I may not be the smartest person ever, but I never consider myself stupid either.

The moment I opened my eyes and saw the trees outside, I already became suspicious. But I didn't show it and acted like an innocent teenager. Actually I was planning to act like that until he tells me why he's doing this. Of course I already formed some theories about this, but I need some proof to justify my actions.

Beating people without reason is bad. Thats something I learned the hard way when I was in grade school.

So I tried talking to him more to learn his purpose. From the way he talk and act, he looks like he didn't really mean harm. That made my mind more confused.

"I just wanna relax..." He gently said while slowly putting his hands on my legs! Feeling his hands slowly feeling my legs, a sudden chills went down my spine.

I snatched his wrist fast and looked at him fiercely. I'm not acting anymore, I'm fcking mad this time.

".. what the fck, man?" I said while I slowly tighten my grip on his wrist to the point that I could hear some cracking sounds.

The truck driver frowned, but he didn't make a noise and just looked at me. This made me surprise a little bit. But I didn't show it, and decided to strengthen my grip even more to make him talk.

"Okay, okay." he said unwillingly. "I really didn't mean any harm."

"You think I'm stupid?"

He looked at me and clicked his tongue.

"What's wrong with two men having a little bit of fun?"

So I didn't feel any threat coming from him because he truly believes that what he's doing is normal and not something that could harm someone. And here I thought I'm considered broken and fcked already. Looks like there's someone who'd always be better than the other. More twisted and fcked up than the other.

Feeling disgusted, I let go of his hand and ordered him to go to the next town.

He didn't answer though, he just looked at me and snickered.

"Forcing me to drive? Who the fck are you, kid? Why doncha walk and go back yourself? I actually enjoy this place, 'ya know?" He said while slightly smiling. "How 'bout this, kid. Why don't you just blow me first, then I'll drive you to the next town?"

I didn't even bother replying. I just opened my bag and took out the gun, then point it to his head.

"I'll count to five, if you still don't do what I asked you, then I'll grant your wish." I smiled coldly at him. "I'll fcking blow your head."

He was stunned at first, but shortly after, he laughed.

"Don't try to scare me, kid. I don't believe that's a real-."

While he was talking, I already removed the safety and pulled the trigger. Bang!

Of course I didn't point it at his head, I pointed it on the window beside him. Then, I pointed the gun to his head. While he was still daze, I already raised my other hand and started counting.

When he noticed that, his mind instantly cleared and started driving.

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After an hour of driving, we're still inside of the forest.

Getting annoyed, I looked at the driver and asked.

"Are you fcking with me?"

His face looks confused, and his brows keeps on frowning. One could also see some sweat forming on his forehead. Hearing me questioned him, he directly looked at me and slammed the break.

"Didn't 'ya notice? This is fcking weird!"

I didn't answer and just let him continue.

"That tree, that huge rock over there, this whole place--- we've been here before!"

I raised my eyebrow, "so that means, you wanna die?"

"Fuck no! 'Ya stupid kid?" he retorted, then looked at the forest with confusion. "I already tried using different roads, but for some fckin reason, we keep coming back here! Tell me, was that ma fault?"

While we were arguing, the truck started shaking. When I looked outside to know whats going on, I saw the whole forest vibrating like a fcking dildo. After a couple more seconds, the shaking intensified to the point that some of the trees fell down. This caused the whole place to looked like the end of the world.

Good thing is, it only lasted for a minute before completely stopping. However, before I could even sigh, I noticed that a white fog slowly spreading to the whole forest. It didn't took a while for the truck to be swallowed as well. With how thick the fog is, looking outside is impossible.

"What d'ya think's goin on, kid?" The driver asked while also trying to look outside.

I didn't answer. How the fck would I know?

After a while, I heard a thud and saw the driver sleeping with an open eyes. Which to be honest, quite creepy. I tried punching his face, but he still didn't move. Confused, I was about to punch him again when I suddenly feel slightly sleepy. Then it became stronger and stronger.

To calm my mind, I decided to meditate and circulate my Qi using the Immortal Hardening Body Refinement. I continued doing that until my body finally couldn't take it anymore. Unwillingly, I lost my consciousness.

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When I woke up, I notice that I'm still inside the truck. The driver is already awake. His body is close to me, and one of his hands is slowly reaching out for my gun. When he noticed that I woke up, his eyes looked at my eyes, and so did mine. Then, slowly, like nothing happened, he made his way to his seat and looked outside like he's admiring the scenery.

