C66 Wutu
In the depth of the Corrupt Bone Swamp, the fog gradually rose. The autumn sun was powerless to penetrate the thick fog, and the air was filled with a decayed and cold aura.
"Kill!"
A loud shout resounded through the swamp as a flash of white lightning could be seen in the dusky fog. A pitch-black heavy sword could be seen in the air as it slashed down onto the head of a Class 1 Magical Beast.
That magical beast's head was like tofu, being chopped into pieces by the heavy sword. Its huge body fell to the ground with a loud bang, creating a two meter tall splash of mud.
The ink-black heavy sword transformed into a bolt of lightning, entering into the dantian of a handsome youth.
"Ordinarily, the learning speed should be considered not bad. You should already be able to take out the basic sword techniques." A Purple-eyed Tiger that wasn't even the size of a dog's eyes began to glow as it pounced at the magical beast's corpse.
This youth and the Purple-eyed Tiger were naturally Qin Yuan and Ah Cat.
The weight of the Meteor Sword was indeed frightening. Back then, at the Essence Tempering Pool, he could only barely lift it. Now that he was a Martial Master, his strength was slightly lacking.
According to the sword spirit of the Meteorite Sword, which was also what Ling'er had said, there was a martial skill from her memories that matched the Meteorite Sword, the first move of the "Terminator Sword Technique": Sword Breaking Heart.
Ever since he left the city, Qin Yuan was heading north from the Rotten Bone Swamp. Now, he was nearing the border of Chu. Along the way, in order to practice this sword art, Qin Yuan used the Meteorite Sword as a weapon and borrowed the Corrupt Bone Swamp's magical beasts to train his basic sword art.
It would take at least a year or two for an ordinary person to reach the Small Success Realm. Furthermore, Qin Yuan was using the Meteor Sword Technique, so Mao knew that Qin Yuan would need at least a year or two before he could master the Basic Sword Technique.
However, Qin Yuan had only used half a month to defeat a magical beast by relying solely on his cultivation realm to defeat it. Now, he was able to use the Foundational Sword Technique to kill the magical beast.
At this speed, Qin Yuan estimated that in a few more days, he would be able to attempt to cultivate "Sword Breaks the Heart".
Not only that, due to the heavy weight of the Meteorite Heavy Sword and the consumption of astral energy, Qin Yuan's physical strength had increased significantly in the past half month. His control over the astral energy had also become more fluid.
However, the biggest beneficiary these days wasn't Qin Yuan, but the purple-eyed tiger cat that pretended to despise Qin Yuan's crude sword techniques.
Every time Qin Yuan killed a demon beast, Ah Cat would use her magic to gather the blood essence from the demon beast's corpse, directly using it to increase her strength.
Currently, Ah Cat had already reached the same cultivation level as Qin Yuan, but due to her Inherent Beast Skill 'Contract', she was unable to advance to a 2nd-level. However, the speed at which she progressed was already terrifying.
This left the hardworking Qin Yuan speechless. After going through the baptism of the Essence Tempering Pool, absorbing multiple martial seals, killing magical beasts consecutively to train his sword arts, Qin Yuan was finally able to stabilize his cultivation at the level of a 1-star Martial Master. But what about Ah Cat? He only slept lazily every day, waiting for Qin Yuan to jump out after killing the demon beast with great effort to get its blood essence. Yet, he was able to rapidly increase his strength.
Qin Yuan did not doubt that Mao would not be weaker than him, perhaps even a little bit stronger.
Humans were not as good as beasts!
It was unknown if this lazy tiger was already this blabbermouth or if it possessed a lowly purple-eyed tiger. These days, whenever there was a chance, it would scold Qin Yuan.
"Let's go, lazy cat!" "Beyond the hills ahead, we will reach the borders of the Great Chu." Qin Yuan kicked a cat without hesitation.
Ah Cat jumped in anger and shouted, "I am a Divine Beast, a Divine Beast that once possessed the power to destroy the heavens and earth! Can you respect me more? "
"A once divine beast, now a sick cat."
