Outside the City(Part-1)

Apollo is cultivating peacefully. The night sky shone upon him and although he didn't use the lucky item, there's still two bronze coins on his palm.

The beggar woke up after a few hours of cultivation. He immediately noticed the coins in his palms and he couldn't help but tilt his head.

"So I can still earn 2 alm points even without using that item?" Apollo muttered in annoyance. Then where did my luck go? But thinking about it, the Wish Me Luck item has brought him 4-5% luck so far.

I wonder if my strength has increased. With this thought in mind, Apollo brought up his status screen.

STATUS SCREEN

"Name: Apollo Leone.

Race: Human.

Alm Points: 28

Spirit Cultivation: None.

Physique Cultivation: 1st Step Foundation Building.

Attributes: None."

"Eh?!" Apollo's eyes widened in shock. "I reached the 1st step already? I didn't even feel it!"

He stood up and his body made a cracking sound. Apollo realized that his body is light all over and this is the sensation he hadn't felt even in his previous life. He raised his hand and clenched it, he could feel the strength stored within.

Apollo is excited. Finally, does this mean I am now officially a Cultivator? But the system said it will take me at most 2 weeks? The beggar decided to ask this question to the System.

"System, didn't you say that it will take me at most 2 weeks to reach the Foundation Building? It's only been a few days!" Apollo asked.

"Yes, that is exactly right. If you continue at your pace, you will reach the 4th Step Foundation Building in 2 weeks time." The System answered in its usual monotonous voice.

"4th Step? The last step…" Apollo now understood what the System meant when it said those words. So cultivating this Simple Breathing technique will be able to reach him that far. Although he doesn't know what that stage signifies, Apollo believes that it's not something grand.

Cultivation has seven stages and he is just on the first stage, isn't it mediocre when one thinks about it?

Shaking his head, Apollo decided to test out his strength at some place, probably a wooded area where he could let loose.

He peeked through the restaurant beside him and noticed there's still a lot of patrons eating. The workers are busy attending to them. Apollo still doesn't want to involve himself with this restaurant, they keep sending him away and he is just waiting for his Alm points to reach the needed amount for him to be able to buy that 'item'.

After making sure that the coast is clear, Apollo covered his face with his robe before he quietly made his way out of the street.

Apollo actually already thought about a place. He headed north with his small frame while he kept looking around. He is also memorizing the place just in case he gets lost.

Ten to fifteen minutes later, he reached the central part of the city. This is his first time here and he couldn't help but be in awe. Although it couldn't compare to his previous life, the centre of the city is still amazing. There's all kinds of buildings, they are more grand and their design exudes expensiveness.

His eyes stopped on a plaque that said Phoenix Cultivation School.

"Is this one of the schools where cultivators studied?" Apollo muttered. "It looks more like a temple."

The school is like the temple he saw from his previous life. It's quiet and has a sacred vibe to it. Because he stood there and just staring at the school, one of its guards stationed outside the gate noticed.

"Hey! What are you staring at?!"

Hearing this jolt the beggar awake. Then he immediately ran in the distance.

"D*mn, I should hurry up!" Apollo just said these words when he stopped again as he saw another cultivation school with a stone serpent encircling the whole building.

Great Serpent Cultivation School? Apollo remembered that the guy he just fought in the training ground has the same serpent insignia on his chest, is this where he's studying? This school is so cool! This is the coolest building that the beggar saw since he arrived in this world.

"Why do I keep getting distracted?" Apollo shook his head. He already noticed that the school's guard was looking at him and before he attracted more attention, he ran again.

In no time, he left the central part of the city and arrived north of Nowem. He kept walking until he saw a wall that partitioned the city from the outside. His eyes then focused on the entrance. There's still a number of people that come and go in the city with their carriage.

Apollo's destination is outside the city. He already asked around and they said that there's a forest outside of Nowem. That is the perfect place that the beggar had in mind. There, he could do whatever he wanted and he didn't have to be afraid if he would disturb someone else.

The guards on the gates are carefully observing those who're entering and don't seem to care about the people going out.

Just to make sure, he decided to follow behind a carriage. There's still the unknown threat who destroyed the original body's family and Apollo doesn't want to attract too much attention.

When they were about to cross the gate, a guard happened to look in their direction.

"You there! Stop!" The guard shouted and the carriage stopped.

Hearing the shout, Apollo became nervous but his nervousness was unfounded when the guard went straight for the driver. After a series of questions and answers, the carriage was given permission to pass the gate.

Apollo heaved a sigh of relief.

As this is the first time that he went out of the city, he couldn't help but look around. There's nothing much to see besides grass and the forest in the distance.

Apollo followed behind the carriage for a while before he decided to run towards the forest.

Because of his excitement, he didn't realize the speed that he's running at.