BHAM!

  The punch came out of nowhere hitting me square in the face with such ferocity that I was thrown back by the sheer impact.

  As landed on my back for the 100th time since this morning groaning in the pain I made an important decision

  I don't want to be a practitioner or cultivator or whatever they call it

  Really I don't

  It was too hard

  it had been almost a year since I came to this jail-like camp.

  The old man Bu who was supposed to teach me was doing nothing but Torture me day and night.

  The methods he gave me to help start my spiritual journey as he had framed it,

  were completely bogus in my humble opinion

  The first method I tries was the soul root awakening method,

  according to him, I had to remove the dust from my soul

  How the fuck was I suppose to do that it wasn't pick up my soul like some dirty hat and remove the dust by jerking it.

  There were three methods to remove dust from my soul number one was to shine epiphany light on me

  " We can't use this method as I don't know how to shine this light" the old man Bu had told me

  Then why the hell did you tell me this method

  The second method was to read soul-shaking scriptures,

  now before the old man elaborated on this method I screamed at him

  "I CAN'T READ!!!!!!"

  " Are you illiterate?" Old man Bu asked surprised

  "That not an issue I can teach you"

  I wanted to bang my head against the wall

  " I'm blind," I said with gritted teeth

  "Oh, I forgot about that, but that not an issue once you form the mind's eye you will be to read" old man Bu said

  That sentence calmed me down, otherwise blind or not I would have jumped on him

  "That leaves us with the only way, that is to have an inner enlightenment and find your inner Dao"

  Okay that made no sense how was to find my Dao what the hell is Dao

  The old man continued to explain how the word Dao meant a way or a path,

  So the word Dao meant a way how a thing such as heaven works.

  So, inner Dao meant that what makes me, me

  To find what made me, work and from these self-understandings, I must find a way to meditate and attain self-realization and awaken a soul seed that forms from my inner Dao

  He so he spent hours explaining how to find my inner Dao on how I should find what makes me angry what makes me happy what type of person I'm

  Then I was supposed to find an activity that was so relaxing that I could go into mediation without stopping the activity and while I was doing my activity and editing at the same time I had to practise a visualisation technique called the 'spark of flame'

  He also gave me an example of how senior Meng Zhang had the activity of drawing and calligraphy.

  For the past year, I have been trying to view my inner Dao by mediations but with no success which was surprising

  Since I thought I knew what made me tick but apparently I did not know myself well enough

  Old man Bu had given me a visualising technique where I would have to imagine myself in different scenarios in my dreams to find my inner self.

  I made no success in this at all

  6 months ago the old man told me to give up I was not fated with this technique

  This pissed me off and I refused, but the old man told me to try the other technique on which I had to agree with

  the next method was the self worship method where I had to worship myself and believe myself enough that I could connect with the Heavenly Dao.

  That was a spectacular fail as I did not have blinding faith in myself why would I, every time I tried this worship my mind will fill with self doubt

  So, on the first too method, I can't even get started much less become a peerless master

  When I asked about the mind root the old man told me that he was not sure as he did not have the complete manual with him right now

  When I asked where it was and all he said was

  "With the rest of my inheritance"

  Yeah, Yeah the mysterious inheritance which I could not get unless I became your true disciple

  The third and final method was the only feasible method of practice available to me that was the primordial root method

  Now that was a real kick the nuts and I mean in a very literal way

  This partial practice requires the practitioner to use their internal energy formed by stimulating and running your body which in turn is used to unlock the acupoints on your body.

  When these acupoints are unlocked they resonate with internal vitality

  Then this internal vitality unlock your 12 meridian and 8 mysterious meridians to circulate the vitality in your body

  Which in turn stimulate the body to resonate with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth

  This spiritual energy is drawn in your body which somehow births the primordial root

  This entire process takes a minimum of about 3 years.

  That way is too long just to start the cultivation

  But the old man by told he had a faster way so I was game

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  The way to make it faster turned out to be to use death Qi to both stimulate the body and unlock appoints.

  I had to sit beside corpses and absorb the death Qi they create and get myself beaten to near-death and thrown into something ice cold to heal

  "Get up you piece of trash" a harsh voice in my ears

  That lovely lady who was shouting at me was Julia.

  Yeah she was a westerner of this world this continent is divided into east and west region which further divided into many other subsections and like my previous world there were not only varients of humans but also other species

  Julia was a giant

  And she loved meeting me into a pulp

  Wham!

