KIDS

As the kids keep showing up, soon afterwards, Li Jing has finally done cooking and starts preparing the meals, plates, and everything else that needs to be on the table.

"Alright you two! Stop that already! It's time to eat! " Li Jing yelled, making her two kids halt instantly.

"But Mom!! Baihu has! "

"I said, 'Stop it, Li Qing Long! Your brother has already apologized, didn't he?!"

"Yes he did... but!"

"No buts!"

The kid, named Li Qing Long, has frowned upon hearing that his mother didn't punish Baihu.

Li Jing immediately patted his head and then squatted down to look at him as she saw her son's expression.

"I am telling you this... not because I am mad or angry at you, but instead for you to learn and understand the situation. Your brother couldn't help not peeing himself at this age. So you should at least learn from the experience you've been through. "

"But, mom! Me and Baihu were the same age, but I never peed during the night! And also, it's been two weeks in a row! Every night, this always happens! If this continues..."

"Hehe... You are extremely right about that."

Li Jing smiled and giggled, then patted his kid's head.

"I know, so don't worry... From now on, Baihu will take the lower deck of the bed. While you take the 2nd deck, ok? "

"Really, mom?"

"Yeah... after you guys clean and wash your futon."

Although saying that, Baihu, on the other hand, who heard it, is totally against that decision!

"Mom!!! You can't do that?!"

"Silence! I don't want to hear any more about this matter any longer! Now go change your clothes and wake up your grandmother! "

"Yes..."

Baihu responds dejectedly as he walks away.

"You too, Li Qing Long. You should change your clothes as well. "

"Yes, Mom!" Li Qing Long looks hurriedly happy as he responds to his mother.

Meanwhile, the boy who's been taking a nap for a while now finally wakes up due to the smell of food in front of him.

"Li Xuan Hu! "

The boy is startled by hearing the menacing voice of his mother.

The spoon and the fork that he's holding have immediately dropped due to the shocks.

"Just what do you think you're doing? Your grandmother and your brothers are not here yet; and yet you want to start eating already. "

Li Jing smiled sinisterly as she looked at him dreadfully.

Li Xuan Hu shuddered and immediately apologized.

"I am sorry, mom!"

Later on,

Li Na, her grandmother, and her kids have finally come with different clothes.

"Lively in the morning as ever, aren't you all?"

"Sorry, Mom... did we wake you up early?"

"Not really, but it's just... these guys stink when they wake me up. Don't tell me, Li Baihu has peed again? "

Li Jing didn't answer, but instead awkwardly smiled at her.

Li Na saw that smile and immediately understood her.

"I see... afraid to be alone at night, as ever."

Then she pats her grandson, Li Baihu's, head and rubs it as now the two boys wearing new set of clothes.

"Well then, forget about that... and let's eat."

As they sat down to eat their breakfast,

Li Baihu has spoken politely.

"Mom and Grandmother... Can I ask something?"

"Sure..."

"What is it, dear?"

Both Li Na and Li Jing speak curiously, making them stop for a moment to eat.

"When are you going to teach us to hunt? Since we have done nothing but read this and those books you handed over to us, although we have already memorized every single one of them. We simply want to experience something surreal from the books."

Both Li Na and Li Jing jolted as they realized the question, then looked at each other while taking a bite of their food.

It takes a moment for them to respond...

Then, Li Na speaks.

"Well, if you guys want to learn and determine that you will accept anything by all means, then I don't mind teaching you guys at such an early age."

He gulped for a moment as he heard his grandma's cold, yet calm voice.

Then Li Na continued speaking.

"However, you must think this through carefully because it won't be the same training as I did with your mom. It'll be harsh training, but it'll be worth it once you achieve it. "

"Let me show you..."

Li Na speaks dreadfully as she looks at her grandson with such a tremendous amount of terror intent.

Li Baihu, Li Qing Long, and Li Xuan Hu felt the cold and fear as they encountered their grandmother's intent.

They are having a hard time breathing or even moving. A true, fearful, and terrifying gaze has been cast upon them.

Tears and snot have slowly come out of them as they are determined to fight for freedom.

At that moment, Li Na stops, then speaks politely.

"Think carefully. If you want to start now."

Then Li Na starts eating once again, as does Li Jing, who has been looking at them awkwardly the entire time.

