"This feels odd"
Xiao spoke surrounded by a sea of flame, he was in the training room allocated to the Yun family members and he was chilling or to be exact roasting in the flame tempering room but right now it wasn't that effective to Xiao, with his cultivation this was more of a breeze and you didn't even need to add his true flame resistance, basically, the fire didn't make him feel a thing.
Slashing that, by now it's being 3 months since Xiao has returned, nothing major took place, Xiao had spent the rest of the time in peace and tranquility, he would enjoyed his time playing with Xuanyin, since his cultivation reached this high, he stopped proceeding at it for, he was scared that perhaps he would break through and be forced to ascend.
Due to this he had a lot more free time on his hand, hence he would spend his time with Xunayin, making her happy all the time, Xiao was trying his best to make up for the mistake he made in the past and he truly enjoyed each moment he spends with Xunayin, somehow it was healing on the soul, making fun of Xuanyin and seeing her 'reactions' became the new fun for him.
The other thing he had to deal with was Yunbai, that crazy bastard was a handful to deal with, his lack of common sense and fear was the perfect recipe for a shit show, wherever he went he kept causing problems, thankfully the lower heaven wasn't that advances on technology making it so that Yunbai's face wasn't known to anyone.
But there was still the problem of Xiao's 'servant' going out of line, and this caused a lot of headaches for him, thankfully Yunbai was teachable, Xiao spent a notable time of his teaching the kid about the truth of the world, he was already smart and ruthless, what he had lacked was the touch of reality, Xiao made sure to drill all of this in Yunba's head.
Another good thing was the fact that Xiao got much closer to Yunbai, by now he sees Xiao as an older brother to himself.....even though he was older than Yunbai, Xiao didn't reject it as he warmly treated Yunbai, he never planned to use him as a piece but as a true family, that's also the main reason Xiao was able to get close to Yunbai as he could tell that Xiao's care for him was true.
This didn't rise out of anywhere but after the two months they spent together this bond had naturally formed, Yunbai walked the path of slaughter, and as one that walked that path, Xiao could understand the pain and suffering he would go through in the future if he was not careful Yunbai would fall into madness and would just become a human puppet of slaughter.
Along with common sense, Xiao gave Yunbai tips and truly helped him understand himself better, in such a manner a unique brotherhood had formed between the two, even with all the terrible things Yunbai had gone through, he still has a small heart yearning for family and Xiao knowing the loss of family sympathized with him.
With time both of them naturally came close to each other, Xiao once again felt the nostalgia of the past, when he started his mercenary group, back then he went after the truly crazy ones, wanting only the best for himself, in such a manner he had his hand filled with crazy dudes, a lot of the time he had to spend time with them making the right choices for them
The situation again once reminded Xiao of it, hence they soon became closer, the other thing that had a big change was that Yurou woke up! the instant her eyes had opened Xiao knew of it, the enlightenment was longer than he thought but that just meant that her gains were of such a high level, the moment she woke up the two of them talked.
Yurou knowing that he was fine sighed in relief but she pouted at the fact that she was far from him, she made a scene that she wants to return to him but it would seem that her mother didn't agree to it, only when she was of sufficient strength could she move out of for her adventure, and speaking of her mother.
It would seem that a storm had filled the Fire shrine, and Yurou's appearance shook it whole, She informed Xiao that even the god of flames had descended down taking her as the divine one next disciple, this again shook the fourth heaven, the news of Yurou spread far wide, though none of it mattered to Yurou, in her words she just wanted to be with him.
Sadly that was not possible at the moment but the only good thing was that with their martial heart connected they still felt close to each other, even though they were separated by dimensions. One must never look down on the connection formed between Xiao and Yurou, it was something that even couples that lived together for thousands of years couldn't form.
The ability to feel close no matter where is something that the heavens awarded to the lovers that had their hearts connected by feelings beyond the common sense, the only reason that it was capable for Yurou and Xiao was because of the love that had passed through the barriers of time and space.
A love so deep, so strong that the heavens had to bend down to it, feelings that should have been buried under the rubble of forgotten were brought forth by the combination of luck, determination, and fate, this gave birth to the first defiance of fate, a change that would snowball into something that would change the river of time.
Leaving all this aside Xiao learned about the truth of Yurou's birth, it would seem that Yurou's mother had once fallen down into the fourth heaven, broken and useless, back then she met Yurou's father who unhesitantly raped her, and from that Yurou was born, back then she couldn't take Yurou with her and she didn't want to kill Yurou's father as she had left Yurou with him.
It took a long while for Yurou's mother to regain her power, hence she acted obediently as she stayed with Yurou's father but now things were different, as much as she loathed Yurou's father she couldn't kill him back then, she wanted him to look after Yurou, just until she had gained her standing and now after all this he had died.
After Xiao heard about it he was dumbfounded, hey at least he died fucking a phoenix, perhaps that could be the major merit in his life.
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Xiao spent a large amount of time talking and chatting with Yurou, the fact that they couldn't meet really bumped her, hence she was making the best out of it by talking to him, from what Xiao understood Yurou had gained a very high position in the shrine of fire, right now she's being thought by the best of the best.
Everything relating to cultivation, growth, skills, martial techniques, everything was being drilled into her, thankfully she doesn't need a cultivation technique like the ones required to grow her flames as the ones she requires were passed onto her by Empress Amber, after all, unlike humans, the phoenixes grow by cultivating their flame.
Everyday Yurou 'called' him and she would speak to him about how everything is hard and how she was missing him, and each time he would have to use loving to placate her temper, being apart just seemed to make them want to see each other more, though Xiao was a bit worried about what's going to come, in his first life Yurou didn't receive this much care and attention.
Sure she was talented but it wasn't to the degree that the God Of Flames had to descend, it would seem that his actions had changed the future to a great deal but he didn't care he was happy that Yurou's more talented, as long as she gains something, he didn't mind messing up the world a bit.
The other thing that gained a huge change was Li Lun, For the past three months he kept visiting her, making both of them much more closer, Xiao can't say he loves her but he sure does care about her, in fact, the one that had the most change would be Li Lun, by now she was no longer dull or muddy, she seems to have overcome some sort of barrier as she tries her best to grow stronger.
Her character change completely surprised him but it made him happy nonetheless, her growth in archery could only be described as surreal, each of her shots was no brilliant and insightful, even when seated in her wheelchair she fought with bravo, heck she even invented a type of fighting style involving using her wheelchair.
Creating a bizarre use of her wheelchair movement to cause chaos, Xiao could only say that it was astonishing, at her own level of cultivation she could give anyone a hard battle, her change had surprised the entire Li family mansion, and now no longer does anyone try to look down on her, not after she arrowed all that did, some extreme cases ending with an arrow up their butt.
