Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 85 Forest God

chapter 85 forest god

translator: borntobe

“i should be the one to tell you about this.”

xiao hua looked at long chen and then glanced at her grandpa.

“xiao hua...” the old man frowned.

“grandpa, long chen is my man. he will also be one of our villager’s people in the future. he has the right to know about this.”

the old man argued no more. the others all quickly drank their thin porridge and returned to their homes, leaving only the three of them.

“that magical beast was offered as a sacrifice,” explained xiao hua to long chen.

“offered as a sacrifice?” that was the first time long chen had heard of such a thing.

“yes. your wounds were too severe, and you were on the verge of death. we had no other method but to send you to the forest god. the forest god healed you, but the price was that we had to offer the magical beast as a sacrifice. that’s also why you were able to completely recover in just a short three days.”

did gods really exist in this world? that completely toppled his understanding.

“not only that, but because your injuries were so severe, our village also had to offer all the meat we had stored away. and even so, we still owe the forest god more. we’ll have to pay back our debt slowly through hunting.”

only now did long chen understand why the entire village only had some thin porridge to eat.

the young men definitely required meat in order to get stronger. but because of him, they could only go hungry. he couldn’t help but feel bad about this.

“long chen, i’m explaining this to you not so that you will feel guilty. but you’re also a member of the village now, so i thought you had the right to know this.” xiao hua quietly explained this all.

however, that only made him feel even more ashamed. this kind of trust and goodwill made him feel incomparably warm, especially since he was used to the cruel schemes inside the royal capital.

“can you tell me about this forest god?”

xiao hua looked at her grandpa, and only after he nodded did she tell him a true story that was practically mythic.

not long after this village was first established, one of their ancestors found an extremely mystical tree. at that time, that ancestor had been wounded by a magical beast and almost died. after fleeing from it, he had arrived there.

the tree had dripped a drop of liquid onto him, and their ancestor’s heavy wounds had completely healed in just half a day.

in order to thank the large tree, they had hunted down a wild beast and placed it as a sacrifice in front of the large tree. then, they saw the huge tree actually swallowed away that dead beast in the blink of an eye.

ever since then, whenever someone was injured, the villagers would all run over to the tree to be treated, and every time the tree would completely restore them.

in order to display their reverence and respect for the tree, they had begun to call it the forest god. not long after they began to offer sacrifices to the tree, it actually began to communicate with them and established an agreement with them.

it could heal the villagers’ wounds, but they would need to offer sacrifice to it in reciprocation. as for the amount of the sacrifice, it would depend on how heavy the wounds were.

this was just like a doctor asking for payment. but in all these years, the forest god had never asked for that much as a reward.

however, long chen was an exception now. the forest god had demanded a shocking price to save long chen.

as long as they paid attention to its movements and they had enough people, they definitely stood a good chance of killing it.

but the burst bear was not the same. it specialized in defensive strength and power. no matter how many people they had, it would all be useless.

“it looks like we should make a detour,” determined xiao hua.

“why?” long chen didn’t understand.

“fool, do you really have to ask? we aren’t a match for the burst bear. even if all the fighters in the village assembled, we still wouldn’t have a high chance of beating it.”

“says who?”

“you... you really are trying to piss me off!” looking at long chen’s foolish wooden manner, xiao hua was both angered and anxious. but suddenly she thought of something and blinked. “you aren’t thinking of going to kill the burst bear, are you?”

“of course.”

she was silent for a moment. she immediately thought of when long chen had fought with the cliff leopard. at that time, long chen had been an absolutely unstoppable god in her eyes.

and according to her grandpa, long chen had already received extremely heavy injuries before meeting the cliff leopard, otherwise, he probably would have been able to kill it on his own.

now looking at long chen’s current expression, she finally realized that long chen might really possess the strength to kill a first rank magical beast.

“have you killed a first rank magical beast before?” probed xiao hua.

“nope.” long chen shook his head. this was the first time he had gone away from home, and although he had eaten magical beast meat several times, those had been defeated by wilde.

but long chen muttered inside, although i haven’t killed a magical beast, i’ve slaughtered quite a few blood condensation experts.

xiao hua shook her head. “then let’s just let it go. killing a magical beast isn’t done just by relying on a high cultivation base or who is stronger. you have to rely on waiting for a good opportunity. skill and experience are extremely important. since you haven’t killed a magical beast before, we should try to avoid such a risky scenario. hunters never take such risks; otherwise, it would be the hunter who is turned into the prey.”

“you don’t take risks? then what do you call what you did to save me?” laughed long chen.

“tch, you’re not allowed to ever bring that up!” her face reddened and she threateningly raised her fist.

“haha, okay. i won’t joke with you anymore. don’t worry, i won’t risk our lives on a gamble,” said long chen firmly.

long chen no longer had any of his joking mischievous air. now he was completely serious and gave off a feeling of great confidence and security.

she didn’t know why, but seeing him like that immediately caused her to calm down and relax. even her terrifying impression of the burst bear became lighter.

with xiao hua guiding the both of them with her hunting experience, the two of them followed the tracks for two hours and found a large natural cave.

within that cave, the originally sleeping burst bear suddenly opened its eyes, staring at the two people who had invaded his territory.

“roar!”

the burst bear suddenly jumped up. its huge three-meter-tall figure violently charged towards the two of them.

looking at the wildly charging burst bear, xiao hua turned pale with fright. that was the first time she had ever let herself be so exposed to a magical beast. that went against everything she knew as a huntress.

but xiao hua noticed that long chen remained as calm as ever. his gaze was indifferent as he punched out with his right hand.