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Drake entered seclusion in the following week, only doing cultivation with all his might. He would only occasionally go outside to find food to sustain his body and the remaining hours would be spent on cultivating!
After several days in seclusion, Drake can tell that the circulation and the absorption of the cold energy inside his body increasing slowly. He is also slowly approaching the threshold of entering the first level of the Body Reinforcement realm!
Day by day passed quickly, and soon a full 14 days passed by.
After two weeks of cultivating, Drake ended his seclusion.
A creaking noise spread in the silent empty old house, followed by the opening of an old door.
A few seconds later a youth steps out, his body is lean and healthy, his face shows a rosy color, and his eyes are full of spirit and vitality.
Drake who just steps outside takes a long deep breath, clearly enjoying the freshness of the air coming from nature.
His physical appearance changed greatly this past week and his strength also increased greatly.
He could also feel that he is close to entering the first level of the Body Reinforcement realm. He only needs to cultivate at night and he will probably break through.
With great familiarity, Drake went on stream to wash his face before entering the forest... As always he did every morning, however...
He did not even get too distant in the house when he suddenly heard a wooshing sound generated by the wind.
And it is quickly rushing in his direction!
Swoosh! Suddenly...
An arrow hit the tree in front of Drake, the distance between the two is less than one meter. If Drake did not stop on time the arrow would probably penetrate his head.
Upon seeing this, the expression in the face of Drake changed into a frown as he unhurriedly approached the tree where the arrow struck.
The arrow is not directed at him, at least. The vegetation and grass are quite tall that it is almost impossible for the archer to hit him accurately if he/she is not within the distance of 5 meters! If he/she somehow entered the 5-meter distance, Drake would immediately notice it.
Besides, Drake didn't notice any killing intent focusing on him.
If they release even a small killing intent directed at him, he will immediately sense it.
Drake who was in deep thought heard a shout from the distance.
"Faster, faster, the beast go in this direction!"
"David, that beast was extremely elusive."
"Don't worry, that beast is severely injured sooner or later it will get tired. If we manage to catch the beast, we can sell it at a much higher price."
David and the other 4 men rush faster to catch up with the beast in front of them.
The beast which was similar to a deer but 1.5 meters tall and had black thick skin was rushing deep into the forest. On its back, a large injury probably created by a sword could be seen.
David who was in the lead frowned, they had been chasing this beast for four hours, at first, they only planned to hunt near the forest.
But who would have thought that they had already been chasing a wounded beast deep in the forest for four hours?
"This will gonna be troublesome." David thought.
He and the other 4 men are aware that entering this forest is dangerous. There are a lot of different kinds of beasts wandering in this wilderness and there is no lack of beasts that already entered the Qi Foundation realm.
In fact, the beast they are chasing is at the 1st level of the Qi Foundation. If not for the fact that the beast is gravely injured the 5 of them would not dare to hunt it.
This is also the reason why they are willing to risk entering this deep inside forest. If they manage to catch this beast, they could gain a lot of money and increase their cultivation in the process!
Just the meat of this beast could make those cultivators in the village go crazy!
And if they are lucky, they might find a beast's core.
Immediately the five of them passed into the old house, however, they did not stop instead they sped up their speed.
"Khael when else was there a house here?" David asks the man in his back.
"I didn't know, this is only our third time entering this deep in the forest. I'm sure there are a lot of abandoned houses hidden there."
David looked at the remaining men in the back to only see them shaking their heads, indicating that they also did not know.
In an instant, with the wounded beast in the lead, they passed the old house.
They did not notice that on top of one of the trees, a silent youth was watching them. All of their conversations and actions entered his ear.
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Drake watched the five men pass by in the tree he was currently hiding. Although he was curious about the thing they were talking about, Drake controlled his curiosity and decided to focus on his own business and life.
As he was making his way towards the ground, he suddenly heard the familiar metal hitting a metal inside his head. Giving him a slight heart attack in the process.
The sound startled him.
Ding!
A mission was formed
[Mission: Kill a Qi foundation beast.]
[Reward: 100 × Destiny coins and 5 Body Reinforcement pills.]
(Body Reinforcement Pill- After consumption, the cultivation speed on Body Reinforcement will increase for 10 times for one day.)
(Ps: only working on Body Reinforcement.)
"System you almost killed me from shock," Drake shouts inwardly.
"Can you remove that sound in the future? just a soft sound will be fine."
[Okay.]
Drake finally sighs in relief with that he looks at the screen panel.
A mission?
And the reward is worth the one hundred days of waiting, there are also pills.
Based on the system, the mission will be generated randomly. He did not expect that he would receive a mission immediately just by watching them.
"Wait system, what the 5 men are chasing is the Qi Foundation beast right?"
[Yes.] Confirmation of the system.
The corner of Drake's mouth curled up into a smile.
Without hurrying he went down from the tree he currently hiding, afterward, he pulled out the arrow stuck in the tree.
He examined the arrow for a moment, the arrow is quite sharp and hard.
"This is not bad." Drake praised in a low voice.
This should be enough to deal considerable damage to that beast.
With a smile, Drake began to run in the direction of the 5 men, his speed... was surprisingly faster than the 5 men.
However, he maintains a distance from the other party, afraid that they will discover him and misunderstand his actions.
Drake thought of possible things he could do. He wanted to kill the beast without offending the other party but to do that he needed a plan.
It is not like he is afraid of offending the 5 men, but he needs information about the outside world.
"What if I just torture them?"
Drake thought but he immediately abandoned the idea.
"No, doing that is quite immoral.
"It's quite troublesome, never mind I will just have to deal with it later."
Drake shook his head and focused on maintaining the distance between him and the 5 men.
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