Legend of the Moon Sword
Cultivation Training (2)

For two days Zhi Yuo had been training, for two days he had fully absorbed the moonlight energy. And now he had reaped the results where he now felt no pain when he absorbed the energy.

His body was lighter than usual, and this included very rapid development. Because basically Zhi Yuo had already done that, it was just that now his body was different. But it is not a problem as long as this body can be invited to practice and accelerate its development.

Finished with the absorption of moonlight energy, Zhi Yuo took his next step of martial arts training.

But because he basically used a sword, he thought back. Where he could get a sword.

"Don't bother toh~" Zhi Yuo muttered, with a grin on his lips he walked towards the bamboo forest line.

Zhi Yuo had the type in choosing bamboo, it was impossible to be careless. This is only for the media to practice, it does not matter if the bamboo is strong.

The bamboo he chose was a long one, could be grasped easily, and was fairly strong. He finally got it.

"Well, luckily I've absorbed the moon's energy which is one of my sources of power. Stay practicing my martial skills, it's done."

Zhi Yuo stepped foot into the meadow, staying there for a while to concentrate. Zhi Yuo took a deep breath, exhaling it slowly so that it fused with the wind.

Now his entire body felt light, especially when he clearly remembered the martial movements he had learned in his previous life. Either the memory does exist or it comes by itself without him asking.

Some small steps and big steps, some swing pattern from the bamboo he held was like a sword.

Zhi Yuo felt within his shadow, he grasped MingYue and returned in the past.

Some of these martial arts moves were the most basic moves he had ever learned. And he easily remembered it all.

The movements he learned were done smoothly, maybe next time he needed some targets to be used as experimental materials.

It did not feel he was long enough to swing the bamboo, while the sky had begun to show orange color. Zhi Yuo wiped the sweat that poured out from his forehead. How long has he been training? Maybe half a day.

He had just done a second stage of movement. The martial arts that he learned there were 5 stages of movement, and that he had yet to do all of them.

Zhi Yuo sat on a stretch of grass, regulating the condition of his body that was starting to fatigue. That was natural, because the body he was in now was the body of a teenage boy, moreover, it had not been fully trained. Of course it's not as strong as he used to be.

"I'm bored... " his complaint.

Zhi Yuo finally got up from his sitting position, tied the bamboo on his back and stepped leisurely towards the bamboo forest line.

"Walk outside for a minute ah..".

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Zhi Yuo had no other choice but to walk down the village and head towards the market where he first came to when he was first in the village.

As usual, the market is still crowded even after entering the afternoon. Therefore, instead of getting bored all day in the bamboo forest, Zhi Yuo decided to take a walk here. Who knows what he bought.

His gaze was fixed on a small shop that sold a lot of pickles. And one of them he saw was loquat candied setoples. He got tempted and walked to the store to buy sweets.

Well, he's only eaten a little for a few days. In addition to focusing on training, he only eats plants that grow in the forest he lives in. One of them includes bamboo shoots.

Just about to greet the seller and buy sweets, Zhi Yuo even saw a little boy peeling the skin of a loquat. And he's like a stranger.

"Hey, son." Zhi Yuo called the boy.

The boy who was none other than Shu Cao, turned his head to the figure of Zhi Yuo.

Shu Cao replied in a flat tone, "Yes?".

"You. yesterday made a fuss, didn't you?" Zhi Yuo asked with a finger pointing towards Shu Cao.

Shu Cao chuckled, "You don't need to know!".

Zhi Yuo put on a soft look, "I saw everything you~".

"God! And you're a lunatic who lives in a bamboo forest." Shu Cao replied with a brush.

The aunt who was guarding the shop saw the debate firsthand, immediately breaking up.

"Shu Cao, it looks like this young man looks like a good person, not like you said."

Hearing that, Zhi Yuo held a furious laughter, even to the point of causing a burst from his mouth. While the boy was, Shu Cao only pouted while stroking his cheeks filled with bluish bruises.

