Indeed, Li Wei farmed the mysterious place to his heart's content.
Very pleased, proud, and excited, it fit the criteria of an adventure.
Developing his abilities slowly, preparing to topple the tribulations, a flash of news that is inevitable in the future.
Walking continuously through the large place, befriending shock waves after shock waves, supressing them, reacting perfectly to them, he memorized this experience within his body, turning it into effective muscle memory.
*Bang* *Bang *Bang* *Slash*
A special and more prepared shock wave came upon him.
It comes more deadly, within a set, with an ethereal form of cutting-edge horizontal slash.
Seeing and feeling the threat to his life, Li Wei quickly parried. He was pushed back by the force, but the shock wave and the cutting condensed wind pressure were parried, stopped by his knife; he had survived.
Adventuring himself, walking forward, he stopped many attacks. Some were more discreet, more advanced, as they sliced at him a little before they were stopped.
Although Li Wei had precognition, it wasn't completely overpowered; it could still be countered and overwhelmed, and the more he advanced forward along the path of darkness, the more aggressive and merciless the attacks and the darkness became.
"The place is big, and there are many doors to enter from the main hall. This is only the first one I've unlocked. Thanks to my adventure, I think I got a good idea about what this place is and what its purpose is, although I might need more raw information to get more confirmation, I lack a few key details."
"From the looks of it, I didn't encounter anything strange, hehe, just the thought of it. If I were to die, I wonder just how it will be."
"Sometimes I think I might be crazy myself, although I don't want to die, why do I feel that the fate of my death happening, especially in extreme conditions, excites me to no end"
"Sometimes i really don't know myself, i really don't know why I have these strange feelings, it's not like I was born stupid to enjoy my death, it's not like i was born crazy with no discerning capabilities, i know things that are normal and can react to them, i know things that are crazy and react as well, I am a normal person in the very sense of the word, yet I am still like these, enjoying this unknown and terryfying death situations."
"At this point, my conclusion is that it's best to ignore it, don't fuss about it, and even enjoy it. After all, this is who I am, even if I don't understand it, it's okay, since I like who I am, I feel comfortable with who or what I am, I see no reason to avoid it."
After pushing himself to his limits in this big room, Li Wei got tired and left.
He woke up. The trajectory of his life continued as he invested more and more time into his work. Since he didn't have any more methods to improve the abilities of his spiritual sense in a new direction, he could only improve the quality of the already possessed ones. He fulfilled the trial of the dream world and confronted danger, the unknown, waiting and praying; this was the beginning of his path of cultivation.
After many, many days, the years passed, pushed along by the days uniting.
Li Wei was finally 3 years old. His relationship with his parents strengthened a little; he was still adamant on his point, making sure not to cross that line.
He played the perfect role of a baby and toddler, cutting away any potential suspicion, calling for their name and winning affection, fulfilling his farm job given by the parents, and enjoying the peaceful times of the Village. A completely different contrast from his other 'life' in his dream world, he hoped that he could explore more of it and gain more authority over it, but alas, it became harder and more limited his path.
With any advantage at the start of his cultivation, the path to immortality will be accepted with open arms; he worked hard for it.
In these 2 passing years, his spiritual sense strengthened massively; he could even feel people and objects at a distance of 100 meters, his natural senses amplified by it were reborn and sensitive, much more powerful and advanced.
His sense of imminent death, more acute and faster, if unhindered, could sense more even from distortions of information and hidden acts, of course, this was rare and in the best-case scenario.
He could stir up the aura of the spiritual sense, creating a personal distortion.
His precognition was faster, and many more.
"Mommy, mommy, can I go outside? I want to go and play with Mi Ning," said Li Wei.
His mother, after hearing him, took him in his arms and hugged him.
"Of course, sweetie, you can go, have fun with your friends," she said as she put him down and saw him leaving his house.
"Mi Ning, Miii Niiiing, here, come here and play with me," said Li Wei, his voice had quite the vitality. Of course, we already know that his real excitement was far lower than the surface view he offered.
"Li Wei, come here, I want to play," Mi Ning, the young boy he befriended, responded.
"Let's play bad shot, good shot." It was a game created between them.
As they didn't waste any time when fun was involved, they started.
By ripping and taking dirt from the ground and making it into a ball, they threw it at each other turn by turn, yelling "Bad Shot!" When the target managed to dodge, yelling "Good Shot!" When the attacker managed to hit.
They even developed it more, yelling the word "Yipppeee!" As they shot their ball.
"Yippee!" Li Ming didn't waste any time as he shot.
"Bad Shot!"
"Yippee!"
"Good Shot!" Said Mi Ning as his arm was hit.
"Bad Shot! Bad Shot! Good Shot! Bad Shot! Good Shot!" Were the numerous voices of the young boys having fun and developing their relationship.
Sooner or later, even more children came as they played the games.
Not only that, but to gain their attention and friendliness, Li Wei even introduced some kid games from his time, like trying to tap each other and running from the tapper or hiding each other, the finder trying to find the hidden children. They use the entire Village and turn it into their playground.
Life was a balance, existing in many interpretations. Right now, they are innocent children having fun and enjoying their childhood, and who knows, maybe in the future they will become comrades who will risk their lives for each other, well, maybe not Li Wei.
Although Li Wei was not a villain, he was far from good; he was gray, a darker shade of gray, someone who considered an art to scam others, scheme against them, and maximize the benefits, which brought him great joy.
For him, other than giving the false impression that fit with his age, he hoped that he could put these children, future potential cultivators and allies of his, to good use, and he would become their leader, gaining their trust and loyalty, and they would die for him.
"A good investment," he always said.
Going back home, talking to his parents about his day and how much fun he had.
Other than that, a different routine is the skills he learned from his parents.
It seems that kids here learn many practical things from a very young age, like mathematics, science, physics, chemistry, literature, and many more, other than practical subjects. More was learned in the history, spirit beasts guideline, and many subjects regarding cultivation. This was taught by the villagers, who got the information from the lord cultivators.
In this world, many had the affinity to become cultivators, and to gain more of such population, the lord instructed the mortals of the village who didn't have the opportunity themselves to nurture the younger generation who is full of potential.
Although there were plenty of cultivators, circumstances made it so that it's never enough, especially from the dangerous beasts, so the lord made preparations for this crisis, investing in many villages and mortals to obtain a surplus in numbers.
Learning such things, the history, the threat of the spiritual beasts, and the potential curriculum in the sect academy. Li Wei grew more excited. What adventures will follow him, he really couldn't wait and had so much energy to spend, waiting for the time to pass and obtaining a cultivation technique, starting cultivating, and stepping on the road of immortality. What could be greater than this? His previous limited life could never compare.
"Just 2 more years to wait, just 2 more things like this became like a mantra, as he finished his activities and went to sleep again.
And so the time passed again, 3 more years like in the blink of an eye.
Li Wei was 5 years old, and it was announced that tomorrow the Eternal Golden Grains Sect will come for the routine inspection, so that new life and potential can embark on the road of cultivation.