Chapter 10: ambush

Hours passed in the blink of an eye and it is now morning.

Wang Tian awoke from his deep sleep and did a few stretches. 'I wonder if they're still searching for me?' He thought to himself. Wang Tian slowly opened the door of his Cultivation Cave and then took a quick peek.

"We've been looking for hours now! And we still haven't found him!" A beast said angrily.

"Continue searching for him! That kid must be very special for our ex-Leader to protect him like that!" Another beast said.

They all continued searching.

Wang Tian closed the door and then fell into a daze, "I'll just wait for a few more hours. Surely, they'll stop by then." Wang Tian mumbled to himself optimistically.

Wang Tian waited a couple of hours. He utilized this time to think of where will he get more of that Dark Qi. 'I can't improve if i don't have Dark Qi but where can I get it from? I don't want to kill' Wang Tian thought to himself. He couldn't find any solution to his problem.

"It seems I really do have to kill huh?" Wang Tian sighed and then said.

He braced himself for he was about to do.

Wang Tian opened his Cultivation Cave, grabbed the sword and then went out.

"I don't have enough power to kill head on. Maybe I'll be able to kill them one by one if I conceal myself." He said to himself.

Wang Tian made his decision and silently climbed up a tree. He waited for an hour and then finally his prey has arrived. A beast with the head of a boar and the body of a wolf slowly walked towards the tree. This beast is a level 7 Houtian Lifeform! A beast such as this one wasn't much for Wang Tian to handle. He didn't (know how to differentiate levels but one should remember that he's a level 2 Xiantian lifeform! The difference between a Xiantian Lifeform and a Houtian Lifeform was like the night and day! One shouldn't even mention them in the same sentence!

"It's been such a long day. I'm starving" the beast complained. The boar-headed beast sat down and lay on the trunk of the tree. Wang Tian saw this as an opportunity!

"I'm sorry! But I don't have any choice but to kill! It's you or me!" He mumbled nervously.

Wang Tian grabbed the sword and then jumped towards the beast. He used the gravity as a method to augment his speed and power. When Wang Tian was nearing the beast, he raised his sword, preparing to stab it in the head.

The beast was too tired to even care to spread its senses to avoid future troubles. That paved the way for Wang Tian to easily gain the opportunity to kill it quickly.

Wang Tian then stabbed the beast in the head. This was a vital part of any beast. Dealing damage to its head only meant one thing, death! Certain Death! Normally a level 7 Houtian beast wouldn't die easily. But since it was stabbed in the head and it was exhausted, death was inevitable.

"Ahhck" the beast groaned and then drowned in its own blood. Wang Tian removed the sword and then sat down beside the corpse of the beast.

As expected, Dark Qi arose from the corpse of the beast. The Dark Qi was now being sucked into Wang Tian's body and filling his Dantian to a point which neared half of the full capacity.

As Wang Tian absorbed more of the Dark Qi, significant changes were happening to his character. The side effect in cultivating the Death Technique and Dark Qi is now worsening. It was shaping Wang Tian's mind slowly. Carefully making it fond of the idea of killing. Making him more arrogant, proud and more brave.

After a few moments, Wang Tian was done absorbing. There was now a single dark line on his back. Wang Tian didn't notice it because he couldn't see it. But if anyone looked at him when he has his clothes off then they would think that this is a bit strange.

Due to the side effects, Wang Tian decided to continue on doing this. As this method made it more easier to harness the Dark Qi.

...

In the blink of an eye, it was already nearing one month. A figure inside a cave could be seen doing sitting cross legged and circulating his Qi. If one would look closely, this figure was a kid about 10 years old. The figure was handsome and he was charming and innocent if you looked at him from afar. However, his eyes game him away. His left eye was darker than the void and his right eye flickered with coldness but you could easily see the arrogance hiding beneath it. One could easily that this kid has experienced death first-hand! And many times to boot! And this kid was Wang Tian! Yes! Wang Tian! During this almost a month of killing, his personality has met with a big change. He wasn't the same kid as he was a month ago. Living in this mountain was harsh and changed his way of seeing things. However, it was mostly due to the side-effects of the technique he's cultivating. Wang Tian broke through to the third level of Wang Tian lifeform. He has studied the technique in the time that he was in this mountain. He figured that one needs to circulate the Dark Qi 19 times to break through from level 1 to level 2 Xiantian Lifeform. 39 times from level 2 to level 3, 69 times from level 3 to level 4, 109 times from level 4 to level 5, 159 times from level 5 to level 6, 219 times from level 7 to level 8, 289 times from level 8 to level 9 and then 399 times from level 9 to Zifu Realm. Unlike the usual method of cultivating, where for example, one would need to amass enough Qi to break the boundary between the 2nd and the 3rd. His method of cultivation requires him to only circulate it. However, the pain that every circulation would bring to his body would be increasingly painful as his circulations went up. Before, when he was circulating his Qi, he wasn't doing it using the technique. That's why he didn't feel any pain and his fatigue was lessened. He also didn't forget to practice the Stone Technique. He thought about it for a while, although this method of defense was entirely useless to him since he was invincible, he still found it acceptable to cultivate since this could serve as his cover. To deceive people of the fact that he's invincible. He can now change his skin into that of bronze! He has reached level 2!

