New day

When Henry woke up late in the afternoon, he saw that there was no one in the house. There was a note beside his pillow which said:Your food is kept beside the window and I think that I will come home late. Then we can go for a walk at night.

He could vaguely figure out what was going on. They seem to be poor so she had to work or they will not be able to have proper food. Life was hard for poor people. The people who earned daily wages could not afford to take a leave.

He tried to get up but it hurt like hell. He finally managed to get up and have his meal after ten minutes of struggle.

After eating he opened the system interface.

System level - 1.0

Experience points:0/20

Host:

Henry (Human )

Cultivation - none

Bloodline - none

Status - Recovering.

System points : 0

Miscellaneous: locked

Shop: locked.

Mission: none.

"System, tell me more about cultivation "

"The cultivation is divided into three categories namely, body, soul and qi cultivation. these are separated into realms. These realms are further divided into further smaller sub-realms. The initial stages according to human cultivation, lies in the mortal realm.

The mortal realm of body cultivation consists of the stages

Mortal 0 body sensing realm

Mortal 1 Bone tempering realm

Mortal 2 Muscle tempering realm

Mortal 3 Blood purification realm

Mortal 4 Organ tempering realm

The mortal realm of soul cultivation consists of the stages

Mortal 1 soul sensing realm

Mortal 2 soul interpreting realm

mortal 3 soul organising realm

mortal 4 soul condensing realm (clearly see )

mortal 5 souls salutary realm(essence)

The mortal realm of qi cultivation consists of the stages

Mortal 1 qi sensing realm

Mortal 2 qi interpretation realm

Mortal 3 qi absorption realm

Mortal 4 qi compression realm

Mortal 5 dantian expansion realm

These sub-realms are further divided based on the accomplishment in the realms as minor, major or peak level.

After reaching the peak of the final sub realm one can break through into the transcendent realm from the mortal realm. The information about the transcendent realm is locked due to the insignificant cultivation of the host."

'As he had guessed cultivation was indeed a tiring and time-consuming process. So many realms and there was furthermore realms which he did not have access to.'

'But isn't this is a cultivation world. Doesn't strength rule here. Chances are, that he could die or his sister could die again. He did not want to experience that helpless feeling of losing his sister. He had to be strong, To protect himself, to protect those he loved. He was determined, he had to be strong, strong enough to protect himself and protect his family, the only member he had left.'

Well, according to the memories he inherited, he had no friends remaining in this world as well. Wasn't it a little too similar to his past life? It all happened when his sister refused to join the " heaven shattering sect "as the servant of an inner disciple. A servant could only join alone and could not bring any family member along. She could not leave behind her brother and decided to refuse him. Though her life would be much better than a mortal as she would become the servant of an inner disciple of the " Heaven shattering sect" which was one of the 3 major righteous sects. But it was located very far away and she might not be able to meet her brother again.

When the disciple heard that he had been refused by a mere poor mortal, he was enraged.

He went there and declared that whoever would be any friends to that family would be his enemies. That's when the problems started.

He had to be strong so that they could live peacefully. He had to be strong to protect his sister. She deserved all the happiness of the world but was living a life full of sadness. He was resolved. "I would become the strongest person." he voiced out his resolve.

"Passive Mission acquired: "Become the strongest person."

he heard a voice of the system

"System, how do I start cultivating?" he asked

"Host should try to get a cultivation technique."

'The answer of the system did not help much. All the cultivation techniques were monopolised by sects and common people had no access to cultivation techniques. He could try to join a sect but sects took examinations only once a year and the next examinations were 6 months away. He could not wait till then.

He looked at the information the system screen displayed. He noticed something and asked, "System why is it that body cultivation starts at Mortal 0 while the rest at mortal 1?"

"A human person needs to sense the qi and soul through his perception while a body is already sensed by a person during childhood. Children learn to use their hands, legs, learn to speak etc. All these are considered to be a part of body sense. Whereas existence like spirits have to sense their bodies. But they have an advantage in the soul cultivation."

'Oh, I need to find a cultivation technique first'.he thought.

After the afternoon it was evening. Henry was feeling a lot better now. He could now stand up on his own but he staggered while walking. It was 3 days since he was beaten up. For 2 days he was on the bed.

Angela arrived home late in the evening. He had brought a few vegetables and some flour most likely from today's earning. Upon seeing her Henry asked :

"How was your day?"

"As usual. Now I am going to make dinner, you rest well," she replied upon seeing him ready to jump out of the bed and prepared to leave.

"Let me help you."

"You don't need to help me. Can't you see that you are injured?"

"But I have mostly recovered.See."He replied standing up." And also you are very tired."

"No way am I going to let you cook," Angela replied stubbornly.

"Okay okay, you win but I can at least cut the vegetables for you."

She looked at him for a while and replied: "Fine"

He helped her cook food and after finishing dinner he told her that he wanted to breathe some fresh air. They decided to go for a walk .Angela supported him on her shoulders and they went out of their house.