Chapter 32 (Part B) – A Helping Hand

“Well, that’s the end of that!” Bi Fan snorted in a cold voice.

His light-ray sword was ready for the beast.

With seamless power, Bi Fan cast out one of his most powerful sword attacks, ‘Rain-fly sword!’

The five youngsters had been dealing with the other wolves, and had been able to manage with them with ease, and were going to be done with their end of the fighting soon.

The way Bi Fan had dealt with those two wolves, especially his skill with the sword, had left the five of them dumbstruck.

Most of them were not very far away from Bi Fan in terms of strength, but his sheer skill placed him in a league of his own.

As the wolf saw Bi Fan’s sword blockade the way in front of him, the color of fear filled his face, but he had launched himself at a pace where it wouldn’t be possible to back off now.

The wolf, in a determined effort, accelerated his pace further, as he desperately needed to snap Bi Fan’s neck into two.

Bi Fan charged back at the wolf, his body bringing a gale along with it, his sword pointed straight at the wolf.

His light-ray sword, pointed straight at the wolf’s throat, pierced straight through it.

“Poof!”

Bi Fan and the wolf had met mid-air, Bi Fan sword went straight through the wolf’s throat and then the rest of his body, as it passed cleanly through the insides of the wolf.

With a crash, the wolf landed on the ground, his belly cut open, and blood spilled all over the floor and Bi Fan.

The wolf was dead long before his body hit the ground.

The five humans were astonished to see the skill of Bi Fan, they were both impressed and scared of him.

Bi Fan wiped the blood off his sword and then off his face.

“Many thanks brother, you are our saving grace! May we ask your name?” One of the youngsters asked, he was skinny and had a delicate and humble look on his face.

“Relax, there is no need to thank me.” Bi Fan smiled.

“My name is Li Zi Yun, we all hail from Jiu Yu City.”, the young man who spoken up earlier stated. “You saved us all, we will remember this act of kindness.”

Bi Fan said: “My name is Bi Fan, I’m a disciple of Quinyang, please don’t say thanks, I only hunted these wolves so I could collect the rewards from their bodies. Is it alright with you all if I keep the carcasses?”

“Without a doubt, you deserve this.” Li Zi Yun said with a smile, trying to cover up the disappointment of the financial loss.

Even though Li Zi Yun wanted a share of the profit, but wouldn’t dare say a word against Bi Fan, as the five of them were pretty seriously injured and had consumed most of their energy. He was well aware that they would be no match for Bi Fan, and hence, didn’t want to upset him.

Bi Fan quickly, and a bit rudely, started incorporating the dead bodies into the Tian Yuan ring.

Witnessing Bi Fan incorporate almost twenty of the dead wolves into the Tian Yuan ring, left Li Zi Yun and his friends completely baffled.

A Yin Yang pouch had a lot space, but even then could only incorporate a maximum of twelve wolf carcasses, but they realized that Bi Fan evidently had other resources as well.

Even though Bi Fan had said that he was a student of Quinyang, they figured that it may not be true.

Li Zi Yun and his friends were afraid that if they question Bi Fan further, as they far too scared of offending Bi Fan. They were under the impression that Bi Fan was intentionally trying to keep his identity a secret.

But they wouldn’t dare to try and get to the bottom of this as they were too afraid to ruffle Bi Fan’s feathers and provoke his anger.

They were scared that if Bi Fan got angry, he could easily kill the five of them, following which he could take their treasures and all the remaining dead wolves, some of which he might leave for them right now.

Wolf fur and meat were capable of fetching a good amount of spars and could turn out to be potential reason for a fight here, and the devil’s territory was a common place for robberies and murders.

Bi Fan incorporated some of bodies of the wolves into the Tian Yuan ring and then quickly disappeared into the forest.

If he wanted to, he could have killed Li Zi Yun and all this friends with ease, but he felt that he could justify robbery, so he didn’t do it.

Watching Bi Fan disappear into the forest gave a sense of relief to the five youngsters.

“Bi Fan is too strong, it’s highly unlikely that he is an ordinary disciple.”

“Yes, he’s probably trained by an elite at Quinyang, otherwise how could he possibly be carrying so many Yin Yang pouches.” Li ZI Yun reasoned, completely unaware of Bi Fan’s real resources.

He paused for a while and then continued, “Let’s quickly peel off the skins of the left over wolves and get out of here.”

Li Zi Yun was well aware that they didn’t have the luxury of storing as many carcasses as Bi Fan could and they would only be able to collect a few of the remaining of the carcasses.

They only collected the most valuable skins; they flayed them and quickly left, as the smell of blood from the ruins of the battle was far too gross to remain there for long.

Once Bi Fan had gone some distance, he started searching for a place to practice and restore his energy.

The fighting had seemed effortless and even though he hadn’t incurred any injuries, he had still consumed majority of his energy in the battle.

But most importantly, Bi Fan had gained a great amount of experience from the fight and knew that he needed to restore his energy.

“I need to restore my strength….” Bi Fan knew that he needed to restore his strength, his body needed the energy back to be able prepare himself for any future fights.

“It seems that the best way enhance strength is to battle.” Bi Fan thought to himself.

Soon the curtains of night would fall, and the night time was the most dangerous inside the devil’s territory, as that was the time that most demons came out to feed.

Bi Fan decided to abandon the idea of venturing further into the devil’s territory and was looking for a tree so he could take a break.

As the night approached, the devil’s territory got even gloomier, the chilly wind blew and leaves rustled.

Bi Fan saddled himself in and started practicing.

The practice of the ‘inner breath’ techniques was the most important, also the most important to succeed at; this process took time and need to be approached step by step. Dan pellets helped, but still needed one to be able to practice purely on the basis of their skill set.

Bi Fan didn’t take any of the ‘inner organs’ layers pellets and decided to take his time practicing the ‘longevity burst’ technique to restore his energy.

As he started practicing, he could slowly feel the energy being stored into his body, he felt very satisfied by the overall output the day had produced.

After he was done restoring his body energy with ‘Longevity burst’, he started practicing the new techniques from the jade book to enhance his strength.

After today’s battle, he could feel the increase in his strength as a benefit.

He felt that if it wasn’t for his current strength level, he would not have been able to kill the two wolves the way he had managed to.

Even though Bi Fan had travelled a fair distance, he was still afraid that five youngsters that he had rescued earlier might try to kill him.

This kind of thing was very frequent in the Tian Yuan world, so it wouldn’t exactly be surprising.

Physical strength was an important thing, and had many benefits, it increased the ability of a martial artist to last in battle, and furthermore, if the person ran out of strength in battle, they would be able to defend themselves, owing to the increased defense strength.

Increase in physical strength was like an insurance policy and was an important thing the he needed to secure for the future.

Bi Fan had been always concentrated on increasing his physical strength and dove straight into his practice.

Bi Fan knew that couples with his skills sets, he was at least strong as the ‘brave’ layer.

Bi Fan was ecstatic with his current state but then was suddenly interrupted by the growls of a tiger.