Inside the ants nest Hao Chen was swinging his sword around like his life was depending on it. Everywhere around his body he could feel the ants going. Even though his will power was strong, since he is someone who is reincarnated and had fusion with other person, he still screamed and jumped around trying to shake the ants off. He couldn't see, he could hear. But he could feel the pain that his body was feeling. Almost in reflex he swing his two bamboo sword like he was trying to hit a person. But it didn't take long for him to realize that wasn't going to work. He was swinging his sword too high. It was hardly doing anything to help him. So he started to hit low and trying to stop the ants from going to him. But in pure darkness he could barely feel where he was hitting. He needed to learn how to control his swords fast if he wanted to now how to stop the ants. He also realized some ants where coming from above. With that he started to learn the standard version of sword.
People hate pain from the very beginning. So in order to not feel pain have brain works in many ways. Some start to become scared of pain, some learn to become accessed to pain, but in this case it was all of them. Hao Chen became scared to feel pain. So in order to not feel pain, he tries to to anything that might cause him pain. He also became tough toward the exactly the same pain. Not that he doesn't feel them, he just learned to ignore the pain. With that his mind began to wonder. But it didn't take long for him to become unconscious.
He than woke up in some kind of pool. But it was giving him incredibly nice feeling. He could feel that his pain was leaving his body. His body was also relaxing after getting extremely tired. He could also feel that it was making him stronger. It was like meditation but he wasn't doing it.
'Well should have expected that i would feel such pain, but damn did that hurt a lot, i get the chills even when i just think about it. Well i did it while it wasn't some heroic action i still did it. But now that i think about it, it was such stupid action. Why did i go into that when i had no other clothing to wear should my current cloths get torn apart. Why did i go into that when i could have just.... Arghh stupid stupid. Haaa it doesn't matter either way. I guess it was adrenaline rushing into me. Well it could have been worse. Wait what time is it now. After all time goes exactly the same as the outside world.'
With such thoughts he goes out of the pool. When he got out his teacher was waiting for him.
"Took you long enough. Finally woke up huh."
"Yeah i just woke up. Wait that isn't important how much time did i spend in there and how long was i out for?"
"If you mean all of them then around 4 hours. The two of us sparred for 1 hour. And you were inside the ants nest for 1 and half hours. You were unconscious for 1 and half hours. all in all about 4 hours."
"That means dad is coming back from work. He told me that he would be early today."
'I need to go now.'
"Bye teacher i would meet you tomorrow."
"It would be very nice if you were alone. That way two of us could train without worrying this much. Also i felt something in you woke up. It might be some kind of spirit."
"Really? nice i would check it out"
With that he goes out of the ring. While it may be weird but he can't come out of the ring if there is someone watching him.
'I guess that makes sense.'
Somewhere out of the forest Hao Chen comes out of the ring with flash. He then sprints towords the city. After running for a while he was out of breath.
' I guess i am super tired huh. To think i am tired after only running this much. Now what should i tell mom and dad when i get there. While there is no injury thanks to the pool. He was still very tired. I Will just tell them that i have just lost time playing with my friends. After all that was the reason i made few friends here.'
It took a while since he was tired, but he got home in the end. When he got home his dad was there talking with few people just like always. But he could tell that there was something bothering him. When he got there his dad told him:
"Tomorrow we are going to get your spirit ring Hao Chen"