4 The Shameless and Shameful in One

"Feng! Feng!" Lin was traversing the forest in search of his good friend, Feng.

However, he didn't dare venture deeper into the woods as they were forbidden to by their parents.

That was earlier, now, Lin was getting worried. It's been an hour since Feng hid.

"You win now! Feng!" Lin cried as he steeled himself to enter deeper.

He kept shouting and shouting. It was still morning, however, it didn't make Lin comfortable. He felt that there's something behind the trees, he couldn't tell what it was.

However, thinking that Feng might be in a scarier place, Lin clenched his fists and continued to shout.

"Feng! Feng!"

"Feng!.."

Meanwhile, the person in question was happily hopping while he ignored the loud voice inside his head.

[Trash! Trash! I hate you! I thought you know where the Stellar Altar in this area is! Why do you sound so confident! Dog! Amoeba! Amoeba of a dog of an amoeba of a dog! I hate you! I will kill you once I get to my body! I will come here with my real body and I will...]

When he became the owner of the Cosmic Overlord Manual, temporary that is, he now has control of Rumia's voice. After all, Rumia is the manual itself. Her parents placed her consciousness inside the book.

The spiritual sense of her parents alone can create chaos in Ruhuna that is why they made sure that Rumia's safe. If the scene was too traumatic for her, she can "close" her consciousness as if she's asleep.

Physical, mental, spiritual, or any kind of methods would not do anything to hurt Rumia. So even though she was placed there to grow, she was still protected.

They didn't know that their precious child had been cheated by a person who hadn't reach any foothold on cultivation.

If they knew this, one of them will surely have a heart attack.

"My dear, my love, my wife, Rumia, thank you very much for giving me an awesome book. Once I become the Cosmic Overlord, I will definitely make you my first wife, the others will only become second. The moment I got into this world, I receive this golden finger, this is surely Feng's great story and destiny."

[Shut up! Don't you dare call me dear, love, and especially, wife! And you think that made me feel better! Destiny my ass, you're not going to be a Cosmic Overlord! Arghhh!! I'm so angry I might explode!]

"..." Feng stopped with furrowed eyebrows.

[What? I'm not really going to explode, I'm-]

"Rumia, I'm going to mute you for a second."

Feng muted Rumia who was still confused about what's happening. He sharpened his hearing. He could hear a familiar voice from afar but he doesn't know where it was coming from or pinpoint whose voice specifically is it.

His eyes widened when he heard a louder shout. Even though he doesn't know who exactly is it, he knew that it was a call for help!

Immediately, he dashed forward to where he assumed the voice was coming from.

The more he runs, the louder the voice is.

"Lin!" he shouted back as he haggardly breathes from running. He is not a cultivator, he only had a child's body.

But he didn't slow down, finally, he jumped and entered the scene!

"Feng!"

Feng's eyes rolled to see a giant cat, like a panther but smaller was trying to bite and attack Lin.

Lin held a stick while the small panther-like cat was trying to bite through it. Either the stick was sturdy or the cat's jaw was weak.

Feng didn't question this as he took a giant rock while perspiring and "Ha!" he used it as a hammer to hit the busy cat.

Thud*

The rock solidly hit the cat's left eye before it cried.

"Cuar!!"

"Lin, if it comes back to attack, repeat what you did by using the stick to defend!"

"Yes!" Lin obediently prepared himself even though his legs were trembling from fright.

Just as he replied, the cat came back. It was faster than the average panther! Thankfully, Lin was ready and was at the First Stage of Body Refinement.

"Dumb cat!" Feng roared as he repeated what he did earlier by bashing the stone onto the cat's other eye.

The cat retreated, however, its movement was unstable as it has no idea where it was going, both of its eyes were crushed.

Not letting it escape, fearing that it might signal other more beasts, Feng rushed forward and strongly bashed the stone onto the cat's head.

It was not enough to kill it, however, it still fell onto the ground.

Seeing their success, Lin ran towards Feng before crying.

"Lin, why cry? We defeated it!"

As if Lin didn't hear Feng, he continued to cry while burying his head onto Feng's chest. Having no choice, Feng patted his friend's back.

'If only you're a girl...' he internally sighed then remembered the girl he muted.

[Finally, I can speak! How dare you mute me!?]

'Noisy as ever...'

[Noisy, me!? I'm only shouting because you muted me!]

Feng frowned, 'Did she hear my thoughts?'

