Chapter 4

Sera was working inside her office, frowning and sighing as she dealt with the paperworks. In this case, she wasn't facing the papers but the desktop. At this age, the old ways had been obsoleted and informations was stored not inside a room filled with papers, but inside the memory cards and flash drives. 

The sound of keys being pressed resound in her ears as she halted when someone behind the door knocked. 

*Knock! Knock! Knock!*

"Come in, the door is open." she said and three people entered the room. 

One was tall and mascular which would gave a thought that he lived in a gym, the man next to the mascular man was also tall, but had a thin stature like a stick, and the last person was a woman, but had an air of a man around her. She was without a doubt a lesbian.

The three didn't sat on the sofa as soo as they entered, but stood on the door and looked at Sera, waiting for her offer for them to sit. 

Sera eyed them before she spoke. "You're the people that Vienna spoke of." 

"Yes, Ma'am!" they said in unison. 

"Oh right, you can take a seat." she said as she noticed that they were only standing. 

The three sat on the sofa and the interview started....

After Sera bombarded them with several personal and professional questions, she ended the interview. 

"Actually, since you three are referred by Vienna, you're already employed. Anyway, come back here tomorrow to start your duty." Sera said and sent them out. 

Shortly after the interview, Vienna entered the room with cookies and hot choco on hand. She placed them on Sera's table spoke. "So how are they? They aren't bad, right? Except for that big man.... He is like that but he is very reliable."

"I trust your words, Vienna." Sera said, took a bite on the cookie she took and continued. "I just want to talk to them and you four seemed knew each other for a long time... "

"Oh that? We are former employee in four star restaurant. That's before I became your assistant. Anyway, its already in the past...." Seeing Sera eat five cookies in a row she asked a question. "So how's the cookies?" 

"Not bad, it's more delicious than you baked yesterday. You're improving." she mused and sipped on the hot choco. 

Vienna chuckled and spoke. "Actually, I'm not the one who baked it, Vanz did. I just helped him prepared the ingredients. I didn't know that a cookie can be this good you know. He might become a good baker someday." 

"Oh really?! Then, I must eat all this and don't waste them." Sera said as she hit the hand that tried to claw one of the cookies. 

Vienna rubbed her hand and glared at Sera. "Hey! Give me some! I helped to bake that too!"

"No, sorry. Vanz, baked this for me. If you want, you can bake yourself a cookie." Sera said and hid the cookies on the drawer of her table, while Vienna left the room, grumbling. 

Meanwhile, in Vanz room, the light that surrounded him gradually diminished as only his stature left. Sitting in meditative position with both hands interlocked and had a calm breathing. 

Many hours had passed since he started cultivating and it was already noon. The sun was already near the western hemisphere of the planet and was about to set. The stars and the moon were peeking out of the sky, yet stil unnoticed, while the sky slowly turned orange, then turning into dark blue with specs of yellow. 

Looking out of the window, Vanz noticed that the sun had descended the moment he opened gis eyes. "Its evening already? I used up most of my time cultivating..." he glanced at the clock hanging on the wall and continued. "Ms.Sera won't allow me to leave the orphanage, even allowing me in her office. I'll just ask after dinner then..."

Vanz once again closed his eyes and looked inside his Pure Qi Space, with his attention locked on the Pure Qi Vortex in a conical shape, crackling with intense lightning and heat. 

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The vortex was already enough to excavate a new Pure Qi Spring, but it wasn't enough to be deep similar to the first three Pure Qi Springs. It would cause a problem once he tried to connect them. Therefore, Vanz didn't immediately excavated a new Pure Qi Spring as he knew the problem it accompanied. Patience was one of the things that needed by a cultivator if he wanted to climb higher mountains and alps. 

"Vanz, it's dinner time!" shouted by Vienna outside. 

Vanz hurriedly left his room the moment he heard it, and headed straight to the mess hall. After the small prayer, they all started eating and Vanz swiftly finished his own. He then approached Sera. 

"Ms.Sera..." Vanz called tucking her sleeve. 

"Oh what is it, Vanz? Do you need something?" she asked. 

"umm, yes. I need to use a computer. Can I use your computer?" Vanz started. 

"Of course you can, but I thought your teacher dismissed you early and didn't gave you an assignment?" 

"Yes, but I want to search about our topic tomorrow. It's about fruits, and Mrs.Villania is our homeroom teacher. I just want to study for tomorrow." he said. 

"Mrs.Villania? I know her. She's a good teacher, but a little bit strict... Okay, you can use the desktop at my office. Here's the key. After you're done using it, locked the office and sleep, understand?"

"I understand. Thanks, Ms.Sera. I'll go now." Vanz said and left. 

Vanz arrived at Sera's office and entered. To make sure that no one could disturb him, he made sure to lock the door in case someone tried to barge in.

Sitting in front of the desktop, Vanz started searching for the ingredients of the Fortune Star Pill. "Now, let's search." 

Typing the key word, informations appeared on the screen. The photo of Bloody Thorny Fruit appeared and it was exactly like the one in his previous world, but the thorns of the fruit weren't sharp and the name was also different. The fruit's name was Rambutan, a red and spiny fruit closely related to lychee. 

