2 Chapter -2

[Trade Area - Glory City]

"Here you are, a total of 11650 Demon Spirit Coins," said the looting store receptionist with a pleasant flirtatious smile to Li Ming as she handed over the total amount he had earned from the materials he had obtained of the demon beasts he had hunted.

"Thank you," replied Li Ming simply, with small smile on his face as he accepted the Demon Spirit Coins and stored them in his space ring before turning around and heading for the Holy Orchid Institute.

Glory City is an ancient city that predates the Age of Darkness; the present city has been rebuilt countless times throughout history. The current population is in the millions, with hundreds of thousands of experts. People have survived by hunting demonic beasts nearby to obtain food, crystals, spirits and other items that are then used and traded within the city. There is no foreign trade because they are isolated.

The City of Glory actually covers quite a large area and consists of two large towns and six villages. Despite the name, it would actually be closer to calling it a small kingdom.

Li Ming estimated that in his past life the Glory City was as large as Connecticut in the United States.

In any case, it's not important right now," Li Ming thought with a small smile that could not help but make its way onto his face.

He finally had a good supply of demonic spirit coins after working tirelessly for the past year. In that time he had not only consolidated his foundation, otherwise he would have already reached the gold rank, but more importantly his slowness was due to the process needed to succeed in forming his first Mark of the Death Beast.

Doing a little calculation, he had a total of 54,750,002 demonic spirit coins.*. Not bad for the moment, it was more than enough to set his plans in motion.

"And now, what should my next move be?". thought Li Ming as he walked, his cultivation technique was very powerful and had ample room for growth, but he needed to keep killing different demonic beasts to utilize the full potential and endless possibilities of his cultivation technique, so even if he continued to hunt horned sheep or other bronze grade demonic beasts, he would not make much progress.

He also had to find some supreme treasures for his self-defense and, of course, try to strengthen his physique and soul realm.

"Maybe it's time to switch to another species?" Li Ming reflected: in the training camps of the Sacred Orchid Institute, there were only bronze-grade demonic spirits. And there were only three species in total in the vast area: horned sheep, fanged pandas and silver tigers.

Horned sheep were technically stronger because of their "enhancement" ability, but tusk pandas were stronger at the base and had much more varied abilities.

The common ones generally had the ability to coat their arms in lightning to strike enemies, while the stronger ones could even control gravity in a small area around them. In contrast, Silver Tiger's were generally classified as five-star bronze beasts and generally hunted and feasted on horned sheep and tusked pandas, and had some special abilities related to fire and darkness.

Li Ming shook his head, "Well, there's no need to hesitate," as a small frown formed on his face, "I just need to find a good reason to get out of the Glory City"

[Interlude]

[Holy Orchid Institute, Apprentice Warrior Section].

Half an hour later, after leaving his assigned examiner open-mouthed from the shock of his results, Li Ming found himself sitting in his new class.

Li Ming sat at the back of everyone else; he was not interested in interacting with those around him. He really did not have time for friendships right now, after all, after ending up in this world he had a clear goal in mind and would not let anyone stand in his way.

Honestly, if it had not been for the Holy Orchid Institute library and the access to the training camps he got as a student at the facility, he would not have even bothered.

However, there were some people here who had distinguished themselves by having some talent…

Li Ming's eyes rested on the beautiful purple-haired girl sitting not far from him.

Ye Ziyun, the daughter of the city lord and granddaughter of the rank legend Ye Mo, the strongest demonic spiritualist in Glory City. And, if the rumors were also true they should marry Shen Yue in the future.

Once again Li Ming's eyes moved across the courtroom and wandered across Xiao Ning'er's tall, full-bodied form. Long shiny orange hair and dressed in a black workout outfit that blended perfectly with her curves.

Ning'er did not look at all 13 years old. She had the body of a grown woman despite her age. But it was also not hard to figure out the answer to this question the reason, most likely it was because she was fed Elixir from a young age.

When the effects of starting puberty early when taken at a young age and extending the time period of it to the normal final age. Many thought that the time of puberty was when demonic spiritists progressed the mode during cultivation.

The girl's fiery orange eyes looked up and locked with his violet eyes, apparently she had felt his eyes on her.

"Really, a good talent to have by one's side," Li Ming smiled in sincere appreciation and gave her a little wave, causing her to blink, but before she could do anything else the classroom door swung open and the teacher entered.

Li Ming recognized her almost immediately, how could he not she was one of the few decent talents this little city could offer....

"Stop!" Shen Xiu barked an order as soon as he entered. The class fell silent almost immediately, but that was mainly because the vast majority of the boys in the class were practically drooling over the red-haired beauty.

The woman was tall, with long lush red hair and a body of curves. Large, round breasts jiggled in her scantily clad purple dress, full, ripe thighs, and perfectly seductive hips.

Shen Xiu unabashedly displayed her body proudly with the way her dress was open in the middle showing her cleavage of her huge breasts with the way she wore only black stockings on her legs that reached just past the knee, leaving her thighs completely bare.

Li Ming could see the pleasure in her eyes, could tell just by looking at her that she was enjoying the way the males around her practically adored her with their eyes because of her beauty.

Honestly, Li Ming had to admit that the woman was as beautiful as a heavenly fairy, but he still did not understand why his classmates were drooling over her as if she were some kind of treasure of the gods.

But her personality was completely rotten....

Ha unlike what one might think, a cultivator to reach the pinnacle does not need a supreme cultivation art or some supreme treasure...

The only important thing was to have a Dao heart, with an unyielding and invincible will!

Li Ming, already knew from studying much higher forms of cultivation and instruction that nothing she would teach would benefit him in any way.... The only part that aroused his curiosity was when she revealed that she was a three-star silver degree and revealed her demonic spirit transformation.

A scarlet flaming fox

The demonic spirits of Scarlet Flaming Fox, while not the most powerful out there, had versatility in spades. They were fox-based spirits with power over flames and illusions, and they grew more tails the stronger they became. The fact that he only had one tail but was already a demonic spirit of golden rank showed how powerful he could be if cultivated properly.

He was a good demonic spirit, But despite his talent it was not long before he lost interest again. The way she so readily dismissed her demonic spirit as a mere gold rank whose gold rank she would despise for a stronger spirit when she became strong enough to handle them showed how stupidly wasteful the Sacred Family was.

"What a waste!" Li Ming shook his head in disappointment. And there he had thought that she was one of the few decent talents in the Holy Family, in the end they were all trash who could not see beyond themselves.