The sun is shining brightly while giving of positive feelings to those who bathed in it, the blue sky that give a relaxing view, and those white clouds that moves slowly and making those who see it admire the beauty of nature. Looking around, I could see people smiling and laughing while talking, making the whole atmosphere relax and lively. Seeing this, I couldn't help but smile and look at this neighborhood warmly.

"How I wish I could bomb this people to death." I whispered.

"... What was that?" asked the old guard while standing near the entrance door of the Apartment Building.

I pretended to be confused. Tilting my head and looking at him directly, I asked.

"What was what?"

".... You mumbled something.."

Pretending that I don't know what he's talking about, I remain silent and act confuse.

Seeing that I'm not saying anything, he just stayed quiet for a couple seconds then head back to what he was doing. Smiling slightly, I was about to step outside when I remembered something. I again looked at the old guard and ask some question and confirmed some things.

"Ah, sir. Is there a place here where I could eat breakfast?"

"Ten minutes walk, back of this building is a Karinderya (Carinderia). It opens at eight in the morning and closes at nine in evening. You can go there if you want." the old guard answered without even looking at me.

[Special note:

Karinderya or Carinderia, is a food stall/ street food/ mini restaurant.

Its a place where the dishes are mostly home made. The tables and chairs are also out in the open, typically in a market or at a roadside. Most people who eat here are those lazy to cook at their houses, workers, drivers, or those who cant afford to eat in a proper restaurant. The prices of their dishes/foods are quite low and affordable, making it popular in the country. Also, just because its a street food/food stall, doesn't make it dirty. Its actually well maintained and organize. So don't worry.]

"I see." I nodded. "Also, I heard there's a park and a mall around here. Where is it?"

The old guard raised his head and looked at me. Then he pointed at the east of the building.

"Twenty minutes walk from here you'll see the park." then he pointed west. "If you ride a bus you'll reach the mall within thirty minutes. As for the bus station, I think that you know that already."

Smiling slightly, I thanked the old guard and started walking to the Carinderia.

When my Mom said that she's chasing me out, the first thing that came to my mind was to look for a place with proper convenience. A place where everything I need is all in there. So, I searched the internet and looked for an apartment thats near to a bus stop or station, with fast food restaurant nearby, a place where I could buy almost everything, and a park where I could cultivate with ease. What came up is this, Carrisa Residences.

Even though the whole building looks old, the rooms and other facilities inside are still working and looks fine. I just became a new tenant of this place yesterday, but I can say it with ease that, this is an amazing apartment building. At least I have a good first impression of it.

As I walk, I look around and see what this place could offer.

There are trees at the side of the road giving of a peaceful atmosphere. While there are sweepers who clean the fallen leaves and old branches. They also maintained all the places here including the alleys. Thanks to them, the place looks clean and neat. The buildings here mostly has three-to-five floors, with some of them having different graffiti. Most likely done by some gangs, fraternities, or just some edgy teenagers thinking being gangster is cool. There are also graffitis in some abandoned house or half broken walls. Well, except for that, the whole neighborhood looks peaceful.

The people looks happy and enjoying their time. Some housewives gossiping with each other, vendors shouting and attracting customers, some kids playing tag beside the roadside. There are even kids playing in the middle of the narrow roads. Since the cars here probably don't use this road much, it became a playground for the kids. And when a car appears, the car would slow down then letting the kids get out of the road, then moving advancing forward again. Then the kids would go back to the middle of the road and play like fcking retards again.

Seeing this made me remember the times when I was also like them, innocents, retard, living a carefree life while being a leech to the family, doing nothing except screaming and crying--- good days. I remember there would always be a battle royale like brawl when some fight happens during the game in the street. Kids this days don't know the pleasure of punching someone in the face, then becoming good friends after.

Sighing slightly, I hasten my pace and walked towards the Carinderia.

When I got here, there are already people eating and talking in different tables, relaxing while listening to the music that the owner of the place is playing. Walking towards the counter, I saw different dishes and tons of rice. The hunger inside me was stimulated and started growling, so I didn't wait any longer and ordered some foods. The thing is, when I told the middle aged auntie my orders, she just looked at me like I was retard.

"..hello?" I waved at her face. "Something wrong?"

"You,you just said," she stuttered. "Do you know that, i mean, can you even finish these?"

"Yes." I simply answered.

