Discovery of a lifetime

James woke up and found himself sleeping in the cave and thought about the previous problem that have befallen him, and he started crying wishing he will have someone that will help him from his predicament. after crying for a while he noticed that there is something unusual about himself but he doesn't know what it was, and he decided to look for something to eat and he said to himself.

"what can I eat am very hungry and there's nothing in this cave or should I go back to the town to meet Avery maybe we can look for something to eat but am tired right now I can't go back to town now "

he remembered that there was a stream close to the cave and decided to go look for some fish in the stream so that he could eat on his way to the stream he discovers that he became light while walking he decided to check out his power by picking up a huge Boulder weight like 400kg and found out he was able to lift it which should be hard for him to do because of his third stage body constructing realm and he analyzes his body.

"What, I feel stronger it seems I have broken through the fourth stage of body constructing realm"

observing himself and thought to himself what causes my sudden increase in strength his stomach grumble reminding him of his hunger and he decided to check if he could get something to eat from the stream, upon reaching the stream he try catching the fish with his hands but he couldn't so he decided to make a spare with a stick and a stone when he wanted to catch the fish again he couldn't because he can't pinpoint where the fish move to.

"ahhh how can I catch those fish there are too fast and I can't keep up with the fish"

suddenly he feels his surroundings and looks at the stream it stop moving the fishes also stop moving at first he was scared by this sight but he became happy but suddenly he hears a voice in his mind

"what are you doing standing like a fool boy or are you no longer hungry because I don't have enough energy to keep the time freeze"

James became scared to the bone but because he was hungry he decided to catch the fish before he knows what is happening, after catching five fish the stream started to flow and James said

"m,m, my Lord this lowly servant thank you for what you have done for me but my Lord I'm but a mere miner I don't have anything to repay you for what you have done for me"

he waited but the was no reply he thought to himself maybe the lord took pity on him and decided to help him get some fish and the Lord might have gone, James decided to put the previous encounter in the back of his head and decided to solve his current problem he went back to the cave to roast the fish he caught after finishing eating the fish he looks around the cave and saw a rusty pickaxe by the entrance of the cave

"maybe I should look around the cave maybe I can get some spirit Jade stone to sell and get some coin to redeem my house back"

he thought, unknowingly to him and humanity a place far away from the sight of humans stood a majestical palace adorned with gold and a massive gate inside the beautiful palace a powerful entity slumbering suddenly open his eyes and said

"Uhm, the power of time that old fella has seen another successor well let me sleep some more I don't think this one will last a day"

and the entity went back to sleep but the power coming out of the entity suppressed any living things causing them to shake in fear.

In a gigantic-looking cave in which lava flows in different directions lies a beautiful flaming woman with hair that is on fire down to her waist lips that can suck your soul out and a body that can cause the whole world to go to war, sluggishly open her eyes and said

"ahhhhh, a primordial one has awakened will this be the start of a new era, or is it just the passing of time"

while all this is happening James has been looking around the cave for hours looking for spirit jade to mine but couldn't and he decided to take a rest before going to the stream to take his bath on sitting down he saw a shiny stone and began to dig it out

"Yes! this is a spirit jade stone and I think it's of higher quality with this I can get my house back but how can I move this spirit Jade stone to the town without someone stealing it from me even though I have the strength of a fourth-stage constructing realm can I protect my self and the spirit jade"

the answer is no because James is among the miners that everybody bullies most of the miners have a cultivating realm of five and six stages constructing a realm thinking up to this place. James decided to go to the stream to take his bath on reaching the stream he undresses.

"what is this what happened to my chest why is my chest injured ohh I think I could remember I saw a stone in the cave and I put it in my chest pocket"

James search his clothes but couldn't find the stone looking at the injury he got in his chest he was surprised that he couldn't feel any pain from the injury he decided to take his bath while taking his bath he remembered the orphan girl

"ah! Avery what will you eat today when all my belongings have been taken away from me"

Avery is the name of the girl next door she is 15 years old girl who lost her parents to a plague that affected the town. Avery's Dad is also a miner he use to cater to James when he lost his dad to an accident that occur at mining sites claiming his father's life since then James became a miner at the age of 12 and he has been mine spirit jade stone to feed his mother who works in a spirit jade processing shop after Avery lost her parents James decided to take the responsibility of taking care of her every day he will buy something for both of them to it or Avery will cook some fish and potatoes that they bought from the merchant, after taking his bath James decided to return to the cave

"hm this high-quality spirit jade stone will be good for me if I have a cultivating technique I will be able to enter the next stage of the body constructing realm"

spirit jade stone is a highly sort out material for cultivators it has a lot of spirit qi in it but to become a cultivator you need a technique that guides the spirit qi into your body system for the miners that don't have a technique they'll never cultivate to the higher realm the strongest among them Is only a ninth-stage body constructing realm because while absorbing the spirit qi in the jade stone there will be a lot of impurities that block the meridian making it impossible to progress to a higher realm.

after getting to the cave James took one of the high-quality spirit jade stones to absorb the spirit qi in it he started circulating his blood vessels but found out that the rate at which he absorb spirit qi is two to three times faster.

"what! why is it so fast I take like five hours to absorb All the spirit qi from one spirit Jade but know with the current rate of my absorbing spirit qi I could do it in two hours"

suddenly in his mind, an ancient set of images appears in his mind depicting a person's face without a distinctive face breathing in a strange pattern at one time the person was taking a deep breath and he repeatedly exhaled 7 or 8 smaller breaths. the scene change shows the person inhaling 8 or 9 times in one breath and letting it all out through 3 smaller breaths. it looked as if that person Is trying to follow a set of breathing patterns and the person slowly stood up and lifted his hands into the air and everything shook after that.

as the image grew blurrier until it completely fade away a set of magical words imprinted in James' mind:" Time vintage"

the word was not written in any language James has come in contact with which looks blurry and in an indistinct symbol but James could somehow understand what "Time vintage" means as if it was carved into his mind.