Chapter Eighty-Three: The First Kill (Third Update)

  Yang Tong had just put away the box when four hoverbikes suddenly flew in from the east, with eight people on board! There were old and young, men and women.

  "The little friend is polite." The first to jump off the motorcycle was a middle-aged man who looked refined and courteous, wearing a white long gown, giving people a very good first impression.

  Yang Tongke wasn't a complete rookie, although it was his first time entering the wilderness, he had taken theoretical classes and knew that when two groups of people met in this desolate place, they would either leave peacefully after nodding to each other or it would be a life-or-death struggle, killing and plundering.

  Yang Tong secretly counted his fingers and thought to himself: "This is a bad omen!"

  "Understood." Yang Tong replied calmly, while secretly assessing the cultivation of these eight people and comparing their strengths.

  From the perspective of spiritual pressure, all eight are Earth-level martial artists, and none are Divine Thought practitioners. This is an advantage, as long as we keep a distance, we have a chance of winning. Among the eight, the white-robed middle-aged man who jumped off the carriage has the highest cultivation, Earth Six-level martial artist, while the other seven are all above Earth Four-level.

  "How can a young friend like you be alone in this place? You should know that the wilderness is full of ferocious beasts and dangers lurk everywhere. Young friend, you must be more careful." The middle-aged man in white clothes said, his hand behind his back already secretly grasping a short dagger.

  "Below is the student of Royal High Academy, this time going out to practice with teachers and classmates..." Yang Tong said while walking a few steps forward, suddenly his long sword flashed, and he made a move, Qinglian burst forth, using pure true yuan, combined with strong physical strength, taking the initiative.

  A middle-aged man in white was waiting for Yang Tong to approach, just about to make a move, when he suddenly saw a blue lotus flower burst into bloom. At the time, he only felt that this lotus flower was extremely beautiful. Immediately afterwards, his chest hurt, and upon closer inspection, a long sword had already pierced through his chest. A powerful energy, from the sword's body directly penetrated his body, instantly destroying his internal organs and severing the middle-aged man in white's vital energy.

  "You..." The middle-aged man in white was extremely shocked, to think that he had the upper hand and hadn't shown any hostility, how could... He spent his days bullying others, but unexpectedly today he was pecked by a goose. With a dagger grasped behind his back, he fell to the ground, dead with eyes wide open.

  Yang Tong, this was his first time killing someone, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart. However, as someone who had seen bloodshed and experienced the world, he suppressed his unease. The treasured sword in his hand flew out, executing the third move of the "Jade Clearing Cloud Sword", filling the sky with clouds and mist!

  This exquisite and unparalleled sword technique was executed, the flying sword transformed from one to a hundred, pouncing on the remaining seven people in mid-air. It's worth noting that this technique is a legacy of the Xian civilization's exquisite swordsmanship, not to mention Yang Tong's cultivation far surpasses the remaining seven by several levels, and with just one move...

  Seven people had not yet reacted from the shock of being killed by a man in white, when they were surrounded by one hundred sword shadows. The last feeling of the seven people in the world was to uniformly feel a pain in their throat, and their last gaze was to see their own back shadow.

  Seven heads flew up at the same time, equally beautiful instant kill, neat and tidy moves, unexpectedly not like a seventeen-year-old rookie's work.

  Director Huang, who had been secretly observing from a distance, was stunned for three seconds after seeing this scene before reacting. His evaluation of Yang Tong increased significantly once again. Judging from his actions, Yang Tong's personality is decisive and ruthless, which are essential qualities for becoming a strong person. Originally, Director Huang had planned to secretly warn these people when they encountered such a situation, but Yang Tong directly took action and killed them.

  Yang Tong recalled his flying sword and stood still for a while, calming down his emotions before starting to collect the spoils of war. As Yang Tong was collecting the spoils of war, perhaps even he himself didn't realize that this time taking action was a rare transformation for him. Quickly calming down his emotions was calming, not suppressing, which made Yang Tong unknowingly resolve the source of a heart demon's growth.

  It doesn't matter whether it's good or evil, the reason why heart demons arise is a kind of introspection about one's own actions. If one's faith is strong and persistent, even if they kill billions, they can still achieve enlightenment. If their faith is weak and they have doubts or hesitations about their own actions, even if they are a Buddha who has given life to countless families, heart demons will arise and they will be troubled.

  "We've really struck it rich!" Yang Tong exclaimed, as the eight of them had searched out over a hundred storage rings, containing quite a few crystals, materials, and spiritual tools. From these rings, it was clear that most of them were obtained from other people.

  Yang Tong found a safe place, set up camp, laid out the formation, and concealed all his aura. Only then did he start sorting through the spoils of war in the ring.

  This tidy up took a whole half day. After tidying up, Yang Tong couldn't help but have a rosy complexion and a smile on his face. This move earned him tens of billions of spiritual coins.

  There are tens of thousands of low-grade, mid-grade and high-grade crystal stones, as well as a considerable number of beast crystals. Yang Tong put the materials, spiritual medicine, high-grade crystal stones and some consumable one-time spiritual tools and medicines that he needed into his commonly used storage ring separately, while putting all the other rings into his backpack.

  The only thing that can hold a storage ring is another, more advanced spatial spirit tool. The extra storage rings were all put into the backpack by Yang Tong.

  Apart from other gains, high-quality crystal stones are what Yang Tong values the most. This time, he obtained fifteen high-quality crystal stones. If he were to exchange standard and mid-quality crystal stones for them, he could get ten more high-quality crystal stones in return.

  Holding high-quality crystal stones, Yang Tong cultivated for a whole night. The next morning, Yang Tong packed up and continued on his journey.

  The rest of the way was very smooth, without encountering other people or teams, and they successfully passed through the wilderness forest, arrived at the Iron Wing Mountains, and easily hunted down several Flame Lions, completing this course assessment, and can now return.

  The return route requires choosing another path, don't underestimate the choice of path, this is also a necessary skill for wilderness survival courses. If chosen well, the journey will be very smooth and there will be no danger that cannot be overcome. If chosen poorly, it's like sending sheep into the tiger's mouth, courting disaster.

  Choosing a route relies on comprehensive consideration of various factors such as terrain direction, geographical trend, spiritual energy distribution, ferocious beast habits, human activity areas and even historical knowledge. This is a necessary skill for outdoor survival adventures.

  Yang Tong was able to safely arrive at the Iron Wing Mountains precisely because he had chosen a good route. Of course, from Tian Xiang Shan Fang City to the Iron Wing Mountains, there were many public roads similar to "official roads". If Yang Tong wasn't in class, he wouldn't have needed to choose his own route at all.

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  The third update is here, recommending a friend's new book "Dark Judgment" by Puffy Kuma, interested guys can go take a look, it was just put on the shelves not long ago.