Shelter Ruins

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Whilst caressing the cub, Silence suddenly jumped into his shirt and only took her head out.

"Haha, such a child," muttered Qing Tian as he rubbed Silence's head before deciding to head back to the girls.

Qing Tian turned around and was about to leave before feeling something behind him.

Turning his head around, Qing Tian caught a glimpse of the skeleton that Silence had 'shed' off.

Approaching the bones, Qing Tian grabbed on of the longest bones and looked at it closely before mumbling.

"This should do a fine job as a sword."

Qing Tian strapped the slightly curved bone on his back, already having a shape in mind for the sword.

A katana.

…

Once Qing Tian had buried the rest of the bones, Qing Tian went on back to the two women he had left behind.

However, he didn't need to walk further before he had to act surprised as the girls suddenly came out from behind the trees and approached him.

"Are you okay Qing Tian?" asked Ji Yanran as she looked at the Lion cub poking its head out of Qing Tian's shirt.

"Yeah, I'm fine," said Qing Tian as he pat the head of the lion cub.

Ji Yanran looked up at Qing Tian and looked at him for a couple of seconds with a rosy hue on her cheeks.

"So who's this black kitty?" Qu Lili interrupted the sweet moment, reaching over to the cub trying to rub its head.

"This is the Super lion cub from earlier, it went through a transformation and is stronger now," answered Qing Tian.

Qu Lili stopped her hand and looked at Qing Tian with a nervous expression on her face, "You mean, this is the big cub from earlier?"

"Yes," said Qing Tian.

"I didn't know that creatures could transform," said Ji Yanran as she looked at the cub with a look of interest.

"All creatures have the chance to transform, they just need to have luck to run into Fruit that would make them stronger.

After explaining things to the girls, Qing Tian noticed the moon hanging high over their heads and called it a night.

The girls and the young cub went to bed, sleeping soundly without a care in the world.

With the young cub being a Super creature and a mutated one, no creature would dare approach, not even Super creatures.

Not having to worry about the girls, Qing Tian headed into his Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal with the bone from earlier.

Walking over to the Immortal Dragon Bones Grindstone, Qing Tian began to grind the echo lion bone into a katana blade.

In three days, inside the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal, Qing Tian had finally finished the blade and was already creating the hilt with wood.

A couple of hours passed and Qing Tian finished with the katana.

A milky white blade with a black wooden hilt, extremely sharp and durable. The katana was sharp enough to produce cuts on the skin of Super creatures with no effort.

The scabbard was also made from the black woods as the hilt of the katana.

…

Stepping out of the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal, only a couple of minutes had passed by.

The girls and the cub were still sleeping, nothing happening since Qing Tian had entered the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal.

Setting the katana to the side, Qing Tian began to cultivate the Tempered Star Jade Essence Physique. Only a couple seconds into cultivating and Qing Tian quickly stopped.

'How could I forget…'

Qing Tian moved his hand and let it enter the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal as he fetched an item from within it.

The Antique Incense Burner.

It helps temper the circulation of energy and improves the efficiency by many folds. Attaining Great Perfection in a Technique in just one sitting wouldn't just be a dream.

Setting it to the side and throwing some Spirit Grass onto it and burning it as incense, Qing Tian began to feel it's effects already. He sat down and quickly began to cultivate.

His circulation was many times slower than before, but he continued to go and persevere.

Two hours passed and the Spirit Grass ran out, before the effects ran out inside Qing Tian's body, Qing Tian the more Spirit Grass into the Antique Incense Burner.

…

Morning rose as Qing Tian had already returned the Antique Incense Burner to his Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal.

Before the girls wake up, Qing Tian proceeded to cultivate without the Antique Incense Burner and instantly felt his energy circulation because many folds faster than before.

Unbeknownst to Qing Tian as he immersed himself into his cultivation, Silence has woken up and noticed the abnormal air around Qing Tian.

As it focused on Qing Tian, the cub felt warmth from its insides as it felt the air around Qing Tian become dense and rich.

The cub wasn't aware of it, but it was absorbing some of the energy in the air that was attracted to Qing Tian as he cultivated.

The energy in the air was pure and it benefited the cub whose body took in the energy to nourish its Energy Flow and strengthen it.

It would only be a matter of time before the cub's Energy Flow becomes stronger and its energy is stronger than other creatures.

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"Mgh…" Ji Yanran groaned as she woke up. Her eyes fluttering open as she woke from her sleep earlier than usual.

Still feeling a bit tired, Ji Yanran felt a bit of trouble focusing as she opened her eyes. She scanned around the camp and found Qu Lili right next to her.

She didn't focus much on her best friend as she looked around, searching for Qing Tian and the black lion cub.

Just as she was about to give up looking for him, Ji Yanran found Qing Tian behind her sitting in a lotus position.

However, at this moment, Qing Tian looked different in her eyes.

It was as if many invisible tendrils of energy were surrounding Qing Tian and entering his body. She felt like was seeing things, so she got closer to get a better look.

Soon, the black lion cub entered her view and she saw some of the energy tendrils enter the black lion cub as well.

