The curious Lin Su

After leaving the hall, Wang Yu returned to his room, closed the door, and took The Spirit Pot pouring it into a tea cup, before starting to read the booklets he had received from Min Xu.

As he immersed himself in the teachings and theories contained within the pages, Wang Yu couldn't help but reflect on the events of the day. The envy and jealousy he had seen in the eyes of his fellow disciples as they whispered amongst themselves was strange to him "what's so good about having a master."

As Wang Yu interacted with the first year of outer sect disciples, he found that they were slightly immature just like what you would expect from people of their age. Some of them were very prideful thinking as it would slight them to befriend those with lower talent, they were also very competitive.

But unlike them Wang Yu knew that he was weak, even someone as strong as the Saint who lived for millions of years still died. Besides his talent was bad so he was in no situation to think of himself as an expert.

So he emptied his mind and carefully studied the contents of the booklets provided by Min Xu. As a hunter for two years, he understood the importance of being able to identify herbs.

As he flipped through the pages, he made notes about what he considered as important information, after finishing reading he was going to return the booklets. He was determined to fully understand the contents of the booklets so that he could use this knowledge to survive in the dangerous world he lived in.

Wang Yu was not concerned with impressing others or gaining recognition. He was simply focused on becoming a better cultivator and hunter, and being able to identify herbs and pills which was a crucial part of the journey of any cultivator.

Thanks to The Spirit Pot, Wang Yu's mind was sharper and clearer which allowed him to learn things faster than most people.

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Meanwhile a huge boat was floating toward the sect, inside it was the Ice Hell Sect's disciples who went to the tournament, also some elders who accompanied them.

A young man with a scare on his face was sitting silently by himself looking absentminded, a few meters from him the other disciples were playing and joking around. Suddenly a young girl that had a pill symbol depicted on her chest came, making the other disciples open a way for her.

She then sat by the side of the youth before saying "You still think of him."

The youth continued looking down before saying "I heard he had become a hunter which is a very dangerous job."

Hearing the youth, the girl sighed before turning to leave. " What would you tell him when you meet again?" Said the youth.

Hearing what the youth said, the girl's chest started to puff, she became angry "Brother you know that I don't like talking about this, why do you keep saying it. Besides, our engagement wasn't our decision, given the circumstances I'm sure he'll understand."

The girl then left, not turning back, leaving her brother in his solitude. The brother and sister were Wang Yu's direst friend Lui Fu and his fiance Lui Xui.

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"Wang Yu, tell us about your stories inside the Darkness Forest," Said a youth called Lin Su who had green eyes and short hair. He was a curious guy, liked asking Wang Yu about his stories and how he had survived hunting inside the Darkness Forest.

"Yes Wang Yu, what was it like, the first time entering the forest." Lin Xu who had accompanied Wang Yu during his registration said, the others were also looking intently toward Wang Yu.

Lin Xu being the first to meet Wang Yu, has specially introduced him to his buddies. This was why Wang Yu was sitting with them instead of training as usual.

Wang Yu, who was usually a cold and detached man inside the servant district after the death of his companions, was trying to become as friendly as possible. That's why he would sometimes come along with this group to the restaurant.

"Well my first time entering the Darkness Forest wasn't that impressive, I went there with my hunting group and a senior hunter who explained to us how to hunt and what we should do, and what we shouldn't.

I found it bizarre in some sense. Right outside it the land was freezing and there was very little vegetation but inside the Darkness Forest the land was green and full of life.

The most dangerous thing about it is the number of strong animals, you should always keep fully concentrated, and never lose focus, because by the time you lose you'll get attacked"

The youths were fully concentrated on listening to Wang Yu, they knew that one day they would also have to go to The Darkness Forest, this was the life of a cultivator always filled with dangerous situations, unlike what mortals fantasies about.

A cultivator would have to fight with his life in line if he wishes to progress, as for those who lose the motivation to keep forward and do nothing but enjoy their lives with pleasures, those are not true cultivators.

"You said that you've started hunting with your group members, are they still inside the Servant District?" Lin Su asked.

When Wang Yu heard the question, he suddenly felt grief, remembering what had happened that day would always sadden him.

Seeing the change of expression on Wang Yu's face, Lin Su knew that he had asked about something that he shouldn't have asked about.

"Sorry Brother Wang, I didn't mean it." Said Lin Su with a low voice.

"Don't worry, returning to your question, all my companions are dead, we met a demonic beast inside the Darkness Forest which had a strength equivalent to The Second Level of Qi Foundation." Replied Wang Yu coldly.

"But how didn't the sect find out about it, there's an Array Formation which used to verify if any demon is inside the periphery at which people from the hunters of the servant district go to." Lin Su, who was knowledgeable, found it bizarre how the incident had happened.

"There are always abnormalities in life, nothing can stay perfect all the time." Said Wang Yu who had started to accept the death of his companions, even though it hurts, what could he do.

"Sorry for bringing this up, I didn't know about this. Let me tell you about my story.

I'm from Mulberry City, the third biggest city in the Empire. I come from an ordinary family but fortunately my brother entered the Daisy School which is a school of cultivation, of course it can't be compared to the Sects. Nonetheless in the mortal world it was something big.

Later on I wanted to enter that school like my brother did, but he refused, he preferred for me to enter a big sect. So I participated in the Ice Hell Sect's selection, but because my spirit root was a normal four attributes like most of the participants I had to go through more examination before passing the test and becoming an Outer Sect's disciple of Ice Hell Sect."

Hearing the story Wang Yu remembered how he was directly rejected after seeing his chaotic four attributes spirit root that time, after searching inside the servant district he found out that the reason most disciples that became servants was due to having chaotic spirit root, which makes it hard to absorb the Qi. And when Wang Yu remembers how hard he found it when he was meditating before learning the Everlasting Turtle Technique, he understood how the sect won't accept them.

Each one of the group talked about themself, the girl inside the group was called Mu Yu Di, the only one in their group that has a spirit root with three attributes, she was the charming type not that beautiful but she was well liked by everyone. As for Lin Xu he had the same talent as his friend Lin Su but he was more social which is why he works in the internal affairs of the sect, like registration and other stuff.

The fourth and last one was Sin Chu, a guy who was more like Wang Yu who would pass most of the time training, he didn't like speaking much and preferred to listen. In this group Wang Yu finds Sin Chu the one easiest to get along with.

Suddenly someone inside the restaurant shouted "They have come." Which left everyone extremely excited, no one asked who it was, it was clear that they were their seniors who went to the tournament, Wang Yu was anxious to meet his buddy Lui Fu and his fiance Lui Xui.