Chapter 94: Chapter 92: Master Han’s First Lesson_1

The buzzing of insects in their ears had already grown faint.

Off in the distant sky, startled crows flew in circles, still looking for a place to perch.

But in the dense forest, in the territory of the wolf’s den, the battle had unexpectedly come to an end!

Had it even been five minutes in total?

Zhao Li, Zhang Wu, and Huang Dengshan, who had finally managed to focus their eyes, watched as the pack of wolves whimpered and fled until they were no longer in sight.

The focus in their eyes abruptly scattered, as if losing the ability to focus, turning their heads to gaze at Ye Hanjun in disbelief.

"The battle... has ended just like that?"

"Such a strong wolf king... defeated in just a few blows?"

The three were shocked, their mouths wide enough to put two eggs in.

"Wait, Assistant Han, your Contracted Spirit Fond Spirits..."

In the battle involving life and death, Zhao Li could not afford to be distracted.

As she suddenly relaxed, her unfocused eyes refocused and regained their spirit.

The Desert Witch, standing at only a meter’s height, was standing next to Ye Hanjun.

The sand dancing in the sky, although its spinning speed had greatly slowed down, the posture that shielded the Desert Witch without any blind spots was like the stars surrounding the moon. On the scarred face, the calm color, identical to Ye Hanjun’s, hung.

It was as if the previous battle was done on a whim.

Except for the slight motion in Ye Hanjun’s chest, suggesting that he was catching his breath, the tranquil Desert Witch did not move. Only through outward appearances, Zhao Li couldn’t observe whether she had given it her all, or merely attacked at will.

"Desert Witch... indeed there have been recent rumors..."

"I heard that a very rare witch’s Fond Spirit disappeared from the disability aid center, suspected of being taken away by someone who signed a contract..."

"Could all this...actually be related to Assistant Han? This..."

Zhao Li looked stunned, as if thunderbolt striking her hard.

Although she seemed unscathed on the surface, her spiritual world had been devastated, her understanding built over 19 years shattered.

"It’s me."

Ye Hanjun nodded, stepped forward, and pulled the Bloodsucking Dagger out of the eye socket of the dead Conical Wolf King.

He took out a clean handkerchief and carefully wiped the handle.

The edge of the blade, having absorbed a large amount of fresh blood, was a stunning bright red and swung with even more lightness and speed.

"Pfft."

"Pfft."

The two young conical wolves wounded and fell to the ground had their lives cut off by the insertion of the Bloodsucking Dagger.

The one untouched, but already having lost its kin’s protection, had nowhere to escape, nowhere to retreat to, shivering while huddled up on the ground, it was so frightened it couldn’t make a sound.

"Huang Dengshan, you, come here, kill it."

"Ah?" Huang Dengshan, a slow-witted man, was petrified and dare not move.

His tense face and bulging throat seemed to be resisting something.

"What? Upon seeing the enemy incapacitated, you want to show mercy?"

Ye Hanjun chuckled lightly, yet there wasn’t a trace of mirth in his eyes.

"No..."

Huang Dengshan slowly walked to Ye Hanjun’s side, the big knife he was holding trembling slightly.

"But it’s... still a young wolf cub..."

"If I were a newly awakened Patron, such a creature could potentially become my Contracted Spirit..."

"Whether to kill it or not, actually doesn’t matter to me."

Ye Hanjun said nonchalantly:

"But if you hesitate even when needing to clear out the roots, this immature mentality will cost you sooner or later in the wild."

"Don’t get in the way of the team because of such basic mistakes for the upcoming seven days, this, is your first chance to transform."

"Gulp..."

Huang Dengshan swallowed.

Seeing that he still had some hesitation, Ye Hanjun shook his head and said coldly:

"Do you know, Conical Wolves are a very vengeful and greedy species."

"Intruding their den will make them loathe you."

"If the wolf king were still alive, he would definitely lead his pack to chase you, even if you fled a hundred miles. As long as they have a chance of catching up, they won’t give up."

"You should be thankful now, the wolf king is dead."

"Such great fear of the king’s death will suppress the anger of the conical wolf pack, they won’t dare to retaliate, they will only run far away, completely abandon this den."

"And this abandoned wolf cub, it won’t survive."

"Its fate will only be to be eaten by other spirit beasts."

"The natural world is the survival of the fittest, it has always been this way."

"The first step into the wild is to be prepared for death, and then learn to abandon a part of human nature."

"If you can feel pity in your heart, and then slaughter life without hesitation, only then can you live longer and healthier in such an environment..."

Ye Hanjun’s words were not only directed at Huang Dengshan.

His gaze swept over Zhang Wu, Zhao Li, Su Mei in turn.

Even Su Mei, who had long become the first disciple, felt at this moment that Master Han seemed like a different person.

He used the coldest, most ruthless words to shatter the fairy tales of their childhood, using the most calm, most concise logic to tell them the truth of existence.

Uncomfortable at heart... wanting to question, wanting to argue.