Experiencing their grandmother's wrath, Li Baihu didn't waver nor hesitate, and immediately spoke after that with snot on his nose and tears in his eyes!

"Grandmother! Please teach us! I want to get stronger, stronger than anyone else. So I can defend Mom at all costs. So please teach us! "

As they spoke, Li Baihu, Li Qing Long, and Li Xuan Hu stood up from their chairs and lowered their heads in front of their grandmother.

"Same here as well, grandmother!"

"Me too, grandmother! I also want to get stronger so I can protect Mom! "

Li Na smiled as she saw it.

While Li Jing has been moved by her son's proclamation and determination, she gets teary-eyed a little bit.

"Since you guys eagerly want to learn, how can I, your grandmother, refuse my own grandson's request when they lowered their heads in front of their grandmother?"

Hearing that Li Baihu, Li Qing Long, and Li Xuan Hu had lifted their heads up and smiled brightly!

"Don't get excited yet... Your fate is not going to be easy from now on. "

All of them clenched their fists tightly and looked at their grandmother firmly and calmly.

"We will accept anything Grandmother bestows upon us! We will not refuse, escape, or regret anything that our grandmother told us! "

Then all 3 of them bit their left thumb, then used the small amount of blood spitting out from their thumb to draw a line on their neck from left to right, as if it were a sign of promise.

"...I, Li Baihu/Li Qing Long/Li Xuan Hu, in the name of God of Heaven and earth, will obediently follow our Grandmother's teaching!"

Li Na was surprised for a moment by what they did, while Li Jing, on the other hand, was stunned by how much determination her kids had!

"Interesting... OK, then, once you finish your breakfast. Come outside. Your training will start today. "

"Yes, Grandmother!"

They had hurriedly eaten their meals as fast as they could and gulped them all down in one go.

"Thank you for the food!"

Giving thanks for the meal, all of them immediately ran off outside, leaving Li Jing alone in the house.

"Seriously... Although they're my kids here now, they exactly sound like my kids in my previous life as well. They're really determined to become stronger. "

Li Jing smiled and wiped her tears a bit from her eyes.

"Oh well, since Grandmother's going to teach them, I guess I have to step back. Mom is something else..."

Li Jing stood up, then diligently took all the plates and the leftovers off the table and put them in the sink.

"Ah?! Since Grandmother is taking care of them, I guess I should be the one who's hunting today. Our stock will run out as well for the next 2 weeks. Oh well, I'll do it later once I have done the laundry and cleaned the house. Being a mother again is really tiring. " Li Jing's thoughts as she sighs

Humming inside the house, Li Jing starts to wash the dishes.

Meanwhile, outside of the house, Li Na and her grandchildren have intensely looked at each other.

"Since you determine... We'll start from the basics of the basics. You have to get your body into proper shape first, then we'll start the training after that. "

The kids remained calm and stared at her with such curiosity in their minds.

"What are these basics that Grandma is talking about?"

"So we can't start training yet, until we have the proper body that Grandma is expecting to?"

"I wonder how long this is going to take, this 'basic training' that Grandma is talking about."

Thoughts by Li Baihu, Li Xuan Hu, and Li Qing Long.

"1st you have to do 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 jumps, and 10 km of running. every single day from now on. However, since we just ate our breakfast, you have to do breathing exercises for a moment. Now sit down with your legs crossed!"

They sat on the ground as their grandmother instructed them.

Seeing how they respond and their sitting posture, Li Na walks around to them and then kicks their backs.

"Sit straight! Close your eyes! And be mindful of your surroundings! Feel the aura, mana, spiritual essence and Ki then gather it all at once! "

While they are listening to their grandma's lecture, they also start to do what she has told them.

"... In this world, a vast majority of people become monsters without learning the basics! But only a few people can resist the hard work of the basics! If you overcome this! Then, I assure you! Even without a weapon, your body itself will become your weapon! "

Although they were listening, they didn't lose focus on feeling the ki and aura of their surroundings.

...And then they now begin to sense them all and attempt to collect and contain them all in their body at the same time.

Li Na, who has watched them, has obnoxiously smiled.

"These kids, seriously... I never thought they could collect everything and convert it into their mana core in such a short period of time.This is unbelievably astonishing! " Her thoughts...

