When Theo lay down in the floor and making plan for tomorrow, it was slightly dark outside. He got up and start making food from some left over meat, that he kept when hunting yesterday.
Theo used to hunt small beast like Rabbit and rat and sell his pelt and meat to earn his living, Cause he can't always do odd jobs, especially during winter. Most of his earning from odd jobs comes during the spring and Autumn where there used to be lot of work. and it is beginning of the spring season when most of the sect used to recruit new disciple.
As Theo wait for the left over meat to cook, he went to the place where the trap he set up was. as Theo check all the trap, he said to himself," no luck, ha.. i guess it is the start of the spring season, most of the animal didn't get out of their build, knowing how cold was the winter,". He sigh and feeling little bit dejected he went to his home.
Theo's house look like shed, where there is only single room, and Theo used to cook food outside on the yard. As how can anybody expect from 12 year old boy to build a big house. Theo build his House at the age 10, when most of the children play wit their toys. Before that he used to live in the alley of town.
After having his dinner, he lay down in the floor, thinking about his day. He soon fell asleep.
Early in the morning, Theo woke up and start doing some stretch up. As he body felt little numb after sleeping in the floor. He went to the stream and freshen up so that he could go to the town.
The town he live, i mean near his house is called Red forest town. It is called Red forest because during Autumn the forest color used to be Red, as if the someone painted it Red no one knows why. And during this season most hunter don't go to forest to hunt, because the spirit beast used to mostly active at that time. As for Theo during this season he used to live in the town in the fear of spirit beast. spirit beast are those who can used qi while taking, they are intelligent beings who can cultivate.
After freshening himself up Theo walk out of forest to the town, It was in the morning as there was not much people in the gate of town, Theo got into the town very easily or else he would have to wait. As for not asking for entry fee from Theo because, they knew him, because of his odd job i.e. delivery them some food sometimes.
Theo went to the same Restaurant where he ate yesterday for breakfast as some people used to say," Growing men must eat three meals a day", after eating his breakfast, he went to the blacksmith shop to get himself a sword for practice.
Upon entering the shop an old man working at the forge while hammering the iron said to him," seeing you here brat, i think u didn't get yourself in in any sect". After hearing the old man Theo sighs said," They told me i am trash, and i don't any talent in cultivation ". Hearing that Old man felt pity for him and said to Theo," why don't you take the day off brat"
Blacksmith is one of the job Theo used to work regularly and it is the place where Theo used to stay during Autumn and winter. Otherwise he used to stay in the forest in his shed. as for why he didn't live there, it's a freaking workshop, and every person in his life wants a house, thats why theo build himself a small hut in the forest.
hearing the old man saying that, as if feeling little happy, Theo said to the old man," ohh.. hearing what you said old man jiang, guess i will take the day off, by the way old man jiang i am taking one of the sword from the rack". The name of the old man with whom Theo was talking is called "Jo Jiang". but every body in town used to called him old man jiang.
Hearing what Theo said, old man jiang said to Theo," brat, what will you do with the sword, dont tell me you gonna become a bandit", after listening to what the oldman jiang said, Theo didn't get any offended, instead with a smirk in his face he replied," aye... Old man jiang it is only for protection purpose, don't tell me You want your precious worker to be get killed by some wild beast, as you know where I lived isn't it",
"Cheeky brat, where did you learn to blackmail others,", after saying that he sighs and talk again," get it from left side rack", Theo walk to the left side of counter to get sword as the sword in there are mostly useless sword (i.e. not good quality one or low level common sword). He knew himself that he cant buy a good sword as he have to buy body tempering technique too with this little amount of money.
As he tried to pick a sword he saw a beautiful black sword in the corner of rack, Theo mesmerized and uttered," what a beautiful black sword", suddenly from back he heard the word," isn't it beautiful, to sad the cultivator from whom i got the sword told me that this sword cannot cut anything, its dull sword". Suddenly as if deciding something Theo decide that he will take that sword.
Theo walked out of the blacksmith shop shouting," Thank you, old man jiang"
Hearing Theo word he muttered to himself," what a fool, boy"
Actually who knows, what kind of sword is that.....nobody knows only destiny will tell.
