I Start with a Mysterious Island-Chapter 115: Sometimes, When Luck Comes, There’s No Stopping It
Lin Li saw the discussion in the thread was starting to go off-topic, devolving into nothing but personal preferences. He promptly closed the tab.
After reading the thread, Lin Li raised his right hand and stroked his chin, a pensive look on his face.
’I can’t keep the fact that I’ve become a Cultivator a secret forever. When it eventually comes to light and people I know find out and ask me how I went from being a total scrub with such abysmal aptitude that becoming a Cultivator was practically impossible, to an Exotic Beast Hunter with considerable strength...’
’...I can just explain that the reason for such a huge change is that I stumbled upon a Spirit Fruit while I was out camping. After eating it, everything changed.’
’Ugh, whatever. That explanation sounds so fake no matter how you look at it. It has the feel of a protagonist from a fantasy novel written ten years ago.’
’Using a story like that to explain my current earth-shattering transformation... the credibility is definitely a little low!’
’But, even though the credibility is low, it’s the only explanation that makes any sense for why I’ve changed so drastically.’
’In any case, I absolutely cannot reveal anything about the Mysterious Small Island. I’ll just stick to this story. I don’t care if they believe me or not. It’s not like they have any evidence to prove I’m lying.’
After mulling it over for a while, Lin Li made up his mind. If people he knew found out he was a Cultivator and asked him about it, he would use the cover story he had just come up with.
However, Lin Li quickly ran into a problem. There was one person he couldn’t easily use this story on.
’Sigh, if I use this story to explain my earth-shattering transformation to Su Yue, he’ll definitely tease me relentlessly and then look at me like I’m an idiot.’
’Whatever, I’m not going to think about it. I’ll take it one step at a time. I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it. It’ll be a long time before anyone I know finds out I’m a Cultivator anyway!’
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「The next morning.」
As the sun rose from the horizon, its golden rays pierced the darkness that had shrouded the land all night.
In just a moment, the dew-covered flowers, grass, and trees were bathed in the warmth of the morning sun.
"CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP..."
The early bird gets the worm—a principle that seemed to hold true in any world.
After the sun rose, the birds, dormant all night, began to fly from their nests in twos and threes or small flocks, searching for their breakfast.
In a river channel filled with massive rocks, fish darted by, deftly avoiding the huge boulders.
On the riverbank, a figure wearing sunglasses appeared out of thin air.
"What a dazzling sunrise! But I came prepared." Lin Li mumbled, pushing up the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose. He then began to walk toward the rising sun.
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Compared to the pitted and muddy paths in the forest from before, the trail across this open wilderness wasn’t great, but it was much easier to walk on.
Moreover, after setting out and walking for over ten kilometers, Lin Li made a very pleasant discovery.
"Wheel tracks?!!! There’s no mistaking it. These are definitely wheel tracks." Lin Li, sword in his right hand, crouched down and stared at the tracks that were nearly overgrown with weeds, muttering to himself in pleasant surprise.
’Wheels aren’t easy to make. The ability to manufacture them means this world has Indigenous People, and they possess a certain level of civilization.’
’I just don’t know what the Indigenous People of this world look like. If their appearance is too different from humans, it’ll be hard for me to enter their society and interact with them.’
After carefully observing his unexpected discovery, Lin Li began to follow the direction of the wheel tracks, which were almost completely hidden by thick weeds.
Sometimes, when your luck turns, there’s no stopping it. After finding the wheel tracks, Lin Li thought that, given this unexpected lead, he should be able to find the world’s Indigenous People within a few days.
However, things progressed far more smoothly than he could have imagined.
Around noon, after trekking for over thirty kilometers across the vast wilderness, Lin Li encountered the Indigenous People of this unknown world.
’Black hair, with fair or yellowish skin... The Indigenous People of this world look almost identical to humans from Blue Star!’
’If it weren’t for the fact that the material and style of their clothes are so different from what people on Blue Star wear, I would’ve thought they were Blue Star People.’
Hiding in a dense patch of grass, Lin Li held a brand-new pair of binoculars, secretly observing three Indigenous People in the distance who were locked in a fierce battle with a Mutant Beast.
The distance was too great, so Lin Li’s limited Perception couldn’t probe the strength of the three Indigenous People or the Mutant Beast.
However, based on his experience hunting numerous Mutant Beasts in the wilderness since becoming an Exotic Beast Hunter, he judged that their strength wasn’t that great. At most, they were at the Tier One Peak.
The three Indigenous People consisted of two men and one woman. Two wielded blades, and one wielded a sword. Although they had the advantage in numbers and their combined strength far surpassed the Mutant Beast’s, they were clearly inexperienced.
Despite their clear advantage, they were timid in their fight against the Mutant Beast. Several times, they had a clear opportunity to inflict heavy damage but missed it because they were afraid of getting injured themselves.
"These three are about my age. To have reached this level of cultivation at their age, their aptitude must be pretty good," Lin Li mumbled softly, observing the distant battle through his binoculars.
’Sigh, what’s that chubby guy doing? The woman had already drawn the Mutant Beast’s attention. He should have taken the opportunity to slash its lower body!’
’And the skinny guy, why is he so timid? Get in there! Judging by your movements, you’re no weaker than the girl. Aren’t you ashamed of letting a girl take the front line and tie up the Mutant Beast?’
’Tsk, another missed opportunity. If that girl had been a little more decisive just now, the Mutant Beast would have definitely been seriously wounded.’
Hiding in the grass, Lin Li had now become a commentator, muttering nonstop to himself as he watched the three Indigenous People battle the Mutant Beast.
The Mutant Beast being surrounded by the three Indigenous People was a leopard with purple fur. It wasn’t very large, about 1.7 meters long.
Although the three Indigenous People, lacking combat experience against Mutant Beasts, were taking a long time to defeat the purple leopard...
...by constantly wearing down its Spiritual Energy and stamina, the scales of victory were rapidly tipping in their favor.
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