Martial Forest

Chapter 42: A Whole Improvement

Li Xian look at the people from the distance, his breath is constrained and subdued.

He is hiding amidst the bushes, his eyes look at those people intently and his ears are perking up.

He could see a lot of people wearing the crest of a broken sword standing guard. Some of them lazed around on their makeshift resting place.

Li Xian is right now near the foot of the mountain and he had found the scouts that Shi Yuan had arranged.

He himself expected it but he was still shocked nonetheless when he found out that there are scouts stationed on the foot of the mountain

Li Xian did not immediately attack as he takes his time to scout the area while making sure that his presence is not revealed.

Relying on his hearing that is bolstered by the use of internal energy he got the gist of their conversation.

It seems that they were panicking about the disappearance of their martial uncle, Shi Yuan.

Fortunately, Shi Yuan did not tell these disciples of Broken Sword sect that he is going up the mountain.

Maybe because he was confident that he would easily be able to break any opposition, it never crosses his mind that he would meet an anomaly like Li Xian and loses his life in this mountainous forest.

As such, he did not even inform his sect members.

Li Xian doubts he could kill Shi Yuan if these people follow him up the mountain.

But Li Xian understand why Shi Yuan could not bring them up the mountain. From what he understands Shi Yuan is a member of some heterodox sect called Underworld Gate

It is not something that he could reveal to his sect members. It is probably a secret that he must keep until he enters his grave

He also learned that these disciples didn’t know why they were stationed there on the foot of the mountain and they all talked about the meeting in Righteous temple about Zhu Wen in Chang’an.

It is the same meeting that Bai Qingniu is about to go.

It is clear that the Broken Sword Sect members here did not know anything about some struggle involving some ancient scroll about some Duke.

After listening, he also found out that these people would retreat tomorrow and went to the meeting first.

 Some of the members even thought that their martial uncle might have gone to the Temple already and forgot to relieve them of their duties.

Hearing this, Li Xian now knows that tomorrow would be a safe day to send off the trio down the mountain.

Since none of the Broken Sword member knows about the matter of the Scroll, none of them would target the old man again.

And so the old senior would be safe later as long as they did not know that their martial uncle died to chase them

He counted and there is around twenty people here. Judging from their breath, Li Xian could guess none of them have profound internal energy.

At most he could kill five people without breaking a sweat. And then it would take a little more effort to kill the rest.

If he kills them with stealth and surprise attack, he probably could easily kill these twenty people.

But Li Xian is not some bloodthirsty maniac. This people have no enmity and hatred with him and there is also no quest.

There is also the fact that if he killed these people not only his enmity with the Broken Sword sect would worsen, there is also the fact that so much killing would alert the Broken Sword Sect of his location.

Sooner or later, people would then found out that there is such an abnormal kid.

Li Xian did not underestimate himself but he knows he needs more time before he could proudly go whenever and wherever he wanted in the world.

There are still many martial artist experts in this world and Li Xian doubt he alone could defeat an entire sect, at least not the him right now.

Li Xian then retreated from the area and quickly went back up the forest path and using his lightness skill points he rush toward the hut.

He is excited to share the good news. There is a reason of course why he is happy. Because the trio could finally leave him alone

After the trio come down the mountain, then Li Xian would have more time for himself and he would cultivate martial arts so that he would be ready to face this world.

And he did not have to train in secret anymore.

He is also about to learn about this world, what year it is and what is the difference between this world Tang dynasty and his world Tang dynasty

These question he wanted to ask the old man was delayed for a week because his fight with Shi Yuan

As a Western person, he did not know much about Asian histories.

If not for the game index where he reads a lot about it to make sure he did not go blind into the game, he probably might not know that there is a period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

He also notices that his memory is very good that he remembers even the slightest memory about the thing he had read in the index of the game.

It is like when he wanted to recall something, the memories would come flooding in, making it easy to remember things.

When he plays games, he would always come into it prepared.

He doesn’t like using cheats but he would read the official guide before playing because that is a habit that he acquired.

In the business world and in game world it is the same. Preparedness guarantees victory.

‘’Huh’ he sighed as he finally arrived at the hut. He first checks his status window first before entering the entrance.

