Somewhere inside the edges of the Xinjiang Tianshan forest, Joey appears and he falls to the ground.
"Ouch ouch! It hurt," he said out loud with pain.
"I'll stay at that tree for today." He climbed up a tree nearby and sat on a branch with his back on the tree and closed his eyes.
The next morning, he woke up to the sound of the chirping voices of birds. He climbs down and observes the surroundings.
The forest he entered was oak-brown and primitive. The grasses that he stepped on were crackly beneath his feet because of the recent landing of his body on the ground. He was in awe of the size and majesty of the trees. Their knotted arms rose ever upwards, as far as his head could lift. The orchestra of birdsong he could hear above the trees suddenly stopped. A pair of the brown vultures were screeching high up in the canopy of the trees. Vultures are the scavengers of the bird back on the earth.
Joey ignored them and tried to find out his location compared with the map. But, the map can't pinpoint his exact location. So he climbs up high again on a tree. Then, he observed the areas.
He could see a small lake nearby with pine trees around it. A herd of cranes was on the lake.
" The lake is nearby which means I am still in the outer zone of the Xinjiang Tianshan forest, so close to the inner zone region," he murmured to himself.
He climbed down and moved toward the direction of the lake. Suddenly, a pack of five wolves appeared before him. They quickly surrounded and pounced on him.
Using his movement skill, he dodged all their group attacks and punched one of them on its head.
'Bang'
That wolf's brain exploded with the punch from him. Blood and brain matter was spread everywhere around the dead wolf.
Seeing the sudden fate of their companion with just a hit frightens the other wolves. The other wolves howled at the same time and they started running away from there.
" Leaving so soon. Let me check my archery skills on them."
Then, Joey took out his longbow along with an arrow from his space ring.
" Hahaha! Eat my 'Piercing lunar arrow'" then an arrow was shot toward those fleeing wolves.
" Oh! This is very powerful. I wonder how the other skill will be compared to this one."
At the impact of the arrow, a small pit was formed there on the ground without a doubt all the wolves were dead without leaving any parts of their bodies.
Joey continued his journey toward the lake.
Then, he reached the lake soon. It has clear water with various colors of lotuses and other types of aquatic floras floating on it. It was lined with pine trees and the whiff of mint wafted up to him. The idyllic scene took his breath away. Unruffled by wind or rain, it was still a vault and restful. The only sounds were the bumbling of bees and the heavy echoes of the herd of cranes crawling.
Out on the lake, flopping trout were slapping the surface. They were hoping to catch one of the squadrons of flies that buzzed about.
Joey really feels his mind refreshing and good seeing this lake.
" Wow! What a beautiful place," he exclaimed.
Then he jumped into the lake and washed his body. After sometime later, he walked back, changed into clean clothes which he took out from inside his space ring.
" This place has pure essence qi. Cultivating here seems like a good idea." he thought in his mind.
He sat down and started cultivating the corruption manual again. This time the whirlpool of qi above his head was double the previous one and also seems to be purer. Then, he continued his cultivation peacefully.
A group of six youths came towards the direction of the lake. Two beautiful ladies are among the group. They all wear fancy clothes. ( hanfu but different style and color.)
" Your highness, we are going to reach that lake soon." a youth among them reminded politely toward a green hair youth among the group.
" I, Gao Ling, will give you a spot for training inside the soul temple if what you say is true. But this place is near the inner zone of Xinjiang Tianshan forest, also the border of the Tang nation is nearby. Bao Qi, How do you find this place? " the prince Gao Ling asked him.
"About that, I received a map from my grandpa recently. Actually, the map belongs to the royal library of the Tang nation. But fortunately, no one knows that the qi essence around that lake is much better than other places to cultivate. He told me the details of this lake later." Bao Qi explained to the green hair youth.
They walked toward the direction of the lake. The two ladies followed behind prince Gao Ling gracefully.
"Wow! Sister Li, this place is so beautiful."
"Yap, sister Yan. This place is so nice."
The two ladies exclaimed after nearing the lake.
Currently, a boy around the age of 12 years old was cultivating beside the lake. Soon, the group sees the boy beside the lake.
" Bao Qi, go and kill that brat. We should keep the secret of this lake to ourselves only." prince Gao Ling commanded.
Bao Qi approached Joey and kicked him toward his head.
" Sorry brat, blame yourself for staying here in the wrong place at the wrong time "
But, Joey quickly dodges his kick and makes some distance with them. He observed them for a while.
" Can't even deal with a blood purification level brat. Bao Qi, you really disappoint me today." the green hair youth scolded him.
Joey appeared beside Bao Qi immediately. He then punched his stomach.
After getting that hit in his stomach, Bao Q screamed painfully once and fainted to the ground.
"Everyone go attack that boy together." Gao Ling ordered at his group angrily.
They all, including the two ladies quickly approached Joey. But Joey knocked them all out with a punch for each of them and they laid on the ground unconscious.
"What! Who is this kid? With only the blood purification realm, he knocked out all the muscle cultivation realm experts with just a punch each. " Prince Gao Ling screamed in his head.