After that, Niu Chang taught her his philosophy of cultivation.
"Talent will not determine how far you can walk on the path of cultivation, talent only allows you to have a better pair of legs to walk easier. Even if you have no legs, you can still walk with the help of your hand, never limit your way of thinking."
"Resources are important for cultivation, but it is not as important as your mindset. With a good mindset you can learn by yourself and no longer need to depend on others to acquire cultivation methods and martial techniques. With a good mindset you can make a suitable technique to overcome your limit without any help from external materials."
"When facing your enemies, never let your guard down. Instead you should never let your guard down at any moment, since you never know when someone will become your enemy."
The teenage girl listened and absorbed every teaching from Niu Chang. She had some doubts and asked about it, Niu Chang answered them one by one to solve the confusion.
It took half an hour for Niu Chang to completely teach the teenage girl everything that he wanted to teach.
Then he parted ways with the teenage girl to look for hidden treasury in this bandit hideout while the teenage girl went looking for food.
Using brute force to tear and make holes in everything he encountered, Niu Chang finished in a short amount of time. He took a nice bath to clean his body and changed his clothes.
He went to the front gate and on his way he casually resolved the karma with those who are still alive.
The system notification rang in his ears like music.
[Acquired karma point 325]
[Acquired karma point 509]
[Acquired karma point 322]
[Acquired karma point 628]
[Acquired karma point 446]
With a big sack on his body, Niu Chang happily left the bandit hideout and went to Yellow Soil Village.
After thinking about the beginner gift pack from starting his journey as the main character which never and will never be. Niu Chang thought about his past missed fateful encounter.
Together with the disappearance of his sister, there are seven fateful encounters that he has so far.
The first one was when his parents got sick or poisoned, which he didn't know the truth about, but thanks to a random villager who said there should be an elixir to cure them. Niu Chang guessed there should be such herb but it might only be a beginning then by chance and sheer luck he encountered the main reason why he needed to go to the forest risking his life.
The second one was the dying old beggar, the third one was the unconscious beautiful lady, the fourth one happened in winter, the fifth one happened because there was a problem with the villagers' crops, the sixth one because of the mysterious disappearance of three villagers, and the last one about his sister.
Niu Chang didn't hope too much about the main reward for each fateful encounter since there should be a time limit and location limit.
As for those with a time limit, there was nothing that Niu Chang could do about time. But those with only a location limit, were waiting for Niu Chang to pay them a visit.
Discovering such hidden secrets was one of many harvests that Niu Chang got from the bandit subjugation.
Karma points naturally was one of them, wealth and lastly the data he gathered after becoming a first rate martial artist for a short amount of time.
'With the experiences from before, I believe I can make my own proper martial skills.'
. . .
On the bandit hideout.
Dong Qiuyue, the teenage girl, whose name that Niu Chang didn't bother to ask, finished her breakfast.
She wanted to make something more delicious and a sumptuous meal, but she was too weak and hungry.
So she could only do it with roasted meat with some light seasoning.
"Now that I finished my breakfast. I can start my journey." Dong Qiyue wiped the grease around her mouth and went to take a bath.
She took her time to clean her body properly, both outside and inside, while humming a happy tone.
On the outside of the bandit hideout. The trees swayed slightly and the sound of the wind suddenly silenced.
The shade under the trees grew darker and the sunlight beams that passed the gaps between the leaves slowly retreated. The temperature dropped significantly.
All of this suddenly happened as if announcing the arrival of the ruler of the night. The area where these strange phenomenons occurred moved towards the bandit hideout.
When the darkness reached the open space between the forest and the bandit hideout wall, it no longer continued to move forwards. But the temperature near the forest kept plummeting and the green grass became shriveled and lost its luster.
On the forest side, the darkness became darker and after a few moments, a silhouette slowly appeared.
A slender figure with long legs, wide bosom, small hips, and distinct rear. It was clearly a female silhouette but as the silhouette kept moving forward, it became easier to discern that this silhouette under the veil of darkness was naked.
When the mysterious naked figure finally reached the open area with her left foot. The sun pushed away the darkness on her body and revealed a deathly pale skin but still maintained the allure of living creatures.
The foot was not only skin and bone, but the flesh was well maintained.
Step.
The left foot landed on the already dying grass, then she took another step with her right foot.
Her body revealed their full view under the bright sunlight. From the bottom of her deathly pale yet enchanting feet, the legs were long, the hips were not covered by anything revealing everything that could be seen, then continued to the bare breast slightly swaying under the motion.
