Chapter Fifteen: Xuan Tie's Heavy Sword

  "Right, senior brother, do you know where a suitable place for me to hone my skills is? Somewhere with relatively few people would be best!" Lu Yufeng didn't tell Feng Chen that he was going out on a mission, instead bringing up the idea of training, just in case Feng Chen worried.

  "Junior brother, your current strength is still weak, why are you looking for a place to temper yourself?" Feng Chen also had a puzzled expression.

  "Senior brother, you also know my situation. Dragging it out like this isn't a solution either, so I plan to go out and gain some experience in actual combat, then see if I can break through to the next realm. After all, I've wasted too much time at the Nascent Soul stage."

  Lu Yu Feng indeed had a good point, having witnessed the replay of the great war from a thousand years ago and seen many powerful cultivators clash. Lu Yu Feng's theoretical knowledge was already quite substantial now, but after all, he hadn't fought in any battles before and wanted to go out and gain some experience to increase his actual combat skills. Furthermore, since he had already reached the ninth layer of Qi Condensation, he also wanted to quickly cultivate to the Great Perfection stage and enter the next realm as soon as possible.

  "Senior brother, what do you think of the Demon Forest?" Lu Yu Feng asked with a questioning expression towards Feng Chen, without waiting for him to speak.

  "Youma Lin? Young Master wants to go to Youma Lin? Let me tell you, it's extremely dangerous there! Young Master should choose another place!" Feng Chen immediately stopped him upon hearing Lu Yu Feng mention Youma Lin, knowing that it was a perilous location.

  "Senior brother! Danger and opportunity coexist, if I can temper myself there, it will definitely be beneficial!" Lu Yufeng's face showed a firm expression, this firm expression undoubtedly came from his strong self-confidence! This undoubtedly told Feng Chen that he had already made up his mind!

  "Alright!" Feng Chen looked at Lu Yu Feng with a daze, discovering that his junior brother seemed to be not so simple after all! Seeing the determined look in Lu Yu Feng's eyes, he knew he couldn't change Lu Yu Feng's mind anymore!

  "Wait a minute, little brother... Xiangyi, go get that knife behind the door." He called out to Lu Yufeng, then turned his head and said to the woman.

  "Junior brother, entering the Demon Forest will inevitably lead to a great battle with demonic beasts. I reckon you don't have any suitable tools either. This knife was one I used when I trained in the Demon Forest; although it's not a magical artifact, it's sharper than ordinary mortal equipment. It can still pierce through the skin of most demonic beasts. Let me give it to you, junior brother!" The woman named Xiao Yi handed over the knife.

  "Whoosh" Lu Yu Feng took over the knife and drew it out with a swoop, the blade gleaming with a cold light, "Good sword!" Lu Yu Feng couldn't help but praise.

  "This is a Xuan Tie heavy sword, weighing thirty-three catties. Is it suitable for you to hold, Shidi?" Feng Chen showed a hint of pride.

  "Thanks for the kindness, brother!" Lu Yufeng didn't have a suitable weapon at hand, so he wasn't polite about it. Although his favorite weapon was still the trident spear, having a long knife was better than nothing when there was no trident spear available.

  It's a good thing that after Lu Yu Feng joined the Cloud Sun Sect, he placed great importance on training his physical body. Otherwise, without using spiritual energy, it would be difficult to wield this long sword. Lu Yu Feng did not want to see the person he cared about fall before him again due to his own lack of strength!

  "I wish you a safe return, little brother! When you come back, big brother will treat you to a drink!"

  "Thank you, Big Brother! Little Brother will be setting out for the Demon Forest in a few days' time. When I return, we'll definitely have a good drink together!"

  Lu Ye Feng spent four or five days preparing, then mounted a backpack with some dry rations and rode the Wind Chaser horse specially prepared for traveling disciples of the sect, heading towards the distant Demon Forest.

  After several days, Lu Yufeng, riding the Wind Chaser horse, had approached the outer periphery of the Demon Forest.

  "It's indeed worthy of being called the Hundred Thousand Demon Forest, how vast it is." Lu Yuefeng climbed up a not-so-short mountain and gazed out at the demon forest with emotion.

  "I may not have any powerful techniques or divine abilities now, but my cultivation is at the 9th level of the regular period, so I'm not afraid of these peripheral demon beasts." Lu Yuefeng left the Wind Chaser Horse outside the Demon Forest. The Wind Chaser Horse was just an ordinary demon beast, and while it was exceptional on the road, it was far inferior in battle.

  Lu Yu Feng slowly and leisurely walked into the demon forest, anyway he came here for training, so he wasn't afraid of wasting time.

  "Rushed into the snake's nest, really reckless!" Lu Yefeng was extremely depressed, but seeing a small snake wandering around him, Lu Yefeng, who had never been out to practice, picked up his knife and chased after it.

