Ginseng and Chicken Soup

[Somewhere else]

In the rear mountain of the Xiao Clan, there was a cemetery, Xiao Lie stood in front of a gravestone, precisely his son Xia Ying's grave

Xiao Lie: …Ying'er, I know that ever since childhood, you dreamed of fulfilling your ancestor's hopes and returning to the Xiao Sect. To shake off this abandoned blood of ours. Now, this opportunity has finally arrived, it's just… a entire sixteen years too late.

Xiao Lie's eyes were getting misty, but that didn't stopped him to talk.

Xiao Lie: I know, even though so many years have passed, that you still have many concerns… Che'er's profound veins have been deformed since his childhood… This is also fine. Even though he's destined to be mediocre all his life, but without action, there won't be struggle and hatred.

Now, Che'er is already married. I hope from now on he can always live on peacefully… Even though he's not your real child, he is still the one that you two spent your lives, and the life of your child, to protect. I will also protect his peace to the best of my ability…

*Snap*

A small sound of a broken twig entered his ears and twisted his head around.

Xiao Lie: Who?

From behind a thick and solid tree, Xiao Yulong's figure appeared. Then he bowed down and greeted Xiao Lie like a proper junior.

Xiao Yulong: Yulong greets Fifth Elder… I did not think that Fifth Elder would even be here? Did Yulong disturb Fifth Elder?

Xiao Lie's eyes narrowed and said.

Xiao Lie: Yulong, what are you doing here?

Xiao Yulong: Xiao Sect's emissaries will arrive tomorrow. Father believes that this is a large event that will change the Xiao Clan's fate, and believed that he should inform his grandfather. So he had me come… To accidentally disturb the Fifth Elder, Yulong made a mistake.

Xiao Lie: Then did you hear what I just said?

Xiao Yulong started to sweat cold due to the pressure that Xiao Lie, a peak Spirit Profound Realm cultivator, emitted, and quickly lied.

Xiao Yulong: Yulong also just arrived. If Fifth Elder hadn't just then spoke, I wouldn't have discovered Fifth Elder. I definitely didn't hear Fifth Elder say anything… If Fifth Elder does not wish to be disturbed, Yulong will immediately leave!

Xiao Lie's expression softened and told him.

Xiao Lie: Forget it, it's nothing. The Xiao Sect emissary will arrive tomorrow. You are the most likely to be selected. When that time comes, you will be reviving our blood's greatest wish.

Xiao Yulong: Fifth Elder's words are heavy. Yulong doesn't deserve them.

Xiao Lie nodded and left the place, leaving Xiao Yulong alone. He put an hand on his chin and frowned, before muttering.

Xiao Yulong: Don't tell me… if this is true, this would be really interesting…

[Jean's courtyard]

2 days passed and now it was the night of the third day, Jean was doing the same thing that he did before to Xia Qingyue, all the 54 needles reached her back and he took them out, like before, he was dead tired.

In these two days, his watch gave him 2 more powers.

"X-Axis: Ability: You can use your own fingers to "Shoot" energy that pierces anything between yourself and the target with a perfect precision, if you open both of your eyes you will turn intangible too.

Effects: Due to the stressing nature of the ability, you are able to keep both of your eyes open only for a short time, before a cooldown will be applied depending on the time both of the eyes were open, so you will stay with a single eye open the entire time until you need both of them."

And…

"Yourself (type 1): Ability: You can copy anyone you see, being the exact copy of the other person, and you will gain their powers and techniques too, it is suggested using this when the target is at his prime, otherwise it will cause them to easily beat you just by increasing their strength.

Effect: It is a perfect disguise, and you are unable to use this repeatedly, you need a cooldown of a dozen of minutes before you can transform back, but the transformation itself lasts until midnight."

It was a bit awkward explaining why he needed to hold a closed eye the entire time, saying that something entered inside it, but it didn't become a problem with Xia Qingyue's situation.

After that, he tried to copy Xia Qingyue when she wasn't looking, and felt her power already being at the 10th True Profound Realm, surprising himself.

Then he quickly transformed back on his normal body and stopped thinking about it, while he was transformed, he felt that he still possess the Sky Poison Pearl, and all of Xia Qingyue's techniques, but he kept quiet about it.

Currently, his power is…

"Yourself (type 2): Ability: You can copy anyone you see, being the exact copy of the other person, and you will gain their memories and personalities, allowing you to impersonate your target without flaws, perfect for infiltration and memory searching.

Effect: It is a perfect disguise, and you are unable to use this repeatedly, you need a cooldown of a dozen of minutes before you can transform back, but the transformation itself lasts until midnight."