'What's happening?' Ji Yanran continued to look for a couple of seconds before suddenly feeling dizzy.

Looking for a spot to rest, Ji Yanran found an empty space next to a tree near Qing Tian. Just as she sat down, Ji Yanran also took notice of a white katana by Qing Tian's side.

It also looked weird in her eyes, but contrary to the energy that came from the air and entered both Qing Tian and Silence, this energy tendrils came from Qing Tian and entered the katana.

This energy was also a different color and felt vastly different compared to the energy Qing Tian and Silence were abilities.

It was a much whiter color and very serene. It felt like it came from the soul, or rather the Spirit.

The more Ji Yanran looked at the energy from Qing Tian enter the Katana, Ji Yanran felt herself become tired and eventually fell asleep by the tree.

…

Only a step away from breaking through to the Great Perfection stage, Qing Tian had to finally stop for the day.

Opening his eyes, Qing Tian felt something on his lap.

He looked down and found the black lion cub sleeping. Smiling, Qing Tian lifted the black lion cub and placed it on his head.

Standing up, Qing Tian grabbed his katana and the instant his fingers touched the katana, he felt like he was closer to it than before.

Staring at the katana, Qing Tian began to think about why this could possibly be. His thoughts were soon cut short as he heard a small groan right next to him.

Turning to the source of the sound, Qing Tian found Ji Yanran sleeping.

Strapping the katana to his waist and throwing any questions to the back of his mind, Qing Tian stretched and then proceeded to carry Ji Yanran and taking her back over to where Qu Lili was.

With both girls still sleeping, Qing Tian went on ahead and proceeded to pack everything and prepare to leave, but not before preparing a bit of food.

Qing Tian was already feeling better and no longer felt weak. His strength was back to normal and he even felt like he was better than usual.

When the girls woke up and ate some food, Qing Tian continued his journey with the girls, continuing their journey.

As Qing Tian traveled with the girls, he recalled that there were some ruins near them.

"Do you girls want to go and visit the ruins of a shelter?"

Qing Tian made sure to know if the girls wished to go and seen the ruins of a shelter before taking them there.

The girls turned to look at each other and agreed with Qing Tian's idea of going to see some ruins.

As they traveled to the ruins of a shelter, Qu Lili asked Qing Tian, "What happened to the shelter for it to become a ruin?"

"I'm not sure, but I can probably figure it out when we get there," said Qing Tian with a somber smile on his face.

There was one ordinary way a shelter could become a ruin in the First God's Sanctuary, and that would be…

Super creatures.

Something caused a Super creature to attack the Sanctuary. Like how Han Sen made the baby Golden Growler attack Steel Armor Shelter after he gained its hate when he stole mother Golden Growler's Life Essence from it.

There were many more ways, like an internal strife, a single/group of murderer/s, or the destruction of the teleporters eventually resulting in not being able to go back or no more new people.

"You're right, we need to see for ourselves what had happened," said Ji Yanran as she agreed to find evidence first to find out what had happened.

Hours into the trip, Qu Lili decided to ask the question that was on both her mind and Ji Yanran's.

"How do you know where to go?"

Qing Tian chuckled a bit before turning to look at both girls and smiling brightly.

"With a photographic memory and great deduction, math, cartography skills," said Qing Tian as he decided to show off.

Ji Yanran began to sweat a little as she listened to Qing Tian, "Wh-what do you mean by that?"

"I created my own map and we've been navigating using that exact map," said Qing Tian as he turned to Ji Yanran and smirked.

"Oh no…" Ji Yanran began to fear for the worse. "You made us get lost?!"

"Haha, trust me and my skills, I'll never get anyone lost," said Qing Tian as he shook his head. "Besides, you both are looking for adventure and freedom in this little trip of ours, aren't you?"

Ji Yanran froze at Qing Tian's words and eventually nodded reluctantly as she lowered her head and blushed in embarrassment.

"Let's just enjoy the moment babe," Qu Lili told Ji Yanran as she looked at Qing Tian with a smile on her face. 'And I'll enjoy YOU later…'

Feeling and indecent look on his back, Qing Tian smiled as he kept his head forward and prepared for the fun/sexual adventures that will come up at the ruins.

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Crack…

When they arrived at the ruins, the group of three, and a cub, looked at the ruins of a shelter.

Various buildings were destroyed as if they were stomped on and destroyed with brute force. There were various cuts on the ground and the walls, as if from claws and swords.

However, Qing Tian, who had inhuman senses and various experiences from his past lives, saw things that made him narrow his eyes and his heart to beat faster.

'This… shouldn't be possible… it shouldn't exist in this world…'

His hands traced along the cuts on the walls and he studied the crushed buildings.

The girls separated from Qing Tian and explored the place with Silence with them.

Qing Tian walked on deeper into the ruins and saw many footprints on the floor that gradually built an image inside his head.

'What the hell happened here!?'

Just as Qing Tian began to finally begin to feel a bit nervous in this world, he lifted his head and saw something that made him turn completely serious.