2 Back to the Beginning.

"Ah, so you're back again." A lady in black said. She seemed to blend into the black background as a long strand of gray hair coiled around her nearly imperceptible body.

She looked at the soul of Lie Wei Ying. It was tragic this boy's luck!

Sometimes he'd reincarnate into a three-year old who was about to die in a car accident. Other times, he'd end up in a world where there was no food to feed his hungry mouth. Finally, it seemed like luck was on his side, and he got to become a cultivator.

Lie Wei Ying nodded in his soul form. He had five lives left before that tragedy happened. However, after this when he was reborn he would have four.

He prayed in his soul form that he wouldn't respawn in a village about to get swallowed by an active volcano.

It was another time on a planet called earth in a city called Pompeii. He was four years old, minding his own business, when a cloud of death left him buried underneath the ground. It was horrible!

The lady in black was very familiar with reincarnators, and was pleased as she looked at the boy's soul under a crystal. She'd seem to form it from one out of the souls floating along in the room.

"Hmm, you seem to have four lives left. You are indeed a rare soul."

She looked at the stone on the boy's soul and appraised it like it was a fine jewel.

"I hope this time don't participate in any dangerous tournaments for a silly treasure. However, I wish you luck young man."

Lie Wei Ying almost smiled. He really wanted to tell her thank you, but he had no mouth.

The lady of death sighed and picked up his soul before squeezing it gently. It was as if she was hugging the nearly sixty-year old soul.

Yes, he was so unlucky when he reincarnated, his oldest life was his last one at fifteen.

"You're going to need to thank me for this one, Lie Wei Ying."

The lady of death floated over towards a doorway, and plucked a strand of hair off her head.

"I can only do this so many times. Consider yourself lucky my young lad."

She wrapped the hair around the soul and threw him into the door of reincarnation. With that one strand of hair perhaps everything would be different this time. Hopefully, he wouldn't wake up in a car speeding ninety miles an hour this time, or something even worse.

Indeed, it could get worse than that and he had the bad end of a lot of draws.

….

Lie Wei Ying awoke the next morning in a small body.

He could tell he was roughly three years old from his size. However, he was surprised by the familiar surroundings. Did he just reincarnate or go back in time? Something about this didn't seem right. He was a kid again, and it was twelve years before him and that bird fought. He even heard his mom and his dad talking. Wait, his dad!

"Dad," Lie Wei Ying said. He walked out into the other room and shocked himself when he heard his voice.

This really was the same body. What the heck was that strand of hair?

"Yes," Wang Lie answered. His father was leaning back in the table with his feet folded onto the table. He looked extremely comfortable and still very alive.

His mom, much younger and a whole lot less depressed, ran over towards him and pat him on the head.

"Dinner will be ready in a moment sweetie."

Lie Wei Ying smiled as he hopped up to his seat. However, when he jumped off his foot he noticed he felt as light as a feather.

Did I retain my cultivation?

He spun and landed in his seat as his parents looked at him weirdly.

"Have you been practicing acrobatics boy," His father stared at his son. He always had a feeling his son was special, but now he was sure he had to take him to see the village head.

Ember village was extremely poor, but they still had enough money to train one young recruit. Perhaps his son could be the one?

"Ha, no I haven't. I think I just got your genes dad!" Lie Wei Ying laughed awkwardly. It was kind of cute for a three-year old.

His mom smiled as she brought over some food.

Lie Wei Ying took up his fork and dug in. This seemed real and all, however, he would know when he tasted his mother's food for sure.

His mom was quite good at cooking, and there was only one person in the universe who could cook like her. It was possible this was an alternate dimension, but he had a feeling that it wasn't. However, when he tasted the extremely odd but satisfying mixed vegetables he knew it was her. Yes, it wasn't some other universe it was his last home.

He wished he could thank that kind lady death who brought him here, and it was only proper to do so.

The lady's hair would never grow back, and she only had five hundred more strands for all of eternity. Whatever she saw in this little boy, he better use it in this life.

The family ate at the dinner table together.

Lie Wei Ying stared over at his dad. He realized this might be the same exact life as last time. In a way, this time it was more like he went back in time, then reincarnated. However, it wasn't worth over thinking it. All he knew, at this moment, was that he was thankful.

Regardless, he finally had a chance to save his father.

"Dad, please don't go on your trip in two days. I've been preparing a special event with my friends, and I need you to come," Lie Wei Ying said, "If you come I promise I'll give you the best seat in the house."

His father sighed and shook his head. "Your dad has to go son. If he doesn't, your mom and I will lose this house."

Wang Yi, his mother, nodded her head. "Dad has to go visit a couple of friends that night, and truthfully he's doing it for you! So, unfortunately, your dad can't be with you that day sweetie."

Lie Wei Ying gulped. He realized since he was younger he couldn't think as well as he used to. He tried so hard to come up with a plan, but all he could do was cry.

"Dad, you have to stay with me, please! If you leave me, I'll cry all day."

Wang Lie sighed and pat his son on the head. "I'll talk to the men tomorrow and ask them to delay the meeting. Now, unfortunately, me and mom are going to have to talk for a while. Can you go to your room Yinger?"

Lie Wei Ying sighed and walked off without a word of argument.

….

"You did what?" Wang Yi screamed

Wang Lie sighed. He wasn't going to tell her, but it was like his son had seen into the future. "Honey, it's not what you think! It was to save my dad. What would you do if you were in my situation?"

"Hmph, so you're telling me your dad gambled away all of our money? Why the heck would you let such a thing even happen?"

"I didn't," Wang Lie tried to explain it to her. "He lied to them about owning this house. He was certain he would win the roll. The odds were seventy percent in his favor." Wang Lie regretted being that man's son right now. Unfortunately, he had no choice, but to try and protect his dad by getting some money in a fight two days from now.

"So, how are you going to get the money," Wang Yi asked, "You better not think about going back to one of those fighting establishments again?"

He was. However, he lied. "Listen, it's not that. I promised you I'll never do that again!" Wang Lie sighed as Lie Wei Ying watched.

If this was really all about money, then all he had to do was get some money. Wait, he knew so many things about the future this should be a piece of cake!

"Mom, Dad!"

Lie Wei Ying came out of the room with a smile on his face.

"I think I saw something in the pond earlier today," Lie Wei Ying said. He had heard about a special treasure in the pond that was worth enough to buy ten houses. Apparently, in a few years it would be found by a lucky fisherman who would eventually turn to a life of pleasure after finding it. However, since he was reborn, what was wrong with using the knowledge of the future? The fisherman wasted it all on girls anyway! Apparently, he went broke after a few years and killed himself after a lady betrayed him and stole the nest egg anyway. He was left with a gorgeous son, but had to work on a ship again! He felt so bad for that man he had to steal the treasure.

His dad just sighed. His son had such an imagination. "Honey, if you can bring that treasure before twelve tomorrow night, your dad will always be here to say thank you."

Wang Yi didn't like how that sounded, and punched her husband in the arm.

"I promise you it will be a life saver," Lie Wei Ying said. However, he hoped it was as special as the fisherman described.