Bi Yuan felt terrible. She eagerly rushed to the forest to accomplish her class advancement, but she just has to encounter that ferocious disgusting obnoxious dirty bad smelly annoying ape!
The said ape wore a black robe and wields a sword with an evil aura. That disgusting man is responsible for her death.
Bi Yuan, the little bunny, wasn't even able to react as the sword cleanly penetrated her skull.
It was a terrible wound that robbed her of her life in an instant. She felt it, her very life essence leaking from her, denying her existence— it is beyond scary. The fear can't compare to the intimidation she felt from the croc under the creek.
Bi Yuan grimaced at her inevitable death. She regretted being cocky and doing things as she liked. She realized she isn't so invincible after all.
Chilling coldness enveloped her as her life flashed before her eyes— the white ape, her first hunt, and everything. It was slowly fading to black.
Then... she died.
There was darkness and chilling silence. It was maddening for her.
But... a ball of light suddenly found her.
The little bunny finds the ball of light inviting. She touched it, only to realize the next second that she is now back in the realm of the living.
...
[Name: Fu Shi
Quintessence: 84
Players: 0/1]
With a thought, I used my quintessence to resurrect Bi Yuan. It is easier than I imagined, only consuming a single quintessence throughout the process.
Ping! -1 quintessence.
Is life that cheap for the system? I felt cheated even though it was I who benefitted.
The rays of light gathered into a rainbow, and coalesced in front of me, into a shape, then into a familiar figure. Bi Yuan was resurrected in front of me. The sight of her clean white fur and lively eyes brings me immense joy.
[Name: Fu Shi
Quintessence: 83
Players: 1/1]
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Meanwhile, the little bunny felt confused… but thankful.
"Yuan'er! You are alive! HA—! YOU ARE ALIVE!" The white ape called to her with a joyous tone. He was happy that she was alive.
Knowing this, the little bunny learned the warmth of having someone on her back. It felt comfortable to her. The most unbelievable thing, however... is how is this even possible?
"Kyu?" Finally, the thought hits her… but still, she can't believe it!
Bi Yuan cannot believe it! It is too heaven-defying!
"Ky-yu? KU-KYU!"
Did she just return to the world of the living!? Yes, she actually did!
Bunny and man reunited, and they hugged each other.
Bi Yuan looked to the one responsible for her resurrection, the white ape. She wanted to express her gratitude but wasn't able to. The words won't come out of her mouth, but that's fine.
Her small chirping and affectionate nuzzling is all the white ape needed to learn the feelings of the little bunny. But Bi Yuan cannot really tell if the white ape is really happy.
"Ku~kuyuuu?" The white ape's aura is just too scary.
"It's fine. Stay here in the cave abode for the meanwhile Yuan'er." The white ape told her in a gentle manner.
...
I don't know what Bi Yuan is thinking, but she looked scared to me. I swear, I will make the one responsible for her death pay a thousandfold!
"I am going to deal with this personally."
I then left my cave with livid fury.
...
Zha Dong is an inner disciple of the Bones Devouring Sect. It is a relatively big sect that practices demonic arts.
After 200 years of the Sect's hiding, the Bones Devouring Sect is now ready to unleash its evil once more to the world.
"Hmmm... as a cultivator in the Spirit Mystery realm, I am quite confident that no one is a match against me in these parts of the province..." Zha Dong extended his Spiritual Senses, gauging his surroundings for any particular threat.
"Like I said, this place is filled with weaklings… hehe… I guess it won't hurt to have fun while I am at it."
Zha Dong maliciously whispered to himself as he flew in his sword at a steady pace.
He is now on his way to a village further south from here. In order to reach the top once more, his Sect is seeking materials for their demonic arts— there is plenty of work to be done since their Sect Master returned from his closed-door cultivation.
Tasked to gather bones by any means possible, he made villages his primary targets for this excursion. Human bones are the best materials to create undead and artifacts.
