Ying Yue left the Sect using her identity token but didn't go far and stayed in the vicinity. It was mainly because there were hollow mountains in the south and the Green Silk Town in the north.
There was no point in going to the Green Silk Town because the Spiritual Creatures would be weak there. As for going south, it was practically a death wish.
There was a reason the Qing Empire was so isolated, and it wasn't just because of its conditions. The Hollow Mountains ford a natural boundary between the two sides, and it wasn't easy to traverse them.
The Hollow Mountains were filled with horrifying Abominations that would scare even the top experts of the outside world. Even the Top Sects had to be careful when they ca to this side, and they always used a predetermined path that didn't have many spiritual Creatures.
Because of this, the people of the Qing Empire were basically trapped because their Cultivation was far weaker, and even going to the edges of those jagged mountains was tough.
That's why Ying Yue stayed away from that. After all, she had no interest in fighting a Nascent Soul Realm yet, not to ntion she would definitely find even more powerful Abominations there.
Because of all this, the middle reaches were the perfect training ground. The Spiritual Creatures were also terrifying here, but she was confident in dealing with them, especially after gaining the power up from Shen Yu.
Ying Yue was sitting on a branch of a tall tree that seed to touch clouds. From there, she could see a clear view of all of Tando Woodland and even so aerial spiritual creatures.
However, what attracted her the most was the dark wall on the horizon. It was dark and ominous, standing so tall that it pierced the skies. Since she was still a considerable distance away from Hollow Mountains, she couldn't see them properly, but even from a distance, they stood like an impenetrable wall. It was as if even the heavens couldn't bring them down.
For so reason, Ying Yue hated them and was obsessed with wanting to destroy them. She grinned and muttered.
"I will destroy it one day. After all, it is blocking Master's path."
It was then that she noticed a subtle change in the atmosphere. There was no sound, no change in the forest's structure, and even the winds were blowing the sa. However, Ying Yue noticed a very small distinction, and if it wasn't for her terrifying instincts, she might have missed it.
She smiled and looked down at the base of the tree, from where black smoke was rising, along with the sweet aroma of sothing being roasted.
As she had guessed, her target took the bait. She had been waiting for almost three hours by now, and only then did it show up. After all, her target this ti was similar to her.
Since she still didn't have good control over her powers because of sudden breakthroughs, she had decided not to challenge too powerful Spiritual Creatures. That's why she found a Mid-Stage Tier 4 Spiritual Creature who was good at concealing and hiding its tracks.
She only learned this information after studying the nearby forest. It was tough to get clues about a Creature so good at concealing, but she had managed to gather so, and from them, she concluded that it was a Mid-Stage Tier 4 Spiritual Creature.
As for what was it? She didn't know, but she was going to find out soon.
Ying Yue had then studied the surroundings, observed the hunting grounds of the said Spiritual Creature, and laid the bait accordingly.
And as she expected, the creature was still very cautious and didn't dare to lower its guards. It was still sowhere close to the tree she was on.
But its concealnt slipped for a mont, and that was when Ying Yue detected it. Once soone like her detected her target, it wasn't easy to get away.
She had spent a whole day of her seven-day training period on this Spiritual Creature, and she wasn't going to let it slip.
Her expression turned blank as her barely leaking aura disappeared completely. If one didn't see her with their eyes, they wouldn't even know soone was standing there. She held no emotion in her eyes, and no killing intent leaked out from her.
She was a perfect assassin who never failed.
Ying Yue looked down at a small patch of grass that was a little blurry. Others would have mistaken it for a visionary hallucination, but she was sure that her target was there.
"Ti to hunt!"
With that, she disappeared from her spot. The winds blew even harder as the tip of a tall tree fought against the rapid wind currents. That was the only sound in the area; every other was completely silent.
Suddenly, behind a tree where a patch of grass was, a dagger materialised as it shot through the air silently, almost aiming at nothing.
But then the reality distorted as a hideous creature backed away at lightning speed, allowing the dagger to only graze its tough armour.
Ying Yue stood beside the tree, looking at her dagger nonchalantly. She then raised her head to look at her target.
It was a big lizard-like creature that stood on six limbs. Its three big reptilian eyes looked back at her with murder. The creature also had strange armour covering its body, which changed according to the surroundings, but because of the sudden movent, it began to return to its original state.
"Leaking killing intent while being a predator of shadows, pathetic!"
Ying Yue scoffed as she stepped back, disappearing from her position. Even the lizard creature was shocked by the turn of events, but it was also a creature of shadows, so how could it take this humiliation?
It roared, and its armour emitted a strange light that blinded everything. Soon, it disappeared from its spot.
There was once again silence in the forest.
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