After an hour of traveling Zhen Lun finally arrived at the West Gate of Xin Hai City. At the same time, He has achieved another breakthrough.

[Organ Refining Realm reached]

He has been experiencing breakthrough many times in a single day. The warmth that he usually felt is numbing to him now. But somehow when he advanced to Organ Refining Realm he felt revitalized as ever. His mind became clearer and his senses are much sensitive than before especially his hearing.

'So this is Organ Refining Realm.' Zhen Lun halts his movement for a while. He is appreciating the sound of natures around him. He can hear birds that are chirping, the wind that is blowing and lastly the sounds of people...

Fighting?

It came from quite far away but they are quite loud that even he can hear them.

'They told me to ask the guards for direction but I don't think I need them.' Zhen Lun walked toward the direction and from the place he stands, he could already see that many people are dealing with the Jade Beetle.

Minion Jade Beetle (Level 0)

HP: 220/220

STR: 17 VIT: 11

AGI: 34 LUK : 0

INT: 8 QI : 12

Skills:

Classless: Bite Lvl 3, Leap Lvl 6

The Jade Beetle are swarming the guards right now. Their strengths are quite decent with the lowest Meridian Tempering cultivation and the highest is Organ Tempering Cultivation. Due to them being outnumbered they are having difficulties dealing with the beetle.

They have set up a small base with a rune array that projected a barrier that way the Jade Beetles can't enter the city.

The Jade Beetles numbers are insane, Jade Beetles has an average strength of Qi Gathering Realm, they have a small body and agile speed. It was troublesome to deal with.

Because of the Jade Beetles, the travelers that came from the west has to enter the city by circling around the city wall.

"Shit! They're bringing more reinforcements." The guard saw a wave of Jade Beetles approaching to their way.

Seeing his exhausted teammates he can't help but order them to retreat. "Retreat back to the base!"

The guards retreated inside the barrier which ensured their safety. Jade Beetles tried to enter but the barrier won't budge.

Zhen Lun went and greet the exhausted guards. "I'm from Peerless Sky Sect. I am here to help."

"Where are others? You're the only one they sent?" One of the guards complained.

"Shut Up!" The commander scolded his companion and stood up to greeted Zhen Lun, "I'm their commander, You can call me Commander Jin. I apologize for their rudeness."

"It's fine." Zhen Lun shook his head. "So, how is the situation? Is it that bad?"

"The situation is not that severe but If we left them to continue building their nest. I'm afraid We should just close the West Gate. The only way to prevent it from happening was to kill the queen."

"The queen is the core of their nest. If we can kill the Queen, the rest will scatter mindlessly. But sadly things weren't that easy. Deeper into the forest they have Soldier-Grade Jade Beetle, which has the strength of Bone Tempering Realm. Other than that, the one that guarding the Queen was General-Grade Jade Beetle, They have the strength of Organ Refining Realm or higher." Commander Jin explained.

Hearing The explanation Zhen Lun was determined to not kill the Queen. "Understand." If he killed the queen there will be no more Jade Beetles swarming around. He will kill the queen once he was satisfied with the experience points.

"I'll go in now, you guys should rest." Zhen Lun waved his hand as he heads towards the swarm of Jade Beetles.

The guards didn't say anything about Zhen Lun's rash actions. They would not care about Zhen Lun safety, after all, they know how arrogant Peerless Sky Sect disciples are.

"Hmph, Another arrogant brat. Hopes he stays alive."

"Ignore him, Just focus on resting. Afterward, We'll go back and see if he was alive." Commander Jin calmly said.

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Looking at the Jade Beetles that are patrolling around the forest, He can't help but feel excited.

"I should lure them together and finished them in a go with Fire Palm." Zhen Lun went out from his hiding. The Jade Beetles immediately noticed him and mindlessly chased him.

After ten of them gathered in one place, Zhen Lun used Fire Palm to kill them in one go.

[50 Experience Points]

[50 Experience Points]

...

[50 Experience Points]

[50 Experience Points]

'Why the experience it gives so little?' Zhen Lun was confused.

Not given a chance to think about it. With the commotion he made, He attracted more Jade Beetles to his side. In a second over forty Jade Beetles surrounded him.

Few of them leaped toward Zhen Lun wanted to bite him with their sharp teeth. Before they reached him, Zhen Lun summoned a Sword that is created from mana, using the moves that he learned from Water Sword Technique he smoothly killed the Jade Beetles that leaped towards him.

