6 Legacy

Wu Chen and Yun Lu both stood at the end of the cliff and looked down for some time. They couldn't clearly see the bottom of the cliff but from the looks of it, it's mostly likely Hao Ren is completely dead. They noticed Hao Ren was already unconscious before the wolf jumped down the cliff with him. But Wu Chen is still having some doubts thinking the wolf wouldn't just jump down to its death. With his knowledge he knew the wolf has already gained some intelligence, one can tell from how it escaped when it knew it wasn't a match for them.

"That stupid beast pushed Hao Ren to his death hahaha, I'm glad he's finally gone out of our lives" Yun Lu said while laughing

Wu Chen glanced at Yun Lu but didn't give a reply to what he just said, "Let's leave, we've already gone past where we'll be able to keep ourselves safe in this forest during the chase. Luckily there was a cliff here or we might have even gone deeper and probably might have met a much more fearsome beast that we'll be unable to even defend against" Wu Chen said while turning around and leaving

"I don't know why you're still looking sad, Hao Ren is dead and we also got two fruits. Sigh, it's a shame that Hao Ren took three of the fruits with him to his death. What a waste" Yun Lu said feeling regretful about the fruits with Hao Ren. If not because he was scared, he'd have gone down the cliff to take the fruits from the corpse of Hao Ren

"Do you think, that beast will jump to it's death?" Wu Chen asked Yun Lu while they were walking back

"Most likely, it knew it'll definitely die so it decided to choose the way it died and committed suicide" Yun Lu said

"What's bothering me is why that beast helped him when it saw us fighting, usually beasts don't really cooperate with humans unless contracted" Wu Chen said with a puzzled expression on his face

"Yeah, it's really baffling. The wolf attacked me unexpectedly but luckily the injury is not too severe, I can heal in a day time or so" Yun Lu said

The injuries on both Wu Chen and Yun Lu could be completely healed without leaving any scars with the help of some pills it doesn't really bother them

Although Wu Chen was still thinking about Hao Ren, he was too bothered about him. With his previous injury and his current one added up it'll probably turn him to a complete cripple, if he doesn't turn to a normal person he won't be far off as he knew the extent of the damage his spear did to Hao Ren's body as every time he was able to pierce him with his spear he also released some of his essence energy into his body to wreck havoc on his already injured foundation

He knew Hao Ren will definitely come for the fruits since it'll help him heal his cracked dantian. That was why every time he attacked he leaved a little bit of essence energy in Hao Ren's body to further damage his dantian. He knew that Hao Ren would definitely notice it but since they were still battling there will be no way for him to deal with it. Now since Hao Ren is unconscious, there will be no way for him to deal with it so his essence energy will have total freedom to run rampart on his body

'With this fruit I'll be able to make a breakthrough to Qi Gathering Stage Nine, although I just broke through it wouldn't affect my foundation since it's a natural treasure. If I could take two I'll be able to get to the peak of Qi Gathering Stage Nine and will just work on breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm but this moron just had to listen to Hao Ren and gave one of the fruits to the snake. I should just eliminate him now to get both fruits' a glint of murderous intent flashed passed Wu Chen's eyes

He glanced at Yun Lu and saw him smiling widely with his teeth clearly visible from afar

'Sigh, forget it. I'll just do with one, this fool has always wanted to break through to the Qi Gathering Stage Six in the past year now. I'll just give him this chance besides he also worked hard for the fruits. If not for him Hao Ren would've most likely gotten all the fruits. Though his talent is not that good, with the fruit he shouldn't have any issue with breaking through' Wu Chen thought

Wu Chen and Yun Lu walked back and saw the rest of the disciples back at the place they battled with the snake. Almost all the disciples were injured from the battle so all of them were healing.

Xu Que looked at Wu Chen with a hateful gaze when he returned but he quickly shifted his glance from them. He has always known that in the presence of profit all pretences will fall apart and you'll know the real character of a person. But he's thinking about why he didn't see Hao Ren and why Wu Chen and Yun Lu took so long before returning.

When he saw the bite and claw marks on their bodies he knew some unforseen event must have occurred when Wu Chen went back to retrieve the fruits. On seeing Yun Lu he immediately remembered that he didn't see a glance of Yun Lu at the time that they were battling the snake, then it all clicked to him

'No wonder the snake suddenly turned back and headed towards the cave while we were still fighting and didn't bother to kill me when it had the chance after Wu Chen left, it must have sensed that someone was already collecting the fruits and it was only being lured out so the other party will be able to enter the cave without any problems' Xu Que immediately knew the plan of Wu Chen when he saw both of them returning. But he's still confused why Wu Chen was the first to leave the battle

"Were you able to collect the fruits?" Xu Que asked as they got closer to them

"No" Wu Chen replied coldly, he knew that Xu Que was already mad at him so there was no need to continue with his pretense. Besides both his father and Xu Que's master has always been at odds in the sect.

