It didn't take long for Abel to return to his cabin, which after a moment's hesitation, he decided to enter when he remembered something.
"Now that I fall for it, old Ben left me a jade slip with information about the various places in the county, I wonder if there is something about this forest."
Thinking about this, Abel quickly took out the small crystal that he kept in his pocket, as he already had experience reading information crystals, it was not very difficult for him to read the contents of it.
Thus, Abel sat cross-legged in a corner of the hut while he placed the crystal on his forehead, it was only after a while that he opened his eyes, as an expression of surprise could be seen on his face.
"Oh my gosh, I didn't think this county was so damn big, there are so many areas marked on the map, with abundant information about them, even about the habitat of some beasts are marked on it, *sigh*, it seems that that old man lied to me , this crystal must be worth a fortune."
Abel was no stranger to the subject of information, he had already read about many factions that were in charge of collecting it in Kunlun, he also knew that the price of them varied greatly on the quality and quantity of said information, such an elaborate and described map like the one old Ben gave him should be worth a lot and hard to come by, not how he had described it.
"That old man, *sigh*, well one more debt of gratitude won't hurt me, but hey, at least I found information about this forest."
The forest that was next to his cabin was not exactly huge like the one in Couvet where he first appeared, but it did connect with him in his deepest area, the area in which he was now was practically the outskirts of this one, where the amount of beasts that there were was scarce, in addition that the levels of these were only of rank 1 and 2, becoming more powerful as you go further inside.
Abel also learned that this forest also had abundant resources, such as minerals and even spirit herbs of considerable antiquity, but they were generally guarded by powerful beasts, so obtaining them was difficult.
"It is not surprising that a small village was established here, with a forest that is practically a treasure chest, but if this is the case, why a village and not a town or small city? This place could become at a forest entry point, it might even be a good place for the juniors of the different sects to go to train, ummm, well that's the sects' problem, as for me, as long as I don't go too deep, I should be good."
Thinking like this, Abel got up, adjusted his clothes, secured the dagger that old Ben gave him and prepared to enter the forest, also he hoped to find some food while he looked for a good place to cultivate.
As Abel went deeper into the forest, his expression became more and more serious, after all, any carelessness on his part could take his life, so being vigilant was inevitable for him.
"*Sigh*, too bad I don't have a pair of swords, with this dagger I can barely execute a few attacks, not to mention my polished double sword technique, otherwise I would feel even more confident exploring this forest."
In order to reach a step of the level of late achievement in his martial technique, Abel had to learn to coordinate attacks with both swords, but for that he first had to learn to execute attacks with just one, so he could handle a dagger without problems. , since it was a short weapon.
The problem was that his strongest attacks and with which he could express the full potential of his martial technique necessarily required both swords, so the maximum that he could currently handle was a beast in the middle rank 2, or a cultivator in the early stages of martial disciple, beyond that and it would be certain death for him.
In his first hour while going into the forest he did not find anything relatively dangerous, only a few birds, which only flew when they felt him approaching.
"It seems that this area has already been swept by the villagers, so if I want to find something to eat, I will have to go even further into the forest."
In addition, while he was entering, Abel found the river that the young man who guided him told him about, and to find a good place to cultivate, in addition to some food, Abel decided to continue upstream, hoping that some luck would smile at him.
It was only after another hour that Abel met his first beast, it was a fairly large gray rabbit, at least compared to those in his previous world, it was a rank one beast, and although he did not know its name, he did know that the Rabbits generally stand out for being swift, so he slowly approached their location, trying not to alarm the beast.
"I wonder how close I can get, rabbits in my old world had a good sense of smell and hearing, so if I get too close, I will alarm him, damn how I wish I had a bow and arrows."
Although he had never practiced archery in his life, Abel supposed that with the physique he currently possessed, along with his dynamic vision enhanced by that painful incident, he believed that he could hunt this rabbit without problems.
"Forget it, I'm about 25 meters away, I won't risk getting closer, I think I could throw the dagger at this distance without fail."
Making his decision, Abel leaned down, staring at his target, who was eating grass without noticing anything, apparently, while his hand held the dagger, waiting for the right moment to throw it.
