23 Half-step Warrior Beast Attacks!

Cultivation required inspiration for fueling itself. If there wasn't inspiration, then enlightenment nor breakthroughs would never occur. Since I haven't seen something interesting that can fuel me, I cannot cultivate!

-What am I supposed to do now? I haven't slept for a while, I should try that!

Cultivators usually replaced their sleep cycle with cultivation. This was because cultivation could bring more benefits and refresh your body, cultivation was almost better than sleep at everything.

The journey had taken so long that even the guards, who were trained in this sort of thing were starting to slack off.

I looked at the window inside the carriage.

The outside was quite wet, it seemed that it had rained for quite a while. The damp atmosphere made the trees seem duller.

To be honest, my favourite weather is actually the rain, it is so much more complex than what the sunniness could ever be.

We were inside a forest, and we were in deep. Every few minutes, the guards would stop the carriage. They would collect herbs and fight beasts that would try to get near the carriage. The guards weren't too strong. They were middle-aged men, which had damaged their cultivation in olden wars.

Though these guards couldn't be considered veterans, they weren't weak either. Each one of them a cultivation of The second Layer of Human Realm. You have to know that most guards were born from a common descent! These men would be considered genius' among genius' in their villages.

Many of them had a Cultivation of The Fifth Layer of Human Realm, but they were struck in war. Many of these injured Guards still get recruited. Their experience and strategies were that of Veterans.

-I wish I was a commoner, that way, I could get away from this wretched position!

One of the biggest secrets that nobles usually had was: becoming a commoner.

The freedom that the lower echelons had was something that would make many noble's jealous. They had all the free time in the world, they would have the choice to do whatever they wanted. This made the nobles who were jealous of commoners, mad. Some would often go down to Villages just to destroy the peace of the commoners.

Those who were born high up may have had the best food, a strong position, a good title and powerful parents, but they were also restricted since birth.

-What use is there to be all powerful when your fate still remains the same?

I know that the fate of being a woman in the higher echelons means that one day, I will become the tool for a political marriage. Even if I get stronger, that would just mean stronger partners.

This was the biggest weakness for being born a higher echelon. There was never enough freedom. This wasn't just for women, even men encountered the same problem. They would never be able to break out of the chain.

Escape was futile. Spells and techniques were cast on the child when it was born.

Becoming a noble meant becoming a slave to the current regime.

I have seen my parent's arguing many times. Not once was there the mention of Divorce. Face was all that mattered higher up. If someone opposing you knew of your weakness, they would strike a fist faster than the blink of an eye.

The higher your standing, the harder you would fall. Kings and Queens never showed their emotions in public, because they would lose their Face and some standing.

Since father was quite high up, I was raised like a well-mannered lady. Exactly the way a loving wife should be. In front of the public, I look like some well refined young lady, but in reality, I'm just a hypocrite that has a bad temper.

I think of myself as someone that is above others because I know myself better than they know themselves.

Many think that they know others well, but they never realise that their actions are just as flawed. I am not like them.

They say that many women at this age think of their prince charming. But, for me, that is complete Bullshit. Those 'princes' only care about themselves. I have even heard that one of the academy queens, my friend, had been harassed by one of these 'princes'.

The females that hope for that kind of stuff are all horny bitches. They should just know that it is almost impossible to escape arranged marriage. All those guys do is play with you, they could back out whenever they want but women can't. There is no way to tell if a man has had intercourse or not, but for women, they could accidentally conceive a child.

Just thinking about this topic makes my brain hurt. I just hope whoever father has arranged my marriage with doesn't think with his stick below.

Though I have to do a mission for the academy, I'd rather sleep than do such a boring thing like investigating the troublemaker of the forest.

It is probably some kind of Second Layer Human Realm monster. There is no way that there could be such a high realm Beast in this tiny forest. Most of the beasts here are only at the Mortal Realm.

As I saw a mortal bunny outside, I used Qi to manifest flames and burn it alive.

-The only reason that such powerless beasts can survive is because of their cute and furry exterior. That will not work on me.

It was better to just kill the powerless beasts. They have a short lifespan and a meaningless life. I could tell that the Mortal bunny had a realm of First layer Mortal, and I decided that it was meaningless for it to be alive. It would eventually be eaten by a predator, which would make the preditor grow stronger.

The Human race doesn't have a peaceful relationship with the beast race anyway. They were already on each other's throats every time. There probably was no more ways to offend the beast race more than it already was.

To let other preditors grow stronger was something that no human wanted to let happen. The demon race hadn't been seen in the Thirty-Third Heaven for many years, but there were still breeds of Demonic Beasts left in the Thirty-Third Heaven.

The Demonic Beasts are quite terrible, after all, they destroy many towns and cities.

-I don't even dare to believe that even father can protect me if one attacks The Town of Consequence.

I shuddered.

I don't think that any strength beyond the Human Realm is unreal. I have heard in legends that in higher Heavens cultivation is a path that leads to immortality, that is simply impossible in the Thirty-Third Heaven.

Both Mortal and Human Realm give no increase to your lifespan. They only increase regeneration. There are stronger realms, but I don't think that I have any possibility to reach those.

I am estimated to become a Sixth Layer of Human Realm at the peak of my life. Mother is already a Fifth Layer and father is a Seventh Layer. I did a good job inheriting their genes.

I guess I will just have to doze off until we find the troublemaker.

I laid my body in a sleeping posture and closed my eyes. But no matter how much I tried, I just couldn't fall asleep.

-Ahhh, I wish that the troublemaker would just show up in front of me, I would crush it into oblivion...

Right when I thought that, a large crashing sounded in my ears. The carriage was starting to be flipped sideways.

I punched the side of the carriage, which created a hole, this allowed me to roll outside.

"What is happening!"

I shouted.

I was on the other side of the tilted carriage, so I didn't know what was happening.

A guard's voice resounded:

"Young miss! Please run, a half-step Warrior beast has just attacked"