Path Of Sword Master - Chapter 102

A rabbit looking creature who had antlers on it’s forehead and had red stripes on its back was moving around from time to time in the luscious forest,

it’s red pearl-like eyes were filled with caution as it took step by step as if looking for something when it’s attention was drawn towards a red color fruit which was placed beside a big rock,

it suddenly pounced towards it, ready to grab it when suddenly a figure could be seen coming out of the shadows who suddenly grabbed on to the rabbit looking creature tightly which was trying to shake itself off the figure’s hand,

suddenly the figure who came out of the shadows took out something from it’s chest area which was a sharp-edged rock using the head of the rabbit looking creature was crushed, the one to do the deed was no one else but Li Jie himself,

It’s the third day of his lesson in the forest where he can barely able to keep his life, the rabbit looking beast he just hunted is called an inferior moon spirit hare,

which collects the essence of the moon in it’s body over the course of it’s life to evolve into a higher grade beast, which depends on the amount of essence of the moon collected over the years as well as the factor of luck involved,

Li Jie knew about this beast because it was one of the most common beasts found in this continent hunted and served as a delicacy to those who can afford it, especially those of the nobility,

it was an everyday meal for Li Jie in his home which was prepared by the chefs in his household, while it is quite agile, fast, and tough to hunt, but in it’s initial stages among those of the same grade as it is stronger,

whereas it’s power exponentially increases when it reaches the next stage and the subsequent stages above it.

“Damn Damn Damn… if I hadn’t caught this beast, I would have died out of starvation” thought Li Jie,

Li Jie hasn’t been able to eat or drink for the past two days, the lake which he found on his first day in this forest was a nest of reptile looking ferocious beasts whom he couldn’t identify but knew,

that these are way above his league so he didn’t even dare to be near that area, lest he is caught by those ferocious reptilian beasts, he wasn’t even able to find any cave for safe dwelling,

at night time he tried climbing the trees and sleeping there, but he found to his surprise that there at the top of the trees were sharp-toothed birds with sharp talons whose eyes contained hints of cruelty and ruthlessness, gulping with fright,

Li Jie descended from the tree as soon as possible, cursing his fate for not finding a safe haven even at the top of the tree,

he moved along trying to find any fruit or weak beasts which he can hunt to satiate his hunger, but he failed the same way it went for the second day, by the third day of his stay in the forest his figure had turned exhausted,

his lips went dry from thirst, today he finally found this inferior moon spirit beast, towards which he felt hunting would be possible,

by calming himself and containing all of the pain he erupted forth at the small beast using all his strength and finally crushed it’s head, looking at the splashing blood of the beast,

he got an idea which made him frown but he knew he had to adapt to this forest or else he would lessen his chances of surviving this forest, at once without any hesitation, steeling his face,

he took the beast and placed his dry lips near the beast’s neck area from where the blood was flowing out steadily, he started sucking on to the blood of the beast,

feeling the pungent smell of blood and metallic taste made him want to puke it out, but he kept his resolve and kept sucking onto the blood of the beast, after drinking his fill,

he started to tear open the meat and started eating then and there, whatever he could of the beast, he didn’t even leave the bones, he chewed them out,

after some time he went in search of some safe place to dwell where he can at the least have someplace to rest and sleep in peace, without being cautious all the time in fear,

while thinking, suddenly it struck to him that, wasn’t he training to be cautious at all times in this forest,

instead of finding a safe place to stay, he should try to live and keep himself safe amongst these bloodthirsty beasts,

while he was pondering on his thoughts and correcting his thought process and reminding himself of his goals, when suddenly he heard a slithering sound,

hearing which all his hair stood at the end, his blood froze, his face went pale, his legs started to shiver at the thought of someone suddenly sneaking up on him,

he felt a creeping presence beside him, whose horror was hard to define, he had his fists clenched as tight as possible,

lest he faints by himself, as he tried to calm himself down and think of a way out of this situation while cursing himself for not being attentive enough and just daydreaming through this damned forest.

Li Jie first thought to identify the creature whose blood-lust has turned him frigid and then try to come up with some way to save himself,

as he turned trying to locate the beast whose very chilling gaze can be felt by him, but as he moved around,

he couldn’t find it no matter how he tried, when suddenly he felt something wet on the back of his neck, he wiped it out with his hand and looked which made his eyes pop out in dread,

he couldn’t believe how bad his luck must have been for him to face such a fierce-looking creature which was coiling around the tree,

this creature was similar to a snake, it had crimson scales all over it’s body, with a small fire glowing on it’s forehead, it’s eyes were fiery red, ready to pounce at it’s prey, it was none other than the Lesser Flaming Viper.

Li Jie knew about this snake because it was a mortal stage beast often hunted by the hunters of the Wang clan,

while it’s uses were quite insignificant, it had the effect of helping student stage cultivators with fire bloodline in refining their essence of fire in their body,

but the most troublesome part about this beast was that it was one of the many dangerous beasts of the mortal stage which lead to it not being a common delicacy but a resource used for those of student stage with flame bloodline,

whereas Li Jie himself hasn’t even started on his path, he was wondering, if it was even possible for him to escape from this.