Eternal Reverence - Chapter 9

Chapter 9
After achieving the fifth rank on the Red Jade Technique, Li Fuchen’s cultivation was enhanced . He could feel the growth day by day . With this speed of growth, just another 7 or 8 months was required to breakthrough to the sixth level of the Qi Realm .

To others, this surge in cultivation was quick, but to Li Fuchen, it is still too slow .

“If I had a martial artist accessory, it would help boost my cultivation speed . ”

Such accessories normally had energy crystals set in that helped converge the energy from the heaven and earth . Even though the effect was weak, it was consistent . Though what Li Fuchen wanted, was actually an accessory with top class crystals, thus the impact should be better .

Li Fuchen wasn’t planning on asking his parents for any help financially . He felt that the heavens were kind enough to endow him with the golden amulet . If he still required others to help him, he would be too useless .

His only option to obtain more gold was to hunt demonic beasts and forage herbs .

Li Fuchen trekked into the huge Misty Mountains on another path .

What he didn’t expect was that this path was too safe, there was not even a beast in sight . It was the same for herbs as well .

Unknowingly, Li Fuchen came across a small pristine lake .

On the lakeside, weeds grew as tall asLi Fuchen’s waistline . Just tens of meters away, Li Fuchen spotted a huge boulder, on it was a stalk of a greyish white plant . It was glistering under the bright sun .

“Rock Heart plant!”Li Fuchen squinted his eyes .

The Rock Heart plant is a high-tier, yellow class herb, a single stalk is worth roughly 200 gold coins . They habitually grew atop rocks that were packed with minerals . After reading many herbology books, this was the first time Li Fuchen had seen one since he was born into this world .

“I have to score this . ”Li Fuchen’s eyes gleamed .

The Rock Heart plant could help strengthen one’s bone frame . The reason why beasts were stronger than humans is precisely because of tougher bones and skin as well .

Drawing his steel sword, Li Fu Chen warily approach the Rock Heart plant .

Roar!

As Li Fu Chen was 10 meters away from the Rock Heart plant, a trail of a blood red shadow shot out from the bush like a hurricane and twisted all the bushes and leaves .

“Clear Breeze First Blade!” (TL note: A sword move of Clear Breeze Sword Style)

Without a trace of fear, Li Fuchen’s sword flashed in mid-air, as a stream of blood followed .

Crash!

The blood red shadow plunged for more than ten meters due to inertia . Blood could be seen spouting from the stab located at the throat .

The Blood Shadow Panther, among the mid- tier Class 1 beasts, it’s speed reigned above the rest . It liked hunting alone . Although it may not be a rival for the mid- tier Class 1 Steel Boned Jackal or the Metal Claw Wolf, neither of those beasts could keep up in speed with the Blood Shadow Panther .


But it’s speed was useless in front of Li Fuchen’s Clear Breeze Sword Style, as it wasn’t at a speed which Li Fuchen couldn’t react against .

Crouching by the side of the Rock Heart plant, Li Fuchen was captivated by its beauty .

As if it was because of its maturity, the greyish white plant was emanating a white glow that brought along the fragrance of freshly cooked rice .

Cautiously harvesting the Rock Heart plant, he swiftly stored it in a jade box to prevent the loss of energy .

***



At a bush deep in the forest .

“Baldy, Old sixth, guess who I saw?”

(TL Note: Old sixth – A chinese way of addressing a person with the rank or standing of Sixth place)

The archer who nimbly scaled atop the tree, took a glimpse towards the lake and disclosed to the pair below .

“Who was it?”A bald and scrawny man asked curiously .

“The Li Clan’s young master, Li Fuchen . ”

“Li Fuchen?”The scrawny man replied with surprise, “A weak individual like him dares to come to the Misty Mountains?”

“Heh heh, here comes our fortune . Li Fuchen seriously hurt young master Yang Qi, we will receive a huge reward if we can ambush him and bring his head back to the Yang Clan . ”The bald man grinned while speaking .

These 3 were the Yang Clan’s top guards, and because of their gambling habit, they were always short of money . Occasionally, they would come to the Misty Mountains in search of gains for their hobby .

As Li Fuchen was about to turn around after putting away the jade box…

Shooooo

A sharp whistle could be heard as though the air was pierced .

“An ambush . ”Li Fuchen sensed danger . Before the sound even reached his ear, he started his evasive actions and rolled on the ground . Right at the moment when his body left where he was standing, an arrow shot out from the bushes and hit deep into the ground .

Shoot, shoot!



Li Fuchen did not stop rolling for a single moment, following after him were 2 arrows stuck deep into the ground . The ambusher was an archer who took aim at his movement trajectories . Had he not been a tad bit faster, he would have been dead .

After releasing 3 arrows in a row, the archer pick up a fruit to chew on . He expected Li Fuchen to be a dead man .

“Baldy, Old sixth, go bring his corpse here!”The archer gestured to them .

“You sure had it easy . . ”The bald man laughed and spoke with irony . He then headed towards the lake with the scrawny looking man .

***

Among the tall weeds, Li Fuchen lifted his head with haste, looking at the direction where the arrow came from . 60 or 70 meters away, a bald and a scrawny man was walking towards him together .

With his extraordinary senses, he estimated that the bald man was around the eight level of the Qi Realm, while the slender male was at the seventh level .

“I need to take out one of them first . ”

A flash of coldness could be seen in Li Fuchen’s eyes, he sneaked out like a silent python towards the scrawny man on the right .

50 meters… 40… 30…

When the distance to the scrawny man was down to 30 meters . Li Fuchen laid motionless, without presence . If one did not look closely, they would never have discovered that Li Fuchen was there .

Training for 2 days in the Misty Mountains, Li Fuchen gradually got a grasp of his gift for nature . Hence, he could now control his presence . On the other hand, it could also be because of the golden amulet that gave him this gift .

The weeds were at least 1 meter tall and that helped to camouflage Li Fuchen perfectly . With his sword handle in his right hand, he awaited for the scrawny man to come closer .



10 meters, 5… 3 .

“Right about . . now!”

Li Fu Chen leaped up from the ground . The bright sun reflected off the sword and blinded the scrawny looking man .

Swish!

A cold sensation was felt on his neck, with eyes still wide open . The scrawny male fell over still looking towards the sky .

“Old sixth!”

The bald man howled then cleaved at Li Fuchen .

A full-powered cleave of an eighth level expert of the Qi Realm would easily split apart a Class 1 mid-tier beast, let alone Li Fuchen . However, Li Fuchen wasn’t just any beast, he was much more terrifying than that . Beasts weren’t as nimble as him,their combat senses were nothing like to Li Fuchen’s, who could easily discern the bald man’s attack trajectory .

As Li Fuchen was only at the fifth level of the Qi Realm, even if he could predict the attack trajectory, there wasn’t any options for countering . He could only dodge non stop .

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Swosh!

A patch of green weed was slashed in half . The bald fighter’s combat skills weren’t bad, after not being able to slash Li Fuchen, he changed his approach to horizontal slashes instead .

Li Fuchen long anticipated this and reacted instantly .

“What a kid!”

The bald fighter re-focused himself after understanding that Li Fu Chen’s live combat experience was higher than his . This wasn’t something a practitioner at the fifth level of the Qi Realm could display .