Seeing this, I couldn't help myself but punch him in the face!

"The fck's wrong with 'ya, kid?!"

"Fck! So stealing my gun is okay, but punching you is not?!"

"I didn't even manage to touch it!"

Clicking my tongue, I look outside and didn't even bother talking to him.

This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.

The forest outside looks normal. Except for some trees that fell down because of the earthquake, nothing really changed. The sun is already up brightened the whole place, making this forest looks relaxing and refreshing. The fog is also gone, which made it safe to drive.

After urging the driver to go to the next town, I closed my eyes and inspected my body. Earlier when I just woke up, I already noticed that my body is kinda weird. So now that I got the chance, I decided to look at it.

To my surprise though, everything looks fine. No, it looks the best!

My body kept on absorbing and circulating Qi even though I lost consciousness! Because of this, my body now is full with the most purest refined Qi. Making my body more stronger and lighter. But thats not the only thing, when I looked at my only opened meridian, I was shocked to see it became wider and more flexible. There's another thing though, my meridian, my veins, my muscles, bones--- actually the whole body became more pure.

I mean, based on my understanding, the human body is like a white cloth. The more older one become, the more worn out it is. During those times, the cloth would get dirtier and dirtier. Using cultivation, I managed to wash some of the stains, but there's a limit to that. No matter how one wash the cloth, there would still some stains that would not be remove with just cultivation.

Actually, because of those, the cultivation would slow down. And the hidden potential in the body would remain unlock. That's why making the body more clean and pure would help one to become more stronger than the others.

Right now, my body is like a new cloth that is pure as white. Of course, thats just an illusion. If one look closely, it would be really easy to see some spot that still has some stains left. There are also some spots that looks worn out. But it's still better than before. By a lot.

Being greedy wont help. So I'm already happy with that.

"With this, I could probably open the second meridian with just two days of cultivation." I muttered while silently smiling to myself.

"Meridian? Cultivation? What 'ya talking 'bout?" asked the driver while looking confused.

I looked at him for a second, but I didn't bother to speak.

Seeing that I'm not talking, he continued.

"Is that, 'ya know, absorbing this Qi, then you move that to 'ya body and use that to purify it--- then make 'ya mind and soul stronger using that."

I was shocked for a moment, then I looked at the guy.

"Openin ths thing called meridian to give 'ya self more power---" then he smiled and looked at me. "-- 'ya know what I'm sayin, right? Gahe, who'd thought I'd meet someone like me."

He's also a cultivator?

"Glad to know I ain't the only one. Ma thought at first, was, I was getting crazy! Weird informations keeps poppin in ma head, and when I did them because I was bored, shit got even more weirder!"

Apparently, he already suspected me when I was still sleeping. Thats because he saw me absorbing Qi like mad. Seeing that there's someone like him, he was both happy and scared. Happy, because he finally found the proof that everything that he experienced was not just him being crazy. And scared, because he realized that, if everything that he experienced was real, then it would be normal for the other person to have some kind of "supernatural" power. And that someone has a fcking gun.

So to protect himself, he decided to take the gun while I was asleep. For him, no matter what kind of supernatural power I have, I wont be able to defeat him if he took the fight seriously. Specially now that he noticed that he already opened his first meridian while sleeping.

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It took almost an hour before we managed to enter the town. Without even bothering to look around, I ordered the guy to find some place to eat. He happily obeyed and continued speaking nonsense. Some of the things that he said are actually quite interesting. Like how he got inside of that dark place, a voice asking him a question, then suddenly, weird informations about this thing called 'cultivation' keeps popping in his head.

Its fun to know the experience from others. Specially when there are differences from what I experienced.

We went to a restaurant that offers "unlimited rice" promo. As long as you pay a certain amount and bought something on the menu, you would get the "unlimited rice". This kind of thing is actually a huge 'profit' for those who could eat a lot. But to those mild eaters, it's a waste of money.

After I went inside, I noticed that the guy's actually following me!

I looked at him confused.

"You said thats a truck from the factory your working, right?" I asked.

"Ya. I was supposed to come back before sunrise." he said while shrugging his shoulder "And look, it's almost noon. I'm already late. So, whats wrong with getting even more late. Not like I'm gonna steal the truck, so everything should be fine."

