Zhen Wang Lei wakes up on the same street he was the previous night. He rubs his head.

"It wasn't a dream huh.." He gets up and brushes himself off, wandering into the town. He goes to a little market with loads of stalls selling various things. He walks up to a small food stall, pulling himself up to be visible above the counter.

"If it isn't Zhen Wang Lei." A man bellows with a smile on his face. "What can I do for ya kiddo?" The man says in his loud voice.

"I was just wondering, ermm, did u see a tall man with short dark hair, a beard and dressed in all black around here?"

The man rubs his square chin and looks up. "Hmmm I don't think I can help you with that one little one."

Zhen Wang Lei lets himself down and looks down with a sigh. "It's okay mister." If he doesn't know, then no one will.

The boy then wanders off into the field he saw the previous day and sits ontop of a hill, cross-legged, under the shade of a tree.

"Was it like this?" He breaths in, energy lifting up his hair, and causing his shirt to sway as if a gust of wind hit him. Inside of his body, streams of warm yet cold energy circulates around his meridans into his dantian, swirling this energy around his dantian then back out again into his meridians he feels his bones starting to hurt but it is rather mild and he decides to push through, after just 15 minutes he stops and opens his eyes. He looks down at his hands and smiles.

"So this is what it's like to be a cultivator huh? I wonder if others are this fast or if it's just because that old master gave me this method."

Bone Refining 1, the first step for any cultivator. In this world there are many stages, however the starting ones would consist of:

Bone Refining, where the Bones are stregnthened to withstand qi.

Body Tempering, where the meridians and other body parts are strengthened to also withstand the influx of qi.

Foundation Establishment, a foundational base for qi to build itself upon, just how a skyscraper needs a good foundation or it will collapse.

There are many more on the path to being an immortal, however this is all Zhen Wang Lei needs to know for now.

Zhen Wang Lei gets excited with the breakthrough and decides to stay for a little longer, I mean, he has nothing else to do.

Another hour passes and a surge of energy releases from his body, causing blades of grass to go up into the air and get blown away.

"Breakthrough again!" The young boy says with a gleeful smile on his face. "Based on what that old guy put in my head this should be the Bone Refining 2nd Realm now."

Zhen Wang Leis stomach growls and he sighs. "I haven't eaten yet and I used up all my energy while cultivating qi."

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Standing up, he pats a little bit off dirt and grass off of him and goes back into town for some food.

As Zhen Wang Lei enters the small gates of the town, he hears a group of kids around his age talking to eachother.

"Young Master you've already reached Bone Refining 4 at 12! Me and the others are only at Bone Refining 2!" A kid says to another who has purple hair and a seemingly handsome face.

"Of course! This young master is the greatest talent in this town after all!" He says he with a arrogant chuckle.

"Young Master really is amazing!" They all say.

The purple haired young master sets his eyes on Zhen Wang Lei and laughs

"Look who it is! That dirty little orphan who doesn't even cultivate!" He scoffs.

Zhen Wang Lei looks over at them with an angry and visible disgust on his face.

"Eh?! Who do you think you are to look at me?! Young Master Lu Heng!" The boy storms over towards Zhen Wang Lei with his little possy.

Zhen Wang Lei kisses his teeth at Lu Heng. The boys face obviously showing severe anger.

"Bring that dirty orphan to me!" The kid shouts, 3 other boys jumping towards him with their fits in the air. Zhen Wang Lei looks at them and then just as one got into his fists range, he launches an uppercut at the one to his right sending him flying backwards, then he retracts his fist and twists his hips, lifting one leg in the air and backwards roundhouse kicking the one in the middle with his heel right to their face, causing teeth the fly out of their mouth. Once Zhen Wang Lei's feet are back together he butterfly kicks the other one to the chin also sending him flying backwards.

Lu Hengs face turns red, veins popping from his head.

"Since when could you cultivate orphan?!" Lu Heng raises his fist in the air and goes in for a punch. Zhen Wang Lei raises his hand attempting the block the punch, it being too fast to evade but instead the punch breaks the guard and smashes straight into Zhen Wang Lei's face knocking him onto the ground. The other boys who Zhen Wang Lei knocked away get up off the ground and surround him. They start beating him as he's down, Lu Heng joining in. Bloodied and bruised his vision becomes blurry but a faint voice is heard from the distance.

"Ah, it's the mister from the food stall." Zhen Wang Lei smiles as his consciousness fades.

"Crap, let's go." Lu Heng orders, running away from the bloodied and unconscious Zhen Wang Lei. The man picks him up and takes him back to the food stall in his arms. However, on his way there a sudden burst of energy explodes out of his body, sending the man flying backwards into a wall and Zhen Wang Lei to fall onto the floor.

"Looks like the beating to my bones caused me to break through." Zhen Wang Lei holds his stomach and slowly sits up.

"So this is what that old guy meant by wanting to be stronger." Zhen Wang Lei smiles and then grips his fist, his resolve now solidified, he will definitely one day, reach the peak.