Chapter 3: Breakthrough

After managing to get home without getting into a fight with Andrew and his group, josh brought out the ginseng he had bought from the market. Staring at the ginseng in his hand, Jason couldn't help but smile as he mutters to himself.

" with all this, breaking throw the 2nd laying shouldn't be a problem for me "

" big brother, you are finally back," said Hannah as she walks into the hut and sees Jason standing with his back facing her.

" yes Hannah I am back, where is mother,"asked Jason as he could not find his mother.

" don't know, maybe she went to get some money from that elder in the fox family" replied Hannah as she lowers her head trying not to look at his brother in the eye.

" what is it that is making you look for me like I am still a kid that needs to be taken care of," said Clara as she makes her way into the hut.

" you are back mother, look what I got from the market" replied Jason as he shows his mother the ginseng he has brought from the market.

" good, now that you have acquired the ginseng, all that is left for you to do is brew it before using it after going through intense training only through this way will you be able to utilize the full potential of the medicine," said Clara.

" Okay mother, I am going to brew it right now" replied Jason before taking his leave.

" big brother wait for me," said Hannah as she went after him.

Very early in the morning, while others are still asleep, Jason was busy with his training as he holds onto a tree branch that was not too far from their tent and begins to pull himself up before going down while at the same counting the number of time he has pulled himself up. Since they don't have money to afford pills that will be beneficial to his training, his mother told him to train his body diligently via doing somebody exercise which would help strengthen his body a lot.

" 320," said Jason as he pulled himself up with difficulty as he grits his teeth together, with sweat dripping from his body.

Jason was already approaching his limit but he still doesn't want to let go, since he wanted to get stronger, something like this shouldn't be holding him back, these were the words that stood as he motivation to him as he preserved and continued with his pull up to the extent that his arms begin to go numb.

Jason continued until the sun begins to shine bright and by then he has already done 450 pulls ups and he is still going. Continuing with his exercise even when he is completely exhausted.

" only when I force my body will i be able to achieve a breakthrough," said Jason to himself as he continues with his exercise.

As he was still struggling with his pull up even when he was out of strength, Jason suddenly felt a strong heat rushing from within his body as the tiredness and pain he was feeling previously were suddenly replaced by invigorating energy.

Holding onto the tree branch tightly, Jason swings himself forward with force before letting go of the branch as he performs a somersault before landing steadily on the ground, to his surprise, his body has grown a little tougher.

" clap clap clap" the sound of hands hit each other came from not too far from where he was training, turning around to see who it was but to his surprise it was Hannah who was clapping merrily.

" nice show big brother, I thought I was going to die of boredom with you just doing a pull-up, who would have thought that you will perform an acrobatic to please your audience," said Hannah with a smile as she approaches him.

" what are you doing outside at this time of the day," asked Jason as he punched her lightly on the cheek.

" The sun is already out big brother so it's easy to see your training" replied Hannah as he rubbed her cheek.

Hearing what Hannah said, Jason finally noticed that he had been training for a longer time compared to before and with his breakthrough, he could feel the power surging through his vein. Clenching his hand into a fist with a smile on his face, Jason couldn't believe that he was able to achieve a breakthrough after using the ginseng.

" so this is what it felt like to be from a worthy home, only if I can have more of this, reaching the 4th layer of tempered body wouldn't be problem and Andrew will have to be wary of me," said Jason to himself softly.

" big brother did you achieve a breakthrough," asked Hannah as she heard the words that came out of his mouth.

Nodding his head with a smile on his face to answer her question.

" congratulations big brother, I can't wait to see the look on mother's face when she heard this," said Hannah happily.

" hey don't go wake her up over such a matter okay, let's wait for her to wake up before telling her" replied Jason as he holds Hannah in the hand, preventing her from running back into the room.

" ah take it easy big brother, you are hurting me," said Hannah in pain.

" I am sorry about that, I haven't gotten used to my strength" apologize Jason as he let go of his grip.

" it's okay, I know big brother still doesn't know how to control his strength, so I will forgive you just this once but the next time I will have to cry to mother and tell her you are bullying me" replied Hannah with a smile on her face.

" Now you are threatening me over such a thing," said Jason helplessly.

" haha, you should take a look at yourself big brother, you look so frightened" replied Hannah with a laugh.

" Why shouldn't I, since you are trying to make me look like a bad brother in front of mother," said Jason with a smile.

" don't worry, I won't tell on you" replied Hannah with a chuckle as she tiptoes back to the tent.

Shaking his head helplessly, Jason also walked back to the tent feeling excited with his breakthrough.