The unknown expert

After searching for a full 5 hours, I found a suitable place to stay. It was a cave located on top of a small hill. If one wasn't close enough, they wouldn't be able to spot it.

The cave was huge and beautiful. The walls were moist, with lush green grass scattered around. It was already midnight. The faint light emitted from what seemed like blue fireflies illuminated the cave.

I found a flat stone inside to sit and do some work.

I had previously noticed some spirit stones and an array manual inside one of my rings and decided to set it up here.

This array was designed to increase the spiritual qi within a certain radius. It should be very useful for cultivation.

With the help of a manual, setting up an array wasn't that hard. I did everything accordingly and it indeed worked. The spiritual qi inside my cave became almost thrice the amount outside.

After cultivating there for a while, I headed outside to get a proper view. Sun had risen up and the outside could be seen more clearly than at night.

I stretched, feeling the breeze brushing past my hair. The view wasn't very spectacular, but I could cover up almost the entire front side of the Tul mountain just from here.

During these hours, I somehow managed to not interact with other disciples. It was easier than I expected.

If one wasn't popular enough for their strength, they for sure would bump into some disciple demanding- Hand over your items, if you want a peaceful death.

Because this was the tri-moon realm, there was no one stopping them.

"Now, surrender all your items if you don't want a tragic death." As if my thoughts were spoken aloud, I heard these words coming from nearby.

"The hell?"

A muscular man stood near a youth, pointing a metal club at his face. The youth was lying on the ground filled with wounds. He had a mixed expression that contained both sorrow and helplessness. The muscular man wore a red robe and a belt that seemed to be made of bones.

By the looks of it, he should be a disciple from a corrupt sect.

"Of course, I would still kill you. But believe me, if you surrender your items now, you will get a really peaceful death." While saying this, the muscular man had a fixed grin on his face.

The next second, his expression turned slightly sceptical.

"Hmm?" He turned his head in the direction where I was, as his grin widened.

"Looks like I've got another prey to hunt"

Fuck, did I just get caught?

Not giving a chance, the muscular man launched towards me as the club in his hand suddenly erupted out with a bloody aura.

I don't know why he did that? Because I looked weak to him? Maybe.

I retreated one of my feet as I swung my hand. I instinctively took out a useless dagger from my ring before throwing it towards him.

"Thud"

Blood splashed, forming a diagonal line on my face.

Before I could see clearly, I felt an immense pressure in my mind. This body was suppressing me!

I didn't know what to do, or how to fight back. Everytime I blinked, I could see a pool of blood, causing me to keep my eyes wide open. Unknowingly, my lips started twitching, as I spoke-

"Too weak."

…

The youth lying on the ground barely saw anything. He brought up his hand and rubbed his eyes. Wasn't this thing rolling in front of him… a head? The same one that almost killed him moments ago? He looked towards the figure on a small hill as though looking at a god. His features were rather ordinary, one that didn't match his demeanor. The figure's piercing stare alone sent shivers down his spine.

Just how strong of a person was he? Crushing that muscular man like that was not something anyone could do. After all, he was a 'Blessed'.

The so-called 'Blessed' are those who've unlocked their inheritance or bloodline power. They were extremely rare, numbering about one in ten thousand. Their strength would easily surpass that of normal cultivators. Such a person got killed just like that? This kind of feat was something only the top geniuses like Ye Han or Shen Ming could do. But who in the world was this person? A top genius was always popular, and this face was nowhere among those.

'Such strength… I'm afraid he won't spare me.' The youth felt even more frightened. After all, in the eyes of those geniuses, the weak were no more than ants.

He tried to open his mouth and beg for mercy, but he couldn't. The right side of his mouth was heavily wounded, as he was hit by the metal club.

"Leave."

The unknown figure said calmly, interrupting his thoughts.

The youth's expression changed. He was relieved to the point that the corner of his eyes got wet. He wasn't a genius, nor was he rich. Till this day, he had nothing to rely on, but hard work. This world was unfair. All his hard work was about to be in vain, when he almost accepted his death moments ago.

