Chapter 3

After three hours of walking, the team reaches outside of the forest. As soon as they reach the forest the atmosphere of the team change into a serious one. Na ti was a little startled, but he immediately understood. In a forest filled with danger letting your guard down is paramount to suicide. They might be relaxed and chatting when coming here but now it's time to get serious. "everyone watch your surrounding, don't let your guard down." De Jiu warned everyone and proceeded forward.

Entering the forest Na ti felt the slit increase in spirit chi. He thought this place might be a good cultivation ground if it were not for the danger of demonic beast. If the spirit chi is stronger in the outer part of the demonic beast forest compared to the city, then depth would be richer in spirit chi. A place filled with spirit chi is not only good for cultivation but also good for the formation of heaven and earth treasure like spirit herb and forging material.

Walking for five minutes in the forest they heard a heavy footstep from ahead coming to their location. "Stop" ordered Di Jiu. After a few seconds a huge black lion appeared. It has a height of two and a half meters. Its entire body was black except it eyes, tail, and teeth. It's had a brown tail, blue eyes,s, and white teeth. The lion had the strength of level 1 mid-stage peak, which is equal to the sixth stage of chi refining.

"Form a circle around it. This is the blue-eyed black lion. It's known for its defense and strength. Its only weakness is its speed. It might have the strength of a level 1 mid-stage peak demonic beast but it is comparable to a level 1 high stage low demonic beast. So be careful. While I attract its attention all of you attack it from the side and be careful of its tail swipe.

Na ti never seen a lion this big he was surprised for a little, but after listing to what Di Jiu said he focused again. The blue-eyed black lion roared and attacked immediately after it saw them. Its huge frame came charging toward the team. After dogging once, De Jiu attached the lion on its head. The blue-eyed black lion was angered so its attention was drawn in by Di Jiu. Every own else wait on its sides of the blue-eyed black lion. After Di Jiu attracted the blue-eyed black lion he uses a sword technique with the rapid attack. He was aiming for the eyes of the blue-eyed black lion. It was one of its weaknesses. Sadly the lion used his head to defend which is the strongest part of his body giving Di Jiu no chance to blind its eye.

After exchanging blows with the lion Di Jiu gave the signal to attack for the rest of the team. The two Pie brothers were on the left side of the lion. Na ti and Luo Lu were on the right. Everyone's attack was aiming for the stomach area of the blue-eyed black lion, However, after their attack landed everyone was dumbfounded. The Pie brothers both use spears, Luo Lu uses a saber and Na ti used the sword yet when their attack landed it only created a small wound on the body of the blue-eyed black lion.

Filling the pain, the blue-eyed black lion turned around and roared at them. However, before it could attack the rest of the team, Di Jiu using the distraction for a moment land an attack on its eye causing the blue-eyed black lion to lose one of its eyes. The blue-eyed black lion was in so much pain and angered by the loss of its eye it went berserk. It swept its tail at the Pie brother forcing them to retreat five-meter. It used its head to bash Luo Lu and push here back 7 meters after that it charges toward Di Jiu who damaged one of its eyes. The blue-eyed black lion jumped and swept its paw toward Di Jiu's head. Di Jiu responded by blocking the attack with his sword and was pushed 3 meters, but before the blue-eyed black lion continues its attack on Di Jiu, Na ti slashed with the sword from its back.

Na ti doesn't know how to use the sword but a simple slash and chop won't be a problem. Na ti aimed for the wound on its stomach that was opened before but, before the attack landed the blue-eyed black lion swept its tail toward Na ti's chest. Since Na ti does not have any fighting experience his defense was wide open. The strike land on his chest and Na ti was thrown ten meters away. Seeing this the rest of the team was worried. Anybody hit with such strength would be heavily injured and if unlucky die. Seeing Na ti still not standing up they thought his been knocked out or died. "Go check upon him," Di Jiu told Pei Ye Song to see if Na ti was alright while he drew the attention of the blue-eyed black lion again.

Na ti was scared when the attack was going to land on him. He has no fighting experience so he did not know what to do, but after the strike land on him, he was dazed. He only felt a tightening filling on his chest after circulating his chi once, the filling of tightening went away and he felt nothing. He then thought of something. When he was cultivating he felt his body getting stronger, but since he didn't test it nor felt the stiffening of his muscle resulting from the strengthening of his body he thought it was a small matter, But looking at it now the difference of his body from what he thought and what it is shocked him.