  This time punch came from sideways hitting me in the cheek, spinning my upper body around by the force behind it driving me half a step back

  I wasn't in any position to fight back but I was on my feet at least

  Just as I thought that the sweet innocent sounding Julia kicked square in the chest and sent me flying across the room

  Yep, I don't want to be a cultivator

  This shit is too hard

  Was this the only way I can cultivate

  getting beaten bloody just heal up the next day and then meditate in a pile of corpse

  Just the other day the dammed old man Bu came into my cell like a room all excited

  " Junior this senior has found

  you a precious treasure"

  Then he handed me a small parcel it was the size of a football and ice cold

  When I unwrapped the damm parcel and felt around it I had the shock of my like

  That thing had arms and legs it was a small child a fucking baby to be exact

  I almost threw the child away

  "What is this?" I asked the old man

  "Stillborns produce the most death Qi" was all the answer I got

  As I landed only back 101st time today

  I felt like crying

  I wanted to quit and leave but I had nowhere to go

  I asked old man Bu about that and all I got was

  " a cultivator need to have great patience and determination"

  I found a trick to subdue the eagerness to quit and that anger

  All I had to think about was the corpse of granny Yu and this rage would take over me

  Overwhelming me to get up once again and I did

  But as soon I got I felt some crash into me and I felt the air being knocked out of my lungs.

  As lay there trying to remember how to breathe

  Julia just picked me up and decided to bend my body to her liking

  I felt intense never seeking pain

  I wanted to scream but I couldn't find my voice

  I wanted to cry but no years came

  Once she had enough she threw me down on her knees breaking my back

  "Week halfbreed" with that I heard her leave leaving me weeping on the floor

  Sometime later felt some pick me up I knew what was coming next

  And just like clockwork, I felt myself fall

  My fall was broken my hit the cool burning liquid that was supposed to heal

  As I screamed on the top of my lungs as the coll liquid scorched me

  My burning sensation faded in Few minutes but the memory of that horrible experience brought back my pain

  I knew there was no actual pain

  But even though there was no real pain I felt strong pain radiating throughout my body

  As I floated there in my ice-cold liquid

  I thought to myself

  This can't be my new life

  " come on David we can't waste any time," the old man said from the side

  "Every second is precious"

  Without a word, I simply got and raised my hand like I was about to shake somebody's hand

  The old man's rough hands grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the liquid and set me on the ground

  Then he led somewhere

  Sometime later his voice comes back we are here

  I just sat cross-legged there and started the death air sutra and breathing exercise as I did

  I felt my sense expand all over the place and felt ice cold air all around and started to absorb this air into my body

  I was able to persist about any hour today full 6 minutes more than yesterday before I felt my body shut down

  You see death Qi is a mixture of yin Qi and corrosive energy

  The corrosive energy corrodes the living flesh

  there is only so much I can absorb and circulate before I feel my body starting to shut down from the corrosion

  That is my signal to stop

  I heard footsteps behind me and a man voice sounded

  " a full incense that is impressive David"

  I didn't know this man I would have asked him who hell are you but I couldn't move my mouth

  I felt a hand grab my neck and pick my limb body

  "Common it's time for your bath," that man said with a chuckle

  I am not your damm pet awhile, the man cried me like he was carrying a kitten by the neck and then suddenly dropped me

  I fell in warm liquid and warmth flooded my entire body

  The death Qu corrosive energy began disappearing from my body and scattered to feel relaxed

  This was new usually old man Bu got another cultivator named Dee to give me Yang qi to eliminate the Yin qi which also removes the corrosive energy

  But from this liquid, only the undesired energies were disappearing and yin qi was still in my body

  "Much better right" I heard the man speak again

  "Yes" I answered

  "Good, I'm your new caretaker

  , my name is Pollux, nice to meet you"

  "What happened to master Bu?" I asked in concern

  "Nothing just his old age he will be on his feet after a few days rest"

  I thought about and nodded the old man told his lifespan was coming to an end

  As I relaxed in the warm pool

  Yes this is my new life

  ….........….........….......................

  Old Bu stood next to a hill of sand not far from a pool filled with red glowing liquid

  In the pool, David was floating with a smile on his face

  He smiled at the smiling child

  A strong tall man dressed in rags came beside Old Bu

  He in rags he had a certain charm about that made anyone seeing him sure he was no better

  With white hair and blue eyes, he was a smart-looking man

  His crystal blue eyes carried arrogance and his face was as cold and stern as ice

  But any seasoned warrior would tell you this man was a killer

  "You are spending a lot for this child, is it worth it?" He asked

  "He will be worth every bit you spend on him, even if he is not you owe me this Pollux" old Bu said

  "If you say so" Pollux replied with a shrug

  He must be very important to you to do this"

  "Yes he is Pollux just do this for me, " old Bu said

  "You can't time on things like this the promised day of light is coming we must prepare," Pollux said while crossing arms across his chest

  " I will be ready, you of all people should know that I don't break promises" old replied in anger

  "As you say Foreman" Pollux bowed and went toward the pool

  "Now let's go, David, Julia is waiting eagerly for your next session," Pollux said with a cheery voice his coldness disappearing from his face

  Old Bu shuddered at the sudden change

  He saw David silently getting

  with a bitter expression and raising his hand ready to be picked up

  The old man shook his head Pollux was nowhere as gentle as him

  David would soon find that out