By now she had placed her supremacy, her use of archery plus her unique style gained her the name 'Blind wheeling Archer', Xiao was truly proud of her change though he didn't know why the change took place, he was still happy about the fact that Li Lun was growing, perhaps by now, he had repaid a small part of the favor he owns her.
Other than all this Xiao spent his time growing better, he still had the lacking side of soul, mental and spiritual power left, without a teacher it's hard for him to move forward but he did make some leeway with each, it wasn't anything mind-blowing but he did learn to use some of them to complement his fighting style.
At times he would help his mother with her business, introducing new ideas and ventures, several ideas he had from Ingrid were truly interesting making Yun Lan squeal with delight as she dragged Xiao with her, both of them providing the other with better and clearer ideas, overall it was a truly relaxing yet busy time for Xiao.
But the thing that made him most intrigued was the two flames whose power he couldn't fully wield, of course even without getting full control of the two flames it was more than enough to make any other flame pale in comparison, it would seem that he would have to reach higher levels of cultivation to gain more power.
Plus several rare flames were needed for Xiao to move forward in his cultivation journey, at some point taking in Qi won't be enough, by now his Qi was already converted into fire Qi, by the laws of cultivation everyone would begin with the neutral low-level Qi and once someone made it to the Martial Spirit realm their Qi would adapt to their affinity.
Of course one could still absorb neutral Qi but then you would have to convert it into pure Qi relating to your affinity, a person could only have a single elemental matching Qi but as always there would be geniuses that break that common sense and now Xiao too fell into that category, his unique Cosmic sword Qi is something Xiao has no idea about.
He tried using it but the moment he did, he felt like his life was going to end, that power was not something that he could wield, his Death Qi was normal after all the ones with two affinities are indeed capable of using different Qi's, though that would again depend on their affinity, focusing on his body Xiao took deep breaths,
"Both of you come out"
As soon as he spoke, two beautiful and sparkling flames appeared out of his body, one elegant and classy shining with purple, while the other one deadly and dark, floating with soul-sucking black color, as soon as the two of them appeared they blasted forth with their majestic aura, seemingly trying to out due each other.
Seeing this Xiao sighed, he knew that they had their own built consciousness, which was astounding to say the least, as flames themselves require to reach an unfathomable level of power before true consciousness could be formed, that's the main reason that the flamings take extreme care of their children before they let go.
But the problem here was that the two flames only had a minor level of growth, both of them seemed to have the thought process of 4 years old's, throwing tantrums and making fights, yet even then they have extreme majesty, Xiao was sure that once they were fully sealed, their power would be being his imagination.
Plus another 9 flames were waiting to awaken, he couldn't wait to wield and learn about them all, by now he knew some of the functions that the two flames beside him had and just the tip of the ice burg was more than enough to astound him, they weren't just tools of battle, each one of them had their own use above just carnage,
"Two of you calm down, don't destroy this fiery domain, the poor flames here can't handle your wrath"
Hearing Xiao speak the two flames stopped their show as they reeled in their auras, Xiao could mentally hear them both snort, the two flames couldn't speak but they could transmit their feeling to him and from what he understood the black flame would be the hardest to deal with, it had the personality of a child rebel.
While the purple flame felt more like the obedient child, one that was always trying to win your favor, the good thing was that even though both of them were a bit rowdy they still listened to his words, in their minds his orders were absolute, thinking of the rest of the flames left Xiao for a moment lamented his fate,
'Sigh.....at least the future won't be boring'
"Okay, you two can fight to your heart's content in my Flamescape, until then act nice, okay?"
Xiao said as he looked at the two flames at his side, hearing his words the two of the cooled down but then a certain questing feeling was sent towards Xiao by both the flames, feeling the question Xiao smiled as he responded to their burning query,
"Wait a bit longer, both your names should be special I can't make a mistake"
Hearing Xiao's words both of the flames calmed down but he still felt their impatience through their connection, a month ago both the flames had asked for Xiao to name them, and Xiao agreed to it but he still hasn't fixated on a name yet, names are a symbol of power, hence Xiao could not make a mistake.
Moreover, all the flames would be accompanying Xiao throughout his life, till the end of his life they would be with him, hence he wanted to give them the best name possible, after all in the future their name would definitely fill all the heavens and he wanted to make sure that in the future they wouldn't feel any embarrassment about their names.
Xiao was treating them as family, no they were family to him, quenching his curiosity about the two Xiao sat back in the flames, his eyes closed as the two flames beside him burned calmly, currently, Xiao was trying to gain touch with his bloodline, from what he had gathered he understood one thing and that was that the affinity to death was needed for his bloodline to work!.
This thought sent a chill down his spine, the reason being simple in his first life he didn't have an affinity with death but in this life, he does, and coincidentally in this same life, he awakened his bloodline that has the prerequisite of possessing the death affinity, what were the chances that this was just pure fate?.
No Xiao doesn't believe that this was pure chance, he felt like some invisible being was guiding his life and he had no complaints, why should he? he's given power like no other, this was much better than wasting his life away and if this 'being' that chose him as some motive he will deal with it then, it was pointless worrying about the things that were out of his control,
"Start"
Xiao slowly muttered, hearing it the black flame lit up as it started to greedily suck the fire Qi in the surrounding, slowly the world seemed to turn dark, as the black flame grew in height, it floated above Xiao as the fire Qi that surrounded him started to dry out, soon when it looked like the flames were about to die out it stopped.
Peace returned as the dark flame returned to its normal size, a few seconds later it floated towards Xiao, and soon black tendril flames started to rise out of the black flame as the tendrils started to move around Xiao's body, like a leech it stuck to him passing through each and every inch of his body, the scene looked extremely creepy, he looked like an evil emperor that was being consumed, it looked ominous.
But the situation was the opposite for Xiao who was in a sea of pleasure, he felt his body receive a special message, it felt as if each of his cells were being awakened, he felt relaxed, his mind basking in a beautiful bath but sadly it didn't last for long as it soon disappeared, Xiao, let out a sigh,
"Man, I wish that lasted longer"
Hearing his words the black flame by his side started to sizzle seemingly protesting, throwing a tantrum, Xiao chuckled at this display as he patted the black flame,
"I'm sorry I know that you are doing your best and thanks you helped me a lot today"
After Xiao finished speaking the black flame once again lit up and moved a bit away from Xiao, acting as if the praise was nothing but Xiao could tell through his connection that the black flame was dancing with joy, it was then that he felt the emotions of the purple flame that seemed to be pouting, as it floated a bit far away.
