of the 1st or 2nd rank known for it''s hard head among reptilian magic beasts.


    But this harpussa snake had a trait that most harpussa snake does not posses, it has a wing-like structure above it''s eyes which signifies it''s power as a 3rd rank harpussa snake, a magic beast that not even a group of 3rd ranked experts would like to tangle with.


    What makes a 3rd rank harpussa snake terrifying is not it''s power, nor is it it''s venom but because it would usually command a group of harpussa snakes!


    And sure enough, right after the 3rd ranked harpussa snake shrieked, countless of trees rustled in response, 7 harpussa snakes slithered from branches to branches with another 6 directly leaping out of the trees attacking from all directions towards the little pup and the little birds.


    The little pup gruntled when it saw that the harpussa snake hadn''t died yet. He knew that trouble was coming. Therefore, just a second before the 13 harpussa snakes came out, he had already barked towards the Daredevil dog, ordering it to protect the 3 little birds.


    When he landed from his earlier attack, the little pup spent no time wasted, using it''s left leg to push himself up once again into the air, it twirled to force himself to the left and appeared right at the side of the nearest harpussa snake that intended to attack him.


    The little pup is after all the offspring of the Vajra-Thunder Wolf, ruler of the Mythical Beast Forest. Even if the harpussa snake is in a dropping motion, how could a harpussa snake''s speed compare to him?


    With one bite, the tragic snake was shredded into two in his teeth, almost instantaneously dying. But he was not done.


    Two more harpussa snakes emerged, attacking him in midair. The little pup was calm, he twirled his body for a little and swiftly swiped his two paws towards another 2 incoming snakes.


    " Bam! " one of them slammed right into the ground underneath the little pup and the other went straight into the trees behind him.


    The little pup finally halted in midair for half a second before he did a 360 spin in midair and allow the momentum to bring himself into the ground, his right leg ahead of his body.


    Stab!


    it''s small claws landed right in the neck of the snake he slammed to the ground a while ago, ensuring it''s death.Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings.


    In all but a single move, he had already killed 2 of the snakes!


    Of course the other snakes wouldn''t let him continue killing their kin so easily, but only 6 of them are tasked to attack the little pup, and out the 6, those 3 are the closest to him while the other 3 are still making their way.


    It''s not that they do not want to help, but the little pup had been too fast and in all but a moment, 2 of them had died while they weren''t able to do a thing!


    Right when lil Xie killed the second one, the other two finally arrived, zooming in from two different directions. With the last one falling behind a bit.


    Bai Xue humphed cutely, he used his other free paw to jump back by a bit and raised the leg that was latched into the snake''s neck, swinging it towards the two snakes.


    A " pa! " sound rang out, and those two snakes were slapped into the side by the body of it''s own kin, falling into the ground, the dead snake on top of their bodies.


    The little pup wasted no more time on those two, raising it''s two claws towards the last, incoming snake tasked to deal with him.


    The snake bashed it''s hard head onto Bai Xue''s claws, with Bai Xue barely able to stop it''s momentum.


    Bai Xue then turned, his two claws moving sideways, allowing the harpussa snake to pass through and land on the ground.


    The harpussa snake hissed fiercely, it swiftly slithered in the ground trying to attack once again.


    But suddenly..


    Bai Xue seemed as if he disappeared in the eyes of the snake, and a few moments later, it suddenly felt as if it''s head was flying in the air.


    It was dead.


    The little pup, however, won''t let it rest in peace as he grabbed the tail of the snake and slam it into the 2 snakes who had just escaped themselves from the body of it''s dead kin.


    With how long these snakes bodies are, the little pup''s attack would of course reach the two of them, slamming them hard into the ground once again.


    Xiao Xue then finally threw away the body of that poor snake, he did a small dash and reappeared right next to the two.


    " Swa! " two spurts of blood shot towards the air, the two dead.


    His paws bloodied of his enemies blood, little Xie looked around only to see the other snake he slammed to the tree dead. It had actually stabbed itself right into a sharp broken branch.


    While these snakes are proclaimed to have hard heads, their bodies in turn, are not so hard, especially 1st ranked ones. Of course those '' hard heads '' in the face of the little pup''s claws could only face it with a little resistance but the 2nd ranked ones could probably endure 2 or 3 hits before dying and out of the ones who attacked him, only the first and the last to attack him were 2nd ranked ones.


    Only the 3rd ranked ones could possibly withstand a blow from the little pup''s claws and come out unscathed. But the little pup''s not dumb, why would it attack the hard head when he could go for the soft body?


    The little pup, once confirming that the last of his attackers are dead, switched his attention towards the Daredevil dog and the little birds.


    Sure enough, it was just as he predicted.


    Although the Daredevil dog couldn''t accomplish a feat as astounding as he does, especially when tasked to protect the 3 little birds, it still managed to kill 3 of the 7 attackers while only receiving negligible wounds.


    The little pup then turned it''s head into the direction of the 3rd ranked fermossa snake who was escaping frantically into the forest. It was not that he did not want to quickly kill the 3rd ranked snake, but that snake had hurriedly hid behind it''s underlings and ran away when it saw the little pup killing it''s kin like cutting paper.


    That fermossa snake was indeed unlucky, it had wanted to greedily take the bite of the little birds first which is why it did not command it''s underlings to attack first. It was only concerned with the Daredevil dog that was located a bit behind and didn''t take notice of the little pup because of it''s small body and cute look.


    But unfortunately, it had to meet a freak like the little pup. Just before it could near the birds, it had already been charred black by the little pup.


    But in the same time, it could be called a bit lucky too, since in that attack, the little pup had actually held back a little thinking that it was an ordinary snake beast of the 2nd rank.


    How could he have thought that he would meet a rare fermossa snake of the 3rd rank, known for it''s hard head. This is why this snake was able to escape with it''s life, or else, with the little pup''s full powered lightning fang, there was no way for even it to still live on.


    But this snake was wrong in one thing, it had chosen to not escape immediately when the little pup engaged it''s underlings.


    With the little pup''s speed and sense of hearing, how could it not locate the 3rd ranked fermossa snake?


    Lightning crackled once again as the little pup arrived with blistering speed, leaving the fermossa with no hope for escape..


    ~~~


    The battle soon ended and little xie returned with the dead, headless toasted body of the 3rd ranked fermossa snake in his mouth.


    The Daredevil dog had also managed to finish 5 of the snake when the other two escaped, leaving them being the only survivors of their group.


    The 3 birds chirped in delight when they saw little xie, half of the reason is because of the little pup''s victory, the other is because they were about to eat a tasty snake of the 3rd rank. the 3 of them and the Daredevil fog moved hurriedly towards all ways, bringing fire wood in tow when they returned.


    When enough is collected, the Daredevil dog, as a magic beast with an innate affinity to fire, blew in a breath of small flame into the wood, creating a small fire place.


    Although they didn''t dare to make the fire too big, a small sized fireplace won''t really attract any sort of attention. These Magic Beasts are not any normal wild animals that are afraid of fire after all.


    The little pup then placed the fermossa snake''s body into the fire, roasting it slowly.


    Because they had been staying with Li Zun for so long, these 5 could no longer bear to eat raw food, at most they would roast it first like now.


    While the fermossa snake has indeed been toasted by the little pup, it''s body was much bigger than ordinary snakes that there were parts of it''s body that weren''t that affected, since the little pup chose to attack the upper parts of it''s body, focusing on it''s head. Which they won''t be able to eat anyway because of the poison sac that lies within.


