3 People of Remnant Are Idiots, Cheating, And Meeting Mother's New Husband Candidate
Bai's POV
"Are you sure you want me to do just that? You know… I can still take over your body and make you another one…" (Bai)
He looked at me with surprise.
"I thought devils take your soul in exchange for wishes?" (Little White)
"That is indeed what I am doing." (Bai)
Normally, I'd just fulfill what the body's dying wish asks, and then go on my merry way. But Beacon needs 4 people to form a team.Besides, I can't rely on my friends, since it is more likely that we all got sent out to different places, there is even a slight possibility that we're not on the same timeline. I can't gamble having 3 other teammates that are variables, and if I already have the candidates ahead, I can just hang around Dusk Till Dawn till Ruby comes and I'll tag along. I can negotiate with Ozpin then to give my handpicked teammates 2 weeks with an excuse of a job.
This should be a sufficient time to set a foundation on my relationship with team RWBY. Just thinking about having a harem makes my otaku mind go wakuwaku~ ....Wait, bad man! 4 aren't enough! Let's include Glynda, Velvet and Coco too! If possible, Neo can also be added.
*cough* *cough*
Where was I? Oh right, recruiting this guy.
I can make use of my 4 remaining Nascent Souls as his foundation and to anchor his soul;the miserable clones looked like they themselves got r!p!d instead of the mother, that, or they got mauled by tigers. I don't want to see them suffering, it ruins my handsome looks!
"You have an impressive spiritual root kid, and I need people with talent like yours to make my life easier." (Bai)
He can be a valuable asset to my goals. I mean, the kid has a monstrous spiritual root! Not like the normal kind like mine. If it weren't for the meridian nurturing technique and the Cardinal Beasts Inheritance Bloodlines that came along with the [Cardinal Beasts Transformation] manual, even the 15 million years I have been alive would only take me to at most to World Class. I wouldn't even survive the [12 Divine Lightnings Tribulation] if I don't have the luck or money for the decent defensive formation plates. Even if I had to engrave it myself, the materials are expensive, and some are hounded by the formation specialists that it's scary to even try to buy or bid for it.
*cough* *cough*
I'm too distracted! Back to the point.
It's a perfect deal for me to take this guy in as my lackey. I won't raise another sect, but I will need some allies against Salem. I'm not sure if I can even take her in a hundred years, since she's an immortal monster with a very long time to build and strengthen her foundations; especially since my cultivation has been almost crippled!
"What do you say,sla—partner?" (Bai)
I flashed a beaming smile while holding my hand out for a shake. Meanwhile, the kid in front of me is shaking. Can't wait to get strong huh?
"You definitely want me to be a slave! I don't want to!" (Little White)
"Oh? Do you not want to see your mother again? To see her happy and away from that bastard?" (Bai)
If the first time doesn't succeed, use your other cards!
He stands there still shaking, now wearing a conflicted look of fear and temptation. Ahhh~, is this the reason why Durmada wants to be an edge lord? can't say this ain't a good feeling~
"I-I accept! I want to be stronger, to see that bastard suffer! for mother..." (Little White)
He yells the first part in vigor, while whispers in the end. He looks like he's a kid forced to eat broccoli with his constipated look. Do I look like a devil that much?
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*POP* *CRACKLE* *CRACKLE*
After informing him about what I plan, I then refine my remaining Nascent Souls, then transfer their strength to purify and strengthen Little White's soul. I then captured it and kept it around mine, so I can make a good flying sword in the future to put him in temporarily before refining a body. Of course I keep it clearly away from my bonded weapon and my pill and spiritual flames in fear of destroying his nourished soul. I use these in crafting and pill making, as well as copy Xiao Yan's Angry Buddha Lotus Flame, a staple for a cultivator like me~What? I read wuxia and xianxia too...
"Hup, ahhhh~" (Bai)
Stretching my new body around, I take in a deep breath before shouting,
"HELLLLOOOO REMNANT! YOUR MOST BEAUTIFUL AND HANDSOME MAN IS NOW IN TOWN!" (Bai)
It always feels great to shout out loudly once I return to the living yet again. Observing with my surroundings, I realize that I am now in a grassy plane; the light of the moon shined on me like a spotlight as if to announce my arrival to the stage. Observing my surroundings by forcefully ejacu—
*cough* I mean emitting a sliver of Qi I have in my soul to plaster on my eyes, I see that Remnant's Qi is pure and thick! With this kind of thickness, I just have to advance to Sky Class third stage, Inner World Transformation in my body and soul to make a decent Qi gathering formation for the body refinement. Wow, so much potential, and yet humanity depends on their machines. As expected of idiots.
