3 Ye Ziyun
Winds blew with a whiff of petrichor, signalling the storms to arrive.
A little girl sat near a small pond in the courtyard of the City Lord's Mansion. She just sat there quietly, looking at her reflection on the still surface of the water.
She had a bob cut, a cute face and lavender eyes. Looking absent-mindedly at the fish that swam in the pond. Her eyes followed the goldfish that circled her reflection and in the blink of an eye, an Old Man with a long white beard stood behind her.
"*eek* Hah! Grandpa, you scared me.", like a frightened kitten she jumped and almost fell into the pond.
"Ho Ho ho, shouldn't a demon spiritualist always be on guard?", Ye Mo teased his granddaughter. A smile graced this old man's face, he who alone kept the other Legendary Demon Beasts in check. The burden on his shoulders had always been monumental, he had expected most of it gone now that his son had inherited the position of City Lord but that burden was replaced by the rumours of the Nether realm where the Dark Guild are suspected to originate from.
" But I'm not a Demon Spiritualist yet and you are a Legend Rank, how am I supposed to guard against someone soo strong?", little Ye Ziyun pouted her lips in frustration.
"That is true... so what should we do about that? How about we check your soul realm and see how talented my granddaughter is.", Ye Mo crouched to Ye Ziyun's height and handed out a crystal to her, " Just focus on the crystal and the result shall appear."
The little girl followed his instructions and soon the crystal shined.
"A Cyan soul realm. As expected of my child, genius, genius indeed.", a bright smile bloomed on his face as he patted Ye Ziyun's head.
" Does that mean I can become a Demon Spiritualist??", she asked adorably as she tried her best to pronounce the big words. Looking at her big round eyes Ye Mo's heart melted," Of course, my Princess can become one, you have the same soul realm as me."
"Is that so? Now I can become strong and help father.", a fire lit in her eyes but Ye Mo's smile turned into a frown.
Words could not describe how disappointed he was by his son if he wanted to bring in such a talent under them he could have gone about in so many different ways yet he had to adopt him, 'it has to be because that boy shares a resemblance with Ziyun's mother'. The moment Ye Mo laid his eyes on the boy he could see the resemblance.
" Little Zi, there is something I must tell you. Your father has adopted a child.", Ye Mo told the truth with brutal honesty and he got the response he expected.
"What? Why? Does father not love me, am I that much of a failure?", Ye Ziyun, stunned momentarily, burst into tears. Deeply pained and feeling betrayed. Had Ye Zhong not been his blood Ye Mo would have no doubt killed him where he stood. What was the point of putting his life on the line regularly if he couldn't provide his kin happiness?
" No, your father loves you, more than anything in the world. It's just that this child bore a resemblance to your mother and in his sorrow brought him along so that you can have a brother and not be lonely. He is the City Lord, his duty demands a lot of time from him. He could not bear to see you alone.", Ye Mo made up a lot of the stuff and nip any buds of jealousy and misunderstanding before rumours and gossip twist and worsen the situation.
"Oh is that so? So father doesn't hate me? And get a new brother?", and just like that the little girl did a complete 180 and started springing with curiosity.
'Ah, kids so naive and innocent. If only they would always stay like this *sigh*. You fool I saved you this one time if I don't see any change in your behaviour you're up for a beating.', Ye Mo sighed in his heart, he had truly gotten tired of dealing with people, 'I'm too old for this shit, cultivation and fighting brings me more peace than being around people. Especially now that I've started scratching the surface of Laws.'
" Yes, you'll meet him soon. I must leave now, keep practising on my own and also eat the Acampe Rigida that I've brought, it increases one's soul force.", Ye Mo's last line was received by an audibly *yuck*.
"Goodbye, Grandpa."
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"These will be your chambers if you require anything request it from the maids.", saying that my new foster father left me. The first thing I did was take a long bath.
" My God it feels good to take a bath after such a long time. So I guess this confirms it, I am in the world of Demons and Gods. And to think I reincarnated as a Young Master, *sigh* at least I wasn't reborn as the tutorial Young Master like that sacred family brat.", disappointment was evident in his eyes as he looked at his reflection in the mirror.
"At least this body had high talent so when my soul merged with it my soul realm levelled up. I have only read the manhua till the nine-layered death land arc, so I know the existence of the Draconic realm but anything beyond it is completely unknown.", Ye Han started recollecting his knowledge about this world and he realised that this actual world was much richer in its lore and history than what's described in the actual story so what he knows is quite small in the grand scheme of this but it was still useful.
"Well, at least all is not lost. I had expected to be reborn with some otherworldly cheat but all I've got is a supreme soul realm, a supreme cultivation technique, a supreme martial technique and future knowledge that will become obsolete *sigh*. Why can't I be a broken Hax?", the level of shamelessness was so high that it made the author vomit blood, this greed was truly something only a young master can have. The disrespect.
" Let's not waste time then. I can't start cultivating just yet I don't have a special physic like Nei Li's sister so let's just continue with the martial technique.", Ye Han sat cross-legged in the bathtub and took a meditative pose.
"Ignite the soul to reforge the Heavens.
Govern the body to dictate the Earth.", like a mantra, Ye Han mumbled these words.
By setting your soul ablaze, you can change the Heavens. And by refining your body, you control the Earth. By doing so, you will gain the Soul of Heaven and Body of the Earth.
The Heavenward Soul Earthen Body was more of a body refinement technique that came under the branch of Martial Techniques. It is a technique not of this world and hides many wonderful secrets. A legendary technique that allowed one to build a vessel fit to be inhabited by a God.
"*hoo* this technique is not bad, it also grants much better healing and partial self-sustenance. If I reach a higher I would no longer need to eat, drink or maybe even breathe to survive. It also refreshes the mind. Not bad.", another litre of blood was lost as this idiot called a God tier technique merely 'not bad', almost tempting the author to lower his plot armour.
" I'm still too young otherwise if I were to practice it with the Void God Technique I could just speed past Bronze rank and reach Silver in a week or so.", suddenly Ye Han felt a disturbance in the force. It felt like thousands of souls laughed at him and suddenly spammed memes.
"But that's not important at the moment. Currently, I must educate myself in the ways of alchemy, inscription and fighting. These things will help a long way when I finally leave the Tiny World.", saying so he relaxed and submerged in the bathtub, 'I wonder when I'll meet Ye Ziyun.'
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