The moment Vanz saw the fruit, he doubted that it was the same fruit he knew in his previous world. He also suspected that it was the same with the other ingredients, the White Crying Root, Four Clove Plant and Emerald Star Fruit. 

And it was exactly as he thought. The Four Clove Plant was still the same, but the name change into a Clover with four leaves and it was considered as a lucky memento. The White Crying Root change into an Onion and the Emerald Star Fruit change into a Carambola fruit. 

"I think, I should examine this things. The kitchen, might have some... Specially, this Onion thing as it widely used in cooking foods. I can't believe that one of the ingredients of Fortune Star Pill is part of the food that I eat, everyday." he signed and left the office.

Before he headed to his room, he passed by the kitchen and grabbed an Onion. Inside his room, he examined the Onion and found an enormous amount of Pure Qi within, and a couple of unknown energies, which he confirmed as Extreme Yin Qi and Golden Water Qi, exactly similar to the energies that existed in the White Crying Root from his previous world. 

This discovery made him smile as the possibility of the other ingredients remaining unchanged existed, even if the percentage was low. 

"One ingredient down. I'll pass by the mall tomorrow after school... For now, I will continue cultivating." he said to himself as he closed his eyes and gathered pure qi in the air. 

In Body Refining Realm, body could still be exhausted as the stimulation on the body was too much for the mind to handle, but Vanz was in the Qi Gathering Realm, peak of 3rd stage and through meditation and cultivating, the mind was being healed, as well as the body and spirit, by which the excess Pure Qi and sliver of Spiritual Qi hidden within the air were the nourishments that the his body involuntarily took. 

It was always this way, which made Cultivators in his previous world preferred cultivating and gathering pure qi, even their Pure Qi Springs could provide them pure qi, better than normally sleeping. 

Efficient and brought great benefits to their body and spirit. As the mind or consciousness was within the spirit, it was also being nourished as the Spirit took the thin Spiritual Qi. 

Night ended and a new day arrived. The sun's first ray pierced through the window, illuminating the whole room, but the brilliance that expelled the darkness wasn't from the sun's light, instead from Vanz. The glow of his skin gradually dimmed as he opened his eyes. 

With a height of 4ft 29in, he swiftly stood and stretched his body. Low sounds of bones cracking resounded from his whole being. He closed his hands into fist, feeling the electrocuting energy surged through his meridians that breakingthrough brought. 

Vanz was on the doorstep of 4th stage of Qi Gathering Realm and the vortex of pure qi inside his Pure Qi Space became a tornado that could drilled anything, ready to excavate a fourth Pure Qi Spring.

However, Vanz still wasn't satisfied with it. At this point, the tornado of pure qi couldn't be controlled by him anymore and would excavate a new pure qi spring on its own. It only needed time stabilizing itself. There were nothing he could do as forcing it to drill would hamper his cultivation. Going against the flow of the river sometimes end up badly. 

His lips curled as he headed in the bathroom, with a towel, toothbrush and soap needed to prepare for school. 

As he came out of his room, the eyes of the children were locked towards him. His white unblemished skin, deep dark eyes, disheveled black hair reaching his neck, his fine nose line and slightly small lips truly attracted attention to himself. 

The handsome face was given from when he came to life by his biological parents, but the tone of his skin was part of the physical effect of cultivating, apart from increase of physical prowess. However, it wasn't eternal as time passed by, he would change into an old man and die if he didn't reached immortality in due time. 

Some cultivators in his previous world whom sought youthful appearance, sometimes sacrificed their lives or lives of others, just to maintain it. 

However, their lifespan still had an end, if and only if they became Immortals, only then their lifespan would be endless, with it was the ability to change their appearance at will, ranging from being an energetic youth to an old sage. 

After taking a bath, Vanz proceeded to the mess hall for a breakfast before the bus arrived. The bus was owned by SPES and rented by the orphanage. This was immediately implemented after the incident regarding the syndicate. 

A few moments later, the bus arrived outside the orphanage, all the children that studied in SPES hurriedly choose their seats and Vanz rode on the backseat. Many wanted to share a seat with him, but he ignored them all as he opened a book and quietly read throughout the journey to school, while some chatted and play. 

As they arrived at school, they all headed tp their classrooms and Vanz did the same. The moment he entered the door of the classroom, he was greeted by four kids at the age of 11. He clearly knew that they weren't Grade 1 students as they wore their IDs which said they were Grade 5. 

Vanz ignored them and walked out of their way towards his seat as their teacher was about to arrive. It seemed cowardly, but what could he do? They were kids, and he would not hurt kids because they blocked his way. It was nothing to him as he was not a prideful devil at all. 

He wasn't their target either way, but the kid that came after him. The same kid he saw that was confined in the trashbin. The moment the kid entered the room, the other two kids grabbed his arms and dragged him outside. 

Right at that instant, Mrs.Villiania arrived at the door, however, she ignored them with some reluctance. 

"The bullying isn't simple as it appears." Vanz mumbled lowly, but the Mrs.Villiania with her sensitive ears heard him clearly.

She looked at him and thought how did he came with such precise speculation, that only adults could do in first glance, while he was only a seven year old kid. She only shook her head, signing when she remembered what the school principal told her. 

Walking to her desk, she started the class with a roll call, the same as usual.