Finding it cute Xiao shook his head, while the purple one acted all glorious and graceful, it was the one that wanted to be spoiled the most, momentarily pushing his thoughts he called out,
"All-Seer"
Soon a panel appeared in front of Xiao,
===Status===
Name: Yun Xiao
-->Affinity:
[Fire]#$-Reached Perfect Origin
[Death]-9%
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Seeing his abysmal affinity to death Xiao sighed, after contracting with All-Seer Xiao was capable of seeing his own affinity level but the main reason that he's focused on it is that he could increase his affinity! no, it is more appropriate to say that the black flame could increase his affinity to death! a very powerful function.
Xiao does not doubt that if the news was leaked he would be hunted down just to get this flame, in the four heavens there did exist treasure to increase affinities but a flame that kept increasing your affinity? yeah, now that was something that would be desired by anybody, especially if it got out that it can increase death affinity.
Xiao has no idea how it works but it would seem that the black flame could absorb the fire particle converting them into pure primordial Death Qi, using this it would enhance his affinity to the death element, a truly bizarre way but Xiao wasn't complaining this was a god-given gift and he wasn't willing to waste it.
At the start Xiao was not willing to walk the path related to death but by now he has to walk it, from what All-Seer had said to him, he would need to increase his affinity to death, that is if he wanted to unlock the full potential of his bloodline, Xiao at first wasn't willing to take such a risk but after he knew about the function of the black flame he hardened his heart to walk this path.
The reason Xiao at first didn't want to walk the path of death wasn't just because of the power of the Death Shrine but also because it would have been impossible to find resources for his death Qi, everything was monopolized by the death clan but no one had any problem with it since they were the only being capable of wielding death.
But now he came into the equation, how was he to get his hands on the resources he need? all this was a huge problem but now none of it mattered, with the black flame he would be able to move forward in the path of death, after all, there are still some more functions the black flame has and he will definitely use them all.
But he would be walking on eggshells once he started it, he shouldn't ever show it outside and if he ever did, he should make sure that no evidence is left behind, it will be a tough role but if he succeeds his power would be like no other, Xiao then focused on his affinity to fire which was already far above what the All-Seer could calculate.
From what Xiao understood his affinity to fire was far above what anybody could ever understand, by cultivating Omega Asura's Wrath, Xiao has earned the perfect affinity to flame, this has many functions that were helpful to him, and the moment Xiao reached a certain cultivation level information regarding the cultivation technique was imprinted in his mind by Omega Asura's Wrath.
Xiao would have perfect control over fire, by now he has a certain aura that would make him more approachable to ones that walk the path of the fire, it would make Xiao feel more comfortable with them, if a flame spirit was here then its sure that they would all be surrounding him but all these are just the tip of the iceberg.
Once he reached the pinnacle, flames would be under him, as long as the other person was a user of flames he would be unable to even touch him, all the flames under the heavens would be under his control, and powerful flames will be willing to bow down and listen to him, of course, this was in the far future.
Right now all he could do was make other flame users more comfortable around him, this does not mean that they won't become his enemy, users of flames would just be more friendly and has a lesser chance of becoming his enemy,
'What a terrifying power'
Xiao wasn't completely surprised by this, the Asura were the primogenitors of fire, when the heavens were born and the cosmos lacked heat, it was their flame that lit up the darkness that surrounded the world, and the birth of the sun to heat was under their control, flames were born from them and it should be returned to them,
'I thank the Asura's for their gift'
Giving his prayers, Xiao focused back on the topic at hand, by now his growth in his affinity is abysmal, he had started to increase his affinity a month ago and only 0.5% had increased, before it was 8.5%, and now its 9%, the problem here lay at the fact that he didn't have the quality fire particles he needed.
The ones he had were low tire and he needed to get his hands on some powerful Fire crystals of higher grade, from his past life memory he knew the perfect place where he could get some but the problem was that he couldn't leave the family now, his absence would raise questions, he already left once and leaving again would not be easy.
'Sigh, what a load of shit'
Cursing his family, Xiao was about to head out, when his communication talisman lit up, soon the voice of his mother was heard,
'Xiao, head towards the meeting room, that old bastard is calling for a meeting'
After hearing the message Xiao didn't hesitate as he headed towards the meeting room, his eyebrows tightened, he couldn't remember anything of value that was about to take place, though before leaving he had to placate the pouting purple flame, things didn't become better when the ball flames started to show off.
It started provoking the purple flame, seemingly stating that it was more helpful, Xiao was sure that those two might be having another bout within his Flamescape, he would have to pamper the purple flame later, lost in his thoughts he soon reached the meeting room, where most of the family members were already gathered.
Seeing his mother, he walked up to her standing beside her, his eyes traveled across the room and finally landed on Yun Hao that was standing at the top, beside him stood a girl that no one has ever seen before, the moment Xiao's eyes landed on them, his body stiffened as his eyes started to shake.
The girl looked to be around 12 or 13, with beautiful golden eyes that shined with apathy, shoulder-length black and brown hair that reached her shoulder, no one was able to see her face as it was covered by a veil, her posture stood tall, pride ingrained to the depth of her bones, her body that was just developing, yet when one's eyes landed on her, they couldn't help but have their heart beating faster.
Just one glance at her was enough to tell that the face hidden behind the veil was earth-shattering, just glancing at her made one heart beat faster, it couldn't be explained but she seems to have some sort of beauty that was deeply attracting them, pulling at their heartstrings, the greatest of fates seemed to bind around her, charm like no other wrapped around her.
The young were lost in it, while the old took some time before they were able to recover but among them the one that had the most different reaction was Xiao who felt his heart tighten at the sight of a person whom he himself felt was too dangerous, soon her status appeared,
===Status===
Name: Valencia Ewald
Title: Whores Child, Slave, One Who Bears Above All...etc
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Cultivation: Heaven Core Realm-[Level. 3]
Legacy: Fate Severing Chaos
Bloodline: Bewitching Fates Heart
Physique: Mirror Of Indifference and Death
Heavenly Eye: Heaven And Fate Eyes
Affinity: Charm, Fate, Sky
Power level: Supreme Tier Supreme
Specialties: World Bewitching smell, Seductive aura, World Falling Night
Qi Type: Bewitching Qi, Sky Qi
--> Profession :
[Swordsmanship]-High realm of mastery
[Fate Wielding Master lvl.1]-the minor realm of mastery
--> Cultivation Manual :
[Sky Breaking Night]-Minor realm of mastery
-->Martial Manual:
[Lighting Night] - Perfect realm of mastery
[Marking steps]-Perfect realm of mastery
[Sleeping Slash]-Perfect realm of mastery
[Dark Eyes]-Perfect realm of mastery
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--> Skills: None
-->Familiars: World Bewitching Fox
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[A/N: I have changed her name from before]
Seeing the information Xiao was sure that this was not a dream, if there was one person that he dreaded being against then it would be the girl in front of him, sure she had made Xuanyin's life almost miserable in the past, it was just one favor and it had almost ended Xuanyin's life, he would be lying if he didn't say that he didn't want some sort of revenge.
