Chapter 26: Constructing an Image

Translator: Henyee Translations

Editor: Henyee Translations

Early in the morning, rays of sunlight pierced through the dense forest and shone down on the druids’ village.

After having slept for three days, Chu Nan stretched as he walked out of his room. The busy druids stopped what they were doing one after another as they greeted Chu Nan.

“Good morning, everyone.”

Chu Nan smiled and waved. He had stayed in the village for three days, and he was more or less familiar with the druids living here. He even felt he could remember the names of a small group of druids.

Dozens of young druids stationed themselves near Chu Nan’s door and immediately bowed when they saw him.

Chu Nan nodded with a satisfied smile. Ever since the first night he had stayed there and Aleta unleashed , displayed , and successfully advanced to become a level 1 Human Realm expert, the villagers started to look at him with an entirely different gaze.

In the past, their gaze only contained respect for a Heaven Realm expert, but at this moment, the villagers’ gazes were filled with worship and fanatic adoration.

In the past three days, Chu Nan had repeatedly displayed strength that even Heaven Realm experts didn’t possess. Numerous druid battle skill inheritance names came out from his mouth. Moreover, the younger druids that were training greatly improved with casual pointers from him.

If Chu Nan was not a human, the druids would have suspected that he was the Druid God whom they worshipped, and that he had personally descended to save their declining race.

A nearby bush rustled, and a large shadow suddenly pounced toward Chu Nan.

The majority of the druids didn’t even manage to react, and the shadow had stopped its rapid movement—its sharp wolf claws less than a foot away from Chu Nan’s head.

“Aleta, it seems like you’re brimming with energy this early in the morning.” Chu Nan calmly looked up at the shadow that approached him.

“When did you notice my presence?” Aleta retracted his claws disappointedly. “Why are you always so calm whenever I attack?”

Can I even dodge with your speed? I can’t even react, alright! Chu Nan cursed in his heart as he continued his facade, saying, “Firstly, you’re not radiating a convincing murderous aura. Even though you’re trying to simulate a murderous aura, it is ultimately the feral aura from within you and it’s not authentic. Secondly, I already noticed your presence the moment I opened the door.”

If it was someone else who used such a tone to speak, Aleta would’ve already challenged them to a duel; however, Chu Nan was different.

With the improvement in his abilities over the past few days, Aleta found Chu Nan more and more unfathomable. He originally believed that he had mastered , but Chu Nan would always be able to bring up a more profound point the next day, allowing him to improve once again.

However, he was unaware that it was not due to Chu Nan’s deep understanding of at all. Instead, it was because his first explanation was too rushed, and he wasn’t able to memorise the entire book. So, he only mentioned the main points that allowed a cultivator to barely unleash .

In recent days, Chu Nan would occasionally flip through the skill book and other druid battle skill inheritances when he was free. Whenever Aleta excitedly came to display his improved skill, Chu Nan would always put on airs and casually mention a few details about , thus training Aleta to be docile and obedient before him.

As that had happened repeatedly, Aleta was completely subdued by Chu Nan. He even believed that the elders and experts from the temple were incomparable to Chu Nan in terms of their proficiency in druid battle skill inheritances.

Without a moment of hesitation, Aleta sincerely nodded and said, “You’re right! I’m unable to muster up even the slightest intent to fight against you, so I can’t replicate a convincing enough murderous aura.”

Chu Nan smiled in response. From his experience of pretending to be an expert in the past few days, he learned that there was no need to reply to others; he only needed to gently smile to portray his aloofness.

After he received his breakfast from another druid, Chu Nan slowly ate it.

Today was the agreed day for the decisive battle with the barbarians, and the entire druid village had displayed great improvement under Chu Nan’s mentoring in the past three days.

Other than Aleta, Elder Alfred had also successfully become a level 1 Human Realm expert. Right now, their village possessed two Human Realm experts, and their overall strength was superior to the barbarians from three days ago.

Two level 1 Human Realm experts and one unfathomable Heaven Realm expert. All of the druids were brimming with confidence as they waited for the barbarians to arrive.

Observing the rapidly improving druids, Chu Nan felt dreary, and even his delicious breakfast seemed tasteless.

Whenever he had spare time, he would also research , the cultivation technique that was known as a superior Heaven Realm skill.

He originally assumed that he could easily become an expert, but he realized he was just a frog in a well. The difficulty level of superior cultivation techniques was equivalent to the skill itself.

Firstly, the required the practitioner to possess at least five energy sources.

This requirement alone was nearly impossible for normal people, but for Chu Nan who possessed ninety-nine energy sources, it was too simple.

The main issue was instead the following steps. They were too harsh from Chu Nan’s perspective.

The was split into internal, external, and foundation chapters. The internal chapter was naturally guidance on meditation to help the practitioner absorb the five elements present in the world—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—in order to increase their strength.

The first part to train would be the foundation chapter. The practitioner only had to train the aura within their bodies in accordance with the first diagram, which reflected the cultivation pathways. It would gradually stimulate the hidden potential in their bodies and fill up their first energy source, allowing them to become a level 1 expert.