The twin peaks basked under the sunlight. The sleek and long hair that should cover the peaks were absent but when the focus moved upwards, the reason was revealed why such a scene wasn't covered by anything.
Above the shoulder that should be a pristine swan neck accompanied by a devastating face and long hair were gone. There was nothing above the shoulder, a hollowness without any shadow or darkness.
The headless beauty continued its step towards the bandit hideout, but it suddenly stopped when it reached a pair of corpses under her feet.
These two corpses were the corpses of two bandits that lead Niu Chang to the bandit hideout.
The headless beauty only stopped for a moment before raising her foot and stepped on the corpse. The cold feet landed on the bandit corpse and ghostly qi gushed out forming a suction force, the blood on the bandit corpse moved towards the suction force and entered the cold foot.
It only took around seven seconds before the blood fully drained from the bandit corpse. The headless beauty continued moving her other feet to step on the second bandit corpse to devour the blood.
She continued her actions on every bandit corpse before finally reaching the inner area of the bandit hideout. She was eating quietly before suddenly stopping and her body moved as if looking towards a certain direction.
Dong Qiuyue just finished her bath and using the coarse cloth to dry her body, she was too relaxed when suddenly she felt cold on her spine.
"Why did it suddenly become colder?" She was confused and raised her head to look around, observing her surroundings she found nothing unusual until she found something beyond her understanding. Her pupil dilated, a headless naked woman was standing not far from her like a statue, unmoving.
Various thoughts rose in her mind, but she was unable to make the decision right away. When she was distracted as to what to do, she suddenly felt a shadow enveloped her head.
A putrid and rotten stench attacked her nostril and made her mind spin. But she quickly regained her focus and screamed while taking a step back.
"Ru-!"
But she was too late, her body was enveloped by black and ghostly qi rendered her movement and attempt to escape useless.
She tried her best to liberate herself, but it was no use. The ghostly qi has no form and shape; it restricted her like a giant snake.
The long forgotten memories slowly unsealed themselves and resurfaced in her mind. Her mind immediately filled with fear and hopelessness which she tried to forget.
But when she wanted to give up, her heart thumped loudly, the light in her eyes suddenly reignited.
She saw the small figure of her savior acting nonchalantly, which she found funny and cute when she thought about it now.
That small figure said softly and sincerely, "go in search of strength."
The overwhelmed mind suddenly exploded with endless determination, one obsession to quell all emotion and one emotion to control the mind.
Uncaring and willful! Not limited by anything and not restricted by any means.
'My life is mine! My will is mine! Nothing can stand in my way and stop me from moving forward!'
Dong Qiuyue roared in her heart, it was not long ago when she learned about Niu Chang's way of living. But that short amount of time is enough for her to allow the seed to take the root and raise its small stem.
She was not fighting for her life nor fighting for survival, she only wanted to not be restricted by her mind and the ghostly qi around her body.
The headless beauty flinched and her ghostly qi around Dong Qiuyue's body moved towards her head.
Dong Qiuyue no longer has any fear and other useless emotions in her eyes and watched the ghostly qi crawl to her head and slowly enter her mind.
When she was thinking about what to do next, she felt her consciousness was blurred and her eyes became heavier.
The last thing she could see was the headless beauty raising her right hand and pointing her index finger to her forehead.
Dong Qiuyue used the last bit of her consciousness and strength to stay awake, just before her vision was completely covered by darkness, she saw the headless body in front of her disintegrated into fine dust and blown away by the wind.
. . .
The next moment, Dong Qiuyue found herself woke up in a strange dark place. She couldn't see the end of this place and no matter which direction she observed, there was no light in this place.
Then she tried to examine her own body, but she found it in contrast to this dark place. She saw endless fog around her body.
"So because of the darkness I couldn't see this fog, but comparing it with my body the fog became visible." Dong Qiuyue guessed the strangeness of this place.
Recalling the last scene before she went into this place, Dong Qiuyue felt her head in pain when she tried to.
The more she tried to remember, the stronger the pain became. She didn't give up easily and the pain caused her to go limp and slumped down to the ground.
She tried to stand up and when she regained her focus, she suddenly saw the unforgettable figure in front of her. The deathly pale skin but still maintains the vitality of the living, the headless beauty stands in front of her.
The body was so close that Dong Qiuyue could feel her nose could touch the other party's naked breasts at any moment.
Thankfully the rotten stench is no longer there. If not, Dong Qiuyue would already be on the ground emptying her stomach.