    The 5 of them soon began to munch down on the body of the 3rd ranked fermossa snake in delight.


    Up above them, unknown to them sat the robed Li Zun in the air, who was smiling watching them eat.


    This is already a routine for them.


    Upon going out to the wild, Li Zun would usually leave them be from time to time for them to hone themselves in the wild and not lose their fangs.


    Only when it would be dangerous to their lives would Li Zun interfere.


    And so the night continued, with smiles on their faces.

 Chapter 25 : In the sky, Mt. Skypeak

    TWG 25 - In the sky, Mt. Skypeak.


    " Hey the 5 of you, it''s time to go back! " In the air, above the tall trees of the forest, Li Zun slowly dropped down into the ground.


    Little Xie, upon noticing Li Zun, stopped chewing the snake meat on his teeth and opened his mouth in delight, the snake meat falling into the ground.


    Letting out a cute " wuuu " sound, he immediately ran towards him, jumping into his embrace. Li Zun let out a small chuckle and petted him in the head.


    At this moment, the fierce look it showed when facing the harpussa snakes completely disappeared into thin air, replaced with a look as if a child meeting his family.


    Out of the 5 of them, the little pup is the one who is most attached to Li Zun. Every since his only blood relative, his father had died, the one who took care and protected him from the dangers of the world is Li Zun.


    Since then, he had probably seen Li Zun as a father figure that took care of him and at the same time, as a brother who cares and plays with him.


    " Haha, c''mon Xiao Xie. " Smiled Li Zun. Not only the little xie, to him, the little pup is the only existence in this world that he could consider a family.


    Two creatures, one Demigod, one wolf. No matter how vast their differences might seem, the two share the same circumstances.


    They are both alone in this vast universe.


    Of course with the addition of the 3 little birds and the Daredevil Dog, they are not so alone anymore.


    The little pup finally got out of Li Zun''s arms and jumped towards the ground. It then happily walked towards a tree. Sniffing at the flora and fauna of the plants.


    Woofing at Li Zun with his head tilted back.


    Li Zun let out another chuckle. " You really love to fly eh? "


    Silently, the invisible Divine Energy swept into the the little pup and the Daredevil Dog, propelling the two up into the air, the 3 little birds following side by side with the two.


    " Let''s go! " Li Zun followed, flying into the air, his fingers motioned to follow him and within the blink of an eye they had already travelled far into the night sky.


    ~~~


    The wind blew rapidly as the 6 of them flew past the floating clouds. Cloudy Days Planet is extremely dense in clouds, at least when compared to Li Zun''s old world.


    But almost everywhere you could see in the sky, there will always be countless of clouds. Which might also be why it is raining more frequently here.


    The 3 little birds, although they are able to fly, they would not be able to travel in the speed they are currently in. Which is why flying with Li Zun is so fun to them.


    What''s more of the two others, little xie and the Daredevil Dog, who doesn''t have the ability to fly. How could the two of them not enjoy this kind of spectacular feeling?


    Even in Li Zun''s old world, humans had always dreamt to fly.


    The little pup woofed excitedly, his 4 limbs dashed in the air, making a motion as if he was swimming in the water.


    The Daredevil dog followed behind, even if it usually doesn''t show lots of emotions, it couldn''t help but struck out it''s tongue in glee. How many land magic beast could ever taste the experience of flying in the sky? Perhaps he and his boss are the only ones to do. He thought in his mind.


    Li Zun, seeing the 5 expressing their delight, he too was of course happy.


    He watched as little xie and the other 4 eventually started a racing game, going ahead of him.


    " Phew, no matter how many times you have experience it, flying is truly wondrous.. " he spoke to himself.


    " Ahh..such is life. " He crept into a sleeping position, his head resting on his two arms whilst his Divine Energy took him drifting into the sky.


    In this state, he eventually forgot about all those matters that had made him bitter. The crowds of people avoiding him, the look they gave him, the fear in their eyes..This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version.


    Eventually, it all temporarily dissolved as he enjoyed this gentle rest in the air..


    But not long after, *gush!* he entered a long blanket of grayish white clouds, when he exited one, he plunged into another. Only after this had happened 3 times, Li Zun finally felt that something was off.


    Seeing all these clouds..even Floating Cloud Continent with a mass numbers of clouds won''t have this much, or else the sky would be completely covered by clouds and it would rain all day round.


    " Ah, that''s right! It''s happening today isn''t it! " He suddenly exclaimed.


    A smile appeared on his confused face, he swiftly got up and *whoosh* he disappeared.


    When he appeared again, it was by the side of little Xie and the others. By now, they had already stopped racing and were just taking a nice walk, err flight.


    " We''re changing destination! " without giving them a chance to react, Li Zun waved his hand and the 6 of them were all teleported once again.


    ~~~


    *Whoo-oo*


    Howling winds blew harshly on top of Mt. Skypeak. The extremely cold temperature here causes it to be in a state of winter all year long in the upper parts of Mt. Skypeak. In fact, " winter " couldn''t exactly describe the weather here.


    " Windstorms, blizzard, hail and occasional thunderstorms " a combination of that seems much more appropriate.


    And that is not even mentioning the terrifyingly sharp wind blades that danced in the storm. From time to time, it would strike on the snowy blanket grounds of Mt.Skypeak, leaving numerous scars all over the mountain.


    All of these bizarre phenomenons of Mt. Skypeak combined had naturally created a storm zone around the upper parts of Mt. Skypeak, which blocks the sunlight from ever hitting the surface of Mt.Skypeak''s upper parts.


    All these factors combined, in addition to the powerful magic beasts that lived here, established it''s position as one of Floating Cloud''s 3 danger spots.


    But suddenly..


    The storms of wind vanished 50 meters from the mountain, within moments, an eerie silence enveloped Mt. Skypeak.


    Then, out of nowhere, light came to be! It was not extremely bright, but it was enough for people to see.


    *Tap*


    3 big and 3 small figures landed on the peak amidst the outside storm. They appeared so carefree without even a trace of injury in their bodies that it seemed as if the famed windstorms of Mt. Skypeak was nothing but a gentle breeze.


    If anyone had seen this scene, their eyes would probably pop out in disbelief. Not even a group of 3rd realm warriors would dare to be so carefree here!


    Of course, those 6 figures are none other than Li Zun and his group. While it might be a dangerous place to those mortals, how could such trivial things trouble Li Zun, a God-class being?


    As soon as they arrived, the little pup and the 3 birds immediately squealed in excitement, the 4 of them went around all over the place playing in the snow.


    The Daredevil Dog, however, stood still in it''s place. It''s eyes showed it''s disbelief.


    Although the little pup and the three birds are young and ignorant, the same cannot be said for the Daredevil Dog.


    While it might still be counted as young, it was by no means ignorant. Actually, he could be counted as very clever and careful, or else he would have died in the Mythical Beast Forest long ago.


    It''s eyes watched on into sky, where the howling storm right in front of his eyes caused havoc in the air. Albeit, in it''s eyes it could somehow see a huge, invisible dome covering the mountain peak, not allowing a single wind blade nor snow to pass through.


    It then turned it''s head into the direction of Li Zun, who was giving off a light smile as he saw the little pup and the 3 birds playing.


    Li Zun noticed it''s stare and turned to smile at him. Even if it was little xie''s servant beast, no one treated him as one, especially Li Zun.


    It might only be ordered by the little pup to do menial tasks once in a while but not any more than that. In the eyes of Li Zun, he could only see it as a cute pet dog.


    " Don''t you want to go and play with the others too? " asked Li Zun. He knew that it was smart enough to understand him.