The Water Sword Technique specializes in precision and speed, It focuses on striking the weakness of the enemy. While there are more than ten that leaped toward him, he killed four that was in front of him with a slash and dodged the rest.

[50 Experience Points]

[50 Experience Points]

[50 Experience Points]

[50 Experience Points]

Not waiting for them to attack again, He decided to strike first. Zhen Lun activated his Shadow Clone. It summoned a clone that possesses all of his skills, which means he is no weaker than Bone Tempering Realm.

Both of them dashed toward the Jade Beetles, Each slash that they made killed a Jade Beetle. By the time that Zhen Lun's clone and Mana Sword ran out. He has already claimed more than three hundred beetles, Which resulted in him to level up four times. Other than that, He also managed to level up Fire Palm.

Average Mortal (Level 8)

HP: 886/1080 MP: 13/920

STR: 88 VIT: 54 Qi: 29

AGI: 60 LUK: 16

INT: 46 MAG: 13

Skill:

Martial Artists: Fire Palm Lvl 2, Shadow Clone Lvl 1, Water Sword Technique Lvl 3, Cultivation Technique Lvl 8 (30%), Body Strengthening Realm Lvl Max, Qi Gathering Realm Lvl Max, Spirit Condensing Realm Lvl Max, Bone Tempering Realm Lvl Max, Meridian Tempering Realm Lvl Max, Organ Refining Realm Lvl 2

Classless: Physical Abilities Lvl 10, High Willpower Lvl 3, Mana Manipulation Lvl 3, Mana Sword Lvl 5, Fire Mastery Lvl 1, Earth Mastery Lvl 1, Water Mastery Lvl 1, Wind Mastery Lvl 1

Title: Pure Bone (+20 VIT), Pure Meridians System (+40% Efficiency)

[Fire Palm] (Level 2)

Active Skill, Allow Player to attacks with a palm of fire.

(The strength of the palm depend on Player's STR stats, Fire strength depends on Player's QI stats.)

Cooldown: 50 seconds

Fire Palm Mastery: 0%

Zhen Lun retreated back inside the barrier as his MP has run out. Without Mana Sword, he doesn't feel safe at all. The Jade Beetle that wanted to kill him can't help but wait for him outside of the barrier as they clanking their teeth toward him with hatred.

'My quest is finished but I don't plan to turn them in. I still wanted to hunt more.' Zhen Lun wants more experience points and contribution points. There are many Jade Beetles left, This is a good opportunity to farm them.

Each time he leveled up, All of his stats was increased. He can't help but wanted to level up more.

While waiting for his Mana to be refilled, He decided to practices his Water Sword Technique. He immersed himself by replaying the images in his minds repeatedly.

'The Water Sword Technique is sure unique. Each set of moves was elegant and threatening.' Though some of them are rarely used by him in real fights, He is still amazed. The more he studies Water Sword Technique the more he was in love with it.

His Mana finally recovered, during the time he managed to learn a single set of moves.

"Time to go back." Zhen Lun was about to heads out again but was stopped by the guards.

"Oh, Kid! You're not dead?" The guards laughed as he said.

Commander Jin slapped the guard's head. "Who are you calling kid? You're weaker than him."

"You want to team up with us? It should be safer." Commander Jin politely suggested.

"I'll have to decline your offer, Commander Jin. I'll be fine on my own." Zhen Lun rejected and bowed politely as he left toward the forests.

"You should learn manners from him. He's younger than you and stronger than you. More importantly, wasn't as annoying as you." Commander Jin scolded that annoying guard. "He's arrogant because he has the power to be arrogant. If you dare to be arrogant I'll beat you up right now."

"Yes, I won't do it anymore..." He can't help but depressingly lower his head.

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Entering the forest, Zhen Lun started his killing sprees. With their attack pattern memorized, The Jade Beetles was slaughtered by him easily. The numbers of Jade Beetles around the outer area of the nest are getting lesser and lesser. He can't help but go deeper into the forest.

Not long later he spotted a bigger-type of Jade Beetle, Instead of light-green colored, they have dark-green colored jade as their shell.

Soldier Jade Beetle (Level 0)

HP: 580/580

STR: 32 VIT: 29

AGI: 42 LUK: 1

INT: 14 QI : 15

Skills:

Classless: Leap Lvl 10, Bite Lvl 7, Corrosive Liquid Lvl 3, Charge Lvl 5

"They should give more experience right?" Zhen Lun smiled devilishly as he found new prey.