"That's right! You're doing great! All the ki, aura, spiritual essence, and mana flow from your surroundings have been altered and converted into your Mana core! However, don't rush yourself! Everything has a stage to overcome! Once you feel your mana core has already exceeded its limit, stop there at once! "

Although all 3 of them heard their grandma's warning, Li Xuan Hu had tried something dangerous!

He tries to forcefully collect a large amount of mana from his surroundings and push it through his mana core all at once by expanding his vision from his surroundings!

However, Li Na sensed it and immediately stopped him midway through!

Li Xuan Hu has been blown off from where he was seated by her grandmother, kicking him in the face!

Li Qing Long and Li Baihu flinched from the sudden explosion from where they were sitting, making them stop and wonder what happened.

"You freaking idiot! Just what did I say? I said, don't rush it! Trying to collect a large amount of mana that exceeds your current mana core?! Just how stupid can you be?! Do you have any idea what will happen if you rush everything?! You could've suffered extreme internal injuries or worse! "

Before attempting to stand, Li Xuan Hu, who has been blown away and been smashed from their house, vomits a small amount of blood.

"I apologize, grandmother... I swear I'm not going to do anything risky from now on! "

"You bet you won't! Or else I'll beat you up more than this! "

"Yes, grandmother!"

Then Li Xuan Hu firmly stood up and quietly walked towards his brothers and sat once again.

"Stop gathering the mana around your surroundings for now! And let me teach you about Mana Core's dangers and the good things that may possibly happen to your body. That's because it has two possible outcomes. The first would most likely cause your body to mutate into something and then die, while the second would explode and break your mana core inside your body, rendering you unable to gather spiritual mana again.

At that moment, Li Xuan Hu raised his hand and spoke politely but firmly.

"Grandma! I have a question! What do you mean, you will never be able to gather spiritual mana again? "

"Well, that's a very good question. Well, likely because you'll die! So many people never do reckless things. That's why some people do it slowly but surely, developing their body and enhancing their mana core so they can gather a lot of power, whatever the amount they'd like. "

Then Li Qing Long raised his hand and spoke.

"Grandmother...! I also have a question. "

"Sure, what is it?"

"While I was gathering the spiritual mana earlier, I noticed that something did not feel right. Most of them are different. "

In the midst, Li Baihu has agreed to his brother's

"Yeah...! It's like some of them are different from each other. "

while Li Xuan Hu just nodded.

"As if we absorb something good and bad at the same time." Li Qing Long has spoken a little nervously.

Li Na, their grandmother, sighs for a moment, then speaks calmly.

"Well, it's because you are absorbing more than ki, spiritual essence, and mana around you. You three also try to absorb the poison and dead essence, elemental fragments' aura, and the good and evil of heaven and earth energy in this area. "

"But Grandmother, was it a bad thing?" Li Qing Long had politely asked

"Technically no, it wasn't. In fact, doing so would boost your body's strength to extraordinary heights. However, although it would make you stronger, that doesn't change the fact that you wouldn't need to train your body. These things would only make your body easier in your basics, but it doesn't change your physique at all. So you still need to enhance your body, so even without relying on those things, you can be stronger than anyone else. "

"I understand, grandma!" Li Qing Long responded firmly and respectfully.

"Alright, since you're familiar with breathing techniques and also by accidentally creating a mana core in your body in the process, it's time you three to train your physical body. Now do 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 jumps, and 10 km of running! Don't you ever try to lie about me since I am not the one who will be suffering from it. If you want to become stronger, then obediently follow my instructions, just like you oath! "

"Yes grandmother!" was said by three of them.

They start with push-ups and continue counting one at a time until they are done.

While they were doing that, Li Jing came out of the house.

"Mother...!"

"Hmm? What is it? " Li Na turns and glances at Li Jing, her daughter.

"I am going to hunt and gather some herbs and ingredients. Can you please take care of the rice I already prepared? I've also done the laundry and washed the futon that Li Baihu messed up. Can you please hang them up for me as well? "

"Sure... Just be careful out there. It's yalpin season. "

"Thank you, Mom! I will be careful!"

Then Li Jing swiftly leapt away and left.

Seeing her daughter gone, Li Na turns her back and speaks to her grandchildren.

"You three! Continue your training while I am gone! You all better not slack off once I come back! "

"Yes, Grandmother!"

Hearing such a firm respond, Li Na goes inside the house and do what her daughter requested her to do so.