Many hunters killed fierce beasts only to come away with a useless bone, its runes utterly destroyed. All that effort for nothing.
Fierce beasts destroyed their bones to keep others from stealing their arts.
But Wang Xuan had no need to touch a beast's Treasure Bone. He only had to watch from afar to deduce its Treasure Art, then push it to the limit.
No matter how wary a fierce beast was or how thoroughly it destroyed its bones, it could not stop a member of the Human Race who learned its art from a distance.
Once he understood that, he was in no hurry to leave.
Stone Village lay deep in the Great Wilderness. Whether he arrived a few days earlier or later, it wasn't going anywhere.
This stretch of forest looked unremarkable, but to him, it was a treasure trove that could send him soaring to new heights.
For now, he needed to deduce more Treasure Arts from the beasts nearby while they still posed no threat to him, and advance the Divine Guidance Chapter further.
Wang Xuan found a secluded hollow with a wide view and settled in.
By day, he hid and watched beasts hunt. Whenever one activated its Bone Script, he memorized it, deduced the art, and pushed it to the limit.
By night, he found a cave sheltered from the wind and ate the precious herbs he had gathered that day, using their medicinal power to nourish his body, which had only just entered Blood Moving.
After several days, he had also gained a rough picture of where the fierce beasts lived in this part of the Great Wilderness.
The strong preyed on the weak. Danger and Fortune were often separated by the thinnest margin. The least conspicuous corner might hide precious herbs—or a