34 Chapter 34 - Ordinary? or Genius?

"Yan Yan is a really fast learner, she just might be an amazing genius! After all, learning extremely fast at a young age is a characteristic of one born with a strong soul force." An Xin excitedly commented.

"Now now, Yan'er may have a strong soul force, but it still yet remains to be seen whether she will be a genius or not... it really depends on the Spiritual Roots she will have when she reaches the age of 10 and her spiritual roots become mature." Wei Bai tried to calm her down.

"Ooooh~! I hope Yan Yan is like a supreme genius that has never appeared since the dawn of the Bronze age! It will be great if she has a 5-elements spiritual roots or a special one like divination spiritual roots..." An Xin prayed.

"Those are impossible to find anywhere, or at least on the Primordial Chaos continent. If there were, then they have definitely kept it a secret..." Wei Bai depressedly said.

"Are you saying that it is impossible for Yan Yan to have such talent?!" An Xin angrily pouted.

"Nonono! I'm not saying that, it's just... the possibility is just so slim..." Wei Bai hurriedly denied.

"Hmph! I'm not talking with you anymore! You don't even trust our daughter! She will definitely grow up to become someone exceptional, and maybe even have all sorts of sons of heaven crawling over each other to seek her hand in marriage!" An Xin hmphed as she turned away and folded her arms.

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*Shivers*

"What was that...? I didn't do any crazy sinful stuff... So why the hell did it feel like sins were crawling on my back...?" Hui Yan murmured to herself.

'I have a bad feeling, but I can't put my finger on it... I should really brush up on my efforts. Just because I am a baby doesn't mean I can be languid and slothful like I was before when I was younger. There's no telling when a ruthless being would come around slaughtering and not even spare babies...' I firmed my will as the ominous sign filled me with determination.

*Yawn~*

"But for now, let go back to sleep."

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"How is that even related? I absolutely trust our daughter, and I do hope that she will be talented, but the problem is that such things are ephemeral, just because you want it doesn't mean it will appear before you..... Look, I'm just saying, if you don't hold any hopes, at least you won't be disappointed.

At that point, if Yan'er does happen to be a supreme genius as you've mentioned, that it would be a happy surprise! But if not, then we won't be too disappointed and show Yan'er our upset expression, and not make Yan'er feel frustrated..." Wei Bai tried to persuade his wife.

"...I never thought about it that way, that Yan Yan might feel frustrated if I became disappointed that she wasn't a genius of some sort... I mean, it's just... Ever since she was born, she was a very kind, obedient, understanding, and curious little cute baby, she never woke us up in the middle of the night, nor did she give us any difficult troubles.

Even just recently, she suggested to let her use the toilet so she wouldn't soil her diapers and make it difficult for me to wash. And all was because she read all the dictionaries, where I only gave her direction for the first dictionary. She was just so amazing, I just couldn't help but hold high hopes for her...

Even with our extensive travels, I never heard of any baby just over a year old learning so fast and understanding so much. Have you?" An Xin expressed herself with an ashamed look.

"...No. Even those sons and daughters of heaven all began their learning of reading and writing at a maximum of 4 years of age. Any more below just hasn't been heard of. Even learning how to talk fluently takes about 2-3 years since they were born...

Yan Yan really does seem exceptional when you put it that way...She's already learned how to read, and she can speak fairly fluently. And yet she's only a year and a few weeks old... I guess not having high hopes can be a little difficult huh?" Wei Bai deeply considered out loud.

"Right? Well, I suppose what you've said also had some truth to it. Right now, there isn't any point to worrying about it. When Yan Yan reaches 10 years old, then we will know the results of Yan Yan's talent." An Xin muttered and shrugged her shoulders.

As the couple bantered while moving towards their courtyard, the subject of their talk was currently sleeping on the carpet, after exercising for quite some time.

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"Yan Yan, we're home~!" An Xin yelled out as she removed her boots and pulled the doors open.

"...Yan Yan?" An Xin worriedly called out as she looked into the living room.

She saw her daughter contentedly sleeping on a small stack of books, with another smaller stack of books lying to the side.

"Is Yan'er asleep?" Wei Bai chipped in as he popped his head into the living room.

"Sshhhh!" An Xin angrily shushed him with a finger pressed onto her mouth.

"Oh." Wei Bai softened his voice.

"Uhnnnmm...? Mr. Stranger...Is that you? You're not allowed to come in. I won't let youuuuuuu." I sleeptalked as I drowsily rubbed my eyes.

"U..fufufufufu! No, Yan Yan, it's mommy and daddy, we're back!" An Xin amusedly assured, humoured by her daughter's antics.

"Are you sure? Wait a bit, lemme see... Uhn, it's a bit early, but it is indeed evening time I suppose. But daddy's not allowed to come in...?" I sleepily looked towards the sun outside the window and confirmed.

"Eh?! Why?!" Wei Bai yelped, astonished at the disapproval of his daughter.

"...? Cause mommy said so?"

"Uhhh...?" Wei Bai sent his wife a questioning gaze.

"Ahh... Well, mommy's back now so you can leave it to me to not let anyone in." An Xin spoke as she averted her eyes away.

"...Okay then. ...Mommy, I'm feeling a little urge. Let's go to the toilet." I yawned as I said that.

"Okay, mommy will take you to the toilet now." Mom hurriedly and gently carried me away as she rushed to the toilet.

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'Whew. The wind blowing in my face really woke me just now. It's so nice. But this feeling of wind in my face, unless it's a windy day, I only get it when I get cycle to a decently fast speed... and today isn't windy... We've stopped outside the toilets and there isn't a single bit of wind blowing at all.

