Exploration, Cultivation

'Alright, I should go outside now that I have the Natural Fire Weapon, this place will fall into ruins soon since it was created by the Natural Fire Weapon.' Hao Shen began to go back toward the outside world.

Hao Shen quickly arrived back at the entrance of the tunnel leading to the Lava Lake, since the Natural Fire Weapon was taken by Hao Shen, it won't be long before the Fire Dou Qi inside of the cave disappeared.

Hao Shen jumped up and exited the Mysterious Pit, after doing so he rushed away immediately since he could feel the ground under him tremble.

After he went 2 miles away from the Mysterious Pit, lava suddenly erupted from the Mysterious Pit and covered the whole area around it.

'I found some things at the three spots I visited but I have to say, my luck is really heaven-defying, most people don't even get to see any of the treasure I found in their entire life and I got the three of them in less than a week.' Hao Shen began to think carefully for some time, he remembered the three spots, he got the Mystic Blue Lotus at the Lake, the Little Jade Bottle containing the Millenary Jade Garden at the mountain peak and now I've got my hands on the Natural Fire Weapon, it can be said that even if I don't find any treasure or opportunity for some time I would still be able to reach the late stage of the Dou Shi realm by the time the Jia Nan Academy come to recruit students, I should also be able to become a Rank 4 or 5 Alchemist thanks to all the Medicinal Ingredients I've got my hands on.' Hao Shen was quite happy about the results of his training trip in the Inner Region of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

After rushing toward his cave for an hour or so, Hao Shen finally arrived.

'I'll stay here for the night and after that, I'll go explore the rest of the Inner Region of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, I want to see if I can find the nest of the Amethyst Winged Lion while I am already here.' Hao Shen took out his Natural Fire Weapon and asked it to attract the surrounding Fire Dou Qi. After the Natural Fire Weapon started to do it, Hao Shen sat in meditation and began to cultivate.

The night passed and Hao Shen stood up from his cultivation, he whistled to call Xiao Hei who went out to hunt during the night, soon a black shadow appeared in the sky and came to land on Hao Shen's shoulder.

"Let's go Xiao Hei, we're going to explore the territory of one of the strongest Magical Beast Mountain Range, the Rank 6 Amethyst Winged Lion." Hao Shen was very serious when he spoke about their plans, Xiao Hei nodded and they started to depart from the cave.

The Magical Beast Moutain Range was covering an enormous distance, it covered at least a quarter of the Jia Ma Empire and it wasn't the end of it since it was also present in the surrounding kingdoms.

After walking for six hours, Hao Shen and Xiao Hei finally arrived where the map showed the Amethyst Winged Lion territory, Hao Shen stood before the territory for a while but he still decided to enter it.

Hao Shen began to scoot the outer part of the Amethyst Winged Lion's territory, he couldn't see it's nest no matter where he looked at so he decided to go deeper in the Amethyst Winged Lion's territory while being as discreet as possible.

Hao Shen walked for at least four more hours before he reached a giant waterfall and from the top of it he could see an enormous red and black mountain, purple light seemed to flash from the veins like crack present in the rock that formed the mountain.

"So this is it, the nest of one of the four strongest Magical Beast in the Inner Region of the Magical Beast Mountain Range." Hao Shen looked toward the Mountain, after looking at it for some time, he found the cave where Xiao Yan would stay during his training, after looking at it for some time he began to go back toward the Outer Region of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, it took him three full days to go back.

Hao Shen decided to go back toward the cave where he first trained when he came in the Magical Beast Mountain Range for the first time.

He reached the place after two more days, it still looked unchanged and even the giant boulder that Hao Shen used to block the entrance of the cave was still in place.

"Xiao Hei, I'm going to cultivate for five months or so, you can stay outside or come inside with me." Hao Shen asked Xiao Hei what he wanted to do since he knew that Xiao Hei didn't like to be unable to go out when he wanted.

As Hao Shen predicted Xiao Hei choose to stay outside of the cave to train himself.

"Alright then but be careful to not fall for the trap other humans can lay, the greatest danger here aren't Magical Beasts like in the Inner Region." Hao Shen warned and patted Xiao Hei's head. After that Xiao Hei took off from Hao Shen's shoulder and began to fly towards the West.

"Then, I should also start my closed door cultivation, it's the first time that I do something like this, so I won't stay inside for more than six months." Hao Shen took the boulder and entered the cave while closing the entrance using the boulder.

'i should probably be at the 2-star or 3-star Dou Shi realm when I exit this cave, but I should also be at least a Peak Rank 3 Alchemist.' Hao Shen began to calculate what progress he could make in six months, for this six months period, Hao Shen decided to train three months in alchemy and three months his cultivation.

"Then, let's start." Hao Shen sat cross-legged and began his cultivation.