This goes back to a time before, when he fell and scraped his leg after tripping over a rock. Looking at his wound, he remembered previous injuries he had sustained. He realized he was hurt by things in his surroundings that he saw every day. Objects that should have been harmless to him could injure him during unfortunate moments.
"Haiz, my strength seems to have stopped growing. The development in these nine years of training is incredibly poor compared to the first five. Could it be that from now until the end of my life, I can only remain at this level?" Jun Wu Xiao lamented disheartenedly.
However, it wasn't long before he regained his spirit. After all, he might occasionally complain, but he never skipped a day of training.
"No, this won't do. I'm complaining again. Just facing a bit of difficulty and giving up won't help me achieve what I desire. Fourteen years is nothing, if not enough I'll try for twenty years, if still not enough then fifty years, and if still not, I'll keep trying until I die. I must believe that one day I will make it." Jun Wu Xiao said.
After ending his self-pity session, he resumed his daily training. Suddenly, a soldier came knocking on his door. He went out to greet him, he said:
"May I know why you came here?"
"I am here to inform you that your father has died on the battlefield. Also, here is a letter he wrote long ago, asking us to deliver it to you in case of his death." the soldier said.
Jun Wu Xiao was surprised upon hearing this, and also felt a sense of loss. He was surprised because he did not expect his father to die so early, and he felt regret because, although his father was not around since he was young, he was still his only kin.
"Thank you." Jun Wu Xiao took the letter and sent the soldier away.
After returning inside the house, he opened the letter, inside the letter was written:
"My dear son,
If you are reading this letter, I have likely passed away. It's truly regrettable that after so many years, I have not had the chance to see you again. I don't know why, but every time I think of coming back to see you, not long after, I forget about wanting to visit. When I received letters telling me that you are training fervently every day, I wanted to return to stop you, but for some reason, every time I thought about doing so, I soon forgot about it. Your existence is truly bizarre to me, even from your birth, I do not know why I named you Jun Wu Xiao. Anyway, that no longer matters. I hope that from now on, your life will be happy.
Farewell, my son."
Jun Wu Xiao felt a little surge of emotion reading the letter. He knew his father had always cared for him despite never meeting him. He also knew he was different, indifferent to the lack of parental love from a young age, as if it was unnecessary from the start.
And it wasn't strange, if he were an ordinary person, enduring fourteen years of solitude and isolation would have been challenging. He always confined himself to his home for training, only going out a few times a year to buy a large amount of rice. The rest of the time, he was either training at home or resting to recover his body for more training.
Who else but him could act in such a way? Anyone else following his way would likely have gone mad, not remaining sane like him. His days, by any ordinary standard, were utterly monotonous and bland. He repeated a few actions day after day without ever stopping.
"Haiz, perhaps my father's body has already been buried on the battlefield. The impermanence of the world, death comes too easily to man. One second you're laughing and chatting, the next you're dead without knowing why. This makes me realize I need to work even harder at my training, to become stronger. As long as I live, I will continue to strive, and there will come a day when I achieve what I desire." Initially sighing, Jun Wu Xiao's voice suddenly turned full of determination.
It wasn't that he feared death, but he detested the notion of accepting that he would remain weak forever. He would absolutely not give up, even though he was incredibly weak at the moment. Of course it just by his own standards, he was weak, but compared to others of his era, he stood at the pinnacle of strength.
He had actually forgotten the fleeting feeling of regret upon learning of his father's death. Perhaps it wasn't intentional, or maybe he didn't realize there was anything wrong with what he had just said. For him, life and death were natural phenomena, countless beings died every day, and his father was just one among them. Only immortality would be considered strange.
Then, as usual, he began his frenzied training regimen. His life could be summarized simply: eat, sleep, and train. He didn't need to work since the wealth left by his father was enough to sustain him for decades, and he didn't need to spend money on anything else.
He had a few books at home, some were for his learning in the past, and others were written by himself. Occasionally, he would read these to avoid forgetting how to write and speak since he didn't communicate with anyone else.
From the moment he realized how truly weak he was and that everything in the world could harm him, he felt displeased. Training made him forget that feeling because he knew he didn't accept reality as it was and still had hope of becoming stronger in the future.
But giving up training would mean accepting his own weakness, a concession he would never allow. Even in death, he will not accept his weakness and will definitely try to become stronger.
Spring, summer, autumn, winter, and then spring again, Jun Wu Xiao continued his daily training. Another year passed, and while things should have proceeded as normal, today marked a significant difference. Today was the day he successfully took his first step on the way he had chosen for himself.
At this moment, Jun Wu Xiao felt something miraculous happening to his body. He could sense his body more clearly than ever before. Then, he felt his strength rapidly increasing. It was as though he had shattered the chains and shackles binding his body, allowing him to break through to a new level, a process that could also be described as evolution.
