"A weak's mercy isn't seen as a kindness but as a weakness"

Even after Senior Wu spoke, everyone stayed still. Their eyes turned to Wang Yu, who they assumed had vast experience in hunting and dismembering beasts. However, in Senior Wu's eyes, Wang Yu was a complete stranger.

Seeing their reaction, Wang Yu didn't disappoint them. He approached a cage holding a large wolf. He then opened the door and unhitched the shackles on the wolf. As the wolf found its freedom, surprise flickered in its eyes before it leaped towards Wang Yu in a vengeful frenzy, what the humans had done to its kin left unforgettable memories.

Just as it lunged to bite Wang Yu, it felt something on its neck before it died. Wang Yu had beheaded it cleanly, leaving his sword spotless, he then put it back on its stealth before lifting the big wolf with one hand and carrying it to a table.

His effortless actions put pressure on the other new disciples. Compared to that day when Wang Yu dueled senior brother Qu Gen, he looked stronger, it felt as if he was stomping on an ant, not a strong wolf at the silver tier.

Even Wang Yu was taken aback by the ease with which he defeated the wolf; before last night, he could kill this wolf without much issue but not this effortlessly.

"So you are the newbie coming from the servant district, not bad." Senior Wu addressed Wang Yu with some slight admiration, then turned to the others. "And you, what are you waiting for."

Following Wang Yu's performance, the youth with a snake tattoo sprinted toward another big wolf and opened its cage, but instead of breaking the shackles, he directly thrusted the wolf's neck, which was unable to dodge due to the chains. After confirming its death, he dragged it toward the table and finally lifted it with some difficulty.

The rest of the group looked at Senior Wu, expecting to see him angry. However they didn't see such an expression, he was still cold and impassive, as if what was done wasn't anything strange.

This allowed the new disciples to understand that they were only tasked to kill, as to how they kill, that wasn't important.

Due to that and because most of them felt weak in front of those strong wolves, most disciples chose to imitate the youth with a snake tattoo. But not all of them, for example, Min Du chose a big wolf, and unshackled it before starting a spectacular fight, unlike Wang Yu he was weaker than the wolf, but he was skilled in spear art.

He had pierced the wolf in many places, but that wasn't enough to kill it. It only made it angry.

A hundred breaths later, the wolf fell down, littered with wounds. But Min Du wasn't left unscratched, his left arm and stomach were wounded but he felt pride, at least he had fought, unlike others.

Min Du then dragged the wolf to his table, before looking in the direction of Wang Yu, with a fiery competitive spirit.

Wang Yu who had been skinning the wolf effortlessly, felt a gaze on him. Looking left, he saw Min Du.

Despite feeling that Min Du was childish, Wang Yu still nodded at him before continuing his task.

With the knives being sharper than those used in the servant district, Wang Yu was skinning leisurely and perfectly, but when it come to extracting, he made a few mistakes.

"Your skinning skill is commendable," Vice Elder Wu suddenly appeared at Wang Yu's side. "But, your extraction method needs improvement. Let me show you."

With a wave of his hand, a cage was opened and a wolf was directed towards him. The wolf landed on Wang Yu's table, replacing the one that was there earlier. Upon seeing this, Wang Yu felt a pang of fear. Despite his recent growth, he still had a long way to go compared to these seniors.

Vice Elder Wu took a knife and began skinning the wolf. His movements were so fluid and precise that it seemed more like an art form than a mundane task. Next, he methodically cut into the wolf's body. Sometimes slow, sometimes fast, he had a rhythm to his work. One by one, he placed the organs on the table. Wang Yu was amazed to see how well preserved they were; they could easily be transplanted into another wolf.

After finishing the extraction, "Right now, you may think that the extraction is useless, but when you want to sell any organ, they won't fetch any good price if the organs aren't extracted properly and well preserved."

He then added, "When you finish the extraction, you can take another wolf and restart the process.

Now you can afford to waste organs so feel free to try and learn, when you hunt a precious demon, it would be bad to waste it, I've seen some people who felt disheartened when they tried to sell a precious demon's parts due to their poor extraction."

Hearing this, Wang Yu went to another wolf and restarted again. His action sparked mixed reactions among the other newcomers. Some felt that he was really heartless, not feeling anything after killing and opening the bodies. Others such as the youth with a snake tattoo felt stimulated, he wanted to do the same, unfortunately, he hadn't finished skinning the first beast yet.