    The Daredevil Dog nodded for a bit before it scurried off to where the little pup is. Not because it wants to play, but because it was still afraid of Li Zun.


    Li Zun smiled bitterly. After all, the only ones who showed that they did not mind his curse was only the little xie, the 3 birds and Gu Hai who was now in the Mythical Beast Forest.


    There was no way to it, the fact that it did not avoid him all the time is already good enough.


    " Oh, speaking of Gu Hai..I wonder how is it doing? Especially that feisty girl.. "


    Ru Wuxi truly held a special place in his heart. She was the first human he conversed with here and even stayed with her for more than a day or two.


    " I wonder if she has left yet? It has been a month.. "


    " That girl..the hatred she bore is far too deep, her eyes held nothing else but revenge. I wonder..what sort of terrible past she had experienced..? " He sighed in his heart. From the moment she saw Ru Wuxi through his Divine Awareness, he knew that this girl had a very dark past.


    " Oh well, nothing to think of it. Maybe if we meet again I should help her with a thing or two. "


    Li Zun, finishing his thought, scanned his surroundings with his eyes, he had already seen the whole mountain and even inside of it with his Divine Awareness before arriving here, but nothing was out of ordinary.


    And also, seeing things with one''s two eyes does have a different feeling to using Divine Awareness to see.


    " Mt. Skypeak...interesting. "


    " There are none of those rumored Wind Dragons or Snow Dragons here, but there are countless of powerful 8 grade beasts. "


    " And these turbulent storms here..I wonder what''s causing all these? The wind blades it produced are truly not ordinary, those so called 3rd realm warriors might not want to face a storm of these directly. "


    Even if he could use his his Divine Awareness to peek into the entirety of this storm, he still couldn''t clearly explain how it came to be.


    Within his Divine Awareness, he could clearly see that the wind elemental Qi are especially dense here. In comparison, the Wind Qi it gathered is no less the amount of the elemental Qi that the Earthly Oak Tree gathered.


    Do not forget that the Earthly Oak Tree is a treasure tree! A single tree that caused the entire Magical Beast Forest to appear!


    For a single mountain to contend with the Mythical Beast Forest..what sort of mountain is it?


    " Mt. Skypeak, Mt. Skypeak.. " He murmured.


    Li Zun could not help but remember a famous poem spread by the mortals of Floating Cloud Continent..

 Chapter 26 : The Poem of Mt.Skypeak

    TWG 26 - The Poem of Mt.Skypeak


    The winds gathered


    Coming from all over the place


    Swirl and swish they go


    With their gentle blows


    Warming everyone''s hearts


    The winds gathered


    At the very top of the clouds


    Swirl and swish they go


    With their cutting edges


    Slicing everything apart


    The frigid air visited


    Called by the winds


    Thunderclaps came down


    Coaxed by the winds


    The dragons bow down


    Ruled by the winds


    The winds gathered


    Forming blades that strikes fear


    Warriors challenged its might


    But they return no more


    The winds gathered


    At the very peak of this sky


    The place were he rest


    Unbridled by all


    " The place where he rest, unbridled by all.. " Li Zun closed off, his eyes exuding a strange light..


    ~~~


    When Li Zun finally stopped talking to himself, he saw the 3 mischievous birds and little Xie playing around.


    Their look were now very funny, especially the red little bird, whose body could no longer be seen, it only looked like a snowball with a small cute bird head popping out.


    The other 2, the blue and desert-yellow bird chirped teasingly, flying around the red little one, who was only able to stare at the two, it''s body locked in the ground as a snowball.


    Bai Xue is there too, actively engaging in the teasing, while the Daredevil Dog slept on the snow near them, it''s body too, turned into a snow ball.


    The Daredevil Dog knew that he would never get it''s peace from them if it retorted, so he allowed them to make a snow ball out of him and only shook off the snow that they placed on his nose.


    Gradually, the 4 of them lost interest to his silence and ignored him.


    But the birds were not him, the little red one finally could no longer bear it, it chirped furiously and ushered it''s strength to breakthrough the snow.


    The other two and lil Xue knew that it was about to go and take it''s revenge, and so they hurriedly ran away while laughing aloud.


    It was only then did Li Zun intervene, "Come guys, we''re going! There is still time left, and I did spot something interesting. "


    Little Xie and the other 3, who were now covered in snow stopped in their tracks when they heard Li Zun.


    They turned their heads to look at each other for a moment before running to him hastily, their small skirmish had already disappeared into thin air.


    Li Zun smiled and motioned them to follow as he walked to the other side of the mountain that was arching downwards.


    Mt. Snowpeak''s geography is indeed peculiar. It has a naturally made wide slope that seemed as if it was latched to the mountain, twisting around the upper parts of the mountain, forming a road for people and beasts alike to traverse easily.


    And since it was larger in circumference than most of the mountain, the snow would continuously pile up here which resulted into an extremely deep amount of snow.


    If one could see the upper parts of Mt. Skypeak clearly from afar, they would certainly see it as if a flake of white twirled around the mountain peak, forming an indescribable beauty.


    But sadly the upper parts of the mountain is far too high, and it was enshrouded by the maelstrom of winds, thunders and dark clouds. No one except for Li Zun would be able to see this mesmerizing scene..If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.


    ~~~


    " Speaking of Mt. Skypeak, even the trees that are able to grow here are special. " Li Zun let out a breathe of amazement.


    They are currently going around the slope, strolling peacefully in the vast white grounds of Mt. Skypeak.


    Since Li Zun had casted a light spell here, the area was no longer dark, but as clear as the day, allowing these expanse of white to be seen clearly.


    Finally, after 20 minutes of walk, Li Zun and co arrived at a shallower part of the slope, where a forest of cyan trees could be seen.


    The trees of these forest were by no means normal, they are unique trees that only grows in the upper parts of Mt. Skypeak, where the weather was unruly and harsh.


    Li Zun let out a slight smile while the little pup and the others were awestruck by the beauty of this unusual forest.


    " Although I have glanced at it with my Divine Awareness, seeing it with one''s own eyes is truly different..The forest of Crescent Wind Trees. " Said Li Zun in agreement with the others reaction, it truly was beautiful.


    Those mischievous four immediately jumped down into the shallow slope running straight ahead into the forest, the Daredevil dog following behind. Li Zun then also jumped down, with that smile still hanging on his mouth.


    These kinds of adventures are what had truly saved him in his previous life from going crazy of loneliness. And with the existence of elemental Qi here, the nature of Cloudy Days planet would definitely be superior in terms of beauty and bizarreness in comparison to Li Zun''s old world.


    From above, one would be able to see that right above the forest, a huge, beautiful cyan carving could be seen. Made out of countless of branches that joined together to form a circular ''net'' that " filters " the harsh wind of the mountain which is then covered with the trademark color of wind plants, cyan-colored leaves of the Crescent Wind Trees.


    The cyan-colored leaves of the tree had also branch out to the '' net '', as not only it could serve as a preliminary blocker of the wind, it is also able to directly absorb the wind Qi that are extremely beneficial to them.


    And surely, there was not only one or two of those carvings, but countless of it that protected the entire forest, creating a very beautiful sight when looked from above.


    The '' net '' of these trees had been formed out of thousands of trees such that if one part would break, the other trees would help and cover that part in a short amount of time, creating a strong shield that protected them from the harsh wind.


    In areas where the Heaven-Earth Qi or a corresponding elemental Qi is dense in, the growth of the trees would be much much faster than ordinary trees. The Qi of the world would nourish them and accelerate their growth, some legendary trees are said to be able to grow from a seed to a tree within the blink of an eye!


