Chapter 23: Peril in the Forest

  A clear winter morning is especially cold.

  Outside Tianxing City, not far away, is the endless Tianxing Forest.

  A flash of purple light, and three figures appeared in the woods. They were Zi Heng's ancestors - Zi Qing and Zi Heng's father, Zi Ren, as well as Zi Wei, who was about to begin her trial.

  After a brief and simple farewell, Ziqing disappeared with Ziheng in three steps, leaving only Ziwai standing there, dressed in coarse linen clothes.

  Ziwei silently gazed at the direction where the two had disappeared into the sky, then turned back to look at the magnificent Tianxing City. Suddenly, a purple light flashed before her, and Ziwei transformed back into her original form from when she was alive.

  In the Starry Sky Forest, although it's vast, there aren't many extremely powerful rare beasts because under the shroud of Starry Sky City. Those divine beasts with extraordinary talents can't obtain the freedom they desire. Therefore, most of the beasts in the Starry Sky Forest aren't very strong. But that doesn't mean there aren't any freaks.

  He rushed towards the depths of the forest, his first stop was a village called Qiaomu Village on the other side of the forest. His final destination was in the distant Dugu Public Country, where there was the best cultivation academy, he wanted to learn the best cultivation techniques and gather all the skills from around the world.

  The long journey ahead was very tiring, and it was now noon. Zi Wei leaned against a giant tree to rest. In her arms, she held a small purple cat, which was the same cat that Zi Wei had brought out from the magical forest of Mo Chong Mountain. Last night, she had hidden it in her clothes and brought it out with her.

  Suddenly, a cold light flashed at the bottom of Ziwei's eyes, and her body shifted to one side. With a "whooshing" sound, a flying dart broke through the air and deeply embedded itself in the trunk of the tree that was just behind her, its red tail feathers gently fluttering.

  "Who is this lowly person, secretly plotting against me? Come out and accept your death!"

  A black figure flashed across the branches, like a ghostly shadow, appearing in front of Zǐwēi. His all-black attire represented his identity.

  Zi Wei said coldly: "Nightwalker, are you still working at this hour?"

  "That man in black said: 'Actually, I was just about to leave. But who made you wear such an eye-catching big ring on your hand? How can I not be moved, and you're wearing coarse cloth clothes.'"

  Ziwei only then realized her mistake, and it was a serious one.

  Wearing linen clothes himself, yet wearing a bright blue sapphire ring, is against common sense.

  That's not just an ordinary sapphire ring, but a spatial ring that many cultivators dream of. Even some high-level cultivators can't get it because they don't have the right path. It can hold all things in the world, but living things are not allowed.

  Ziwei just forgot to pick it up anyway.

  The man in black said: Hand over the ring, lest you suffer physical torture.

  Ziwei burst out laughing and said: What are you?

  As soon as the words fell, he didn't say another word. He directly drew his knife and left, with a gleam of profound knife soul power at the blade's edge, like a ghostly aura, and stabbed straight at the black-robed man.

  The man in black let out a cold snort, unwilling to show weakness, and drew his treasured sword to meet Ziwei. "Ding" - the sound of their swords clashing echoed through the forest.

  The two men's first confrontation was completely a hard-hitting one, without any fancy moves.

  Zi Wei lightly shouted, turned the knife over in her hand, changing from a thrust to a slash, her feet tapped the ground, and she leaped several dozen feet high, raising her sword to the sky, like a great roc spreading its wings, and fiercely slashed downwards.

  Ziwei's wrist was shaken with a dull ache, but in her heart she was secretly astonished. She had used so much force, yet the other person didn't seem to feel anything at all, steady as Mount Tai, and lightly caught it.

  It's said that a newborn calf isn't afraid of tigers, and at this time, Zi Wei didn't know what the difference between levels was. He didn't understand that the black-clothed man in front of him was already a high-level expert in the Later Heaven stage, while he himself was just a rookie who had just entered the Foundation Building stage.

  Ziwei didn't say a word, and with another slash of his sword, he brought down a Heaven's Force chop with both hands. The momentum was so powerful that it startled the black-clothed men. One of them blocked the attack with his sword held horizontally, pushing Ziwei back.

  Zi Wei sprang up with the momentum, at this moment, finally using his soul power, a faint knife light heavily chopped down, and the black-clad man's legs were directly buried in the ground by half.

  That man in black sneered: "Kid, you finally couldn't bear to use your soul power first. You're just at the early stage of building your foundation and you dare to come out and cause trouble like this, you've gone too far. I haven't made a move yet, now it's my turn."

  Zi Wei realized something was amiss and just as he was about to turn around and escape, but how could he outrun the speed of a sword?

  That pale yellow sword tip pressed against Ziwie's back, no way out, he could only hold his knife horizontally and resist. The sword tip hit the blade of Ziwie's knife, the soul of the knife edge resisted for him, but it was impossible to completely absorb, cutting through the skin, oozing with blood beads.

  He let out a long whistle towards the sky, startling the surrounding birds and beasts to scurry away. Even the black-clothed man was slightly taken aback, unsure why this whistle still had a lethal effect on him.

  Lightly touching the ground, a figure stood upside down on the leaves of the tree, looking down at the black-clad person below.

  Zi Wei said: The difference between before and after is indeed great. I was injured with just one move. However, today you must die.

  The man in black laughed loudly: "You can live out of this forest first and then say that."

  Zi Wei remained silent, a ten-zhang long and wide cross slash struck out, directly pouncing on the black-robed man.

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