Chapter 22 – A Fresh Sight (1/2)

Chapter 22 – A Fresh Sight

*chirp**chirp*

It was a peaceful morning while the birds sailed through the sky and searched for their morning food. The worms in the ground hurried to dig deeper into the soil before their feathered friends noticed.

In a small hut, enormous waves of essence surged around a small boy of eight years old. From the outside, everything appeared normal and not a trace of the essence leaked. The servants swept the entire corridor without realizing anything was amiss.

“Phew, I think the essence in my core increased by another dozen drops. This is exhausting, after hours of cultivation and I only increased my essence by a mere few drops!”

Calron sighed while he slowly got up from the mat. If the Voice had been here, then he would have definitely smacked Calron! Those few drops of essence had been refined to its purest state and even a single drop of that essence contained an astonishing amount of power. It was already shocking that Calron had cultivated a dozen drops in just a few hours! Unknown to Calron, this method of directly cultivating liquid essence would bring countless benefits to his core in future!

“Where is this Fatty, he said he’ll take me somewhere good and he still hasn’t shown his face yet!”

Calron muttered while putting on some clean clothes.

After a few minutes, a red-faced Fatty appeared in front of Calron’s door.

*pant*

“Sorry, big brother! I got held up in some important business.”

Fatty wheezed out the words while resting his arms on his knees. His face was completely red as if he had just ran around the entire school and sweat dripped from his forehead as Fatty continuously wiped it away on his shoulder.

“Don’t lie to me, Fatty! You were probably just wolfing down Gretha’s food!”

Calron said while giving Fatty a hard look. Under the intense scrutiny by Calron, Fatty instantly wilted.

“Ahh, forgive me big brother but she cooked sausages for breakfast, and you know how long it’s been since I’ve eaten those delicious things!”

Fatty said while joining his hands and miserably pleading in front of Calron. After spending such a short time with him, Calron already knew Fatty’s silly antics, so he didn’t really mind.

“Haha, Fatty, let’s go! You better take me to a nice place otherwise, hmph!”

“Don’t worry, big brother, I promise you’ll not regret coming to this place! Frankly, I’m surprised you haven’t heard of this place before!”

Fatty inquired with a slight raise of his eyebrows.

“I’ve only been here for a few days, so it’s natural I don’t know much about the surrounding areas. Besides, none of the other disciples were very welcoming.”

Calron explained while Fatty nodded his head. Although the same was true for Fatty as well, it was only by chance that he discovered this place.

“Alright, let’s go!”

Fatty shouted while dragging Calron behind him.

………….

“Uh…what’s this, Fatty?”

Several small strange looking lizard creatures were being grilled on sticks, outside a large booth. The lizards had double forked tails and didn’t seem to have much meat on them. The vendor was a sweaty pot-bellied man who kept rotating the sticks over the grill. His sweat dripped onto the meat, but he didn’t seem to care as he still kept roasting them.

Calron turned his face away in revulsion and even Fatty seemed a bit embarrassed by the situation.

“Forget about him, big brother, look around you! Anything you could ever want will be for sale here! Food, weapons, pills and even cultivation techniques! Isn’t it amazing?”