"Based on a lunatic.." Shu Cao's Brief.

"By the way I'm older than you, call me more politely~" - Zhi Yuo.

"Oh, huh? And I'm more sane than you." - Shu Cao.

A rude snort came out from Zhi Yuo's mouth. He took the loquat sweets he had prepared beforehand and paid for everything he bought.

"Hey, kid. I'm amazed by your strength, how can you fight with someone bigger than you?" Zhi Yuo asked.

Shu Cao who heard that was astonished, "I just hit and kicked him a few times, nothing more."

Zhi Yuo nodded upon hearing the little boy's reply. Well... It's not important either. But he was honest that he felt admiration for Shu Cao. I don't know why he felt this boy was a bit different.

"Shu Cao, it's late afternoon time to close the shop."

When the aunt's voice called out to her, Shu Cao stood up and immediately cleared up the trade that had not been fully exhausted.

Question marks appeared above Zhi Yuo's head.

"Why should it close now?".

Shu Cao turned his head towards Zhi Yuo, with his face white he explained.

"There's been a strange creature roaming our village lately and it's taking a lot of casualties. The magic warriors were on their way to capture the creature, but until now they had lost track. It came out in the evening."

Zhi Yuo tilted his head, listening to Shu Cao's explanation.

"Then? What does it look like?" He asked further.

"Hm... " Shu Cao seemed to remember before he could finally describe the shape of the monstrous creature.

"Like a giant bat. Yep! like that!".

Zhi Yuo furrowed his brows, a giant bat? So the creature that flew over him while he was training was that creature?.

"Hey, be careful when you go home, or the bat monster will-" Shu Cao's words were cut off for a moment as he turned to look at Zhi Yuo's face. But all he found was a passing wind, Zhi Yuo was not there anymore.

"uh? Where is that guy?".

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Residents in the village began to close the doors and windows of their respective homes, while traders in the market began to rush to go home immediately. Since the attack of the giant bat-shaped strange creature, many residents have panicked.

In addition to the increasing casualties, the actions of the magic warriors on duty have not shown results. People are getting more restless too.

When everyone was busy with their business, behind the bamboo rows and the trees, someone was sitting on the roof of the hut.

His sight did not escape from the surroundings. Every whir of wind pierced through his skin, but he did not waver with it. He regulated his breathing, keeping a watchful gaze. When he looked up, the moonlight was no longer visible. The full moon had been perfectly covered in the expanse of the night sky.

Zhi Yuo's eyebrows bent, he could not absorb the energy now. But he didn't care about that, what he thought now was...

Something he even hated.

A roaring sound rang out from behind him, quite a distance away from his current distance. Zhi Yuo got up without looking back, the wind was roaring from all directions as something flashed flying behind him.

Zhi Yuo pulled the bamboo from his back, swinging it backwards with full force.

The target he attacked instead dodged with agility, the sound of flapping wings was clearly heard that night.

Blood red eyes could be seen directly by Zhi Yuo. The creature flew higher than him, but Zhi Yuo did not panic at all.

A single footstroke made Zhi Yuo jump as high as the creature. Once again Zhi Yuo used his bamboo, smoothing it in the air towards the creature.

The giant winged creature dodged again, this time it seemed like he was unwilling to deal with Zhi Yuo, but instead he left there at high speed.

And it leads straight to the village.

Zhi Yuo landed perfectly on the ground. With his hand still clasping his weapon, he galloped towards the target. He had to move quickly before the creature took its toll.

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"Damn!" Zhi Yuo clucked.

Now he is in the middle of the village. Without a second thought, Zhi Yuo jumped onto the roof of the house. When he saw the atmosphere of the village from above, it was like a dead place. Silence, there was only the sound of the wind.

And this kind of atmosphere should make it easier for him to find traces of the strange creature.

A roaring sound rang out again, this time louder like breaking the wind.