Shaking my head slightly, I directly went inside and ordered some meals like a king. I don't know why, but my hunger this time is fcking terrible. It's a lot stronger than before! Good thing is, I have the money to eat whatever I want.

After the order, I looked for an empty table and decided to wait there. It'll probably take a couple more minutes before my order to be delivered. Suddenly, a person sat beside me like its the most natural thing to do.

I frowned and looked at the guy. And he also looked at me with an innocent eyes.

"What?" he asked.

I have many things to retort, but I decided to just ignore it.

While waiting, I decided to take out my phone and play with it until my orders arrived. Then, as I was playing, a pop up appeared and after reading it, my body froze. Looking at the informations my phone's displaying, I couldn't help but frowned. I tried to looked at it multiple times to make sure Im not mistaken, but its still the same.

Confused, I looked at the guy beside me.

"Check your phone." I said.

"Why?"

"Look at the date."

Narrowing his eyes, he took out his phone and looked at the date. Then, his face froze.

"Its supposed to be saturday, 17th of august." I said while slightly frowning. "But my phone's showing me its already august 20th, tuesday."

The guy looked at me with the same confused look.

"Same with me."

Not long, our orders arrived. The waiter made sure he delivered everything and said his goodbye. Before he could leave though, the guy beside me stopped him and asked a question.

".. 'Ya kid, what's the date today?"

This question confused the waiter, but he still answered with a smile.

"Its tuesday, sir. August 20th."

With that answer, both of us became more confused, but we still smiled and thanked the waiter.

The guy looked at me with slightly frowned eyebrows.

"What d'ya think's going on, kid?"

Shrugging my shoulders, I lightly answered.

"Beats me."

Instead of bothering about things that I don't know the answer, I decided to satisfy my stomach first. I looked at the foods and started devouring everything! Actually its been a while since I ate in a restaurant. Its also been a while since I can fully stuffed my stomach and feel completely full.

The guy also did the same, he devoured his foods like a fcking monster!

The people around us looked at us with shock and amusement. Some of them even enjoyed watching us while laughing. Of course there are also some people who wanted to complain. But they couldn't. Because even though both of us ate fast, we both maintained our manners. We're quiet, and our surrounding still looks clean--- what can they say about us?

After a while, I felt my stomach getting full, but looking at the guy beside me, I suddenly feel competitive, and decided to order more food and eat more.

To digest food faster, I tried circulating my Qi a little bit faster. I thought, since circulating the Qi made the my body consume a lot of energy, maybe it could help me consume food as well. So, circulating my Qi and using it to digest the food I ate earlier, I smiled with satisfaction. A couple cycle after, I noticed that it actually did its job right. Who would have thought, eating and cultivating is actually possible at the same time. I should have done this earlier.

Noticing that I ordered more food, the driver beside me slightly frowned and snickered.

"Gaha, 'Ya think you can eat more, kid? Grow 'ya beard right first, before 'ya try to compete with me."

Saying that, he also ordered foods, and started devouring without stop.

In the end, each of us ate foods worth for dozens of people.

After that we went outside and looked around.

"Kid, what d'ya gonna do now?" the guy asked.

"How 'bout you?" I asked back.

Sighing, he said.

"I'll probably get fired. I already made a lot problem in the factory--- so now, not coming back for three days--- yaa, I'm fcked."

Both of us probably have our own theories on what happened, and why we suddenly lost almost three days of our lives. But we both never mentioned it.

When I was about to say something, I suddenly heard a loud bang! The sounds of gun being fired for a couple of times was heard loud and clear. While both of us are curious on whats going on, we heard people talking with each other not far from us. From what they said, it was a robbery. Seven masked men entered the bank and demanded the money, those who tried to fight was shot down with guns. They didn't kill though. But those who got shot were severely injured.

While we were listening, a black van driving more than the speed limit, went passed us. Inside, we saw men with masks on their faces while holding guns. From the look of it, there's ninety-eight percent that they're the robbers. Seeing this I couldn't help but smile.

"Hey." I called. "You said you don't have a job right now, right?

The guy looked at me while waiting for what I'm about to say.

"Then, do you wanna earn some easy cash before you retired?"

Hearing this, the look on his face suddenly turned weird. He probably understand what I'm gonna say. But still, I didn't bother and continue speaking with a smile.

"Have you ever dreamed of robbing people who robbed the bank?"