    Back to the Crescent Wind Trees, aside from the branches that formed the '' net '', It''s other branches would shape into a very peculiar structure in a " crescent moon " figure which also gave it it''s name.


    These shapes are also a type of adaptation they had to be more in tune with the wind elementals and also functions as a secondary defense that allows the winds to pass through it without causing much harm.


    Aside from the color and the shapes, their toughness is also a feature of these trees, with weak branches, roots and stem how could they stand against the harsh storm?


    Not only those, even the leaves are also incredibly tough and strongly rooted to the branches, for they would only be ripped apart or blown away without being so.


    Special circumstances calls for special measures, these trees obviously needs to adapt to the harsh environment if they want to keep on living here.


    " Rarities, rarities! Truly some hard to find trees. I should grab some after all! " spoke Li Zun gleefully, swiping some of the trees that are not that important in the overall ''defense'' of the forest into his interspacial ring.


    This was one of the hobbies Li Zun acquired during his time at Floating Cloud Continent.


    Collecting peculiar or rare things.


    By now, Li Zun had long created his own interspacial ring.


    With him being a Demigod, his talent to sense the countless Qi of the world is of course vastly different to mortals, what required them a year to comprehend might not even reach Li Zun''s comprehension in a single day!


    The spatial magic was of course no exception to this.


    The interspacial rings in Floating Cloud Continent is divided into 3 grades. The lowest tiered grade are created by spatial mages with the strength of a 5th ranked mage. It has a small amount of space and would collapse within a hundred years.


    The middle tiered could only be created by a 6th ranked top tiered mage. It has a moderate amount of space and is much more stable than the lowest tiered one, it would only collapse within 300-500 years. This was the ring Li Zun obtained from the leader before.


    And finally came the highest tiered interspacial ring, which can only be created by 3rd realm spatial mages.


    Although, even rings of the same grade might have some differences, especially those of the highest tier. The most supreme spatial Mages of the 8th rank could create a ring that could last for more than a millennia.


    Li Zun''s however, is extremely stable that it could last for eons! Such is the difference between mortal and Gods.


    But what sets the interspacial ring created by mortal mages and Li Zun''s is that Li Zun''s interspacial ring could sustain life!


    No matter how powerful a mortal mage is, they would never be able to create a dimension that could sustain life.


    Because not only they have to have a very deep understanding of spatial laws, they also need to gain various understanding of other laws such as the elemental laws.


    But what was '' deep '' to them is incredibly shallow to Li Zun..

 Chapter 27 : Traveling around Mt. Skypeak

    TWG 27 - Traveling around Mt. Skypeak


    Once Li Zun finished stuffing several hundreds Crescent Wind Trees into his interspacial ring, he began to walk around the forest and enjoy the scenery for himself.


    With how dense the wind elemental is in here, complimented with the natural fragrance of the Crescent Wind Trees, one would naturally feel rejuvenated and energized just by being here.


    Of course, a clear weather like this in Mt. Skypeak is virtually impossible without the interference of Li Zun, and as such, no one else will ever experience the joy of taking an easy stroll around this forest.


    " Mm..those guys, they aren''t causing troubles are they? "


    With that thought in his mind, Li Zun spread his Divine Awareness covering the entire forest and a moment after, he was stunned.


    " These guys.." Li Zun shook his head with a light smile.


    " It had only been 10 minutes, but they sure know how to pick up trouble. "


    The 5 of them had actually provoked a 7th Grade Magic Beast!


    Right now, they were being chased by an angry Blackwind Buffalo, a wind magic beast of the 7th grade.


    Li Zun chuckled when he saw their frantic expressions being chased albeit with occasional laughters mixed in.


    Li Zun knew that in truth they weren''t in a life threatening situation. The beasts in here had a pact with each other to not destroy the Crescent Wind Trees unless absolutely necessary.


    This forest of Crescent Wind is one of the few shelters that they can get in this ridiculous weather, although it''s not completely safe, it is indeed much safer than the outside world.


    And with the small bodies of those 5, it would be far easier for them to slip away into the sea of trees. For a big bodied magic beast like the Blackwind Buffalo? It won''t be able to chase them as much as it like.


    Li Zun guessed that the 5 of them had probably met the Blackwind Buffalo sleeping somewhere in this forest, but instead of running away they chose to annoy the Blackwind Buffalo, resulting to the scene now.


    He could already picture the scene of the little pup and the 3 birds using a wooden stick to poke the head of the Blackwind Buffalo continuously.


    Because of the light he casted in Mt. Skypeak, almost all of the Magic Beast went back to their lair and slept, with confusions in their mind. These beasts had never encountered daylight within the upper range of Mt. Skypeak and decided to took it as a foreboding omen. Hence, why Li zun haven''t encountered any Magic Beast along the way here.


    Well he did encounter a herd of Cloudstreak sheep, but they were tightly knitted to one another, sleeping peacefully.


    Li Zun looked up towards the sky, his Divine Sense stretching out far, even further than the Windstorm of Mt. Skypeak.


    " Mm..probably in an hour or two I guess. I have taken enough of the Crescent Wind Trees, time to go to the next location. " With it, he disappeared.


    ~~~


    The Blackwind Buffalo was infuriated, today, his world had turned completely upside down. In all of his life he had never experienced a bright atmosphere ever since he gained enough strength to reach the upper parts of the mountain.


    But today the sky suddenly turned bright!


    The raging winds stopped!


    The storm of hail and lightning was nowhere to be seen!


    He was utterly confused. And so, just like all the other beast, he decided to stay within the forest and wait for this damned day to pass.


    But this damned day seems like it doesn''t want him to have a peaceful life. 5 tiny critters had actually came and annoyed him!Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings.


    At first, when the 5 encountered him, they were frightened and went into hiding.


    Sensing those 5, the Blackwind Buffalo was confused why such weak magic beast could possibly dare to climb in this land of 3rd realms? But he couldn''t possibly be bothered to care, in this damned day who would necessarily find trouble for themselves? And so he snorted and went back to sleep.


    But those damned 5 critters had actually came back! 4 of them warily crept around him and once they saw that he was not responding, they took his silence for granted.


    Those 4 took out some twigs and poked him continuously while laughing at him, calling him " big black meat " in beast language.


    The Blackwind Ox could no longer take it, it woke up and angrily chased after those 5 with red eyes.


    But those 4 had been too crafty, as soon as he woke up they immediately scampered to all directions and take full advantages of their small body to hide within the sea of trees.


    The Blackwind Ox of course knew of the pact to not destroy these trees, so after 5 minutes of chase he had already lost sight of them.


    He could not do anything but huff and puff, stomping back in anger. Just when it is about to lose all hope of capturing them, one of those critters, the desert-yellow bird appeared before him!


    He bellowed excitedly, ramming straight at it and just when it was about to catch the startled desert-yellow colored bird, it suddenly disappeared!


    Disappeared into thin air!


    The dumbstruck Blackwind Ox stared with wide eyes at the spot the bird was flying earlier on for a minute before eventually hurrying back to sleep, hoping for this accursed day to pass.


    ~~~


    The 6 of them eventually travelled around Mt. Skypeak, visiting more unique locations with Li Zun instantly teleporting them to wherever they wanted to.


    It''s not that Li Zun did not like walking with his two feet, but he was a bit pressed on time.


    After an hour had passed, Li Zun''s interspacial ring was finally filled with more unique flowers, rocks, and trees of Mt. Skypeak.


