Chen Yan guessed that Qin Ze must have started cultivating.
Yet in just four days, Qin Ze had actually managed to break the arm of someone at the Seventh Level of Earth Spirit Realm like himself.
This meant Qin Ze's cultivation was at least at the Eighth Level of Earth Spirit Realm or higher.
Only four days had passed.
How could this be possible.
"I've finally been waiting for you." Qin Ze chuckled and walked forward.
In his past life, when he fled the Qin Family, he had also been tracked down by this very Chen Yan.
When Chen Yan ambushed him back then, he had to pretend to have no cultivation and allowed one of his ribs to be broken.
In this life, he no longer needed to play the coward.
Furthermore, he could easily kill the other man.
Qin Ze closed in.
Chen Yan also sensed something was wrong and took two steps back.
"You want to kill me? I am a trusted confidant of the First Elder." Chen Yan said.
Qin Ze smiled faintly. "Rest assured, Qin Wuyang won't live many days longer than you."
Sensing a trace of killing intent, Chen Yan turned around to run.
However, Qin Ze was faster, smashing a fist into his head and killing him instantly on the spot.
After finishing off Chen Yan, Qin Ze searched his pockets, finding a dozen Earth Spirit Pills and twenty taels of silver.
It would be a waste not to take these things. After pocketing them, he discarded the body.
Then, brushing off his sleeves, he continued on his way.
With no one following him anymore, he felt a lot more relaxed and could head straight to find Lei Ling'er.
In his past life, the incident where Lei Ling'er died in Yuelong City had caused a massive uproar.
Therefore, Qin Ze remembered it vividly.
He had even seen Lei Ling'er's dwelling near Shilipo, a relatively secluded small valley.
Following his memories and searching around, by daybreak the next day, he finally found that small valley.
The spiritual Qi here was abundant, and the air was fresh.
Three sides of the valley were enclosed by cliffs, and the only exit was blocked by dense bushes.
An ordinary person would never discover this place without paying special attention.
Qin Ze pushed aside the bushes to reveal the sound of rushing water.
In the middle of the valley was a clear pool of water, the water inside sweet and refreshing; he had even drunk from it in his past life.Stepping into the valley, the sound of water grew more intense. Qin Ze, longing for that sweet pool water, was about to lean down to cup a handful when he saw a ripple spread across the surface.
A naked young girl suddenly emerged from the water.
"Good heavens..."
Qin Ze took half a step back, completely stunned. The two were so close that everything before him was laid bare. Although Qin Ze had been through many battles in his previous life, the body he inhabited after his rebirth was, after all, full of youthful vigor, and he couldn't help but linger for a few extra looks. He had to admit, she was quite well-developed.
"Go to hell!"
The girl suddenly let out a shriek, her right hand instantly grabbing a mass of water and condensing it into ice.
"My god, an Ice-type Spirit Warrior."
Qin Ze’s reaction was lightning fast; his body shot toward the exit of the valley like a sharp arrow. At the same time, a ball of ice flew from behind him, slamming solidly into his back. Qin Ze let out a muffled groan and tumbled into the bushes.
The girl’s cultivation base was formidable—at the very least at the Ninth Level of Heaven Spirit Realm. The impact sent his blood and qi into turmoil. Had he not been practicing the Supreme Undying Mantra, Qin Ze reckoned he would have been heading for his next rebirth.
Gritting his teeth, he stood up and quickly exited the brush. A split second later, countless shards of ice rained down upon the area where the bushes had been.
Qin Ze found a spot not far away, sat down quickly, and began to regulate his breathing, cycling the Supreme Undying Mantra. Although this technique could not grant true immortality in its early stages, its healing effects were extraordinary. In just a few breaths, the pain in his back had vanished.
"That girl is far too violent," Qin Ze muttered to himself.
Passing a message shouldn't have been difficult, but after such a turn of events, he felt that speaking to her wouldn't be easy at all. Since he still had time, Qin Ze stood guard at the valley entrance, waiting for Lei Ling'er to emerge. While he was at it, he might as well improve his own cultivation.He grabbed a handful of Earth Spirit Pills and began swallowing them.
