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After she planned everything, Zhi Rui marked the place she was in. A forced the digging rats to memorize it by the drawing she did on the ground. As they were tamed beasts it was an easy task.

Back on the surface. Zhi Rui closed access to that place. She spread fifty different passages ways near there but closed five and another fifteen she did a really good job covering it all up, but after everything was done in the last place, the true place. Zhi Rui dug a whole above it and put ancient scrolls that would send most of the high tiers clans into a frenzy.

In case someone found those, chances are that they would bother to look around more.

She went to absurd lengths to his that place. She picked up the ancient beasts bone and showcase it for everyone, so as to not create any curiosity as to why she was there.

After settling the matter, Zhi Rui started the first step.

"Zhun Xuying, start producing your forge, do it carefully, you'll be handling different kinds of materials so built a complete forge, I know you had studied the more common knowledge, but I also want you to learn everything else. I"ll give you six months to built and study. When you tell me you can casually make weapons like mine, then I'll allow for you to stop.

"Izaya and Shizu, you'll lead the raids with the slaves, Izaya will hunt down treasures and herbs. while Shizu will hunt beasts."

They nodded seriously. Zhi Rui looked at Hilda "You'll scout and collect information." then Xun Lee, you'll do the same, but, in the open."

Bai Hui and Yu Yan. together with Crystal and Rubble you'll train, study and keep eye son everyone's positions at all times. And you will dor it out of the eyes of people. Should anything happen you'll be the first to communicate and arrive as reinforcement? Rain, you'll manage their rests and turns in a way that the job doesn't stop but they are also not overworked."

Zhi Rui then raised her arms high. "I don't care what you want right now, we are the people that everybody wants to get rid of but can't. If they see any chance to hurt us, they will act, without hesitation. That's why don't be reserved. Hunt, collect and fight boldly. These ten days to come we'll all be observed so it might be relatively safe, but keep your eyes open. I'd hate the loss of any of you."

When all was said and done Zhi Rui went out to the surface of the swamp.

She breathed in deeply. what was to come will come. She had left Zun Xuying with a ton of different teaching methods of weaponsmith, she even gave her method of weaponsmithing. Of course only as a reference. If she tried to change her cultivation now, would counter-productive.

She'd practice while creating the material for their base Zhi Rui grabbed the most valuable and useful for base materials, and she wanted Zhun Xuying to manipulate them,

Zhi Rui looked at Ren Zu who was steady by her side. "Let's gather some treasures."

Saying that. Zhi Rui jumped away with RenZu on her foot. She had left some strong beasts that were hidden in the swamp for after she was healed but thanks to the Spirit essence underground, her inner injuries were fully healed.

After running through along while They reached three massive tree's that grew entangled with one another, forming crisscrossing root,. the place was dark and full of rotten leaves, the smell was anything but good. But that was the place.

Without wasting more time, Zhi Rui materialized her energy and took both hammers out f her core. her body held the longer hammer while her astral form used materialized energy to yield the smaller hammer.

On the wide green swamp lake underneath the massive trees. Zhi Rui's astral body floated up some tree logs on the water, these logs had moss and plants all around it but they were clearly moving.

She turned around and looked a ther body that was holding the hammer but not moving. With her thought she controlled herself.

like a puppet, her body acted as her mind dictated. For now, she couldn't control two things separated at the same time so she used the smaller hammer combined with her body this way she only has to focus on one region.

Ren ZU watched with a weird expression.

But then there was a low splash on the water, and one of the logs disappeared sinking don the lake.

IT didn't take long for a gigantic scaled crocodile submerge and bite down at Zhi Rui. What looked like a log on the surface of the water was merely the tip of his torse, his four paws were long and nimble, its head alone had three meters of length. but counting his body with the tail, he was easily twelve to thirty meters long with a two to four meters radius torso.

His roar was deafening.

Ren Zu watched with attention as Zhi Rui moved in a dazed state. She felt the urge to help, but Zhi Rui warned for her not to step in on the first battle.

Zhi Rui swung her long hammer upwards. Closing the beast's maw shut.

But it stood up and it was tall. Ren Zu noticed a movement behind the crocodile but But Zhi Rui observed everything from the best angle.

Before the tail could even reach halfway Zhi Rui was already ducking to the side, getting out of its aim. then she swung her hammer hitting the beast between the eyes exactly was the brain is. It became dazed, it was a level three beasts, that could kill a level four with ease. Yet Zhi Rui pounded the mind of it away. After three more hits, it was down.

It was inland, and the other crocodiles weren't affected by the battle ripples, so Zhi Rui leisurely thought of the results while Ren Zu like a dutiful maid, did the cleaning process.

'Total awareness of the battlefield, no influence by adrenaline, panic or pain. Being away from the direct line of danger gives you a sense of security and calm that you're not allowed to have in the middle of a battle. With it, thinking gets easier.'

Zhi Rui concluded. She made her body looked at Ren Zu and spoke.

"Let's hunt some more, these are strong beasts with a close ancient bloodline, suck on their blood, there's no level sixth monster sighting this place right now." Ren Zu nodded dutifully.

And they continued to hun these beasts one by one, in the rare case where they came together Zhi Rui, used her smaller hammer to keep one away.

Throughout nine hours they hunted unceasingly.