Man, Qi cultivators can run faster than a mountain bike. She's carrying me too, so I'm assuming this isn't her top speed either. Unless mom has really good control over her body, to not let the recoil shock of moving so fast reach me. Both are amazing in their own ways.'

"Okay then, we're here! To be honest, when you mentioned you wanted to use the toilet instead of diapers, I didn't think it would be so soon... after all, Yan Yan has to recognize the feeling of wanting to pee or poop, and then hold it in for a while.

The first part, I have no doubt Yan Yan will easily be able to do it, but the second part might take a little time." Mom mentioned as she pushed open the door and stepped in the 'toilet'.

'...This, is more like a latrine, isn't it?'

The 'toilet' was a small room with 4 wooden walls and a rather large, wooden, rectangular bucket filled with water was situated opposite the door. In the middle was a decent sized square-shaped hole, with a bad smell wafting from the hole.

The floor surrounding the hole looks like it was made from dry, paved, smooth stone that seemed rather greyish white, almost like concrete, but it doesn't look like it has any obvious cracks, nor is it smooth to the point like polished marble or gemstones.

'...The stonework in this world is really advanced. Even the floor for the 'toilet' is so smooth. Either the clan is just too fucking rich, or stonework is essentially worthless. The smell is worse than what am I used to, but not as bad as I thought.' I thought as I wrinkled my nose.

"Okay, I will remove your diaper and hold you above the hole. Be careful okay? Don't struggle. The hole was made so an average adult won't be able to fall in, no matter what, even if it was diagonally, but Yan Yan would definitely fall in so take care, okay?" Mom warned as she firmly fixed her hands to my armpits and squat down before the hole.

As she lowered me down nearer to the hole, I stretched my legs towards mom's knees and tried to crouch so I could get a better angle.

'Whew. It feels a little strange, and even somewhat awkward to consciously pee as a girl. I mean, even if I had sat down to pee before, I still had my 'barrel', you know? But for a girl, it's like having a sawed-off shotgun, difficult to have a targeted or concentrated stream... I recall reading about this from somewhere... that I can't seem to remember where...that it can get a 'little' messy for girls if they pee while standing up straight...

I just realised, the sawed-off analogy I used is a little... grim. Even if I don't have one anymore, I 'used' to have one, so the image is pretty gruesome. And definitely not a nice feeling.' I just let my thoughts go freely to free myself off of my mild anxiety.

"Yan Yan? Are you okay? Do you not want to pee anymore?" Mom worriedly asked.

"Oupp. Here it comes!" I yelped.

The pee started flowing out from my bladder, and a little started dribbling down my legs.

'Ouh. Having urine dribble down your leg is a little strange... I can't decide whether it's uncomfortable and not...'

"Mom, could you pull my body towards your knees so I can bend my knees better?" I politely asked.

"Uh, sure." She replied and did what I asked.

Thanks to the extra bending, the pee is not streaming out smoothly without at leaks or trickles down anywhere, though the earlier one was almost about to drip onto mom's dress.

"Oh. I'm done." I blankly sighed out.

'Well, the relief after peeing doesn't change even between genders. Makes sense.'

"Okay, hold on for a bit, mommy's going to clean up, okay?"

The moment she said that, the sound of water flowing was captured by my eardrums from in front of me.

*Fwoosh*

I looked up to see water freely flowing in the air like water-bending, and came over to gently wipe and caress my now smooth genitals. After that, the bubble of water moved away, taking away all of the wetness feeling I felt just, even the feeling of the drops of urine on my tender butt that was about to drop on mom's dress was completely gone.

The water then went down into the hole, imitating the flushing movement of a toilet.

"Wooaaaahh~! That was amazing! What was that? And where did the water go?" I excitedly asked and widened my eyes as if there were stars shining in them.

"That was a technique I used to manipulate water with my water Qi. If you have a water spiritual root when you grow up and reach 10 years old, you'll be able to do it just like mommy." Mom smilingly explained.

"Really? I want to be able to do it too! And then the water?" I excited shouted as I clenched my hands into fists.

"Water...? Oh, the water went into the hole there. We excrete our waste here, and the water is used to flush the waste into the holes at the bottom, where the waste will collect into a closed space outside here, so the bad smell will not come out.

If one cannot use water Qi like I did, they will usually bring along a few leaves that they have washed and clean themselves with it, then use the bucket in there to flush the waste away.

The waste collected in that space is used to fertilize the plants, as it makes the grow much better. A person would come over and open the door connected to the closed space and collect a few containers of the waste for fertilising." Mom got carried away with showing off her knowledge to her daughter.

"Wow, that's amazing, even waste has its uses." I pretended to marvel at the ingenuity of their 'reuse'.

'Well, I must say, this is not bad. Basically, they've built a septic tank of sorts, a mild form of manual plumbing, and also used the excrement as fertilisers. I guess they would also have some advancements after all.'

"Umhm! Yan Yan, this is also a good lesson to learn about, that there isn't anything that isn't useful, but we just do not know how it would be useful. Even waste can be useful, so why not anything else?" Mom smugly nodded as she lectured me.

"Un! Yan Yan will remember this!" I agreed.

"Good, then we will go back home, the toilet is still stinky after all."

"Un. I don't like stinky places."

"Yes, but it is necessary, otherwise, if we do not have a separate place to excrete or waste, then everywhere might become stinky."

"Mmm. It would be bad if everybody excretes their waste everywhere."

"...Yeah. You're right, Yan Yan." Mom paused for a long time before agreeing, almost speechlessly, while walking back to our courtyard.