NAME                                                 : Li Xian

AGE                                                     : 13

REPUTATION                                      : Uphold Justice

TITLE                                                   : Wanderer of Wulin

POWER LEVEL                                    :  Diamond in the Rough (20) Grandmaster (Rank 5)

ABILITY                                                : [Modify Skill]

                                                            : [Imposing Presence]

PLACE OF LEARNING                          : Wulin

INTERNAL MARTIAL TECHNIQUE      : [Realization of Path Master (4)]

MARTIAL SKILL POINTS                      :  7655

MARTIAL ARTS TECHNIQUE               : [Seven Transformation Swordplay (Grandmaster)]

: [Three Waves Palm (Expert)]

: [* Six Divine Meridian Sword* Grandmaster]

: Thirteen Gate of Swords [LOCKED]

LIGHTNESS SKILL POINTS                   :  328,580

LIGHTNESS TECHNIQUE                     : [Swift Strides (Grandmaster)]

                          : [Cloud Stepping Steps (Grandmaster)]

                         : [Striding on Water (Grandmaster)]

                         : [Water Stepping Jump (Grandmaster)]

                         : [ Whirlwind Step (Grandmaster)]

                        : [ Striding Across the Cloud (Grandmaster)]

                        : [ Shadow Chasing Steps (Grandmaster)]

INFAMY POINTS                                 : 0 

FAME POINTS                                     : 5050 

LIFE SKILL POINTS                              : 8950

LIFE SKILL                                            :

Gathering Life Skill                             : Farmer Expert

                                                            : Miner Expert

                                                            : Woodcutter Expert

                                                            : Hunter Journeyman

                                                            : Fisherman Expert

: [Cook Expert]

: [Craftsman Expert]

OTHER SKILL                                       : [Sword Proficiency (Master)]

: [Dagger Proficiency(Master)]

: [Palm Attack Proficiency(Master)]

: [Internal Energy Proficiency (Master)]

: [Axe Proficiency (Master)]

: [Builder (Expert]

: [Archery Grandmaster]

Meridian in cultivation                      : [Shaoyin Heart Channel of Hand] [Acupoint Opened: 6/9]

MERIDIAN OPENED                            : [Qi Gathering in Sea of Energy]

: [Taiyin Lung Channel of Hand]

: [Yangming Large Intestine Channel of Hand]

WEAPONS                                          :

ARMOR                                               :

ITEMS                                                  : [Healing Pill]

: [Meridian Opening Pill]

MONEY                                               : 4 Ding 34 Liang

STORAGE BAG                                    : 19/40 Slot

: [Sharp Daggers x 23]

: [One Sharp Sword]

: [Skinning Knife]

: [Wolf Fur Clothing x 7]

: [Axe]

: [Whetstone x 5]

: [Recipe Book of the Old Du]

: [Chopping Knife]

: [Spoon]

: [Craftsman Letters to his Brother] [Hammer]

: [ Shennong Script]

: [Hoe]

: [Tablet]

: [Torn Diary of a Miner in Bashu]

: [Mining Pickaxe]

: Jiang Taigong Fishing with Straight Hook manual

: Fishing Rod

: A Sturdy Bow

: Arrows x 99

[Upgradable Requirement                : 8 Ding 880 Liang]

Looking at it, he nodded to himself. He is quite satisfied with the rewards that he gets and there is a whole improvement of his internal energy.

He could feel that his internal energy keeps nourishing his body and his mastery over his technique also all showed some improvement.

‘there is such an effect’ he muttered to himself.

He thought of when he practiced using his own body, following the vision he saw in his image.

There are some unexplainable feelings that he seems to merge with the vision that he saw, increasing his proficiency in a way that is natural.

He then arrived near his hut and saw Bai Qingniu and the other two. He went toward the open clearing on the yard of the hut and there is already a seat reserved for him.

There is a roasted pheasant and it seems there is also some spices that is slathered on top of it that gives it that aromatic smell.

It looks appetizing and the smell is very pleasant to the nose

Li Xian thought that the old man would simply roasted the pheasant which in the hands of the unskilled would only made the meat feel chewy but lose the deliciousness of the pheasant meat.

But it is clear Bai Qingniu is a man of many talents. Li Xian did not notice how the other two look at him as he takes his seat and said

‘Old senior could come down the mountain tomorrow’ hearing this, Bai Qingniu raised his eyebrows.

Li Xian then relayed to him what he saw and Bai Qingniu nodded in understanding.

‘So, One Blade Shi Yuan even posted scouts to inform him. If not for young hero Li, even I would not know that there is such scheme again. It is truly that I have become complacent and rusty’ Bai Qingniu sighed.

If this is the time when he was young, he would be very alert and think about many things.

Living in peace for so long has dulled certain alertness in his heart.

Since he is a physician and not a martial artist anymore, there is rarely time he is treated like martial artist.

Bai Qingniu look toward Li Xian and smile, his desire to repay the young hero burns passionately in his heart

As they eat, they talk.

And as they talk Li Xian ask a lot of question about the outside world while making sure that he did not slip up anything about his magical origins.

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