5: Chapter 5 Isn't it good to be alive?

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill!

Lin Yuan held his battle blade, hacking from the outer edge of the Mist Forest to the core region for three hours without blinking.

He killed until no Yao Beast dared to claim supremacy!

During the slaughter, there was no lack of Peak First-Level Yao Beasts, equivalent to a Martial Artist at the Peak of Qi Refining, appearing.

Their raw stats were far stronger than Lin Yuan's, but how could mere tempered flesh compare to the sharpness of a blade? They all died at the hands of Lin Yuan.

Upon snapping back to reality, the number of Yao Beasts killed had already exceeded one hundred.

Lin Yuan leaned against a large tree, panting slightly.

The high-intensity battle left him with little True Qi remaining, and a sense of exhaustion washed over his mind.

Fortunately, the harvest was huge; his Blood Blade Technique had broken through to Major Achievement, only a hair's breadth away from reaching Perfection.

Perfection meant mastering the essence of the blade technique, equivalent in Realm to the creator, capable of unleashing several times the power in actual combat.

Once this Realm was reached, he would likely have no match among First-Level Yao Beasts.

Let the Primordial Exotic Beasts come!

If they actually come, pretend I didn't say that.

Lin Yuan rested for a while, and after recovering some True Qi, he set off on the return journey.

The sky was gradually darkening; the Mist Forest at night was very dangerous, so he prepared to fight again tomorrow.

Rustle, rustle.

A while after Lin Yuan left, two people were seen arriving together.

Looking at the corpses covering the ground, they were slightly surprised, but after checking them, their surprise turned into shock.

"Brother Chen, who exactly did this? I originally thought we had encountered a Yao Beast hunting team, but upon careful inspection, they actually died at the hands of one person, and basically, all were killed with a single strike."

"The weak Yao Beasts are one thing, but even the Sword-Horned Rhinoceros was killed with a single strike."

The man addressed as Brother Chen did not answer, but walked to the wounds of each Yao Beast to observe carefully, the expression on his face gradually becoming grave.

"It is the Blood Blade Technique!"

He stood up and said seriously.

"What? The person who attacked is an Outer Sect Disciple of the Liuyun Sect?"

Upon hearing this, the other person immediately reacted.

"Which Senior Brother has newly practiced a blade technique?"

"Not a Senior Brother, but a Junior Brother!"

Brother Chen said with certainty.

"Hiss! How is this possible?"

The other person gasped: "Brother Chen, you couldn't be mistaken, could you? They have only been initiated for a little over a month."

"I am definitely not mistaken. This person's True Qi cultivation definitely hasn't reached the Perfection of Qi Refining, but their Blood Blade Technique has already reached Major Achievement, with unparalleled combat power!"

Brother Chen sighed: "Another Genius has appeared in this batch of the Outer Sect. I really want to meet him."

At this moment, what was this Genius doing?

This Genius was currently clutching his chest, his face heavy.

Pain, it was too painful.

His heart was bleeding.

Upon arriving at Black Stone Town on the edge of the Mist Forest, he only then remembered that the corpses of Yao Beasts could be sold for money.

Their fur, flesh, and bones were all high-quality Materials, excellent for making medicine or crafting weapons.

He had been enjoying the slaughter too much earlier and had forgotten to collect the Materials.

My money!!

"Thinking about it carefully, I couldn't carry much with just my two hands, so this wave can only be considered a small loss."

As everyone knows, a small loss is not a loss.

Rounding it up, a big loss becomes a small loss, and a small loss is not a loss; how is this not a kind of gain?

Won so much it's numbing!

...

"In the future, when I have the means, I'll buy a Storage Pouch..."

...

The sun rose and the moon set, repeating in a cycle; unknowingly, three days passed in the blink of an eye.

On a huge rock, a slender figure sat cross-legged.

His face was clear and handsome, his brows like blades, containing sharpness; his entire temperament was also very cold, with a sense of detachment that kept strangers at a distance.

This person was none other than Lin Yuan.

At a certain moment, he opened his eyes, and a blood-colored, fierce light flashed from the depths of his eyes, making him look like a drawn blade, full of killing intent.

At this moment, his heart was cold, and his blade was cold; there was no other reason, the morning temperature was just too low.

…It wasn't that he was looking for abuse, but rather the legend that when the sun had not yet risen, the world was filled with a wisp of Innate Purple Qi, which was helpful for the Cultivation of martial arts.

