The next day, around lunchtime, a young man could be seen carrying a large package on his shoulder, he was emerging from the thick forest, apparently walking towards a cabin.
It was only when he was inside it that the young man threw the heavy luggage and left it in a corner of the room.
This young man was none other than Abel, who, if someone were told that he was only 5 years old, no one would believe him, after all, his appearance had changed quite a bit after absorbing all the qi that came from the lion's blood.
Abel was now 1.57m tall, his body was well proportioned, he was neither too thin nor too muscular, but only the aura emanating from his physical body made him look like a beast in human form, his skin became whiter, and resistant , his bones much stronger than before, it was not only his appearance, Abel, due to his memories of his previous world, he did not have the temperament of a 5-year-old boy, for this, added to the fact that he was now taller He could easily be mistaken for a 12-year-old boy.
To be frank, Abel was not so handsome as to make any beauty fall in love with him, his appearance would be above average at best, although the strands of crimson hair added to his appeal to a point, but the look that The most striking thing about him were his eyes, which were like 2 black holes that you could get lost in if you plunged into them, adding a touch of mystery to his overall appearance.
Although Abel did not pay much attention to his physical appearance, he had to admit that his change was too radical, so he had planned to be in hiding for a while.
"Although I knew that just growing and advancing further in cultivation would allow you to look better and younger, I really didn't expect such a change from absorbing those nutrients, not to mention that there are still some left that I haven't fully absorbed."
It is for this reason that there was no cultivator who is "ugly", due to cultivation, the appearance of any person was benefited, although Abel had yet to find a girl who would leave him dumbfounded.
As for the nutrients, this was normal, not even a rank three beast was able to fully absorb them, only time or his actions can speed up the process.
"*Sigh*, at least I finished bringing everything important, although I do not know if the lion meat is edible, I still brought some, although it is a pity that his head was completely destroyed."
Thinking about this, Abel could only sigh, while looking for a way to bring such an animal to his cabin, Abel found the head of the lion... or what was left of it, apparently, his consecutive and chained blows of the art of the double sword. They ended up beheading the lion, sending its head along with its explosive attack away.
It was precisely this that made the head almost disappear, but also thanks to this almost all of the lion's skin was in good condition, even after its full power attack, apparently this was thanks to the berserk mode in the that the lion entered at the end of their fight.
"I suppose it was the shock wave that ended up sending the lion's body flying as well, a body in which I ended up inside."
Abel just shook his head and decided not to keep thinking about this, he directed his gaze towards the parts that he had brought, the largest being obviously the lion's skin.
"It would be great if I could make some outfit out of this skin, like in that set of jeans from my previous world, too bad I have no one to entrust the work to."
"As for the rest of the parts, such as the claws, tail, and its beast core... I don't know whether to change them now."
The beast core was a small sphere that was found inside any beast and the rank given to it depended on the rank of the beast from which it was obtained, in the case of the one Abel had in his hand, it would be a core Rank 3, with an affinity for fire and thunder, a rather rare core.
"I will definitely not exchange the core with the village, although it is not useful to me now, it should be in the future, if I enter a sect, I could exchange it for contribution points there."
Abel had already become familiar with the library sect system the day before, so, coupled with his knowledge of the novels from his previous world, he was clear about the value of a nucleus like the one he had.
"Maybe I should think better of it, the entire body of a beast itself is already a treasure, especially for someone at the level that I am, after all, it is a beast comparable to a cultivator at the intermediate martial soldier stage."
Abel pondered this for a while and soon came to a conclusion.
"I can't sell any of this."
"After all, how do I explain that I have corpse parts of a rank 3 beast? What did I happen to find a corpse while exploring the forest? Nonsense, even if I tell you that I witnessed the fight between 2 beasts of that caliber and in the end he lost this lion, so what? How do I explain that I managed to trick a beast of that rank to take some parts of his war trophy? I would only be putting myself in danger."
Analyzing all of this coldly, Abel only sighed before dismissing any idea of exchanging any part of the lion to the village.
"Forget it, meat aside, the rest of the body can be preserved for quite some time, so I'll hide it until I need it, *sigh*, if I only had a storage ring, this wouldn't happen."
With a storage ring, Abel could easily save the corpse of the beast and remove it at any time he wanted, not to mention that, since there was no passage of time inside the ring, the corpse would remain as the moment it was saved. in the ring.
Abel shook his head and pushed this thought away.
"Well then, putting that aside, I should go out and hunt down a few rank 1 beasts to exchange for money in the village, then get some kind of backpack to carry some things."
"As for my cultivation, for now it will wait, I will go up to the next level in a month, which is by the time my dantian is fully healed, I don't want another blue fire and thunder lion knocking on my door."
"Then more or less my routine will be the following, I will practice my double sword art in the morning, I will go hunting in the afternoon, depending on how it went, I will go to sell the corpse to the village, and at night I will practice the divine concealment technique of the void. "
Having organized his time, Abel decided to put it into practice, as lunchtime was approaching, Abel decided to try cooking the lion's meat to see if it could be edible, to his disappointment, even though he tried to cook it in different ways, the meat It tasted awful, so he had no choice but to discard it.
Abel was about to do this when a sudden thought came to his mind.
"Couldn't you use this meat as bait?"
Although he did not know the habits of the beasts, Abel decided to try it anyway, so in the end he ended up roasting a fish quickly before eating it and leaving again for the forest with a small piece of the lion's meat.
"I really don't know what to expect, on the one hand, if it works, it means I have a huge bait next to my fighter, only the heavens know if it won't attract another beast of its level, but on the other hand, if it doesn't work, it would mean that I have a mountain of meat that is useless, * sigh *, we just have to watch and wait. "
With this thought Abel headed towards the waterfall, only to be dumbfounded at the scene in front of him.
"Hell, the clearing at least doubled in size, not to mention the craters all over the place ... even the place I escaped from is now practically a trail."
Abel had forgotten the consequences of his battle, of the once beautiful clearing with the waterfall, now it was a battlefield with many scorched trees around it.
With a sigh and a helpless smile, Abel only took one last look before leaving for another part of the forest.
"I doubt that there are beasts nearby or that want to approach, although it may come in handy for my sword training, if I want to hunt something, I should go somewhere else."
So Abel walked into the woods, it was only after a couple of hours that he found a good place to bait, so he took out some meat and placed it in the middle of some bushes, before walking away and hiding.
"Now that I think about it, I doubt that any animal falls for that, although I think there are techniques to prepare and place the bait, too bad I don't know any of them... well, I don't lose anything trying after all."
Thinking this way, Abel closed his eyes and quietly waited for some animal to fall into his "incipient" trap.