But she was someone whose level of intelligence and power was something Xiao felt was chilling, she wasn't someone that always dealt with strength, she might not be complete evil but she wasn't a saint either, when it helped her worlds would die under her control, the worst part being that no one knew that it was her.
If it was anyone else they would call her evil but Xiao knew the things that she has gone through, with what he knew, he had no right to call her evil, she was someone that went through things worse than him, from birth she suffered, it was a fate that on one should bear.
Valencia's life was brutal, he only got to know about her true past from the book Heavenly Opposers, she was born in the second heaven to a woman called Raena Fareen, Raena, Valencia's mother was born to a sect whose powers were quite capable in the second heaven, she was betrothed to a behemoth sect of the second heaven.
She not liking it ran away, where she met Valencia's father, a man that fell into the second heaven after he was heavily injured in battle, both of them met and one thing led to another where they finally fell in love until Raena became pregnant, but Valencia's father Liam Ewald couldn't stay, back at his home he had enemies to deal with.
The family he belonged to was powerful, one that had its heavenly name marked and he was in the war to get the next seat of the head, he couldn't take Raena with him and it was during this time he was hunted again, to keep them safe he ran and promised to return, but luck didn't grace Reana from then on, only pain did.
Her family found them and forcefully took her back, where they found out about the pregnancy, they were furious, the person she was betrothed to couldn't take it, he truly did have feelings for her but things had turned out like this, unwilling to take such humiliation he did something that shouldn't be done, he locked Raena up.
But things weren't that simple, when he locked her up he created a special prison for her, one that was set up on display to all, Raena was caged like an animal and displayed to the entire world, for the rest of her life she would live like this, no matter how much she cried or begged no one heard, she called out for her lover, yet he was far away.
She who ran to live a free life became a prisoner of humiliation, her legs chained to a small ground within a room displayed to all, her life was in that room, food was given to her as failed pills, and water was never given to her, her cultivation was sealed, hence she needed a bath, thankfully even with the failed pills she didn't have to go to the bathroom.
Humiliated and lost she was locked up, months went by and Valencia was born, during this time the previous beautiful Raena no longer existed, all that was left was a skeleton of the former beauty that was living on just to protect her child, the smell of dirt and filth filled her until finally Valencia was born, watched on my disgusted people.
And to this small cage, Valencia became its new prisoner, she was born with all the talents in the world, eyes that saw through the heaven, an intelligence far beyond the common, and beauty that outstripped the lands but none of it shined when she was born, at birth itself she was fed with a poison that broke her power for cultivation.
But for Raena that was just the beginning, the woman that had faced the cruelest life there is now found the reason to live, with a will that broke all she raised her child in that cage, a cage that had become a common sight to all, dry and coarse hair, skin that was broken, nails long since twisted and skin color that longer turned yellow.
All of this was what Raena was going through and what Valencia too was starting to feel, but some changes had taken place, Raena was no longer the love-filled woman, she was someone that had survived hell for a year and even with all this, she went all the lengths to make sure that her child won't ever be less than others.
Valencia just at the age of 5 knew how terrible and dark the world is, how would one feel when one was born in a cage? perhaps the animal at the zoo knew and Valencia too, from birth all she ever saw were the mocking, disdain-filled eyes of others, all she ever saw was a cage that she was locked in and no one helped.
Her father was not seen and fearing the power of the ones that locked her mother no one took any action to help, just at the age of 5 Valencia knew that power was everything, she had never tasted the delightful foods, never taken a warm bath, she never smelled the fragrance of flowers and she never saw kindness.
Just at the age of 5, her heart was colder than the mountain ice dew but she never fell into complete darkness and that was because she had her mother, the one that Valencia hated the most in life is her father and the next would be love, it was only after this did any hate rise but during her 6th birthday where her mother made a ragged doll as her gift, a change took place.
Someone had awakened in her soul and Xiao knew who, a woman that had been betrayed and killed by the Heavenly Immortals, someone that had come close to revealing the truth that was hidden in the dark, yet she failed at the last step, using every forbidden power she could she awoke on the one soul that could help her get revenge.
And she was the soul that awakened in Valencia, a woman that was betrayed, someone who trusted no one, and a girl that saw no light, it was the best combination to rise, Adria Decebel taught Valencia everything, she even spoke the truth that Valencia's fate was toyed with, she shouldn't have ended up like this but her fate was played with by the very Heavenly Immortals.
They peering into havens fate tried to destroy the fate of those who lay beyond the great families, where a destined child couldn't be born.
Mirror of indifference and death this was the physique that Valencia was born with, something which grants her power far beyond imagination but as it grows she dies.
Her mind would be a machine and Valencia had no problems with it, she had the bloodline that made her the most beautiful and sexiest woman in all the heaven and a heart that could never be penetrated, Valencia stayed in the cage learning everything and finally a big change took place.
Her father returned...
Just when she turned 9 her father came back, having conquered his family but what awaited his retuned wasn't what he imagined, that day he laid waste to that entire sect, brutally killing millions, none was spared, yet Valencia didn't flinch at it, what she saw only once again proved that power was all.
She wanted revenge on the ones that manipulated her fate, even when her father stood in front of her she paid no heed, he was nothing to her, to her he was just the sperm donor, only two persons ever meant anything to her, them being her mother and her teacher, in the future, she would rise to control power far beyond anything.
Eyes that saw through all, a heart that was unshakable, a bloodline power that made her control everything, intelligence that was chilling, and a desire that was wrathful, her experiences had just made her more dangerous, even that guy the main MC of this cosmos was unable to shake the heart of Valencia.
He might have become friends and that was all, even with all his overpowered power he still feared and deep in his heart loved her, in the future, she was one of the most desired women in the cosmos but none dare lay her hands on her.
Her power was too frightening, she saw and controlled everything, and none escaped her wrath.
She was Valencia, the Bewitching Fateless God.
"Xiao, are you fine?"