    With Li Zun''s Divine Awareness, nothing could possibly escape his sight. He could detect all the rare treasures such as precious herbs or legendary flowers within the mountain.


    When he went to plunder *cough* pick them up he would leave some behind to avoid stripping the entire mountain bare.


    At least he would leave them with 30-40% left. He is someone who loved nature after all, and these herbs aren''t that important to him, just that he loved collecting them.


    Since he went on a high speed teleportation run, he had also left the the 5 in another forest. After switching locations for 3 times, the 5 gradually grew tired and so Li Zun just decided to leave them and go alone.


    When he took a peek inside his Interspacial ring, he became full of joy and couldn''t help but hum a tune of his old world.


    " Wistar Snowberry, Caravia Fruits, Hundred teethed Razor flower, Gale Lork Flower, Blue Blow Herb.. " When he remembered those plants he got one by one, his mood was uplifted even further.


    Right now the sad look on his face was completely gone, he was too excited for having these rare treasures in his pocket.


    If someone had seen the contents of his interspacial ring, 10 out of 10 would surely be lost for words..


    " Time to pick the others up and visit the last place, thankfully there is still an hour to go. "


    ~~~


    When Li Zun arrived to pick them up, he was instantly dumbfounded.


    This time, he found them being flocked by a group of Magic Beasts.


    But instead of being chased, they were actually playing cheerfully with the large birds of Mt. Skypeak.


    Those birds even had their young ones come out to spar with the little pup and the Daredevil Dog while the 3 lil birds and the elder birds of Mt. Skypeak laughed and squawked surrounding them as if they were having a party.


    " ... " Li Zun watched from afar, completely stupefied.


    For the little pup to make friends with others is definitely not so simple. Remembering that a small amount of Li Zun''s curse had passed over to the little pup, making friends is no easy feat for him.


    Of course it was not as bad as Li Zun who was avoided by people everywhere he went. But it still strikes a certain amount of fear into others.


    With this in mind, Li Zun had always felt as if he had wronged the little pup but seeing the little pup happily playing with other beasts, he couldn''t help but smile happily.


    Only after a while or so did Li Zun finally appeared next to them, startling the poor birds. They hurriedly prostrated in the ground completely afraid of Li Zun.


    Only when they saw the little pup and the 3 birds circling Li Zun gleefully did they calm down.


    After soulscouring some Magic Beast, Li Zun had became adapt to the various best language used by the Magic Beasts of Cloudy Days Planet, and one of them is of course the wolf language, the mother tongue of the lil pup.


    From the little pup, he was finally explained of the great adventure they had during the hour he was gone.


    But that''s a story for another time.


    Eventually, they had to part. The little pup and the other 4 waved their paws and wings, in attempt to say good bye.


    Li Zun even heard the little pup saying good byes to specific birds such as old Blackie, old Greenie, young Ladie, young Royie, etc.


    Li Zun could only laugh at the scene, the little pup can truly brings wonders.


    ~~~


    " Finally here, that emerald cave I saw and the most important treasure. " Said Li Zun with gleaming eyes.


    Li Zun didn''t teleport them directly, but strayed a bit purposely so that they will be able to take a good walk after all the hassle they went through.


    But when he arrived at the cave, he saw a scene that he never expected to see.


    Close to the entrance of the cave lies two enormous, ferocious magic beast each emitting an aura of a peak 8th ranker. One of the beast is actually residing inside the cave, but with Li Zun''s eyesight, seeing through the interiors of a dark cave needs nothing more than a glance. These two beasts were staring intently at one another, as if a battle between the two would occur any moment.


    When Li Zun saw this, his eyes lit up.


    " Oh? " a hint of amusement escaped out of his mouth.

 Chapter 28 : Two Emperors of Mt. Skypeak

    TWG 28- Two Emperors of Mt. Skypeak


    The winds blowed faintly in the top of Mt. Skypeak. The day was bright, shrouded in light. However, if one would look at the distance in the sky, only darkness..and turbulent storms lies up ahead. The world feels like as if it was split apart into two, Darkness and Light, Day and Night, Yin and Yang.


    For such a thing to happen to the all famous windstorm of Mt. Skypeak, it was no wonder the inhabitants of the mountain would rather curl up in their homes, afraid of the unknown.


    After all, the beasts that can stay in the treacherous surroundings of Mt. Skypeak are very intelligent creatures. All of them could understand that whatever cause this phenomenon to happen, this..is beyond their understanding..


    However, even in such a queer weather, somewhere close to the very peaks of Mt. Skypeak, a winged reptilian figure held his head high up in the open. It''s large, scaly body emitting out a suffocating aura and it''s two yellow eyes stared intently at the opposing end.


    At the other end of his sight was the mouth of a cave. A large sized cave with emerald stones poking out of the rocks.


    At this moment, a circular puff of wind shot out from the cave. At first, that puff of wind seemed as if it was traveling very slowly, but strangely, in the blink of an eye it had instantly reached the ears of that reptilian beast.


    When that reptilian beast saw this, it''s eyes squinted but it quickly returned back to normal.


    '' pa! '' that puff of wind popped out right in front of that reptile''s snout, just like the sound of a popping bubble.


    " State your intentions, Harrstorm. " A cold voice growled out in the language of dragons.


    If any other beast on Mt. Skypeak are here to witness this talk..forget about seeing them, even the mere mention of their name is enough to make them tremble in fear.


    Harrstorm of the Storm Valley.


    Folhorn of the Emerald Cave.


    These two illustrious figures have long become the two Emperors that ruled over the mountain, unmatched by anyone else!


    Harrstorm''s mouth broke out into a nasty smile. " Intentions? Oh Folhorn, aren''t we old friends? I haven''t seen you in 300 years and this is the first thing you said to me? You are as cold as ever Folhorn. "


    Folhorn, the beast inside the emerald cave snickered in response.


    " I''m not in the mood to entertain your hypocrisy Harrstorm. Talk or leave. " This time, the voice came out directly from the cave.


    There was a moment of silence as the smile on Harrstorm''s mouth grew wider and wider, eventually turning into a laugh.


    " Fafafafa! Folhorn, have you grown so old that your brain isn''t working properly anymore? " Harrstorm chortled loudly, it''s big mouth letting out rains of spit. But in the very next moment, his laughing face took a 360 degrees turn, turning into a savage, enraged look. " YOU out of all beasts should know why I am here Folhorn! I''m going to repeat what I said 300 years ago, ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE IT TO ME OR NOT?!! "


    At this moment, these two did not know, that a few distance away from this cave. A light cough could be heard along with an amused tone dispersed in the wind.


    This fella...has a screw lose on his head doesn''t he?


    In response to this crazed acquaintance of his, Folhorn harrumphed, his voice shooting out of the cave directly into Harrstorm''s location. " Hmph! I did not expect for you, Harrstorm to become blind over the years! Did you not see that thing in the sky?? "


    Without giving Harrstorm a chance to talk back, he continued. " Have you forgotten about the omen?! "


    " Fine, if you have really become so dimwitted that you forget about it, I will kindly remind you! "


    " Day and Night shall be split into two. "


    " Darkness and Light shall face each other once again. "Stolen novel; please report.


    " Yin devils sprouts out of the earth, Yang warriors rises from blood. "


    " The gateway to the true throne shall open itself to the rightful heir! "


    " 300 years ago, Ancestor Wind Dragon, Balhamas warned us of the ancient omen! "


    " The omen is coming! And you, a mere little Wyrm dared to act so presumptuously in this day!? " Folhorn ended his speech with a hint of contempt.