He was in a daze until Pei Ye Song came and called him. Na ti sprang up and told him he was fine, but the rest of the team except Di Jiu who was fighting the blue-eyed black lion was shocked. Na ti who was supposed to be severely juried or dead looks fine as if he just woke up from a sleep. After a moment of silence, Pei Ye Song asked, "are you wearing any armor inside". Na ti was confused at Pei Ye Song's question at first but he understood immediately. Someone able to block such an attack with his current cultivation using his body is unthinkable. Na ti didn't want to attract attention or be suspected of having a treasure that can make one body as strong as rock, so he answered yes.

Hearing this their shock disappeared. "you scared me there. It thought you were heavily injured or died for a second" said Pei Zi Yun jokingly. Hearing this Na ti was amazed again by his body. Now is thinking of using his arms as his weapon, but he can't right now otherwise they will discover his unique body. After the team calmed down they focused on the blue-eyed black lion again. This time they focused their attack on the same spot. When Di Jiu gave the signal they attacked the same spot causing a huge wound to appear on the blue-eyed black lion. Some pieces of his organs came out too.

Noticing the bad situation it is in the blue-eyed black lion wanted to escape, but Di Jiu didn't let it escape using the distraction of its injury, Di Jiu attacked its other eye concluding its fate. With no eye the blue-eyed black lion was butchered. If it had spirit sense it would have still escaped but without it his the same as blind a mortal.

After the death of the blue-eyed black lion, Luo Lu separated the body part and collected important parts to sell later. Finish collecting everyone went deeper into the forest to hunt more. The part of the blue-eyed black lion they were holding to sell later had a bloody smell witch attracted more demonic beast. The weaker ones were killed alone and the resource kept by the person who killed it. And when the stronger demonic beast they kill it together. They encountered one level 1 high middle stage demonic beast witch forced to run for a while other than that they hunted enough until everyone was satisfied with their loots.

After spending half the day hunting Na ti improved his sword technique. He does not look like a newbie anymore and when he swings and chop it looks more natural. He also tried to copy Di Jiu sword technique but he couldn't. They decide to return to the city before it gets dark. They kept hunting while traveling back to the city. When they exited the demonic best forest they saw a team of ten people entering the forest.

There was a proud-looking youth in the front that looked 14 years old but shockingly with a cultivation of peak 9th stage of chi reefing. The other people except for 2 where wearing the city guard armors and where also at the chi refining 9th stage. Na ti could not see the other twos cultivation but he guessed there where in foundation establishment stage. When the youth turned toward the Na tis team except Na ti all saluted toward the use with cupped fist. Na ti was perplexed but he also saluted with a cupped fist. The youth outright ignored them and entered the forest with his bodyguards.

After the youth and his bodyguard left, Na ti asked with a frown who that was. Then other look at him strangely. Luo Lu replayed "that's the city lord son Cao Jiao Shu. Because of his talent he is doted on by his father and his family. He is a well know tyrant in the city. Takes any women he like by force if she has no backing." she started with a calm voice but ended with a hatred filled voice. Na ti understood with such a backing he would treat everyone and everything as air.

When they reach the city, they went directly to Gong commercial. Gong commercial is a business owned by the Gong family one of the four great family in Zen continent. The other three are long family specialized in pill making; the QI family specialized in forging spirit artifacts and the Cao family. The city lord is a branch member of this family.

In Gong commercial, the Na tis team sold the loots from the beast they killed together. They got in total 10 spirit stones and 85 gold coin. Spirit stone is the common currency in the topaz planet. It can be used for cultivation too. There is four types of spirit stones. Low-grade spirit stone, mid-grade spirit stone, high-grade spirit stone, and supreme grade spirit stone. Spirit stone a found in spirit stone mine found in places with dense heaven and earth energy or spirit chi. This mines are controlled by the big family's and sects. One spirit stone is worth 100 gold coin, one gold coin is worth 100 silver coin and one silver coin is worth 100 copper coin. All of them got 2 spirit stones and 17 gold coins.

Na ti was in a daze. The previous owner of the body made a 4-hour journey into the demonic beast forest to collect wood then comeback carrying the woods to sell it for only 20 copper. But as a cultivator to make more than that you just had to kill a single demonic beast.

After collecting their share everybody sold their own loot and said farewells and left. Na ti returned the sword to Di Jiu. Before he left he ask Di Jiu where he could buy a sword and Di Jiu recommend a place. Na ti made in total 3 spirit stone and 75 gold coin in this journey and found his flaws and weak point. He started to think about what to do with the money as he went back home.