I looked at my father with cold eyes. Normally, I wouldn't bother much over a simple mortal if I hadn't been reduced to a mere child. I've killed so many in my past life, it would've been impossible to reach the apex of the cultivation journey otherwise. Those who managed to advance without splitting other people in half would normally reach obstacles ahead in the cultivation journey. They were either stuck at the same level, slaughtered by other deadly warriors or died in the desperate attempt of trying to advance. All in all the cultivation journey was ruthless and the only way to get past it was by overcoming obstacles which would normally lead to bloody wars or battles to the death.
I've experienced all that so why am I so concerned that my weakling of a father was beaten half to death by someone stronger. I've seen it all my life, well previously anyway. I guess it was the fact that I never had loving parents who would risk something for my sake. I had parents who only cared about fame and recognition growing up as a duke's son, I was just born for show, cultivated for reputation and didn't even grow up without my parents telling me that everything I did was wrong. To them I was just a toy who would grow as a cultivator and eventually marry a woman from another wealthy family.
It was so irritating that I ran away and cultivated under a cheap old wizard who groomed me with martial arts and cultivation techniques. As for my parents, they just told everyone that I went away to become strong enough to take the place of the head of the sect leader and the duke. I eventually did grow stronger and killed them in the end. I left nothing of their remains and stole the power inside their dantians. Ahh what a pleasant site that was. But now I'm here sulking in the rain because the first parent that ever loved me was thrashed to the ground. why can't I ever have a normal life even after reincarnation.
My mother came back from the local market with some food stuffs in her arm. They didn't stay in that position for too long since they were already on the ground getting drenched by the rain, but my mother didn't care she rushed over to my father in tears shouting and pleading for anyone to help but nobody gave a damn. Even those that heard just closed their doors and windows shut. Some spat at the sight of us and some even threw stones at us. Why? What did my parents ever did to deserve all this I do not know but I'm very sure to kill the bastard to who had done this to my father.
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My mother eventually carried my father inside and I walked behind them thinking of different ways to behead every member of the royal bloodline that my parents worked day and night to serve and please. My mother carried my father into there bedroom and shut the door saying everything would be ok when it was definitely only going to get worse. I went to my room but not to do my usual schedule of eating and sleeping, but I started reading all the books about cultivation and history. I needed to know how much exactly had changed these past millennia.
Early that morning I woke up early decided to sneak around the mansion I managed to grasp most of the layout of our mansion and before I knew it I was onto the court yard.
I walked as sly as a fox in the different gardens that surrounded the court yard passing every guard I saw without alerting any of their senses. Even after reincarnation, I'm still as sneaky as ever not that there's much need now the guards are sound asleep. They're weak and don't normally have any reason to be alert since there are no attacks that would scare them or that they would be of any use. Even the previous attack was stopped by one of the members of the royal family. They are just here to scare away the poor who could stupidly dream of stealing from the mansion. I keep sneaking around till I eventually climb up a window which supposedly lead to the kitchen. It alone was bigger than I and my parents rooms combined. I lay my eyes on a loaf of bread and leftover wine and started feasting on it like a hungry lion who finally found a suitable pray after weeks of hunger.
Since my father was a guard we were given food in rations depending on how much work the guard is able to do and how well he does his tasks. My father was very hard working but he alone was not always enough to provide suitable meals.It was even recently that I realized that the mansion we lived in also squatted tens of other guards and their families, which would explain why there were so many footsteps and weird noises at night. Just the taste of the bread and the wine made my eyes lit up. it's been very long since I've eaten anything this good. The bread was not hard and stale like the one we normally ate. It was full, smooth with very nice texture and extremely creamy. The wine was in a whole other league as I had never tasted anything as sweet as it in my current life. Just a sip made me feel like swallowing the cup. Something about it made me feel energized. I was no longer tired and I even moved faster. I eventually landed in the main hall and my eyes grew in shock. it seemed as big as our entire mansion and it had a huge portrait of the king and his family. They seemed like giants as I gazed up at them in fear that their hands would stick out and squash me. it was meant to look like that, to show others that they are nothing compared to them.
I kept sneaking around, passing the remaining guards at the hall way looking for a way out of that huge mansion. As I was about to sneak out a window, I was grabbed by the collar and in my most feared moments I turned and let out a heavy sigh to see it was Alexander."You stupid child" he said knocking my head with his hard fists and jumping out the window. it was only then that I realized how high the building really was. I would have broken all my bones jumping from that height but Alexander landed like a cat on his two feet in a graceful manner. He let me go and gave me an extremely dirty look . " Don't look at me like that". I said like a child who had just been caught doing something wrong, well I was anyway.