Chapter 11 - Ginseng and Chicken Soup (1/2)
[Somewhere else]
In the rear mountain of the Xiao Clan, there was a cemetery, Xiao Lie stood in front of a gravestone, precisely his son Xia Ying's grave
Xiao Lie: …Ying'er, I know that ever since childhood, you dreamed of fulfilling your ancestor's hopes and returning to the Xiao Sect. To shake off this abandoned blood of ours. Now, this opportunity has finally arrived, it's just… a entire sixteen years too late.
Xiao Lie's eyes were getting misty, but that didn't stopped him to talk.
Xiao Lie: I know, even though so many years have passed, that you still have many concerns… Che'er's profound veins have been deformed since his childhood… This is also fine. Even though he's destined to be mediocre all his life, but without action, there won't be struggle and hatred.
Now, Che'er is already married. I hope from now on he can always live on peacefully… Even though he's not your real child, he is still the one that you two spent your lives, and the life of your child, to protect. I will also protect his peace to the best of my ability…
*Snap*
A small sound of a broken twig entered his ears and twisted his head around.
Xiao Lie: Who?
From behind a thick and solid tree, Xiao Yulong's figure appeared. Then he bowed down and greeted Xiao Lie like a proper junior.
Xiao Yulong: Yulong greets Fifth Elder… I did not think that Fifth Elder would even be here? Did Yulong disturb Fifth Elder?
Xiao Lie's eyes narrowed and said.
Xiao Lie: Yulong, what are you doing here?
Xiao Yulong: Xiao Sect's emissaries will arrive tomorrow. Father believes that this is a large event that will change the Xiao Clan's fate, and believed that he should inform his grandfather. So he had me come… To accidentally disturb the Fifth Elder, Yulong made a mistake.
Xiao Lie: Then did you hear what I just said?
Xiao Yulong started to sweat cold due to the pressure that Xiao Lie, a peak Spirit Profound Realm cultivator, emitted, and quickly lied.
Xiao Yulong: Yulong also just arrived. If Fifth Elder hadn't just then spoke, I wouldn't have discovered Fifth Elder. I definitely didn't hear Fifth Elder say anything… If Fifth Elder does not wish to be disturbed, Yulong will immediately leave!
Xiao Lie's expression softened and told him.
Xiao Lie: Forget it, it's nothing. The Xiao Sect emissary will arrive tomorrow. You are the most likely to be selected. When that time comes, you will be reviving our blood's greatest wish.
Xiao Yulong: Fifth Elder's words are heavy. Yulong doesn't deserve them.
Xiao Lie nodded and left the place, leaving Xiao Yulong alone. He put an hand on his chin and frowned, before muttering.
Xiao Yulong: Don't tell me… if this is true, this would be really interesting…
[Jean's courtyard]
In these two days, his watch gave him 2 more powers.
”X-Axis: Ability: You can use your own fingers to ”Shoot” energy that pierces anything between yourself and the target with a perfect precision, if you open both of your eyes you will turn intangible too.
Effects: Due to the stressing nature of the ability, you are able to keep both of your eyes open only for a short time, before a cooldown will be applied depending on the time both of the eyes were open, so you will stay with a single eye open the entire time until you need both of them.”
And…
”Yourself (type 1): Ability: You can copy anyone you see, being the exact copy of the other person, and you will gain their powers and techniques too, it is suggested using this when the target is at his prime, otherwise it will cause them to easily beat you just by increasing their strength.
Effect: It is a perfect disguise, and you are unable to use this repeatedly, you need a cooldown of a dozen of minutes before you can transform back, but the transformation itself lasts until midnight.”
It was a bit awkward explaining why he needed to hold a closed eye the entire time, saying that something entered inside it, but it didn't become a problem with Xia Qingyue's situation.
After that, he tried to copy Xia Qingyue when she wasn't looking, and felt her power already being at the 10th True Profound Realm, surprising himself.
Then he quickly transformed back on his normal body and stopped thinking about it, while he was transformed, he felt that he still possess the Sky Poison Pearl, and all of Xia Qingyue's techniques, but he kept quiet about it.
”Yourself (type 2): Ability: You can copy anyone you see, being the exact copy of the other person, and you will gain their memories and personalities, allowing you to impersonate your target without flaws, perfect for infiltration and memory searching.
Effect: It is a perfect disguise, and you are unable to use this repeatedly, you need a cooldown of a dozen of minutes before you can transform back, but the transformation itself lasts until midnight.”
However, he decided to not use it because it was a bit useless and didn't want to pry on Xia Qingyue's memories, he would have thought about using it on the red haired girl, but he already forgot about her.
His watch was fantastic, it gave him powers that could easily break the balance of the world, and it made him excited for the rest of the alphabet.
When he opened the map, he saw a map of places he already visited and the places that he knew already, when he took a map from his shelves, he found out that his watch can absorb it to expand, which he consented, now his watch showed a bigger place.