41 The Third Sky of Nascent Realm!

The valley was completely silent.

The demon beasts had left a long time ago.

It was already daytime, as the sunlight filtered into the cave through thick bushes like fire.

The three were training cross-legged on the ground with steady breaths.

After who knows how much time had passed, Shi Yan woke up from the serenity. He stretched his neck and tried to move his body.

The Third Sky of Nascent Realm!

With a deep breath, Shi Yan felt refreshed and his fatigue disappeared at once, while his senses became much more accurate.

With the help of magical power, Shi Yan's training speed became incredibly fast, and he advanced to the Third Sky of Nascent Realm at once!

Standing at the entrance of the cave, he was faintly able to perceive the spiritual essence between the sky and the earth.

He couldn't feel the spiritual essence in the air before. But now, he was able to sense it easily.

To perceive the spiritual essence in the air was something only Third Sky of Nascent Realm warriors could do. Once he perceived the spiritual essence, he could train his martial skills faster.

Upon his will, his body turned as hard as iron, while his skin turned dark brown and was covered with a vague black light, similar to the state when he operated his Black Light Shield.

"Eh?"

Shi Yan was a little surprised. After a careful examination, he was certain that he wasn't even utilizing his Black Light Shield with Profound Qi.

This was to say, the dark light covering his skin was merely the reaction to reaching the second stage of Petrification Martial Spirit.

He smiled after further examination, knowing that the magical change to his skin must have something to do with his Martial Spirit.

It was rather bright inside the cave now. Shi Yan's black eyes blinked and began to wander to Mu Yu Die and Di Yalan's bodies.

Mu Yu Die and Di Yalan were still sitting on the ground cross-legged with his eyes closed. There was a vague light moving around their bodies, as their Profound Qi operated in their bodies along specific paths.

He had injected some part of the magical power into Mu Yu Die's body, because he wanted to know if this magical power could be passed on to others without sexual intercourse.

And also, he wanted more help. He was not sure how many foes he would meet during the upcoming journey. It would affect their travel if Mu Yu Die still needed protection.

As Di Yalan had said, Mu Yu Die was also a warrior before her tendons broke. If Mu Yu Die recovered, it would be very beneficial for their journey ahead.

Because of those thoughts, he gave that small part of the magical power to her.

Holding his breath, Shi Yan focused his attention on Mu Yu Die. Suddenly, he felt a strong Profound Qi circulating in her body.

He couldn't help but take several surprised glances at her. After a further thought, he got even more confused...

To his amazement, Mu Yu Die's Profound Qi was more refined than Di Yalan's, which meant... Mu Yu Die was at a higher Realm than Di Yalan!

Shi Yan was really shocked. He knew Mu Yu Die was a warrior too, but he thought she was no more than at Nascent Realm.

After all, Mu Yu Die was much younger than Di Yalan, and thus there was no way she could have been a higher-Realmed warrior than Di Yalan.

But it turned out to be quite the opposite. Shi Yan finally realized that Mu Yu Die was already a Human-Realm warrior at such a young age. It was an entire Realm higher than Di Yalan!

As he was standing there stunned, he acutely felt that Mu Yu Die's Profound Qi was calming down gradually.

He knew that Mu Yu Die was about to wake up...

As expected, before long Mu Yu Die's eyelashes shook and she opened her eyes slowly.

Two clean and bright eyes suddenly observed the cave, and Mu Yu Die's delicate little face lit up. She looked like an extremely beautiful and attractive angel.

Shi Yan was dumbstruck as he gazed at such a beautiful creature. He couldn't even think straight.

"Done staring?" Mu Yu Die looked indifferent as she slowly stood up. After stretching herself, she chuckled, "From now on, I'm not your burden anymore."

Streams of thin white light flew out from her arms as she was stretching her body. The light soon disappeared in the air...

As Mu Yu Die slowly moved her fingers in the air, the light showed up again little by little and began to shuttle between her smooth fingers.

"I haven't played my zither for so long. Need to practice now." Mu Yu Die smiled. That smile was like a clean brook in a valley - serene, empty and intoxicating.

"You are much prettier than before." Gazing at her for a long while, Shi Yan uttered.

With her veins healed and the Profound Qi of Human Realm flowing in the body, her skin became extremely translucent, while her face turned rosy and her eyes brightened. Mu Yu Die looked so confident that nothing in the world could scare her.

With her strength recovered, Mu Yu Die seemed to have turned into another person, and much more attractive than before.

At this moment, in Shi Yan's eyes, Mu Yu Die was literally far prettier than Di Yalan and Mo Yanyu. Both her Realm and temperament transcended those two girls.

