I wanted to join in their expedition to meet Xiao Ning'er and to verify the feeling in my heart. Every time I meet her, I have an anxiety and nostalgic feeling. My heart flutters and b.u.t.terflies tickle my stomach(Just a metaphor. Apologies if it was bad). And now the feeling became more and more prominent. Hence, I joined them since she would be in training grounds.

Both Nie li and I were astonished by shamelessness of the sacred family. Nie li then turned towards me and asked, "Is it ok for you to give us that much money. Even though I asked *cough* shamelessly * cough* you didn't have to give us, though?". I said, "Let's just say I am betting on future generation for the better future of glory city." . Nie li saw me sceptically and said nothing. They we brought the ingredients to make drugs to weaken the sheep. At night all four of us jumped into the forest undetected.

We used Lu piao as bait to lure the sheep to the trap. But he was afraid and did not follow the plan and ran. Seeing this, the sheep got angry due to trespa.s.sing and started to chase after him. That is where I was able to experience the marksmans.h.i.+p of Nie li. After hearing bickering and ranting of Lu Piao, we collected the material from the sheep's body. We sold it for a few hundred demon spirit coins. We used sheep hunting to hone their stealth and marksmans.h.i.+p.

We continued this routine for a few weeks to improve the Trio's foundation. A proper foundation can provide proper growth. They followed this principle to improve their speed and stealth. During these training period I was able to showcase my sword arts to the Trio's.

When we were in hunting grounds, we came across bronze rank arachnid which is well known for poison.It was in pitch black with white dots on the back of it. This causes intimidation to others. Its potent poison call kills early silver rank DS(demon spiritualist). This time I went to frontline and others was behind him.

I unsheathed my beloved sword "kokus.h.i.+byo"(sorry if the spelling is wrong). The sword was 20 inches, curved, single-edged sword. The hilt was two hand swept with a circular guard with lacquered wood. The blade was pitch black with a light tint of red like blood. I stood still in front of the spider, and it started to move towards me.

When it reached near me, I opened my eyes. At that moment, the spider's instinct screamed danger, but before it acts I sped forward with a single slash 'zangetsu' to decapitate the spider. After the decapitation, I looked at others.They were stunned at my action. I was able to sense Nie li's expression. He was able to perceive my sword intent. We then collected the materials of the spider since it fetched a good price.

We continued to hunt for a few weeks. The side effect of this is an investigation from the inst.i.tute to check the loss of animals from the hunting ground and lack of sleep for the trio. I was still energetic due my honing of physique and soul force.

Third Pov:

Finally, the fated day came. In the forest, there will be the sound of footsteps of four people moving here and there hunting spirit beast. After sometimes Lu piao gave his suggestion,"I am tired to move, I need a rest.". Others also were tired so they decided to take rest. Tian knowing that its time asked Nie li to be on guard since he was going for a stroll for a personal reason. Nie li gave permission since he knew his character.

He did not pry on Tian's matter since everyone has their own secret and he was sure Tian did not plan to betray the city. He heard from others about his contribution to the city. Tian was in hurry to meet the ice G.o.ddess and verify his doubts.

When he reached, he saw a beautiful life sculpture practising the soul force. She was so beautiful that the moon lost in comparison. He was in trance watching her practice. Suddenly she said "who's there?", with a dagger in her hands.