Still, there are exceptions. It is also possible for the bones of beasts to be used as materials in their arts. Though the requirements are more constrained, that doesn't stop Zha Dong from becoming ambitious.
"If it is a beast with unique traits, it will definitely be a great help for us."
Using his Spiritual Senses, he searched for the nearest village from whence he came.
The Bones Devouring Sect's Master after his 200 years of closed-door cultivation has reached a new realm of strength. With this, the sect is confident of taking a big bite of the Kingdom of Blood and Iron, commonly known as the Biron Kingdom.
Biron is a small kingdom south of the continent. Top experts rarely come to this place because of the thin atmospheric qi. That is why Zha Dong loves this place.
As a talentless cultivator stuck in the Spirit Mystery realm, this place is heaven to Zha Dong. Cultivators here rarely overcome the third stage of cultivation which is the Will Reiforcement realm.
"In this place, I am invincible. I might as well have fun while I am here."
Zha Dong suddenly felt strong turbulence of qi. Judging from its fluctuation, it is at least in the Martial Tempering realm.
"I am feeling confident today, how about I check it for myself? I can also relieve some of my stress by bullying those fellas, heheheh..."
The bones of cultivators are certainly better than mortals. Greed momentarily flashed in Zha Dong's eyes as he locks on the qi that he sensed.
*RUUUMBLE!
The boar bellowed with intensity. Its bulk is menacing and imposes fear.
*TANG!
*TANG!
*TING!
Crisp sounds of steel met the boar's tusks. The rabbit is quite proficient in wielding its spear-like weapon.
Zha Dong flew with caution towards where he felt the qi. The forest is surely filled with life. Zha Dong smiled at the sight of two Martial Tempering beasts duking it out.
It was a boar and a rabbit.
"Oho, beasts with cultivation, huh? Not bad. They are a little bit better than ordinary humans. Moreover, they are easier to catch than human cultivators of the same level. These unintelligent beasts will be too easy a game."
Zha Dong more than feeling confident is feeling very lucky today. With an explosive dash, he instantaneously appeared at the boar's side.
*SWUUUUNG!
Zha Dong drew his steel mercilessly cleaving the boar in half. The boar was already heavily injured, so its death is inevitable.
"That's a nice spiritual artifact you have there, rabbit... Hehehe..." Zha Dong menacingly gazed at the stunned rabbit. "Try not to die quickly..."
Zha Dong kicked the soil, once again instantaneously appearing at his prey's side.
*STAB!
It was quick and deadly. The rabbit's skull was cleanly pierced. It was an instant kill.
Zha Dong happily looted his kills. First, the boar's bones, and testicles, then come next the rabbit.
"Is this a fork? Nevermind..."
Zha Dong unceremoniously placed the fork into his dimensional ring. He approached the rabbit, flexing his carving knife with excitement.
He started to cut it from head to toe in an unhealthy vigor. There is a reason why the demonic arts are called 'demonic arts'.
It is because they are evil!
They distort the mind of the practitioners and make them walk a demonic path.
When Zha Dong was about to pull the bones of the rabbit, the rabbit suddenly turned to ash and vanished into the wind.
The horrid sight is eerie.
And Zha Dong can't help but panic at the sight!
In the gaps of his fingers is the ash of the dead rabbit, it flowed like sand, and a mysterious power still lingered in the air. But what induced more fear in Zha Dong is the sudden vanishing of the fork-like weapon of the rabbit from his dimensional ring.
He felt it— as if there was a tug in space almost imperceptible to his Spiritual Senses…
"What the hell is that!?"
There must be a godly expert around here, this is Zha Dong's thoughts. And the rabbit he just killed must be one of the godly expert's people.
"Did I just fucked up big time?"
Zha Dong immediately flew with his sword, eager to get out of this place.
As a responsible member of a sect, however, he still has to complete his mission. As such, he has no choice but to rush to the village that he sought to harvest.
The faster he can finish his job, the better.