chapter 4: Tragedy

Once the trip started, I just sat in my mother's lap.

There's nothing I can do, there's nothing I can play. And I also haven't been able to talk to my parents yet.

At the beginning of the trip, I only saw the scenery from the train. The train was moving forward not too fast so the view could be seen clearly.

But as time went on I started to get bored.

What do I do?

I played with my father, sometimes hitting him, sometimes pinching him, and also grabbing him.

Even though I knew it wouldn't hurt, but my father still pretended to be in pain. Maybe he's trying to follow the flow of the game? Who knows?

And one day's journey passed, although the road is still very long.

At night our caravan made camp in the forest, as the current site is far from the city. The caravan leader decided to camp in the forest.

Luckily this was just an ordinary forest without any spirit beasts. Even though this caravan hired bodyguards but it would be better to avoid fighting.

The next day we left early in the morning, even before sunrise.

Like yesterday, today was a very boring day. But today I tried a few things.

I first analyzed my body, this was that of an ordinary baby who was only slightly stronger than other babies.

My body doesn't have much strength and stamina, This is where I will create a training regimen that can increase strength and stamina.

Of course that's for later, when I can walk and do other things.

I also can't control this body completely, I sometimes lose control of this body.

I also have to practice to be able to control this body well.

And the most important thing is that I found an energy in this body.

It's a kind of energy that I don't know about, I want to ask my mom but right now I still can't speak.

Although I have some guesses, maybe this is the energy called spirit power.

Maybe people in this world cultivate by cultivating spirit power.

This could be a big breakthrough for me to become stronger. So I continued to practice controlling and cultivating the spirit power within my body.

Currently the amount of spirit power I have is still very limited, so I can only do a few things.

First I control spirit power to strengthen my body. And the result is successful, it's a success?!!

Am I not a genius? Can find this energy and control it.

That's right, call me super ultra genius! Hahaha praise me, worship me.

Ok, enough fun. By strengthening my body with spirit power I can now walk even though it's still slow and unbalanced.

When I tried a few more things with spirit power, I don't know why but they all failed… Is it because I haven't awakened the martial spirit yet?

I don't know.

Today's results only went as far as strengthening my body, but it was already a very big breakthrough.

I practiced cultivating this spirit power for a whole day and before I knew it it was getting dark, we stopped at an inn in town.

We stopped in town to replenish supplies and seek information.

After a one day stopover in the city we continued our journey back.

Every day feels the same, very boring.

Dude, if boredom kills then I've been killed hundreds of times~.

And if it's boring to make money, I'm filthy rich now.

A week went by in a blink even though for me it was a very long hell.

Don't underestimate boredom, if we are bored it will take a very long time. Coupled with not being able to do anything. It was torturous, even though I've always practiced spirit power.

I realized one thing. We cultivate by absorbing spirit power and cultivating it for ourselves.

Maybe this cultivation process and the higher the level the more concentrated the spirit power needed is what makes cultivators slow to develop.

After practicing controlling spirit power, I have also absorbed spirit power from nature.

It causes the amount of my spirit power to increase, although not by much, is this leveling up?

I don't know, however all these things are still foreign to me. So it takes time to learn it and create the most effective way of practicing.

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Now that our caravan is close to its destination, we stop at the edge of the sunset forest where there are rarely spirit beasts.

At night, when the caravan was camping and making food for dinner.

There was a very loud explosion sound.

BOOOOM?!!!

Not long after, panicked voices could be heard from the members of the caravan.

"Are we under attack?!"

"Could it be a spirit beast going berserk?!"

"It's bandits, we must be attacked by bandits!"

Various voices and fear were evident in the air.

I'm also afraid, now we are at the edge of the sunset forest. Spirit beasts might attack.

I turned my gaze to my mother who stood up and walked towards the panicked crowd.

"Calm down!!! In a situation like this we have to be calm and make a wise decision."

My mother strictly warned them.

The panic had died down, and the hired bodyguards were rallying to formulate a problem.

Suddenly there was another explosion and this time the sound of metal clashing.

*BOOOOM?!!*

*TRING**TRING**TRING*

The people who started to subside panicked again, this is normal because the explosion and sound the impact was very loud and accompanied by a very scary aura.

When I was scared, I was subconsciously in my father's arms. I hugged him like I was really scared, even though it was a fact.

My mother came back from the spirit master group and said in a worried and rushed tone.

"We have to leave quickly, it seems that in the area around here there are powerful spirit masters fighting. I'm afraid the wave of their fight will make the spirit beasts scared and run away."

"I know, I'll go to the caravan leader and say—"

Before that my father finished his words. There was a rustling sound and the ground shook.

" Too late?! They're here?!"

For the first time I saw my mother in such a mess.

"Honey, you stay here and take care of our child. I'll go help the bodyguard!"

My mother said while running towards the spirit beast herd.

" Wait-"

One more time, before my father finished his sentence. My mother had run away, my father's voice did not reach her.

"Kai'er don't be afraid. Your mother and I will definitely protect you!"

I felt the firmness and firmness in his words. That calms me down a bit.

The sounds of explosions and metal clashes were still loud, and all around me were the sounds of metal crashing.

Hiding inside the carriage, I can still hear the voices of despair and fear from outside.