Cultivation? (2)

'Body tempering : 98 / 100'

"Wow.. it's nearly done."

Cultivators. Is a type of an awakened rankers power that they possess. They are one of the powerful awakening powers. absorbing the Energy from between heaven and Earth to train their body, learning martial arts and with the use of qi. average martial arts become a terrifying force. With the years people researched all powers discovered and with time more refined methods were developed to suit every awakened. Red didn't know much about the rankers world, even though most people are keeping up with whatever they do or discover. except our red. he didn't care much about many things. He just wanted to get through the day that's it..

Well calling them heroes might be an exaggeration. since the amount of money they get from clearing dungeons and selling materials was massive. but it goes both ways. monster materials and the items found on the other side were studied and developed to new heights. with modern science and magic many amazing things were made and discovered even the common people can buy some of them. enchanted rings that make the wearer become more energetic or bracelets that make you look more attractive. things like those that companies took advantage of to make money. since people are very interested in them and with that all kinds of things were sold.

'Body tempering : 100 / 100'

'1st Layer achieved'

Red felt a bit different. He's body felt different. it was like he was burning up but it didn't bother him. it felt comfortable. when he looked at himself in the mirror he saw that he was covered with something disgusting. it smelled really bad. red heard about this from somewhere. After a breakthrough The body expels all it's impurities entering the realm of cultivation.

For red to complete the 1st layer, it took him 3 hours of sitting there and doing nothing. Even when the movie ended he decided not to move. He needed to get this over with. But 3 hours was abnormal. From what Red researched online. He found that for one to enter the 1st realm he has to train and cultivate for days before his breakthrough and after that it gets simpler for him. but with the assistance of the system. He did it in a mere 3 hours.

"Finally. the first 1st layer... i need a shower tho."

Red took his shower. but he noticed something. his body appeared to be more muscular. it surprised him how effective it was and that was only the first layer. After his shower, he changed his clothes and went back to his room. opened some tv shows and sat down. He thought the other one took his 3 hours. He was sure it'll be longer for the second layer.

'Body tempering : 1 / 200'

"Yeah.. knew it"

It was 5 p.m his sister get's home in an hour so he wanted to at least start a little...

'Body tempering : 33 / 200'

"I'm home." Liz yelled from the bottom of the stairs.

Liz does this because their mom doesn't come home to cook so they buy or cook their own food and that's what Liz did. red goes downstairs.

"Where's my favourite little sister?" says as he walks and hugs her.

"We have other sisters? hehe" she laughs.

it was a bit early for them to eat dinner but they did. when their mom gets home she's always in a bad mood. so they'd rather eat and stay in their rooms.

"Hey red. you seem a bit different." liz states.

"Really? hehe" red says with excitement.

"yeah. it's like you're a little muscular. are you working out?" Liz asks, surprised.

"hehe no no it's probably the shirt." Red explains.

Red and Liz sat in the living room. it was average.. two sofas and a chair. 2 tall pillars stood on each side of the tv, their mom liked these kinds of stuff.. they watched tv together as they ate. talked and laughed.. After finishing their food they cleaned up and looked at the clock. it was 6:56 pm ... their mom is nearly home.

In a couple of minutes she opens the door. liz and red greet her and go upstairs. it's always been like this since the divorce and their fathers death. They both say their good nights and enter their rooms.

"Ok. let's do this again." Red said as he sat down on his bed.

he started the tv show again and continued.. "Body Tempering."

...

'Body tempering : 121 / 200'

"Ok. i think that's enough, I'm tired."

Red turns off the lights and goes to bed. He had a ... abnormally long day as you know. He couldn't help but fall asleep straight away...

The sun rose from the horizon, the light reflecting on reds' faces from the window, waking him. "what time is it?... 6 am? cool maybe i can do something."

red awakes. gets ready and leaves. He wasn't sure how much his body changed.. he needed to test himself. there was a building that seized construction. red walks in and looks around... "the place was huge, such a shame a dungeon opened here."

A dungeon opened at this place but was not handled properly. the owner tried to hide it and hire a ranker to take care of it, for if the dungeon was discovered the army would have seized the place and the owner would have lost time and money. The ranker he hired failed, and was unable to take care of the dungeon which ended up with him dying. its rank was not identified and that was a mistake. It was an A rank dungeon, after the ranker died the monster got out. A rank and S rank dungeons are handled only by veterans and powerful rankers. since the failure of the mission would lead to disasters. many people were lost that day and the responsible for such an event was sued and lost everything. and so the site sits there. with shrines all over as a memory for the lost innocent souls.

Red paid his respect to them and headed inside. He wasn't sure how to test himself so he started running around the building. a stamina test.. he was faster and more athletic than before. It seemed like he now possessed the body of an athlete. He was capable of performing many actions he wouldn't have been able to do before. "It's working.. i'm getting stronger" said red with joy.

The world was big and many kinds of people existed. for a ranker red was weak.. very weak. but it was still an improvement... time passed. it was 7 am. Red ran back home, took a shower and got ready for school. He was confident, even if he didn't know any martial arts or ways to defend himself he was sure he's physically stronger than any of them.

"Morning red. you woke up early" liz said

"yeah. slept early as well i was tired" red answers

"that's good. you should do that more you look way better" liz says with a smile.

"hehe thanks."

after they had breakfast each of them left. reds clothes were a little tight on him. but it didn't look bad, it was the opposite, it looked good. red looked over to where the dungeon used to be but it was gone, the alley cleared.