Seeing her child in a daze Yun Lan spoke, it was only then did Xiao break out of his daze, looking at his mother with a smile he shook his head,
,m "I'm a fine mother"
He replied but his mother didn't buy it as she started to look between Xiao and Valencia, after a few looks a teasing smile lit up her face,
"Could it be? love at first sight?....sigh my son already cheating on his lover"
"Mother, stop it"
Xiao clutched his head, shaking them at his mother's jokes but the she seriously spoke,
"What about it Xiao, Are you interested in her? maybe I could set it up"
"No, mother never do that"
Instead of getting a mischievous response, what Yun Lan got was a cold emotionless voice from Xiao, which startled her, looking at her son she could see that he was 100% serious, she didn't know why but she felt some sort of dislike in Xiao's voice, Yun Lan felt that her son didn't want to talk about this stuff.
She was just trying to get for her son a woman she thinks might be good for him, after all, her son is the best! so shouldn't he have all the best women?...this was a natural head thought of a spoiling mother.....
But after she heard Xiao's words she lost all her interest, anything her son hates she hates it more!....once again the thought of a spoiling mother.....
'Good, she lost interest'
Seeing his mother not paying any more interest Xiao sighed, then his eyes focused on the woman standing beside Valencia, she was a beauty with brown hair and eyes but none dare to lay upon her figure, an intense bloodlust and danger emitted from her, this seems to be some sort of natural reaction coming from her body.
Her eyes were calm yet crazy, she felt more cold and dangerous than anything, once Xiao's eyes landed on her, respect filled them, there were only a few he truly respected and the woman in front of him was one, Raena Farook or now just Raena Ewald, even after her so-called 'lover' saved her she had no hint of happiness.
The only reason she even took his name was that she needed Liam's families power, her childish love had long disappeared, and all that was left was a dead heart that was only beats for her daughter, she was no longer the stubborn woman who ran after love, she needed his family for her daughter and if that means being the man's wife, for that she did it.
Nothing more nothing less, it was a pure transaction and Valencia understood that well, while Xiao felt pity at it, he had no interest in getting close to them, if it was anyone else related to the Mc's group he would jump at the chance to know them, having connections weren't bad but her? yeah he has zero desire to talk to her.
Thankfully with the help of All-Seer he has altered his fate line and destiny, it's use wasn't just information, not only does it hide his talent but it could also lay an illusionary fate over his real one, not even the number one heavenly pupil can see through it, with this even if the Gods with divinity comes they won't be able to see through Xiao.
And he was thankful for it, Valencia was the main reason the Heavenly Opposers worked well, after she met the main MC and saw how powerful he was she made a proposal to create a power to resist the hypocrites of the heavens, she with her luck traversed the heavens with the main MC, her eyes saw through all geniuses and their supreme fate.
Many times she would help them and request favors in return, other times they would fall for the MC's charm and become his comrade or brother, like this the two of them made a killer combo and it was only due to this that the Heavenly Opposers, were born, it was a chaotic time, thankfully with his fate covered he won't have to deal with those old bastards that aim after the best.
The Heavenly Immortals and their stupid 9 seats, in every new Era new 9 chosen ones are born, what the Heavenly Opposers did were simple, they controlled a part of the heaves power, each chosen one has talent and power beyond the ordinary, all the blessed 9 would go through difficulties and finally grown in true power.
But this does not mean that they are above some powers, for example, the shrines, the origin families, or the ones above the fourth heaven, if these Heavenly Opposers went to fight with them, then they would be toast, in a way they are protectors of the heaven, people who grew from truly nothing, these are the seats that heaven give to the ones without power.
After all, there are extremely powerful families and shrines but it wasn't fair to have powers from just them, then in the future, all of the heavens would be under their control, hence it was made that no chosen Heavenly Immortals would ever be born from named or heaven recognized families, the Heavenly Immortals would only be born in lowly powers as they rise to power, as all of them would know the value of having nothing.
All of them would be blessed with heavenly luck and destiny, in such a way no one would have full control over heavens power but that all had changed with the current Heavenly Immortals, the ones corrupted sought this power for themselves and they created the loophole, by nature the current Heavenly Immortals were not to harm the ones that were to rise but they found a way.
Manipulating the fate of the chosen ones, they caused pain and suffering, by control they made it so that the chosen ones never rose, slowly but clearly, they chipped away their will, peering into the river of fate they did the taboo by targeting destiny, it was only when the Heavenly Tree took action and slashed away the river of fate did some things change.
Facing the danger that was coming, talent like no before were being born, the Heavenly Immortals were in chaos, they could leave aside the supreme geniuses of the shrines and families but from even the lower realms there was a great spike in the birth of great talents, it was all great disturbances.
The truly powerful ones felt the shift in fate and destiny, the river of fate gone, none could now gaze into the future, nor could anyone understand the true impending danger but many did feel the great spike in talent, everyone knew that things were fishy about the current Heavenly Immortals but no one could do anything about it.
The authority they had was bestowed by the heaven and it could only be taken away by the next chosen ones, who keep dying like flies but in this Era, the Heavenly Immortals made their greatest mistake, they started discreetly hunting the lower worlds powers that showed any sense of destiny, heck they even hunted ones which clearly had no connection to Heaven just out of jealousy.
That is also the reason that Valencia was hurt even though she wasn't a chosen one.
Yes, that's right, she wasn't a chosen one for the position of Heavenly Immortal.
"Is everyone here?"
Yun Hao asked as he looked at the place surrounding him, almost all the members of the family had been gathered, he made sure of it, he didn't want any idiot from his family going around and messing up with any of the women that were behind him, his instincts screamed that only meant death.
Xiao gazed at them, his eyes shaken heart, soon gaining its calm, he knew why they were here, even though Valencia's father had got control over the family, it was not completely strong, plus he was already married, he couldn't bring Raena and Valencia there easily, hence he brought them to the Yun Family, that somehow had some sort of connection with him.
Here with their strength, no one was capable of hurting them, both Raena and Valencia didn't care, for them he was nothing, Raena's heart was cold and Valencia truly only cared about cultivation and growth, as long as they were free they would grow.
Xiao could still remember in his past life how he ran after her like the typical young master, not knowing how unworthy he was, soon he shook his head of these thoughts as he looked at Yun Hao who was speaking,
"The reason that I called you all here is simple, I want to introduce the ones behind me"
Saying so both Raena and Valencia came forward, everyone's attention was one of them but none of them flinched, Xiao was sure that to them they were nothing, absolutely nothing,
"From now onwards they would be part of the Yun family, respect them as you respect me"
Just as Yun Hao's words fell distraught ran among the ones that were gathered, Yun Hao's words meant that the two would be receiving the same power and status as the patriarch and that was ludicrous, the ones gathered here won't just accept it and just as the noise was getting louder Yun Hao spoke again,
"It was the joint order of the Ancestors"
And as his words ran silence reigned, nobody spoke, the words of the ancestors were law it was only because of them that the family continues to stand and no one was dumb enough to pick a fight with them but they were still not satisfied, many obscene and unwanted things were already spoken among them, meanwhile, Xiao just watched all this in silence before which he turned to his surprised mother,
"Mother lets go there's nothing more to watch here"
"Sure"
Yun Lan didn't object as she too left, after talking a bit both of them headed towards their own ways, Xiao was in thought as he walked towards his room, the timing for Valencia's arrival was faster than he remembered, it was only when he was 13 did she come but now she was a year and a half early.