"Damn it! The words bit back instantly!" (Bai)
I cried out in pain, as my eyeballs start hurting.
I forgot to unlock my meridians! I might have a Sky class second stage, World Bridge cultivation in my soul, but it is still locked inside. I need to loosen the meridians and unlock my soul cultivation, or in this world's case, Aura.
*AWOOOOOO*
Oh? It seems grimm are starting to gather near me. It was probably a bad idea to shout out in the middle of the night.
Shrugging my shoulders, I quickly sat down and unlocked my meridians under the moonlight. With it's assistance, I unlocked it within seconds, as Qi surged and started to gather in my new body like a
river flowing from a waterfall. Damn that's fast!(No, I can last more than 5 minutes) as expected of a monstrous spiritual root. I might even breeze through Earth Class first stage, Mortal body and start cultivating to second stage Foundation Establishment, if you give me a few hours.
With the purity of the Qi and my years of experience, the refinement of the absorbed Qi was completed almost instantly, as it all gushed in and started to coagulate in my dantian. For those who are noobs in cultivating, it is located near the navel where the Qi gathers, kind of like a central hub.
*POP* *POP*
Inside my body, my blood boiled, my skin peeled off revealing a whiter surface, my bruises and injuries slowly healed, some of my scars faded. Some of the bones popped from the nurturing by Qi after the meridian pathways were loosened and enlarged. Just like that, I not only unlocked my soul strength, but also now built my first step into body cultivation. I cultivated for a few more moments, and arrived at the 3rd star out of 9. Enough to be twice as fast and strong as a normal adult. Just in time for company to arrive.
I stand up and turn around, my whole body crackling from the new development as energy filled it, making me more excited than I should be.
*GROWL*
Facing me, is a pack of beowolves. 12 in numbers to be exact, the perfect group of fodder to increase the familiarity of my new body and strength for adjusting. Just like they were intended to be.
"Come at me cretins! Become the MC fodder that you are!" (Bai)
As if they could actually understand me, the masked wolves charged with vigor; the fastest among them in the lead directly pounced at me. Smirking, I channel my soul Qi, no, Aura, into my whole body in a lightning blue glow until the maximum amount of enhancement I can currently take; directly strengthening me to double my power and speeding up the healing process of my body.
Once the wolf and I were only a meter apart, I place my feet wide apart in a stance and launched my right fist into it's chest, while sending a blast of Qi to penetrate the body.
"[Enhanced Basaltic Fist]!" (Bai)
Using the first stance of my version of [Full Contact Karate], the wolf in question had a hole in it's chest, while the other beowolves were blown away from the shockwave generated from the move. A couple of the trees behind them got affected and the one in the middle of the trajectory of my fist shockwave even got damaged to barely fall, crushing 1 under. 2 down, 10 to go!
"Ouch! I also forgot that this body is still weak!" (Bai)
With my right arm broken and disfigured like Deku, I quickly tapped in to my new innate skill unconsciously, which I now name [The Moon's Embrace], to absorb the moonlight as another power source to strengthen my healing, which covers me in an additional White Aura, mixing in with my blue film armor.
Whoah! The moonlight gave a refreshing feeling, as if I drank a nice cool glass of fruit juice during summer~
*ROOOAR*
Oops, sorry mates!
Flashing another grin, I met the fearless idiots as I rushed into the middle, allowing them to circle around me. Arrogance? Yup! I'm shameless, yet I know when to strut around!
With coordination, the wolves all pounced at me at the same time! Focusing the moonlight's strength and Qi to my legs, I swept the ground in a circular manner with strength weaker than my earlier blow.
"[Modified Ground Drawer]!" (Bai)
The wind pressure stopped the wolves midair, and repelling them 2 meters backward flying yet again, as the pebbles followed after haphazardly, hitting them in various parts with the strength of a bullet. Of course, this isn't enough to hurt them, though 2 unlucky ones got a broken leg each from the bad fall.
Yosh! I can still add a little more Qi to my attacks, nearing my breaking point, but the strain can still be handled.
With that, I bent down in all fours, as the blue Aura turned white, along with my hair as my nails grew partially along with some spots of white hair growing on my limbs.
[Cardinal Beast Transformation - First Change, Bái Hǔ]!
The first change of the Body Cultivation technique, [Cardinal Beast Transformation]. This is the other reason why I am famous. With the changes, I can imitate the race of the 5 Cardinal Beasts, including the Yellow Dragon Huánglóng that represents the Yellow Emperor. With the first change, my strength has a 1.5x increment, and a double in agility, instincts, and regeneration. Cheaty cultivation indeed.