  The little snake was chased, but it had fallen into the snake's old home. Every few steps, a snake would suddenly pop out from either the trees or the grass and bite towards Lu Yu Feng. Fortunately, they were all unevolved snakes, not even considered to be demonic beasts.

  Suddenly, Lu Yufeng had a feeling of having goosebumps, "It seems that everyone is here, this time it's definitely not these ordinary objects, but something that has become a demon beast." Because Lu Yufeng had some understanding of the natural laws when he was in the seventh layer of Nascent Soul, his perception of his surroundings was also relatively strong.

  "Hiss...hiss..." A hissing sound came from behind Lu Yu Feng.

  "It's so big..." This was Lu Yu Feng's first impression of the monster, a gigantic python about 10 zhang long with green eyes staring at him, making hissing sounds from its mouth.

  Lu Yufeng felt a chill in his heart, after all, it was the first time he had seen such a large demon beast. At a glance, he knew that the giant python's attack range was not small, and Lu Yufeng retreated several steps back.

  "Ah..." As Lu Yu Feng retreated, the giant python opened its bloody mouth and pounced on him.

  Lu Yu Feng exerted force with his left foot, and the person was sent flying to the right. The giant python seemed to have anticipated Lu Yu Feng's movement, as it turned its head and continued to bite towards him. Lu Yu Feng subconsciously raised his knife to chop at the giant python.

  Lu Yu Feng's physique was not weak after being tempered, but this knife only opened a fine mouth on the giant python's head. Then, borrowing force, he popped back. The giant python was in pain and didn't wait for Lu Yu Feng to land before letting out a loud roar and swinging its tail at him with great force.

  Lu Yu Feng immediately stomped his foot on the ground and jumped high, the giant python's tail hitting the tree behind him.

  "With a crash...", a tree the size of a washbasin suddenly snapped. Lu Yufeng couldn't help but be shocked, if this whip were to hit his body, he was afraid that even his bones would shatter.

  After Lu Yu Feng landed, the spiritual energy in his dantian rapidly rotated and poured into the knife, making the cold light on the knife even more intense. Then, he fiercely chopped at the giant python's head. The force from the python's tail had not dissipated yet, and it was too late to block Lu Yu Feng's powerful slash. The python could only slightly tilt its head, and Lu Yu Feng's slash landed on the python's mouth instead.

  "...zzt" A sound of metal slicing through flesh, and then Lu Yufeng felt a surge of heat on his face as the fresh blood from the giant python's mouth splattered onto his face. With his rich theoretical experience and being an expert in close combat before crossing over, he knew that this was the time to take its life while it was injured. He swung his knife horizontally, slashing at the giant python, which did not expect Lu Yufeng's attack to be so fierce. Before it could even react, Lu Yufeng had already struck the python at its seventh inch.

  "Hum..." The giant python's body was severed into two segments by Rikuo's attack.

  "What a close call! It seems like there's danger lurking everywhere in this haunted forest!"

  In fact, this giant python is not considered to be a formidable opponent among the demon beasts, and it's only about three layers of Nasal Qi. Although the demon beast has an advantage at the same level, with Lu Yufeng's real strength in Dingqi Nine Layers, he doesn't need to exert much effort to solve this giant python. It's just that Lu Yufeng is fighting such a big guy for the first time, and it's inevitable that he feels a bit tense, which makes him look a bit awkward.

  It's been almost a month since Lu Yufeng has been in the Demon Forest. With his increasing combat experience in the forest and combining it with his theoretical knowledge, Lu Yufeng can now easily take down a three-layered Nascent Soul demon beast. In this past month, Lu Yufeng also found some spiritual herbs that were recorded on paper.

  "It's a good thing it was me! If this task had been assigned to another Nascent Soul cultivator, they would have definitely ended up in the mouths of these demonic beasts!" Lu Yuefeng thought of the person who gave him the task, and his eyes suddenly turned cold.

  "Danger!!" Lu Yu Feng suddenly felt all his hairs standing on end, something that hadn't happened in nearly a month.

  "Whoa.... Whoa.... Whoa....." Then came the sound of a large tree falling, transmitted into Lu Yu Feng's ears. Lu Yu Feng immediately turned around and ran, if the thing that was coming wasn't just a simple monster, how could he stay in place waiting for it to arrive?

  Lu Yu Feng originally thought it was just a passing monster, but after running for a while, he found that there were still sounds of large trees breaking behind him.

  "Damn it, this demon beast is clearly after me! This demon beast's strength is much more formidable than all the demon beasts I've encountered." As Lu Yu Feng thought to himself, the demon beast behind him had already caught up.

  "Hiss..." When Lu Yu turned his head and saw the demon beast catching up, he couldn't help but take a cold breath.

  A dozen zhang long python with flower-like markings, staring with green eyes, spitting out a long tongue, looking at Lu Yu Feng, revealing a fierce glow.