"Thanks." Mu Yu Die smiled casually, "How long has it been?"

"Two days, I guess." Shi Yan hesitated, "I'm not sure either. I just feel that we have stayed in the cave for more than one day. You recovered?"

"Yes." Mu Yu Die nodded confidently, "Let's leave this cave and set off after Sister Lan wakes up."

"Ok." Shi Yan replied casually, and felt a little bitter.

Before, Mu Yu Die was naive and kind, like an adorable and lovely little sister.

Though Mu Yu Die became more attractive after recovering, her cuteness disappeared; on the contrary, she made Shi Yan feel some sort of holiness coming from her, which made him a little disappointed.

Saddened, Shi Yan didn't bother to say anything. Instead, he walked out of the cave and began to wander in the valley.

Taking out the Spirit Realm Martial Skill - "Gravitational Field" book from his bag, he turned the pages randomly. Without reading it carefully, he put the book into the bag scrupulously; he was now sure that there were letters in the book.

Spirit Realm Martial Skills could only be trained by warriors of at least Earth Realm. But he was just a Nascent Realm warrior, which was a long way from Earth Realm. Without advancing, to train with the Spirit Realm Martial at a low warrior Realm would only disturb one's mind.

Because of that reason, Shi Yan put the book away after he was assured it was authentic.

Half a day later, Di Yalan and Mu Yu Die walked out of the cave together. They were clean, dressed and high spirited, ready to set off.

"Kid, thank you. I've stabilised my Realm now." Di Yalan said loudly after she got out.

It was rather dangerous for a short time after one reached a new Realm. A warrior would get hurt during fights and training sessions if his Realm was unstable, so he needed to strengthen his Profound Qi as soon as possible.

The magical essence from Shi Yan again showed effects in Mu Yu Die's body, as it helped her stabilising her power, now she could fight without the fear of backlash.

"Well then, let's set off." Not intending to boast, Shi Yan smiled naturally and guided them out of the valley.

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Seven days later.

The three of them finally stepped out of the enormous Dark Forest.

Looking at the huge ancient trees behind them, they all felt themselves as lucky survivors of a disaster.

In those seven days, they never got into any danger.

Many warriors and mercenaries in the Dark Forest died. The remaining lucky survivors and wounded ones chose to quickly leave this dangerous area. The demon beasts led by the Silver Thunder Wolf had also calmed down and returned back to their areas.

Since the demon beasts and mercenaries were gone, their journey became extremely smooth. Without meeting any obstacles, they went through the most dangerous area and stepped out of the Dark Forest.

They needed to pass through the Silent Town if they were going to the Merchant Union, and they must cross the wide Stone Woods to get to the Silent Woods.

The stones in the Stone Woods were all grotesque in shape, which were either as big as a mountain, or as small as a human. In addition, there were also many stone caves, which worked as natural shelters.

There were always brutal warriors lurking in the Stone Woods, waiting for an opportunity to kill and loot.

Those walking out of the Dark Forest were either trade caravans, or warriors and mercenaries who were seeking adventure.

Those who survived in the Dark Forest, for example merchants, would mostly be carrying high quality goods, or in the case of warriors or adventurers, would be carrying valuable medicine and material from demon beasts.

These people all had something valuable with them...

Therefore, there were many people hiding in the Stone Woods for years, who would slaughter anyone weaker than them, and harvest their goods.

Thus, sometimes the Stone Woods was more dangerous than the Dark Forest. Below Disaster Realm, any warrior who stepped into it would always get into trouble.

"The Stone Woods is a very dangerous place. Maybe the people from the Dark World are lurking there..."Di Yalan thought for a while and reminded Mu Yu Die.

"Someone will come to our aid in the Stone Woods, no worries." Mu Yu Die smiled and looked back at Shi Yan, "You are going through the Stone Woods?"

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"Yup. I'm from the Merchant Union, of course I will go back there." Shi Yan replied.

"Good. Then let's go there together. You will be safe with us in the Stone Woods." Mu Yu Die looked confident, and before Shi Yan could reply, she added, "Let's go into the Stone Woods. Don't worry, we are safe now."

"Ok." Shi Yan replied. Though he didn't relax. Once they stepped into the Stone Woods, he was always on alert.

From the memories of the other Shi Yan, he knew that the Stone Woods was very chaotic place. All the parties involved there were extremely powerful, which included the big families from the Merchant Union.

He didn't know what made Mu Yu Die that confident. But he knew they would be killed in an instant if they weren't cautious.

Shi Yan remained calm as he looked around in the woods. Every five steps, he would turn back and examine carefully.