Meeting A Hellhound

Ying Yue stared at the mountain ranges that stood in front of her eyes.

Even though she was standing miles away from it, she still could feel the creepiness and dangers that lurked in the depth of the forest.

She tsked as a huge smile appeared on her lips. If everything went according to her plan, soon enough, she would become a very famous and rich entity in the Capital City of the Hyuang Empire.

She jumped down from the high rock on which she was standing before she started walking towards the forest.

It barely took her ten minutes of walking before she was at the outskirts of the most dangerous mountain ranges of the Hyuang Empire.

It was considered a dangerous place by the citizens. However, when she asked Silver about the dangers that resided in this forest, the man just shrugged as he replied, "No idea."

In short, she had next to no inkling about what was waiting for her in the creepy forest. But as long as it's deadly beasts or something like that, she was sure that she would be able to handle that.

With a deep breath, she made her way into the forest. Because of all the information Silver had passed on to her about the geography of the Capital City and the area around it, she knew where she needed to head.

Her destination was the third peak where she was going to find what she needed for her future business.

She safely made her way to the third peak and it did not take her long to find the herbs that she was looking for.

She was about to pluck the beautiful blue-shaded flower when she heard the sound of twigs snapping behind her.

So far she had succeeded in keeping any kind of ferocious beasts of the forest away from herself.

But looked like her good luck just came to an end because when she turned her head to look at the source of the sound, she found a huge hellhound staring back at her with glowing red angry eyes.

"What a surprise!"

She muttered out loud before she once again turned her attention towards the flower and this time, she successfully plucked it.

"A human!"

The hellbound growled as it inched closer towards her.

"Really? Try again. Don't make me think that your nose is even inferior to a mere dog." She commented with a mocking smirk on her lips as she continued to collect the herbs that she needed.

Her words successfully irritated the hellhound as it increased its pace. It was about to take a huge leap and jump on the stupid mortal woman when it felt her essence.

It stopped abruptly in its tracks as it stared at the woman with surprised and confused eyes.

"You are not a human..." The beast muttered as it tried to feel the aura of the weird woman.

"Once again, dude!"

Ying Yue singsonged as she plucked some white berries like things from a small plant.

"Hmm...A human...but also not a human....."

This time the hellhound did not waste its time in getting angry at the girl. Rather it fixed its red eyes on the girl as it tried to solve the puzzles that belonged to the mysterious girl.

"A human body...but an Immortal soul...with ancient powers and unseen abilities....an undead!"

The beast spoke as it realized the true identity of the woman.

"Not bad! You have successfully impressed me. By the way, are there more creatures like you living in this world?" Ying Yue asked as she worked on cutting the stems of a purple-colored bush.

The hellhound closely observed the woman who kept collecting the spiritual herbs as it answered her question.

"If you want to ask if you can find supernaturals roaming through this weird world - the answer is likely a no. I have been venturing through this mainland for years, but I still have to find another supernatural here. You are the first one I've stumbled across so far."

This made Ying Yue finally turn her attention towards the beast as she stared at it with confused eyes.

As the hellhound saw her confused expression, it decided to answer her unasked question.

"This world is divided into two groups - Mortals and Immortals. Mortals are the humans and demons who live on the mainland while Immortals are the powerful cultivators and deities who are living in secrecy on this mainland."

"Rather than magic, the people here use the purest essence of nature, known as spiritual energy, to do things that are very similar to magic. But just like our world where not every human can be a supernatural, Similarly in this world, not every human can become an Immortal."

Silence took over them as Ying Yue tried to wrap her head around the new information that she received from the hellhound.

Most of it made sense but at the same time, she was left confused.

"If it's like that then how did you end up here?" She finally asked the question that was bugging her.

"I was on my way to the Academy when a disturbance in the Academy portal landed me here in this place. Not only I was no longer able to open the portal which immediately disappeared, I even lost the ability to turn into my human form." The hellhound answered her question.

Ying Yue felt bad for the poor beast. It had been living a lonely life in a completely new world.

"Why are you collecting so many herbs?"

The hellhound asked in order to change the topic and also because it really was curious.

"Oh! I need these for something and I need a lot. I would need to make trips to this forest often in the future if my idea worked because I'll need more of these herbs then." Ying Yue answered as she once again turned her attention on collecting the herbs.

"Well.....since you have been living here for such a long time.....have you ever seen an Immortal?"

Ying Yue asked after a few moments of silence while she kept her attention on the roots of another little herb.

She needed those roots and she even felt a little bad for destroying the little herb.

"Of course, I have. Moreover, one of them is here in this forest at the moment." The hellhound replied with excitement.