Wang Tian finally decided to come down from the mountains as he knew that his father would be returning soon. Wang Tian got up and then looked at his sword. The sword was still shining and it didn't even lose its luster even though it has been used more than a dozen times in this month.

"What a good sword" he said while rubbing the sword with his hands. He unconsciously looked at his face.

'I'm so handsome' He narcisistically thought to himself and then smiled.

He then looked towards his left eye.

'I almost forgot, i need to hide my left eye because it might cause some unnecessary troubles for me.' he continued.

During the time period that he stayed here, Wang Tian learned tons of things and one of them was to be careful and wary always as to not attract trouble. There was this isone time when he was just becoming much more arrogant and reckless because he has killed dozens already. He carelessly walked around the mountain. Killing of beasts and then just leaving them on his trail. Five level 9 Houtian Lifeform beasts came across the bodies that he left in his path and then became angry. They followed his trail of blood and bodies and then finally caught up to him. The 6 of them fought but it was evident that Wang Tian couldn't handle them. Even though Wang Tian was a level 2 Xiantian Lifeform back then, he still can't match up to 5 level 9 Houtian Lifeform beasts. Especially with the vitality of the beasts being much abundant than that of humans. After hours of fighting, Wang Tian was fortunately given the opportunity to escape. He slashed the head of one beast, absorbed the Dark Qi and then used it to instantaneously boost his speed. From that day onwards, he knew that he should he careful. Clean up the blood after he kills and then get rid of the body. Either bury it or put it into his bag of holding.

Wang Tian waved his arm and a piece of cloth appeared in his hands. He wrapped it around his left eye and then looked into the sword. "This should suffice for the time being.".

Wang Tian walked nonchalantly towards the his house. After a few hours, he finally arrived at the foot of the mountain. Wang Tian suddenly thought of an idea,

"i should visit Wang Jhiayi and Aunt Fei".

Wang Tian sped up and then went towards the house of Wang Jhiayi. A few moments later, he saw a house that streched as far as a Li (500 meters). It was a gigantic house. It could even be called a mansion. It was a two-story house. It's walls were colored gold and it had fascinating designs of dragons. However, the appearance of this house still paled far in comparison with the house of Zhang Xuan since he was once an elder of the sect.

Wang Tian was closing in to the house when he suddenly felt danger approaching his left eye. Wang Tian jumped and twirled in the air to dodge it. It was a dagger!

He finally realized that he was being ambushed! He stopped in his tracks and then pulled out his sword. He looked at his surroundings and then one by one elders of the Seven Star Sword Sect appeared. One of them laid a formation that would induce a fog. There was no other human around here. So Wang Tian can't ask for help from anyone. Moreover, these elders were all Zifu Realm experts! Furthermore, there were a dozen of them!

Wang Tian looked at them with wariness.

"You finally appear! Damned brat! We've been in search for you for almost a month! Now that you're here, we can finally vent our frustration! Hehehehe" An elder walked a bit closer towards him and said.

"Who are you?! What did I do to you? Do you really want to incur the wrath of my father?!" Wang Tian shouted.

'These guys, think I'm a pushover. Let's see who will have fun with who' Wang Tian thought to himself and then grinned inwardly.

"Your father? What can that blacksmith do? He's not even a Wangxian Adepth! Yet you dare to bring up his name in front of us? If he were here then I would him up into four pieces! Spit on his grave as well as his brother's!" Another elder said arrogantly.

"Who are we? We're the people that are good friends with Brother Xuan!" The elder who walked closer said angrily.

"Hey Brother Li, why are you telling this kid our identity???" Another elder said.

"A dead man doesn't tell secrets" Elder Li said. Apparently, this Elder went by the surname Li. His appearance was undiscernable since by this point, the fog was getting thicker and thicker.

Wang Li sneered angrily.

'Li! If i survive today I swear to the heavens that I will annihilate you and those that are involved with this event! May the heavens smite me if i don't!'

"Your father and your uncle was the reason why Brother Xuan is now at the Blood forest! Why he is now crippled! Why he isn't an elder anymore!" Elder Li cried out angrily.

"Is it really my father and uncle's fault? Or was it his for being arrogant? He was the one who protected his own child! Who blatantly turned the black into white! He didn't care about justice or the rules of the sect! He even dared to disobey the Sect Leader!" Wang Tian said angrily.

"So what if he did?! He's more powerful than your father! His status is much higher compared to your father's! The one who has higher status and power is the bigger fist in this world! The law!" Elder Li said arrogantly!