This saying was not groundless; just now, he had finally completely gotten rid of the side effects of the Medicinal Pill, and his cultivation had risen to a new level.

He was now a proper Eighth-Level Qi Refining Martial Artist!

However, compared to his blade technique, this bit of progress was not worth mentioning.

Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes, looking at the System panel that others could not perceive.

[Lin Yuan] [Cultivation: Eighth-Level Qi Refining] [Cultivation Technique: Nameless Body Refining Art, Qi Cultivation Art] [Martial Skill: Eight Styles of Lime, Dog-Beating Stick Technique, Nut-Cracker Kick, Blood Blade Technique (Perfection)]

After several days of slaughter, he had finally fully comprehended the true meaning of the Blood Blade Technique, mastering its Profound Truth ultimate move.

He raised his hand, and small red mists emerged from his arm, swirling around the blade.

This was—Blood Qi Breaking Through the Body!

Using True Qi to rupture capillaries, and then expelling misty blood out of the body.

Under normal circumstances, Qi Refining Martial Artists cannot project True Qi outside the body, so their battles are often concentrated in close quarters, requiring them to close the distance.

But the Blood Blade Technique uses blood to carry the power of True Qi, supplemented by blade skills, and can actually unleash flying slashes, with power sufficient to kill a Martial Artist in the True Aperture Realm.

In actual combat, when cultivation levels are similar, having a long reach against a short reach is simply like a father beating his son, without any effort at all.

Relying solely on this move, Lin Yuan's combat power was enough to rank in the top twenty of the Outer Sect Disciples; entering the Inner Sect in two years was a certainty.

But he was not satisfied.

As the saying goes, the bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish; the higher the ranking, the more generous the rewards will be.

The top twenty was never his limit.

Seeing that he had reached his predetermined goal, Lin Yuan felt a desire to return.

He collected the Materials from the Yao Beasts and prepared to return to Qingyun Mountain.

However, just at this moment, his expression suddenly shifted, and he looked towards the more core region of the Mist Forest.

After Cultivating the Blood Blade Technique, he was particularly sensitive to the smell of blood, and could even distinguish the scent of different Yao Beast blood.

And at that location, a rich scent of blood came with the wind; it didn't seem like a Yao Beast, but more like a human, and it was approaching this side at an extremely fast speed.

Avoid it, the commotion is too big...

Lin Yuan frowned and pulled a large tree to shield himself.

Three breaths later, two figures darted out of the dense forest, clashed in mid-air for several rounds, and one figure fell to the ground.

"Despicable, to actually plant poison at the end of the treasure map!"

Mo Yunzhu clutched her chest, a look of anger appearing on her beautiful face.

She had just come out from home and only knew that the Jianghu was dangerous, but she didn't expect it to be dangerous to this extent.

They specially made an old treasure map, set up several puzzles, and after she finally solved them all to arrive at the hidden residence of some Senior Master Gao, opening the treasure chest turned out to be a triggered trap.

Even though her cultivation was not bad, she still fell for the trick, losing eighty percent of her combat power; otherwise, how could the guy in front of her, who was only at the First Layer of the True Aperture Realm, possibly be her opponent!

"Hehehe, little girl, even someone would fall for such a stupid trick; blame it on you being too naive."

The old man with a sinister face and a handlebar mustache spoke like a classic villain, his gaze toward Mo Yunzhu filled with greed.

"Bastard, what do you want to do?"

Mo Yunzhu felt the old man's aggressive gaze and turned pale with fear.

"What do I want to do? Of course, I want your body."

The old man stuck out his tongue and licked his lips.

"Don't even think about it, even if I die, I won't let you succeed!"

Mo Yunzhu gritted her teeth.

"Whether you live or die, what does it have to do with me? What I want is your precious blood, soaked in Medicinal Pills, to be placed into a furnace and refined into a human medicinal elixir."

So it was this body he wanted; I thought it was that body.

Fortunately, fortunately...

Good my ass!

Mo Yunzhu closed her eyes in despair.

The Mist Forest, a core region that ordinary hunters could not reach, was where she was; it was impossible for a third person to appear here, she was doomed.

However, just when the handlebar-mustached old man approached within ten meters of her side, he suddenly moved, his hands shaking like butterflies weaving through flowers, shooting out two darts in the blink of an eye, but they were aimed at the large tree nearby.

Clang, clang, two sounds.

Lin Yuan held his battle blade and walked out from behind the large tree; he sighed.

"Old man, isn't living good? Why seek your own death! Forcing a kind passerby like me to take action?"