With a beastly growl, I leaped with my even more increased strength, and used my left hand to swipe at the unsuspecting trio of beowulves in the distance, forcefully releasing an invisible wave of sharp Qi, which cut them in 2 along with some trees behind them. If I fall in grace, there is always an open spot lumberjacking.
Seeing the destruction, I nodded to myself before making quick work of the remaining 7 beowolves with my swipe attack!
*SWOOSH* *WHIMPER*
With whimpers, the beowulves got shredded, dissolving into black dust.
Phew, that was some workout. As if jelly, my legs collapsed, bringing me down to the ground lying. The pain from forcing out a wave of Qi outwards is hurting my veins! "Turning off" the Beast Change, The white hair and nails receded, with my hair returning to its original blue color.
Taking a bit of a breather, I rested for a moment before wandering to a conveniently placed underground hole below a stump that is as big and wide as 3x3 meter room. Sitting down, I calmed myself, before going into deep cultivation. With the steady stream of natural Qi, accompanied with the even more pure moonlight Qi that conveniently shined from the hole, I made quick work in recovering my lost Qi, before accumulating it all in my dantian to strengthen it and distributing Qi throughout my body in circulations like blood.
*WHOOSH* *WHOOSH*
The air around me begun to lower in temperature, as the moonlight focused on me like a spotlight as I glowed in a mixture of white and blue.
*KACHA* *KACHA*
My whole body clicked, as the dantian within grew. Gathering enough Qi, I redirected it to my heart, where upon unlocking the aperture there, allows me to advanced to 4 stars. A pleasant heat surged within my heart, as I advanced through; my heart pumping out high quality blood at a fast rate.
*WHRRLLLL*
As if a vortex, the air began to swirl around me, as I advanced further on until the 6th star. Man I love this spiritual root! The refinement is even easier and makes the Qi even more higher in quality by miles more than when I first started cultivating in my first body. Even if the quantity is low, it is enough to breakthrough in quick succession.
With the Qi I gathered, I sped through to the 6th star, before gathering more and more Qi for the Brain Aperture. After the attack at the metaphorical wall, I felt a cool sensation around my head, signifying that I broke through the 7th star. Continuing on, I circulated Qi until I was at the peak of 9 stars.
I can still breakthrough and advance to the second stage of earth class, Foundation Establishment. But, I stopped and consolidated my power until it was firm and strong. I don't want to rush my cultivation too much, since my foundation would be shaky. For now, I will try to "master" some techniques and once I get to Sky class, I will start cultivating the [Moon God's Frozen Lightning].
*PHEW*
Letting out a sigh of satisfaction, I spread out my spiritual senses, which spanned to 50 meters. I felt the liveliness of nature, as I was amazed at this sensation. I love this feeling of expanded senses each time I reincarnate into a body without cultivation. No matter how many times I experience this, I always felt excitement whenever I start using my spirit sense for the "first time".
Deciding that it was enough, I then stood up and let my bones pop and crackle at their newly found strength. I spend a bit of time to control this power, before climbing out of the hole. What greeted me is the newly rising sun of dawn barely peeking from the trees. Around late 4am nearing 5 I guess?
With a smile, I traced Frogger's path in the forest by jumping from tree to tree to the best of my memory with my spiritual sense released for vigilance. After a while, I found a lake. Excited at the prospect of finally taking a drink of water, I jumped down from where I stood and directly dipped my head in the water and drank until I was full. What? germs? With this kind of environment, my body can easily destroy the harmful substances from this. It's not like the water has potent poison.
Now that I think about it, I didn't really take a good look at the boy's look did I?
Removing my head from the water, I sit still in the bank waiting for the ripples to calm, before observing the face reflected on it. My new face was filled with youth, and yet still has some traces of being handsome, with my purple blue eyes and icy blue hair....
WOW! I look like Tower of God's Khun Edahn(child version), the father of Khun Aguero Agnis, the MC's cunning teammate. It makes sense though, since the Khun family has the power of Ice and Lightning, and Edahn also uses a spear. My good luck has arrived! Even in this life, I am even handsome.
While I was rubbing my chin in a narcissistic way(yes, I am self-aware), I heard a gruff and manly voice filled with an icy tone and a tad bit of suspicion behind me.
"Hey kid, what are you doing here out in the woods, at the crack of dawn? Away from civilization to boot. Did your town get attacked by grimm or did you run away from home?" (Mysterious Person)
Sarcastically, I told the unbelievable truth.
