Within a dense forest, clear creek water continuously flowed.
Standing by the creek, Chen Heng's expression was calm as he picked up some firewood and set up a grill.
Even though he did not have many ingredients and the food he made would not taste that great, it was at least better than nothing.
Chen Heng peacefully sat there as he grilled some fish.
The young girl silently sat by the side, seeming quite downcast.
Even though it had been a few days, there did not seem to be much change in the girl.
However, Chen Heng could sense that as time passed, the girl's mental ripples changed quite a bit.
Before, her mental ripples had been filled with despair, as well as all kinds of other negative emotions.
After a few days, most of those negative emotions had disappeared and her mental ripples had returned to normal.
Evidently, Chen Heng taking care of her over the past few days had been effective.
Chen Heng took one of the grilled fish and placed it in the girl's hands before he turned and looked into the distance.
In the distance was a forest, which did not look like anything special. However, Chen Heng could hear there were footsteps coming from that direction.
There were people approaching where they were.
"Have we finally encountered other people?" Chen Heng thought to himself.
Ordinarily speaking, making a fire outdoors was quite dangerous.
There were many dangerous creatures in the forest, and if one recklessly made fires, one would be risking one's life.
However, Chen Heng did not mind this; in fact, he had been doing this on purpose this entire time.
This was because he hoped to attract some people nearby.
He had travelled along the creek for many days, looking for any signs of people.
After a few days, even Chen Heng felt quite annoyed.
As such, he wanted to find the indigenous people of this land and find out more about this place.
Now, it seemed that this had been effective.
Not too far away, footsteps continuously sounded out, accompanied by intense mental ripples.
Their mental ripples were incredibly intense, and they were filled with worry and terror as if they were being chased by something.
Soon, Chen Heng saw a few figures run over.
There were three people in total; the person at the lead was a middle-aged man, and the two others were a young man and a young woman.
They were being chased by strange-looking beasts, looking incredibly desperate.
"George, hang in there!"
The middle-aged man breathed raggedly as he shouted and looked at the young man, "There's a fire ahead; there are most likely people staying there. If we can make it over, we'll be saved!"
Hearing his words, the young man and woman did not speak, and they only gasped for breath as they did their best to continue running.
Soon, they saw what was ahead.
In front of the creek, there was a fire, where there was a young man sitting with a little girl.
This was completely different to what they had expected.
They had thought that for people to dare to create a fire here and not fear the demon beasts, it would be a powerful mercenary group.
If they could request help from that mercenary group, they would be able to escape from danger.
However, things were completely different to what they had expected.
"No way!"
Seeing this, the middle-aged man felt despair, "Why would these two people dare to enter the forest!"
The man then glanced behind him.
Behind him, there was a three meter tall monster that looked like an enormous tiger chasing after them, looking at them with its blood-red eyes.
"Go over and take those two children away!"
Looking at Chen Heng and the little girl, the middle-aged man gritted his teeth and said, "I'll distract this demon beast and stall for time!"
"Captain!"
Hearing this, the young man and woman looked at the middle-aged man in hesitation.
"Don't waste any time! Go!" the middle-aged man roared, and he did not hesitate to draw his sword before turning and rushing at the black beast.
"He's going to fight?"
Looking at the middle-aged man, Chen Heng was somewhat surprised.
Even though he could not understand the language, based on the middle-aged man's actions, Chen Heng felt quite confused.
After all, given that they had been running away this whole time, the middle-aged man evidently was not a match for that tiger.
Wouldn't he just be going to his death?
However, after a moment, Chen Heng smiled and understood.
"Hurry up and run!" the young man and woman shouted at Chen Heng and the little girl, wanting to bring them away.
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However, they were stunned to see that while the little girl was still sitting in front of the fire, Chen Heng had disappeared.
Following this, they heard a roar from behind.
They instinctively looked behind them and were dumbfounded.
A silver sword was unsheathed, and the massive tiger howled as it fell.
...
Afterwards, in front of the small creek.
The fire was still burning, but there was new meat on it.
The demon tiger's corpse lay by the side, giving off a bloody stench.
The middle-aged man and the two others awkwardly sat in front of Chen Heng.
"Sir… we have some food…"
Looking at Chen Heng diligently grilling meat, the middle-aged man spoke but then stopped.
He remembered that this person did not speak their language.
Looking at this person grilling meat, that scene from before once again flashed before their eyes.
Just then, when Chen Heng had attacked, the massive black tiger had been directly killed by Chen Heng, and it had not been able to retaliate at all.
That scene had been incredibly shocking, and all three of them had been stunned.
"Are we able to find out this person's background?"
George asked softly as he looked at the middle-aged man, "I've never seen such a powerful warrior before…"
"That's certainly the case," the only woman among them said, "From how he looks, he does not look like someone from here. I wonder what kingdom he's from. It's a pity that he speaks a different language and we're not able to talk with him."
She looked at Chen Heng, and seeing that Chen Heng was still diligently grilling meat and not reacting, she let out a breath.
Chen Heng seemed quite friendly to them.
Even though he had the strength to suppress them, he did not show any signs of wanting to harm them.
This was already a great kindness.
It was just a pity that he did not seem to speak the language of this place, so there was no way to talk to him; it was quite a pity.
Otherwise, they would have wanted to know where he was from.