    Harrstorm''s face that was turning unsightly from Folhorn''s reciting suddenly became fierce and thundered loudly. " I told you thousand years ago not to call me THAT!! "


    If any of the inhabitants in Mt.Skypeak were to hear the words being uttered so nonchalantly by Folhorn right now, they would surely be stunned to fear.


    Any living beast on Mt. Skypeak would know that the word '' Wyrm '' is a taboo word to Harrstorm..


    For many magic beast, being born as a Wyrm might be a source of pride for them, after all, they are descendants of the almighty Dragons!


    But Harrstorm is not just any '' Wyrm ''. He, Harrstorm is one of the two Emperors of Mt. Skypeak! The fact he was a Wyrm is a joke in the entire Floating Cloud Continent!


    One must know that being regarded as the 3 danger zones of Floating Cloud Continent, being one of the two Emperors of Mt. Skypeak, his reputation is no lesser than the famed Mythical Beast Forest''s Vajra Thunder-Wolf.


    For one of the existences standing at the top of the continent to actually be a 2nd grade creature like the wyrms is indeed a bit embarrassing.


    " You dare Folhorn! Fine! It seems like you have no intention of handing it over in the first place. Today, we shall determine the one true Emperor of Mt. Skypeak! " With it, Harrstorm unfolded his wings in a blinding speed.


    The calm winds are instantly stirred, and a wind storm propped up. Just the unfolding of his wings could cause a deadly wind that can kill mortals!


    Harrstorm harrumphed and shot up into the sky, a split second later, he stopped in midair, approximately 500 meters from the border of light and darkness.


    " Are not coming out or not Folhorn?! " Harrstorm''s voice resounded throughout the mountain but there was no reply from that emerald cave.


    " Well..If you''re NOT coming out, then I''ll just destroy that emerald cave you like so much! " A dangerous gleam appeared on his two eyes as he opened his mouth, causing the air to tremble and the wind to shook. Clusters of wind elementals surged towards the front of his jaws, forming a faint cyan pentagon.


    " BAM! "


    A prismatic cyan beam shot towards the cave, the beam was not large in size but wherever it passed, a terrifying gale of wind followed behind. Just that gale alone is enough to injure any 2nd realm warrior!


    However, right at the moment that beam was released..


    The air suddenly turned significantly colder, an invisible pressure instantly filled the surroundings. It was not the temperature that dropped, but this was coldness that attack the will of people..


    Time stood still.


    The world felt as if it was slowing down..


    In this choking atmosphere, an unseeming ring of sonic wind shot up to meet that prismatic beam.


    That sonic ring silently, soundlessly made contact with that beam, that vulnerable ring looked as if it would definitely be crushed to smithereens but at the moment of contact, the sonic ring began to shook heavily.


    It rumpled like paper and then bulged, rumpled then bulged, after 3 times of continuous form-changing, the ring''s perimeter finally turned wavy before eventually dissolving into the air, allowing that beam to finally go pass through it.


    At this moment, a huge shadow flew out of the cave within the outbreak of windstorm.


    Outside the storms of wind, one could see that huge shadow slamming one of it''s claws down towards that prismatic beam.


    " Bang!! "


    That beam was slammed down straight into the ground, razing the ground for seconds before it finally ended.


    Seeing that sonic ring withholding his beam, Harrstorm''s face fell.


    " His expertise over the laws of '' slow '' has increased yet again. " Harrstorm muttered with gritted teeth and ferocious eyes.


    When the sky was clear once more,


    Just outside of that Emerald Cave, a long line of crevice propped up. That crevice was downright strange. It was utterly straight and did not posses any of those usual lightning-like arcs but it was as straight as it can be. Except that at the sides of that line is a < > shape, the sides of a pentagon. Clearly it was the prismatic beam from before that caused it.


    Another difference was that there was now two creatures outside of that Emerald Cave, one is the Gale Wyrm, Harrstorm flying in the sky. The other, bigger figure, is the other Emperor of Mt. Skypeak. Sonic Beast Folhorn.


    His body is silver from top to bottom and the most eye catching part of his body is definitely his incredibly long ears that is almost half of his large body.


    He did not have wings unlike most other wind-oriented magic beasts but no one would be foolish enough to think that the Wind Emperor couldn''t fly!


    Folhorn coldly glared at the hovering Harrstorm. " For the sake of our past friendship, I can still allow you to pull back right now Harrstorm. "


    " Fah! Enough bullshit, are you fighting or not Folhorn?! " Harrstorm''s roar resounded through the valley, his current attitude looked as if he did not give a damn about the omen Folhorn mentioned before!


    Folhorn''s face gradually turned icy. Actually, he was truly worried that the battle between the two would attract whatever that caused the omen to appear, he could only hope..that such a figure won''t bother with the likes of them.


    " Fine. You asked for it Harrstorm. " He unfolded his two long ears and a moment later, a low-pitched sonic screech came out as it slowly raised Folhorn''s body, bringing him up into the air.


    Harrstorm''s ferocious face broke into a smile when he saw his nemesis hovering right in front of him.


    The winds blew past the two as they become silent for a moment, staring into each other''s eyes.


    Eventually...Harrstorm broke the silence.


    " Then..let the world of light and darkness bear witness to our last battle. "


    " Let the battle of Skypeak begin!!! "


    ...


    .....

 Chapter 29 : The Battle of Skypeak Begins

    TWG 29 The Battle of Skypeak Begins


    Harrstorm did not tarry any further, with a loud roar he swung his claws ripping into air, producing a high-powered wind slash!


    However, as if he could predict what Harrstorm would do, Folhorn, with his ever cold glare had already whirred his two large ears to work moments before Harrstorm launched his attack. A large, whirring noise broke out and within the blink of an eye, he had entirely disappeared from his previous location rendering Harrstorm''s attack in vain.


    " Bang! "


    A boom sounded out from the distance as Harrstorm''s wind slash had crashed into a rocky hill, causing that hill to crack and fall apart.


    But the perpetrator, Harrstorm did not even spare a glance at all towards that rocky hill and instead, he lifted his chin upwards, looking towards the distant horizon.


    It was not known when or where exactly it started, but soon the sound of puffing winds reverberated everywhere throughout in the sky.


    Shockingly, within a matter of seconds, one could see a huge amount of silver-grey clouds forming at high speed covering the light & darkness border!


    " Peh, 300 years and you still haven''t change your style eh? " Harrstorm spat to the ground seemingly in contempt.


    But he knew better than anyone else that these clouds..are not to be underestimated.


    From a glance, even mortal could tell that it seemed much denser than normal clouds and that it''s colour..is strikingly similar to Folhorn''s skin. It wouldn''t be hard to tell that these clouds would serve as a perfect camouflage for the Sonic Beast Folhorn.


    The advantages of camouflaging doesn''t need to be explained any further. The 6th grade magic beast, Rainbow Humpback Chameleon for example can flourish mostly because of it''s excellent ability to camouflage.


    From this factor alone, one could probably understand one of the reasons why Harrstorm had chosen to attack in this rare day of bright daylight. If it was the usual dark, stormy night of Mt. Skypeak...one could imagine how significantly tougher it is to find Harrstorm under that veil of darkness.


    But even all of those factors isn''t the main reason why these clouds are so frightening. There was another reason, a much more frightening reason!


    Harrstorm swished his draconic tail to his left, wind elementals surging towards the tip of it.


    " Thousand Whips!! " He roared in draconic language.


    His tail whacked towards the forming silver-grey clouds at blinding speed, whips like slashes flinging everywhere.