Just as Abel was about to throw his dagger, a roar echoed through the forest, startling him, including the rabbit he was about to hunt, causing him to flee quickly.
The first thing he did when he realized that he lost his prey was curse, but quickly realizing the situation he was in, he decided to climb a nearby tree hiding among the leaves.
Wasting no more time, Abel quickly jumped up and climbed like a monkey, quickly reaching for cover, even regulating his breathing.
"From the roar I just heard, whatever beast it came from, it's not weak at all, plus it seemed very angry."
Not knowing whether he should wait there hidden or not, Abel could hear even more roars coming from an even deeper place in the forest, though they seemed to grow farther and farther away.
It was only after about 10 minutes that Abel decided that he was already safe and came down from the tree, reflecting on what happened as he sat with his back to the tree.
"I wonder what happened there to have bothered that beast so much, too bad I don't have a pair of swords, otherwise I might have ventured to explore, after all, you never know if there might be a chance or not."
In the world of cultivation, many of the opportunities are generally taken by people who take risks, after all, without risk there is no reward, so cases like a cultivator taking advantage of the misfortune of another is very common in Kunlun, or even stealing the loot of others was quite normal, so if it happened to you, you could only curse your luck or find the bastard who stole from you, that already depended on the situation itself.
Abel could only sigh at this, most likely some cultivator found the beast alarmed by trying to steal something from him, which enraged her, so it could well have been a missed opportunity for him.
"Forget it, as I am now thinking about that kind of thing is suicide, the best thing is to hurry up and find something like a cave around here, where I can cultivate."
"Besides, I'm sure that roar scared off all the lower-ranking beasts in the area, so I can forget to hunt something around here."
Regretting losing his dinner, Abel got up and continued walking upriver, but without losing his concentration or caution in the area.
It was only at noon that Abel found a good place, it was a cave spacious enough for his needs, and his discovery was quite curious.
Abel, somewhat hungry since he had not eaten anything in the day and having walked a long way, decided to set up a campsite and thought that he could catch something from the river, that as he followed him, he had been widening.
Soon, Abel came to a quite beautiful and quiet area of the forest, in addition the river that he had been following continued upwards, since he ran into a large waterfall, which was estimated to be about 70 meters high.
The place at first surprised him, there were few trees around leaving a small clearing around the waterfall, which became an ideal place to set up a small camp.
"This is an excellent place to rest a bit, although it is a pity that I lost that rabbit and that I did not find any other animals on the way, at least I found some fruits, so it will be my lunch for today."
Thus, as he sat on the bank of the river a few meters from the fall of the waterfall, Abel noticed that there were a few fish that were trying to swim against the current, apparently wanting to swim upwards, which surprised him.
"Although I had heard that some fish swim against the current, I never got to see them in action in my previous world, it really is a wonderful sight."
These fish were obviously different from those on land, they were also much larger, and while he was eating some fruits while watching them, it occurred to Abel that perhaps he could try to catch some.
"Although I don't have a fishing pole, because of how they are gathered together, if I throw something sharp at them, chances are I will at least hit one."
With this thought in mind, Abel cut a branch from a nearby tree that was more or less thick and with his dagger sharpened one end like a spear.
Once he had some he approached the base of the waterfall and prepared to throw some when he noticed something strange, some of the fish that were trying to swim by the waterfall disappeared from his sight, which surprised him.
"How strange, some of the fish disappear all of a sudden, ummmm, maybe I should go over and see what happens."
Once he made up his mind, Abel approached the waterfall, and that's how he realized what was happening.
"So that's how it was, hahahahaha, it seems that I'm in luck, not only will I eat fish, but I also found a good place to start farming."
With great happiness, Abel attached himself to the waterfall and with a jump, he reached the back of it, where there was a cave where 2 people could easily fit, it was also somewhat deep.
It turned out that some fish when trying to jump the waterfall, managed to reach the base of the cave, so they could not return to the water, making them "disappear", giving Abel a good surprise.
"That's it, finally, after almost 3 months, I will cultivate again!"