Chapter 182: Training

“Did the two fellow Daoists fight the red-paw rage bear?” The female asked in a deceptively calm voice.

However, who was Shen Xu?

After hearing the question, his face paled, and he anxiously waved his hands in denial.

“How is that possible? I am a double, and my Taoist partner is an inscription master. How can we fight such a ferocious monster?”

Several people almost gritted their teeth in anger when they heard Shen Xu’s denial.

“It looks like there was a fight here.” The female said, meaningfully looking around, but Shen Xu still shook his head.

“My partner and I have just entered the East Sun Monster Mountain. The ground was like this when we arrived. Maybe the red-paw rage bear fought with someone before we saw it.”

“Fought with someone?” The other female could no longer control her anger, and she sneered.

“Where did the person go?” She angrily questioned, but Shen Xu did not lose his character.

He looked at the seven and helplessly shrugged before he spoke.

“I don’t know about this.” He said and quickly continued.

“Are the fellow Taoists chasing the red-paw rage bear?”

“We have been chasing it for three days and four nights.” The first female said with a sorrowful expression.

“Is that so? In that case, the fellow Taoists should hurry up and follow it. You can probably catch up with the red-paw rage bear if you leave now.”

’What kind of bastard is this?’ The seven cultivators secretly cursed.

Unfortunately, they couldn’t do anything.

Although they had more people, they weren’t confident in defeating the two opponents.

After all, what they said about the three days and four nights was not all wrong.

The only wrong thing was that the bear was chasing them rather than them chasing the bear.

Since they couldn’t defeat the bear, what confidence did they have in defeating the two people?

Thinking this way, the seven didn’t dare to be presumptuous.

“As I mentioned, my partner and I have just entered the monster mountain and don’t know anything. Can you give us some advice before you leave?”

After saying some random things, the seven left, and Shen Xu burst into laughter.

“They are too naïve if they think they can take advantage of Master Shen Xu.” He said, and Zhen Yuan couldn’t help but smile.

“My Xiaoxu is the best.”

“It’s good that you know.”

After that, the two left the area and began heading up the mountain.

The East Sun Monster Mountain was vaguely divided into three zones.

The first zone was the bottom of the mountain and was the territory of level three monsters. The mid and largest zone was the territory of level four monsters, while the topmost zone was the territory of level five monsters.

Since they were nascent soul realm cultivators, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu naturally planned to train in the level four zone.

However, they didn’t ignore the level-three monsters that attacked them along the way.

In addition to killing monsters, they also collected spirit grasses, seeds, spiritual fruits, and other resources.

Unfortunately, the resources in the lower half of the mountain were common goods and couldn’t be sold for much.

Three weeks after entering the monster mountain, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu finally arrived in the level four zone.

Visually, there was not much difference between the level three and level four zones.

However, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu instinctively felt that the atmosphere had become tenser.

“This is it.” Shen Xu said with a satisfied expression.

“Um.” Zhen Yuan agreed, turning to Shen Xu.

“Xiaoxu, is Yang Shi still sleeping?”

“No. I will let him out.” Shen Xu said, summoning Yang Shi from the Chaos Flame Space.

“Master, Lord Zhen, where are we?” Yang Shi asked, its snake eyes eagerly looking around.

“We are in the East Sun Monster Mountain. You can go wherever you want but you must come back within twenty years.” Shen Xu informed.

“Don’t let yourself be injured or captured.” Zhen Yuan warned, and Yang Shi solemnly nodded.

After that, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan prepared some supplies for Yang Shi before letting him go.

Although letting the snake go was potentially dangerous, it was necessary.

After all, Yang Shi was a ten-headed world-swallowing python.

Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu knew that always keeping it by their side would destroy its monster instincts and ferocity.

While this was okay for a pet, Yang Shi was more than a pet.

He was a primordial monster with inestimable fighting potential.

Considering that, the gain would not be worth the loss of over-domesticating Yang Shi.

After Yang Shi flew away, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu found a cave and settled down.

At first, they stayed in the lower layer of the level four zone and mostly encountered early-stage level four monsters.

However, both were natural fighters, and the lower layer soon became inadequate.

After they could easily deal with early-stage level-four monsters, they continued up the mountain and began dealing with mid-stage level-four monsters.

Fifteen years later, they finally reached the edge of the level five zone.

At this time, Shen Xu’s cultivation had completely stabilised and was already on the verge of advancing to the mid-stage of the nascent soul realm.

Most importantly, his hair regained its original length and colour.

However, Shen Xu found that he could easily switch between the flaming and black hair.

After carefully sensing his body, he realised the hair transformation was because of the wood element fire.

The reason he couldn’t change it before was because his cultivation was unstable.

Now that his cultivation was stable, he could switch forms at will.

Thinking about it, Shen Xu sighed.

’I love the flaming hair, but it’s too attention-grabbing. It’s inconvenient when I want to keep a low profile.’ He thought and then turned to Zhen Yuan.

“Brother Yuan, I am useless against a level-five monster.” He said.

With his cultivation at the early stage of the nascent soul realm, Shen Xu could comfortably deal with early-stage and mid-stage level four monsters.

He could draw or barely defeat a late-stage level four monster and could escape from a peak stage level four monster.

As for a level five monster, Shen Xu could only stand aside so as not to get in Zhen Yuan’s way.

“Don’t worry.” Zhen Yuan said with a meaningful expression.

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