Lie Mo stands at the entrance to the slime level.

  By now he finished the iron skin and made good progress in the regeneration and dodging manual.

  Resistance to a hundred poisons is dependent on poisons and he needs to progress in the cave to make progress in that manual. But it looks like this manual is also soon finished. Perhaps he can finish this slime cave but not proceed any further.

  One step into the next level.

  After another there is a weak sizzling.

  Lie Mo immediately retreats.

  After inspecting everything he comes to the conclusion that his clothes are not up to the task. At least the shoes are melting from the slimes.

  Now he has three options.

  Finding materials in the cave that can withstand the slimy ground.

  Training the body until he can go naked.

  Retreating.

  After a bit of pondering he tries option one and two.

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  After several weeks of going into the slime level and throwing in animals he comes to the conclusion that both options are not working.

  Because he didn’t want to give up he even tried to use mimicking accents and animal noises. But that didn’t work either.

  The one thing that worked best is to encase the clothes in qi. But even with that strategy, his qi is draining way too fast for any useful exploration.

  Because of that the only option is to give up.

  Lie Mo is completely used to being alone. But at some point he has to enter civilization again.

  For several reasons. He has no clue how strong he is compared to the others. By now he could fend off the bandits on his own. And they were strong for the villages around. But he has never seen a cultivator before. They are probably way stronger than him.

  He also has just some random cultivation manuals. He has some of every type, but they are not very focused.

  He is also good at fighting animals but his last fight with a human is way in the past.

  Lie Mo is walking towards the exit of the cave system. He never fully left the cave so he doesn’t actually know the exit.

  After a few trial and error, he left the cave.

  The fresh air makes it so easy to breathe. And the light is bright. He is standing in the midst of the forest again.

  According to his judgement the wild hills shouldn’t pose any problems anymore. One snake is as strong as a mid-strength beast here. Considering that the danger level of the snake floor should be on the level of a beast tide in the wild hills. There are dangers more dangerous than a beast tide, but they are rare and well hidden. As long as he doesn’t encounter any of them he is save.

  The first step is to make clothes out of weak animal hides. And get a sturdy stick.

  That doesn’t take long. After that Lie Mo starts walking off into a random direction. This time he keeps the rising sun to the left.

  Days after days pass by until he finally stumbles upon a road.

  After a long walk he finds a path leading away towards a village.