Shen Hua dissected the Sand-tailed Scorpion and went to rest. He sat down and took out the crossbow crystal he found in the gun store depot and watched him next to the one he pulled from the Sand-tailed Scorpion.
The crystal of the deposit is bright red and has small black flames inside. If you look very closely you can see the shape of a snake. Shen Hua tried to find something about this crystal in the library but the only information he finded was that he was taken from a fire-type spiritual beast with some special lineage that allows him to use a special kind of fire. The crystal of the Sand-tailed Scorpion appear to be made of crystallized sand and some green spots can be seen.
'I already have two, only three to go.' Shen Hua waved and a sheet of paper with a written list appeared
1- Sand-tailed Scorpion - Earth Type
2- Windweb Spider - Air Type
3- Poisonous Blood Frog - Water Type
4- Thunderfoot Lizard - Lightning Type
Shen Hua crossed out the name of the Sand-tailed Scorpion, puted away the list in your espacial ring and lay down to rest. When night came Shen Hua got up and headed for the next target in the stone caves on the north side the desert.
'I promised Shen Ruo that I would be back for his birthday. It took me five days to kill the Sand-tailed Scorpion, and now twenty-four days to go. I have to hurry it will take more three days to reach the caves.'
Shen Hua followed through the desert covered with his cloak.
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"What a strong boy." a man and a girl watched Shen Hua in the distance.
"You saw how he killed the Sand-tailed Scorpion must have a very high reflex to do that." The man spoke to the girl beside him. They have been observing Shen Hua since he began fight the Sand-tailed Scorpion.
"What's amazing about that? I could kill ten sand-tailed scorpions at once!" the girl a little older than Shen Ruo spoke angrily. Her master had never praised her and was praising a boy that they didn't even know.
"Could you? Even without being a cultivator?" With a smile the man spoke.
"WHAT? Master, you mean he's not a cultivator?" the girl asked incredulously.
"No, he isn't. He also doesn't seem to know many martial arts techniques."
The girl turned in the direction Shen Hua went.
The man approached her and put his hand over her head. "He must be a student of the academy. Let's go there after we find a spiritual beast for you."
"Do you think we can find him there?" The girl spoke without turning around.
"Yes, it's good that he is a student there. If not, I'm going to teach them a lesson. I let them take care of my gym and they don't reclaim such a talent." With a serious look the man said then turned." Come on. We have to keep looking." Smiling at girl the man went on.
The discouraged girl went to the man.
Seeing the discouragement in the girl the man tried to cheer her up "I will try to make him my disciple if he accepts, he will become younger brother.
"Younger brother?" The girl looked at the man with the confused eyes.
"Of course. Why did you think I would make he the main disciple? Never the only one who will inherit my power is you, he's just going to be a second disciple!" The man looked at girl while answered. He knew she was insecure with him complimenting Shen Hua and afraid that he would set her aside for him.
With a smile the girl followed in front of the man "So come on I want to find a spiritual beast for me soon." excited by the statement of his master the girl was jumping in front of him.
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Raven's Imperial City Library. Morning of the day Shen Hua left.
While news of the theft spread Shen Hua was sitting in the corner of the library reading a book with five others scattered on his desk. He closed the book he was reading and set it on the table.
'There is only this informations about the crystal I found, should I use it? It can be a big problem if it's not good. ' Shen Hua went to research the crystal he obtained before and the spirit beasts of the Raven Empire.
'I'll read the fire beasts encyclopedia first, if I don't find anything I want I'll use it. The original owner of that room had various cultivation techniques and strong martial arts techniques he not would keep a weak crystal. The lack of information must be because this crystal did not come from any of the beasts of the Raven Empire. Increasingly I'm curious about who that one room belonged to."
Shen Hua took one of the five books on the table is the encyclopedia about fire creatures of all was the smallest. He opened it and began reading. After reading the whole book, he closed it and set it aside.
'Imperio Raven does not have many beasts of fire and it seems that all are quite common the only difference is the way they use the flames and where they expel them. I'll use the crystal I have so even though I don't know what kind of special fire. It seems like the best option.'
After deciding on the crystal of fire Shen Hua reached for another book for researched which the beasts he would hunt. With his hand halfway he stopped and pulled her back.
'I should think first about what kind of fighting style I'm going to use. I can use five crystals in my tribulation and get five skills. I have to think about how to make the five have a good harmony. Because if they don't collaborate, I could waste an element and that would be extremely bad. I can't control much of my elements so I have to make everyone collaborate with each other to be strong.
Looking up at the ceiling Shen Hua began to wonder what kind of fighting style he would want to focus on for a few minutes.
'I want to use fire as my primary attack method as a secondary method I will use poison. To defend myself I want to have armor and I also want something to improve my speed and be able to dodge. ' after decide Shen Hua began to search the four encyclopedias spiritual beasts that could fit his fighting style.
'Sand-tailed Scorpion this is perfect! sand control if I master I can have a perfect defense like one of my favorite characters. And the sand it's poisonous suits perfectly what I want!'
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After finding the spiritual beasts he wanted. Shen Hua went to his patio. While passing through town hearded about the mugging the Shen family store 'It seems like the salesman perfectly followed my orders, now if Shen Ruo has done everything I asked Shen Wei and Shen Xiao must have started start fighting and Shen Xua should no longer cause trouble.'
Shen Hua arrived at her patio and soon after she started training until Shen Ruo showed up to tell what happened at the Shen family house.
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Shen Hua came to the caves where the Windweb Spider lived. 'It didn't take as long as I expected. It only took two days to arrive. Now how am I going to hunt these Spiders?'