I am just a mortal, why do you all worship me as a saint?

Chapter 159: Almost Killed by Humans

Gu Heng shot and killed the big wolf that lunged at him with an arrow, then pulled out the arrow.

This must be the thirtieth-something wild beast he's killed in the last three or four hours... Gu Heng wasn't sure, because he hadn't counted them either.

He had enough meat to eat, so he stopped harvesting the fresh meat from the prey. Now, Gu Heng was really looking for a place that was high enough to avoid being attacked by wild animals, and preferably with a good view, because he had brought quite a lot of things with him this time to pass the time...

Gu Heng planned to make good use of his "painting" skills and capture the Cloud Spirit Forest on paper with his brush.

If he didn't draw, wouldn't it be a waste of his skill, which he had maxed out? After walking for about half an hour, it was noon.

The sun is particularly strong today.

Under the scorching sun, Gu Heng was also sweating profusely.

Looking ahead, his face lit up with joy. There was a mountain standing tall in the forest. He nodded to himself, thinking that this was a good place to set up camp!

He quickened his pace.

"Ouch~~"

However, before he even got close to the mountain, a sudden, shrill scream startled Gu Heng.

"What the hell?"

Gu Heng looked towards the foot of the mountain and saw a woman in white wielding a sword, sweeping across the forest, cutting the wild beasts that tried to tear her apart into pieces, their blood splattering everywhere.

What was truly horrifying was that the woman herself was also covered in wounds, and her dress was stained red with blood. However, there seemed to be far too many corpses lying at her feet!

"Wait, is it a cultivator?"

Gu Heng immediately realized that the woman was a cultivator when he saw her make her move.

How could an ordinary person possibly produce such a visible sword aura?

And those were definitely not wild beasts, but rather demonic beasts from the Cloud Spirit Forest!

Monsters are far more terrifying.

But under her sword, they were also killed in droves, so Gu Heng knew who was more terrifying.

Suddenly, the woman drew her sword and slashed at Gu Heng, a sword beam sweeping over in an instant!

This gave Gu Heng quite a fright.

He never expected that the woman would suddenly slash at him with her sword. Fortunately, the sword's speed wasn't too fast, and Gu Heng himself was considered one of the more skilled mortals, so he dodged it. Behind him, a deep, horizontal cut appeared on the trunk of an ancient tree.

The woman was serious.

If that hit me, I'd definitely be standing on my lower body while my upper body flew out.

"Hey! Are you kidding me? You're just going to start hacking at anyone you see?"

Gu Heng's face darkened, and he shouted angrily. He still had a bowstring drawn and an arrow nocked, but he didn't retaliate against the woman.

Look at how easily he wields his sword to kill demons and beasts, as if he were cutting melons and vegetables. He has to draw his bow dozens of times to kill some wild animals, so I'd better not show off my mere mortal skills.

"Is it human?"

The woman in white's eyes gradually cleared, and she realized that she had acted rashly after hearing some noise, thinking that another demonic beast had surrounded her, but she hadn't expected it to be a human.

Her fairly clean and tidy clothes, her unremarkable and rather old-looking black bow, and the quiver of arrows on her back, along with her completely unmoving aura, all told her that she was a mortal.

……mortal?!

How could a mortal be able to enter the "Demon King's Forbidden Realm" of the Cloud Spirit Forest?

Did we go that deep?

He seemed particularly relaxed, and apart from sweating a little, he seemed perfectly fine.

Even as a Nascent Soul stage sword cultivator, she nearly lost her life. From last night to today, the rapidly deteriorating situation in the forest forced her to fight her way out. She was considered lucky, but the "Thousand Swords Sect" disciples who traveled with her were not so fortunate.

Moreover, he had just easily dodged her sword energy... but the woman in white didn't think about it any further.

She is so tired.

She was exhausted from the fighting, her hands and feet were weak, and her eyes were bloodshot. All she wanted was a short break, and she didn't care who her opponents were anymore, as long as they weren't monsters.

Hello? Is anyone home?

Gu Heng's shout came again, because the woman suddenly stopped and her expression was particularly subtle.

Is he deaf?

The woman in white's eyes flickered, and she finally let out a deep breath before lowering her gaze toward the tip of Gu Heng's sword.

"I'm sorry, it wasn't my intention to attack you just now."

She seemed to have used too much strength, and her steps appeared unsteady.

“The monsters in this forest have all gone mad. I haven’t had a moment’s rest since last night. Just now I thought another monster had come…” Gu Heng raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, and also put the bowstring back on and returned the arrow to the quiver.

It's alright, the misunderstanding has been cleared up.

Although he was very annoyed at almost being cut in half at the waist with a sword, seeing how miserable she was, her whole body seemingly soaked in blood, how much of it was her blood and how much was the blood of the demon beasts... and her still-shaken, even bloodshot eyes, she was definitely in a much worse state than himself.

Anyway, since she was a cultivator and had apologized to him, a mere mortal, at least she was somewhat polite, Gu Heng didn't intend to pursue the matter further.

"It's alright. Judging from your appearance, it must be quite difficult... But I've been in the forest for two days now, and you're only the second person I've encountered."

He spoke with a smile, appearing quite relaxed.

Upon hearing this, the woman in white was surprised: "You... haven't you ever encountered attacks from demonic beasts?"

"No, how could I possibly defeat a demon beast?" Gu Heng shrugged honestly.

He encountered quite a few wild beasts. To be honest, he was lucky; he could handle all of them. If it had been a monster... well, he probably wouldn't have been able to escape easily.

"……Ugh."

The woman in white had indescribably complicated feelings.

Look at people!

Take another look at yourself!

How could an ordinary person have such incredible good fortune?