While walking towards the shop from where Theo wants to buy the body Tempering Technique is called, Martial Pavilion. Martial Pavilion is a widely known pavilion for selling Techniques and it is established mostly in all town and city of the kingdom. They mostly sell low level cultivation Techniques because high level are too precious only few sects have. The techniques are divided into :- common, earth, Heaven, divine, etc. Each division is divided into sub division:- low, mid, high, peak. "what a fool i am, i forgot that i have to buy breathing Technique too," Theo muttered to himself while walking to the pavilion. yesterday while reading the old book he learn the realm of cultivation and how it is divided. i.e. Body tempering/ foundation building Qi refining core formation Nascent soul soul core formation soul body formation Immortal Realm, etc. He also learn that anybody can cultivate, they o
After buying everything he need Theo went to his house..... Keeping everything he bought in his shed, Theo started making training plans. and it goes like this 100 push ups 100 pull ups 100 squats 20 Km run 1000 swinging of swords and body tempering. why there is no need for training of breathing technique is because breathing technique are use in a way to guide qi to their body and to the dantian, so that's why he can only used breathing technique to tempered his body. so there is need for it. Theo start taking his upper clothe so that he won't drenched his cloth with sweat. As he look at his body, he can see that he doesn't have any muscle, he is a skinny 12 year old boy. he doesn't look malnourished. after looking at himself Theo start doing his training according to routine he make. He usually get tired after doing push up and pull up, till then he didn't give up. as for why he is doing this ro
When Theo open his eyes from his body tempering, the sun was about to set, So he got up and when to check his trap. There he caught rabbit, and a rat, Mostly in three traps out of 5 he placed got something and in two traps, there was nothing. so he took the hunt clean it in the river, wash the meat, kept the pelt, and started cooking the meat for his dinner. Theo ate the meat and when to sleep, as it was harsh day or you can say tiring day. He woke up early in the morning and started doing his daily routine of training. It is two week of training when Theo started it. He can feel many changes happening to his body. In body tempering he was at Third stages, where he have to tempered his vein from qi and open up 8 meridian so that he can tempered his bone and five treasured organ. During this time he went to town once only to tell old man jiang that he won't be coming to the work for one month. He also increase his number of swing from 1000 to 10,000 sw
This is the third week of the month, and it was early in the morning, when Theo woke up, and went to the stream to fresh up, he look at himself at the water and check his body, Anybody can see the changes in his body, His muscle are tightly pack, it isn't too much of muscle like gym guys, till then his body was well defined. If he wear his clothes nobody will see that changes, but when he removes his cloth anybody can feel the well define body of his. After washing himself up, Theo went back, ate his breakfast, and start doing his daily routine of Training. While doing the exercise of pull ups, push ups, etc. he doesn't see any noticeable changes, so he decided that he will stop doing this exercise, and he will only swing the sword and practice the one slash move from the way of the sword. As usual, after finishing his training, which was noon Theo took some rest and ate his lunch. finishing what must be done, Theo start tempering his body, It was in the last
huff huff, huff, the rough breathing of someone can be heard all over the forest, it was so loud as the person in question, was doing it on purpose, the said person was obviously Theo, after killing the beast/ black brown bear. Theo drag his body out of the stream to shore and laid back making the huffing sound. It was Theo first battle, and it was the hardest battle of all, and as well as Theo regret not bringing his sword, because it would be a little bit easy, with the black sword, over time during the practices, Theo notice that the black sword was too sharp, and feel regretted and thankful for the person who sold it without knowing anything. It was already dark, when Theo decided that it was best to go home, so he took the from the beast eyes. And start skinning it, many might been confused as how did Theo learn the hunting skill, Theo doesn't know any hunting skill, he knows how to place trap and skinning, it was his first hunt. that he
Theo was walking back to his house, after cleaning himself up, in a deep thought, and confused look in his face. He was still confused as why did the Black Gu substance came out of his body, thinking that he didn't even complete, forget about complete, he wasn't in the late stage of body tempering, why. he was pondering very hard, his heart was confused, it was etching for the answer, but there was no one to answer. as he whispered in his own thought," did i do something wrong while cultivating it, or is it because of Golden body Transformation, as i can see that my skin are smooth and soft. hmm then it must be because of golden body transformation technique." But who would tell him that bone tempering is the last stage of body tempering, Every cultivator after tempering their bone, refined their qi. But it isn't Theo mistake for not knowing that, as he was ignorant 12 year boy, who just started his life as a cultivator. He will soon learn everything about it, with time.
Afternoon, outskirt of town. Theo was walking toward the town, while carrying the black brown bear on his shoulder. He was nearing the town, when one of the guard stop him," hey stop, where do you think you are going, carrying such big, without any compensation," the guard smirked and said to Theo. Theo, who was never ask to compensate anything from the guards, while entering and going out of the town, was confused, so he put down the Bear and was ready to speak, when one the guard spoke," bring that boy here, as well the beast," it was the chief of the security guard. Theo went to the chief carrying the beast, " boy where did you get such big hunt," the chief guard said in shock, he never question the strength of Theo for carrying the beast, as most people learn body tempering to carry out their duty more efficiently, but was shock because to hunt such beast you need expert hunters. "chief Lan, i saw this bear dead, near the stream, i guess he was ki
outskirt of town,Theo was walking along the road to his house, he was so happy today, that he didn't even notice that someone was following him. He was thinking about how he should live from now on, as he got so much money, considering what he save over the years. it was 120 gold coin, which was enough for him to live comfortably for a year. Theo was just a kid and he doesn't have much to buy, so he was little bit reluctance to keep the money, nobody knows what troubles it might bring to him. just like now.When Theo reach outer area of the forest, the man who was following him block his path, and said to him," give me all your money and i might let you live,". Theo look at the man who was blocking his path.he remember the face of the man, as he was the guard who ask Theo for compensation when he was carrying the beast to sell at the gate of the town.He can see greed in the eyes of the guard, with little bit of fear Theo replied," why are doing this, i