"I got killed by Pepe the frog, dumped deep into the forest, died and was resurrected. Just like Jesus Christ, except for the way I died and how I was resurrected much earlier." (Bai)
Jesus Christ is just like he was portrayed as, a virtuous saint. He was one of the most powerful immortal too, at the peak of Universe Class 2nd stage Saint God. The first time I met him was in the once in a century meeting between first-rate organizations in the universe, I was the newbie 1st rate sect master and at the starting of Universe Class, 1st stage Immortal God.
He was one of the beings that I gave my utmost respect, since even though I might be a patient person, I can never not lash out at my aggressors, so I really respect his way of dealing with them.
Once I turned around to face the man, he looked at me with an 'I have no time for games' expression. The guy was tall, around 7 feet tall and looked similarly to that guy from the Hunger Games, with his greasy hair and uniquely styled beard, only creamy blue colored. Overall, he is handsome and looked like he has a good temperament. If he ain't a "nice guy", I'll bring mother(I treat her one since she biologically is) here after I kid—rescue I her.
He furrowed his brows before reproaching me with the same(kind of smexy) voice.
"Stop with your games kid, this isn't a joke. Why are you away from town?" (Dead guy from Hunger Games)
"Awfully ironic, Seneca." (Bai, the "master" of sarcasm)
His mouth twitched, before he gave up and sighed.
"My house is just across this lake, come with me kid. You must be hungry, we'll talk after you eat a light breakfast." (Seneca?)
With nothing else to do and a hungry stomach, I followed after him. It IS still the early morning. I can still get mother away from there.
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His house is decent.
A big 2 storey log house with a brick chimney. The front porch has a swing that can fit 3 adults, and from the right(left from front) side of it are 2 gardens, with vegetables and spices planted within respectively. Once inside, I was greeted with a warm and cozy atmosphere, with a door mat to boot. to the right is the living room, with a couch facing a tv rack with a small device on top that looks like a laser tv projector. the couch has a coffee table in front, while on it's left is the fireplace with 2 leather chairs near it. To the left of the room, is the dining room with a wooden table and 3 pairs of chairs. further in the room leads to the kitchen, and from what I could peek there is also a back door. To the front, is a stairway leading upstairs, where there are 4 rooms, 1 big room for a couple, 2 for what seem to be children, and 1 bathroom. Back to the first floor though, there is also a bathroom which is ingeniously directly facing the door, for those emergency situations where I can just rush forward to take a shit in the bathroom. How do I know? Spirit Sense, that's why.
He lead me to the dining room and urged me to take a seat. He then headed for the kitchen, and after a minute, the sound of sizzling meat and eggs followed by the enticing smell of food wafted throughout the air, not forgetting to tempt my nose. I waited for him to finish cooking in silence, and shortly after, he presented me with a plate of delicious food.
Being polite, I thanked him and ate with decency. He also followed after me and ate with a plate of his own cooking. Just like that, we ate in silence, till we finished eating.
I waited for him to talk which resulted in an awkward atmosphere. Thankfully, he broke it by introducing himself and then asked his first question.
"I am Azul Moon, what's yours kid?" (Azul)
"Bai Yueguang, sir." (Bai)
I answered respectfully for the food he gave me. He seems to be surprised, as portrayed by his look. But, it receded to a sad frown, before asking me.
"...Are you related to Qingrou?" (Bai)
Hmmm? A friend of mother?
"How do you know mother?" (Bai)
I asked to which he responded with a sigh.
"...I, was her childhood friend and ex, I guess." (Azul)
Wow, really? Knowing mother from Xiao Bai's memories, she seems to be weak willed, at least, whenever she was around town or when his father was around. She seemed to be a bit emboldened whenever Xiao Bai and her were alone. So, something did happen. Maybe she called or sent a letter to him announcing their breakup and reason being that she found another man, but was actually coerced into it.
"I found out about her having a husband when I was doing some work away from Patch for a few months, she sent me a letter that said that she already found another man. I didn't believe it till I visited her, and once I saw her, she seemed dull and lifeless. I got angry and demanded to see her husband, and yet she rebuked me harshly. She told me to scram, to never be part of her life again. Being hurt, I ran away. I didn't bother investigating anything about them, since I was...for the lack a better word, salty. Still hung over her, I just built this house away from town, and used my personal connections to get some stuff to be transported here via a bullhead." (Azul)
I should be a detective. Anyways, this could work. With that kind of backstory, I know that he would be a perfect father-in-law, so...
"So, would you like to be my new father?" (Bai)
