After resting a while, Zhu Dingxiang removes his clothes and gets into the small stream to soak his body.
His nature Qi has the purification effect; he could clean himself and does not need to take a bath like this.
However, it would be much more mentally rewarding to take a cold bath in this small stream with water looking clear and free of any impurities.
(A/N: natural spiritual Qi change to nature Qi.)
Submerging himself under the water, Zhu Dingxiang staring at the blue sky, relaxing his body as his long green hair flowing along with the cooling water currents.
He thought, 'had the protagonist in those novels had time to relaxed like this?'
'Whatever, let's just enjoying myself.'
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"I'm me... Since already I died once and was able to get another chance."
"In this life, I will enjoy my life and treasure the ever passing moments, maybe having a family of my own..."
"To create a story that only happiness would be the final ending."
'This will be the path of my life!'
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As Zhu Dingxiang talked to himself, his martial spirit materialized by itself, and he could feel that something in him has changed. His mind and thought are much more precise and faster than before.
Feeling refreshed, Zhu Dingxiang gets up and puts on his clothes to continue his journey.
'I should be close to the outer part of the forest.'. Zhu Dingxiang looks at the sky of fire from the setting sun. It was the signal to the gathering night as darkness emerges to show starlight all the more clearly.
"As a (Peak) Second stage Qi Condensation Realm cultivator, with my Spirit eyes, I could still traverse through the forest during the night, but that would be akin to seeking trouble because it could get pretty dangerous."
Zhu Dingxiang stopped moving and created a simple treehouse on top of a tree with the branches linked together.
He starts cultivating with little Chibi and waits for the sun to come up.
Haha* Haha*ha haha ha ha ha ha* Creepy laughers!
Among the darkness of the night, there are faint red lights keep flashing around the forest.
When the night reaching its peak, insects keep ringing in the background, and sometimes one can hear the sounds of creepy laughter from the Dark Hyenas that shake the soul of the weak-willed and bought chills to one's spine.
The following day Zhu Dingxiang continues to explore the forest and to pick up wild herbs. Little Chibi suddenly seems to detect something and starts to poking Zhu Dingxiang with its oversized head that attracting his attention.
(づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ
Little Chibi was then flying in a circle around happily before darting in one direction, waiting for him to follow.
Zhu Dingxiang smiles lightly at little Chibi then follows along.
"Spirit eyes!" Zhu Dingxiang starts channeling his nature Qi into his spirit eyes, making it glowing dimly before his vision expands as if he is looking from above.
Ever since he had stepped into the Qi condensation realm and could use the Qi in his body, his spirit eyes will give him a better view of the surroundings and see-through obstacles at a close distance when supported by his nature Qi.
His vision covers a radius of about 300 meters around him.
As Zhu Dingxiang activated his spirit eyes, he could see the flow of energy on a larger scale, and they all flowing slowly into the direction of where little Chibi is leading him.
2 kilometers away.
A group of spiritual beasts was fighting with each other while surrounding a plant with five small red fruits releasing a faint sweet aroma that is getting stronger by the seconds.
"Moooooooo.....!" A 4 meters tall Rock bull cries out as it charges toward a 3 meters long Green lizard with its sharp and deadly horns.
"Growwwwwwwlllll*...!!!"
A little further away, a 5 meters tall Flame Gorilla with red furs looking ferocious was pounding on a white tiger about 3.5 meters long.
A few other injured spiritual beasts are lying around while some are already dead. But these injured spiritual beasts don't give up; there is a longing look in their eyes as they look toward the tiny red fruits on the small tree.
While they don't seem to give up yet, their bodies' injuries won't allow them to move.
Some are (Peak) Stage 1 spiritual beast, while some are at (Early) Stage 2. For those at (Peak) Stage 1, if they can eat one of the red fruits, they would be able to advance to the next stage while getting healed and become stronger.
For spiritual beasts at stage 2, it would help them have minor improvements in their cultivation, further improving their bloodline and increase their potential.
When Zhu Dingxiang arrived at the scene about 500 meters away, he stopped the happy little Chibi while observing the surrounding for potential threats.
As the Rock bull's charge hit the Green lizard, it was throwback away by 20 meters but not before spewing out a small green poison bullet toward the Rock bull and have its back hitting a big tree.
The Green Lizard's poison started seeping into the open wounded the Rock bull; it weakened and slowed down.
At this time, the Flame Gorilla launches a heavy punch toward the Rock bull's abdomen leaving behind a big bloody wound with some burn marks.
The Flame Gorilla then proceeded to pound its chest "bump!....bump....! Bump!" to flaunt off its strength while showing disdain toward the Rock Bull that is lying on the ground at the moment, gasping for air.
Meanwhile, Zhu Dingxiang confirms that there was no hidden threat nearby, and the gorilla is only a spiritual beast at Stage 2(middle) which is not a threat to him.
Usually, spiritual beasts will always be stronger than cultivators in the same realm because of their powerful bodies or bloodlines.
When a spiritual beast at a higher stage, battle and defeat them is extremely hard.
However, this doesn't apply to Zhu Dingxiang since he possessed the Sky Rank martial spirit "Divine Spiritual Tree," Earth Rank "Wood-origin physique."
They boosted his battle prowess by a large margin and allowed him to use the natural wood element to battle with minor nature Qi consumption.
Besides, with his Peak-Grade Human Rank defensive treasure, it's almost impossible for him to lose.
(A/N: hi guys it's Chibi again, I was busy the last few days so maybe I will make it up to ya tomorrow. Oh and I'm planning to give Zhu Dingxiang a mount so let me know which type do y'all like? Tiger, deer, or idk....!)