After two hours, the lecture ended, and the disciples left the hall.

"Brother Wang, you were awesome, killing a big wolf with one attack and lifting it with one hand. I didn't think that mortal cultivation could be this strong, you should have reached the tier above the general." Said Lin Xu.

Wang Yu mulled over Lin Xu's words. He hadn't considered it before, but he felt Lin Xu wasn't wrong. He was beyond ordinary human strength. If he didn't want to draw unnecessary attention, he would have to find a method to enhance his physical strength and pretend to have cultivated it. It would be even better if he could convince others that he had a typical bloodline, explaining his enhanced physique.

Oblivious to Wang Yu's train of thought, Lin Su added "I regret not training when I was inside the town, if I had done so, I wouldn't be afraid of breaking the shackle and killing the wolf directly."

"It doesn't matter, mortal cultivation is a dead-end way, its peak is equivalent to someone at the second level of Qi Condensation." Explained Wang Yu.

"By the way, Wang Yu, I saw you enter the Delight Tavern yesterday with a senior brother from the Refinement Department. How was it? I heard that the food there is very delicious but also expensive." Asked Lin Su.

Hearing this, some of the newbies looked in their direction waiting to hear about the Delight Tavern, they have always wanted to enter but they couldn't afford it.

"Yes, my friend Lui Fu took me there yesterday, he bought us food and drinks. They were delicious but as you have said, they are costly."

Hearing it, Lin Su joked, "Only if I had a good friend like you. Unfortunately, my friend Lin Xu is as poor as hell, let alone buying he doesn't have enough to enter."

Lin Xu was laughing at first but when he heard his name, he looked angrily at Lin Su "I also don't remember you taking me to the Delight Tavern. You the rich and handsome young master."

The nearby disciples then laughed loudly, some headed to the cafeteria, others weren't in the mood to eat, they felt very motivated and wanted to train because of what had happened today.

Wang Yu went to the cafeteria with the other disciples, in his group was Lin Xu, Lin Su, the Di Yalan, and her little sister Di Min a fourteen years old girl with a slender frame and long hair, her hair was styled in a high ponytail, tied with a colorful scrunchie. Unlike her elder sister who was serious and cold, she was bright and had a curious personality.

Today Wang Yu felt strange when he looked at Di Yalan, it seemed as if she was more attractive, also Di Min was rather pleasing to the eye 'What I'm thinking of, could it be the effect of breaking through. Oh, I remember that inside the technique, it was stated that at some point, I will have to consume Yin energy to have balance in my body, since the Everlasting Turtle technique is a body technique oriented toward the Yang.'

'So as a way of protection, my body will be attracted to the other sex' Wang Yu was horrified by the sudden realization, if things continued this way then he put himself in dangerous situations. He will also be seen as a lecherous guy.

Unaware of Wang Yu's train of thought Di Min said in a low voice unlike her usual personality "Seeing those wolves inside a cage, I felt fear but at the same time sympathy for those wolves, they have done nothing but we had to kill them."

Seeing this, Di Yalan revealed a rare expression of care as she caressed her sister's hair. She also disapproved the act of killing an enemy who was shackled.

Wang Yu who was brought from his contemplation "Right now you may feel sympathy toward those beasts but later when you enter the Darkness Forest, you will understand why you shouldn't be soft on them"

"But you removed the shackles before killing it," interject Di Yalan.

"It's because I can kill it effortlessly, if it was needed then I wouldn't feel much of killing it directly without removing the shackles. To be merciful, you should have the strength, a weak's mercy isn't seen as kindness but as a weakness, no one will appreciate it." While explaining his point of view Wang Yu couldn't help but remember that day, when he lost his companions at the hand of that demon, from that day on he no more felt any guilt killing beasts, and was eager to hunt and enter the true Darkness Forest and kill its demons.

Hearing what Wang Yu had just said, the group and some people at nearby tables couldn't help but feel inspired, so they stayed silent contemplating.

Sometime later, the group's atmosphere returned lively, and they started eating while chatting happily during this Wang Yu heard that Qin Li the sect master's female disciple had gotten second place in the tournament as for the third and fourth places they were taken by the Holy Puppet sect and the Evergreen sect respectively, with Li Quan taking the fifth place.