It had been six months since Verserys's soul wisp occupied this body. Since he had occupied it well before the three month period, he didn't had the guilt of killing the baby which he was funnily proud of.
It had taken him quiet a long time to find a suitable family. The family shouldn't be high up in the status ladder, as he had no mood to get himself involve in internal politics. Similarly it shouldn't be so low that he had to start everything from scratch.
Next was, location and situation. The family shouldn't have some extremely strong cultivator residing over.. He didn't want to take a risk of exposing his activity, but at the same time it shouldn't be so weak, that it couldn't even protect its family. After a year of searching he shortlisted six families. A cultivation family which was declining, a royal family of a small kingdom, a scholar family, a mercenary family, a family of Officials and finally a merchant family.
So after much observing and brooding he decided on the merchant family. He didn't want to get himself involved in cultivation world too soon, so off went the Cultivation Family. Similarly the royal family would definitely have enemies like other kingdoms. He himself managed to find two b y just observing the spies and traitors. They didn't even leave the harem!
The scholar family was too studious and serious. All the children were expected to study and join The Academy or the Ministry. The mercenary family lived on the edge of the blade, while Official family would definitely have to follow numerous rules and such. And he won't bow his head to anyone. So to not offend the Emperor and get his head cut, he would prefer to stay away from it.
So it was finally the Merchant Family. They were rich, they were strong, they had no inside politics, and they had status. Plus having an already established business line would be much more beneficial to his future plans.
Since past six months he had been slowly modifying the body, to suit his needs. Whether it was the skeletons or the meridians, the body would definitely rank among top talents with its current condition. Above all, he had been slowly purifying and changing the blood. The low level blood was now almost reaching the ranks of Divine Grade Bloodlines.
But the most important task which he had been busy doing was... Sleep. The body was so weak, that every few hours he had to go back and sleep, which was turning out to be a rather unique experience. Last time he had slept was probably several million years ago.
But the worst part was...he hadn't entered that organ, yet he was going to leave from it. Will this be considered sex?
'Would I be called a pervert?' he questioned.
At the same time he repeatedly apologized to Aphrodite. It wasn't his intention to remotely do so... But nine months of doing nothing did take a toll on you. He couldn't meditate because the body was too weak to handle it, he couldn't absorb any form energy without destroying the newly form meridians... All he could do was listen to his 'new' mother gossiping with her maid.
Now he knew all about the kingdom's most beautiful women, the lady next door who had married seven times, the Prime Prostitute of the Red Flower who was going to auction her virginity, the child of so and so who was joining a so and so sect, the love affairs of almost all the nobles of standing.
But he did get some precious information. Trade Routes, Trade Embargoes, Trade Alliance, Sect movements, finding of a new ruin and what not. These unexpected tid bit of information seemed inconsequential when looked at. But when they were attached to other news and rumours, you could at least have a grasp of everything on a larger scale.
Regarding the family he did learn many more things. His mom Lady Venessa belonged to the Paras family. Paras family was a well known merchant family who traded in slaves and livestock. From what he had heard, they also seemed to have connections with few sects and regularly dealt with blood and resources. The marriage between his father and mother was both a love as well as political marriage.
Talking about his father, he had never seen him. The person was busy leading the Ships to Snow Kingdom. His father's family, the Caresean family was a trading family started by his great grandfather. Born to a mortal, his great grandfather participated in the Great Gold Rush few decades ago. He didn't manage to find any gold, but using his connections made there he started a tavern and an exchange store. By the time, other copied he was already well off and soon founded the Caresean Trading Company and hired many people who he manged to befriend there. They started by transporting goods from one city to another and slowly branched off to buying local specials and selling it to other cities. Next came trading with metals and minerals and finally moving to Salt. In between the family also traded arms and ammunition after striking an agreement with the local military. So the family held quite a bit of might inside the kingdom.
In terms of cultivation, his mom and dad were Golden Core Realm expert, while his grandfather a Purple Sea Expert. Not great, but they stood on the Upper Echelons of the Kingdom.
This all pleased him to no end. Having a string family would be great during his early days. Once his power is established he could soon start the Control part of his plan.