Chapter 440: Lizard Beast Cores - 440
Zhu Yi walked deep into the forest while staying alert. Zhou Fan was on his shoulder, acting as an additional lookout. This was all Zhou Fan could do in order to help before he recovered more.
As Zhu Yi walked, he suddenly fell into a crouch. Up ahead, laying on a tree, was one of the lizard beasts that inhabited the lizard beast forest.
"3rd level Qi gathering." Zhou Fan said.
This was another way that Zhou Fan could assist Zhu Yi. After all, no matter what, he still had the river of cultivation.
Zhu Yi, who had been unable to estimate its cultivation, nodded and crept forward. He got closer and closer, but after entering a range of about 20 feet, the lizard beast's head snapped up. It jumped off of the tree and launched towards Zhu Yi.
Zhu Yi hurriedly dodged its sharp claws and punched it in the side. The lizard hit the ground hard, and Zhu Yi took a dagger out from behind him.
He had made a stop in white palace city to buy that dagger. After all, he needed to cut out the beast cores.
He used the dagger as a weapon and stabbed the beast multiple times before it died. Without being able to wait or rest for a moment, Zhu Yi began to cut into the beast. Luckily, the dagger was quite sharp.
Soon, Zhu Yi held a beast core in his hand. He touched it with his ring, and Zhou Fan tested his theory.
The river of cultivation moved, and like a river washed away dirt, the will of the dead beast was washed away. The beast core was then absorbed into the ring.
Zhou Fan felt a very slight amount of recovery. It was about equal to half of a low quality spirit stone.
It was a very small amount, but there were countless Qi gathering realm beasts around the world.
In addition, once Zhu Yi could hunt foundation establishment realm beasts, everything would be much better.
Qi gathering beasts, as well as Qi gathering cultivators, had very little Qi.
Zhu Yi moved around the edges of the forest. After digging out the beast core, he would also take the tendons out.
After nearly two days of nonstop hunting, Zhu Yi camped in the forest. The mission had requested 1000 Qi gathering realm beast tendons, and Zhu Yi had already gathered 900. He only needed 100 more, but he was too exhausted to continue. He fell asleep while Zhou Fan kept watch.
The night passed by safely and Zhu Yi soon woke up. "Let's start another day, Master."
Zhu Yi had gained a lot more confidence and did not even hide himself any longer since he felt so safe.
Zhu Yi soon gathered the remaining hundred, but just as he turned around from the corpse of a beast, Zhou Fan spoke.
"Dodge."
Zhu Yi did not hesitate and leaped to the side. Where he was previously standing, a lizard's claws were buried into the ground.
Zhou Fan assessed the threat. "It is at the 7th level of the Qi gathering realm. Run."
He did not need to tell Zhu Yi. From the moment he heard the number 7, he had began running as fast as he could.
In the wider universe that Zhou Fan knew, humans and humanoid creatures almost exclusively held the advantage over beasts of the same level. This was due to passing down techniques and the large amount of battle experience accumulated while cultivating to a high level.
In this world, however, there was no such advantage. If 100 random humans and 100 random beasts on the same level were to spar, the beasts would win 90 out of 100 times.
This was not only due to the relatively low strength in this world, but also due to the lack of inheritances passed down. There simply wasn't as much of a foundation in a single world as in the wider universe.
Of course, even in this world, there were exceptions. A prime example is Chen Jie. However, there were also exceptions among beasts, such as dragons and phoenixes, or rather, most supreme beasts in general.
Zhu Yi was not a dragon, phoenix, Chen Jie, or a person from the wider universe. Therefore, rightfully so, he ran away.
No matter where, beasts had an advantage in the Qi gathering realm, a time when Qi was barely accessible. Their stronger body's made an obvious gap.
Zhu Yi ran, and the lizard beast followed. Zhu Yi had already been close to the exit of the forest and soon ran past it.
The beast did not stop chasing simply because Zhu Yi left the forest. It ran after him, slowly catching up.
Zhu Yi focused on running away from the beast while Zhou Fan made a plan inside his head.
A short time later, Zhou Fan had an idea. "Run to the open plains. Forest beasts can feel uncomfortable without any cover. It may stop chasing you."
"May!?" Zhu Yi asked.
"You got a better idea?"
Zhu Yi shook his head and took a turn. He bursted through some leaves and ran into a plains.
Looking from behind his shoulder, Zhu Yi saw the lizard stop for a moment, clearly hesitating.
Then, the lizard continued chasing him.
"What now?!" Zhu Yi asked desperately.
"I suppose you'll just have to fight to the death. Ready your weapon. I'll try to guide you." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi nodded and gripped his dagger. Just as he was about to stop and turn around to face the lizard, he tripped and fell down face first.
"Oww." He heard a voice. It was the voice of a girl.
Zhu Yi got up and turned around. Behind him, he saw an approaching lizard and a girl no older than 16 rubbing her head.
"What is a girl doing out here? Damn girl!" Although Zhu Yi cursed, he ran in front of the girl. He could not let some innocent get hurt because of the lizard.
Just as Zhu Yi was about to charge, Zhou Fan spoke. "Don't worry about her. She'll be fine."
Zhu Yi was about to question him, but an icicle shot past his face and into the skull of the lizard.