"Qin Yuan! I want to fight you one on one! Let me show you the power of a Divine Beast! "
Just like that, a man and a beast had been squabbling and killing magical beasts. Together, they traversed the mountains at the borders of the Great Chu and entered the borders of the Darkhan Kingdom.
The Darkhan Kingdom was located in the eastern part of the Da Chu Country, and its strength was more than two times stronger than the Da Chu Country. If it wasn't for the alliance between the Da Chu Country and the neighboring New Song Country, the Darkhan Kingdom would have long been swallowed by the Da Chu Country.
In order to avoid trouble, Qin Yuan asked Ah Cat to disguise herself as a pet cat. She was forbidden to speak in front of others and allowed him to carry her to the border fortress, heading to Fringe City, 'Chasing Sun City'.
Towards this, Ah Cat strongly protested. In the end, Qin Yuan gave in with the three second grade one star Demon Beast's blood essence as the condition, and even playfully acted cute towards the guard general when he passed the checkpoint. It was as if she was trying the same thing as Qin Yuan just now, trying to emphasize the dignity of a God Beast.
In any case, the man and the beast had successfully arrived at Chasing Sun City. They planned to rest here for a day before continuing their journey north by boat to the Martial Pill Academy that was located at the border between the New Song Empire and the big man.
On the second day, Qin Yuan arrived at Chasing Sun City's ferry with a pet addict Ah Cat in his arms. They lined up for two hours. Just as Ah Cat was about to fall asleep, it was finally their turn to board the boat.
At this time, a rough male voice suddenly came from behind Qin Yuan. It shouted arrogantly, "Those in front, get out of the way! The two young ladies of the He family are in a hurry to board the ship! "
Nestled in Qin Yuan's embrace, Ah Cat looked over Qin Yuan's shoulder and mumbled, "What kind of person would think that a mere 9-star warrior is so arrogant?"
His mumbling was like a hornet's nest. Because of the male voice, all the people who were afraid of trouble quieted down at the same time. It just so happened that when Ah Cat opened his mouth, his words were exceptionally ear-piercing in such a quiet environment.
"Brat, what did you say?"
Qin Yuan glared at Mao. Of course, no one else would think that it was A-Cat who opened the mouth, so Qin Yuan would be the one to take the blame.
Helplessly turning around, Qin Yuan saw clearly the owner of the rough voice.
In contrast to the voice, the man was thin and feminine, and Chad might have been mistaken for a woman.
"Brat, I dare you to say it again!"
Although Qin Yuan did not want to cause trouble, he was not a timid person. He said, "Everyone here is queuing up according to the rules to board the boat. Why are you cutting in line?"
"Who is this kid?" Doesn't he know that the Liu Dao is not easy to mess with? "
"Who knows? You must be a rash fellow who came from somewhere else! "
From the whispers of the surrounding people, Qin Yuan knew that this person's name was Liu Dao. It seemed that he had some local reputation, but most of it was a bad reputation.
Liu Dao clenched his fists. His knuckles cracked and he fiercely said, "On what basis? It's your greatest honor to give up the seat to two beautiful ladies of the He family. Why ask? "
"Don't there need to be a queue for beauty and beauty?" Qin Yuan caressed the cat in his arms as he replied lightly.
A kind-hearted fiancee squeezed to Qin Yuan's side and whispered, "Young master, you'd better not offend Young Master Liu. He is Miss He's fervent pursuer and is also a 9-star warrior. Miss He would not care if you said that, but Young Master Liu … I'm afraid you'll be in danger! "
Qin Yuan shrugged and ignored her, continuing to stroke Ah Cat.
Liu Dao had also heard the fiancé's words, but seeing that Qin Yuan was still as indifferent as before, he immediately became angry from the bottom of his heart. A astral energy spiraled upwards, scaring the people around him into retreating, afraid of being implicated.
"Kid, I am a 9 star warrior and will soon become a student of the academy!"
Qin Yuan did not look too good either. He asked back, "So what?"
The surrounding people silently mourned for Qin Yuan. How could they underestimate him when he reached the 9-star warrior level at the age of eighteen? Looking at Qin Yuan's appearance, he was probably not even sixteen years old yet, right?
"The newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger!" Many people thought so.