Chapter 132 (1/2)

After resting for an hour, Xue Wei got up froround and sat in a lotus position on top of the bed He closed his eyes and steadied his breathing

He could feel the energy of the heavens and the earth in the surrounding air and how it all entered his body with each breath he took It roa with the support of the Azure Dragon Scripture, this scattered energy was slowly refined into Qi

The entire night was silent, no one disturbed the two guests in the inn, and they spent the whole night cultivating by theathered in the restaurant oncemeal, and paid a few silvers to check out of their rooms

Where the restaurant had been filled with people the evening before, it was now rather empty Not many were there for breakfast;on a new day's trials

As they left the restaurant, they encountered every child aged ten and above rushi+ng out of their ho to practice their martial arts and cultivation techniques

Xue Wei smiled as he saw the fields were He was reerness to learn h he did not re that had to do with his father, he did rest which were the

The two friends gathered their stuff and left the village, going straight into the forest This forest was breathtakingly beautiful Every leaf had a shade of red Soht red, and there were even scarlet leaves

The trunks of the trees were also all in a shade of vermilion The sound of mortal beasts could be heard as soon as one entered the forest Birds sang in the treetops, and mice ran across the forest floor

Now and then, a deer could be seen in the distance However, the moment it noticed Xue Wei and Hei Gou’s presences, it would skitter away in fright

They walked deeper and deeper into the Vermilion Forest The deeper they went, the deeper the color of the trees see out al it so that it felt as if they were in their oorld, where the only color was red

The treetops blocked the sunlight, and the few rays that shone through the leaves had been dyed red,see this deep into the forest the surroundings turned eerily quiet The two friends could no longer hear the sound of the n of life left in the area The only sound that entered their ears was the sound of branches cracking underneath their feet

Both Xue Wei and Hei Gou frowned So felt off, but they could not put their hands on what exactly it was The eerie silence was like a heavy blanket that had laid itself over the an uncoh alert, and their entire bodies were taut

They stopped in their tracks and tried looking behind them, but it seemed as if every direction was the same no matter how much they looked around All they could see were incredibly tall vermilion trees

They then tried to cliot a view from above, all they could see was a vermilion sea of leaves and treetops as far as the eye could see

Xue Wei frowned Neither he nor Hei Gou had spoken to one another while walking, but they could easily guess the other party's concern Because of the strange silence, neither of the would happen if they broke this silence

They walked for a full day, unsure of what else they could do When the sun started to disappear and the forest turned dark, both of them each found a tree where they jumped up to the tree top and sat on a thick branch

Although both were on high alert, neither of the all their senses heightened to their li that happened around theentle breeze that rolled through, no rodents were scurrying about on the forest floor, and no owls or other birds had appeared in the night either

The night was tranquil Nothing out of the ordinary happened, and it was not until the followingcreature they had seen in a long time

As the sun rose in the sky and the red rays of sunshi+ne shone through the dense group of leaves once more, Xue Wei and Hei Gou awakened froure had appeared When Xue Wei and Hei Gou looked at him, they found that he was a first layer Sky Warrior, but unlike most humans that traversed into the Vermilion Forest, this human did not seeh the forest as if it was his back garden; his steps were bouncy and fast

Xue Wei and Hei Gou stared with astonishment at one another, but they quickly descended fro from around the the towards the same direction as the first man they had seen

These people were all casual and carefree Xue Wei and Hei Gou decided to follow they to locate them to ensure that they would not be noticed

They followed the group for a full three hours After these three hours, Xue Wei stopped in his tracks, causing Hei Gou to buht in front of thee seemed to be deserted When one looked at the fence around the village, it wason its hinges