4 Silverwing Earthspirit Fruit

After Hao Ren saved the wolf, he resumed his training. While training time moved very fast before he knew it, it was already dusk. Hao Ren decided to to head to the mountain where the Silverwing Earthspirit Fruit was located, on his way to the mountain he ran into a white tiger at the peak of Qi Gathering Stage Six.

Hao Ren felt depressed "Shit!, how unlucky. How am I going to get rid of this beast. I need to quickly think of a way so I won't be late for you mission" he started running looking for a better place to engage with the tiger chasing after him.

Hao Ren got to a plain part in the forest before turning around facing the tiger, he saw the tiger jumping towards him with all it's strength with it's jaw wide open, Hao Ren managed to roll to the side and felt shocked on seeing how fast the tiger was.

"Fast, this tiger is really fast. If I was a little slow on reacting I would have been injured, I still need to work more on my speed it'll be helpful for battles" without wasting any time he charged towards the white tiger, in less than ten minutes they've exchanged a lot of moves, with the tiger gaining the upper hand. Hao Ren felt down on seeing the situation.

"I need to find a way to escape with the speed and defense of this tiger it'll really be hard for me to keep up with it, even if I won it'll be a hard won victory and by the time the battle is over I won't have enough strength to continue my mission"

Hao Ren engaged with tiger once again in battle and used a sword technique he recently learned during his time training. Hao Ren was given this sword technique by Elder Li after he was given the sword, it was one of the best sword techniques in the sake. Though he has only mastered the initial stages of the move it would still be helpful in battle, Hao Ren unleashed the sword technique on the tiger and it flew backwards. On seeing this, Hao Ren used the opportunity to escape from that area feeling lucky he took the sword from Elder Li

"Once I finish restoring my cultivation I will venture out to find beast with speed to work on my speed" without stopping Hao Ren ran away with all his speed heading towards the Silverwing Earthspirit Fruit

When he got to spot he had prepared beforehand the previous time he came to check on the location. When he got there he saw that some people were already there waiting, and from the looks of it not everyone has arrived yet. He saw Xu Que with some other disciples from the sect.

"How come I haven't seen Hao Ren yet, he left before we even left the sect" Xu Que said

"You told him about it?" one of the disciples of the Silver Lining Sect said

"Snort, I don't know why that cripple is still being so arrogant. He was invited to join our party but he rejected the good intentions"

"For one year now he hasn't made any improvements yet, his cultivation even went down a stage. And he keeps saying he's a genius, he's too proud"

"With his strength coming here alone heh, he doesn't really know how high the heavens are. If we didn't group together I'll never had come here"

"We still had some injuries though we fought together"

"Elder Brother Wu will be here soon"

"With Elder Brother Wu's strength he can confidently come and go as he pleases in this forest, so long as he doesn't go too deep in the forest"

"I heard he's made another breakthrough in his cultivation stage and is currently in the Qi Gathering Stage Eight. Yet that Hao Ren feels he can also walk unobstructed in this forest"

"He might probably be already dead by now"

The disciples of the sect started mocking Hao Ren the moment his name was brought up, to the disciples of the Silver Lining Sect currently Wu Chen is already the greatest genius of the sect. They've completely forgotten how Hao Ren defeated Wu Chen as if he was battling a baby.

When the disciples were talking, a youth walked in dressed in all white with a cold look in his eyes and a very eye catching long nose. He had that look of looking down on everyone like they didn't add up to anything, that youth was precisely Wu Chen the current number one genius of the Silver Lining Sect

The moment the disciples saw him they immediately went over to him with fawning looks plastered all over their faces

"Elder Brother Wu, how was your journey"

"It was okay, nothing important really happened, there's rarely anything in the outer region of this forest that can threaten me currently" Wu Chen said arrogantly

"Of course, with Elder Brother Wu's strength nothing can threaten him unlike a weakling who poses like he's invincible"

"That poser Hao Ren still behaves arrogantly with his measly strength, he was invited by Elder Brother Xu but rejected him saying he'll come alone. We've been here for quite a while now but he still hasn't showed up yet"

"Snort, he's most likely dead. How do you expect him to be able to protect himself here"