He brought himself up and bowed deeply. Although he couldn't speak, he was thanking this unknown person in his mind.

…

Eventhough my body was pretty much used to killing, my mind wasn't. I was trembling inside. In the end, I could only calm myself down thinking 'this is how this world works.' I had no choice but to adapt.

I felt countless gazes on me as I told the youth to leave. Certainly, I was being watched by disciples who were hiding nearby. My intuition told so, as a powerful cultivator.

This incident alone would get me a new image. There were people recording me for sure.

In this realm, almost every disciple carried a visual pendant. This way, they could capture visuals and share it with the outside world or their sect's higher ups. There were many people, hiding and recording others.

The visuals of such a pendant didn't have the ability to see through disguises. Even if anyone outside the Tri-moon realm saw my visuals, they wouldn't connect me with Ye Han.

Now that I think about it, I can just keep the image of an unknown expert to avoid any actions like this.

At first, I thought that the sudden appearance of an unknown expert just after Ye Han's disappearance would incur suspicion among those of the Golden Moon sect.

But I totally discarded such a possibility.

Why would Ye Han ever do something like that? In their eyes, he was already unparalleled. They never saw him truly fight as it would end in an instant. Why would someone like that need a sudden disguise?

Although they wouldn't suspect my new image, this still wouldn't answer my disappearance. I should make up a reason so as to completely avoid being searched.

I don't have to do anything for now as Xin Yang or the others wouldn't look for me just after a day of my disappearance. After all, this was the Tri moon realm where every Individual had their own matters. However, they would surely look for me about a week or so before the realm closing.

As the youth slowly limped back, recalling something, I used qi to clean the blood stains on me as I jumped down from the hill and approached the headless corpse.

The intense stench of blood caused me to hold my breath. Bending down, I took the dimensional ring from the corpse and quickly retreated inside my cave abode.

I was not surprised to see a lot of bones and skulls as it was a spatial ring that belonged to a corrupt disciple. Besides them, I noticed something glowing. It was in the size and shape of a human canine tooth which was tied onto a tiny string. Just as I took that out, my abdomen started aching as though it was on fire.

I had the body of a really strong cultivator and normal fire wouldn't hurt me, but now, It felt like my organs were slowly melting. I hurriedly took out the thing that made my abdomen burn. Somehow, an A4 sized paper had appeared inside my robe. One that looked more ancient than ancient treasure maps.

There were letters formed on it which were slowly burning and disappearing. The fire wasn't affecting the paper, but the letters alone. I was barely able to read those words before it completely disappeared.

[Ye Han saves Xiao Yating and increases the number of Shen Ming's subordinates by one.

Possible reward outcome: Rank 5 Soulshield.]

These were the words formed on that paper.

Now that I think about it, I don't remember Ye Han owning such a thing… is this perhaps my cheat?

I thought as I felt joyful.

It had been three days since I got transmigrated. After having no signs of getting a cheat, I worked my head like crazy. I was constantly thinking of the things I had to do in order to survive, thinking of every possible outcome and their side effects. I also had to recall all those incidents that happened during this period. In my memory, this novel had 3000+ chapters and it was still ongoing. Right now, It was roughly around 300 chapters.

This was enough proof for how hard I had to work my brain. Recalling everything that happened before 2700 chapters wasn't that easy.

Now, as I saw the vanishing text, I felt somewhat relaxed. I quickly placed the canine tooth inside my ring as I extended both my hands in an excited way.

"Now, give me my Rank 5 Soul Shield."

Although I don't know what a Soul shield is.. The rank '5' meant that it was powerful. In cultivation, rank 5 is equivalent to the core foundation stage.

I stood there like a statue for more than 5 minutes, yet, nothing appeared in front of me

Is this thing broken?

I thought the way I asked was too impolite, which caused this thing to reject it. You might find it ridiculous, but this world was an entirely different one where anything could happen.

Wait.. Why did it say 'possible' reward outcome?