Mori had Fallen asleep late into the night. The next morning he awoke in his secluded cave to the dim glow of the illusion formation carved into the wall. it's intricate design pulsed with dull white blue light that gave the dark cave some amount of vision."I'll need to get a lamp or something too huh?" Cracking a slight smile at his own stupid remark he slowly leaned up to ponder about his thoughts last night."so without a dantain I can't Implant a spirit root and without those two things I can't cultivate. Though the most doable thing is being able to carve out a new set of merderains. It will take time to set everything up and a few more preparations, but doable nonetheless." Then just as he was about to get up to start planning he heard a large grumble shake the walls of the cave." What was that!" He looked around in a slight panic before looking down at his stomach. "Oh that was you, I can't believe I totally forgot about that, welp then I guess it's time to find some food."
As he got up he stretched his back before walking forward out of the illusion formation out into the outside world.The sun blinded his eyes for a moment before he quickly covered them to protect his sensitive eyes and let them adjust.As he slowly pealed back his hand he allowed himself to finally take a moment to appreciate the landscape in front of him. A landscape of rolling hills and rocky crags dooted the landscape bathed in the shimmering refractions of the steeloak trees that covered the forest. The sun was halfway up the horizon approaching it's zeinith that cast long shadows to contrast the shining metallic luster of its trees. In the distance a massive chasm had wrought massive gouges in the earth that scratched the silvery landscape black as it outlined the massive crater that spawned farther than his eyes could see.
"Man I really ate dirt with that landing" his face slightly scrunched up as he thought about the massive pain that had torn his body to shreds as he crash landed in this realm. Looking up to the outline of the glittering Forrest he took a deep breath as he simply took it all in." For a lower realm it is quite the beautiful sight, should have some interesting secrets as well." His peaked interest was soon interrupted by the dull roar of his stomach " yeah, yeah I hear you let's get a move on then." He soon began the aurduious trudge off into the distance, so based off of the sun he set off to the north a long the Ridgeline of the cliff face so he could remember how to get back to his new abode." So what can I eat, I need to be careful as if I give my body something too dense with qi it might make this weak body sick." Glancing around he had soon spotted a tree a little different from the others, it's metal bark was much darker with heavy undertones that glinted in the early morning sunlight.
The tree stood tall in the center of a small clearing and upon closer expection he saw a few fruits hanging from the tree branches. Though he couldn't see or feel it his instincts told him it was very qi rich, which was only further emphasized by the lizard monkey he spotted in its leaves." Quite deceptive, if I was some new upstart you might truly have fooled me but sadly I can't eat those, at least. Not yet." He held a small self deprecating smile as he continued to walk, soon hearing some rushing water in the distance. " Ah a Waterfall should be something good there." His face seemed to light up in glee as he ran like a child running to go hang out at his friends house. Taking a deep breath of the cool, wet air he felt the spray of the fall on his face as he tried to remember when he last felt this alive, only for the smile to quickly drop from his face." It- it's okay," he tried to breathe slowly and evenly to calm himself before he muttered under his breath once again. "It is a new day. A fresh dawn on an unknown world, clinging will only make things worse not better" he more seemed like he was trying to convince himself of something rather than believing it before he shook the sadness from his face.
"Anyway let's see, hmmmmmm..." His piercing gaze fluttered around the outskirts of the waterfall." Too strong, too much qi, that one... That's just disgusting and..." He paused in his tracks as a wide grin cracked across his face. "Perfect!" His excitement grew as he had spotted a lone horned rabbit hiding in the brush, it thought it was safe with its hiding spot but it was no mach for the man's experience, a simple skin tempering realm beast was not his match even while crippled. He slowly made his way around the pond that was fed by the falls carful to not leave the shadows of the trees and give himself away. Finally he was ready to pounce on the rabbit but the hair quickly spun around to be shocked by the man behind him. It's little legs flew into motion to run away as fast as possible but it was still too slow. He kept forward with a trashy dagger that didn't even qualify as an artifact he had drawn from the spatial pouch it's last owner had so kindly donated to him. The blade and at its neck but the rabbit turned at the last second as the knife was stuck in the muscles of its thigh. The rabbit kept the knife still stuck into its skin still hoping to escape with its life but fate had other plans. With a swift slashing motion a jet of blue-green flame burned it's fur leaving its head and ears charred black before it fell to the ground.
"Whoo Thankfully that didn't destroy everything or it would of been a waste." He gave a satisfied sigh as he trudged over 2 hours back to his small cave along the side of the cliff face. When he arrived he got to work cooking the meat over a small blue green flame that radiated off of his handy tool he had crafted the day before." Welp there's no seasoning and I haven't got a proper stove but I must say." He paused to tear a massive price off of the blackened hindquarter he was holding in his hand." This is probably one of the best things I've ever eaten, but that's probably the hunger talking. His body groaned in delight as it finally had some food, taking a swig of the water gord also so kindly donated by his benefactor he smiled in triumph at his first successful hunt in this lower realm.