Ankit went to find his mom. After telling her that he needed some items, she agreed to go shopping with him.
They both went to the nearby mall and bought all the items.
After returning, Ankit went straight to his room and began to cleanse his body. Then, after playing Free Fire, he ate dinner and went to sleep.
The next 13 days quickly passed; his routine stayed the same. He didn't go to that mountain hut because he didn't need more essence flow.
He just needed to cleanse his body daily with his core's essence flow. He also got ideas for his future path after reading some novels.
But he would first complete this substage 2.
He would also need a massive amount of essence flow for substage 3, so he would go to that hut today.
His body had become perfect after all the cleaning he had gone through. Now was the last cleaning—after this, substage 2 would be completed.
Ankit began to cultivate. He used his thoughts to control the essence flow in his core in a spiral motion along his spine and sent it outward in his meridians...
After doing these same steps many times, Ankit's control had also improved, and he had become proficient in it.
He could complete this process in 20 minutes, and he also didn't have much pressure while doing it compared to before, where he was completely exhausted.
After completing the cleanse, Ankit didn't have to bathe because there weren't many impurities in his body after cleaning, but he still went to bathe out of habit.
Emerging from the bathroom, Ankit examined his reflection. His skin gleamed with coveted glass-like clarity. Musculature balanced lean definition without bulk. Height reached 1.7 meters; hair, nourished by cleansing, cascaded to shoulders.
He tied it back, relishing its length over cropping.
If anybody saw Ankit right now, they would definitely say he was a top model.
And this wasn't all the benefits. Even if his body was good, his strength had increased equally or more than his body.
Now, after completion of substage 2, his strength, speed, defense, and sensing power—all had increased.
He didn't know how much, but he could easily kill his previous self at substage 1 with just his physical power.
Ankit wore his clothes and came to eat his breakfast. He saw that his father and sister were sitting at the dining table, and his mother was making food.
When Ankit came, his parents and sister momentarily stopped to take a look at him.
Though they had already seen Ankit's transformation, they still got stunned momentarily because of his looks.
Then Kamal said, "Wow, Ankit, your hair is looking good. You are just like me when I was young."
Hearing this, Neelam rolled her eyes. Then she also complimented Ankit. Sanya also said, "Brother, you are looking absolutely good."
"Thank you all." After saying this, Ankit began to eat his breakfast calmly.
After finishing, he said, "Dad, I am going to that hut again. And you don't have to come with me—I can go by myself. I have already made plans and have my luggage ready."
His father and mother both said, "No, Ankit. I (your dad) will come with you."
"But I am already so strong, and you know my mental age is 21 years old. Even if I am alone, I can handle things. And Father, I want to go for many days—I don't know how many, but it will definitely be a long time.
I can even kill an elephant or a lion easily, and I want to focus on cultivation. If you are there, I will get worried about you."
Given his nature, Ankit definitely didn't want his father or family to be in danger, and he also wanted to focus on cultivation. If he was alone, he could easily run if the danger was big, but with his father, accidents could happen.
"And that mountain range is not that dangerous—I can easily handle things."
Lastly, Ankit managed to persuade his parents, but they gave one condition: they would definitely come to meet him every 5 days.
Ankit agreed and began to get ready to go with his father.
They reached the mountain range and then the hut. After dropping Ankit and helping him set up his hut, Kamal drove off to the city.
Ankit watched his father go. Finally, he said, "Even I miss them. I have to work hard and get stronger fast."
Reluctantly, he began to walk toward his hut. He didn't have to worry that his father and mother couldn't contact him because he had his phone and some power banks that could last for 10 days.
When his father came again after five days, he would tell his father to charge them when he came back.
So all things were set: his food, clothing, shelter, phone, electricity.
But there was one problem—he didn't have much water for eating, bathing, or making food.
But he already had a solution in mind: to generate water by his powers.
He had realized that even if he was strong, he only had raw powers—he didn't have any techniques to properly utilize his essence flow.
He had also come alone here not only to cultivate alone but also because he wanted to go deep in the mountain range and practice there.
If he practiced here, the disturbance would easily alert nearby people. So he wanted to go deep into the mountain range so people couldn't locate the hut's location and disturb him.
And if his father came with him, he would not give permission to go.
That's why he came alone.