13 The Young Lady with Silver Hair 1

When Lucas finally entered the forest, he initially started finding some monster to hunt.

Despite he lacks a weapon to attack, he can still use his pure force and his arms covered with spiritual energy.

From cultivating that long, he learned how to move spiritual energy from his body to his accord. However, since he doesn't know much about it, he needed to buy a martial technique in which the idea of circulating the spiritual energy simultaneously is prominent.

'I can use magic but I think I should not use it with my mana. I am more profound with mana. And this... third energy is somewhat weaker than the effects of mana to my magic.'

"I must practice my body with martial arts if that's the case. Maybe some improvement with my reflex would be great," he mumbled after finally encountering his first hunt for the day.

A huge frog appeared only at the level of his chest. It appears to be an abnormally sized frog, but unbeknownst to him, this kind of monster is common in this world.

As a little disgust was written on his face, he initially started preparing his hands to attack.

The monster noticed him. It looked at him with its dark huge eyes that seem to be nonending darkness.

When Lucas started rushing into the monster, it launched its long tongue to inflict poison on him. However, Lucas smelled the strong liquid coming from its tongue, as the tongue looks like a whip, he was sure that if he got hit with it, the poison would be entering his wound from the tongue.

"You look disgusting! Do you know why? Because I hate frogs since I was young!" He exclaimed before dodging the whipping tongue.

He jumped to the side, ducked, and shoot a pressure coming from his pointed arms to resemble a sword. As the pressure hit, Lucas hissed when the damage was only shallow.

"Despite my superior cultivation base, you got still protected yourself from that pressure. Sure, but how long are you going to survive from actual touch!"

Lucas shortened his breath and released one along with after he dashed to the monster.

When he got near to it, he didn't waste the momentum and immediately stabs the neck part of it with his pointed hands. The result was messy as the green fluids gushed out. But it did not hit Lucas, he also followed to move backward to not be sprayed by the fluids.

The monster died, and the strong foul scent reached his nose. Even it wasn't long dead, the blood has a funny smell.

He just didn't waste another time and searched for a monster core from the monster.

He opened the forehead and luckily saw a monster core sticking inside. Touching it, he grabbed it immediately to lessen the blood that will touch his skin.

When he was finally safe, he left the corpse and continued searching for another prey.

Hours were spent and he only got 3 monster cores; all in the 8th level of Apprentice Spirit Realm.

While experiencing disappointment, he just continued looking for another monster in the area. But alas, the chances of drop aren't high as he expected. Materialized monster cores are rare even in high numbers.

"What a trash. How can this help with my funds? I don't know how much a martial technique is sold at but this one is surely isn't good," he mumbled.

Then he continued, "If I judge by the price of Spiritual Station, I can sell one for 50 gold coins, however, I don't know how much is one martial technique is."

Feeling disappointed with his hunt, he shrugged it off and decided to leave the forest. However, before he could do so, he felt a strong source of energy. It was abundant and dense that he can't ignore.

Thus, he searched for it, even it will take him to a formidable monster, he can at least use magic to defeat it. It would surely benefit him even he needed to trade with his magic.

Though he wanted to limit himself in using magic, he can just use his third energy as fuel, even if the effect wasn't that similar to his actual magic fueled with mana.

Half an hour flew by, he finally started feeling the source near him. Passing through several trees, he finally saw the source, but he was baffled before he could react in excitement after finally reaching it.

He saw someone, lying on a bed of clover leaves – a lady with silver hair covered with wounds on her whole body!

Acting on his instinct, he dashed to the lady with his might and supported her head to his laps.

***

Inside a forest, a female with silver hair is covered with injuries, quivering in agony. The wounds, that seems to be clawed, were barely exposing her white skin.

She was scarcely breathing, gritting her teeth in contempt towards those who did this to her. While her brain is nonstop playing that nightmarish memory of her being injured by her most trusted friend, she could only cry in pain and disappointment.

Why did this happen to her? Everyone in her circle knows but she was oblivious of it.

Everyone cursed her beautiful appearance, every female in her circle would show her a fake smile of admiration, while at her back, they are stabbing her, spouting some bad viewpoints of her.

She was ignorant of those sweet faces of her peers, thinking that she would continue cultivating with them until they reach the next Upper Heaven. However, after such tragedy, she was thrown to the Mortal Heaven, only to be inflicted with wet and not healing wounds because of less dense spiritual energy in the environment.

She drained her spiritual energy, just to save herself from the conflict that she faced. Being surrounded by the most beauties under her, she was outcasted and betrayed, and they were anticipating her death.

But alas, even she did escape those attacks and dived to the Mortal Realm, she was still helpless.

She could only feel the air, hurting her open wounds. The wound that seems to come from a monster's paw, was actually from her previous friends' envy.

"Ah… Why… did I even… escape?..." She cried as to being clueless why she did not face her death.

If only she accepted that hideous way to die, she could finally take her rest and send her spirit to the last stop of life.

However, she was stupid at that point, thinking that she doesn't want to see her previous friends delighted and eerie smiles of pleasure.

She gasped, little air to gather to her damaged lungs…

She endured the stings that her tears inflicting her open wounds…

She groaned at every injures she can feel…

And only able to utter a word of hope, "Help me… Please kill me." Hoping to die, before she could only see a light coming behind a handsome young man, supporting her head on his lap.

As the lady started to feel hope to die, she cried once again.

"Please... kill me..."

But she received a question as a reply.

"Why do you want to die?" A voice of a young man resounded, reaching her ears.

"I… don't want… to suffer anymore…" she muttered in a low and inaudible voice. Knowing that no one in the Mortal Heaven can save her, it's the least she can wish.

"If I save you, would you ask to die again? If I remove the pain, will you stop asking to die?"

The lady was speechless for a moment, not responding even a short reply. And after a brief moment, she answered with a different context from her previous request.

"I won't… So... save me… please… I… at least… want to stop this suffering… suffer… I want... them to suffer..."

Even a little unsure of what she said, the young man smiled and put her back on the bed of clovers.

"I will save you then."

Seconds later, he started mumbling some chant. Light emerged from his palms, soothing her body in a warm sensation. Her wounds started to heal after another second, she felt her body started being lighter.

Hours later, her body became healthier. Even the abnormalities within her body disappear. However, it wasn't on the other side, the young man who was healing her started to break some sweat. His forehead is now a puddle of water from the fatigue.

And finally, after the long healing, the young lady's face became more vibrant, without feeling any injuries from her body.

She groaned a little because of the sluggish reaction of her body. She lifted her body to sit and leveled with the young man who was right now lightheaded from saving her.

She pondered, as she saw a handsome young man that shows a low cultivation base. How did he save her?

The young man smiled seeing her sit on her own.

"Thank you for saving me… If you don't mind, can I ask you how I can pay you back?" The young lady asked.

It wasn't the first question people should ask, but for her that thinks of debts first, it was inevitable.

The young man shrugged his body to return from being lightheaded. Despite his healthy body, he is right now experiencing fatigue.

"Don't mind it…"

The young man almost fell, but fortunately, he was caught by the young lady.

"Please. Tell me how I can pay you back." She insisted.

The young man was silent for a short time and answered, "I really don't know."

They were covered with silence, making the young lady ponder for a moment.

When she thought how hard it was to heal her, and absurd that a person in this realm succeeded in, she decided to give him a favor. Not ignoring the fact that those injuries didn't heal because of special attacks.

There's nothing for her to lose anyway and this realm isn't the appropriate realm for herself.

"Then… how about I assist you to ascend to the Upper Heaven?"