VR Capsule and Cultivating

After Ares got dressed in a black t-shirt and bluejeans and white running shoes, him and Bryan left the apartment and headed to the store to purchase a VR capsule. A capsule cost $1,500 and it took the two of them several long months of arduous work to finally save up enough to buy them. The capsules were pretty big, almost as big as a two person couch. It was essentially a bed enclosed by a black metal, that had wired nodes that you stuck to your head that connected to your nervous system and took your consciousness in to the game. They also helped monitor your health status as well. It ran on a new self reliant type energy tech that never needed to be charged. It also needed to be bound to one's DNA so another person could never use it. One capsule could only be used by one person. The store was not far away, only a half mile or so, so they walked there. At arrival, there was already a line that went on for about 50 feet, so they went to the end of the line to wait. The process was a bit long. After a bit over an hour later, they were up to front. There was a young woman with long black hair in a ponytail. She had flawless white skin, bright blue eyes, sharp eyebrows, and a beautiful face. She looked to be in quite the good shape. She seemed be around 20 years old. She wore a red dress that hugged her curvy attractive figure. As they approached the counter, she gave a bright smile and asked "Good morning sir, are you here for the new VR capsule?" Ares nodded with a straight face. "Alright. You need to fill out a form with your information as well as provide us with a hair sample so we can bind it to your capsule. After that is done, we will go through with the purchase." she said to Ares as she handed him a paper form, a pen and a small tube for the hair. He took the form and pen, and filled it out in a couple minutes. It asked for his name and address and physical measurements such as height and weight. He plucked a couple hairs from his head and put it into the tube. He handed it all back to the woman. She looked over the form to verify if it was completely filled out. She nodded and said "Looks good. Now, the capsule is $1,500. How will you be paying sir?" All he said was "card" and he pulled out his card from his wallet and handed it to her. She took it and ran it through a computer in front of fer. a couple seconds later, there was a soft beep and she handed the card back. "The payment is complete sir. The capsule will be delivered and set up in your home by us in 2 days time. I wish you well in the game. is there any questions?" Ares shook his head and stepped away so Bryan could buy his. Unlike him, Bryan was almost drooling over the woman and was trying to flirt with her as they ran through the process. She was polite but not interested. They were done in a few minutes and left the store and headed home. As they were leaving, Bryan said dejectedly "She was so cute. If I could have made her my girlfriend, I could die a happy man. too bad she wasn't interested though. I need to lose some weight. Here, you need it, take some of mine." he said looking at Ares. "Hell no. That's all fat, not what I need. I need muscle. I'm not gonna head home. I'm gonna go somewhere else as I need to do something. You, go to the gym and work out as much as you can, it will help in the game. What I'll be doing will be pretty much the same. See ya." Ares told him and separated from Bryan. Bryan nodded and went his own way, to the gym. Ares walked along until he got to a small empty park. He looked around before he went to the middle and sat down. He wanted to try and see if he could cultivate this technique here on earth. "The sun should be a great source of the fire element. It's day so I should be able to cultivate it quite fast." he thought and started to use his soul to sense the energy. He was a cultivator in his past life so he could easily do this. It did not take long to sense it. He was surprised at the energy he sensed. "I sense the fire energy, it's quite strong. I also sense the light element which is almost as strong as the fire, as well as wind energy too, though it was a bit weak. I want to acquire the physique before the game starts and cultivate as many elements as possible before the game launches in a couple days. I'll start with the fire elements as it will give me strong attacks that have a burning effect.". he started drawing a bit of the fire energy into his body, it entering through his chest. He circulated it through his body starting at the chest according to the technique, going to his arms stomach, then legs. the energy brought a burning sensation that he bared with as he had a strong will. The energy refined his body as it coursed through him. the energy circulated once before it settled in his chest area where it stayed. Now he had to repeat this process more so he had enough to form a ball the size of a dice. Only when a ball would be formed is when he would step into the first rank of the basic realm of the element. He continued on. The longer he cultivated, the more he could draw in and the stronger his body got and the more fire energy he had amassed in his chest. After about two hours, he was soaked in sweat, but the hard work payed off. His body was a bit more muscular, and hed had accumulated enough to form a ball. He focused on the mass of fire energy in his chest and started to control it and condense it into a ball. This step was the hardest. every thing after would be easier, as all he had to do was assimilate the drawn in energy with the wall. He used his soul to gather the energy up and started to compress and condense it into a ball. Gradually, it became smaller and smaller and suddenly their was a wave of heat flow through his body and the ball was formed. With this, he had basic rank 1 fire element control and was immune to fire energy of that level and below. The ball was white with 1 small flame symbol on it. When it reached rank two it would have two flames and so on. Basic level elemental balls were white, advanced were blue, epic, was purple, legendary was golden, and godly was a crimson gold. He gave a smile. He had missed this feeling a bit. the feeling of strength and was happy that he could reclaim his previous strength and even eclipse it. he wanted to test it right now so he stood up and walked to the closest tree. He summoned his strength and threw a punch at the tree. The was a thud and a burning sound. He removed his fist from the tree and took a look at what the damage was. The bark was a bit broken and there was burn marks as well. he smirked. "Not a bad start" he thought. He walked back to his previous spot and sat down. "Let's continue.".