The Camp-I

There was a rustling sound in the grass and a pale white deer was jumping around the grassland completely oblivious to the predator feline waiting in the bushes nearby to pounce upon its fresh flesh and blood. By the time the deer noticed a disturbance around it and began running, the tiger had already started rushing towards its prey. However, right before it could reach the deer's neck and bite off its juicy flesh, a bloody hole appeared on its head. A stone the size of a finger pierced through its skull leading to an instant death. The deer was terrified and did not even turn back and speedily got out of its predicament.

Fortunately the deer was saved by the passerby who was now leaning on top of a tree listening to the beautiful sounds of nature. It had been more than a week since Meng Tian sent three of his Blood Carnage Clones out into the world while he himself was immersed in the mundane matters of his school camp. During this entire week, most of the time was spent on learning how to survive in the wild, honing battle techniques, etc. just like a normal school session but simply more rigorous than ever.

Meng Tian had been keeping himself busy in learning more about this world which was made possible by the study materials provided in the camp which included a more detailed history and geography leading to a more holistic picture for his understanding. Although he did not need much time to learn them as he could collect and fill up his experiences for all the books that he reads. He was already bored by the end of the first day. Also he did not need to upgrade his cultivation for the time being, so he kept all of the items that he had obtained in his consciousness space reserved for emergencies for his team mates. He himself was the most unlikely to get hurt in this scenario, if at all.

After going through a routine week of learning, the camp got interesting when the students were asked to camp inside the jungle for a month without the assistance of the teachers and the people in-charge at the camp. The goal was to obtain a certain kind of flower out in the wild which was majorly used in the production of recovery serums and other kinds of pharmaceutical drugs or pills used in cultivation. In the mean time, as they spent the time of a month inside the jungle, it was inevitable that they would encounter wild beasts mutated by the world energy or qi around them. There was also a score that they could keep in this hunt as well.

The total performance of the individual students and their respective teams was decided by the amount of 'Saccharine Lilac Lilies' that are collected as well as the number of wild beasts that are hunted. However, the quality of kill was further classified by the level of cultivation for the beasts and the age of the flower to be collected. The area where the students were initially camped in was the entrance to a particular area of depression formed by the collision of a meteor which was later filled up by the growing forests.

However, this beautiful area was out of bounds of the information provided to the public and only authorized personnel were allowed to even step foot in such areas. Fortunately for the prospective martial apprentices of this generation, this place was a perfect ground for training their skills. Hence the students were sent out to complete this exercise within the period of a month and return to the base camp with the materials specified. Although the students were quite sure that their teachers will be closely watching all of their moments, they were also given a clear indication that even if there are life threatening dangers, no support would be provided for them by anyone. This made the journey a lot more perilous.

Fortunately, the rules did not allow any of the teams to rob from each other or kill their fellow students. But sparring with each other in the woods was allowed so long as there is no intention to kill their opponents. This is the only time when the teachers would be extra vigilant and stop them whenever they feel that the fight would get out of their hands. Since all the rules were stipulated, along with all the other teams Meng Tian's team led by Lin Caihong was ready to depart as well.

But before they did, each team was given a storage ring to be held by the team leader which could be used to store the Saccharine Lilac Lilies and the beasts that they killed over the period of the coming month. Many of the students already had their own storage rings, but they were provided with them any way. They were not allowed to pocket their spoils for themselves, although they could not do so even if they wanted to as all of their moments were under the scrutiny of the teachers and the camp in-charges.

Once they travelled a sufficient distance, Meng Tian continued his pursuit of honing the martial techniques of himself and his team members using the wild beasts around them. He would keep pushing the beasts around so that they would be in place to block their way in the forest as they search for the Saccharine Lilac Lilies. Due to the pressure and the intense battles that his team members endured during their journey to the training camp through the forest, they had quickly become accustomed to killing beasts with amazing team coherence.

Unfortunately, just as they were getting used to fighting the beasts during their journey, Meng Tian increased the difficulty just a little bit where he himself was guiding the beasts in their attacks. So when they came across a boar at Martial Apprentice level 1, usually one of the third years would be able to finish it off with a relative ease. However, Meng Tian took over the role of guiding the consciousness of the boar so that the battle strength that it could showcase increased by a large margin. This was what his team members never expected to happen. The boar that attacked them seemed to be unusually clever as though it was being controlled by someone.

However they could not prove anything and could only fight with everything that they got. To make matters worse, the difficulty of this 'quest' in the forest was further increased when such battles continued to happen throughout the entire day. The teachers that were keeping an eye on the surrounding areas were also baffled by this phenomenon. They could not understand, for the love of God, why Meng Tian's team was targeted by beasts with at almost regular intervals and why would they have such insane combat abilities.

They were genuinely afraid that they beasts had started to gain intelligence comparable to human beings which would mean that the human race which had been barely able to keep their in this world with their current strength could lose their foothold. As a result, the information about this had been relayed to the camp in-charge the Martial Warrior, and he personally came to check if this was true. When he saw the scenes of Meng Tian's team fighting these 'intelligent' beasts, he immediately recorded everything and sent back to the upper echelons for further orders.

Meng Tian was completely oblivious to the fact that him taking up the task to train his fellow team members would lead to such a thing. However, he was never one to bother about such things that were out of his control, especially when he had the power to crush most of the beings in this world. Even then, he was focused on honing his martial techniques to the limit during this period of a month.

So, when he switched between different modes of play using his fists for sometime and only dodging to improve his movement skills through out the entire battle to tire out the beast and then kill it with the fierce blows of his fists, his team members became numb after a while and surprisingly tried to follow in his footsteps to improve themselves accordingly. Meng Tian was not using his qi at all as his physical body itself was a treasure that could endanger anyone below his cultivation level.

His team members got a new found respect for their junior who was a monster by himself in this vast forest area. And the arrogant faces of his seniors actually completely changed as they were constantly in battles and in situations where they could not handle themselves, Meng Tian would always come to assist them at critical junctures. What they did not know was that all of their battles were entirely orchestrated by their junior brother. If they did, they would probably gang up on him for a well deserved revenge. However, they would also be unable to do anything to him even if they did find out. So, no harm done...