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"Baby, are we go?"
Huh?
"You said we are go, so what are you waiting for?"
Who are you?
"Come on, we will be late if you remain there."
Don't pull my hands, hey!
"We are here."
Here? There is nothing here though. What is this place even?
"It is the place where you will be dismantled."
Huh? Kkkyyyaaaa!
I awoke from the nightmare I faced, it felt like I had run a thousand miles and that my body was sweating like this, it was kind of warm!
Warm? How could there be this warmth when I was in the middle of the never-ending winter?
"Oh, right. I was inside a spring cave. I must have been half asleep that even my eyes that witnessed it seemed to take time to adapt."
Anyway, what happened was... 'I lost consciousness in the middle of a predicament. What should I do? Will my love life be ruined by that incident? If the incident was known, what would my daily life would be like...
"Is that Penny?"
"That Penny who was **** in the ass by someone?"
"Looks at him still has the guts to show his face."
"If I were him, I would kill myself from shame!"
No... No... No!
I can't let that known! I need to talk to the other guy, but where is he?
Looking around, I can't see his figure at all.
Hmm, he must have left. Even the entrance was blocked by a huge rock that seemed to be its door.
Whatever, if he tells anyone or remains silent doesn't matter. I already told myself that I would find the love that I failed to do back on the earth, saying that this wouldn't affect me. But my life does, so I should be more careful if I want to go to any villages in the future.
I should plan, how I will live like an introvert with only minimal contact with others while also continuing the flow of my cultivation. That should do it!
Nonetheless, I better meditate and increase the level of my refinement with the sprite.
The warm air that engulfed this cave remains stacked inside, the flow of energy that comes within doesn't even have the chance to merge into the surroundings.
Still, it's beneficial to me in this way.
The Spring doesn't only cure physical wounds but also helps in cultivation. Just the appearance of the purple light dust already defined that the place it rests contains Ten times the flow of energy than the outside world.
After all, these purple lights have their own story.
Sprite wasn't made like any beast after mating, they were created by the strong energy in a single area and take the same appearance of the blood they chose to consume.
When they were about to be born, there would be fluctuations of energy that would surround them. This is how regular insects would be different from other Sprites.
The reason was, that regular insects don't have any abilities like a Sprite has. And if they did, it wasn't a deadly one that could help to kill your enemies, or it could be welded by their contracted master.
With this small mistake, some beasts ceased their chance to become cultivators just because of choosing the wrong sprite.
Is it fate that led them that way, or it was a mistake that can't be changed?
In just a night, I already refined 20% of it's refinement. With this speed, even before the opening of the Shiva sect to welcome their new members, I won't fall from cultivation just because of having lower talent than others.
Yeah, let's keep going...
A continuous day passed by, and I have been refining for a straight 3 days. Without food and other beverages to eat, my body was about to give up.
"I should go to the master for food"
But there is a problem, I don't have money on me. Even the regular money on hand can't be seen, so how should I buy my food?
"Should I result on stealing?"
As there are any sort of money, they differ from one another. The regular one where mortal beast uses, like paper money. And the special one where energy stone could be used to buy your food.
An energy stone is a type of pure white mineral in the form of a stone that consists of the energy of the earth. It is a precious resource that cultivators should have as they can use it to grow their energy inside.
'I thought I could bear without the need of food as beasts have a high self-contained that they could eat only a single meal for a week but it seems those benefits don't apply to me.'
"It's just my luck then."
Looking around the market, who should be the victim of this poor soul?
Hmm, "Found you!"
I walk towards a stall I have been with, the owner is an old man who is no different from my adoptive parents. The is was also a gambling addict that were always lost every bet he made.
"Uncle Mansu, how is the store going?"
"Oh, it's you, Penny. The store is looking fine as you can see. But I heard you passed the awakening ceremony, congrats."
"Yes, I did pass. That was why, my aunt and uncle asked me to look for you."
"What does an old man like me have for a future cultivator to seek with?" he raises an eyebrow.
"You got it wrong Uncle Mansu, it was my aunt who specially asked me to come to see you. She wanted to convey some words."
"Really?"
His eyes gleamed as he almost jumped in front of his stole just so he could hear it closely.
Hmm, "She said she needed some food to treat her friends, but she was short of money so she 'needed' your help. Is that all?"
"Of course not..." I moved close to his ear and muttered, "She said she will repay you tonight." like a bolt of lightning that struck him, his face began to look weird.
"You should have said it sooner, come and take this, this, this and this. Say it to her that if it wasn't enough, just come here herself."
5 pieces of bread and some fruits were packed in a clothed bag.
"I will gladly convey your words Uncle Mansu. Then I shall take my leave as she must have been waiting for these."
"Go, go. She shouldn't be made waiting by this measly food."
Uncle Mansu. Oh, Uncle Mansu. Where there be even a day for you to change and see the fool you who has been chasing some bitch around? You know you were being used yet here you are letting her fool you.
But this is also good, right? Now, not only Aunti Cora would use you, but also I. Then I will be in your care, hm!
Behind the market that wasn't much of a lively one, a figure witnessed a form of stealing that can't be discerned by others. Well, that is if you haven't heard the talks that surround the stealers. Yet instead of helping the poor old man, the figure who saw it leaves a smile.
'What an easy way to live, I should learn from that.'