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Red is at school. He sits down get's his stuff out and activates the body tempering skill. He's in class. not allowed to move so why not take advantage.

'Body tempering : 121 / 200'

"Morning f**ker" red glances over. Stan stood with a smile on his face.

"morning to you too f**ker." red says back

"You're still brave aren't you. you ran away, what happened to that bravery yesterday?" stan laughs

"Well. when you bunch of pu**ies stop grouping up on a single guy maybe you'll find out." Stan Didn't understand what was happening. He questioned why did red change so much, but all he could think of was how to make him know his place again. "You're a tough guy now? funny. i wish your friend sam was the same or i would've had more fun." stan goes to his seat after talking.

red froze. he should have knew, all he could think of at the time was his own powers and how to get away from stan himself. but he didn't think about sam, how could he forget. it was always only sam and him no one else. he should've knew... Red stood up walked to stan and grabbed him by his collar and lifted him up in the air.. red had the body of an athlete, lifting someone wasn't that hard. it wasn't like super high just enough for stan to know.. he knew that red was strong, didn't comprehend how but he knew. his feet were barely touching the ground.

"I swear to god stan, if you did something to sam. i'll make sure you and your pathetic dogs regret it." Red yelled.

he threw him backwards. Stan flew a little. everyone in class looked at them, they were surprised. understandably so, red was skinny and never fought back. but somehow he looked tougher... his body looked thicker. even under the school uniform, they could see that he changed, and in a single day at that.

That's when Sam came in. He looked beaten, blue eyes and some bandages on his hands and face. Red's anger only worsened, he ran to Sam to check on him.

"HEY, what the hell happened to you." red asks with obvious sadness.

"Nothing man, I slept hard," Sam says while laughing.

he didn't want to make red feel bad. as i said before they only had each other they were good friends. Red looked at Sam, he didn't need to hear it from him. He already knew. then got an idea. that spell he saw in the shop. the healing Touch spell. all he could think about was to heal sam... he didn't pressure sam any longer and helped him to his seat. Stan laughed as he was sitting back at his desk... that's when Red saw it. Stans phone, on the floor. it fell on stans bag when red grabbed him, it didn't make any noise so no one noticed. swiftly red grabs the phone and goes to the bathroom. The phone was locked so he couldn't get anything on stan, so he sold it. It was a good phone, like I said before Stan was rich. so buying the latest model phone was nothing to him. When Red saw the phone's price he was happy... (Price : 1400$).

"That f**ker spent that much on a phone. Well, he lost." Red said as he pressed the sell button CASH (153.37 $ -> 1553.37 $)

Red in a hurry goes to the shop and navigates to magic then presses on the Healing Touch spell.

Healing Touch : Allows wounds to heal, can be used on self or others. More health generated according to skill level.

Price : 1000$

CASH (553.37 $).

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CASH (53.37 $).

Red bought the Mana Bolt as well. Now he can officially call himself a ranker. still not as strong as even the common F ranker but he was getting there. slowly.

Mana Bolt : A skill that attacks by emitting mana. Attack power increases by INT. Range is 10m. (Active)

Price : 500$.

"Skills."

He Saw both his new skills. He'll test them after privately. Red went back to his class, the teacher being already present. "Where have you been?" the teacher asked

"I went to the bathroom sir" red explains

"alright. take you seat"

Red sat down. satisfied with what he has done. stealing is bad and all but Stan deserved it, and he'll have a new phone by tomorrow. he's a spoiled brat... Red continued with his plan. He sat in his seat and mumbled.

"Body Tempering."

'Body tempering : 121 / 200'

Ding dong ding ♫

It was lunch time. the bell rang.

'Body tempering : 186 / 200'

As usual , Red and Sam bought something and sat in the garden under the tree talking. After finishing their food, Red asked Sam to follow him. Sam was a bit confused. Red led him behind the school. where the trash was from last time, it was clean now the garbage truck probably came and picked it up. luckily for red he took what he needed yesterday.

"What are we doing here red?" sam asks

"Hey Sam, I think I awakened my powers." red admits

"WHAT? Wait really?" sam asks

Red approaches Sam and puts his hand on his shoulder. "Healing Touch.."

A faint light comes out of Sam's body, with his wounds slowly fading until none of them are left.

"WHAT??? THAT WAS SO COOL!" Sam states with more excitement.

"Haha i know right." It was the first time for red to see it as well.

"My wounds are gone. are you like a healer or something?" sam asks

"I'm not sure. hey sam can you keep this between us? i don't know what my powers are so i don't want to say anything yet." red asked

"Yeah sure. whatever you want." sam agrees

Red didn't want to make a big deal out of it yet. until he's got an understanding of his powers.

Ding dong ding ♫

The bell rang. Red and Sam went back to class. red sat and activated his skill. "Tempered body.."

'Body tempering : 186 / 200'

"Would the same thing happen again like last time? I don't want for people to see me like that."

Red remembered the black disgusting gunk that oozed out of him and feared it happening again. He kept cultivating in class, and when it reached 199 / 200 he stopped. He asked the teacher.. "Sir. may i go to the bathroom?"

"Yeah sure. hurry up" the teacher agrees.

Red left heading to the gyms locker room. no one was around, he thought if something happened he'll just take a shower there. After taking off his clothes, Red sat on a bench in his underwear and started the skill.

'Body tempering : 199 / 200'

".... hurry up before someone comes in.." red said nervously.

'Body tempering : 200 / 200'

'2nd Layer achieved'