Ancient Sky Fiend - Chapter 13

The little chick hurriedly nodded.

Even though Yun Shu was not sure about the strange affair, he still stretched out his hand. Circulating the Spirit Qi in his body, a cluster of flame kindled over his palm.

The little chick’s eyes suddenly lit up when seeing the flame, as if it was a great delicacy. Flapping its wings, it made a dash for Yun Shu’s palm. With its tiny beak open, it absorbed the flame into its stomach ravenously.

The chick was absolutely a mythical creature!

Only a mythical creature could feed on fire!

Although the little chick didn’t look like a baby phoenix at all, it was undoubtedly an ancient mythical bird!

Yun Shu was immensely excited as he hurriedly transformed his Qi into another cluster of fire for the little chick. In the end, it cost half of Yun Shu’s Spirit Qi in his dantian to satisfy the fledgling.

Feeding the chick, Yun Shu was not hungry at all now.

He had been grounded, so it was impossible for him to study the steles now. Yun Shu had no choice but to practice Fiend Eagle Claw in the shelter. After using the martial art skill twice in real fights, he had gained a better understanding of it.

After practicing it one more time in the shelter, Yun Shu felt that the power of the skill had been further improved. Pleased, he took out the Book of Three Thousand Fiends again. After taking a deep breath, Yun Shu used Fiend Eagle Claw.

Buzz!

As expected, the third page instantly yielded lots of characters.

“Thunder Move, rank eight Ordinary Level movement technique. When reaching the maximum potential, one would be able to move as fast as thunder and be equipped with the power of thunderbolts…” Yun Shu read the lines silently and was surprised to find that the movement technique could even be used as a technique for attacking!

“Good. Now I have Fiend Eagle Claw for attacking and Thunder Move for retreating. If I run into someone in Qi Sky Realm, at least I can always run away,” said Yun Shu to himself. 1

Then he started learning the movement technique, and since Yun Shu had excellent comprehension, it only took him a few hours to finish learning the first level of Thunder Move.

When he lifted his heel, fine electric arcs flashed about him. Next, he made an amazing sprint.

Yun Shu didn’t expect it at all that he could move so blisteringly fast. Unable to stop in time, he ran right into the wall.

Bang!

Yun Shu uttered a pained cry, raised his hand to touch his forehead, and found a prominent swelling there. That didn’t stop Yun Shu, though, as he kept practicing in the shelter.

However, he kept colliding into things because he was unable to control the speed. Soon, Yun Shu got more bumps on his head, and he started doubting himself. At first, he believed the movement technique wouldn’t be this difficult, but he still wouldn’t give up.

What he didn’t know was that Thunder Move featured direct sprints and spurts, and thus, it wasn’t so flexible and easy to control.

If Thunder Move didn’t have such a weakness, it would be a rank nine Ordinary Level martial art skill! 2

As a result, trapped in the stone shelter, of course, Yun Shu would keep running into things. However, he kept trying diligently and was indeed gradually getting better. By the third day, he would only run into the walls once every ten times when he used Thunder Move.

Yun Shu’s improvement would be jaw-dropping to anyone who knew the movement technique well.

Yet, Yun Shu still believed that he wasn’t fast enough, which would be a huge problem in a real fight. He pondered to himself for a while and suddenly came up with an idea.

He should use his golden pupils together with Thunder Move! Yun Shu blamed himself for not coming up with the idea much earlier.

He slightly closed his eyes and suddenly snapped them open again; his pupils had turned golden!

Giving it a try one more time, he dashed to the wall like a flash of lightning.

He could see it! Yun Shu was much more encouraged. Applying strength in his ankles, he swiftly changed his direction like a cheetah.

He never ran into anything again!

“Yes!” Yun Shu’s heart was full of a sense of achievement.

So far, he still had no idea that he had totally overcome the biggest weakness of Thunder Move using his golden pupils.

“When I reach the next stage, I should be able to move twice as fast. My eyes should be able to follow as well. I haven’t even obtained the power of thunderbolts yet… It’s indeed challenging to learn a rank eight Ordinary Level skill…” Yun Shu said to himself.

He had entirely forgotten that this was only the third day of his practice!

After the training, Yun Shu suddenly felt exhausted. He had been training for three whole days without resting after all. Therefore, he immediately fell asleep as soon as he lay down on the floor in the middle of the stone shelter.

When he woke up, it was already the early morning of the next day.

Yun Shu definitely needed some more turnips. So he used the cultivation technique and went back to the world behind the stone gate.

It had been more than three days since he last stepped foot in here. The little chick was waiting for him.

Yun Shu noticed that the little chick had grown slightly bigger.

Also, on the stairs, there was a pile of supreme-grade ginseng!

The little chick knew that sooner or later, Yun Shu would need them. Hence, it had been working hard all this time, finding more in the red mist.

“Good job!” Yun Shu patted its head, exhilarated.

The little chick cheered as if it had accomplished a major feat, gaining praise from its master.

Next, Yun Shu picked up one of the big ginseng and started chewing.

He started cultivating as soon as he came back to the stone shelter. But this time, Yun Shu didn’t take out the book. The cultivation technique and two martial art skills were still new to him. Thus, he needed more time to digest this knowledge.

It was definitely not wise for him to rush things. Also, he still had to review the sword intent that he obtained from the stele. All in all, he already had enough on his plate, and learning any more would be detrimental.

The entire month passed by very quickly as cultivating and feeding the little chick became his routine. The training he had in this duration and the top quality ginseng greatly nourished his body, laying a solid foundation for his future progress.

After being grounded for the entire month, today, he finally pushed open the door and stepped outside of his stone shelter.

It had been thirty days since he last went to the stone steles. Yun Shu felt a bit uneasy thinking of the fact that he would soon see Su Lingwen there.

However, today’s square seemed to be a lot busier than usual. Apart from Su Lingwen, there were a few more figures present at the venue. Those people were not here to study the steles, though.

“You crippled woman, come on! Come and kick me, will you?” A man whose mouth stuck out and had a chin like an ape’s picked up a rock on the ground and fiercely threw it at Su Lingwen.

The rest of the guys followed him and also started throwing rocks at Su Lingwen. Meanwhile, they kept humiliating her. “Cripple, come and fight back! You don’t have legs, but you still have hands! Crawl!”

“I don’t think her hands are of any use,” said a tanned fatty.

“You know the best what she’s left with!” A man whose face was covered with pockmarks laughed. Then he yelled at Su Lingwen, “We’ll leave you alone if you climb over to us and make us happy!”

“Shut the f*ck up!” Yun Shu bawled at them and made a dash toward the square.