Travel in group

After some deliberation, they decided to dispose of the three guys' corpses using the beasts at the mountain to eat their bodies.

Afterward, Ryu and Cahya will join Nura and Luise to chase the fleeing beasts to stay away from the sect for a while.

Since they have done nothing wrong, there should be no trouble in killing these guys, so, in the end, they decided to get rid of their bodies to avoid a long inquiring that would only waste time.

Even if they pass judgment and are found innocent, there is still a chance that other disciples will look at them with suspicion, which could affect their future in the sect.

Although this trio of bullies had a bad reputation, people tend to judge quickly without any evidence, which can give a headache trying to defend themselves, in this period of time, the group can suffer reprisals.

Another reason was to protect Cahya was that she suffered a rape attempt, if she had to go through the trauma of recounting the events repeatedly, it would damage her mental state.

These guys had already brought many problems, for trash like this doesn't deserve a funeral, serving as food for animals was good enough for them.

Besides, there were two more hidden motives to dispose of the body and disappear for some time.

First, Ryu fought using not just one, but two immortal grade skills, and, second, Nura reached the impressive mar of level 19 in a ridiculously amount of time.

Although Nura's method didn't contain any secrets or dangerous information, he still preferred to keep his current level a secret for himself and his friends. He had his own problems, and this secret plays a role in his future plans.

About Ryu, it is unnecessary to say why he wants to keep this battle a secret. Case the elders hear about a rookie at level 7 fighting against three seniors at the level 20 range and prevailing over them, they will press him until he has to say about his two skills and reveal all his secrets.

There is no chance of them give up until uncovering all the truth because this fight is simply impossible to happen by normal means.

Though the reveal of his two immortal grade skills could grant him a prestigious position in the sect and grant some resources for his future cultivation, there is the possibility of the elders using him as a test to learn how to acquire quests, becoming a creature used in laboratory tests was definitely not in Ryu's plans.

Even if things go well, and Ryu rises in the ranks and gains benefits, it could attract jealousy and enemies that wish him harm.

Not to mention that any enemies of the sect will desperately try to kill him before he has a chance to evolve to use his skills to their full potential.

Thus they decided to dispose of the corpses and keep this event a secret for themselves.

Ryu and Nura grabbed and carried them to the mountains, where they threw them on a cliff in hoping for some beast to find and devour them, erasing all evidence that could be left behind.

Of course, they collected their rings before disposing of the bodies, but unfortunately, these guys were too poor, and apart from the leader's ring that contained Nura's sword, there weren't many things on their rings.

However, Nura was not depressed by the loss of part of his belongings, nor did he express happiness at recovering the sword. As he told the group, part of his stuff was separated into another ring, that stolen ring contained only a handful of weapons.

Although those weapons were expensive, Nura was so fond of using the club so much that he was thinking of making it his primary weapon.

Only after getting rid of the corpses did they realize that they had killed a person for the first time, and neither of them felt remorse, after all, the people they killed deserved it, but still, the sensation brought a knot to the stomach.

Killing people is something ordinary in a cultivator's life, and over time they will eventually get used to it, however, it's good to feel bad about killing someone, as many cultivators end up enjoying killing and deviate from the cultivation path.

Many chose life as criminals because of the profit warranted, since killing men for their rings is one of the easiest ways to become rich.

But as one chose this path, they are forced out of their sect to become a loose cultivator, it is not unusual to see groups of bandits gathering to make a powerful group.

When they were down thinking about the first time they killed, Luise brought them back to their usual mood asking for Ryu's leather armor and asking him about the iron boar skin he killed.

Cahya told her about how the leather armor managed to save his life, then Luise insisted on seeing the piece with her own eyes. She caught it to inspect carefully and examine in the minimum details the hardness of leather coupled with its malleability intrigued her, making her entertained for hours.

Afterward, they embarked on their journey, fleeing the sect until things calmed down.

They walked through the mountains where they encountered different types of beasts and enjoyed beautiful landscapes, winter on the verge of arriving gave the landscape an air of mystery and at the same time elegance.

Four days passed in the blink of an eye, traveling with a group of friends proved to be a pleasant adventure.

In these days of travel, they went west accompanying the mountains formations, as those were the place more susceptible to be attacked by the silver luan bird, consequently, it's where the fleeing beasts originate.

Locating the group of beasts proved a difficult task, the further they move away from the bird's nest, the more the beasts feel comfortable in their hide, but the aura emitted by a rank 8 beast is still enough to provoke them.

Subsequently, in order to explore the mountains, they have to proceed with extreme caution because they could enter a hideout and get trapped with a group of rank 1 beasts.

Luckily, they have Luise with her keen senses and her vast knowledge of beasts in the group, which allowed her to find clues where the others just saw rocks and dust.

Even Ryu and his two scholar-grade skills, enhanced vision, and an enhanced sense of touch, combined with the tracker skill he learned from Leoric, were no match for Luise.

Eventually, Luise was examining what for the other were just slime on the top of a boulder, when she turned back to face the others, unable to hold her excitement.