An ancient forest spreading as far as the eye could see, birds flew between trees and squirrels and Beatles scurried around the ground and on top of trees
Suddenly a loud roar descended, devastating-the peace, the animals and insects began to scatter as the sounds drew closer
A large bear appeared with a injury on its side, it was running for its life, it looked back only to it, a large set of armor, in its hand a pear white spear
The bear felt dread, and continued to run, it had no chance in fighting it, this was his best chance of survival, the man in the armor struggled to move through the woods while it was first nature to the bear
This chase continued for what felt like days, before the bear finally lost the man in armor, he couldn't help but feel joy
It was hurt and tired beyond all measure, it felt as though it couldn't have ran for 10 more seconds before collapsing of exhaustion
Then it heard a sound, it turned its head back in fear and there he was, as menacing as ever
The bear couldn't help but speak in the language of beast and beg for its life
Suddenly the man stopped, and spoke in a language the beat couldn't understand, yet it understood the meaning of those words
"You're intelligent?!"
The bear felt as though it was going to cry, it was being chased for days and its hunter had mistaken him for another bear
The bear spoke once more
"How can i understand you"
The armor on the man shrank into his clothes and a pair of robes covered them
"You can't understand, but my soul is communicating with your own, i do not understand the language you speak either"
Due to the fact Arc is now able to see his soul, he has begun to perceive the souls of others, and because his soul is stronger than the bear's, he is able to "read" what he is saying
"My name is Archean, i apologize for the confusion i thought you were the rouge demon beast that has been targeting nearby cities"
"No, that wasn't me, i was just eating honey"
The bear couldn't help but feel relieved that it was no longer being harmed, but it also felt annoyed that it was mistaken for another bear
"Yes that is my mistake, i will pay you back"
Arc said before searching his storage ring hopefully finding something to appease the bear
Arc then found a large gourd of honey apple wine, "How's this sound"
Arc pulled out the wine and the bear looked at it and felt the spirit qi, and smelled the honey, it couldn't help but want it
You see there are 2 types of beast demon beast and spirit beast,
the difference is simple a demon best is an animal with cultivation
While a spirit beast is an animal who awakened its intelligence and at one point it could develop a human body
Spirit beast are also referred to the favored children of nature, thus most cultivators will avoid harming them in most cases
when they first awakens their intelligence it's not very much, and so they can be bought with food and treats
Beasts are very different from humans. They are much more loyal. If you make friends with the spirit beast in its youth, it will remember that for the rest of its life.
Many sects recruit them same way they recruit humans , and if one makes it to golden core, they have assured a golden core elder in the sect for more than 1000 years as they live much longer than humans of the same level do
"I'll take it, but, give me something so that i can heal from my injuries"
The bear spoke quickly before adding an additional request
Arc nodded and handed over the wine and a healing pill to the bear
He then began to walk away as he thought to himself
'I really suck at hunting monsters, i just spent the last 2 weeks chasing the wrong animal'
Arc has been out of the sect, for more than 6 months, and currently has only successfully hunted a single monster
It is not that he is weak, no the bear he just spent all this time chasing was a foundation establishment,
Arc just lacked combate skills, and tracking skills,he can chase down an animal that he can see but the second he loses sight its all over
Leading to the situation, he's facing now where at one point he started chasing the wrong bear
Due to his lack of combat experience even though he is strong enough to kill the bear, he was unable to land a fatal blow during all this time, cause him to waste several weeks
Arc sighed and walked back towards the village hoping to catch sight of the correct beast this time
"Where are you going?"
The bear asked casually as it followed
"I have to find the other bear, the one i was supposed to be chasing"
Arc responded somewhat irritated
"I can help you, if you have something i can use to track scent, but you have to give me something in return"
The bear seemed to have realized Arc had good stuff on him and wanted to get some more food
Arc reached into his storage ring and pulled out a bear's ear,
This action annoyed the bear and it said
"Why did you chase me if you had one of the bear's ears, i have both of my ears"
Arc nodded his head before speaking
"I forgot"
'If it wasn't for you being stronger than me i would beat you up'
The bear thought to himself before gathering the scent
"I found the scent"
Arc hopped on his back and then spoke
"Alright let's go then"
The bear seemed annoyed but really wanted more of that honey drink so it decided to put up with it
They took off in search of the demon beast, during this time Arc asked for advice in combate and tracking from the bear
The bear was genuinely surprised of how little experience Arc had, not much can be done about it, besides a handful of school fights, Arc had no experience against other people let alone demon beasts
They found the beast 4 days later, and Arc immediately took action applying all the knowledge he has gained in this period
Arc qi flowed through the spear as he used a trapping formation in the other hand
Due to one hand being occupied, the bear took this as a moment to strike
Arc armor appeared from the inside of his robes, they protected him from the attack, long enough to allow him to swing his spear
Arc attempted to attack the bear with it, but it deflect, off its skin as he aimed the spearhead incorrectly
arc had no choice, but to drop the spear and try to go into close combat
The bear realized that Arc was its previous attacker and swung wildly, Arc was struck by it and it sent him flying
The bear began to channel its ki, it radiated with a burning hatred, the bear repeatedly struck out towards ark, each attack more potent than the last containing more of its energy
Arc armor could barely hold it together, as he is unable to use it's full potential due to his realm
The bear came with another attack planning to end it here, as it drove head first into Arc
Arc opened his storage ring, drawing another spear, this one was an ordinary one though, but as the bear ran towards him with so much force it dug into it flesh forcing it to stop its attack
Arc took advantage of this and use another trapping array, to prevent the bear from escaping, and went to grab his spear
This time he grasps spear tightly and went and pierced the bear in the back roughly where he believed it's heart is
The bear's roars shook the air as it slowly fell into a puddle of its own blood
Arc breath was weak, and the spirit beast came up to check on him.
"You alright Arc?The bear got you pretty good."
Arc laughed as he pulled out a healing pill
"I don't like fighting, i'd rather be reading in the library right now"
The bear laughed lightly before placing arc upon his back, after arc put the demon beast within the spirit ring, they began to head back to the black mountain sect
This life or death battle had given ark would he believes to be inspiration to move forward, but this will require more research to determine
While during these past four days traveling with the Bear it grew very much attached to Arc due to all the tasty food he had, as well as the seemingly endless knowledge
So it decided to head back with him to learn more, and become a truly powerful spirit beast
It's been six months since I've returned the sect, I hope everything is well