After a while, the breakthrough process had ended. Only then did Jun Wu Xiao slowly open his eyes, unable to hide the excitement on his face. His excitement was understandable; after all, if anyone had strived for something for fifteen years without seeing any results, and then one day suddenly achieved success, how could they not be overjoyed?
"Ha ha ha ha. This is wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. After fifteen years of effort, I have finally accomplished something." Jun Wu Xiao laughed heartily towards the sky.
After a moment of laughter, he gradually calmed his emotions. He wanted to feel how his body had changed after the recent breakthrough. He sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and concentrated his spirit to the fullest to sense the changes in his body. After a while of focused sensing, he slowly opened his eyes.
"This... is truly unbelievable. My skin and flesh have become incredibly tough after the breakthrough, something ordinary humans could never achieve. My strength has reached a thousand kilograms, three times what it was before the breakthrough. Moreover, my maximum speed has also increased to eighteen meters in a second, which is also three times faster than before." Jun Wu Xiao spoke in disbelief.
It's important to note that in recent years, his strength had been growing increasingly slow. Suddenly becoming much stronger like this made him think it was all just a dream.
He pinched his cheek hard, and after feeling the pain, he became even happier. He laughed and said:
"Ha ha ha ha. This is not a dream, this is reality. I have truly broken through my own limits. Although I am still far from what I desire, now I have more hope for the future than ever before."
He also suspected that it was all just a dream, but because his desire for a breakthrough was so great, he imagined the breakthrough scene. But after determining that this was indeed true, he felt extremely happy.
Suddenly, he thought of something and said:
"Why do I feel like the breakthrough has also increased something else? But what could it be? Maybe I should check again just to be sure."
After that, he focused his spirit to sense his body once more. This time, it took him longer than before because he didn't know exactly what he should be feeling for in his body.
After a while, he slowly opened his eyes, and once again, he was incredibly excited. He laughed loudly and said:
"Ha ha ha ha. So, that's it. Another thing that has increased is my lifespan. I can feel that my original lifespan was ninety years, but after the breakthrough, it has been extended by another fifty years. This means under normal conditions, I could live up to one hundred and forty years. Now, I have even more time to cultivate."
Why say under normal conditions? Simply because there are many reasons for a human to die, such as from diseases or accidents, not necessarily from reaching the end of their lifespan.
"Ah, but calling it practice doesn't seem quite right. I think 'cultivate' is a more suitable term. That's settled then, from now on I will refer to my practice as cultivation. Onward! I've just taken a step on the way of cultivation, and the road ahead of me is still very long." Jun Wu Xiao said.
After that, he happily began his daily cultivation routine. Unbeknownst to him, his breakthrough today marked the beginning of cultivation on Earth. But he didn't care much about that, he was only concerned with the fact that he had the potential to become even stronger.
Day after day, year after year, Jun Wu Xiao remained there, persistently cultivating without missing a single day. After the breakthrough, he only needed to sleep for exactly three hours a day, and during the cultivation process, he rested for another two hours, meaning he cultivated for fourteen hours a day.
And so time passed, now it's been ten years and eight months. He continued his cultivation as usual, but today he had another breakthrough. However, this breakthrough was not as significant as the previous one.
"Ha ha ha. I've broken through once again. But why is it that, even though it's a breakthrough, my strength has increased so little this time? I need to check." Jun Wu Xiao said.
Then, he began to focus his spirit to check his body, and after a while, he discovered why the feeling of strength increase was not as significant as before.
"So that's it, fundamentally, this breakthrough also strengthened my skin and flesh, and my overall strength along with my senses were enhanced. It's just that it wasn't threefold like the last time but only increased by a third. Moreover, my lifespan hasn't increased at all." Jun Wu Xiao said, a bit disappointed.
But he quickly regained his spirits, feeling that being disappointed about the breakthrough was truly foolish. He shook his head and said:
"No, no, no. Why should I be disappointed? A breakthrough means there is hope. Human lifespan is originally fixed, but finding a way to extend it is truly something to be happy about. However, lifespan can't be easily increased, and the same goes for strength. Small gains accumulate to a significant increase, and with many more breakthroughs like this, I will become much stronger."
At this moment, Jun Wu Xiao was no longer disheartened and immediately went on to continue his daily cultivation. Suddenly, his stomach growled, he had been so focused on the breakthrough that he forgot to eat.
"Ah, I was so concerned about the breakthrough that I forgot it was time to eat. First, let's go cook some rice." Jun Wu Xiao said, scratching his head.
He went to the kitchen to get rice for cooking, but when he opened the rice container, he found it empty.
"Ah, how could I forget that I ran out of rice? Well, since I've made a breakthrough today, I might as well go out to buy rice and take the opportunity to walk around and alleviate some boredom." Jun Wu Xiao said.
After that, he left his house, having not left it for a long time. But upon reaching the market, he felt that something was very wrong.
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