Chapter 3

" " = Talking

' ' = Thinking

* * = Action

As Zhang Qie opened his eyes he looked towards his side and saw his sister there, he didn't think it was weird because they used to sleep together. Once Zhang Qie was fully awake he slowly got out of bed, as to not wake his sister, got clothes, and went to take a shower.

When he finished his shower he decided to make breakfast for the two of them, as he didn't have anything else to do and thought that it would be a nice thing to do.

He got two eggs out of the refrigerator along with some bacon, he then turned on a burner on the stove to medium heat and put a frying pan on it, after a while when he thought the pan was hot enough he cracked an egg over the pan, then another one.

A heavenly smell slowly wafted upstairs and towards Zhang Feng, her nose twitched and then she opened her eyes, seemingly looking for the source of the smell, after she couldn't find the source she launched out of the bed and walked towards where the smell intensified until finally she arrived at the dining room table, sitting there was Zhang Qie who had a plate along with another one that she assumed was hers.

Zhang Feng: "Thank you for the food."

After she said that, and received a curt nod from Zhang Qie, she began to eat. The food was excellent and she couldn't have asked for more, after all some of the best food is food that you don't have to make.

Once they finished eating they went to Zhang Feng's workplace, when Zhang Qie went to the spot he sat at yesterday the girl that he met was there.

Undisturbed by the glare he received from her he sat down there again.

???: "Why are you sitting here? There are many other seats around that you can sit at but you choose to sit here, why is that?"

The beauty enquired, she was curious because after he sat down he didn't do anything so she thought he must really have a reason to be there other than to flirt with her, although she still remained suspicious.

Zhang Qie: "My sister works here and I must remain in her sights, this is the best spot so I chose to sit here."

After saying that he set up his books around him and started his cultivation.

A few hours later he was again woken up by his sister. They travelled home, had dinner, and went to bed. While he was laying on his bed he thought back to his cultivation for the day. Based on the speed of his cultivation he would breakthrough the ether gathering stage by the end of the week, after that his cultivation would require him to go out to kill people unless he wanted it to slow down and be years before he could do another breakthrough.

He knew that there would also be many problems that will come in the future, some of them easier to fix than the others. One example would be school, he would attend school and then try to get kicked out of it as fast as possible, he would probably only attend a month before getting expelled as any sooner than that and it may draw some suspicion.

His second problem would be his mother coming home, his mother coming home is not the problem, but her job is, she stays at home to work, unless she has a business trip to go to. Once he is expelled from school he would be under the constant supervision of his mother, he would have to figure out excuses to get away from his house then, he would have to get a helper then to visit his house and ask to borrow him under the premise of being a tutor or something then.

And the final problem would be killing people, this is by far the biggest problem. When he starts killing people not many people would notice, the people that would notice would just attribute it to gang violence or something along those lines. After some time when he has to start killing more people to keep up the same pace of cultivation people will start to look into it more, there might be more police patrolling around the neighborhood, or even the media might come out and report on the killings, claiming a mass murderer is on the loose. Based on his speculations Zhang Qie knows he will need to wear something different when he kills in case of a innocent witnessing his crime, it can be something as simple as a hoodie with the hood up and sweatpants. He will also need to take a walk outside to gather information, from well known gangs in the local area to alleys that have no cameras around them. He will use the information on the gangs to determine who he will kill, he doesn't want to kill civilians as they haven't done anything wrong, that he knows of, and also if he starts killing civilians it will draw too much attention.

After thinking about all the plans that he has to implement in the near future he drifts off to sleep.

In the morning he wakes up again with his sister by his side, he decided to start locking his door next week due to not wanting his sister to open the door and not find him in bed, or worse yet, her opening the door and finding him covered in blood. (That would be awkward to explain.)

The days passed by quickly, he seemingly fell into a routine of getting up, going to his sisters workplace, briefly chatting with the girl if she was there, cultivating, and then going home and to bed.

This was the routine until the last day of the week, Sunday, it was the day he would breakthrough.

When he arrived at the café he went to his spot as usual, the girl was also there. He sat down, took out his books, but didn't set them up.

???: "Why didn't you set up your books, aren't you going to go to sleep as usual?"

The girl asked in a questioning tone, every time he came to the table he would only briefly talk and then set up his books and go to sleep.

Zhang Qie: "I don't go to sleep, I meditate."

???: "ok, then why is today different?"

The girl nodded half-heartedly, she didn't believe him and thought he was just trying to make an excuse.

Zhang Qie: "I can't today, I need to focus on studies."

Zhang Qie naturally noticed she didn't believe him but didn't bother to explain anything to her, there was nothing to explain to her.

???: "What are you studying then?"

Zhang Qie: "Calculus"

The girl after hearing his response briefly looked at the book and her eyes widened slightly.

???: "What school are you going to?"

Zhang Qie: "Yu Ming High School."

???: "I see"

After hearing that the girl went silent.

Zhang Qie then studied for the whole time his sister was at work. The girl left when he was around one hour into his studies.

After they got home and had dinner, Zhang Qie walked briskly towards his room. When he arrived he locked the door and sat down on his bed to cultivate.

The reason he didn't cultivate when he was at the café was because he was going to have a breakthrough. He experienced in his past life breakthroughs and they were one of the things that he loved and hated. Loved, because after a breakthrough you feel like you can destroy everything and hated because of the black gunk that smells like, what he presumed hell would smell like.