Almost eight hours passed just like this, it seemed like only seconds to Mark who had been absorbing energy.
However the clone that was running around had already experienced a large incident.
As he was running around the track covered in sweat he finally began to slow down preparing to return to the room to be revitalised.
However as he was walking back, it's steps were in disorder due to the exhaustion not noticing the rock that was laying in its path.
As he took one more step his feet were caught on the stone and it fell head first onto the ground knocking it out immediately.
At this point Mark finally woke up from his meditation.
[Alert]
[Hosts clone has been knocked unconscious]
[Alert]
Mark was stunned as he read the notification.
'System, what do you mean it's unconscious??'
[The hosts clone was injured and fell unconscious, as the host did not recall it the system put the clone into a comatose state]
'I see but how am I meant to get it back?'
[The Host can recall the clone or wait until it wakes up and returns to the room willingly]
Mark finally understood why one of his clones was unconscious but he couldn't do anything about it right now.
He definitely couldn't recall the clone back otherwise it would cause a huge commotion wherever it was.
He had no choice but to temporarily let it stay where it was and hope that it can return before classes start.
Luckily Mark had no need to leave his room other than to cook his own food which he can easily cover his face as he does it.
Putting the unconscious clone aside Mark still had two other clones which had been cultivating and exercising so he decided to deal with them first.
'System recall clone 2 and 3' Mark had decided to number the clones to make it easier to organise.
'Ding'
Mark felt the energy rush into his body, much more effective than the previous times. Mark knew that it was because of the spiritual energy absorbed by Clone 3.
However Mark also knew the importance of having a strong foundation so he hoped that he could find some type of body refinement method in the future.
Finally Mark felt the improvements stop and he sighed out and called up his status.
[Status
Name:Mark Ashfield
Combat Power: 37 (70) (The number in the bracket is the combat value provided by the strands of energy, it will be displayed separately from now on)
Strands of Energy: 7
Abilities: Cloning ]
After 8 hours of work between two clones, Mark's combat power had already skyrocketed.
Mark was excited when he thought of using ten clones already at the strength of an ordinary person allowing him to gain more and more combat power in an upwards trend.
As Mark was unable to do anything outside of his room, Mark decided to just continue his new exercise routine. This time his split his clones into a 7:3 ratio using 7 to exercise while 3 to absorb spiritual energy.
This hopefully would barely allow Mark's basic combat power to keep up with the power gained from the spiritual energy.
Hence Mark began his boring routine of exercising.
Clone 1 however had finally woke up. It looked around and found itself in a large room with bright clean walls with no cracks.
There was no one around him as he pushed himself up the bed. He looked down towards his body and realised that the top of his body was completely exposed, showing a toned set of abs and tanned skin.
''Huh? Where am i?'' He muttered to himself and looked towards the only mirror in the room.
However he was stunned to see that you could fully see his handsome face. The once tangled and falling hair had been pushed over to fully show the clone's face.
However he didn't get long before he heard the door opening.
He turned his head towards the door and was once again stunned when he saw the woman who walked in.
She was above 180cm tall, completely opposite the smaller police officer, and had an hourglass figure. Her flowing brown hair curled slightly as it reached her lower back and her face looked as if it had been carved from jade with perfectly defined features and a tall nose. However the most prominent feature was her topaz eyes that looked like they could draw anyone in.
''Oh good you're awake'' The woman walked calmly inholding a small tray.
''Eat this'' She put the tray on the table next to the bed.
''Who are you?'' Mark's clone said in a questioning voice.
The clones are in no way stupid, it wouldn't immediately eat food provided by a stranger.
''I teach the students how to cultivate'' She replied.
Mark also knew that they would teach all the students in the school how to cultivate. After all the cities needed large armies with superious attributes so they would recruit ordinary people who had successfully gained one or two strands of spiritual energy.
Most districts do this in fact. After all, you can't expect powerful warriors to deal with the cannon fodder sent by the creatures.
After the clone heard the answer he relaxed a lot. However he also felt a sense of pressure when facing the woman in front of him. After all, to be able to teach others to cultivate, she is definitely a warrior and maybe not of low rank.
''Thank you for helping me teacher'' The clone said politely. He couldn't afford to offend someone of this strength. Even if she killed one of the students the school would do nothing about it.
''It's nothing. After you've finished eating your clothes are on the end of the bed. You can take it and leave now you're okay.'' As she finished speaking she walked out of the room.
The clone looked at the food and was surprised to find that it was fresh meat and vegetables. While food like this wasn't rare it definitely wasn't available to the students and refugees. After eating the clone put on the freshly cleaned school uniform that was laying at the end of the bed.
He didn't dare stay any longer as he ran out of the room. Only to find that it was a guest room in a huge mansion. However he ignored the extravagant decorations and opened the front door and walked out.