Signs of change in the timeline were already showing, Xiao wasn't all that surprised, he knew that even the smallest of his choices would heavily change fate, the only question that remained was when and how it would all change?.
'Sigh.....looks like I will have to push up some plans'
Finally hardening his heart, Xiao walked towards his room, entering inside he gave to the command for him not to be disturbed, only if it was of the utmost importance should he be called out for, finally getting everything he walked towards his bed and laid down,
"All-Seer connect me to All-Realm"
[Connecting]
Hearing the words Xiao closed his eyes and the next moment he opened them he was in a floating in a white place, his consciousness was completely pulled out,
"Where am I?"
[You are in the character design room, you could hide or change your identity]
"Um....but I thought that was not possible?"
[It depends on your Authority and I have the highest Authority here, hence changes can be made]
"Neat"
Smiling Xiao drew up a character panel in front of him, the life he would be living here would be completely different from his current one, here he would be the cold-blooded ruler of death, soon 5 minutes later his character was ready, he didn't make many changes he only made his height increase up to 170 cm and made his whole body covered with a black-red cloak.
Only darkness was visible at his head area where a red threatening eyes could be seen, he looked dangerous and cool, finally being satisfied with his display Xiao smiled,
"All-Seer, I'm done"
[Scanning Character...creation verified...creation complete]
And as soon as those words were heard, Xiao felt his body wiggle, a strange feeling enveloped him, it lasted a second and the next thing he knows he was completely different! his height had increased, making him a bit troubled, it would take some time before which he would get used to this.
Looking down at his body he could see that he was completely covered with a black cloak, even then his eyesight was completely fine, making one final check-up Xiao spoke,
"All-Seer, I'm ready"
[Where would you like to go?:
-->Death Sanctum
-->Spiritual Rain
-->Buddha's Land
-->Void Reamier
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]
Several options appeared in front of him but Xiao already knew the place he would go to,
"Take me to Cosmos Fight League City"
[Are you sure?]
"Yes"
And with that Xiao's eyes were a field of white, the next moment he opened them he appeared on the sides of a grand city that stretched as far as a continent, opening his eyes he was met with a heavy street where several powerful cultivators were walking, their natural presence was suffocating, many were dressed as Xiao, hiding their identity.
Tall buildings, scrapers that floated in the sky, millions of different species walking the street, even with their cultivation they didn't make a peep as they walked through the streets, it was both chaotic and beautiful, each of the people that were walking here had immense bloodlust, showing that all of them were hardened warriors.
The city was beautiful and serene, even with such a vast population no issues cropped up, everything was high tech, many had their eyes on the screens in front of them and others were looking through their schedule, this was the center of the battle arena that dominated the cosmos and he Xiao was here,
'So this is it, huh?'
A bit of nostalgia hit Xiao, in his past life he wasn't qualified to join this place, neither his strength nor his status could get him into this city, even though he was able to acquire a Dweller Node, he started at the bottom he didn't have any cheat or tools that helped him, after joining the Cosmos combat he was at the bottom of the bottom.
But now he was at the center of the very city that he dreamed of! from here he would once again climb the ladder of the cosmos battle arena! not as Xiao but as DeathMark!
A name that will spread across the throbbing cosmos, as the wielder of death and fire.
The whole world of cultivation is like a vast cosmos, innumerable realms spread across it, each different from the last, so the question came, how could they all interact with each other? of course, there's the choice of traveling between the realms but it could only be done by the ones whose strength have reached the peak.
There's also the use of treasures and other such ways but if their cost was too much, then how would they all interact? especially the younger ones? the world of cultivation was never lacking in technology, it's just that the truly superior ones could only be seen in the third realm or S graded realm or higher.
Realms can be graded from G to SSS+, each having a minor division of + and - between them, there's even grading for each species too and among them, the ones leading the most in technological advances are the Techno race, one born from metals and they are superior in the regard for the hunt of new theories and techniques.
Their realm was already graded the SS rank, millions of years ago them along with several races came together to create the virtual world All-Realm, a place with 100% reality, a place where the brutal war between the races can be taken too, no more would the cosmos suffer from the after-effects of a cosmic battle.
All-Realm became the point that connected all the realms, of course not every realm had access to it, in Xiao's dimensional cut, only from the third realm upwards did all the people possess the dweller node, something imperative if one wanted to dive into All-Realm, on the second realm only the truly powerful had access to them.
Even Xiao had one, gifted to him by Yurou, it was the place where everything took place, soon millions of years later it became the central point of meetings and growth, and No-realm had turned into another representation of the world itself, with 100% realism anything was possible, and with this came the birth of Cosmic games, a place was you could turn your fate upside down.
Right now Xiao didn't have a dweller node but All-Seer was capable of connecting him to it, providing him some benefits that he didn't know were possible, connecting into All-Realm, you couldn't change your true self, your cultivation, your gender, face everything would be the same, just as have you were in the real world, that's how you will be here, it's one of the main reason why No-Realm running strong,
"Hey, have you heard about the new song sung by the mermaid saintess?"
"No, I heard that she had just chosen to be one"
"You have to hear it, its even capable of calming your soul, I will send you the link"
"Thanks"
Hearing several conversations Xiao just kept moving, people with different robes walked through the streets, many gazing into the news or any other issues, where everything was connected, small leveled AI's worked making things much easier, trade, sell or buy anything you wish for, as long as you have the power for it,
'All-Seer, look into any signs of Yurou'
[Okay]
And within second several news containing Yurou was in front of Xiao, displayed on a screen that he could see, he took a nearby seat as he started to read through some of them, he wasn't out of place since he wasn't the only ones doing so, several people were looking into screens appearing in front of them, of course, it was their right to keep it private or not,
'Looks like they are keeping a tight lid on her'
Seeing barely any news, Xiao shook his head, it was to be expected, until Yurou was ready she wouldn't be brought into the world,
'All-Seer from here on out scan and arrange my future memories, especially regarding future fights and several other information that I could use to make money'
[I am on it]
Receiving an affirmative response Xiao stood up, right now he was broke, he didn't have any money on him, moving through All-Realm required money or rather it was called credits, something that's required to live through this place, thankfully the things he's about to do doesn't need money, walking through the streets Xiao marveled at the change.
