Chapter 7
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Xin Wei has never felt so calm and comfortable in his entire life. As he finished his movements and ended up in a lotus position in the ground with both of his palms pointing to the sky, a warm current began flooding inside his body.
It was the first time he felt such a wonderful thing and it gave a surprising result.
With his eyes closed and he continuously absorbs the warm current in the air, his expression slowly changes.
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As I sat with my eyes closed, I could see the Qi in my stats slowly increasing. From 1 to 2, then from 2 to 3… the increment is slow but as the Qi increases, I could feel my body becoming stronger. Then when my Qi hits 5 I noticed my strength and dexterity suddenly increased by 1 point.
This gave me a bit of a surprise, and I did not stop absorbing the Qi in the air. I was like a hungry ghost, not knowing how to stop as for the first time in my life I feel greed seeping into my heart.
But in the middle of this, I suddenly remember old grandpa.
"Wait a minute… if old grandpa has this kind of power, then…" I immediately stopped and open my eyes.
From there I saw grandpa has already sat on the ground facing me. His body is exuding with aura, but I could see his expression becoming weaker.
"Grandpa… You…"
"Stop talking Young Wei… You should just concentrate and continue absorbing what I am giving you. This is the last thing I wanted to teach and give you. My life is already over… now it's time for you to live yours… Now absorb the Qi in the air and don't let it be wasted!"
With grandpa's words, I could not help but release the tears that have already swelled within these eyes of mine. How could I not know that this is already grandpa's parting gift… how could I not know that after this, grandpa would be leaving me alone?
My naïve mind was too excited about gaining something but at a cost.
I closed my eyes while still sobbing as I reluctantly accepted the last gift that grandpa decided to give me. Deep in my heart, I am truly grateful and regretful at the same time.
The next day…
I am sitting beside the bed as I watch grandpa slowly breathes his last. My eyes and face have dried tears all over them.
What grandpa told me that night after giving his parting gift to me has made me breakdown in crying. But I could not deny that what he said made sense. Instead of his Qi dispersing in the air after dying, he decided to give it to me as within his family no one followed in his path.
I promised grandpa to help his family if ever they needed me someday. I promise to pay what I owed. He gave me the means and the power for my revenge. Now I will also give him my promise and the protection of his kin within my power.
Before the break of dawn, grandpa asked me to take him to see the sun for the last time.
I gave him the acupuncture that would render his body to feel no more pain. Then I did not hide my abilities anymore and carefully carried grandpa's frail body high up a large tree.
With the help of the Qi, I easily jump high up in the air and was able to reach a suitable branch.
Grandpa just gave me a faint smile as the two of us watches the sun rises on the horizon. Both of us are silent.
As the sun slowly rose, I did not stop feeling grandpa's pulse. I could feel his emotion after seeing the sun maybe rise for the last time in his life.
"Young Wei… I ask you this for the last time. Please give my ashes back to my family…"
"Yes… sob… yes grandpa… Grandpa… Thank you for everything you have done and have given me…"
"Silly boy… I have already given out in life before you arrive. And thanks to you, I was able to do what I wanted to do the most in my life… thank you."
"Grandpa…"
"Now… my life… is complete…"
Grandpa said as he suddenly breathes his last. His heart slowly stopped and it broke my heart as my eyes were immediately drenched in tears.
"Grandpa… No… Grandpa… Huhuhu… thank you… thank you very much…" I said as I cried and carefully gave his forehead a slight kiss.
I could see his wizened face with a peaceful smile. And I knew that what he said might be true. He was contented with his life it seems.
I wrapped grandpa's body in a blanket on the bed as I decided to do what grandpa asked of me. As a farewell and in following his last will, I will cremate his body and would later send him to his family.
That morning, I gathered the ashes and put them in an urn which I have noticed grandpa has prepared. As I did this, I could not help but feel saddened, but I have already resolved my heart to continue with my life. As another life ended, another must begin.
And I still have to claim justice for myself, my family, and Lin Qiao.
I did not leave the forest and stayed in that place for a time. I did not know what is happening in the outside world, but I felt a little satisfied with my life in the forest.
For a time, I feel the desire for revenge seems to have escaped my mind.
But I did not stop my training; in fact, I began to train more rigorously to the point of making my strength breakthrough and reached way above the capacity of a normal human being. I already knew that I am different from any normal human and this is because of the green window in the right corner of my sight.
Would a normal human being have this kind of thing in their life? Of course not as this kind of thing only exist in fiction and fantasy.
Yet, this is my reality now and I have already accepted it.
And one of the reasons why I decided to stay in the forest and actually went deeper is because of my search for purer Qi.
I have discovered the reason why old grandpa's Qi seems a bit off. And that is because of his disease. And as I experimented with the Qi in my body, I began to understand it and noticed that I gained another active ability.
It's called Qi extraction and purification. Through my research and practice, I have discovered that the Qi in my body could be purified. Along with this skill, I also discover something weird inside my body. And as I observed I was left baffled and confused.
This is because I discover a small object present inside my body, and that object is located inside my heart. I discovered it while trying to trace the Qi in my body. I noticed the flow of the Qi and saw it traveling to my heart.
I didn't know what it was, but I could feel that it was the source of what is happening to me.
With this discovery, I began to search for places deep within the forest with a bountiful source of Qi.
And in my search, I began to travel, then absorb Qi, and then ate, then absorb Qi once again, and traveled more. I did not need to sleep as absorbing Qi is like sleeping which is making my body feel refresh always. Plus as I absorb Qi, I did not need to eat too much anymore to increase my strength. It seems that Qi would supplement what I lack when eating.
But of course, nothing can be compared to tasting different kinds of food.
And one thing I also noticed. My body would not secrete waste that much often. As long as I do not eat something with toxicity in it, I would not need to defecate or pee. And that has become my life routine as I travel through the vast forest.
If I am in a different world, I would have already met some mysterious beast or monsters, but this is earth, so only wild animals and deadly bugs are in the forest. Of course, I did not do anything to them as the forest is their home.
But through the deadly insects and animals living in the forest, I gained some passive skills and abilities, called toxic and venom resistance.
The experience of acquiring such skill is not pleasant but it truly helped me grow.
As days went by, I was able to go deeper into the forest and soon discovered a thick source of Qi. The Qi is coming from a small inconspicuous cave. If not for my ability to sense Qi in the air because of Qi extraction and purification, I would not have noticed the cave.
And so I began to crawl inside the cave and soon feel the rich Qi inside.
However, as I go deeper, I could feel that something dangerous is inside the small cave.
I knew that in these parts of the deep forest, there are many wild animals.
"This is bad… something is inside this small cave…" I muttered to myself as I slowly crawl back to the entrance.
I was glad for that decision because as soon as I got out of that small cave which I could only enter through crawling, a long black snake slithers while its glowing eyes are glaring towards me.
I knew at that time, that I need to face something dangerous. This thing should only exist in the legend and in the movies, and yet, I am currently facing a giant anaconda that is around 10 meters long.