From her opened mouth, to her complicated looking face, she must have lots of things to say, but in the end, she decided to just shut it and received the order. Then, I went outside and look for an empty table. After a couple minutes of waiting, I received the foods I ordered. Looking at the number of plates, side dishes, fried foods, soup, and and dozen cups of rice, no wonder the auntie wanted to stop me. The people around me looked at me like I was insane.

"Hey, kid, can you even finish that?" asked the muscular looking middle aged guy while sipping his coffee. The other huge guy beside him laughed and said.

"If you cant finish that, just call us, and we'll help. We would be friends here."

For some reason, I felt like thats what fellow inmates would usually say.

I just laughed and shook my head. Then, while everyone is watching, I started eating.

At first they just look at me with interest, wondering if I could really eat it all. When I ate half of foods, they look amused. When I finished eating, their faces changed. From amusement to shock. Their mouths are shut and the whole place is silent. They keep looking at the clean plates and me who look like I had a good time.

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Walking towards the counter, I asked the middle aged auntie, "how much?" and she snapped from her dazed look and told me the price. After paying my bills, I walked out. The guys outside talked to me a little, and told them I'd be here for lunch and dinner as well. They look friendly so I don't really mind.

Walking inside of the Apartment Building, I saw the old guard still arranging some files. He looked up and nodded his head towards me. I also did to him, then he continued doing his things. As I was walking towards the stairs, I couldn't help but look at the elevator. It looks like an old fashioned one, where there's only iron bars that you have to manually close before going between the floors. For some reasons, no ones using that, so I didn't bother. After taking a couple steps, I saw someone coming down. When that someone saw me going up, she smiled and greeted me good morning. I also greeted her.

"Slept well?" Agnes asked.

I nodded and said yes.

Looking at her, I couldn't help but be amazed at how beautiful she is now.

Her long hair is now tied in ponytail, showing her smooth slim neck. She's wearing white plain shirt, with simple to no design. But that didn't make her less sexier. Because this shirt sticks to her body, making it more easy to notice her well curved body. Adding to that her wearing a short shorts that looks like it was made with some soft looking fabrics. Making the one wearing it move easily.

I didn't dare to look down, because she might think that I'm checking her out. It would be rude. So I tried my best to not look at her body. Well, even without looking, I still know that her long legs is beautiful to the point that I'm willing to lick it for days.

"Theres a bed in my room, so I just slept there." I added. "Are all rooms have their own beds?"

"Oh, no. Its not." shaking her head slightly. "That bed was actually supposed to be remove before a new tenant appears. But everyone forgot about that. Sorry. Don't worry though, its clean. But, if you want.."

"No no its fine. If its clean, then its fine." I hurriedly said. "I feel comfortable with that bed, and its smell good. So, yeah."

I don't really have a time to buy a new bed, so the one in my room is enough. Also, from what she said, its clean, and its actually smell good. So I don't really mind.

Hearing me say that, she paused a little, then looked at me.

"Do you... like that smell?"

Confused, I answered without really thinking about anything.

"Yeah. I actually kept sniffing that until I fell asleep last night."

Hearing that, I could see her face slightly turning pink and her breathing slightly ragged. She awkwardly avoiding my eyes while looking like she's forcing herself to be calm.

"Glad you like it." she said with a soft voice. "You can sniff it more, however you like."

"Oh, yeah, sure?" I answered looking baffled.

After that our conversation halted. To make things not awkward, I look for something to talk to. Noticing that Agnes is holding something, I decided to talk about that.

"You doing laundry?"

Snapping from what she was thinking, she looked at clothes she's holding and nodded.

"Thursday is laundry day." she answered calmly while giving her natural smile.

"So there's a laundry shop here?"

"Ah, no. This building has its own laundry service in the first floor. Though, only tenants can use it."

"I see." I smiled.

"So, gonna do your laundry now?"

Shaking my head, I answered her lightly.

"Nah, maybe tonight."

I cant possibly show her my clothes. Most of them has some bloods in it, after all.

She smiled and nodded at me, then said goodbye.

Although her face is quite average, i still think she's not bad. Specially if we're talking about her personality, character, the way she talks, and the way she moves--- even without that hot body of hers, I'd probably still fall for her if we interact like this often. I mean, its been a while since anyone treated me like this. No one treats me like a normal person anymore. Specially with my face that looks like a rapist that got out of a jail.

Well, even I do fell for her, it wouldn't do anything, really. I'm sure a woman like her wont fall for someone like me. Probably she's being polite because we were classmates before and know each other. Even with that, I'm already satisfied. Happy actually.