The disciples immediately started talking bad about Hao Ren in the presence of Wu Chen to please him since they knew his relationship with Hao Ren was pretty bad

Wu Chen smiled on hearing everything the other disciples were saying. This is why he always wanted to be the number one genius in the sect, because of the respect and how the disciples act when they see him

"Enough about Hao Ren, since he isn't here yet maybe he got scared and went back to the sect or he's dead. That isn't really important to me right now I only came for the fruit, where's the Silverwing Earthspirit Fruit" Wu Chen said coldly after looking around and not seeing anything

"Elder Brother Wu, the fruit is currently in that cave but there's a snake in the cave guarding it. We haven't really tried entering after seeing the snake" a disciple said pointing at a cave not too far from where they were

"How strong is the beast?" Wu Chen asked

"We don't really know but from its aura it's probably stronger than most of us and since no one is willing to try out its strength we're currently all here waiting" that disciple replied

"Wu Chen the aura I can feel from the beast is most likely Qi Gathering Stage Eight, how confident are you in dealing with it?" Xu Que asked Wu Chen

Even though he's not really fond of Wu Chen, he can't deny Wu Chen's strength. He can sense Wu Chen just broke through to the Qi Gathering Stage Eight but with the strength of everyone gathered here they should be able to deal with it

"I'll see the beast but since it's in the same stage as I am I should be able to deal with it" Wu Chen said confidently

"Wu Chen don't be too confident, I know you're strong but you should also be aware that beast are almost always stronger than humans in the same cultivation stage. Most beast can even fight well across levels" Xu Que advised calmly

Wu Chen looked at Xu Que but didn't say anything for some time

"I'll check it out first then know what to do next. If I can't handle it, I'll retreat and we'll group up to battle it" Wu Chen said while walking towards the cave

"Be prepared, we'll most likely join the battle soon" Xu Que said to the other disciples in the area

"What are you so worried about, Elder Brother Wu can easily defeat the beast. Let's just wait and see how the battle goes"

"I believe in Elder Brother Wu, he can defeat the beast"

While all this was going on Hao Ren was quietly looking at everything from his spot

'That fool, the beast is already at the peak of Qi Gathering Stage Eight. He'll soon be beaten up hehe' Hao Ren thought with a smirk on his face

'This is actually the best thing for me, once they're all focused on fighting the beast I'll get a chance to sneak into the cave a get some of the fruits quickly before they notice' thought Hao Ren

Hao Ren's current plan is very simple and that was to take advantage of the situation. Since he can't defeat the beast this is the best method he can come up with to collect the fruits

While Hao Ren was still deep in thoughts he heard a sound from the cave

Wu Chen came out flustered with the snake quickly following behind him. Wu Chen's clothes was already in tatters. When the beast saw that Wu Chen was fleeing, it chased a little before stopping and heading back to the cave

When Xu Que and the other disciples saw the way Wu Chen looked they had an awkward look, especially the disciples who had already said Wu Chen would not have any issues defeating the beast on his own

"Shit!, the beast is already at the peak of Qi Gathering Stage Eight, there's no way I can defeat it alone. It can already battle someone at the Qi Gathering Stage Nine without any issues" Wu Chen said after coming back to where the disciples were gathered

"I already told you that the beast won't be easy to deal with" Xu Que said darting a pitying look at how Wu Chen currently looks

Wu Chen felt a little embarrassed because of his current appearance but there's nothing he can do about as the snake was just too strong for him to handle alone.

"With the help of everyone we will be able to defeat the beast. I'll recover my strength then we'll go back for the beast" Wu Chen said to the others

"How are we going to get the beast out of the cave, the cave is too small for everyone here to attack the beast together" Xu Que voiced his worry

"Don't worry about that, I'll lure it out so everyone should get ready I'll go immediately after recovering my strength" Wu Chen said

'Hehe moron, so this fool still knows how to make a plan. He's lucky he escaped. With everyone there, they shouldn't really have a problem in dealing with the beast' thought Hao Ren

Hao Ren also prepared himself so he'll be able to use the best opportunity to sneak into the cave and collect the fruits