Chapter 11 – The hooded woman

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Two figures left the room of a couple that was once showing a gloomy atmosphere. Now, inside the room, one can see the two loving people hugging each other, as happiness can be seen in their eyes. The woman who seemed to look pale and haggard before had now changed her complexion. She didn't feel any pain anymore as she carefully checked her body condition.

"Honey… this is… this is truly a miracle!" she muttered with tears flowing in her eyes.

"Yes, I know… as long as that young doctor makes this medicine, you will be cured." The man said while carefully hugging the frail woman in his arms.

Right now, his mind was full of hope, and only wanted to feel the woman he loved in his arms. Right at that moment, all he wanted to do was stay like that. She could feel his loving arms wrapping around her, which made her truly happy.

"Hon… If… If I recover… I… I wanted to get pregnant…" she muttered shyly.

When he heard her words, his eyes lit up in happiness. The two of them have been married for 4 years, and they never had any children due to their careers. However, ever since she discovered that she had breast cancer, it was already too late.

She felt desperate and didn't want to leave her loving husband alone. If only they had kids, then he wouldn't feel lonely. Hence, that is her only regret in their relationship.

And so, this time she wanted to be prepared. She wanted him to at least remember her when the time came through the eyes of their child.

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When Doctor Vince Gale and Curt Nilfiem left the room, they separated as Doctor Gale needed to go back home because it was already late at night.

Curt didn't return to his room and just went to the rooftop of the building secretly. Upon reaching the roof, he calmly inhales the night breeze. He can feel the strong LEP energy in his surroundings and decides to absorb it to once again enhance his physique and recover his lost energy when treating the woman.

And so, he spends many hours in that place until the sun begins to rise on the horizon. Curt can feel the strong energy inside his body as it begins to congeal inside of him. However, he knew that he could not be like the one in his memories where he could form a sea of Qi inside his body, which is called a dantian.

In this body, he can only make it so that his whole body will be turned into the main dantian itself. Although it sounds easy, it is not. There is a big difference between an immortal cultivator's body and a martial cultivator's body.

An immortal cultivator's body has what one called a dantian. This is where their sea of Qi is formed and their source of power and almost vast energy. This is the reason why immortal cultivators are very strong, as their sea of Qi can give them an almost infinite energy supply, not counting the energy in their bodies.

Meanwhile, a martial cultivator can only absorb the energy into their bodies and strengthen it physically. And only through that can they make themselves stronger. This is called the inner Qi of the body. However, unlike immortal cultivators, martial cultivators can easily exhaust their Qi reserve as they don't have a dantian to store energy.

And of course, the big difference between the two is the cultivation. Immortal cultivators cultivate immortality, while martial cultivators can only cultivate strength. And the lifespan is a vast difference. From the word immortal, it means that once one can step along the path of immortal cultivation, one's lifespan will become almost unlimited. But a martial cultivator's lifespan is at most around 200 to 300 years.

And so, Curt has already accepted the fact that he can only be a martial cultivator in this lifetime, unless… he can find the right herbs on this planet and create a Dan pill. This pill is also called the Qi condensation pill. And once he does, he can once again embark on cultivating immortality.

Although in the other world, this kind of pill can only be considered as a mid-tier pill and most immortal cultivators don't bother with it unless they accidentally destroy their dantians, for those martial cultivators, it is a gift of heaven.

If they can get one of these dan pills, then they can have a chance to cultivate immortality in their lives.

But for Curt right now, he is confident that once he gets the proper ingredients, then making dan pills will be as easy as pie. Of course, he needs to improve his physique first to be able to make such a pill.

As of now, he is only a 1st level martial cultivator. He still has a hundred more to go before reaching the apex of a martial cultivator's strength. However, he is not worried as this world truly has a rich amount of LEP energy that can make him stronger.

Of course, he just needs to take one step at a time if he wants to.

But, those are just in his mind. He had already attained a high cultivation level in his last life. And before dying he felt a realization… living a life of eternity without her… is meaningless.

He carefully opens his eyes and carefully circulates his breathing.

"Ahhh… my body feels stronger now… I might be reaching the 2nd level soon." He muttered as he carefully stood up and then sneakily went down the rooftop.

When he entered the room, he saw a nurse looking at him.

"Hello!"

"You are…"

"Oh, I'm Curt… I'm a patient in this room…"

The nurse has some suspicion, but she just checks her chart.

"Curt Nilfiem?"

Curt nodded with a smile.

"Oh, you're going to be discharged today… Hmm… Well, anyway… please don't loiter around the hospital." The nurse said with a strict tone.

Curt hadn't seen this nurse before, hence he just nodded his head as he entered the room.

When his figure appeared inside the room, the people immediately noticed him and looked at him with a confused and questioning gaze. They didn't know where he went as they noticed him missing from his bed.

They all knew that he was shot and had suffered from a bullet wound. However, what confuses them right now is how he can move as if nothing has happened. Plus, his IV drip seems to have been removed.

A woman watching the old man next to Curt's bed suddenly asked in curiosity.

"Young man, where have you been? You seem to be fine now?" she asked with a hint of doubt in her eyes.

This is because she saw it when Curt was sent to this room. He was unconscious and by asking the nurses, the people inside the room learned that he was shot due to fighting against a criminal group. The people were a bit amazed at his bravery at that time, but at the same time, felt that he was too foolish.

But upon learning that the convenience store that he was working for was the one that was about to be robbed, the young man just did what he needed to do to save his boss. And so, they all respected him for his bravery.

And now, they just saw him coming from outside as if nothing had happened. How could they not be amazed or question him?

"Hehe… Auntie, I'm okay now. I think this hospital provides good service as they can help me become well this fast." He said cheerfully as he walked towards his bed and lay down.

The people just gave him incredulous looks as they shook their heads, not wanting to ask more.

Good medical service? Who is he kidding? This is not a private hospital and most people here have no money. How can they provide good service?

However, Curt didn't mind the look that the people were giving him. He fished out his phone and sent a message after typing for a while.

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Inside a dilapidated house, a young woman is currently preparing to go to school when she suddenly hears that she has received a message on her phone.

Jenny Mae Lee has already prepared herself to go to school at Esper's College located on the outskirts of the city.

When she reads the message, a rare smile appears on her face.

'I miss you so much… I hope to see you soon.'

However, after a while, she erased the message and didn't bother to reply. She has no time for this anymore. She had already decided to cut off her relationship with him. Although she felt reluctant, she still had to.

On her path to being an Esper, her eyes were opened to the real harshness of the world, both inside the domed city and outside the harsh and unforgivable vast forested lands.

"I'm sorry…" she just muttered as she turned off her phone and put it in her jeans pocket. Then she took her backpack from the small old table and left the old broken house.

She wore the black cap on her head and then covered it up with her hooded dark gray jacket. Jenny Mae then walked out onto the street and didn't mind people passing by.

Unknown to her, in a corner of a small alley, a group of young delinquents wearing shorts and T-shirts, and some even wearing no top clothing exposing their tattooed bodies, are currently looking at her walking figure.

"Is that the chick?" one of them asked as he puffed a cloud of smoke from the cigarette on his lips.

"Yes, big bro… that's her… I noticed her a few days ago and always see her coming home late at night… though I haven't seen where she lives, as she would suddenly vanish in that corner over there." A small thin tattooed young man replied.

"Nice figure… Let's have her tonight... Hehe…" the young delinquent called Big Brother said as he showed a lascivious grin on his scarred face.