"Why are you lying, I know you got the fruits but have no plan of sharing it even though we all worked for it" Xu Que said coldly also

"Yes I have the fruits but so what, why are you acting like you didn't have Hao Ren hide so he'll be able to collect the fruits when we're battling the snake. If not for me sensibly letting Yun Lu keep watch at the cave, that thief would've gotten all the fruits" said Wu Chen

"Hao Ren is here, where is he?" Xu Que asked in joy hoping to see Hao Ren

"He's already dead, the snake chased after him when it noticed that he stole the fruits. We were not able to help him because we were attacked by a wolf when we got close to the scene, but we were only able to get two of the fruits with our lives on the line so technically they are ours" Wu Chen said calmly

"What! Hao Ren is dead, I don't believe you. Where is his corpse if he's dead then?" Xu Que asked in shock, he has totally forgotten about the fruits as Hao Ren is more important to him than the fruits

"Both him and the snake fell down a cliff and there's no way we can go down there unless we also wish to die" replied Wu Chen

Wu Chen left immediately after saying this as he didn't want to stay here any longer since he has already gotten what he came for and also completely crippled Hao Ren, though he felt like he wasn't dead for sure. He still felt that even if he's alive he wouldn't be a threat to him anymore. All in all, the journey was quite fruitful for him. Now he's going back to go into seclusion and charge straight at the Qi Gathering Stage Nine.

Yun Lu also left with Wu Chen since he was eager to boost his cultivation. Xu Que looked at their backs and then turned his gaze at where they were coming from. He knew he couldn't go there since there are beast that are stronger than him over there. His master told him to protect Hao Ren since he was already at the peak of Qi Gathering Stage Seven but unfortunately he didn't get a chance to even see Hao Ren.

After waiting for some time, Xu Que also left since it wasn't safe here and everyone has already gone back.

At the bottom of the cliff....

A wolf almost the size of a man could be seen dragging a sixteen year old handsome looking youth out of the river they were currently in, the youth had long black hair and currently had both he's eyes shut. He was bleeding from different part of his body and was unconscious, that youth was precisely Hao Ren who was pushed off the edge of the cliff by the wolf. At the bottom of the cliff there was a lake so he wasn't really hurt by the fall from the top of the cliff.

The wolf dragged Hao Ren over to a hole that a human can only pass by crawling. In the cave, it's cub could be seen waiting for it. On seeing it's mother hurt, the cub yelped and pain could be seen in its eyes. It's quite shocking that the cub has already gained intelligence no less than its mother at such an age, it looked at the stranger it's mother dragged in with her and realized that it was the person who helped it's mother while she was caught in a trap.

In the depths of the cave a glowing orb could be seen rotating slowly, if one looks closely one can see the image of a dragon and a phoenix rotating around each other like the ying and yang symbol.

"This wolf brought a human here, he's currently crippled and is also badly injured. Before the wolf could bring him here that means he definitely has a good personality. Sigh, if he can survive this then I guess he'll have to do. My time is already running out and if I don't find someone soon it'll already be too late" a voice was heard at the depths of the cave

Back at the cave...

Hao Ren was currently in a critical state as he had already lost the support of his essence energy said he can't recover currently with its help. Now he's just surviving with sheer willpower

Hao Ren remained unconscious for three days without waking up. Though he hasn't died yet, he was still in the same state

In the depths of the cave

"His willpower is quite shocking. From what I can see, he's already turned to a non cultivator so he shouldn't be able to stay alive for this long without any cultivation power" the voice was shocked at the amount of willpower the youth possessed

This continued for another five days and the voice was already shocked speechless on seeing that within these five days not only did the youth not die he was also showing signs of recovering and he might likely gain consciousness back today or the next day.

In this period of eight days, Hao Ren has been battling for his life constantly, but he wasn't the only one who was critically injured. Currently, the mother wolf was at deaths door and couldn't even stand up anymore.

After another day, Hao Ren finally started showing signs of waking up. Before long he opened his eyes and looked around to know where he was. He noticed that he can't recognize where he was currently in, when he turned around he saw the wolf lying in a pool of it's own blood. It had already died the previous day and it's cub was lying next to it yelping in pain.

Hao Ren tried to stand up at first but felt pain all over his body, after trying for some time he was later able to stand up. When he checked his condition he despaired on noticing he's already completely ruined and could no longer cultivate.

"Come, come boy" Hao Ren heard a voice calling him from the depths of the cave

"Come"

Hao Ren hesitated a little before walking down towards the depth of the cave without looking back. He already threw caution to the wind since he's already ruined.

Hao Ren walked and vanished into the depths of the cave. When the little wolf saw this, it hesitated a little before following Hao Ren's figure and also vanishing into the depths of the cave.