Everything was different, huge and beautiful buildings, different species that walk around the roads, powerful people walking through the street without making a peep, knowing that if they caused a single issue they would be fucked, after all a creation needs its rulers and the ones that control All-Realm are ones not to be messed around with.
Walking through Xiao got his fair share of looks but no one came forward to do anything, Xiao was thankful for All-Seer's ability for him to change, he would be using that a lot in the future, thankfully the times he spends here is appropriate outward, that applies in any realm where diving is possible.
A few minutes later Xiao appeared in front of a huge building the size of a city, its design beautiful as it floated in the sky in the shape of a star, walking through here people were more respectful no matter the race, it was shinning with beautiful rainbow color as it floated in the sky, its size huge beyond compare.
From its center a stair came downward, reaching the ground, it had five different pointed areas for different situations, in its center body words were written,
[Cosmic Fighter Association]
The place where every people comes to change their fate, where everyone fights for the chance to become famous, complex feelings filled Xiao's eyes as he gazed up at the board, last time he got in but he was at the bottom of the bottom, nothing special but now? he would be joining in from the center of the very association.
Not everyone was capable of walking this city that was the center of the Cosmic battleground, one must have adequate power or background. Otherwise transporting oneself here is impossible, that's the main reason nobody made any issues with each other, you might never know who you are messing with but now he had All-Seer, with him the powerful restrictions placed could be accessed and he could move forward, taking a deep breath Xiao stopped on the stairs as he started climbing.
The top was far yet close, walking it took him a minute to enter the place, and it blew him away, the place was beautifully arranged, the ceiling above him went farther than he could gaze, the space inside beyond understanding, millions just walked through here, yet not a single person was disturbed.
A cooling sensation filled Xiao's soul as soon as he had entered the building, his mind felt at peace and he could vaguely feel his soul being nourished, calming music blasted through, and several receptionists and workers moves around, them being recognized by their badges or dress, Xiao stood there for a minute taking it all in.
Then he walked forward to the place that was marked with [Registration], there was a small queue which soon moved forward and Xia found itself in front of a stunningly beautiful woman whose crimson eyes and fang gave of her species, giving him a professional smile she spoke,
"How can I help you?"
"I would like to join the cosmic games"
"You would like to join the cosmic games?"
"Yes"
Xiao nodded at the vampire woman, who began to type on the screen in front of her,
"Would you be starting now?"
"No, I want to book my fight vault"
"Okay"
Her response now lost her enthusiasm, well it was normal since Xiao said that he wasn't planning on fighting now, he's not that crazy, if he started to fight in the comic games now, he would die without knowing how, of course when you lose your game you won't really die, you will just get a part of your soul cut off.
Which is greater than just dying, losing a part of your soul means you are losing your talents, and to cultivators that itself is a death sentence and no one can avoid it, a dweller node combines with ones soul, so there's no going back, what Xiao wants to do now is lay the base for what he would do in the future,
"Are you also joining the Talent ranking?"
"Yes, I am under 100"
"Then please fill in this information"
Saying so the woman swiped her hand, causing a screen to appear in front of Xiao, he read through each line with care, even having All-Seer looking into it,
'All good?'
[Yes]
Getting the affirmative he finally placed his soul sign as the contract burst into light, a part of it entering his body while the other part flew to the top disappearing far ahead,
"Sir, everything is ready, here is your fighter card, hope you survive"
The woman then handed Xiao a card he was familiar with, holding it a sense of nostalgia flashed but he didn't let it overwhelm him, holding the card he gave a nod to the woman thanking her as he started to walk away, the card he was holding was different than the one he had, courtesy to the fact that he joined at this city,
'Life is always a competition'
Soon he stored the card in his inventory,
'All-Seer, have you arranged all my memories?'
[Yes]
'Then what is the fastest way for me to be rich?'
[I have created a detailed plan, chose which you like]
Saying so a huge list representing different paths appeared in front of Xiao, each with its merit and demerit, how much time it would take, and much more, reading through it Xiao was in awe,
'You know, without you, I will be lost'
[Well, at least you know]
'Still as cocky as ever'
[Well it's better than a pussy]
'Damn, looks like you learned some words'
[Well, I had a very nice memory]
'Looks like it's time I reboot your'
[Then its time I release some extremely hot memories of yours, I have to say you are very flexible with your hands]
'....'
[.....]
'Truce?'
[Truce]
Finally getting a response Xiao started to walk and moved towards a more secluded area, seeing that no one was around him, he ordered,
'Take me to the Blackened disc'
A moment later he broke into light particles and when he opened his eyes he was in a place that reeked death, the cultivators here looked more brutal and bloodthirsty, each of them had a trait that was screaming that I am evil, the location also was desolate with reddish sky with 3 different colorful suns in the sky.
The building thankfully was still modern, the only difference being each people were looking at each other as if they were their targets, Xiao straightened his back as he calmly walked through, and a subtle hint of his killing intent was leaked, this along with his looks were more than enough to keep the rest at bay.
Looking at all this he really felt at home, this was one of the places most 'evil' humans gathered, where true carnage takes place, well this was one of the places, the whole Darkness disk is divided into a huge layer that has its own power structure, and this was just one small place, back then Xiao too roamed them, his status made him an outlaw wherever he went, there were only a few places that he didn't have to hide.
With practiced movement, Xiao reached a shop that read,
[Rommys Pawn Shop]
Entering inside he could see a guy sitting in a chair, looking bored, several items were placed around, as he entered the man's eyes lit up, a familiar predatory smile filled his face,
'Still the same'
Not losing his focus Xiao walked towards the man, who by now was already sitting up straight with a business smile on his face,
"What can I do for you?"
"I need to some money"
As soon as Xiao's words fell the man's smile widened,
"Oh! that's good, how much would you be needing?"
"About a million credits"
"And the collateral?"
"There is no collateral"
"Wonderful! then please sign here"
Saying so the man Rammy forwarded a contract, reading it Xiao's eyes twitched,
'Still as greedy as ever'
The contract stated that Xiao has to pay back the money within a month, and the interest would be 100%, and it would increase by a 100% each day after the paying period if you missed the pay! the fucker was trying to dry him out! moreover, he needed a Qi contract that many won't use, well that only worked on the lighter side, here it was the norm, if he broke the contract then Xiao will lose his ability to wield Qi.
