Forbidden Area

In a dark forest, screams and animal noises sounded that would make any person feel a shiver down their spine.

At the center of the forest however, a little wooden hut existed that seemed out of place.

The animals of the forest appeared to be scared of this inconspicuous hut, not even daring to approach it.

If any cultivator was here, they would be shocked.

In this world, there existed 7 forbidden areas, with each of them being more dangerous than the other.

These forbidden areas would not only pose danger to ordinary people, but even cultivators.

People didn't know the reason behind the appearance of these areas, but they knew that they were extremely dangerous and even the strongest cultivators wouldn't rashly enter them.

Some speculated that these areas appeared naturally, while others argued that they should have been formed after the fall of powerful cultivators.

This dark forest was exactly one of these 7 areas, named with the simple name of Forbidden Dark Forest.

The forest was filled with demons and natural disasters would occur at random times, making it especially unsuitable for living even among the the forbidden areas.

Outside of the little hut, a young man wearing a white robe was sitting on a makeshift wooden chair.

He had a handsome face, black long hair and blue eyes.

In contrast with the animal screams and noises, he appeared calm, as he was sipping tea with no expression.

Although every action of his seemed simple, he gave off an aura of confidence and tranquility.

However, if you asked him why he was here, he wouldn't be able to answer.

The young man was named Li Yuan and he wasn't a person of this world.

One random night, he went to sleep as usual, only to find himself transported to another world after opening his eyes.

That's right, he wasn't reborn or possess another body, but transmigrated to this world with his real body.

At first, when he found out that he had transmigrated, Li Yuan became excited.

He didn't have a family and his life was the average life of a middle income worker, so why wouldn't he be excited?

But then, he found out that he had been cheated.

On the first day that he woke up, a system was bound to him, named the Heaven's Secret System.

The system quickly explained its function, as well as his current situation.

Learning that he was in the center of one of the most dangerous areas in the world, Li Yuan was panicked.

Luckily, the system was his safeline.

As a gift, it gave him this little wooden hut.

In an area of 50 meters around the hut, Li Yuan was had almost invincible strength.

Even if cultivators came here, Li Yuan would be able to kill them simply by waving his hand.

Of course, this wasn't the main function of the system but a little gift.

The function of the system was to be able to deduce the cause and effect and predict the future by spending Heaven's Secret points.

He could gain HS points by trading cultivation techniques, artifacts, pills and even knowledge.

Unfortunately, Li Yuan had none of those.

This meant that for the past last year, he had been living in the hut doing nothing, while living off the daily rations that the system gifted him.

As for leaving the forest?

Are you stupid? Li Yuan was an ordinary person with no cultivation whatsover.

If he left the hut, wouldn't he be courting death?

He could already guess that even a random Demon chicken could slap him to death.

"Another day has passed and nobody came again.", Li Yuan sighed as he shook his head.

Every single day, he had been sitting outside the hut, while waiting for anyone to come.

Just as he was about to clean up the chairs and the table, a sudden sound interrupted his actions.

Looking at the location where the sound came from, Li Yuan saw an average looking young man flying while conjuring flames with his hands.

He appeared to be running away from something, as he had unknowingly entered the hut's range.

"Finally, a cultivator came.", Li Yuan thought excitedly.

Immediately, he cast the identification technique that came with the system.

It was the first time that Li Yuan had used it on anyone, but he instictively he knew how.

Instantly, a golden panel appeared in front of him, showing the young cultivator's information.

[Name: Xiao Yan]

[Cultivation Realm: Foundation Building Early Stage]

[Current Situation: Slightly injured, he is being chased by a demon in the Foundation Building Peak Stage....]

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Just as he was looking at the information, he felt that another flying creature had entered the hut's range.

Taking a look at it, he noticed that it had an appearance similar to a giant parrot.

It was blood red in color, had a huge beak and its wings were 5 meters long.

Neither the parrot nor Xiao Yan had noticed Li Yuan and they continued their flight.

When the parrot was about to catch up with Xiao Yan though, a massive hand appeared and smashed it down, leaving behind only its ashes.

Xiao Yan saw the hand and immediately became shocked.

His instict as a cultivator kicked in and he instictively tried to escape in front of an unknown power.

Before he could run away, a young man in a white robe appeared in front of him.

Or rather, he was the one that had been teleported in front of the young man.

At that moment, a voice sounded on his mind.

"I can't see through this man's cultivation."

"It's as if he is a mortal."

"He should be an expert that lives in isolation and you entered his dwelling.", the voice said.

Xiao Yan wasn't surprised by the voice, as that was his master, a cultivator that had been injured in the past, whose soul lived in his necklace!

Hearing his words, he felt that what his master said made sense.

"Senior, please forgive me for entering your residence, it was my fault.", Xiao Yan cupped his hands and saluted Li Yuan.

Turning to look at the senior's expression, Xiao Yan saw that the young man was still calmly drinking tea while sizing him up.

Of course, Li Yuan wasn't as calm as he appeared to be.

After expanding Xiao Yan's information, he learnt of many things that he previously didn't know.

First of all, according to Xiao Yan's experience, near this forest existed an empire, named Sun Empire.

In this Empire existed countless little cultivation sects, but the only important one was the Snow Heaven Sect.

Although Xiao Yan didn't know what cultivation the Sect Head and the Emperor had, Li Yuan guessed that they were most likely in the Nascent Soul realm.

As for Xiao Yan, his journey started in a remote city of the Sun Empire.

He was a known trash, in the smallest clan, in the smallest city of the Empire, but then a soul of a powerful cultivator awakened in his necklace.

With a powerful cultivator instructing him and his childhood sweetheart backing him up, the speed at which he progressed was astonishing for those around him.

Looking at the information, Li Yuan looked at Xiao Yan with a different look in his eyes.

Isn't this the protagonist's script?

No wonder he managed to reach the center of the forest with his cultivation.

Any other cultivator in the Foundation Building realm would die as long as they entered the forest, but here he was making trouble in the center of the forest unaffected.

Of course, this was also the opportunity that Li Yuan was looking for.

For the past year, he had been living alone in an empty hut with no form of entertainment other than drinking tea.

Countless thoughts flashed in his mind and he took a deep breath before speaking up.