"Trash, wake up!" Wu Feng was jolted awake by the feeling of a kick to the side, immediately groaning in pain. 

"How many times do you need to be told, the cloud spirit plants must be harvested starting before dawn!"

Wu Feng shot awake inside his room in the Wu Clan residence, his mystifying blue eyes inspecting his surroundings. The small hut was barely able to fit Wu Feng alone with the torn cloth entrance and the deteriorated wooden ceiling. He aimed his gaze towards the entrance. It was Wu Xin, one of the younger generation of the Wu Clan who did such things to Wu Feng a lot. Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do about it as Wu Xin was at the 2nd level of the body transformation realm, the muscle condensation realm, whereas Wu Feng himself, did not even possess cultivation. Additionally, there was nobody in the Wu Clan who would protect Wu Feng due to the fact that he couldn’t even cultivate. Due to his low standing in the clan, he possessed very little understanding of the cultivation world outside of Cloudfloat City. 

The cultivation realms Wu Feng knew of were split into 5 levels. Firstly, the body transformation realm. During this realm, the body would undergo numerous changes in order to strengthen itself to prepare for the Origin Qi realm. The body transformation realm was split into 9 minor realms as each major cultivation level was which were respectively, the Muscle formation realm, the muscle condensation realm, the bone cleansing realm, the bone strengthening realm, the bone transformation realm, the marrow cleansing realm, the blood condensation realm, blood strengthening realm and finally, the body tempering realm. Next, upon reaching the Origin Qi realm, the body would be able to assimilate with true Qi allowing the cultivator to accomplish things impossible to that of the ordinary person. Additionally, this was the realm where one could start to grasp Profound techniques and skills. Past this realm was the Origin Assimilation realm followed by the True Core realm and the Golden Core realm. Due to his poor strength and lack of knowledge, Wu Feng did not even possess information on the realms beyond the Origin Qi realm. In the eyes of the citizens of Cloudfloat city, even the Origin Assimilation realm was considered legendary and an impossible feat to attain. Even the Wu Clan’s clan chief had only reached the middle of the Origin Qi realm.

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 He was then awakened from his thoughts by a loud shout. “If I don’t have 20 cloud spirit plants handed to me by dusk, consider yourself dead!” Ordered Wu Xin. 

“Wu Xin, that is simply unreasonable, even finding 5 cloud spirit plants by the end of the day would be considered an arduous task let alone 20 which is impossible!” Cloud spirit plants were the staple cultivation resource of Cloudfloat city and aided tremendously to those in the body transformation realm and thus, were valued immensely.

“I said 20, and that’ll be 20! Unless you want another punishment, trash!” Wu Feng shook off the immense pain in his left side and stood up. This was the difference between cultivators in the martial cultivation world. Those who were weak would end up dead or being used by others, while the strong prevailed. As the saying went, the loser is the thief, while the winner is king, the concept of justice simply did not exist. Even though Wu Xin was only in the 2nd level of the body transformation realm, it was still akin to the difference between the heaven and the earth when compared to someone with no cultivation. Deciding to save the matter for later, Wu Feng walked out of the hut and toward the Splashfall forest. The Splashfall forest was what surrounded Cloudfall city and also contained the majority of the cloud spirit plants in the area and thus was the best place to hunt for them.

As he got up he thought, “That bastard Wu Xin again with the unreasonable demands, I cannot take this lying down any longer!” He figured if he came back with around 5 cloud spirit grass Wu Xin would let him off as 20 was just an absurd number. It was just too pitiful that Wu Feng couldn’t cultivate but resigning himself to fate was definitely out of the question. 

As he walked through the city, out of the Wu Clan residence past the numerous buildings and shops he ignored the smirks and disdainful gazes cast toward him by both strangers and his own clansmen. As he passed through the exit gate of the city and towards the Splashfall forest only one thought was present in his mind as his young, yet handsome face suddenly became extremely serious and determined. “I must cultivate!”