C3

"If one time is not enough, then two times. If two times is not enough, then three times. "Only willpower can create miracles!"

Throughout the entire night, Jiang Yang cultivated nonstop, even though his injuries had yet to fully heal. From time to time, his body would feel pain from the loss of control of his spirit energy. But Jiang Yang gritted his teeth and persevered on.

A glimmer of light shone through Jiang Yang's window. He opened his eyes and sighed.

"Let's end it here for now."

Jiang Yang walked out of his shitty little house and followed a small path filled with weeds, preparing to head to his clan to collect his cultivation resources for the month.

Just as they arrived at the family's Lu Shitang, two ear-piercing voices came from behind Jiang Yang.

"Why is he still able to see this trash? Didn't I teach him a lesson a few days ago? He actually dares to come out and hang around in front of my eyes."

Four to five youths walked past Jiang Yang and stopped in front of him.

"The resources in the Lv Shrine are only given to the disciples in the family to cultivate. For a trash that can't cultivate, you actually have the face to appear here. Do you want us to properly explain the reason to you?"

The person who spoke was Jiang Yiming, a subordinate of Jiang Quan Hu's, a branch family disciple. Normally, he relied on Jiang Quan Hu to hide behind his back and often bullied the other disciples. Jiang Yang suspected that the person who sneaked an attack on him that night was this Jiang Yi Ming.

"The clan rules are that every underage disciple can come here to collect cultivation resources. Don't tell me you want to change the clan rules!"

Even though Jiang Yang wasn't a match for these people, he didn't feel any fear because of them. Fighting between clan members was strictly prohibited within the clan. It was impossible for these people to lay their hands on him in this kind of place. If the law enforcers in the family saw this, they would definitely punish them severely.

Jiang Yiming snorted coldly.

"You're being stubborn, right? Don't think that I don't have any methods to treat you."

After saying that, he took out a piece of parchment.

"This is the mission given to you by the clan. Go to the Heavenly Lake Forest and kill a Thunder Leopard Beast. Its beast skin and crystal core will be waiting for you later." Since you are still receiving the family's cultivation resources, you must carry out the tasks assigned to you by the family. Three years ago, the family was always lenient towards you. However, he couldn't spend all of the resources he had accumulated over the past three years on just a piece of trash. It's time for you to contribute to the family. Even if you don't have any spiritual energy now, your cultivation is still there.

Jiang Yang didn't know how Jiang Yiming had asked his family to assign him a mission, but he had friends working for the Hall, so he could still do something about it. No disciple was allowed to disobey the bounty hall's mission. Otherwise, they would be punished by the law enforcers.

If that kind of punishment was placed on the current Jiang Yang, he would probably lose half his life even if he didn't die.

"What? You don't dare to go? If you don't, I'll have to go tell the law enforcers in the family."

After Jiang Yiming finished speaking, he prepared to leave with the brown paper.

"Wait a minute, did I say that it won't do?"

Jiang Yang took the task paper from Jiang Yiming.

"Is that right? That Chosen from the past, even if he no longer has the power he once had, at least he still has some shadow on his body."

Jiang Yiming laughed sinisterly, while his fellow disciples also laughed mockingly.

Jiang Yang clenched his hand tightly around the paper. If not for the fact that his spirit root had been cut off, he could have dealt with these people with one hand.

After Jiang Yang received the resources from the Lushui Hall, he made some preparations in his small, dilapidated room. On the way back, he received an iron sword from the armory. Disciples can only receive weapons from the family when they carry out tasks outside the armory. If they complete the mission, they must return it to the armory. Of course, if the mission was damaged, the armory wouldn't pursue the matter.

Carrying the iron sword on his back, Jiang Yang left the range of the family. The Jiang family was located in a medium-sized town called Cloud Sky City. The distance from this place to the famed Tianji Forest in the Eastern Region was less than a dozen li. The many families in the Cloud Sky City were able to develop because of the many resources in the Heavenly Marrow Forest.

However, although there were a lot of minerals and heavenly and earthly treasures in Tianqi Forest, there were also a lot of terrifying things in it. Demonic beasts, as well as the other ancient races that hid within it, were the main reasons why cultivators didn't dare to venture into the depths of the Heaven's Ink Forest.

The Thunder Leopard that Jiang Yang wanted to kill this time was a demon beast that was widespread in the Heavenly Lake Forest. Although there were many of them, they all lived in their own regions. Different Thunder Leopard beasts lived in different areas.

Generally, the weaker ones would live in the periphery. This place was relatively dangerous for demon beasts, and people would often come here to hunt for demon beasts.

It was almost dusk when Jiang Yang arrived outside the Tianqi forest. He bought a Black Armored Land Tortoise from the Cloud Sky City. This type of tortoise was the Lightning Leopard's favorite prey. Its movements were slow, and its outer shell could only be broken through by a demonic beast like the Thunder Leopard Beast that had an astonishing bite.

Jiang Yang only needed to hide in the vicinity of the Black Armored Land Tortoise and wait for the appearance of the Thunder Leopard Beast.

After searching for a while, Jiang Yang found a suitable place. The terrain here was rather low-lying. The surroundings were very empty. There weren't any tree trunks or rocks. If he were to fight with the Thunder Leopard Beast, Jiang Yang would not be affected by any other factors.

Compared to the current him, he was no different from an ordinary person. Even though Jiang Yang was only at the fifth level of Qi Condensation, he was no longer able to use his power as before and could only use a weak amount of spirit energy. Killing a Thunder Leopard Beast was currently very difficult for Jiang Yang. However, due to the deterrence of law enforcers, he had to do it even if he didn't want to.

After waiting for almost four hours, Jiang Yang finally detected a weak activity within the forest. The light from the lightning was flickering in and out of the darkness. The Black Armored Land Tortoise was suppressed by Jiang Yang using rocks, making it unable to move. The smell it excreted could very quickly attract the Thunder Leopard Beast.

The weak sound just now should have been that of the Thunder Leopard Beast. Jiang Yang could see the dim lightning glow in the darkness. Judging from the glow, that Thunderpanther Beast shouldn't be that powerful. If the powerful Thunder Leopard Beast above the Qi Fusion Stage appeared, then its powerful lightning energy could be clearly seen even from a few miles away in the dark night.

Jiang Yang held his breath, because that Thunder Leopard had already walked out of the forest and entered the trap Jiang Yang had prepared for him. This Thunder Leopard Beast's strength was around the second level of Qi Condensation. It could already control spirit energy and release the power of thunder and lightning in its body.

The iron sword carried on his back had long since been grasped in Jiang Yang's hand.