[天命为凰]

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030- Spring hunt

The Jade West Mountain Forest referred to that large tract of mountain forest to the west of Nine Jade Mountains.

In this world teeming with countless vicious and ferocious beasts, humans developed Martial Arts as well as a way to exploit everything under the heavens in order to defend themselves against these existential threats. For example, the spirit herbs and the very ferocious beasts that sought to devour them had become mere resources to enhance their strength.

This was the place where the Nine Jade Palace had been established, the Jade West Mountain Forest. A place abundant with ferocious beasts lurking in its depths, but it was also the node from which the disciples of Nine Jade Palace acquired their cultivation resources through hunting.

The Body Tempering Realm laid the foundation. Once a disciple steps into the Inner Breath Realm, it was mandatory for them to test their endurance in the mountains to the west.

Practitioners of the martial way progressed and grew through combat, after all.

Gao Xiang broke through his closed aperture not long after Lu Mingshu stepped into the Inner Breath Realm.

Afterwards, his martial grandfather, Zhuo Jiangui, announced that the two of them were to participate in the hunt at the west of the mountains together.

The hunt at the Jade West was an activity held twice a year in Nine Jade Palace where everyone – from disciples in the Inner Breath Realm to sect elders in the Spirit Realm – would participate. Once in late spring and once in late autumn. The harvest from the hunt also became the largest source of cultivation resources for the disciples. Although the scale of the hunt was smaller, it was mainly to let the younger disciples learn through experience.

With the spring hunt being held in late march and early april, there were still two months to go. Lu Mingshu took advantage of this to do some step-by-step preparation before the spring hunt commenced. That involved familiarizing herself with the terrain and understanding the traits of the local ferocious beasts.

Close to the end of February, Hui Niang brought news to her. About how the entirety of the Nine Jade Palace had fallen into an uproar at the news of the sect leader's eldest son breaking through to Inner Breath Realm successfully a few days ago.

That's right, he was the one they referred to as Young Master. Fu Shangqing's son, Fu Mingtang.

When Fu Shangqing remarried back then, the first Zhou Miss took less than two years to give birth to a pair of twins. By estimate, they were roughly a year younger than Lu Mingshu.

Since Lu Mingshu was currently eleven, the twins should be ten years old. But having been born in the second half of the year, they were only counted to be nine and a half years old.

When the Zhou family announced this news, the entire Nine Jade Palace broke out into a joyful mood.

Reaching the Inner Breath Realm before ten years of age was an accomplishment surpassing even Liu Jizhen's record.

Lu Mingshu kept her calm as she listened to the news. These three years of hard work had taught her to be indifferent to such matters. Emotions like jealousy and indignation before she possessed true strength would only serve to obstruct the path to her advancement.

Having said that, Fu Shangqing truly possessed excellent hereditary traits. Lu Mingshu's aptitude could be considered top grade, while Fu Mingtang could break through into the Inner Breath Realm before the age of ten. Naturally, it would be considered a heaven-warping gift. In addition, it was said that his twin sister, Fu Mingxi, was also close to her breakthrough.