C32 Leaving

Kyle was now looking at Ximen Tiaolong's corpse on the ground. He felt a little hint of pity since he knew that a person like Ximen Tiaolong was destined for great things. But here he is now, laying his lifeless corpse on a random forest.

Kyle guessed that a person like Ximen Tiaolong usually becomes a great hero, or becomes the villain later on. Especially with all those kinds of plot-armors that he had.

That's why... Kyle didn't hesitate and directly killed him off when he had been given the chance. People like Ximen Tiaolong can give you a huge headache when you left them alive to grow up stronger.

Kyle inspected Ximen Tiaolong's body. He was looking for the treasures and the Heaven-Grade Martial Skill.

It wasn't on his clothes or body, but Kyle didn't get worried since he saw an ancient looking ring on his finger.

A small smile escaped his lips. Due to his longtime experience in reading novels.

He deduced that this ring was one of those so-called *storage rings, or space rings*, so he directly took the ring off Tiaolong's fingers.

Kyle then tried to drip his blood on it, because this was the common thing to do with this kind of rings.

Luckily... His guess was right, after dripping blood on the ring, he felt his thoughts invading inside the ring.

The ring had a size of 50 square meters room inside it. Kyle could see some spirit stones and the weapons Ximen Tiaolong used.

Kyle also saw the Heaven-Grade Martial skill that he wanted inside the ring. He didn't waste any time and immediately took it out to read.

Heaven Grade Martial Skill *Dragon Steps* (incomplete)

Introductory Stage - Using your Qi to create young dragons on your feet, amplifying your speed up to 3x faster. (Depends on your cultivation)

Veteran Stage - Using your Qi to create mature dragons on your feet, amplifying your speed up to 5x faster (Depends on your Cultivation)

Master Stage - Using your Qi to create a full-fledged adult dragon(eastern) below your feet, enabling you to step on it and use it to fly, could also use the previous stages effects. (Depends on your Cultivation)

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Kyle was shocked when he read the effects of the Martial Skill, the *Dragon's steps* Martial Skill was really op.

He thought " It seems like Ximen Tiaolong didn't completely mastered this martial skill up the introductory stage since the dragon on his feet were like a newborn one. Yet his speed had already increased so much, even just by learning it for a little bit." This made Kyle see the value of this martial skill higher.

He felt that this Martial Skill wasn't just a Heaven-Grade tier since it was only an incomplete one and it was already this strong, but, since he doesn't have any info on martial skills, he could only guess.

He imagined himself flying through the sky with a dragon in the future. He was really glad about this reward.

Unfortunately... Kyle didn't saw the other Ximen Family's martial skill inside of the storage ring.

"of course, there's no way they would let their Family's property be kept on a single youth. They must have it hidden inside their village" Kyle thought, so he decided to return back to the Ximen Village to scavenge their remaining treasures and legacies.

But before he returned back, he double checked Ximen Tiaolong's corpse. After checking him, he cut him to pieces and bury him in the ground. Better safe than never.

He traveled back to the Ximen Village. When he came back, the village was still devoid of life and full of destruction.

Almost 60+ Xiantians had battled here just a few hours ago. The houses were in ruins due to the impact of the attacks, especially with Kyle's Gura Gura no Mi.

He searched the houses of the Xiantian Family. He took a few hours in doing this, but all he can see was leftover pieces of furniture that he doesn't need.

He even tried to search for hidden areas, where a family usually kept their important treasures. But it was still useless and Kyle just wasted more time since he didn't find any martial skills.

"Shit, the survivors of the Ximen Family must have brought them away when they retreated." Kyle angrily muttered. He was quite pissed that he wasted a lot of his time to search for nothing.

But then again, he already got the Heaven-Grade Martial Skill, so he wasn't that dissatisfied.

He wasn't thinking of chasing those survivors of the Ximen Family since he wasn't ruthless enough to chase and kill those youths that escaped.

There wasn't any risk of letting them leave since they left ages ago, such as... they don't know what truly happened on the battlefield.

He also felt that those mid-grade earth martial skills wasn't worth it to massacre or exterminate a family for.

He went back to the corpses of the Xiantians to search for any items that could be useful. Unfortunately... They don't have any storage rings, or they left their belongings back at their homes.

Kyle then felt that staying in this lifeless village was a waste of time so he decided to leave after making sure there weren't any treasures left.

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Kyle was now heading back to the Tang village. He was intending to leave the village for a very long time and start his own adventure, but he wanted to say his goodbyes to the Tang Village first.

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After a couple of days of traveling...

Kyle finally arrived at the Tang Village. Everyone from the people who went to the Ximen Village received him.

They ask some questions about Ximen Village. Kyle just deflected the nonsense questions and told them that he left after a few minutes after separating with them, so he doesn't know what happened to the Ximen Family.

