Chapter 33

One day!

Two days!

Half a month!

One month!

For a full one and a half months, Li Chen practiced the Storm Fist on the giant rock at the bottom of the cliff, braving the hurricane and observing the wind patterns in the clouds. In the afternoon, when the hurricane stopped, he would return to the cave to continue his studies, almost to the point of neglecting sleep and meals. With the spiritual treasure of the Cloud Pear Fruit replenishing his energy, he didn't even have to worry about food, and he forgot his initial intention to leave.

Although he claimed to be practicing the Storm Fist, what he was actually doing had long surpassed the original level restrictions. He had incorporated the essence he learned from observing the hurricane, and there were even subtle, indescribable changes, though he himself was not yet aware of them.

Now, Li Chen practiced according to his memory of the Storm Fist, but the moves he executed were no longer those from the manual. Instead, they were mostly derived from the cloud patterns he observed.

On the giant rock, Li Chen, battered by the hurricane, seemed like a different person. Although he still moved slowly, he no longer needed to cling to the rock wall to move.

His body swayed, his arms bent and extended, and each move closely resembled the changes in the clouds above as they were battered by the hurricane.

At this moment, Li Chen exuded an indescribable aura. It seemed as if he could be overwhelmed by fatigue at any moment, yet he also appeared to be full of energy and vigor.

Invisibly, as he practiced slowly, a vortex of energy appeared above his head, something that only appeared when he was cultivating.

However, he couldn't see this energy at all.

Pop!

Suddenly, Li Chen, who had been feeling increasingly fatigued, delivered a punch that formed an indescribable wind vortex in the air. This vortex collided with the incoming hurricane, producing a clear sonic boom.

The force of the sonic boom violently threw him against the rock wall, and the giant rock, where the Cloud Pear Fruit grew, trembled several times from the impact.

The vortex above his head suddenly dissipated, but the condensed energy then rushed into his head, as if it were energy he had cultivated himself.

"Cough, cough, hahaha, I understand now!"

Blood trickled from the corners of his mouth, but Li Chen laughed without any sign of pain, his eyes filled with an intense, piercing light. "The wind has no form or shape. If one is fixated on the moves, the form will not be smooth, and the shape will not be harmonious. But one cannot do without the moves. The changes in the clouds in the sky are the moves of the fist!"

Buzz!

As he spoke these words, Li Chen's entire body inexplicably trembled, even though he himself did not notice it. A mysterious light flashed around him.

What surprised him was that the fatigue in his body seemed to have completely disappeared, and he felt a mysterious change in himself, as if he had grasped some kind of profound meaning.

He reached out and picked a Cloud Pear Fruit, pulled out two green horns, and climbed up the mountain. Over the past one and a half months, he had become extremely familiar with climbing, and it didn't take long for him to reach the cave at the top of the cliff.

Squawk!

A gray shadow flashed by, like a rooster's crow. The young eagle, with a body the size of a large goose, crashed into Li Chen's arms at an astonishing speed.

"Alright, alright, stop it!"

Li Chen calmed the young eagle. Over the past month, they had become very familiar, and he was the one who fed it.

Of course, speaking of feeding, the poor young eagle was in the middle of its growth phase, and Li Chen had forced it to eat Cloud Pear Fruit for over a month.

Squawk!

The young eagle was relentless. Having tasted the deliciousness of meat, how could it bear to eat only vegetables for so long?

"Speaking of which, with your speed, you should be able to fly, right?"

Li Chen, annoyed by its pecking, his eyes flashed, and a mischievous smile appeared on his face.

Squawk!

Seemingly sensing Li Chen's unusual behavior, the young eagle shrank its neck, and its bright, pale golden eyes were filled with unease.

"Hehe, today, you will practice flying!"

Li Chen, determined, remembered that when he was young, Old Li had told him that eagles would push their young out of the nest on the cliff to practice flying when they reached a certain size.

Otherwise, once their bones and muscles were fully developed, they would never be able to spread their wings and fly in the sky.

With this thought, Li Chen, holding the struggling young eagle, came to the entrance of the cave, took a deep breath, and silently said, "Don't blame me!"

Flap!

He immediately threw the young eagle out of the cave.

As if he couldn't bear to watch, Li Chen closed his eyes and turned around.

Whoosh!

A gentle breeze passed by, and Li Chen thought it was just the wind outside the cave. But after a while, he turned around in surprise, wondering why he hadn't heard the young eagle's cries.

Outside the cave, the clouds were ethereal, and there was no sign of movement. Not only was there no sign of the young eagle, but he hadn't seen a single bird in the past month.

"Something's wrong, what's that sound?"

Li Chen's heart grew anxious, and he heard a faint, crisp sound. His face changed, and he quickly entered the cave, bypassing the bodies of the golden eagles, and went inside.

He saw that inside the large cave, behind a protruding rock, there was a small, inconspicuous cave. The crisp sound was coming from inside.

"Do you think I won't find you if you hide here?"

Hearing the trembling sound from inside, Li Chen knew that the breeze was not the wind but the young eagle's burst of speed, which had entered the cave without his notice.

Feeling both amused and relieved, he came to the entrance of the small cave, saw the layers of soft light inside, and leaped in.

Inside was a cave no more than a few dozen feet in diameter, filled with dazzling elemental stones and various crystals, emitting a powerful energy that made Li Chen involuntarily close his eyes and let out a soft moan.

He had already discovered this treasure cave, but every time he saw it, he was deeply shocked.

Fourth-stage beasts already had a high level of intelligence, so it was not surprising that they collected treasures.

"Come out!"

Li Chen, seeing the young eagle with its head buried in the elemental stones, pouted and called out a few times. When it didn't come out, he walked in, picked it up, and jumped out of the cave to the outer cave.

Looking at the endless sea of clouds, Li Chen took a deep breath and, ignoring the young eagle's struggles and cries, threw it out again.

Flap!

This time, the young eagle tried to fly back to the cave entrance, but Li Chen didn't give it the chance. He blocked the entrance to the cave, and every time it tried to fly back, he caught it and threw it out again.

Seeing the young eagle fly back repeatedly, Li Chen's tense heart finally relaxed. If the little guy could fly back, he wouldn't be afraid of it falling to its death.

Thinking of the massive bodies of the golden eagles, a bright idea flashed through Li Chen's mind, and a trickle of drool involuntarily flowed from the corners of his mouth, as he thought of something that excited him.

He was so lost in thought that he didn't even notice the young eagle flying back into the cave.

After a long time, Li Chen finally came to his senses and hurriedly ran into the cave. "Little one, it's time to practice flying, and in the future... hehe!"

The cave echoed with a strange, eerie laugh, and soon the young eagle's cries of distress could be heard, making people imagine all sorts of things, as if some inappropriate scene was unfolding.

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