Quite brutal but Xiao didn't hesitate as he signed the contract with his soul signature, making the man's smile widen,
"Pleasure doing business with you"
"Likewise"
Xiao said with a calm voice he didn't stay after that as he left the store, again finding a corner place as he teleported, now his hands filled with money, a few seconds later he was walking through the streets of Promise and despair, a designated land belonging to the Nightmare queen, majority of the beings here were of the nightmare realm, an S+ ranked realm.
Normally being able to transport here itself will cost a huge amount of money, plus there would be a clear sign indicating that he didn't belong here and the people here will rip him off for it, anything he buys here will be oat triple the cost, just because he wasn't someone of the nightmare realm,
'Still as chilling as ever'
The nightmare creatures have their own unique look, them being 4 meters tall with bluish and black skin, they didn't have an eye on their face instead a tentacle-like eyes grew from their back, hanging in front of them, while a small hole acted as a mouth, they didn't have ears as their 'eye' did the same function,
'Wait...All-Seer can't you just give me money? you know make them'
[I can't do that each credit has its own designated number, moreover, me giving you coins will destroy the balance and alert people who shouldn't be messed with]
'Fine'
Letting things be Xiao moved forward with the money in his hand he could finally start his plan, the plan to make himself filthy rich.
Walking through the nightmare realm felt unreal, normally Xiao shouldn't be capable of walking through here, heck the moment he tried to even enter the real nightmare realm, he would die as the nightmare Qi will destroy him from inside out, plus there's literally no light at that place, and any light that is created would be instantly snuffed out.
The entire place he was in looked darkish purple and black, the size of most of the things here were also huge. Since this is a virtual reality Xiao's able to earn this 'immunity' that lets him freely walk here, soon he reached the market area where several things could be seen sold, and lots of different species were gathered as they bought and sold,
'All-Seer point me towards the location where nightmare stones are being sold'
Soon a map appeared in front of him with several dots representing the places he asked for, following it he reached his first location where a nightmare creature stood, displayed in front of him were several glowing black stones that gave of an eerie feel, after looking at it for some time Xiao spoke,
"How much?"
"Each piece 40 credits"
The nightmare creature replied, its voice crackling, though before answering he did look above Xiao's head, trying to see for any foreigner sign but seeing none he must have taken Xiao for a high-level merchant, those who reached high levels had their foreign tag removed and Xiao was aiming for this misunderstanding,
"Okay give me everything you have"
The creature was shocked for a moment before which a happy smile came to it, though the smile looked extremely scary to Xiao, with a bit more chipper voice the creature spoke,
"The total would be 40,000 credits"
"Sure, let's sign the contract"
And with that, the contract was signed and the money was exchanged, Xiao nodded his head when he saw that he had received the ownership code of the stones,
"Will you be handling the delivery?"
The creature asked,
"Yes"
"Okay, just message me when you want it ready"
After this Xiao traveled to the rest where nightmare stones were being sold, buying all of them until all the money he brought was used, finally feeling satisfied with what he had he requested another travel,
'All-Seer to sandsdome'
A second later he was in a sandy world where 5 suns covered the skies, the buildings were oddly shaped, most of them representing pyramids, the creatures of this realm Sambures were of similar height to humans, but they had yellow skin, three eyes and a huge powerful tail from their backs, look wise they are similar to humans.
Once again Xiao just glanced at them as he started to walk toward his desired location, a huge pyramid where several Sambures could be seen walking, entering inside the whole scenery changed as several people could see walking around, reaching the receptionist he spoke,
"Hello, I am here to sell nightmare stones"
As soon as he spoke the receptionist's eyes lit up, becoming more serious he spoke,
"How much?"
"About 10 million"
"Oh!....then please wait a moment such a large transaction is above my authority, I will have you deal with my supervisor"
The receptionist replied this time his voice being extremely respectful, Xiao nodded his head agreeing, seeing it the receptionist contacted his supervisor and 10 minutes later Xiao was led into a room, where another Sambure sat, the moment Xiao entered its three eyes focused on him, walking forward he extended his hand forward,
"Hello, my name is Shane, it's nice to meet you"
"DeathMark that's my name"
Saying so Xiao shook the man's hand who understood that he was using an alias hence he easily breezed forth,
"Come take a seat"
Hearing so Xiao took a seat as Shane sat opposite to him, his hands nervously rubbing against themselves,
"So is it true that you have 10 million nightmare stones?"
"Yes"
"I see.....that's good we are willing to buy them all"
'He's nervous yet excited'
Xiao analyzed, he knew that the nightmare stones in his hand are extremely precious to these people as they have an extreme need for them but getting their hands on them isn't easy, they are after all just a D+ rank realm, nothing to the nightmare realm, hence they have a severe lack of nightmare stones and Xiao plans to capitalize on that, leaning back on to his chair Xiao spoke,
"So how much?"
His question caused Shane to flinch but he soon regained himself as he spoke,
"We are willing to pay 500 credits for one nightmare stone"
'Oh...that's higher than I thought'
Xiao smiled, if the sale went through, he would be having 500 million credits in his hand! this was from a single transaction and there are still several realms and powers that lack certain resources and Xiao could get it for them, a much simpler way to get rich,
"Fine"
Finally, Xiao spoke making the man let out a sigh, as he soon wiped up a contract and sent it to Xiao, who started to read through it,
"Everything is fine but the delivery shall be handled by you"
"Of course"
Shane had no problem with Xiao's request as he added the condition to the contract, finally, both of them signed it, and as soon as it was finished Shane sighed as he heavily leaned on the sofa,
"Thank god...."
"So the deal is done, I will be leaving then"
"Oh!...yes thank you for the transaction and if you have more stones the door to our establishment is always open"
Seeing Xiao leave Shane hurriedly spoke, Xiao didn't say anything as he left, entering a more secluded area he teleported again, appearing in the same dangerous place richer than before, finding the pawn shop he entered inside coming upon the same sight of Rammy who was smiling,
"Could it be you already spent all the money? are you now looking for more?"
"No, I am here to pay back"
And with that he transferred 1 million back, thereby canceling out the contract making Rammy's smile stiffen,
"I did spend all the money but I earned much more back"
With these words, Xiao left the shop with a silent Rammy but this time he didn't travel anywhere as he logged out, soon he opened his eyes back home at his bed, several hours has already passed and night had descended, getting out of his bed Xiao stretched a bit, making sure everything was fine he started to head for his night practice with his little sister.
Walking through the hallways Xiao started to arrange his current earnings,
'With what I have planned this is not enough'
knowing well about how consuming his cultivation technique Xiao knew that he was going to need more money, what he had was not enough, soon he reached the place where he practices with his sister but it was then that he was someone unexpected it was Valencia, she seems to be talking something to Xuanyin who was clearly showing that she wasn't interested,
'She has already begun....huh'