Shi Hu had a new mission, and it required him to leave the sect for now. He quickly wrote up some things for the bandits to do and went to tell them.
After Shi Hu said his goodbyes, he left to see the world, his actual intention for leaving is that he had a mission from the system.
[Mission]
[Grade: Optional]
[Kill 5 flaming oxen (0/5)]
[Reward: Heavenly Bandit Scripture(immortal)]
It was a reward anyone would want, it was an immortal ranked cultivstion technique, something even most of the strongest sects in the world don't have.
On his way to the area where they are located, he found many herbs and other things.
He decided he wanted to make his bandit sect have alchemists and everything a normal sect would have.
After a few hours of nonstop sprinting, he reached the place where the flaming oxen were.
Unlike their names, flaming oxen are actually water attributed. The name comes form the forest they live in, which is fire attributed, each tree and leaf are on fire constantly but don't burn, it's an amazing sight to behold.
'Are those the flaming oxen?' Shi Hu thought the system was joking, those oxen were blue and looked like blobs of water.
He didn't think about it much, if the mission had a time limit, he was screwed. He ran in like a maniac slicing everything he could see.
But the oxen didn't even get slightly hurt, the thread passed through them instead of cutting them. Their insides were just the grass they had been eating.
'What is this situation, how do I kill them?' Shi Hu thought in desperation.
He then quickly found the solution, he ran to the other side of the forest to find something that eats them.
Soon he came across a bunch of foxes, they looked strange, black and blue and when he tried to touch one it was like he wa seeing electrocuted.
Luckily his durability was pretty high so it didn't matter. The foxes started to cuddle around him and it felt like being priced by a cactus.
An unlucky flaming ox walked into their territory, that's when he saw the aggressive nature of the foxes.
The flaming oxen was torn apart even though it was made of water. This greatly confused Shi Hu.
"Hey, little buddies, do you want a snack? Follow me." Shi Hu said in his softest voice.
The foxes followed him and they saw the heed of flaming oxen, they instantly went into to devour them.
Shi Hu hoped this was a situation where he could get a kill by assisting. He took his thread and hit 5 oxen with it even though it did nothing.
All he did was wait and his mission progress filled up smoothly.
[Kill 5 flaming oxen (5/5)]
[Rewarded with Heavenly Bandit Scripture!]
Mass amounts of knowledge went into Shi Hu's mind. He gained all sorts of information of techniques and cultivation methods.
It wasn't a single technique but hundreds of techniques combined, this was the art of the heavenly bandit scripture, it was a bunch of stolen techniques that were refined into one with only the good things.
Once he left, he sat on the grass and started to cultivate. He could feel every attribute going into his dantian, even rare ones like lightening and metal.
He cultivated for 3 days and nights straight, in just that short time he broke through to the next realm.
He was now a Heaven Warrior realm fighter, he could easily destroy a modern city alone, he could resist a nuke with his body alone.
'Cultivators are damn powerful.' He thought as he gripped his hands.
Once he returned everyone congratulated him and he also dropped off all the herbs he found.
A few bandits had a talent for alchemy and soon started with the help of some cauldrons that were stolen from merchants.
With all these in place the Bandit Sect is truly a real sect now. Of course it was still just a gang of robbers, but a sect nonetheless.
Without letting Shi Hu rest, the system decided to give him a test, and this time it had a fat reward.
[Trial Of The Beast]
[Kill Divine Ox (0/1)]
[Kill Vermillion Blood Crane (0/1)]
[Kill Pulsating Spirit Pig (0/1)]
[Reward: Physique Of The Bandit]
"What the hell!? Are you trying to kill me? If that's all the reward is im not doing it."
[Updating reward: +4 stage increase in cultivation]
"Alright I'll do it.:
[Off You Go!]
In a split second, Shi Hu was in an area that resembled heaven. It looked so incredible it was impossible to describe.
He soon saw an ox the size of a mountain very far away, it had huge runes inscribed on it and if someone told him it was God's mount, he would've believed them.
"You shall be my first sacrifice to becoming an unparalleled warrior!"