For the next three days, Chen Guan spent his time lying in the side room, trying to sense Qi from the Secret Manual, apart from his daily hunting and eating.
However, he couldn't find it no matter how hard he tried.
It was on the afternoon of the fourth day.
After another unsuccessful Cultivation session, Chen Guan knew something was wrong with him.
'I've been searching for four days and still haven't found the Qi sensation.
Is my mind not calm enough?'
Chen Guan frowned and looked at his chubby body.
'Or is it that my Black Bear body is different from a human's, so the Cultivation Technique can't be used universally?
After all, the Secret Manual has many strange diagrams of the upper, middle, and lower Dantian.
Their shapes and sizes are all similar to humans.
Completely different from a massive Black Bear.'
Chen Guan pondered, feeling it should be the latter.
Perhaps because his sister, Xiao Qing, was a 'Ghost Cultivator', she naturally had the bonus of a 'Ninth-Grade Yin Spiritual Root'.
And she was born with an 'Upper Dantian'.
Therefore, after two days of experiencing the Secret Manual, she found the legendary Qi sensation and accelerated her breathing speed.
She is now a 'Ghost Cultivator' at the Refining Essence into Qi Realm.
According to the records in the book, the initial Realm of Refining Essence into Qi is relatively easy to enter.
A normal person, as long as their mind is not distracted and they have a Spiritual Root, usually takes two to three days.
Although after just entering, one can only simply absorb Spiritual Qi and slightly prolong life.
But entering is entering.
There's no mysterious 'initial Realm' that gets stuck.
Therefore, Chen Guan, who had been unable to perform Qi Refining for a long time, felt that many problems still stemmed from his 'physical form'.
'I wonder if there are Cultivation methods for 'Demon Cultivators'.'
Seeing that he couldn't Cultivate human Cultivation Techniques, Chen Guan suddenly thought of the Demon Dao.
As for this human Cultivation Technique, he also had to memorize it by heart.
That way, if he were 'human' in his next life, it would come in handy.
Whoosh whoosh—
After thinking it through, Chen Guan stopped overthinking and continued to exercise his Physical Body.
This 'Legacy Talent' is very practical.
As long as he exercises, it will steadily increase.
During these past few days, Chen Guan had not given up on his legacy training, apart from trying to sense Qi.
'If I can't practice the east, I'll practice the west!'
Chen Guan was very clear about the priorities of things.
'Can a living person be stifled by urine?'
...Another three days passed.
In the forest.
Chen Guan stood beside a hard granite rock, his broad bear paws slamming down on the large stone.
Boom boom—
Each strike made the stone emit a dull thud.
From time to time, some edges of the stone would crack from the bear's paw, turning into small pebbles that bounced off to the side.
And in Chen Guan's strikes, there was also a method similar to Sanda boxing.
Now, looking from afar.
A massive bear, like a boxer, circling and striking a large stone, was very strange... 【Proficiency +1】
Before long, a system prompt appeared.
【Bear-like Strength: 335/1000】
After seeing his proficiency increase again, Chen Guan withdrew his aching hands and rubbed them back and forth to relieve the pain.
'I now have almost 1,400 pounds of strength.
Before, I would run for one or two hours to gain 1 point of proficiency.
But now, striking large stones, I can gain 1 point in less than an hour.
It seems that some Move techniques, like those for exerting force, have a great effect on the speed of proficiency improvement.'
Chen Guan had now found some new tricks for training his talent.
It just consumed a lot of bear paws.
Now.
When Chen Guan slightly clenched his fists, he could feel a needle-like pain in his muscles.
And his skin was also damaged.
But the skin that grew back was harder.
'I was clearly practicing boxing, but as I practiced, it turned my paws into iron bear paws.'
Chen Guan shook his head, feeling that things did not go as he wished.
However, as long as it could improve, it was a good thing.
So, after resting for a moment.
Chen Guan started kicking the stone again.
Boom boom—
As Chen Guan began a new round of training.
The sound of stone striking echoed in the nearby forest again.
'Woo woo~'
Before long, some wolf-like beasts darted out of the forest, then fearfully squatted far away, watching the 'Forest King' hit the stone.
Although they were afraid, they didn't leave.
Because every time the Forest King finished hitting the stone, he would go hunting.
If they just followed, there would be new leftovers.
Unconsciously, Chen Guan's stone-hitting during his training had become the 'gong sound' calling them to eat.
'Little ones, follow me to eat!'
After a while longer.
After seeing his proficiency increase again, Chen Guan led these dozen or so beasts to forage in the nearby forest.
Including during previous periods.
Chen Guan also liked to lead this group of subordinates.
Because if he couldn't catch prey today, then his subordinates would become 'moving rations that automatically follow him'.
They would not only give their hearts and souls to him but also warm his stomach.
Such 'trusted subordinates' were definitely the more the merrier.
'Now my number of subordinates has decreased, it's time to raise some more.'
On the way to find prey, Chen Guan looked back at his obedient subordinates.
Now there were only fifteen left.
Ten days ago, Chen Guan had thirty-five subordinates.
Among them, fourteen beasts ran away when they saw that the Forest King would use them as reserve food.
The other six had become Chen Guan's true confidants, sharing life and death with him.
Meanwhile.
As Chen Guan was foraging.
Roar~
In the distance ahead, a low tiger roar suddenly came.
The distance was about one li.
"Woo woo woo~"
The food babies following behind Chen Guan, upon hearing the tiger's roar, immediately abandoned their big brother and ran away in a flash.
That low-frequency tiger roar tremor would bring an indescribable sense of palpitation to other animals.
'Cowards.'
As a Black Bear, Chen Guan was instinctively not afraid of the tiger's roar; instead, he found it amusing.
'A single tiger roar scares you all to this pathetic state, no wonder you follow me for food.'
Thinking this, Chen Guan also looked in the direction from which the tiger's roar came.
'It's often said that the tiger is the king of beasts.'
Chen Guan stretched his bear paws, feeling the surging power.
'Today, I am the king of the forest, and I want to drink this tiger bone wine.
Let's see if I can discuss with Brother Tiger to let me dismantle a few of his bones.'
Pondering.
Chen Guan strode in the direction of the tiger's roar.
But as he walked.
Chen Guan also heard clear human voices from the direction of the tiger's roar.
"Grandpa..."
"Help, someone..."
The voices were one old and one childish, with a somewhat concentrated, awkward feeling.
It seemed that two people were caught by the tiger and were hiding in a narrow mountain crevice.
For a moment, perhaps because they were both 'human', and he was going to drink tiger bone wine.
Chen Guan switched to running on all fours, quickly rushing towards that direction, lest the tiger squeeze into the mountain crevice first... In a slightly opposite direction.
Three hundred meters away from the tiger's position.
Whoosh la la—
Detective Yan and several Xia Ke, after emerging from a man-high bush, also vaguely heard the cries of an old man and a child.
Due to background noise, wind, humidity, and low human decibels, sound doesn't travel far.
But as martial artists, their hearing was superior to ordinary people.
"A cry for help?"
One Xia Ke cocked his ear to listen.
"The sound is..." Another Xia Ke had somewhat large ears, "It's... to the east!"
"Go!" Detective Yan, upon confirming the direction, shouted to the crowd:
"Stop looking for the Bear Demon! Quick! Saving people is more important!"
With that, they said no more, drew their swords, slung their bows, and rushed eastward together.