Two months have passed since the execution of the criminals.
During the passed time, many things happened. Not just in the Black Swan City but also in the White Lake Town.
The first thing Wang Lin did after the execution was to change the existing rules in the city.
He took back the authorities from the 4 clans. But for the Li clan, he decided to leave some rooms for them.
The second thing was to exile the members of the Jin, Lin and Meng clans for their participation in the ambush. And he took in their ancestral land. Then, he rewarded the Li clan for their bravery on saving the city lord.
But unfortunately for the Jin clan.
Just days after they left the city, all of their core members were killed on the way. No one knows the identities of the killer or killers.
Maybe even the dead ones didn't know at all.
And the last thing Wang Lin did was a very surprising thing. He announced to the people of the city that he will test the aptitudes of the children for any fate with Immortal cultivation.
Upon hearing that, the people were thrilled and excited. Specially, the young ones.
Since then, he had conducted a test. But, like he expected, not many children were qualified for Immortal cultivation.
Only 7 children were found to have treasure bones. But they were of only low level too.
Seeing the result, Wang Lin realized why those cultivation seats didn't bother coming to the Black Swan City. And why there were only four cultivation clans in the city. That too are low level ones.
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Year 990 of Red Lion, the 4th month of the year. So, 2 months exactly after the execution.
In the heart of a forest, nearby the White Lake Town. Ren Wei was sitting in a lotus position. Meditating under the tree.
His composure was normal.
But as time passed, his breath became faster. With each exhalation, the air froze in front him.
As the action continued, the surrounding temperature dropped. Air droplets started forming in the air around him.
Soon, the ground was frozen solid with ice.
Then, the plants also became ice sculptures. With each seconds that passed, the effect spread farther and wider.
Moments later, the surrounding Qi uncontrollably flew into Ren Wei's body. With that, also the icy surrounding too.
After 30 minutes of the process, the surrounding went back to normal again.
When everything went back to normal, Ren Wei finally opened his eyes.
Then, he smiled. Feeling the changed in his body, he was filled with excitement.
"One step closer." He murmured.
He was finally at the True Qi Realm. Since, he broke through with vast amount of Qi. He was directly promoted to the peak of Level 2 True Qi Realm.
Just a little more push, he would be at the Level 3. Unfortunately, he felt short.
Nonetheless, he was already at the Realm where he can project his Qi outside his body. Also, he can finally use the Thousand Miles Ice Age ability too. Which will help him much in the combat.
He stood and left the spot that accompanied him for 4 months.
The speed was to fast that when he left the place, not even a gust of wind was heard.
Then,
Whoosh...
A split second later, the sound came.
When Ren Wei arrived at the house, he realized the clone was at the house. It was likely to be at the river, fishing.
So, he left the house and instead headed towards the river.
There, just never the edge, he saw a small boat and an on it. It was the clone, imitating his daily life without failing.
With just a thought, the clone vanished into the thin air. And a drop of blood flew back into his body.
Then, for the first after 4 months, Ren Wei sat down on his boat to fish some rewards.
"I hope my luck accumulated in the past 4 months." Praying for some good rewards, Ren Wei cast his fishing line and waited for his first catch.
With his powerful senses, he could see many fishes swimming around and below his boat. But none of them approached the bait.
But, he could afford to wait, all day just for a catch.
As time passed, the morning air turned into the scorching heat of the noon. With the coming of the summer, the heat was even more.
That, however, didn't bother Ren Wei. His eyes were so focused on the bait.
It was to unusual for him to not catch a fish even after waiting for hours, that too in a spot full of fishes.
What he didn't know was that since he stopped fishing for quite a while, his karma value for exchanging rewards was so high. So, a fish of high grade or high karma value was only attracted to the bait.
Since, he didn't know that, Ren Wei continued fishing on the same spot.
Finally, after waiting for hours, he decided to change the spot.
Searching for a perfect spot, he rowed his boat. As he continued searching, he came to the big lake. When Ren Wei scanned the water, he found out that the fishes in the lake was much more valuable and higher grade than the ones in the river.
And since the water was not too deep, there was not too much big fishes.
With a new found idea, Ren Wei rowed his boat towards the middle of the lake.
After reaching the middle of the lake, he cast the fist line. And to his surprised, he didn't have to even wait for a second for catching his first fish.
It was a fish with green belly. And the length was roughly about a meter.
With his Ghost Karma Pupils, he saw the information.
[Fish: Spiritual Green Belly Carp.
Grade: High Spiritual Grade.
Details: A rare delicacy of the Immortal world. Provides vast amount of Qi. If consumed by a wind attribute being, they will be able to strengthen their control over the wind element (only if consumed in large amount)]
"Huhu.. not bad for a first catch." Then, he put it into his fish pot.
Even if the fish was much larger than the small fish pot. The pot shockingly swallowed the fish, like it was nothing.
As soon as that happened, Ren Wei got his first reward after 4 months.
[Reward: Egg of Moonshadow Owl.
Grade: Mysterious Grade.
Total: 8 Eggs.
Details: As the name said. The eggs of the silent walker of the night, Moonshadow Owl.]
"Oooh.. a great reward too. Not bad. With these eggs, the Nan Brothers will have another easy way to communicate themselves." When he got the eggs, the first thing he thought of was the Nan Brothers. Because he didn't have any need for them eggs.
Then, he cast for a second time. This time, he had to wait for a while.
The second catch was just like the first one, except the grade was lower than the first time.
And the second reward was just a simple Mortal Grade boat, which Ren Wei immediately changed into. Well, the old boat was all worn out anyway.
Then, he cast for the third and final. The third time, it took longer.
As Ren Wei sat there waiting for his third catch, he noticed something.
He realized that the people of the town near the lake doesn't have any treasure bones. Even the ones that are found in Black Swan City was of low levels. But the lake was a place for spiritual fishes. From ordinary fishes to upto rare high grade spiritual grade.
It was kind of odd.
Then, he also noticed that there were no Qi Beasts too.
'Maybe, fishes are one of a kind.' He thought and brushed it off.
He didn't know that he was right. Fishes are the only ones that are born with the ability to absorb surrounding Qi. So, that was why there were spiritual fishes in the area where there was no human with treasure bones and Qi Beasts.
An hour later, when the sky was full of golden clouds. Ren Wei finally caught his third catch of the day.
It was golden color fish, with red tail.
[Fish: Golden Cloud Fish.
Grade: Peak Spiritual Grade.
Details: A gold fish that only active when the sky is full of sun clouds. Consuming it will bring the person great fortune. Even a beggar can turn it's life around with just one 'Golden Cloud Fish.']
"Oohh.. then, I should have you for dinner tonight." Grinning his smile, Ren Wei put it into the pot.
Surprisingly, it brought him a great reward.
[Reward: An Upgrade Card.
Details: Use it on any item. It will be upgraded directly to Mysterious Grade (Low) instantly.]
Since, Ren Wei didn't have any item below the Mysterious Grade, except for the round bamboo hat. He simply used on it.
[Upgrading....]
Just a second later, his round bamboo hat turned into a fascinating one.
[Treasure: Frost Bamboo Hat.
Grade: Low Mysterious Grade.
Details: Powerful defensive ability, including both mental and physical. Also has the effect of hiding the user's aura and facial features.]
"The ability is still the same, except it is now more powerful." He analyzed.
With that, he was done done the day. So, he simply left the lake.
Before he left the lake, Ren Wei didn't forget to put the treasure boat away.