Chapter 16. Keep Going

Shawn breathed heavily, he checked the man's body and found a couple silver that he pocketed before he left. Along with the knife that was pretty sharp.

Shawn ran to the inn and passed Casey who let him know the items were in his room. Slamming the door shut and locking it, the boy coughed some blood and succumbed to darkness.

Waking up late next morning, Shawn went to the delivery items and found the healing pills and first aid kit. He swallowed the pills, applied some healing cream, and bandaged himself.

Drinking a bit of water the boy got in bed and cried. He almost got killed and killed a man instead. Shawn fell asleep and woke back up a few hours later. He was a tough kid but to take another's life weighed on him. He focused on his grandpas lessons and found solace in them. He knew if his grandfather was here he would be proud of him.

Shawn sat all alone in his room, that man would've murdered him if he didn't have some training. If that man weren't drunk out of his skull, he would've killed him easy.

Deep inside, Shawn felt week and powerless, like he had no control over his meek existence.

Today was his one day off ironically enough. He got up and sorted all of his items before putting it in his bag of holding. He left out his axe and the manuals he bought. He held the axe in his hand, he quivered from the weight and pain of his injuries but he held on nonetheless.

"Keep going, no matter what keep going. I'm not going to stop here, I'm not stopping." Shawn held the axe in front of him just focused on getting stronger. He finally dropped it after an hour but he felt better.

He took a bath and limped out once he was done. The bruising had gone down as well as the swelling but it would still be awhile. Shawn meditated as evening turned to night before focusing on one particular manual.

Since he was injured, it would make sense for him to read [regenerative cycle]. He read the page that described what he should do as it was a simple technique. Primarily it dealt with healing while it's secondary benefit being increased stamina. All of the techniques he got were something he could use even if he did not awaken his spirit because he was still considered a pseudo cultivator.These techniques were either small pieces of a whole or versions that have been adjusted for pseudo cultivators.