But looking forward and backward, thinking it over and over again, they couldn’t find any point to rebut.

— This is the truth.

Countless forebears, with their spilled blood, with their cold corpses, conveyed this truth to their posterity.

If they still hold onto a naive stance, then, in this world, in the end, they’ll simply become a meal for a beast.

"Master Han... I understand!"

Huang Dengshan’s way of addressing has changed at this moment.

He gathered courage, opened his own eyes, and dropped the big knife in his hand.

"Thud——"

Because the knife didn’t hit the vital point, the adolescent Conical Wolf, in great pain, was still alive.

Its fear was suppressed, in order to survive, it wildly bit forward.

A shield formed from yellow sand was about to be shaped, Ye Hanjun glanced at Huazhu lightly.

The next second, the shield dissipated, the surprisingly young yet sharp enough claw ripped Huang Dengshan’s trouser leg, leaving four very obvious claw marks on his leg.

"Huff..."

Huang Dengshan stepped back, the Big-eyed Deer at his side charged forward, a trample move, stepping hard on the Conical Wolf’s head.

"Thud——"

For the second time, Huang Dengshan killed a Conical Wolf.

Watching the young cub dying under his watch, a cold droplet of sweat dropped from his forehead. A color of confusion emerged in his trembling eyes, then slowly calmed down.

"No wonder... a mentor once said...

"Patrons on the Path of Controlling Spirits, more or less, will be tainted with unnecessary blood...

"Some, not only the spirits, but also a lot, will be human brethren..."

"Maybe one day, because of my weakness, because of my carelessness, I will be killed by a stronger enemy..."

"Maybe one day, I will become insatiable, completely abandon my past innocence..."

"But no matter what the future holds, as long as I want to go down this path, in order to live, in order to become stronger, I eventually need all kinds of whetstones to promote my growth?"

Huang Dengshan, murmured to himself.

Zhang Wu, and Zhao Li, who were spectating, although they didn’t experience it firsthand, the shock they received was much more stimulating than killing a rabbit yesterday.

Su Mei was no exception.

Her perception of Ye Hanjun was refreshed day by day.

What has this man, no older than her, been through in the past 20 years that he possesses such a deep and horrifying insight?

"The journey is life, both ends are death."

"Remember, whether it’s love, kinship, friendship, or the bond with spirits, whether you’re upset about it or enjoying it, the premise is that you have to be alive."

"I don’t know how long it will take others to realize this, but when it comes to me, this is the first lesson stepping into the wild for hunting, whether you accept it or not, in the process of thinking and exploring, you have already distanced yourself from your past self."

Huang Dengshan, Zhang Wu, Zhao Li, Su Mei, all were silent.

Ye Hanjun gave them a few minutes, to digest everything simply.

As for him, taking advantage of Bloodsucking Dagger at its sharpest state, he began to cut up the Conical Wolf King.

In the wilderness, unless it’s a collective hunting activity, or possession of enough space storage equipment.

Otherwise, after killing prey, you can only gather the most important and valuable parts. The rest must be discarded.

From the Great Completion’s Clay Body Conical Wolf, the only thing Ye Hanjun coveted was its liver.

No matter how it was cooked, eating it, it was high-quality nutrition, which could help him condition his body, expedite the refining and repair of his life essence.

"Huff——"

Su Mei let out a breath, she didn’t dwell on things.

The others had room to choose, could think about it carefully, what kind of people they want to be in the future.

And for her, the choice had already been made. She had already begun the chase towards Master Han on this path.

There’s nothing to struggle about, and there’s nothing to be afraid of.

Just keep moving forward.

Su Mei gripped the long sword in her hand, mimicking Ye Hanjun’s movements, she clumsily learned to dissect, using the body of a Conical Wolf cub.

After a while.

Zhao Li, Huang Dengshan, and Zhang Wu, the three also squatted down eventually, collectively handling the remaining two cub bodies.

"Conical Wolf’s meat is too tough to cook, we need to find other prey for today’s lunch."

Having dealt with the Conical Wolf of the Great Completion’s clay body, Ye Hanjun said so.

The somewhat disheveled four, all nodded.

It could be seen, without a head, without noticeable bumps, always revolving around Ye Hanjun, the team’s cohesion was beginning to take shape.

Ye Hanjun gently nodded, satisfied with this outcome.

Of course, before leaving, he didn’t forget to instruct Huang Dengshan to search in the stinky wolf cave.

Soon, a hint of excitement emerged on Huang Dengshan’s wooden face.

Just after landing in the Trial Ground, he could get five coins at once.

This kind of start, where could it be called bad luck?

"Now it’s morning, the sun is in the east leaning south... and the position of Black Stone Mountain is..."

Simply identifying the direction, Ye Hanjun, in accordance with the mentor’s emphasized requirements, led the four team members to explore the center of the trial area.

"Buzz, Buzz, Buzz——"

"Ola! Ola!"

"Papaya! Papaya!"

In the jungle, all kinds of wild spirits, large or small, fierce or shy, were endlessly appearing in everyone’s sight.