Day 8,

  The exercise routine ended yesterday. My body had changed a lot in these 7 days. I am now 6 feet 2, whereas I was only about 5 feet 10 inches. My body now had a lot of definition. My muscles were much more visible.

  I checked the tablet for new exercises or updates. Not surprisingly, there was. A new video on the talismans and formation folder. The video read “Purification Pill”. This time, there was still no mention of ingredients, but this time the formation needed 4 art paper to stick together and needed about 70 ENA batteries. Then I began the grind of making the ENA batteries again. I had learned that I could fold the ENA accumution formation into an envelope, which made it easier to activate and remove the batteries afterward. After setting up the formations, yes, I made multiple ones and divided the ENA batteries equally among them to make it faster.

  After that, I went to the market to buy the art papers. It took me about 3 hours to draw the whole formation.

  The formation was circur with many yers, and like before, the outermost ring was filled with rectangles. This time, each yer was different-looking, and it had many different-looking letters. At first gnce, they looked like a mixture of Chinese and Indian letters. But even more mysterious, and had some kind of charm to it. Like you’d want to admire it after looking at it.

  After setting it up and filling all the rectangles with ENA batteries, refinement started. Like the previous one, it emitted heat and was glowing orange. But unlike the previous time, the flow was more regional. The flow was not going to the center. It was going through many small yers. This time it should take about 10 hours to finish. So, I went about my day.

  At 8 AM — when the process was supposed to finish — I went to check the room. The previous pale blue glow had changed to dark blue, and it was rushing to the center. After about another 15 minutes, the refinement was complete.

  The pill was dark blue. But taking the pill was a different process.

  This pill would clench all the energy pathways and eject all the impurities through the pores. So, to not dirty my floor and my clothes. It was recommended that I go to a bathroom and strip naked.

  So, I went to my bathroom and stripped. Then I was to sit in a lotus position and take the pill.

  After I took it, it was as if thin strings under my skin were on fire.. Then I started to feel like fever. I could feel my body heating up, and I was sweating a lot. After some time, the color of the sweat changed from that of water to pitch bck. And it smelled horrible. After about 10 minutes, the process stopped. The sweat stopped coming out, my body was cooling down. But those 10 minutes were the worst of my life. I’ve never wished for a gas mask so badly in my life. I might owe my exhaust fan an apology. Then I somehow managed to wash my body and went out.

  I had to wear a mask just to go back in, and I need the exhaust fan to run for quite a while for the smell to go away. I scrubbed like never before — so hard my skin stayed red for an hour. At this point, I wasn’t sure if I’d removed the filth or my top yer of skin.

  Author's note:

  This is a new story. Your comment helps a lot and also motivates me to write more.