Volume 1 Chapter 13 Part1 (1/2)
Last chapter recap: Aofeng leaves the City of Neversetting Sun, stealing away in the night.
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Section Thirteen “Those With More Beasts Bully Those With Less”
Chapter One – Travel Ten Thousand Miles
The Forest of Neversetting Sun stretched for tens of thousands of miles was rarely inhabited by people and full of danger.
Only powerful celestial rank experts could move freely within its boundaries. Ordinary adventurer groups would need at least one second-rank expert before they dared to venture deeper. If they were not careful, they would lose their lives. In the forest, encountering magic beast herds were a great trouble. The large herds of magic beasts in the center of the forest were existences that even lower ranked sacred beasts didn't dare to provoke.
But these dangers did not pose a threat to Aofeng. She, who had a divine beast, could almost do as she pleased in any part of the forest other than Death Ridge. The aura of a divine beast was much greater than a sacred beast. Herds of magic beasts would stay a respectful distance away from divine beast. Unless it was a herd led by a divine beast, Aofeng did not have to worry about herds.
At the intersection of the Death Ridge and Forest of Neversetting Sun was a great river that stretched across half of the Radiance Continent, the Midorren River. To the west was Death Ridge, to the east was the Great Forest of Neversetting Sun.
The warm spring wind blew. Winter had pa.s.sed. The ice on the river had melted. Green flora grew on the banks of the river. The sun shone down brightly. Everything appeared like a painting. If a ordinary person was here, they would want to lie down, lazily yawn and then take a nap.
Aofeng, still dressed as a male youth, in her exquisite long black robe was riding sidesaddle on a tall and handsome black horse. The hooves stepped on the green gra.s.ses as the horse slowly moved.
Her long fingers rubbed her white chin as Aofeng repeatedly inspected the red invitation in her hand. She spoke to herself, “If I travel from the edges of Death Ridge, it will take at least two months of time. There is still one more month until the deadline of half a year. There is enough time to get to the capital city of the Kaya Empire. I hadn't thought that Teacher Lan Xiu's Diguo School is at the Karroll. This saves me a great deal of trouble.”
From the invitation, Aofeng learned that the beautiful blue-eyed male was called Lan Xiu.
“Master, I don't understand why you have to go on this path around Death Ridge. This will mean we make a great circle and travel a few tens of thousands of miles extra. If we had advance directly, we would have pa.s.sed through the Forest of Neversetting Sun already,” Liao Ya who was running next to Aofeng asked in puzzlement.
“Yes, Master, we have left Neversetting Sun for a month and a half, and slowly travelled a third of the way. This is so slow. I've never been to Karroll. I don't know how that compares to the Holy City of Radiance Magus Church.” A pleasing female voice sounded as Si Jian spoke while waving her tail from Aofeng's shoulder. After the covenant, Si Jian became a nine-star sacred beast. The barrier to becoming a divine beast was too high, and difficult to cross. When one reached divine beast level, it would be even more difficult to level up. Even Meng Yan had only risen a level after forming his covenant.
Ben Lei had guessed correctly. The yellow kitten was really a female tiger … ..
“Yes, yes, let's get to the capital quickly. I want to see what the capital of the Kaya Empire is like.” Ever since Ben Lei learned that Si Jian was a female tiger, his att.i.tude was unusually good. He didn't argue with Si Jian, and frequently went along with what she said. Aofeng wondered if “spring had come.”
“You want to go sightseeing? Please, you will only be put into the Inexhaustible Life Ring by Master,” Si Jian lifted her head and said disdainfully.
“Uhh … …” Ben Lei frowned. How could he forget. When they came to any place with people, Aofeng would hide him and Liao Ya away in order to not reveal her ident.i.ty.
“Hee hee, don't worry, we will tell you about the outside. Just stay in the Inexhaustible Life Ring,” a small young voice laughed. The white hand-sized fox that curled in Aofeng's arms narrowed its eyes as its furry tail swayed adorably.
The Three-Tailed Charm Fox was called Mei Jun, but this was a male fox. After Aofeng formed a covenant, he left his infant stage, and grew several sizes bigger and learned to use mimicry. Right now, he was in mimicry state.
“Aright, I came to Death Ridge in order to reinforce my power that is rising too fast. Also, only this place has sacred beasts. I can't just go with empty hands to visit Big Brother.” Aofeng laughed and then said regretfully, “Pity, I cannot form covenants with any more magus beasts.”
After forming a covenant with Mei Jun, Aofeng had a feeling that her bonded magus beast number was reaching a limit. If she could not level up, she would be able to bond just one more magus beast. However, she had to leave this spot empty in order to tame beasts so she did not plan on rashly bonding any more magus beast.
As her magus beasts increased in number, and the sacred beasts were sentient and could converse, her travels became busy. Even Xiao Bing would frequently pop out a head and squeak. While Aofeng hadn't seen a human in almost a month, she didn't feel bored at all.
They had travelled extremely slowly for the first dozen days. Through fighting with spirit beasts, Aofeng gradually reinforced her nine-sword spirit magister cultivation. Just with a “Cicada Wing,” she could defeat spirit beasts without any magus beasts.
Right now, Aofeng's most frequently used weapon was not Vanquisher of Armies, but this thin and flexible sword. Just as Roth had said, this weapon could be soft and hard in use, extremely sharp, and astounding powerful.