The others could only believe him since Kyle clearly didn't wanna tell them the exact truth. Then they proceeded to return to the village.

"Head, I came back here to say my goodbyes. I'm gonna leave and I don't know when I'll be back." Kyle told them suddenly.

When Chi heard this, he suddenly stopped his tracks, but seconds later he recovered himself and asked.

"Where, where are you planning to go?" He asked seriously. His eyes felt like it was saying he wants to come.

"I don't know where I'll be going, I wanna discover and travel the world to seek more strength. I advise you do that too if you wanna improve your strength. Staying here won't help us much anymore." Kyle told Chi sternly.

To be honest... Kyle wanted to leave a long time ago and travel around the world. The beast plains really lacked resources and information to improve his strengths faster.

But he knows that traveling the plains without sufficient strength could be very dangerous, and he wanted to perfectly control his Gura Gura no mi so he won't cause any unnecessary destruction around him.

Such as he stayed in the village for a couple of years. To learn how to control and familiarize with his body and Gura Gura no mi completely.

Now that he had already broken through the Xiantian Realm, albeit only his body, and could already use his Gura Gura without causing any unnecessary destruction. Kyle felt that it was time to go on and explore the empires.

"Hmm, you're right. This place can't hold the two of you geniuses anymore. It's time for you two go out to the world and spread your wings." Tang Kun told them.

He thought that the two geniuses leaving their village could reduce the strength of their village. But, he knew that he couldn't force Kyle to stay, and he doesn't want to recklessly try either since it might anger him.

He also wanted his grandson to venture out, to avoid wasting his limitless potential.

So he agreed in Kyle's suggestion, he was just worried that Chi might not agree to it since he doesn't want to leave his village and family.

So he told Chi that it was for the better. There won't be another outbreak of beasts in another couple of years, so he shouldn't worry for such matters.

When Chi heard this... He was contemplating about it. He too... Wanted to venture out, and explore the world outside of their village, but he was worried about leaving the village here defenseless.

Bit he realized that Tang Kun was right. There won't be any outbreaks soon, and if he becomes stronger, he could protect their village better and give them a better life.

So he decided to leave the village and explore the world.

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The two youths left the village after saying their goodbyes to the villagers. They were now walking on the plains far away from the village.

"So, where are we going?" Chi asked his companion.

The two decided to go to the nearest Trost empire.

Traveling while walking towards the empire could waste a lot of their time. So Chi was wondering why they were walking and not using their soul weapons to fly.

But what he didn't know was that Kyle could still not use Xiantian Qi, so he couldn't use his soul weapon to fly.

Kyle thought that he could've to ask Chi to fly using his soul weapon and hitch a ride from it, but Kyle decided to went against this thought. He almost forgot about the Forbidden Ruins.

Since he doesn't know when he'll come back to the beast plains. He wanted to go to the forbidden ruins that were located in the Beast Plains before adventuring to the empire.

He decided that it's the time for them to separate. He couldn't risk having someone to tag along in a dangerous place like Forbidden Ruins.

He knew that Tang Chi wasn't just someone that would die easily, Heck! People like Tang Chi had lots of Plot-armors with them.

But he wasn't willing to risk it, he can't use his power in full potential if he was bringing or protecting someone.

Chi was strong... He knew this, yet the Forbidden Ruins was not a place that could be underestimated.

Besides, Kyle thought that leaving Chi alone to let him pave his own path is the best way for someone like him to improve faster.

So he told Chi his decision.

"I think its better for us to separate, you travel to the empire first. I still have somewhere I need to go."

"Where do you plan to go?" Chi asked him.

"Forbidden Ruins" Kyle told him seriously.

When Chi heard this, he exclaimed.

He knew the Forbidden Ruins since it was a famous area in the Beast plains. At first, he thought that Kyle wouldn't bring him together since he was just a burden to him.

But then again, he knew Kyle's personality wasn't like that. Chi knew Kyle had his reasons why he made that decision. So he could only nod and agree with Kyle's decision.

"See you next time, thanks for everything that you have taught me." Chi bowed and thanked Kyle sincerely.

"No worries, just make sure that your strength improved the next time we meet," Kyle replied with a straight face, but a sad expression escaped his face.

Chi saw this and it made him feel glad a little bit. Kyle had taught him and helped him on his weakest moments. He was very grateful to him. That's why he decided to train harder, to not shame Kyle's teachings.

So the two said their goodbyes. Chi took out his soul weapon and flew to the nearest empire. He drifted through the winds and shot like a missile towards the north.

Seeing Chi leave while flying, Kyle could only watch in envy and he traveled towards the Forbidden Ruins at the North-West of the Beast Plains.