"No matter how it is, for him not to want to harm us, that's already incredibly good," the middle-aged man sighed as he said, "Otherwise, we would only be able to think about what we want written on our tombs."
"I think we'd be even worse off," George shrugged as he said humorously, "You think we'd have a proper burial if we died here?"
The middle-aged man's mouth twitched.
Indeed, if they died here, let alone a tombstone; whether or not they would have a corpse left was a problem.
In this forest, there were plenty of man-eating monsters.
If they died here, they would be reduced to a few bones in not too long.
Thinking about it, they felt quite fortunate.
After eating lunch, the three of them discussed and prepared to leave.
Before leaving, they looked at Chen Heng.
"Sir warrior, are you looking to leave this place?"
The middle-aged man cautiously asked as he looked at Chen Heng, "If you want, we can be your guides."
They were not expecting any response from Chen Heng, but what surprised them was that Chen Heng nodded, as if he had understood.
Of course, that was not the case—learning a new language was not so simple.
It was just that as a Sorcerer, Chen Heng was very proficient at using mental energy.
Communicating with mental energy was the best form of communication.
Powerful Sorcerers did not even need language; they could simply use their mental energy to replace language.
Even though Chen Heng could not do this, if he focused and observed, as well as used his mental energy to support him, he could roughly understand some questions.
As such, he was able to guess what they were saying, and nodded.
Seeing Chen Heng nod, the three people looked at each other, not knowing if Chen Heng understood or not.
As such, they cautiously tried to leave.
They were incredibly cautious, hoping that Chen Heng would not attack them.
Fortunately, that did not happen.
Chen Heng slowly got up and picked up the little girl before walking behind them.
On the way, the three people chatted among themselves.
Chen Heng remained silent, using his mental energy to try to learn this language.
With the support from his mental energy, he could learn foreign languages quickly. If he had enough source material to work with, he would be able to figure out this language soon.
Three days later, they left the forest and came to a city.
Within the city, there were people everywhere, looking quite lively.
Chen Heng carried the little girl and arrived here.
Seeing this city, the little girl's expression changed, and some light appeared in her eyes.
Chen Heng listened to the bustling noises as he silently sensed the mental ripples from there, gathering information on this place.
"There aren't any Sorcerers… nor are there any traces of magic power aura…"
Chen Heng's powerful mental energy swept through this area as he thought to himself.
There were not that many people in this city, only a few hundred people.
However, Chen Heng and his group did not stay here; after resting for a while, they continued onwards to another town.
"We're finally back…"
Looking at the town before them, the three people let out sighs of relief and were able to relax.
Within the town, there was a harmonious atmosphere, and people continuously busied about.
Chen Heng looked in front of him.
Not too far away, there were some people walking, looking quite busy.
Their bodies were not that well-built, nor were their clothes very elegant. However, their mental state seemed quite good, and they were not as dispirited and lifeless like the others.
The living standards here did not seem too poor.
After arriving here, the three people discussed before bringing Chen Heng and the girl to an inn and finding Chen Heng a place to stay.
After doing this, they did not leave and instead prepared to stay here for some time to teach Chen Heng this region's language.
This was to repay Chen Heng for saving them, as well as for another purpose.
In the forest, they had seen Chen Heng's strength incredibly clearly.
On the way, they had encountered some demon beasts and man-eating monsters.
In the past, if they met such creatures, they would only be able to run away.
However, with Chen Heng with them, those things were not worth a mention.
No matter how many ferocious beasts or monsters there were, they could not last against a few strikes from Chen Heng.
This made the three people feel amazed, and they also had an idea.
They had very rarely seen warriors like Chen Heng before.
If they could bring him into their mercenary group, that would be for the best.
With Chen Heng joining them, even if they only had four people, they would be able to do much.
They could even take some dangerous missions and go to the forest to fight with those dangerous demon beasts and hunt them.
Even though the demon beasts were very dangerous, they were also very valuable. Their bodies were filled with good materials that could be sold for money.
Under ordinary circumstances, they could not deal with these demon beasts, but with Chen Heng joining them, the situation would be different.
From how it seemed, Chen Heng would be able to defeat a large number of demon beasts by himself.
If they could rope Chen Heng into their mercenary group, they would greatly benefit.
This was why they were so diligent in taking care of Chen Heng and the little girl.
Chen Heng did not know their plans, but he could take a good guess at them.
He did not mind and just peacefully stayed in the town.
In just half a month, as the three people watched in shock, Chen Heng had a basic grasp over the language.
The three of them were incredibly shocked but did not think too much of it.
They did not know Chen Heng in the past and assumed that he had learned a bit of it in the past, which was why he was able to progress so quickly.
Chen Heng was able to gain a basic mastery over the language in half a month, but it took over another month to truly become fluent at it.
During this time, Chen Heng searched around for some information.
The results caused him to frown.
He had come to an incredibly unfamiliar place—it was a completely new continent with many kingdoms, all of which had large territories.
This evidently was not the place that Chen Heng had been before.
Chen Heng remembered that at the ocean, there had only been a small island in front of him.
It was impossible for that island to be this big.
Had that storm brought him to an unknown place?
Chen Heng was unable to understand it.
If it really was that storm, just how far could it have taken him?
"Did I transmigrate, or…" Chen Heng frowned as he thought to himself.
Transmigrate?
This was indeed possible but unlikely.
Chen Heng had come to the Sorcerer World through the simulator, so it was unlikely that he would transmigrate again.