Zhen Lun dashed toward the Soldier Jade Beetle. Using Mana Sword, Zhen Lun wanted to cut the beetle in half but to his surprise, he only manages to create cracks.

'Quite tough.' Zhen Lun complimented.

The beetle screeched as he was attacked. The screeched actually attracted other Soldier Jade Beetle.

Zhen Lun wanted to kill it in one slash but didn't manage to. 'Shit. They're coming.'

As Zhen Lun was hesitating whether to retreat or attack. The beetle spits a liquid at him.

Pui*

He stepped to the side to dodge the liquid. It then landed on a tree. The tree that was touched by it was melted down into mush.

'That is dangerous!' Even though he's not as weak as a tree, If it actually hit him, it will melt his outer skin and some of his flesh too.

Zhen Lun went and deal the finishing move to kill the injured Soldier Jade Beetle.

[200 Experience Points gained]

He finally killed the Soldier Jade Beetle but more of them came and surrounded him completely. Seeing their kins were killed by him, they hissed at Zhen Lun.

Zhen Lun activated his shadow clone. He dare not to let his guard down as he is surrounded by eight beasts that have the strength of Bone Tempering Realm.

Zhen Lun dashed toward a Soldier Jade Beetle that is quite far from his teammate. For an unknown reason the Jade Beetle didn't leap or trying to bite him, Instead, They all spits the liquid toward him.

With the speed of the liquid, Zhen Lun didn't bother to dodge. As he kept moving forward he will dodge most of their attack. They didn't try to predict his movement at all. They only aimed at Zhen Lun as though he will just standstill.

The only attack that he needs to dodge was the from The Jade Beetle that he was targetting. By merely sidestepping to the side, he easily dodges the attack. With both of he and his clone using the Fire Palm, They killed the Soldier Jade Beetle instantly.

[200 Experience Points gained]

Before the corpse of the Jade Beetle dropped to the ground. He already dashed to another Soldier Jade Beetle.

It didn't spit the liquid anymore as he ran out of the liquid. It charged in a reckless manner, running in a straight line, using the momentum he slashed the Jade Beetles into half.

[200 Experience Points gained]

'The Soldier-Grade is actually much easier than minion-grade.'

The Soldier Jade Beetle didn't even bother to help their teammates that were being killed by him. They were busy refilling the liquid that will never hit him.

Within a few minutes, Zhen Lun managed to kill all the Soldier Jade Beetles without sustaining any injuries at all.

[Leveled Up!]

At the same time he also finally achieved a breakthrough.

[Intermediate Organ Refining Realm reached!]

His hearing has become sharper again. He can easily hear the movement of Jade Beetles around him. The furthest one he can hear was 20-yard away from him. He can also hear Commander Jin and the others fighting against their enemy. Other than that, His sight also improved significantly, If he focused on certain things for example leaves, He could see the leave veins if he concentrates on it.

"I've only heard it from Teacher but experiencing it was much more amazing. If I reached the Pinnacle stage, I wonder how much the improvements are." Zhen Lun was ecstatic.

'It'll be another hour before I achieved another breakthrough. I should focus on getting these jade beetle right now.'

Moving toward the nearest Jade Beetles. He stealthily sneaked up on it from behind. With his level increased and he advances a single small stage. He slashed through the shell without a problem and killed it immediately without letting it call for reinforcements.

Using the same technique he killed most of the Soldier Jade Beetle in the forest. As he explores the forest, he encountered a giant dome. He is guessing that the giant dome was the nest of the queen.

The entrance was actually guarded by giant Jade Beetle. Their shell is red-colored, which means that it was the General Jade Beetle. As for inside the nest, Zhen Lun was horrified. He can sense that there are at least a hundred inside. Whether it was a soldier or general, he cannot identify them from their footsteps alone.

General Jade Beetle (Level 0)

HP: 1280/1280

STR: 64 VIT: 64

AGI: 78 LUK: 3

INT: 21 QI: 21

Skills:

Classless: Spring Leap Lvl 1, Poison Bite Lvl 1, Corrosive Liquid Lvl 7, Charge Lvl 10, Hardened Shell Lvl 3

'I should avoid the nest for now. Looking at the new skills they have I don't think I can take two of them at once. I should come back when I'm stronger.'

It's almost nighttime and hunting during the night is dangerous he should head back for now. Moreover, most of the Jade Beetles was killed by him already.