Chapter 9: Cultivater Jing Hong

Zuigao was now waking up from his slumber,going out of his cave as his hair flutters in the winds,a breeze of cold wind send ripples down his body.He sets his gaze on a sword,placed on the top of a boulder,a little far away.The raindrops pouring over it,washing away the bloody sword and spreading it down as the the odor of blood reeked all around the area.It reminded him of his actions in the night wolfs den as a memory appears of him ruthlessly killing the wolfs with his sword and throwing his daggers at their heads.

And then in a second as the chill subsides only the wolfs crying in agony remain.The cold winds mixed in with the grey clouds were revealing a beautiful yet calm atmosphere,quite personally appeasing to Zuigao too.Waves and bursts of cold winds flowing to and fro.Just like a cloudy day,the forest was entirely illuminated by faint levels of sunlight and occasional water drops here and there.Up in the vast distance,a big silhouette of the Gaint tree would be seen faintly.It's massive trunk and never ending branches extending all around with a lotus like crown on the top of the tree.

*Rustle* *rustle*

Zuigao became alert....but his suspicion was not needed as the tall grass emitted more rustling until a figure from the depths of it emerged.The figure was a man around 17 years of age,along with plains looks,normal black hair,a yellow robe with rather small sleeves with brown eyes.A mortal level space ring and with cultivation around the 7th layer of the Leizu realm.Zuigao spoke in a humble manner while bowing down,"Fellow lone cultivater,how do this other humble person shall greet your arrival".He spoke in a wholesome and friendly manner with cunning acting.

Though,he was also checking and pondering about this guy's family relation ships,or was he from a certain organization.

The other guys eyes looked as if they are perked up and finally spoke in a flattering and a righteous tone,"Fellow lone cultivater,you are so young yet are so stead high up in cultivation even in your young age*sigh*for us lone ones earth is our only home and life is so hard....and my name is Jing Hong"he said when also bowing back.Zuigao said now plainly,"Cultivater Jing Hong,you can address me as Zuigao Qingxu".

"Hahahaha,you can also address me as Just cultivater Hong".Zuigao then spoke,"Cultivater Hong,I live in this meager cave,saving it from beast's now,here and there....senior Hong how's the arrival of you here be of any reason may I ask?"his tone of question was heard by Hong and he said naively and excitedly,"A little far away from here is a cave and I suspect that it is a 2nd stage inheritance there,benefits can be split evenly,agree?".Zuigao was skeptical,guessing that he may be a schemer and a demonic cultivater,since now getting close to the Qi tempering stage,as reaching it had requirements.

First,is the about sufficient talent and aptitude,second was having atleast 2nd or 1st rate mortal level martial art and a Qi collecting art.Why would he even tell him this and that,can it not be a trap?,maybe it is a demonic inheritance of sorts.Testing that the person is demonic or not.In this world,having peak first stage cultivation is still by higher standards considered mortal and only after one reaches Qi tempering stage can he stand out from the others.

In the end,he still still agreed to head to that specific cave.Zuigao packed up the necessary things like food,weapons,water in his storage ring(:note:space ring is changed to storage ring,only after it reaches a Earth level treasure can it be considered as a space ring:).Clouds were blocking the sun,thunder was beginning to rumble and in the distance a silhouette of a vast and Gaint tree stood up.In this dense forest,two figures were strolling and walking in a strange direction.The more they travelled,the more fog slightly became denser.At the end of the journey layed a erie dark cave.

During the entire journey,Zuigao was behind Hong but he really never complained nor did shown signs of any negative emotion and the air of tension was as thin as a paper.For a moment,Jing Hong stopped and spoke in a cautious tone,"Hang on a sec,this isn't what I remember as it was before I came here".Zuigao questioned as though what it was truly about."When I first came here,there were a stone on which were the details were engraved and yet...."Jing Hong looked around but saw absolutely no clue being left behind.The terrain was relatively natural and no hint of unnatural interference.

With a pale expression,they entered the cave's entrance point and walked slowly and sit down as though fearing to go what was in the inside without sufficient preparations.Suddenly,dense levels or rain began pouring down with loud thunder and strong bursts of winds,even tilting the big trees downward."We have spend the night here"Hong spoke while simultaneously throwing out dry wood, charcoal and a blanket and a plastic sheet."Can't get those dirty".Spreading the plastic sheet around the floor and putting the blanket on top,he also asked Zuigao to set up a campfire.Zuigao also had his own blanket and also gotten sufficient food for this trip.

Zuigao was setting his gaze on the dense forest while also seeing water trickling down on the front of the cave.The splashing sounds of heavy rain drops and claps of leaves was making up for the silence in the cave.Atlast finally,both were enjoying the warmth of fire and cooking up the meat.They both had their fill and Jing Hong was the first one to fall asleep.Zuigao still didn't sleep,watching as the faint levels of light slowly wither away and darkness shrouding the entire cave and the forest with only the remaining burnt charcoal along with wood producing a bit of light.He also then fell asleep shortly after the fire truly burnt out.

The chirping of sparrows,the sun's radiance swept across the lands,tearing the dense clouds apart and finally providing light.Both were now awake.With drawing all the things,they stood up and evaluated their skills and explained them briefly.Zuigao explained as he would fight bare handed quite well and would use his sword swiftly.While Jing Hong would not fight bare handed but had more experience revolving around the sword.

Now they both stood up and walked tmdeeper into the cave,they were ready to confront anything...