章 8: Path to take

In a huge jungle-like environment, two figures were shuttling through at a fast pace, and on their backs, animal skin backpacks could be seen.

Due to the fast speed, it was difficult for anyone to tell this two were just children. With their movement methods, the trees did not seem to offer them any resistance as they moved as though this was their natural habit.

The one on the back seemed to have something to say, and a voice could be heard under her cloak. "Young master! What is our plan?"

She did ask, but the boy seemed lost in thought.

In the distance, the sound of a fight could be heard, and only at this moment, did Situ realize they have been running around for about half a month.

Motioning her to keep quiet he approached the nearest bushes in a sneaky manner. She followed along and in the process, he was able to see through them in the distance about 150 meters some huge beast was fighting a boy about 17-23.

Situ could not be specific, but gauged this from the looks and the monster was not something the two of them could face now.

The pressure it gave him, even from this location was already very high, and he had to pull Xiaohe down as she almost wanted to poke her head up.

He on the other hand could see the two fighting in the distance were very strong.

The man seemed to swipe his sword across the air resulting in some sword that would occasionally force the beast with antelope-like horns to retreat, but not doing substantial damage.

To Situ, that attack was already detrimental, but that was not what he focused on rather the cultivation method is taken by the person in question also seemed to pique his interest, but he did not move.

He did everything to shield their presence as if discovering them and even escaping would be troublesome. But he did not seem that interested in running away, this was an opportunity and he was sure that this person was at least on the level of a late-stage martial artist.

But the one on the opposite seemed to be excited that she almost screamed out he had to cover her mouth.

"Woman! If you open that mouth of yours I assure you that the fantasy you are having will come to an end very fast." How could he not see the stars, shining in her eyes as she observed the guy on the other side?

But he did not care, this was something common for girls her age, and he did not care as long as she did not endanger their lives.

He did not have time to argue with Xiaohe and focused on the attacks, with his unique soul he was gaining some ideas, but unfortunately, he could not utilize these ideas at the moment until he had almost reached the peak of martial arts ranks.

That was not a big deal considering the number of martial arts insights they had collected over the past weeks.

He even tried to take the route back home and discovered it was impossible to go back, as though their homes did not exist.

But the truth was, this place had been converted into some dimension of its own for trials. He knew that the participants were in the same age group, but the man in the distance was obviously not in the same category.

He also was wrong about his assumptions that the man was in the nine ranks of martial arts.

The power he was using was already on the next level and the reason he could not tell was obviously that he was still too weak.

The two observed the fight, and even though he was not that impressed by the sword Qi, he planned to also try it out when he had time in the future. At that moment, the thing that impressed him the most was the fact that he realized the significance of having a stronger body.

The guy's attacks seemed to leave only marks on the beast's body. "If my body becomes strong enough, can I be capable of ignoring all attacks from the enemy? Besides, a stronger body means that the foundation is more solid." As his thoughts turned he seemed to have come up with some thoughts, as the insights he had obtained on their journey even some information on the human body he did not know.

But this further intensified his belief, he would go ahead and focus on strengthening his body.

To do that would mean that he had to continue improving his cultivation technique as at the moment that was his major concern and it was done with the assumption that the martial ranks were to build a foundation rather than practice some hard skills for attacking.

He was indeed right, and the more pressing thing for those still in the nine ranks of martial arts was to create a solid foundation, after that then one can think of other things, but it was a shame the world was dangerous.

In that case, it would be foolish to not have some means of defending oneself against enemies making most of the time spent on acquiring martial arts skills.

The martial arts skills are developed by others and could be passed on or copied, or stolen. Generally, anyone can use them as long as they comprehend them, but the situation is not the same for cultivation techniques until one reaches a certain level.

But in the lower realms, one basic principle persists, that is, the lower martial artists have to create their own cultivation technique, this results in numerous systems coming into play, and this is especially true considering that humans have yet to gain any important positions among the strongest and do not have time to develop some standardized technique for those that are weak.

When strength reaches a certain level, the power being pursued is more or less unified, and thus the techniques can be obtained for some price and one can learn from them or even added to those that one is cultivating.

In all aspects, energy cultivation, thus has almost been the measure of talent, as everyone has to come up with their own path that best suits them.