Shaking my head, I walked to my room without even bothering looking around.

Inside of my place, I removed all my clothes, except for my brief. I cant wear those because I know I'd perspire a lot. Specially since I'm going to use a pill today. When I first started cultivating, every time I practiced Martial arts with Qi circulations, my body would always release a black looking sweat that smells like a dead fish, mix with a dead rat. Now though, my body would only perspire and release more sweat, but no black sweat that actually appears. But I don't know if thats still the case after I took the pill. So its better if I'm ready. After all, I don't have much clothes that I can use now.

Sitting down, I relaxed my body and calmed my mind. Slowly, I absorb the Qi in my surroundings while compressing and purifying them. This process is actually what makes my cultivation a little bit longer. I don't know if other cultivators do this as well, but I think doing this would make my foundation a lot better. When I felt that my body cant take any more Qi, I circulated it around my body to purify and strengthen it.

My theory is, the more compressed and more purified a Qi is, the more better it is for the body of the cultivator. And even though I don't really have more people to compare, I think the results of my theory is quite positive. Every time I advance or improve my level, the faster my body improved.

Actually when I just opened my first meridian, base on my own estimation and the feelings my body was giving me, I thought I would need a week to open the second, a little bit more than twenty days to open my third. This estimation changed when I experienced the cleansing like thing in the forest. But even with that, I thought, even if I opened my second meridian in two days, to open my third, I would still need a little more than ten-to-eighteen days.

Now though, that I actually opened my second meridian, I can estimate that I would not need ten days or more. I only need a little more than six days. And thats me not using the Foundation Pills yet. That's why I'm fckin excited to try this.

Breathing out, a fog like smoke came out of my mouth. Opening my eyes, I looked at the bottle beside me and took out a pill. Without thinking, I pop it in my mouth swallowed it whole. Then I circulated my Qi to digest the pill inside of my stomach.

Suddenly, an explosion of energy happened inside me! Bgoom! The wild and untamed like energy started rampaging inside of my body. Moving in a way thats unpredictable and mostly against its normal function. I could feel my vessels, muscle, bones and all my internal organs burning and screaming because of this huge pressure! I feel like I'm gonna die. A wrong and small mistake, and I'll die!

Grinding my teeth hard, I tried my best calm the energy and willed it to follow my cultivation's circulations. Even though I felt like my insides are being squashed, burn and stabbed repeatedly, I still maintained a calm mind and tried my best. Slowly the energy started following my will and moved according to my desire. My body was destroyed and strengthened repeatedly; making it heal and improving it, then destroying it again. This kind of feeling is like getting killed and revived over and over again. Its a total torture!

After, I don't know how long, the energy inside me hasn't calmed down yet, but it was noticeably more weaker. The problem is, my body isn't recovering anymore. The rate of destruction overwhelmed my body's healing capability. If this was to continued I'd die. Hard. In most stupid way possible.

So with even more determination, I tried my best to last more. I circulated the wild energy in my whole body in a more balanced manner to distribute the force my body is experiencing, lessening the damage taken. Then using the circulated energy I tried to heal and repair the damage tissues and make them even more stronger. Also, using the energy, I strengthened my meridians and build a foundation more stronger than before. This continued for long, and I could see the improvements. But sadly the tenacity of that energy is way too strong. Even with all that, my body still couldn't catch up.

My body is slowly being destroyed, and my meridians is getting more damaged than ever. But I couldn't do anything. Right now, even though the worst case scenario of me dying is gone, it would make me a disabled person for the rest of my life. I would not be able to cultivate at that time.

The good thing is I'm alive, or is it?

When all my hopes are about to die, I heard the door of my apartment opened in a most barbaric way possible. Bagm! Even though I'm curious, I didn't have the time and strength to look at that person.

Suddenly I felt a soft hand touch my back. Slowly, it released a gentle energy that started entering my body and slowly taking over it. Then this energy suppressed the wild energy inside me, and helped me heal and recover my damaged body. With this help, the war inside me became calm like a natural flow of water.

After I healed my body, theres still some wild energy left. But with the gentle energy helping me, it couldn't do anything but follow my will. So, using the leftover energy, I again strengthened my skin, veins, muscles, bones, internal organs, and meridians. When the all the energy was exhausted, and after making sure everything is fine, I let my tired body rest. Slowly, my mind went blank and I lost consciousness.

But before I totally lost it, I heard a sweet and gentle voice lightly whispering.

"Swallowing the whole pill like that, what a stupid man."