"This little fellow’s na is the Nightmare Beast, not only can it aid you in your cultivation, but it also has so combat ability," Xu Zii said, "We’re poor and can’t afford anything nice.
So make do with it."
"Not at all, in fact, I like Senior Brother Zimo’s gift even more," Lin Qing said while playing with the little beast, replying hastily.
Xu Zii smiled, as if he could hear soone’s heart breaking.
...
Due to a shortage of housing in the town, Xu Zii and Tian Shi shared one room.
The faintly bright candle fla flickered gently, while Tian Shi was cross-legged in cultivation—after all, the spiritual energy of the Mythical Era was still very abundant.
The reason the locals had low levels of cultivation was because their techniques were too rudintary, which led to their slow progress.
Xu Zii, on the other hand, was sound asleep beside him.
...
The moon hung like a disk, and the night was exceptionally quiet.
Patrolling townspeople walked around the town’s periter, as unidentified insects hid in the corners squeaking.
As the night grew darker, a patrolling townsman had just reached the corner of the town.
A huge shadow suddenly burrowed up from the ground, and before the townsman could make a sound, he was swallowed whole by a gaping mouth.
Imdiately after, a piercing sound of chewing arose.
In the room where Xu Zii was staying, the flickering candle suddenly went out.
In the darkness, a sinister atmosphere spread.
The cultivating Tian Shi suddenly opened his eyes, only to see a giant shadow surge up from the floor of the room, lunging straight at him.
"Ti slows down," Tian Shi snorted coldly.
Power of ti surged over his right hand, and as ti rewound, the shadow’s speed also slowed down.
Tian Shi smashed his fist down, with endless waves of air gathering at his fist.
With a "boom," the shadow was directly smashed into the ground, creating a deep pit.
"What’s going on?" Xu Zii opened his eyes slightly and got down from the bed.
"Just a small bug," Tian Shi said indifferently.
The room’s candle was lit again, revealing the floor fractured into several pieces, with countless cracks appearing.
In the middle of the cracks, a creature resembling a centipede lay dying.
The centipede was twice the size of an average person, its body fiery red.
Xu Zii counted its legs and found it had eighteen, and its mouth housed two sharp fangs.
Its eyes were as small as black beans, bulbous.
"What’s this?" Xu Zii asked.
"Not sure, it’s probably a creature from the Mythical Era," Tian Shi replied, "We’ll ask Lin Qing tomorrow morning."
...
A night without a word.
The gentle sunlight once again spread across the land, as the sun rose day after day.
A scream shattered the peaceful morning.
Dead!
All the night watchn who patrolled the town last night were dead.
All the townspeople rushed over; the bodies of the deceased were completely gone, leaving only so remains, and the ground was covered in blood.
anwhile, in Xu Zii’s room, Lin Qing looked at the carcass of the giant beast in front of her with surprise.
"The Fiery Centipede," she said in amazent, "This is a monster of the True Vein Realm, and it’s also a very troubleso kind of monster.
Even my father might not be a match for it."
"Oh, we might just be lucky," Tian Shi said with a smile, "It was dark last night, and I hit its weak point with a punch, killing it."
"I’m not stupid, you guys must be no ordinary people," said Lin Qing.
"No matter who we are, we’re still your senior brothers," Tian Shi replied with a smile.
"All the night watchn in the town were killed last night, and Dad is still looking for the murderer. I’ll go tell him now; it must have been the work of the Fiery Centipede."
Having said this, Lin Qing left the room.
...…
The fiery flas within the forge blazed fiercely as a breeze blew past, causing the flags hanging outside the blacksmith shop to flutter gently.
Lin Bao looked at Xu Zii and the others, speaking seriously, "Before I teach you how to craft weapons, I will first teach you how to forge iron.
Forging iron is a process of removing the dross and taking the essence.
It requires a certain amount of waist and arm strength. Your ability to kill the Fiery Centipede yesterday proved that you have a decent physical foundation."
As he spoke, Lin Bao took a red-hot piece of iron from the furnace.
"Now try striking it with a hamr and see. Even though you are strong, forging iron is not an easy task."
Xu Zii and Tian Shi exchanged a glance, and then he stepped forward, casually striking twice with the hamr.
With a "boom," the piece of iron was surprisingly smashed and fused together.
During the process, he also secretly used the Creation Force to alter the structure within the iron.
"Holy shit," Lin Bao, who was watching from the side, couldn’t help but exclaim, utterly dumbfounded.
He ca up to the piece of iron and, gazing at the nearly flawless block, found it hard to believe it was the result of just two hamr strikes.
"Refinent Master?" asked Lin Bao, looking at Xu Zii with so skepticism.
"Uncle Lin, you must be joking. I’m just a beginner," Xu Zii replied.
Then he let Tian Shi give it a try, and just like before, Tian Shi condensed the essence of the iron with two "bang bang" strikes.
"For beginners, you’re pretty good, but there’s still more to learn," Lin Bao said, his face turning slightly red as he coughed a few tis. "You’ll need to practice more in the future.
Now I’ll teach you how to shape weapons and their edges."
The two of them nodded eagerly.
...…
In the half-hour that followed, Lin Bao felt as though his entire worldview had collapsed.
Using less than half an hour, when the two of them placed the crafted sword and knife before him...
Lin Bao couldn’t help but sigh, "There really are geniuses in this goddamn world."
Back in the day, it had taken him over a decade of his life to beco a Refinent Master, spending all that ti practicing diligently.
He had always adhered to one principle, "Practice makes perfect."
But now, looking at Xu Zii and the others, all he wanted to say was, "Practice makes perfect my ass."
Seeing Lin Bao fall silent, Tian Shi shook his head and sighed, "Uncle Lin, I know we’re terrible.
Don’t worry, even though our aptitude isn’t great, we’re willing to put in the effort."
Hearing Tian Shi’s words, Lin Bao gave a forced smile.
"You really are a lovable little thing, aren’t you?"
As they were talking, soone suddenly rushed in from outside in a panic.
"Uncle Lin, the hunting team has run into trouble outside."
"What?" Lin Bao turned around, asking with a frown.
"Lin Qing went out with the hunting team today. You should go take a look," the person hastily said.
"Nonsense, who let her go," Lin Bao’s face changed drastically, and he hurried towards the entrance of the town.
By the ti several of them arrived at the town entrance, a large crowd had already gathered.
A man, covered in blood, lay on the ground receiving treatnt.
This man was a mber of today’s hunting team.
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