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Chapter 7 - The wolf

Shen Basked in the glory of his first victory until he had his fill of his peers respect and awe filled gazes. He walked away from the crowd and decided to just go cultivate in the little plaza for the rest of the day. Shen wanted to reach the 3rd level as soon as possible so he spent the next 4 days sleepless and putting all his effort into his cultivation other people couldn't really go near him since as a lightning element Body cultivator He produced lightning to run over and through his body to strengthen it so others couldn't actually get him to stop his cultivation without receiving some kind of injury. Some walked past the plaza while staring at him and others simply ignored him as he cultivated furiously in that small plaza. After 4 days he felt tired and decided to go back to his quarters and finally sleep. Shen walked into his quarters and plopped down onto his bed closed his eyes and rested himself. The next day Shen decided to take a task that demanded a Thunderous bears Fangs, Fur, And, Meat. Shen walked out of the clans ironed gate way onto the forest path as he walked slowly but confidently over the leaves crushing them beneath his boots as he held his axe over one shoulder while he walked towards the eastern end of the lightning clans territory which is the side that is riddled with caves. As Shen wandered through the forest he felt his axe call to him in a strange manner so he stopped for a second before he recalled that every weapon was made in the image of a beast but if said weapon was taken to the area that the beasts soul felt the strongest emotions towards than one could speak to the animals spirit although it is not known why this is possible but Shen decided to go ahead and speak to his axes spirit out of curiosity. Shen followed the pull of the weapon until finally a deep growl sounded from beside him and he looked down to see the spirit of a powerful wolf that had a fierce look on its face as it continued to snarl seemingly out of anger before it looked at Shen and spoke "I was killed here by a short, alcoholic, and muscular male I would not hate him if he had at least used my body for things other than just my heart which he had simply torn out of me" It spoke in his mind and Shen could feel it's displeasure at this act "what do you wish had happened with your body?" He asked the spirit "I wished only for strength in life however I desired that should I ever be killed that I would fuel the being that bested me so they would show respect to my corpse by not letting it rot and infest yet all he took was my heart and as he left he muttered about his own misfortunes mostly about his exile from a clan" the wolfs spirit then walked forwards and howled deeply but only shen could hear its cry as it was speaking into his mind. Shen sat with the wolf as lightning jumped through its ghostly fur and wrapped around its body until it coursed down to it's paws and into the ground. It was only after that when the wolf spoke again "You've a hunt for thunderous bears today which you took alone well as the one to bring me to my final bond I will use my strength to aid you in your hunt besides I've longed for this chance awhile now anyway". Shen was dumbfounded by the idea that a person could gain the strength of a spirit just by listening to it even if just for a little while but he would not complain as he decided that arguing with the wolf was anything but beneficial for him so he walked along side the wolf until they spotted a pair of bears walking 1 was the mother bear and the other was its cub but before Shen or the wolf ambushed the pair another 2 cubs came out of sone bushes playing roughly with each other. Shen took note of the cubs and then set his sight on the mother bear only to hear the wolf speak into his head "The big one is mine you can have the rest" It said as it leapt out of the bushes attempting to bite out the bears throat. The bear went down without any fight as the wolf was too cunning in his ambush and the bear was tired from watching over such wild cubs as the bears roar was silenced by the wolf before shen could even leave his hiding place the bear and even its cubs were killed by the spirit of the wolf right before it seemed to fade away and it's energy then flowed back into the axe as if dormant once again however now the detail included blood dripping from the wolf's lower jaw. Shen moved to collect the body's of the bear and her cubs before carrying them back to the clan for his contribution points.