Kurosaki Hiro wandered in this dense forest for a long time and found that this strange forest was not only extremely vast, but the trees also had the effect of obscuring spiritual perception and misleading senses.
It was fortunate that Kurosaki Hiro could share the powerful spiritual perception of his main body; if it were someone else unfamiliar with the terrain, it would probably be difficult to get out once they arrived.
After several hours of exploration, Kurosaki Hiro finally found a winding path in the silent dense forest, obscured by leaves and showing traces of hooves.
"Hmm? There's movement ahead!"
As Kurosaki Hiro walked, he sensed the sound of fighting from a distance, but the spiritual pressure collisions were very weak, indicating that there were novices pecking at each other ahead.
"Whoosh!"
He immediately exerted force under his feet, using Hirenkyaku to investigate.
"Hooch!"
Upon closer inspection, he found three young men dressed in medieval clothing, their hands condensing Holy Arrows, confronting a large wild boar.
"What a big wild boar!"
Even Kurosaki Hiro was shocked by the size of this wild boar; it was over four meters tall and more than eight meters long, covered in hardened mud that clung to its body like armor, with black bristles standing up like steel needles, and two sharp, pale tusks gleaming like steel blades!
On second thought, it was normal; living in a world so rich in spiritual particles for a long time, even without intentional cultivation, the physical body would become incredibly strong under the nourishment of the dense spiritual particles.
"Grunt, grunt!"
The giant wild boar kept grunting, looking angrily at the three men who had surrounded it.
"Chirp!"
"Chirp!"
"Chirp!"
The three men simultaneously drew their spiritual bows, and Holy Arrows shot towards the giant wild boar!
"Bang!"
As a result, more than ten Holy Arrows, flashing with a faint blue light, couldn't even pierce the hardened mud on the giant wild boar's body; instead, they infuriated it, causing it to charge violently at the three men.
"This is too weak!"
Kurosaki Hiro, who was watching from the side, secretly complained. Observing these three, their auras indicated they were mixed-blood Quincy, but they at least lived in a high-spiritual particle world like the Wandenreich. Yet, their combat power was even worse than those mixed-bloods in the Star Brilliance Fortress. It was simply terrible!
Moreover, their combat awareness was also very poor; the giant wild boar had already charged right in front of them, and only then did they react and try to dodge.
"Hooch!"
The blue-haired youth among the three was directly sent flying.
"Biden!"
The red-haired youth and the black-haired youth beside him immediately shouted anxiously upon seeing this.
Unexpectedly, the next moment, the wild boar turned around and charged at the remaining two.
"Not good!"
Seeing this, the remaining two hastily set up their spiritual bows and arrows again, shooting at the wild boar. Unfortunately, their Holy Arrows had no effect, as if they were merely tickling the wild boar.
"Bang!"
With a powerful charge from the wild boar, the remaining two were also directly sent flying.
Just as the few had not yet managed to get up, the wild boar had already rushed forward, raising its front hooves high, intending to stomp on the two dazed individuals and crush them to death!
"Whoosh!"
At this crucial moment, a Holy Arrow shot out from the jungle behind, piercing directly through the giant wild boar's forehead at an extremely fast speed.
"Boom!"
The wild boar's corpse suddenly fell to the ground with a loud thud. The three, still shaken, quickly got up and looked at Kurosaki Hiro, who emerged from the shadows.
"Hello, my name is Lao Wen · Baideng, these are my brothers Lao Wen · Paike and Lao Wen · Jiesi. Thank you for saving us three brothers!"
The blue-haired youth pulled the red-haired youth and the black-haired youth to bow to Kurosaki Hiro.
"It was nothing..."
Finally encountering the natives of the Wandenreich, Kurosaki Hiro immediately struck up a conversation with him to understand where he was and the general situation of the Wandenreich.
After talking with the three brothers and subtly probing, Kurosaki Hiro finally gained a general understanding of the area he was in. He was currently in a place called Rukken District, and its leader was Bambietta Basterbine, the "E" from the Sternritter in the original work.
"This large wild boar was killed by you, so according to the rules set by Lady Bambietta, it belongs to you!"
Although Lao Wen · Baideng said this, Kurosaki Hiro noticed that the three brothers looked at the wild boar's corpse with longing.
"How long has it been since they last ate meat?"
Kurosaki Hiro generously gave the wild boar he had killed to the three brothers. They were not pretentious and happily accepted the wild boar, enthusiastically inviting Kurosaki Hiro to visit their village, a small mountain village called Chongxing Village. Having no immediate destination, Kurosaki Hiro readily agreed.
"Brother Kurosaki, judging by your attire, it seems you are not a local of our Rukken District!"
"I..."
Just as Kurosaki Hiro was still thinking about how to fabricate a reasonable excuse, Lao Wen · Baideng spoke up on his own:
"However, the world is so chaotic now, with various cities warring against each other. A strong person like Brother Kurosaki would naturally be unwilling to be coerced by his city and participate in war. You must have grown tired of war and left your hometown to travel around!"
Kurosaki Hiro hadn't even thought of how to answer this kid, Lao Wen · Baideng, when he started to self-strategize, coming up with an excuse for Kurosaki Hiro himself. Kurosaki Hiro said nothing but smiled and nodded.
The three brothers of the Lao Wen family visibly appeared older than Kurosaki Hiro, but they kept calling him "Brother Kurosaki" with unusual enthusiasm.
Among the three brothers, the eldest, Lao Wen · Baideng, was always responsible for talking with Kurosaki Hiro, while Lao Wen · Paike and Lao Wen · Jiesi were behind, transporting the wild boar's corpse on a small cart.
After walking with the three brothers for a long time, they finally left the dense forest. Kurosaki Hiro saw a wisp of cooking smoke rising from the base of the mountain in the distance.
"Brother Kurosaki, that's our Chongxing Village ahead!"
Following the three brothers down the mountain, they arrived at a clear stream. In front of the stream stood an old wooden sign, on which the characters for Chongxing were faintly visible.
Just as Kurosaki Hiro and Lao Wen walked to the wooden sign, a nimble figure darted out from behind it and affectionately rubbed against Lao Wen · Baideng's trousers.
"Woof woof woof!"
Upon closer inspection, it was a black and white spotted puppy, wagging its tail and looking at the group, then glancing at the huge wild boar corpse on the cart behind them.
"You're a clever one, go on!"
Lao Wen · Baideng took out a small knife and cut a small piece of the hairy tail tip from the wild boar's whip-like tail, throwing it out.
A moment later, Kurosaki Hiro, led by the three Lao Wen brothers, entered Chongxing Village. Along the way, Kurosaki Hiro saw many villagers of Chongxing Village. They looked at the giant wild boar on the cart behind the three Lao Wen brothers, some continuously swallowing saliva.
Kurosaki Hiro also curiously looked around and found that the spiritual pressure of these Chongxing Village residents was even weaker than that of the three Lao Wen brothers, and they all looked sallow and emaciated, their clothes full of patches.
"They are all mixed-bloods, but it seems they live even worse than those mixed-bloods in the Star Brilliance Fortress in the Human World!"
After walking a little further, Kurosaki Hiro finally arrived at the home of the three Lao Wen brothers, an independent small courtyard with three attached small wooden houses. To Kurosaki Hiro, who had long lived in the Star Brilliance Fortress, this was no different from a slum. But this was already the most luxurious house in Chongxing Village.
"Old man, we're back!"
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