Kamal and Neelam saw that their son had made a table of food.
And there were also some dishes that were favorites of Kamal and Neelam.
They not only saw the food but also many of their favorite things like flowers and stone sculptures of their favorite animals.
These things quickly melted their anger, and they forgot to punish Ankit.
Instead, they asked, "Ankit, have you prepared these for us? Thank you, I am so proud of you. You really take care of us."
Saying this, they quickly began to dine.
Ankit didn't say anything and joined them. Ankit sighed in relief that this ordeal had passed safely.
After eating, they rested.
While resting, they couldn't stop talking about how amazing the food was. Their mouths were still savoring the leftover flavors.
Suddenly Kamal said, "So Ankit, you didn't answer the call because you wanted to surprise us, am I right?"
Hearing this sentence, Ankit was dumbfounded. He just wanted to reduce his parents' anger with their favorite food.
He was ready to listen to a lecture if his parents still weren't satisfied with his surprise. But now, instead of lecturing, they were giving Ankit a good excuse.
Ankit quickly grasped this opportunity and said, "Yes, Dad, I just wanted to surprise you."
His father was happy that he saw through Ankit's intentions.
His mother was happy that Ankit was taking care of them. She didn't suspect anything.
Sanya was still savoring the leftover food taste in her mouth and didn't pay attention to her family.
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After finishing their rest, Ankit said, "Dad, why did you call me?"
Kamal was still resting when he heard Ankit's voice. He quickly stood upright and said, "Aa... I completely forgot about this important thing.
Previously you had told me to watch out for news regarding essence flow, right?"
"Yes, is there any news?" Ankit said, but in his heart, he wasn't calm. He questioned in his heart, has the worst thing happened?
Kamal said, observing his son, "Yes, the scientists have discovered essence flow, but they can't capture it or use it. They are going to create technology for capturing it; it will take at least 3 months to create it.
The good news is that they don't know that this energy can be used to cultivate and achieve god-like power. They are just using this energy to develop technology. So it will take some time before they can even know the energy's uses."
Ankit, hearing the first sentence, became anxious. He began to plan that he would take his family to a safe place and live with them, dodging the war until he got strong enough...
Then Ankit heard the last sentence and stopped his thoughts. He said in his heart, "Yes, Dad is right. They haven't reached a war-like state for now. They have discovered nothing about the use of essence flow.
They just know the existence of essence flow. They don't know anything about its actual use.
Even if they wanted to integrate it with modern weapons, it will take many years.
Ankit is confident. Before that happens, Ankit will definitely be unrivaled on Earth, and he can easily protect his family.
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After resting and chatting, his family bid their farewell.
Ankit told his family that he might sometimes will not be able to take their calls because he would be cultivating, and cultivation requires focus, so he would have to silence the phone and couldn't take their calls.
He also reassured them that he was very strong and could handle dangerous situations. He also told them that they could come check on Ankit after he had missed their calls for 2 days in a row.
His parents were reluctant but understood their son's situation, so they agreed.
Before going, Sanya wanted to fly with the butterfly like before. Ankit made her wish come true, but he also made water, fire, wind, and earth butterflies.
Sanya was overjoyed, and she especially liked the fire butterfly because of its red feathers and fire patterns.
After playing, she sat in the car and said goodbye to Ankit. Kamal and Neelam also said goodbye and reminded him to take care of himself.
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Ankit saw his family gone. He then headed inside the hut and began cultivating.
He wanted to open his remaining energy pathways as soon as possible. He knew that it would take some time before Earth people even knew the benefits of essence flow.
But when his family got involved, he began to overthink. He was taking into account possibilities that could happen.
The possibilities were many: what if a genius was born on Earth and made cultivation art public? Or what if technology was made faster...
So Ankit wanted to quickly become stronger and protect his family.
For becoming stronger quickly, Ankit had to cultivate.
So Ankit would give all his focus to cultivation for now.
No gaming
No practicing new techniques
No sleeping or eating
No bathing
He would just sit here until he had opened all his energy pathways.
And for not troubling his parents, he would divert some of his attention to talking to them.