Rick watched as the little girl wolf down the meat with glowing eyes. She did not even take a break as she kept chewing and swallowing like it was her first meal in years.
"Slow down, slow down. Don't hurry, keep eating like that and you'll choke. I don't have any water with me!" Rick was shocked at first and immediately stopped her. He had not found a water source yet, and right now, he was already thirsty.
"I, gulp.. know where to get water." The little suddenly spoke.
"Really? Then can you tell me where? Un- Big brother is very thirsty, and I'm sure you are too." Rick asked immediately. He was about to call himself uncle but he remembered who he was now.
Water was very important, more important than food. He never found any water source, that was he was anxious.
"Th-there is a stream up ahead." The girl answered, little nervous.
"Then wait for me here, I will go and get some."
"I'll go with you!" Rick was about to go when he heard the girl. "I want to go and clean myself. I'm already full." she added.
"Alright." Since she spoke out, how could he possibly reject her. "So tell me, what's your name? Oh, I am Ri- Shi Rong, a traveler. What's yours?" Since she opened up, then it should be alright to aks now.
"My name is Xinxin." Xinxin replied. It seemed that she will only answer what was asked.
"Xinxin, its a great name. How did you get here?" Rick asked again.
"I-I got lost while escaping." This time, Rick could hear a slight tremble in her voice. He looked at her and noticed that she was holding back tears. He could not help but feel sad, a child was actually acting all grown up.
He raised his hand and ruffled her hair. "Come on, you can cry now. Don't worry, you are safe, I am here." He kneeled infront of her to level their height.
Finally, tears streamed down from her cheecks. Rick did not say anymore bent down on his back and scooped her on his back, carrying her.
She had many tears, but she did not cry out. It was just silent weeping.
"Come on, don't hold back. Crying is good for your health." Even though Rick did not know what happened, there were already many scenarios in his head that could have happened to the little girl, Xinxin. It soured his nose just thinking about it, and also angry.
He decided to ask later and talked to Jessie. He purchased a 2 person tent with 50 dollars. He also bought warmer clothes, for him and Xinxin and a 25 liter water container.
15 minutes later, Rick could hear a faint sound of water flow and hurried his steps. His back was wet with tears but he did not mind.
A couple of minutes later, they reached the stream. He put down Xinxin and removed his shirt and shoes. Pulled up his pants and entered the water.
Without hesitation, he dipped his face down in the water and drank huge mouthful.
"Ho! That hit the spot!" Rick shouted in pleasure. The 25 liter water container appeared in his hands and dipped it in the water, filling it up.
After he was done, Rick carried the water container and went back to where Xinxin was.
"You thirsty?" and got a nod as a reply. He did not say anymore and a cup appeared in his hand. He already confirmed that the water was good to drink. Not only because of the crystal clear appearance, but also because of the taste and smell. Since everything was normal, he wouldn't need to boil the water.
"Here." Rick handed the water-filled cup to Xinxin, she took it and drank all of the content.
"Do you feel better now?" He again received a nod.
"Okay, take a bath first, we'll talk later." Clothes, towels, soap and shampoo suddenly appeared on the ground beside Xinxin. If it had been any other day, she would have been amazed, but not now.
Rick already knew that she was a smart little girl, so he only left her some instructors on how to use the soap and shampoo, and she alresdy understood. Although they were wearing ancient clothes in this world, the clothes that he got is probably much better.
"I will be setting up a place where we can sleep. So you enjoy your bath. Be carefull with the soap and shampoo, it would sting and itch if it touches your eyes. Ok now, go on." She slowly took what Rick gave her and went to take a bath.
As for Rick, he started preparing to set up the tent that he just bought. Although he purchased it from the system, he still have to manually set it up.
It was really a good thing that there were many dried leaves on the ground to help cover the dirt. Mentally tapping the components in making a tent, he then started to work on it.
What he bought was a two person tent, so it was easier to set up. It took him 20 minutes to finish the set up. And to make things better, he even bought a mattress foam and 4 pillows to sleep on.
"The only thing missing was a camera to record what he did the first time came in this world. Hello, my name is Rick Sanchez and welcome to my channel. I am here at Tian Continent. This is currently my first day here, and to tell you the truth, it isn't that bad. I even hunted a Spirit Beast with a purple beast core, consumed it and got a new power, well, I am currently unable to use it now, though. I tell you though, it was the best meat that I have ever eaten. I also met a little girl, her name is Xinxin, apparently she has gone through a lot of hardships and suffering this fast few days. And I took her in, she is really a good girl. As of now, I am setting up a tent for us to sleep on tonight. Hopefully, a beast doesn't come and attack us tonight. AND BOOOM... SHOULD BE GOOD FOR 5 MILLION VIEWS IN YOUTUBE IN A MONTH.. HAHA.. JUST KIDDING!!"
