Investigation

On Beast Mountain, a boy with a divine appearance was sitting on a tree as moonlight bathed his body.

Under his feet, there were numerous beast corpses, some looking completely torn apart by a large blade, others with claw marks on their heads as if they had been crushed—a bloody and disgusting sight. But the boy in the tree had a satisfied smile on his face.

"That should be enough," said the boy, and suddenly all the dead animals began to be devoured by his right eye.

Jone felt the pure energy refined by his eyes flowing into his blood and dantian, and then, after a few seconds, his cultivation realm broke through again.

3° phase of the Qi foundation realm.

After advancing, the energy continued to increase rapidly and stopped a short distance away from entering the fourth phase of the realm.

Jone has hunted monstrous beasts for an entire week but has yet to devour them. Of course, there was a reason for that.

Jone knew that he could devour the beasts as soon as he killed them, but that would cause his strength to increase very quickly. He wanted to train against these weaker beasts first.

He needed combat experience, and the beasts made good opponents. 

During this time, Jone fought with an intermediate Qi Fundation realm beast. The beast's strength was comparable to the 6° phase of the Qi Foundation realm, while Jone was only in the 2° phase.

However, with the state of his right eye, Jone managed to kill the beast after much effort.

"I can still fight intermediate Qi Foundation-level beasts, but if I encounter one at the end of the realm, I will not be its opponent. I need more beasts to reach the fourth level, and then my strength will undergo a great increase, making it easier to hunt beasts in the late Qi Foundation realm."

During these days, Jone not only hunted beasts but also dedicated a few hours a day to training his techniques. He felt that as long as he continued using his techniques in battle, they would soon reach perfect mastery.

The closest technique to perfection was the Night Bird Tracks technique, which Jone used all the way up the mountain.

Because it was the technique he used most to hunt naturally fast beasts, the Lunar Scythe and Crescent Arrow techniques reached advanced mastery after Jone entered a state of comprehension.

Jone felt that there was something missing for him to understand the techniques perfectly using his state of understanding, but he still didn't know what limited him.

For now, using only the technique and his own understanding, he would advance in mastering his techniques to perfection.

Still, Jone did not find this too difficult to achieve and would soon achieve perfect mastery with them all. 

In fact, Jone was surprised at how relatively easy it was. He had read that others took years to understand a technique at an advanced stage, and it was impossible for most to achieve perfection.

Because perfect mastery meant understanding the meaning of the technique as the creator understood it—something that only truly talented individuals could accomplish. 

Some people took decades to learn certain techniques, depending on their classification.

After breaking through and devouring all the energy of the dead beasts, Jone stood still, looking at a spot on the mountain.

"I need to go deeper into the mountain; I only found one intermediate Qi realm beast in this place, which is not enough," said Jone as he ran towards the deepest part of the inner area.

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A week after Jone left the city, Li Yue was sitting on his bed, cultivating as usual.

Suddenly, she opened her eyes.

A white light emanated from her entire body, and an immensely oppressive aura circulated around her.

"6° phase of the True Qi Realm," she said with a calm smile on her face.

Even in a place with little Qi, due to her bloodline, she could cultivate relatively well. Her cultivation technique, combined with her bloodline, allowed her to absorb lunar energy from the sky.

Thus, no matter where she was, as long as the moon was visible, her cultivation would continue to increase.

After a second, the surrounding aura returned to her body as she looked at the door.

"You can enter," said Li Yue when she noticed one of her servants standing at her door.

The door slowly opened as a woman in a white mask entered the room.

She bowed to Li Yue and began to speak, "Young miss, I investigated Zhang Jun as you asked."

"Oh, tell me, what did you discover?" Li Yue spoke with a calm expression, but her voice showed a slight curiosity.