Chapter 441: Bai Wei'er - 441
Zhu Yi slowly turned his head and looked at the girl behind him. She was standing with her hands on her hips while staring at him.
"Wow. What a hero. You tried to save me." Although her words were nice, her face made it clear that she was being sarcastic.
Zhu Yi did not know how to respond.
"Aren't you going to apologize? You stepped on me." The girl said.
"Sorry." Zhu Yi said before ignoring the girl.
"She seems obnoxious." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi nodded. He went up to the beast and began cutting it open. It hadn't been long since the beast had died, so he would hopefully be able to get the core before the Qi in it dispersed.
"Hey! Aren't you going to thank me?"
Zhu Yi nodded without looking at the girl. "Thanks."
With a beast core from a beast at the 7th level of the Qi gathering realm, it would be more useful than the other beast cores he had used.
Still, it wouldn't be much due to still being in the Qi gathering realm.
Just before he ran out of time, Zhu Yi got the core and had Zhou Fan absorb it.
"What did you just do?" A voice asked from right behind him.
Zhu Yi almost jumped.
He stood up and faced the girl.
"Zhu Yi thanks senior for saving me. But I must be on my way now." He said with a bow.
Zhu Yi began to jog away, but an icicle shot past him, drawing blood from his face.
Zhu Yi came to a stop and sighed.
"It seems you chanced upon a spoiled brat. Unlucky." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi turned around and looked at the girl again.
"Take that back."
Zhu Yi was confused.
"Senior. How dare you call me a senior. I'm only 16 years old. Take it back!"
Zhu Yi politely bowed again. "I apologize. I was only referring to you as a senior in terms of cultivation. Forgive my rudeness."
Zhu Yi then turned around and began sprinting away. He really couldn't deal with this abnormally strong child, even if she was older than him.
"Stay."
Zhu Yi stopped again, almost falling to his knees this time.
"For the love of god let me escape." Zhu Yi mumbled to himself.
When Zhu Yi turned around, the girl was right next to him.
"My name is Bai Wei'er of the Celestial Ice Sect. What is your name?"
"Zhu Yi. No sect." Zhu Yi responded.
"No wonder you're so weak and have no backbone. Have you heard of my sect?" The girl asked.
"No." Zhu Yi responded.
"Haha. Of course not. You're just a lowly Qi gathering realm cultivator." The girl chuckled, acting as if the answer was obvious before even asking the question.
"Should we create a list of people you need to beat up in the future?" Zhou Fan asked.
Zhu Yi nodded imperceptibly.
"Alright. How about this? You can become a servant, or perhaps a slave of my sect. Would you like to?" The girl asked.
"No." Zhu Yi responded.
"Are you sure? Everyone in my sect, even the slaves and servants practice the universal cultivation manual. Also, even as a slave or servant, nobody in this world would dare treat you rudely." She said.
Zhu Yi shook his head again. Although he was now interested in her sect, he would not be a slave or a servant. No cultivator would.
"Whatever. What can be expected from some brat. Go away now." The girl said as she "Dismissed" Zhu Yi.
Zhu Yi ran away again, this time managing to finally leave. Only after a while did Zhu Yi stop and sit against a tree trunk. He wasn't sure how to feel about that interaction.
Since everything had been said by some mere brat, he did not take it to heart or really care that much, but she still could not be ignored.
Zhu Yi grabbed a piece of bark off of the tree and began to write names into it.
The first was, "Nascent soul old man".
The second was, "Bai Wei'er of the Celestial Ice Sect".
"Do you think that girl was being honest in her words?" Zhu Yi asked.
"It seemed like it, though it was hard to tell if she was being completely literal about everything." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi nodded. "She made it sound like she was from another world. Could that be true?"
"It can be true, but it's hard to say if it's actually true." Zhou Fan responded.
"No point in thinking too much about it." Zhu Yi said as he got up.
All grudges would be repaid when he was stronger. Not just Bai Wei'er, but the entire Celestial Ice Sect would need to be put in their place.
Zhu Yi began to run back to White palace city.
"What do you think that Chen Jie would have done in that situation?" Zhu Yi asked as he ran.
"From the stories, he probably would have crossed realms to beat her up, but realistically, he probably would do the same as you. Endure and repay it in the future." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi nodded.
Zhou Fan spoke again. "That reminds me of a saying I've heard somewhere. "Endure today, freedom tomorrow." I can't remember where I heard it from, but it makes sense in this situation."
Zhu Yi continued running for a few days before finally returning to White Palace City. Immediately upon returning, he went to a building off to the side of the rogue cultivator guild.
That was where materials for mission completion were handed over.
It was a large warehouse. Zhu Yi entered through the front door with a large backpack on his back. It was filled to the brim with lizard tendons.
After scanning his card at a desk, Zhu Yi was directed to a large room for examination of materials.
A woman with a monocle and a mustache entered, and while Zhu Yi tried not to stare, she examined the beast tendons.
The monocle seemed to be some sort of item, and the woman was done counting and examining the beast tendons rather fast. She told Zhu Yi to return to the crystal pad and use it to have his information updated.
Zhu Yi nodded and left. He left behind the bag as it had been a loan from the Rogue cultivator guild.
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