    Once, twice, thrice...in a single second it had already released more than tens of gigantic wind whips!


    But even as the whips were tearing apart every single cloud it met, the clouds were still producing itself at a higher speed.


    Folhorn already had a head start advantage in the first place, adding his own production speed into play, any other beast could only watch helplessly as he create his own domain.


    However, Harrstorm was not just '' any other beast '', his tail gradually become faster and faster turning illusionary.


    That illusionary tail then began to create vivid afterimages. Finally, once he reached his thousandth swing, 3 more draconic tails appeared in succession!


    Wind & Shadow Magic : Doppelg?ngers!


    The usual Doppelg?nger magic is a mere '' cloning '' magic that has no attacking power, but Harrstorm''s doppelg?ngers are inherently different.The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.


    Harrstorm''s tail-doppelg?nger are imbued with self-sustaining wind elementals that it could actually fire off attacks!


    With the new addition of tails, Harrstorm went berserk and fired off whips after whips, eventually, it''s output overcame Folhorn''s cloud-producing output!


    Puffs and duffs reverberated in succession as the clouds got ripped apart one after another.


    Within that sea of clouds..


    A puffing sound can be heard traveling at high speed. It was as if there was a train in the sky, continuously puffing out puffs of smokes. But of course, it was not any magical train, but Folhorn instead and what was being puffed out was not exactly smoke..but clouds.


    One of Folhorn''s ears acted as an engine to puff out those clouds, at times it could be his left ear when he was making a right drift, other times it could be vice-versa.


    Sonic Beasts are truly unique creatures even amongst the myriad of magic beasts on Cloudy Days Planet. They fly using their ears through sonic waves, can puff out clouds from that very ears of them and also, their most fearsome attacks originates from their very ears!


    Up above Harrstorm, shrouded in his cloud domain, Folhorn who was speeding along in the sky producing cloud puffs observed his compatriot''s actions.


    " Child''s play! " he snorted.


    Folhorn lessened his velocity, his big mouth opened, inhaling big gulps of air into his body. His lung-power was so great that it was as if a small black hole had suddenly appeared to suck in everything in the sky! Only his silver-grey clouds were not affected.


    But even Folhorn with his large body could not store all that air inside of him, eventually he had reached his limit of storage.


    It was at that moment that he willed his entire body to press inwards! Yes, press inwards!


    The pressure released from his body quickly decreased the volume of air inside of him, breaking it down into wind elementals as he took in more and more air.


    A minute later, he finally stopped.


    Now, this should be enough.


    " Form clouds out of vapor, Wind elementals into dew, Air Magic : Cloud Forming!! "


    " Bam!! " A huge outburst of cloud puffs broke out of Folhorn''s mouth, the grey clouds that were lessening from Harrstorm''s attacks instantly spiked up in numbers!


    The silver-grey clouds swiftly expanded until it shrouded the light-darkness barrier, some of it then pummeled downwards, eventually forming a huge dome of clouds! At this moment, even Harrstorm''s attacks seemed negligible.


    When he saw the Dome of Clouds finalizing it''s completion, Harrstorm humphed and abruptly stopped his wildly flinging tails.


    " 30%..This much is enough. " He thought inwardly, retracting his tails back. Causing the 3 doppelg?nger tails to disappear as well.


    " Now...Are ya still gonna blow some gas up there Folhorn, Aa?! "


    Silence prevailed all over this enshrouded sky. Folhorn did not answer, but Harrstorm didn''t provoke him any more either.


    Harrstorm stood tall in the air, his arms still crossed in front of his chest. He no longer had to do anything with his objective accomplished. Any more efforts from him would just drain his energy without producing any significant results.


    Lost in thought, his eyes began to drift off into that shadowy clouds. Although Folhorn looked as if he was always cold and arrogant, Harrstorm could see a pained heart behind that arrogant figure.


    He gradually remembered a long, long story from the past. The story of the Sonic Beast Folhorn..


    A long time ago, Folhorn had a beloved. Her strength was limited to merely of the early 3rd realm but because of Folhorn''s protection, she could fly all around Mt. Skypeak without any hardships.


    However, she was a curious one. Mt. Skypeak alone cannot contain her desire to adventure.


    She flew into human territories to satiate her curiosities.


    But one day, a passing by army noticed her, although she was strong, an elite army from a super-class city could never be underestimated, what''s more there was a 3rd realm expert guiding them too. In the end, she got caught.


    When Folhorn learnt of this news, he went utterly berserk. He blasted off into the city that caught his beloved.


    That city was no ordinary city either, it was one of the most powerful cities of that time, boasting 3 third realm experts; 2 warriors and 1 mage.


    At that time, Folhorn was merely a relatively unknown 8th ranked beast. Although 8th ranked beasts are rare, it wasn''t that rare in the summits of Mt. Skypeak.


    But not even 8th ranked beasts would dare to invade a city. Perhaps a single 7th ranked warrior wouldn''t be worthy of their attention, but if it was combined with a group of 2nd realm experts and an army consisting of 1st realm warriors, no 8th ranked beasts would be foolish enough to confront them.


    However, that Folhorn had still done it. He silently arrived at the city and formed his cloud domain. When the people of the city noticed that something was fishy it was already too late..


    In his cloud domain, no one could track Folhorn. He blasted air bombs after bombs from the clouds while those so called experts could only helplessly watch as their comrades got killed and their city became ruins.


    A single beast..had managed to crush a city into rubbles. But even after all that, he Folhorn had been too late..by the time he had arrived, his beloved was long dead.


    Just as Harrstorm went into remembrance, a huge tremor rose up in this dome of clouds.


    The cloud domain..had finally finished forming!

 Chapter 30 : Bombardments from the Clouds

    TWG 30 - Bombardments from theClouds


    *rumble* *rumble*


    All sorts of light faded away as the dome of clouds closed off any speck of light that tried to pass through.


    It was a world of total darkness.


    Floating in the center of that dark world, Harrstorm''s yellow eyes gleamed in the dark, darkness was of no trouble to him.


    Right at that moment, a small, bland cloud had condensed 50 meters in front of him.


    Harrstorm''s eyes squinted.


    The cloud was floating slowly towards him when suddenly, it abruptly blasted out a sonic boom!


    *puff puff puff puff puff*


    In all of a sudden, 10 more sonic attacks shoot out of the wall of clouds at the same time as they bombarded Harrstorm from all sorts of direction.


    Harrstorm, no matter how fast he is, couldn''t possibly defend an attack almost at the speed of sound itself. With it, he raised his two arms to protect his two ears as his body shot down below.


    " Bang Bang Bang Bang!! "


    Bursts of Sonicbooms assaulted his body from every side as he continued to fall downwards. Even his tough scales couldn''t possibly withstand an attack like this continuously.


    But, those sonic booms showed no mercy. Another puff puff puff sound resounded in the dome, this time, 15 sonic booms appeared with a deafening roar.


    Harrstorm gritted his teeth as he prepared to endure those blows once again, but this time, he no longer just defended, at the front of his large teeth, wind elementals began to surge forming a hazy pentagon and at the end of his tail, a whirlpool of wind arose.


    " Bang Bang Bang!! "


    15 Bangs resounded in the dark space, along with the muffled grunt of Harrstorm.


    This continued on, waves after waves of sonic booms blasted into Harrstorm as if they were missiles. Although the damage 1 sonic boom did to Harrstorm wasn''t much, if a hundred of them were stacked together, even he would be in danger.