[Heard it loud and clear, mister!]

'Oh, well, this is convenient. We can flirt anytime anywhere.'

[F-flirt? Who would flirt with such trash like you!?]

'Heh... do you not see this friend of mine. If he's a she, I might have a girlfriend right now. You're lucky, Rumia.'

[Ugh... I'm speechless at your shamelessness.]

When Lin settled down, Feng led the way out. After a few minutes, they came out after encountering some harmless animals. It seemed that they were that deep into the woods at all.

"We're finally back!" Feng raised his hands. Looking at them, he saw that they were trembling. There was an electrifying feeling inside his chest and even though he should've exhausted his energy, Feng felt energetic as ever.

'Is this the feeling of victory? Of success? I love it!'

[Maniac...]

While Feng embraced his win over the random beast, his mother who was searching for them finally spotted them. Seeing that there was some blood splattered on Feng's dirty clothes, his mother shrieked and furiously ran towards him.

"What happened!? Are you injured!? Did anyone hurt you!?"

"Ah... ahaha, I'm fine." Feng shrugged but seeing the anxiety on his mother's face, he was filled with guilt.

"Really!? Let me look, where did the blood come from?"

Lin then stepped forward and told the story...

"Then Feng hit the cat with the rock one last time. He was so cool! Then, after that, he led us out then here we are!"

"..."

The eyes of Feng's mother eerily gaze at him that he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.

"You and I are going to have a long talk!"

But before his mother took him, she crouched towards Lin and her terrifying face turned into an angelic one.

"I'm sorry for what Feng brought you, okay? I will properly discipline him."

Lin furiously shook his head.

"No, please, auntie, it's not Feng's fault! It's because I want to play hide and seek! Feng is the only friend I have so please don't kill him!"

[No! Kill him! Kill him! Kill the waste! Kill the waste!]

'Rumia, I'm going to mute you...' Feng's eyes half-closed, 'Also, what is Lin saying? I was the one who told that we should play hide and seek.'

"I'm not going to kill him." Feng's mother laughed, "Just beat him up."

'Huh!?' Feng shuddered.

"Okay." Lin nodded.

'Don't agree!'

[Heh...]

'Shut up!'

After Lin went back home, Feng's mother bathed him near the well.

[Oh my god! Hahahaha! I know you look like a kid but I didn't know you're actually a kid! Look at that little weewee~~~!]

Rumia didn't let this chance of mocking Feng escape. Her laughter was echoing in Feng's mind. Meanwhile, Feng was filled with shame as he tries to cover his little weewee.

'Hmph... hmph! I'm still eight years of age, once I pass through puberty, you will see how big this will become! Not only will you see, but you will also get a taste of it!'

[Ah! That's sexual harassment! Pervert! Once I go back to my real body, I will go to the place farthest from you!]

'Not if I get to your body first!'

[...C-creepy! Stop it! I hate you!]

Feng inwardly laughed while hiding his shame and his little weewee.

Seeing the changes in Feng's expressions, his mother got a worried expression. After that, he got an earful of his mother's lecture about not going back to the forest. Feng's mother, Fei didn't stop shouting at him and telling him the consequences of his actions. That was until fatigue finally covered Feng and made him fall asleep.

He, of course, got spanked by his father, Boqin, when he learned about it in the morning, Feng ate breakfast while standing with a sore ass. While he eats, he could hear Rumia's obnoxiously loud laugh.

He went to play with Lin first, now, under Fei's supervision. After that, he was ordered by Boqin to cultivate. But instead of cultivating, he tried to open the Cosmic Overlord Manual in his mind.

As if he had memorized everything, he recalled and began to read it. Rumia shook her head, knowing that Feng will get nowhere from that.

As she expected, Feng has no idea what he read. It was too profound to understand and there are a lot of things he needed context to understand.

Rumia felt hopeless, daydreaming about when will be the time she gets back at the Stellar Altar and goes back home.

But without her knowledge, Feng was beginning to crack the meaning little by little.

The days repeated. Feng wakes up, eats, plays with Lin, "plays" with Rumia with her fuming in anger at the end, tries to understand the manual, gets knowledge from Rumia, and then sleeps.

The cycle repeated until he reached the age of nine. He is now eligible to go through the Cultivator's Trial and Observation.

He had yet to enter the First Stage of Body Refinement Realm, however, it was his potential and talents will be tested in this event.