Zhi Yuo prepared with the weapon he was holding, as far as the eye could see the movement of the creature even though it was now devoured by darkness.

The creature came out from the curtain of night darkness, with a crazy speed he was about to grab Zhi Yuo with his claws.

Zhi Yuo lowered his head to avoid the claw that was about to rip his shoulder off. With a single blow, Zhi Yuo directed his bamboo towards the bat-shaped sinister demon wings.

"He's bigger than I thought." Zhi Yuo grimaced in heart.

The wings are not easy to tear. Moreover, Zhi Yuo had not swung his weapon for a long time.

The bat demon let out a shrill sound, until it felt like Zhi Yuo wanted to cover her ears right then and there.

When he felt that something was going to be dangerous, Zhi Yuo directly stuck the tip of his bamboo onto the ground and jumped away.

The bat demon flapped its wings again, this time wider. He bared his fangs, ready to eat Zhi Yuo.

Surely Zhi Yuo survived as much as possible when the bat demon attacked him repeatedly using his wide wings. And when the wings flapped, it felt like there was a huge wind that could have blown him away.

Zhi Yuo tried to calm down, took a deep breath and took it out slowly. He only needed to keep his distance, this demon moved randomly and recklessly. Usually in this case, there are many gaps in each attack.

The bat demon slid again towards him. Here goes! Zhi Yuo could read his attack. Confidently and brimming with strength, Zhi Yuo blocked the attack given to him and counterattacked cunningly.

The bat demon started to get overwhelmed, he moved a few meters away from there.

While Zhi Yuo did not take the attack first. He rubbed the blood flowing from his scratched cheek, but it was no longer a problem before the bat demon finally attacked him again.

Zhi Yuo was ready with his horses. Again this demon attack is easy to read. But it was completely beyond his expectations when the demon changed its flying direction to veer to the right quickly. And that made Zhi Yuo not have time to react any more.

"Fuck-"

Zhi Yuo's body was blown away as the bat demon pushed its body with its claws. And it managed to make Zhi Yuo even thrown up the bamboo forest. That's pretty far from where it was.

Zhi Yuo coughed a few times, his body now crashing into the collection of bamboo trees that there were now some broken as a result of his body crashing violently.

Just about to take a breath to calm down, a bat demon slid down from up there.

Zhi Yuo reflexively entered into the bamboo group, protecting himself even though he knew it was of little use.

The bat demon was still trying to chase after him, and Zhi Yuo crawled deeper and deeper to avoid those slimy canines.

And there was a result brought about when the bat demon was caught among the many bamboos. Unable to grab Zhi Yuo, he finally left by himself, retreated quickly and left from there.

Zhi Yuo set his breath that was even about to run out. It felt like he would die twice when he saw the skeletons of bamboo trees scattered before him. Zhi Yuo walked out slowly, down the path made by the bat demon himself.

His body was scuffed and full of scratches due to the sharp trunk of the bamboo tree. When he came out of the bamboo tree, the sunlight began to be seen from the east, indicating the day began early.

The devil should have gone. Zhi Yuo sat down, feeling tired of his fights all night.

But it did not last long when a crowd suddenly appeared not far from him, precisely in a house. The citizens gathered there and it attracted the attention of Zhi Yuo.

Zhi Yuo tried to get up, he walked limped towards the crowd. And he saw with his own eyes that in front of him fragments from the old hut were scattered everywhere.

Zhi Yuo was getting into the crowd, he was standing at the very front among the citizens, and he saw everything.

Blood splattered everywhere, the skeletons of the already destroyed house, as well as a boy who was already covered in blood.

Even though his body was filled with blood, he stood firm. His hands clenched beside his body. And a bat's wing is next to it.

The boy turned his head towards Zhi Yuo with a cold look. There was a flash of anger in his eyes. And that made Zhi Yuo surprised instead of playing.

"Shu's... Cao... ?".

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