Badass Celestial Emperor Returns!

(12) Shadow Asura

In the academy, most students have left and returned to their respective homes. Zi Yingjun is one of those who stayed. The next day, he set off to hunt demon beasts again. During Saturday and Sunday, the hunting ground has no time limit. He can freely roam around and hunt as much as he wanted.

At first, he would take down five to ten Spotted Panther. However, after thinking of the benefits he can get and he must race against time, Zi Yingjun didn't hold back. For the whole day, he took down forty Spotted Panther. Sadly, he used to kill them with poison. If he can sell their meat, his profits will double!

"Two hundred spirit crystals are what these hides cost. I can use a hundred for cultivation while use the other spirit crystal for purchasing a weapon." he bitterly smiled. Zi Yingjun was thinking of enhancing a weapon with rune formations but there is a low chance of success. First, he is only a Quasi Rune Grandmaster. Second, his cultivation is low to make a better source energy as an imprint. And lastly, the weapon should be made of a strong material so that it won't break.

Zi Yingjun wore a cloak to hide his appearance and venture to the market. He is sure the sixth branch of Zi Clan sent experts to deal with him since he broke Zi Liu Liu's face and wrist. Zi Yingjun used his divine sense to ensure his safety. After a successful transaction, he tried to look for a bow. Although he is skilled in using close range weapons, it's still too risky to get close to a demon beast or even spirit beasts. Using a bow to hunt is more convenient and he can strengthen the poison to instantly kill them.

The most expensive bow were at the price of three hundred, the cheapest is a hundred and fifty. Zi Yingjun is not in a rush for buying a weapon. He can take the most expensive one tomorrow and the quality of that bow is good enough for imprinting a rune formation.

In Zi Clan, Zi Ming Yun is already fuming in anger. He had known Zi Yingjun has a talent in rune formations and his nephew is also the fiance of Jiang Clan's third young miss. Thus, his value in front of Zi Ming Yun rose. However, he caused a lot of trouble. Liu faction sent experts to deal with Zi Yingjun but the academy is too heavily guarded and they can't enter. Zi Ming Yun has to compensate them with a lot of spirit crystals so they wont pursueZi Yingjun.

The matter of the academy nearly falling into ruins because of Zi Yingjun, he spent the most in repairing it since it was his nephew who caused it. Zi Ming Yun really wanted to punish Zi Yingjun in the most painful way but that brat didn't return! How can he vent his anger?

"Sigh!" Zi Ming Yun slumped on his chair, his hand covering his face as he looked really depressed. "My little sister, your son has grown more rebellious just like his father. If Zi Yingjun is not that valuable, I would have given him to that bastard! Dear Zi Xian, I don't know whether Zi Yingjun is a blessing or a disaster...."

On Sunday, Zi Yingjun was able to get the bow. That night, he carefully placed a rune formation on it. Fortunately, it was a success given his cultivation has reached the second rank. Next, he have to hide it as to not attract suspicion or attention. Zi Yingjun went around the hunting ground to look for materials in refining the pill he needed.

Back to when he haven't followed the demonic path, Zi Yingjun wandered around Southern Border and met an alchemist. That old man taught him some recipes he knew and one of it is for hiding cultivation. Zi Yingjun has no use of such pill before and he only took a quick look at it but thankfully, he memorized the recipe and when the old man died as he continued to travel around the five continents, he caused too many crimes. Zi Yingjun used that pill to hide his cultivation that the righteous path forces can't recognize him. It came in handy, not until he was powerful enough to announce his name.

In this life, he will once again use it. The herbs needed for concocting the pill were common. He went deeper to the hunting ground to look for more when he noticed a corpse nearby. Zi Yingjun used his divine sense and there are no beasts close. He squatted down to analyze the corpse since he found a strange black gas coming out of the deep wounds.

"This is a Steel Skin Bull with the strength of the Foundation Building Stage! It died this miserably, tsk." Zi Yingjun shook his head. Steel Skin Bull is a great material for creating high quality weapons. Sadly, the black gas is corroding its skin and flesh in a very fast pace. "Eh? There are blue green lights on every black gas. Could it be....Shadow Asura?!"

He cant help but stand up and used his divine sense to scan the surrounding again. Thankfully, there are still no beasts around. Zi Yingjun broke into cold sweat. He quickly left the place and went off to a farther area to find more herbs. Shadow Asura are assassin type demon beasts and an existence that is not easy to deal with. Recalling the large cut on the Steel Skin Bull all over its neck until the abdomen, Zi Yingjun knew that demon beast is also equal to a Foundation Building Stage. Also, Shadow Asura demon beasts can escape his divine sense since it has the ability to use stealth.

If Zi Yingjun were to encounter it, he will surely die. What made him frown is that Shadow Asura demon beasts are living in secluded areas. Why is it here in a place where humans are? Could it be, it was forced to leave its secluded domain? If it did, what sort of beast made it leave? Shadow Asura are territorial, there are only few beasts that can make it leave its own place. Or maybe, it was a cultivator who harmed it.