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After Rick was done, he was surprised to see a cute little girl infront, and gazing at him. She had a delicate white skin and big round eyes that could melt everyones heart, coupled with the clothes that Rick bought for her, I don't even know what's more adorable than this!
"You are... Xinxin?" Rick stared wide eyed. He expected her to look good, but not to this level. She's got to be the most adorable little girl that he met in his whole life.
She nodded. This time, there was a little smile on her face, Rick could also smell the shampoo coming off from her.
"Haha, good. Does the clothes feel uncomfortable?" Rick asked.
She shook her head.
"Then that's good. Do you want to sleep?" Rick new that she was already tired, he was really impressed when she did not fall asleep after crying.
Nod. After crying, she didn't seem to want to talk again. But Rick did not mind, at least he knew she was capable of speech.
He led her inside the tent and let her sleep. zit did not even take a minute, she just went to the dreamland after laying in the comfortable and warm bed. Rick fixed her blanket and left the tent.
There should still be an hour left before the sun sets, although this was the bear's territory, fire at night could still attract curious beasts.
He set up a fire, cut another thigh of the bear into pieces and set them up so they would be roasted on their own.
It would take 15 minutes for a single side of the meat to get roated, it is more than enough for him to finish bathing. He changed clothes to a sweater and jogging pants.
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Feeling refreshed, Rick then sat down beside the fire while waiting for the right time to eat the meat.
After he finished eating, he bought a fishing line. And immediately started setting up the traps. It wasn't really traps, but he set it up so that if any creature comes close to their tent, he would be reminded of its arrival.
Fishing line connected from tree to tree and sorrounded the small tent. If any animal touches the line, the line would vibrate and ring the bell inside the tent. Simple, but effective.
Finally, Rick was reassured and entered the tent. He made sure that his movements wouldn't wake Xinxin up.
As he laid on the sof bed, Rick just stared blankly. He suddely felt like everything was surreal. He felt like, if he slept now, then everything would return to normal.
'Oh well, only one way to find out... Sleep!' So what if everything was a dream, so what if everything that happened was reality.
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Morning came without trouble, and Rick woke up comfortable. Since everything that happened was reality, then he could only accept it.
The sun hasn't risen yet, and it was cold. Even then, Rick woke up and immediately started a fire. Xinxin was still asleep, so he did not make big movements.
He sat cross legged next to it and started meditation. He wanted to try clearing his meridians. His vision changed and he could now see inside him.
His dantian was still glowing, but the SE was calm. With a thought, his dantian tremble and the SE inside was stirred awake.
Bang! He immediately controlled his SE and it directly hammered the entrance of the Right Arm Meridian, one of the 12 meridians connected to his dantian.
In the human body, there are 6 meridians that exist inside the body. 1 for each leg, 1 for each hand, 1 for the head, and 1 for the internal organs.
It is like a water sytem inside the body.
The meridians acts as a hose that delivers the SE around the body and the dantian acts as the source of the SE. But since the SE would need time to reach every part of the body, the acupuncture points acts as pools to carry small amounts of the SE incase of emergency use.
The accupoints points are also used as a way to absorb Spiritual energy faster than inhaling. Since they act as energy pools, surely, the energy inside them could also be sent back to the dantian.
But since Rick's meridians are blocked, he is not able to use the SE in his dantian to form a cycle of circulation.
(Note: SE- Spiritual Energy)
Rick frowned from the pain, but still continued pounding. He did not know how many times, but bit by bit, he could could finally see cracks. It was an extremely painful process of repitition. Every time he controlled his SE to break the wall open, pain assaulted his inside. But he resisted the urge to scream and just grunted.
Bang! The wall broke and spiritual energy rushed throughout the single meridian, like a fish that was freed on a tank.
But just as Rick was expecting the energy to return to his dantian and complete a cycle, it suddenly stopped halfway through his right arm. There was another clog in his Arm Meridian.
That sudden halt nearly caused his meridian to explode, thankfully it did not. Still, Rick felt an unbearable pain thumping inside his right arm caused him to cry out and exit meditation.
"Fack! I quit!" Although he was calm, he could still not resist cursing. Since coming to this world, all he felt was pain, unbearable pain.
"Cultivation my ass, I have guns, why the fack should I cultivate?!" Rick spat in his rage.
While he was angry, he suddenly saw words from his soul vision. It was from the system.
THE SYSTEM HAS JUST FIXED A 'BUG'. IN ORDER FOR THE HOST TO GAIN ACCESS FOR TIER 2 ITEMS, THE HOST WILL HAVE TO REACH THE FOUNDATION ESTABLISHMENT REALM.
WORK HARD, YOUNG MAN.
"F*ck!!"