However, he decided to not use it because it was a bit useless and didn't want to pry on Xia Qingyue's memories, he would have thought about using it on the red haired girl, but he already forgot about her.

His watch was fantastic, it gave him powers that could easily break the balance of the world, and it made him excited for the rest of the alphabet.

When he opened the map, he saw a map of places he already visited and the places that he knew already, when he took a map from his shelves, he found out that his watch can absorb it to expand, which he consented, now his watch showed a bigger place.

When he opened the Achievements, it showed him only the ones he accomplished: Beginner, Cockroach and Record of the Cheaters.

Then it was Calendar, which showed him a normal google calendar, but without random pop-ups and with letters beside the day numbers.

Settings showed him a background settings, sound settings, and nothing else.

And the Clock just took him back to the digital clock screen. But the most shocking thing was that his pendant was still on him, when he checked his memories he noticed that Yun Che and "Xiao" Che has the same pendant, and thought that it was the reason that he got reincarnated.

Right now he pushed himself in the bed and said.

Jean: Whew, that was tiring…

Xia Qingyue put back the clothes on her back and asked with curiosity.

Xia Qingyue: Why… Why are you putting so much effort on this?

Jean: Heh… Even if the love between us is almost non-existent, we are still husband and wife… 'Besides, I can't make her get the items I wanted without making her feel bad, if thanks to this she will gain her Mistress' attention, then she will be able to get those three things…'

After speaking, he put himself comfortable and said.

Jean: Come here, we will turn to sleep, you need to rest too…

Xia Qingyue: ...Alright.

Since the first time they slept together Xia Qingyue was unable to detect any desire coming from Jean towards her, she had an half-idea that he was gay, but later she found out the reason why he wasn't that interested in her.

He is aiming for power, to surpass the Heaven.

It wasn't becoming a Throne, or a Sovereign… He didn't even mean to be a Profound God, unknowingly to her… He wanted absolute power, she still had too many doubts for her to think that he could do it, but she ignored those thoughts.

The important thing was that Jean looked at her as a friend, not a piece of meat or a rare treasure, and in her opinion that was worth some good points on her opinion for him, so she was able to relax when she slept on the same bed with him.

Like the other times, he left his watch on the table and Xia Qingyue sneaked some glances at it.

[3:47]

[28/9/1994]

[Y: "Yourself" (Type 2)]

She didn't understand what those last words meant, when she asked Jean about the watch, he just replied that it was an item that let him see the time and the date of a precise moment, but he never said anything about the third line, making her think that his power on lightning and the watch are somehow connected.

But she didn't put her nose on that subject anymore for respect and stopped asking about it.

When it was morning, Jean woke up with a tired body and didn't seen Xia Qingyue anywhere, then he murmured.

Jean: I need to be careful, that is getting too dangerous for me to continue, but it will be worth…

He dressed up and left from the bedroom, but when he opened the doors, the first thing that came was a good smell from his kitchen, he turned his head and walked towards it.

When he reached the kitchen, he found a soup on the table, he sat before it and smelled it with a smile, he could finally do it without any problem…

Jean: Ginseng and Chicken soup… Hohoho.

Then he started to eat it, with every spoon he felt revitalized and a delicious taste was felt over his tongue.

At that moment, Xiao Lingxi entered the room dressed in yellow, when she saw the dish in front of Jean, she asked in surprise.

Xiao Lingxi: Chicken soup? It smells delicious! And it seems to have the smell of ginseng. Little Che, who made this chicken soup for you? Hee hee, and you didn't tell me, sneakily eating here by yourself!

Her words stopped Jean's movements and turned around in shock.

Jean: You didn't do it?

Xiao Lingxi: Of course not! Who else in this Xiao Clan would make chicken soup for you besides me? Hmm… It can only be your wife, Qingyue! It seems that the relationship between you two as husband and wife is fairly good.

Jean froze and looked back at the chicken soup, before a sweet smile came on his face.

Jean: I understand… Heh.

Xiao Lingxi: Oh right! I came here to tell you that the Xiao Sect people will arrive in the afternoon. Right now, the entire Xiao Clan is preparing for it. When the time comes, you have to be a bit careful. You must not carelessly offend the Xiao Sect people.

Jean: Yes, yes, I'll not do that… 'Besides, my current power isn't made for fighting like the previous "Yourself".'

Xiao Lingxi: Alright. Then I'll go to daddy first to help. It'd be good if you joined us after you finish eating the chicken soup.

Then she turned around and left the room as Jean ate the soup with a smile on his face.