    After nearly a hundred hits from those sonic booms, the wind elementals gathering around Harrstorm''s mouth is already prepared to fire off a pentagon beam and the whirlpool of wind at the tip of his tail had already became significantly large.


    " Raaaaaaaaaaa!!! " Harrstorm bellowed in rage, he wildly swung his tail and fired off his beam but suddenly.. just before he could even release his attacks,


    A " puff puff puff puff puff " noise rang throughout the whole domain. That puffing sound was no longer countable in tens but thousands!


    It was as if a a rain of sonic blasts had fallen in this dark world, thousands of small booms rained down upon Harrstorm. These sonic blasts are much weaker than their counterparts earlier, but with thousands of it together, it was much more deadly than those sonic booms.


    Harrstorm''s eyes gleamed with a peculiar light as he swiped a glance at the surrounding dome, facing this attack, he had no choice but to fire off his beam immediately, taking a defensive posture once again. His innate ability, the prismatic beam is indeed powerful, those grey wall of clouds were nothing in front of it as they were shredded into pieces, piercing through it into the skies outside.


    However, it was only a small part of that dome, and soon, new clouds began to form once again, closing the hole earlier on.


    Meanwhile, Harrstorm had to take battered blows of thousands of sonic blasts with his body.


    In the end, he coughed out a mouthful of green blood, his body dropping even further down.


    Harrstorm''s position now is no longer at the center, but he is now more than halfway into the wall of clouds below.


    But Folhorn would never give him a chance to retort. Another " puff puff puff " sound broke out, 20 more sonic blasts attacked.


    And once more, Harrstorm endured, falling even further down below.


    After enduring another series of blasts, green liquids began to flow out from Harrstorm''s thick scales which were now in a tattered state.The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.


    The damage had obviously piled up on him.


    Right at this moment, Harrstorm suddenly opened his wings and shot down below into the walls of clouds. In his mouth was another prismatic beam ready to fire!


    He was now just a distance away from those walls!


    At this moment, no puffs sounded out, but Folhorn''s voice rang out instead. " Planning to break through? Do you seriously think you can leave this domain through such measly means?? "


    The voice of Folhorn was transmitted everywhere through the cloud walls, with it, no one could ever detect his location just by his voice alone.


    When Harrstorm reached 200 meters away from those cloud walls, the cloud walls below began to shook heavily, splitting apart to form a '' mouth '' on those walls.


    The '' mouth '' then belched out a splattering blow of heavy wind!


    Yes, belched out!


    And at that very same moment, Harrstorm''s beam too, fired out!


    The two attacks faced off each other, Harrstorm''s prismatic beam was clearly much more powerful, it immediately tore past that belch of wind but alas, it was just too small!


    The '' belch '' blasted directly into Harrstorm, don''t underestimate this belch of wind, even though it was much weaker than Harrstorm''s prismatic beam in power, its abilities does not lie in splashing damages.


    Instead, that belch was like an outpouring flow of water, washing away Harrstorm halfway back into the center of the domain!


    But Folhorn was not done yet!


    The '' mouth '' below, while it had received damage from the beam, is just too large for that beam to entirely scrap it apart.


    The '' mouth '' shaped into a blowing motion, and then, blasted out a big missile of wind!


    Harrstorm, who had just escaped the belch instantly drew his two hands to the side, wind elements swirling on his claws.


    " Rippling claw! " he roared, swinging his claws towards the missile.


    Ripples of wind at an X shape slashed at the missile, which managed to rip it apart into small pieces, before ultimately disappearing.


    But that did not mean that Harrstorm came out unscathed, in fact, he was incomparably tattered by now, green blood flowing from the chips of his scales.


    " That belch earlier..Folhorn you damned bastard, you actually managed to incorporate the '' stream '' part of water laws into your wind attacks! " Harrstorm shouted out, an unsightly expression on his face.


    However, what replied to him was not Folhorn''s voice but the sound of puffs instead. The sonic boom attacks had began once again!


    " Kuh! " Faced with this, Harrstorm had no choice but to leap back into a defensive posture and hold out.


    This was the frightening innate ability of Folhorn as a sonic beast. These clouds are just like an extension of his body, he could transmit his sonic attacks at high speed through these clouds and attack from all sorts of direction.


    What was his opponent even supposed to do?


    Attack? Where was one suppose to attack him when they cannot even locate him.


    Defend? Those sonic booms can blast out from all sorts of direction and with its blistering speed no once could possibly defend completely.


    Avoid? There''s no need to mention this unless one can move at a speed higher than the speed of sound.


    Escape? Then all he need to do is blast em back into the center!


    This domain of his is indeed frightening, but there are always exceptions. For example, the former King of Mythical Beast Forest, The Vajra Thunder-Wolf could just active his innate ability : Vajra Thunderstorm to break apart this domain of his and leave.


    Finally, after Harrstorm had endured another set of blows. Folhorn''s voice resounded.


    " Why don''t you surrender already Harrstorm? Remembering our past relationship, I can allow you to leave with your life intact as long as you never step foot into this mountain again. "


    Hearing this, Harrstorm laughed maniacally. " Are ya pitying me Folhorn? Perhaps inside this domain of yours, you are indeed invincible. "


    " But what if we are talking about OUTSIDE this domain? Fafafafafafafa!! " as soon as he laughed out, two blasts of fire burst into the domain, lighting the dark world with a flash of bright light.


    The 2 spot where it had burned were actually where Harrstorm had fired off his beams at!


    After the fire died down, a series of shouts could be heard coming from out of the domain. " Lord we have come!! "


    It was a pack of wyrms and some other races gathered together outside of Folhorn''s domain.


    After shouting out the message, they began to wildly attack at the two spots again.


    " Fafafafafafa, you think all I''ve been doing is hunkering down Folhorn?! " Harrstorm''s maniacal laugh continued to reverberate across the domain.


    " That rain of sonic blasts earlier on might be powerful, but it has 2 weakness! One is that you cannot produce such kind of attacks continuously, The second one is a weakness I have made possible! "


    " You used it to detect the location where it isn''t purely made out of the clouds I formed. " Folhorn''s calm voice resounded soon after.


    " Yes! Smart as ever Folhorn! Fafafafafafafa!! "


    Usually, Folhorn''s domain wouldn''t have any sort of weakness, and even attacks from the outside wouldn''t so easily break through his clouds because it had its own defensive mechanism but remember, he had formed a part of his domain from the cloud forming magic!


    Harrstorm had took advantage of the rain of sonic blasts to detect the weak spots of this domain.


    One, he had determined to be the weakest spot out of all and so he fired off a beam as a mark.


    The second one he found to be slightly stronger, so he intentionally tried to get near to it while at the same time having a feel of the defensive mechanisms it had. After all, hundreds of years had passed, surely he wouldn''t expect Folhorn to not improve his ability.


    " Fafafafafa, what Folhorn? Aren''t you gonna say sprout some words of: Aren''t you ashamed to call your subordinates on a one on one fight or something? Fafafafa! "


    " Well, although you already know this, I''ll just say it. I don''t give a damn about face! Fafafafafa!! " Harrstorm laughed at the top of his lungs.


    Surely, Folhorn had already known the personality of this old nemesis of his, which is why he wouldn''t even bother to say something like that.


    " Ehem, Now Folhorn. With two group of my subordinates attacking outside and me attacking from the inside, let''s see how YOU survive this!! " with a laugh, Harrstorm shot straight into the wall of clouds and began to attack wildly.


    At the meantime, Folhorn, hidden in his domain of clouds, looked at the situation with a cold glint.