Alas! It still hasn’t fully healed, but fortunately there isn’t any big problem. I should be able to recover within the next two days at most.”
Taking out some food from inside his interspatial ring, he began to fill his hungry stomach. While eating, he thought about the battle of the previous day.
“That little animal which tracked me was already killed. Now it should be impossible for them to find out where I am. This forest is quite large too, so if they want to come in and search for me, it’ll basically be like searching for a needle in the ocean. I only need to leave this place as quickly as possible then be more careful with my actions instead of making myself visible to the enemy like last time, I will not be in danger again.
“I lack combat experience and still haven’t practiced how to use my techniques enough. Though these shortcomings won’t be noticeable if I fight ordinary people and soul cultivators weaker than me, they will be exposed thoroughly if I run into opponents stronger than me…
“Petty tricks will be useless too, and if I use them, the enemy can even take advantage of them to trick me. From now on, I can’t be so arrogant again… My biggest advantage is still the Upgrade Technique! Only the additional effects that the enemy doesn’t expect to come up against should be the key to my victory!
“But now, even if those ordinary weapons are given additional effects, it will still be very difficult to use them to fight strong enemies. As for soul items, the only ones left are the Fire-tipped Spear and the Goldsilk Soul Armor. Alas… my Glacial Piercer!! My Glacial Piercer…” As soon as Bai Yunfei thought of the Glacial Piercer, he could not help feeling upset again.
“Get stronger! Get stronger!! Now I’m being hunted like a homeless dog only because I’m not powerful enough yet! I must improve my soulforce and upgrade more items!” The grievance in his heart turned into an intense fury, which triggered Bai Yunfei’s unquenchable desire for power again.
“The Crafting School, the Crafting School… As long as I can join this school, I’ll be able to make soul items on my own! When the time comes, this coupled with my Item Upgrade Technique…
“Alas… What am I thinking about? Now the most important thing is to deal with the problem at hand first. I must get out of this Qingyun Province as soon as possible!”
… … … …
After another whole day, Bai Yunfei eventually walked out of this dense forest. When he saw a hamlet located not far outside the forest, he almost burst into tears out of happiness: “I can finally ask someone for directions…”
Because Bai Yunfei really needed to have a good rest, he stayed for a night in this village. Villagers always made Bai Yunfei feel warm inside. They enthusiastically received this stranger who had suddenly appeared in this remote hamlet. After knowing that he was injured, they even specifically prepared a large bowl of medicine for him to drink…
In the early morning of the next day, Bai Yunfei bid farewell to these guileless villagers in high spirits and headed in the direction where according to the villagers a town was located.
Three days later, after going through another grove, Bai Yunfei saw a large road in front of him with quite a few people going on it. Among them, there were even several groups of people looking like trade caravans or escort agencies who were moving slowly carrying a lot of things.
“This should be a main road. If I go down this road, I should be able to reach a large city…” Looking at the coming and going passersby, Bai Yunfei was a bit hesitant, “There are all kinds of people in a large city. I don’t know whether the Zhang family’s influence exist in this place as well. If I’m spotted again…”
After pondering with his head lowered for a while, he shook his head in self-derision again, saying to himself: “If I fret about everything, then I won’t need to get out of this Qingyun Province either. Not even Zhang Zhenshan was able to catch me, even if I run into his subordinates, I’ll just kill my way out!