Chapter 97

Two days passed.

Just like last time, after preparing everything he needed, Huang Xiaolong left the Heavenly Profound Mansion and headed to the Silver Moon Forest for cultivation. This time, he brought along the little guy, the Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey.

Three months later, by a lake in the Silver Moon Forest, a seventh-rank Flame Rhino was walking towards the lakeside when suddenly, two cold glints flashed. The seventh-rank Flame Rhino let out a miserable cry as blood splattered, and it fell to the ground.

As the Flame Rhino fell, Huang Xiaolong's figure appeared. He approached the dead Flame Rhino, swung his Asura Blade, and extracted the demon core from its body.

After extracting the demon core, Huang Xiaolong sent it into the Linglong Pagoda, allowing it to devour the demon essence within.

After the Linglong Pagoda devoured the demon essence, a Flame Dragon Pearl began to form faintly.

"This is still too slow," Huang Xiaolong thought to himself.

In these three months, Huang Xiaolong had been hunting an average of five seventh-rank demon beasts per day. Over three months, he had hunted more than four hundred, but only managed to form about twenty Flame Dragon Pearls.

More than ninety days, and only twenty Flame Dragon Pearls!

Huang Xiaolong shook his head.

At this rate, the Flame Dragon Pearls he could form were still insufficient for his cultivation. Before coming to the Silver Moon Forest, Huang Xiaolong had given eighty Flame Dragon Pearls to his parents, Marshal Haotian, and Lord Fei, among others. The Flame Dragon Pearls in the Linglong Pagoda were not many to begin with, and after three months, Huang Xiaolong had already consumed all of them for cultivation.

However, there was no other way.

"In a year, I should be able to break through to the eighth rank!" Huang Xiaolong thought.

Breaking through to the eighth rank would allow him to hunt eighth-rank demon beasts. The demon essence in the demon cores of eighth-rank demon beasts was several times more concentrated than that of seventh-rank demon cores. At that time, the Linglong Pagoda should be able to form a Flame Dragon Pearl every day.

"Chirp chirp chirp!" At this moment, the Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey ran over from a distance. Seeing the seventh-rank Flame Rhino's corpse on the ground, it chirped at Huang Xiaolong with some dissatisfaction.

Since the Linglong Pagoda needed demon cores to devour the demon essence, during this cultivation period in the Silver Moon Forest, Huang Xiaolong had become a competitor to the little monkey. Whoever killed a demon beast first would get the demon core.

And every time, Huang Xiaolong was faster.

So, it was no wonder the little Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey was unhappy.

...

Time passed.

Soon, nine months had gone by, and the end of the year was approaching.

At the end of the year, Huang Xiaolong returned to the Heavenly Profound Mansion with the Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey. On New Year's Day, he enjoyed the joy of family reunion. Of course, he also participated in the year-end grade competition at the Starry Sky Academy.

Naturally, Huang Xiaolong secured the top spot in Class 6 of the second year, defeating Lu Kai and Ye Yong one by one.

However, although Huang Xiaolong won the class first place, his strength was not yet enough to win the grade first place. The strongest in the second year was at the peak of the eighth rank.

Not long after the New Year, Huang Xiaolong and the Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey left the Heavenly Profound Mansion again and continued to the Silver Moon Forest for cultivation.

Spring turned to autumn.

Year after year passed.

Every year-end, Huang Xiaolong would return to the Heavenly Profound Mansion and participate in the academy's grade competition.

Four years passed.

The sun was scorching, shining down on the earth. A teenager, who looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, was running through the Silver Moon Forest with a monkey. The teenager's figure was extremely fast, moving like a shadow.

Suddenly, the running teenager stopped, and in a flash, he dodged a massive attack from a huge demon bear that struck the spot where he had been standing.

After dodging the attack, the teenager turned and delivered a powerful punch, which struck the huge demon bear. The force of the punch was so strong that it pierced through the bear's chest and emerged from its back.

The huge demon bear fell to the ground with a loud thud.

This teenager was none other than Huang Xiaolong. Four years had passed, and Huang Xiaolong had grown into a handsome young man, standing over 1.7 meters tall, nearly 1.8 meters. His muscles were well-defined, and he had sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, a straight nose, and red lips.

In four years, Huang Xiaolong's martial arts cultivation had not only broken through to the eighth rank but had also reached the peak of the eighth rank, ready to break through to the ninth rank at any time.

However, the huge demon bear he had killed with a single punch was not an eighth-rank demon beast but a ninth-rank one.

Although Huang Xiaolong was only at the peak of the eighth rank, his strength was already enough to easily kill a ninth-rank initial stage demon beast.

Huang Xiaolong approached the dead bear, extracted the demon core from its body, and sent it into the Linglong Pagoda. Immediately, the Linglong Pagoda devoured the demon essence from the ninth-rank demon core and formed a Flame Dragon Pearl.

A ninth-rank demon core contained several times more demon essence than a seventh-rank demon core. One ninth-rank demon core was enough to form a Flame Dragon Pearl.

"Twenty already!" Huang Xiaolong muttered to himself.

This month, he had already hunted exactly twenty ninth-rank demon beasts. However, compared to seventh-rank and eighth-rank demon beasts, ninth-rank demon beasts were much harder to find. On average, Huang Xiaolong could only hunt one per day.

"Chirp chirp chirp!" At this moment, the Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey jumped down and approached the dead bear. It used its sharp claws to tear open the bear's body and extracted the bear's gallbladder.

In four years, the Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey's appearance had not changed much, still about half a meter long, but its body had become even more purple and shiny, and its eyes were even more emerald blue.

In four years, Huang Xiaolong's martial arts cultivation had reached the peak of the eighth rank, and the growth rate of the Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey was not much slower than Huang Xiaolong's, also reaching the peak of the eighth rank.

After killing the bear, Huang Xiaolong and the Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey left the spot and continued to hunt the next demon beast.

Two more months passed.

It was already close to the end of the year, so Huang Xiaolong and the Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey left the Silver Moon Forest and headed back to Luotong City.

Half a month later, Huang Xiaolong and the Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey returned to Luotong City.

"Big Brother!" As soon as they arrived at the Heavenly Profound Mansion gate, a pretty girl, about fourteen or fifteen years old, rushed out from inside the mansion, calling out happily.

This pretty girl was Huang Xiaolong's younger sister, Huang Min. In four years, Huang Min had grown into a young woman.

Huang Min rushed out, grabbed Huang Xiaolong's hand, and ran into the mansion.

Huang Xiaolong smiled. "Little girl, what's so happy?"

Huang Min pouted. "Big Brother, you're so mean. I'm already grown up, don't call me a little girl anymore." She then rolled her eyes and smiled. "Guess who's here?"

"Li Lu," Huang Xiaolong smiled.

In these years, Huang Xiaolong had been cultivating in the Silver Moon Forest, returning to the Heavenly Profound Mansion every year-end. Knowing that Huang Xiaolong would return every year-end, Li Lu would come to the Heavenly Profound Mansion to wait for him.

"Really boring." Huang Min pouted, then smiled. "Sister Li Lu has been here for five days. She'll be so happy when she knows you're back!"

Huang Xiaolong smiled and let his younger sister Huang Min lead him to the Heavenly Profound Mansion's main hall.

(Today, there were some family matters, so the update was late.)

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