Chapter 21 - Training In The Woods

Dumbfounded by the change in surroundings, Li Jie looked left and right and then at Mr.Teacher,

"Master, where is this place, what are we doing here and how did we even get here?",

in reply to Li Jie, Mr.Teacher smiled lightly and then replied in an apathetic expression,

"These small tricks are nothing but a small matter for me which can be done with just a snap of my fingers and about this forest to which I have brought you to, is somewhere way far from where your home is, so you don't need to concern yourself with these matters, after all without me you can never reach your home, as this will be one of the lessons you will be getting from me," said Mr.Teacher with a mysterious looking smirk.

Li Jie was tongue-tied and he didn't even know what to say after all when his mother used teleportation for his bloodline ceremony,

his father had mentioned to him how it was one of her abilities which showed that his father couldn't do the same yet Mr.Teacher could do the same with ease and from how it was mentioned by his master, this place is way far from his home.

Mr.Teacher ignored Li Jie who was frowning and went on with his explanation,

"Well, your first task will be survival, to survive for a whole week in this forest where the strongest beast present here will be at least of the king rank!!!"

Li Jie was perplexed when he listened to Mr.Teacher, it was impossible for him to figure out where this place is, after all, this is a forest where the beasts rule,

and he didn't know about any specific forests in his continent where there can be beasts and that too for the king stage beast to be spotted here as mentioned by Mr.Teacher,

which was quite rare as mentioned by his Li family fighters when he used to listen to their or his father's story of hunting beasts,

that the highest grade beast they could find for hunting usually is of the sky stage whereas king stage beasts are extremely rare and very sought after,

to hunt a king stage beast would at least require three members of the Essence Refining stage to be present in a hunting party,

after all, it is common knowledge among cultivators that beasts of the same rank as a human cultivator is way stronger due to their physique and their essence being of higher purity,

of course, even in the case of beasts, there are exceptions who have high-grade bloodline such as the mythical bird of the royal family which was a variant of the vermillion bird having just thin bloodline of a divine bird made it much stronger than other beasts of the same stage, as a matter of fact,

their strength can even rival those of higher stage beasts, this was the main concern of Li Wei, after all, he hasn't even started his cultivation, will he even be able to survive this forest.

"but master, it's impossible for me to fight on with a beast of king stage they are equivalent in rank to the Essence Refining stage of human cultivation", said Li Jie with a grim expression.

"Li Jie this is how this world is and this is the path you took, there will be many times in the future that even if you have a high cultivation base,

you will find that your enemies will surpass your strength by a whole other level, there will be times when you realize that your enemies are everywhere around you,

what will you do then? how will you survive?

Are you under the illusion that someone will come and save you or will you survive by luck,

HAh!!! don't ever delude yourself into thinking that you will somehow survive,

NO!!!! "YOU MUST SURVIVE!!!" no matter what situation you are into, whether you are surrounded by enemies or your enemy is at a level where he can kill you with a flick of his finger and don't ever besmirch the honor of a swordsman, remember a true swordsman never backs down no matter how strong the enemy is, a swordsman never relies on anything but themselves!!!",

Listening to Mr.Teacher, Li Jie felt his blood boil and great aspiration towards fighting those of higher levels head-on,

without backing down as a swordsman, he hardened his face tightened his fist and his gaze turned of confidence and said

"Master I will never back down from a fight no matter who they are or however many there are", said Li Jie with utmost confidence.

looking at Li Jie's confident expression Mr.Teacher felt pleasant towards his new student,

"Good, but don't worry you will not be hunting any beast nor will you be going against the king stage beast or any other beasts which you can't take care of, all you have to do is spend a whole week surviving this forest, although I have to mention this to you that I will not be saving you from any danger you will be facing here, remember your life is in your own hands".

Li Jie nodded with understanding but he had some confusion for which he asked

"Master I have a question if I will be spending a whole week here in this forest, what about my parents? won't they worry about my well-being and I have also made a friend who after my lessons I was going to help in getting a job at the Li family household".

Listening to Li Jie's worries Mr.Teacher just smiled and said in an indifferent manner,

"You don't have to worry about all of it, I have prepared a puppet which looks just like you and copies everything about you, that puppet will be replacing you in your place, as a matter of fact, many matters that you worry about will be done with ease in your stead".

Li Jie wasn't sure how many times will he have to be surprised by the various means done by his master,

and when he said that the puppet that replaced him will be conducting all of the matters concerning him in his stead,

meant that he can be without worries for his friend Dai Chen as he will be helped by the puppet, which made him breathe a sigh of relief,

but of course, it doesn't mean that he wasn't tensed with the upcoming situation, that was for him to spend a week in this godforsaken forest where even those high-level fighters of his Li family will have to be overly cautious in this forest, lest they die without their knowledge.

Li Jie then braced himself for his next lesson.