The greatest advantage of the Devouring Divine Ability was that while it raised one's cultivation level, it also cultivated martial arts and techniques.
In the span of two days, Qin Ze not only advanced his cultivation to the Sixth Level of Earth Spirit Realm, but he also elevated the Supreme Undying Mantra to the fifth heaven.
By now, he could easily crush any martial artist below the Ninth Level of Heaven Spirit Realm.
Just at that moment, he sensed an aura approaching from a distance, heading toward the open clearing ahead.
"Why would anyone come here in the middle of the night?" Qin Ze wondered, somewhat perplexed.
Out in the moonlight, a man in black arrived at the clearing, accompanied by a demonic beast.
It was a wolf-type demonic beast with a dark red coat, its two crimson eyes standing out remarkably in the darkness.
"A Red-Eyed Heavenly Wolf?" Qin Ze felt a slight shock in his heart.
He held his breath and suppressed his aura down to the absolute minimum.
He watched as the man in black produced a talisman paper and pressed it onto the head of the Red-Eyed Heavenly Wolf.
With a flash of light, the crimson eyes of the Red-Eyed Heavenly Wolf instantly turned ferocious.
"This is... a talisman to sever a beast's recognition of its master?"
This Red-Eyed Heavenly Wolf was originally the man in black's bonded beast.
For the man in black to sever the bond now was equivalent to turning this Red-Eyed Heavenly Wolf into a wild demonic beast.
Having finished all this, the man in black let out a cold smile and vanished into the woods.
The Red-Eyed Heavenly Wolf paced around in a circle and then let out a howl toward the sky.
That pair of crimson eyes was filled with violence, as if it would tear apart any living creature it laid eyes upon.
Qin Ze felt puzzled.
He knew many beast-cultivators would unbind demonic beasts they no longer needed.
Even so, people wouldn't deliberately run out to a place like this in the middle of the night just to unbind one.
The man in black must have had some ulterior motive.
Connecting this to the Red-Eyed Heavenly Wolf from his past life, and the fact that no Red-Eyed Heavenly Wolf ever appeared near this area again afterward,
gradual suspicions arose in his mind.
Could it be...
As he was thinking, a figure rushed out from the valley: it was Lei Ling'er.
Catching sight of the Red-Eyed Heavenly Wolf in the distance, her face instantly lit up with excitement.
Oh no!
Qin Ze's heart stirred, and he quickly got to his feet.
By then, Lei Ling'er had already pulled out a talisman and was heading straight toward the Red-Eyed Heavenly Wolf.
Spotting someone approaching, the Red-Eyed Heavenly Wolf let out a low roar and sprinted wildly toward Lei Ling'er.
Lei Ling'er appeared quite confident as she raised the talisman in her hand, aiming it right at the Red-Eyed Heavenly Wolf's forehead.
The talisman in her hand was meant for binding demonic beasts.
As long as the demonic beast's strength did not exceed its master's by too much, using this talisman would force the beast to take the user as its master.
However, what Lei Ling'er did not know was that the Red-Eyed Heavenly Wolf before her was a beast whose master-bond had just been forcibly severed, making it utterly incapable of forming a new bond in the short term.
Attempting a forced bond would only make the demonic beast even more frantic.
In his past life, this must have been the exact situation that led to her dying in the jaws of the demonic beast.
At that moment, Lei Ling'er had already deployed her movement technique, attempting to slap the talisman onto the Red-Eyed Heavenly Wolf's forehead.
"Watch out!" Qin Ze shouted at the top of his lungs and charged out.
"Boom..."
An aura surged upward, but instead of becoming docile, the Red-Eyed Heavenly Wolf lashed out with a claw, sweeping horizontally toward Lei Ling'er.
Having heard Qin Ze's warning, Lei Ling'er was somewhat on guard.
Seeing the claw swipe toward her, she instinctively sidestepped.
The sharp claws raked across Lei Ling'er's shoulder, leaving several bone-deep gasps as blood gushed out.
Turning pale from the pain, Lei Ling'er hurriedly retreated.
More frantic than ever, the Red-Eyed Heavenly Wolf lunged forward, snapping its jaws toward Lei Ling'er's fair neck.