Path Of Sword Master

Loqds of bodies can be seen surrounding Li Jie, who was tightly grasping onto his sword, with full concentration, whereas the other beasts of mortal stages and higher were carefully sizing him up, their fierce expression had calmed down after looking at the dead beasts surrounding the boy in front of them.

Three beasts of earth stage were nearing him and were ready to attack him, the moment he shows any weakness.

Li Jie had a frosty expression looking at the three beasts who were looking for any moment of weakness, one of the beasts was a fire horned snake, while one was Screeching Hyena, who was the leader of the Screeching Hyenas that Li Jie had killed, and the last one was Metallic Piercing Rhino.

Li Jie had a complete grasp on his sword, his concentration was unmoving, and his aura was concentrated on the sword, he didn't know the reasoning behind it, but from his attacks on various beasts, he learned that only when he utilizes this aura in this way, that he can feel somehow, can he fight with less energy wastage and more attack power.

The Metallic Piercing Rhino was the one who attacked first head-on, Li Jie's eyes turned grave, but he slashed at the head of it's opponent, but alas the Metallic Piercing Rhino deflected Li Jie's attack with it's horn, which just had a small scratch.

The fire horned snake was the fastest with it's attack as it suddenly slithered behind Li Jie, to attack him, Li Jie felt chill behind his back, he abruptly moved behind him and brought his sword in front of him, which could only stop the attack of the Fire Horned Snake for a moment, Li Jie got pushed back at an extreme pace, his body's balance got shifted and he fell on his back.

Getting attacked from the front side, Li Jie might not have gotten wounded, but his breathing was out of control, he was gasping for breath, not even having the ability to think, whereas the beasts were excited at Li Jie's condition, they rushed towards him, at that moment Li Jie who was hovering on the brink of death, bit his lips in a bid to control himself and took hold of his sword, he got up instantly and no matter how strong his opponent maybe, he was ready to face them head-on, it was none other than the Screeching Hyena's leader in front of him, Li Jie knew that a sound attack by the Screeching hyena's leader might be detrimental towards him.

He instantly stabbed the Screeching Hyena's neck with all the power he could muster by rushing all of his body towards it, thrusting his attack at it's neck with his sword, the Screeching Hyena limping before lying flat on the ground, dead.

Right at that moment, the Metallic Piercing Rhino attacked Li Jie from his right side, somehow he was able to muster up his strength to bring the sword on his right side when he felt as if he had lost his consciousness, his insides were shaken badly and from the speed and the power exerted by the Metallic Piercing Rhino had shattered his ribs, and flung his body like a kite towards an unknown direction.

The Fire Horned Snake slithered towards the corpse of the Screeching Hyena's body and was trying to find the boy, when all of a sudden there was a change in it's eyes, which were red just a moment ago, had now become clear, the same was with the Metallic Piercing Rhino as well as the other beasts, for some unknown reason, their eyes turned clear yet full of confusion, looking at the large number of corpses surrounding them, they were terrified as if all of their memory of some time before had just been wiped out.

All of the beasts suddenly escaped and ran away, for they couldn't understand what was going on, looking at the corpses around made them feel ominous, which is why they all escaped in different directions.

On top of a mountain, can be seen a figure of a middle-aged man, who was sitting atop the mountain, while drinking wine from a gourd, "Looks like this is his limit, at least he has grasped his sword intent, even if it was used subconsciously, only after mastering it will he start his true path well he has just started on his path, I can't get impatient, after all, whatever needs to happen will happen at the right time", said Mr.Teacher with a sigh, which felt resonating with all of the mountains present near him.

As for Li Jie, he was currently laid on top of a tree in a weird position, blood was pouring out of his mouth constantly, while broken bones were protruding out of his chest, he was completely unconscious.

Mr.Teacher came near Li Jie, seeing his condition he couldn't help but sigh, "Well, I am not supposed to help you in your battles, but considering how you are under my tutelage, for the time being, I will help you, but in the future, there will be moments which will be worse than this, and I won't be able to help you, all the choices that you make and all of your future decisions that you will be taking, it is you who will be responsible for them and you who will have to bear the weight of your actions", said Mr.Teacher in a solemn tone.

After which, with a gust of wind he brought Li Jie to his cave, and there he took out a herb, which was then crushed by him and spread like sprinkles on Li Jie, which was healing him rapidly.

Little by little his face complexion started to get better, and the broken bones of his ribs were attached, and almost all of his body was healed.

Mr.Teacher just sat down near the fire and started to cook and eat meat, while waiting for Li Jie to wake up.

After sometime when Li Jie woke up from his stupor, everything was hazy at first, he couldn't understand where he was, Li Jie then opened his eyes completely and was shocked to find his master in front of him, who was sitting near the fire place, "Master, what are you doing here, I thought there were 3 more days till my training in this forest ended", said Li Jie.

"Indeed it would have taken 3 more days for your training to complete, but you have been sleeping for 3 days straight, so I waited and didn't want to disturb your lovely dreams", said Mr.Teacher with a chuckle.

Li Jie felt embarrassed for sleeping for 3 days straight, while he was supposed to be training.

Seeing the expression of guilt on his student's face made Mr.Teacher smile lightly, "Don't worry, it's completely ok, a person should rest from time to time, if you were to just train all day, then you will become one of those musclehead men, you should properly divide the time you need for training and rest, too much of either one is harmful to one's body", said Mr.teacher in a solemn tone.

Li Jie nodded upon listening to his master it was then that he suddenly remembered what happened with him, he remembered that the condition he was at that time after getting hit by the Metallic Piercing Rhino had crushed his insides as well as his outer body, and it was not of the type where he could have miraculously survived.

Li Jie felt very grateful towards his master, who had saved him, when he was helpless and almost on the brink of destruction, he felt guilty not knowing, if he will ever be able to repay his master back, thought Li Jie.

"Let's go back to your house, the competition is near, I have already told you how to finally take the first step in the path of Essence Energy cultivation, now everything depends on how you perform, as for the sword intent, I think you know better than anyone in this continent, about how you should start practicing your sword intent, it will be the one and only thing which will help you in stepping on the path of Essence energy cultivation", said Mr.Teacher in a thoughtful tone.

Li Jie nodded, showing his understanding and how he will have to master his sword intent as fast as possible, so he could finally start on the path of essence energy cultivation.

"Ok so let's go back to your home, take what you deem necessary, and then let's go", ordered Mr.Teacher.

Li Jie nodded and packed whatever he needed hurriedly and told his master that he was ready to return back home.

Mr.Teacher then stood up and snapped his fingers, where the whole surrounding instantly changed as if he wasn't even in the forest the whole time, he was amazed by this ability of his master.