It was late at night when Abel left the library and went to his cabin to rest.
"*Sigh*, although it wasn't much, I found information quite interesting, leaving out the basics about this county."
Unfortunately for Abel, the library had no other information than on Nill County, although it vaguely mentioned other counties, it had no further information on that.
"Well, for now it will be enough, after all, I won't be leaving the county for the next two years I guess."
For Abel to feel safe leaving the village and going to the other cities and sects of the county, he at least needed to be at the martial soldier stage, since he assumed that, at that stage, even if he appreciates some martial masters, he could still do them. dust, not to mention that many of the martial techniques he obtained from the librarian would be useful from that level on.
At that thought, Abel just sighed and shook his head afterwards.
"Forget it, I just arrived in this village only a couple of days ago, being in a hurry is not going to get me anywhere, for the moment, I will let things develop normally, I will raise my strength in this time until before the selections. in 2 years, from then on, I will think about what I will do."
Abel had planned to use this year to first cultivate back to the peak of the ninth level of body refinement, plus he wasn't in much of a rush on it, as his dantian would only be cured until the following year, so he wouldn't it mattered if he hurried on his cultivation, as he would still have to wait for his dantian to recover to advance to martial disciple.
Second, his priority, even before practicing other martial techniques, was to find a pair of swords, without them, his power would be greatly reduced, so they were a necessity.
"According to what I read, the village has a small warehouse, so I don't think it will be difficult to obtain some if I exchange them for some furs and herbs that I find in the forest."
"Also, for my luck, it seems that here if they have a space storage device, the problem is that they are very rare."
Abel couldn't help but frown at this, in a book in the library, he found that while spatial storage artifacts existed, only important figures in a sect would have them, so it would be very difficult for him to obtain one.
As he reflected on it, he soon came to his cabin in the woods and remembered that he still had a few fish from the day before, so he decided to build a bonfire and grill them for his dinner.
Abel did not take long to do this, due to his proximity to the forest, he found some twigs on the ground, which he used at the stake, before using a stick to place the fish and put it to cook.
As he watched the fish slowly roast, Abel couldn't help but remember the food from his previous world, although that fish he caught was tasty, it couldn't be compared to the cuisine developed for so many years on earth.
"If I have time, I should learn to cook and find some spices in this place, after all, you never know when one's culinary skill is necessary."
So, as those thoughts filled him, he finished his roast fish, put out the fire and entered the cabin, heading straight for the 2nd floor.
"Well I'll meditate for a while and then cross the 3rd level barrier, it's time to use my martial techniques properly again."
Until now, Abel only used his martial techniques without infusing his celestial qi into them, only using the strength of his physical body, so his power was greatly reduced in comparison.
Thus, Abel wasted no more time and sat cross-legged on his bed, closed his eyes and began to concentrate and meditate, correctly entering a calm and serene state of mind before beginning his process of advancement.
It didn't take Abel long to reach the right spot for him, so without further thought, he began to withdraw some of the heavenly qi that was on the seal.
"The last time I crossed from the 3rd to the 4th stage, it cost me some effort, this time I doubt that will happen, I will try to achieve a spontaneous advance by saturating the concentration of spiritual qi in my body."
With this thought, Abel began to use the technique of the art of assimilation of 9 elementals, to gather the celestial qi and circulate it through his body.
This process lasted a couple of hours, Abel, in addition to accumulating the celestial qi in his meridians, also compressed it, in this way, more and more celestial qi gathered in his body, it was only when he could not gather more than, again, as his first breakthrough, the barrier to the 4th level easily collapsed due to the excessive amount of heavenly qi, allowing Abel to smoothly cross that threshold.
"Phew, finally, 4th level of body refinement once again!"
Abel was about to celebrate and practice with his new power when a roar that made even the trees tremble came from a distant distance.
At this, Abel immediately became alert and hurried down the stairs to the first floor, looking in the direction of the forest, more specifically, from where he heard the roar.
"That direction is where the waterfall is based on the direction the birds flew from."
It didn't take Abel long to come to that conclusion, when suddenly, he noticed something else.
"Besides, I don't know if it's an illusion or not, but I think that thing is coming this way."
Although there were no more roars, Abel could make out the birds flying in terror, not to mention that, although subtle, he could still hear footsteps running in his direction, approaching quickly.
Noticing this detail, Abel did not hesitate any longer and ran in the direction of the forest, perpendicular to the direction from which the "beast" came.
"Although I do not know why suddenly that thing decided to come, it must not be weak at all, although I just made a breakthrough, it is better not to trust and first analyze the situation correctly."
With this thought, Abel went deeper into the forest to find a good hiding place and then analyze what kind of beast he was in.
But, unfortunately for Abel, he noticed that the beast paused for a moment before changing its direction, which, obviously, was where Abel was running.
"What the heck, that thing's coming for me!"
Realizing this, Abel cursed his bad luck, and once again analyzed the situation at this sudden change.
"If that thing comes after me, then it is unnecessary to hide, I have no choice but to confront it, if that is the case, it will be better for me to confront it in that place."
Having made up his mind, Abel increased his speed and ran in the direction of the waterfall, where at least he had a familiarity with the terrain.
But unfortunately for Abel, the beast seemed to realize that his prey was trying to escape, so it increased his speed even more, forcing Abel to run like he had never done before until now.
Once Abel reached the clearing, he mentally prepared himself for an inevitable match, praying that his opponent was not so harsh.
"I hope it's a 2nd rank beast, if it's a 3rd rank beast I will have quite a bit of trouble."
With his recent advancement, facing a 2nd peak rank beast specializing in strength or speed would be a problem for him.
From what he read in the library, the division of ranks in the beasts on the azure continent was somewhat different than he believed, a rank one beast was in the body refinement realm, a rank two beast was in the martial disciple realm, and so on.
The classification on this continent was that way, it's just that Abel confused the wolf he faced, since being a rank one beast, he thought it was in the range of the 4th level of body refinement, which It was not exact, it was a rank one beast in the middle stage of its growth, that is, its strength was in the middle realm of this cultivation stage, hence their confusion.
Therefore, if the beast coming after him was a 2nd peak rank as Abel estimated, his strength would be on par with a martial disciple at the ninth level, which despite his recent advancement, he still did not feel confident about it. be able to face it.
"I hope my luck is not so bad, I do not know how that beast can distinguish me and know my location, but that makes it a dead end for me, I just have to face it head on."
With this thought, Abel steeled himself to face the beast, which apparently had noticed that his prey was no longer fleeing, so he calmly approached from among the trees.
At first, although Abel was a bit suspicious, he still hoped that with his recent advancement he would be able to face whatever was chasing him, it was only after seeing the huge figure of the beast that Abel almost lost all hope.
"R-Rank 3 B-Beast, Fire Lion and Blue Thunder."
With a shaking voice and cold sweat falling down his back, Abel caught a glimpse of the beautiful and imposing beast in front of him, which only took one glance towards Abel for him to lose all will and hope that he had left.