Author note: Almost christmas! I do most my writing at work though so that doesn''t mean more chapters but less T-T I''ll try writing at home, but for some reason it feels uncomfortable. Didn''t get to Sun Jiao''s first fight this chapter as it''s a bit short for a chapter(1400 words is short? Too arrogant!) and so I saved it for next chapter.


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    As Sun Jiao looked in Xu Rong''s eyes he saw that besides the growing tears there was something else that appeared in those previously dull eyes; hope.


    "Good I see that you understand. Sun Qing."


    Hearing her name startled her enough to send a shocking yellow through her hair. She had been lost in her thoughts and had been dreaming about how amazing the future was going to be.


    "Ah! Yes brother?"


    "While I''m training I want you to help Xu Rong get stronger. She won’t be of any use if she''s weak."


    Seeing Sun Qing''s confused look Sun Jiao followed up with a pat on Xu Rong''s head. "Ro-ro."


    "Yes brother! I have something I was going to test on that man before but I''ll see if it works on her!"


    A chill crawled down Sun Jiao''s back as he imagined what his sister planned.


    "No. I don''t want you to make her stronger I want you to help her get stronger on her own. She''s my dog so naturally she has potential to be the strongest dog! Anything you do will only be a temporary strength. Do you understand?"


    "No, but I''ll try! Should I find her something from the skill pavilion?"


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    <Say yes I''ll explain later>


    "Good." Sun Jiao said with a nod.


    <Tell her to order that man from before to your cultivation room and obey you. We can use him as a punching bag.>


    "One more thing. Send that man from just now to my cultivation room and make sure he''ll follow orders."


    "Yes brother!"


    With nothing more to say Sun Jiao gave a final pat on Sun Qing''s head and then confidently entered the gate to his courtyard and began to stroll off.


    <Wrong way dumbass. To the right.>


    Sun Jiao quickly changed directions and hurried his pace hoping the others hadn''t noticed.


    <HAHA. Well done. I would have just smacked the bitch and told her to get stronger.>


    <There have been studies on earth that show human''s learn quicker if they want to learn. Fear works as a motivator, but it''s better to instill desire.>


    <If you say so. Take a left here. Devils don''t work that way. Only desire they have is to stab you in the back.>


    <...>


    <Not me of course! Haha. I can''t even see your back let alone stab it. Enter the door here and head down the stairs.>


    Sun Jiao listened and when he reached the bottom of the stairs he saw a sinister looking door with carved scenes of torture and evil beasts on it.


    <How pleasant. I''m guessing he didn''t pick that up from Ikea.>


    <Of course not their clan has been dead for ages.>


    <...>


    Sun Jiao opened the door by grabbing a handle that was carved to look like the guts of a woman spilling out in a arc so that the woman''s top half was at the top of the handle and her legs at the bottom. Behind the arcing guts was a baby that was being chewed on by some kind of crocodile beast that had six legs.


    Behind the door was a surprisingly well lit area with glowing stones set in the ceiling. On one side there were various torture devices covered in blood and on the other an open space. There was a recess in the back wall with a large cushion made for seating.


    <What a waste of a cultivation room. Store all that torture shit in your ring and then go sit on the pillow.>


    <What?>


    <Fucking hell. I forgot you''re a dumbass. I should have enough strength to do it quickly from inside your mind. Just go over and start touching the equipment.>


    Following Xiaobo''s orders Sun Jiao went over and began touching the different devices. Each time he touched one it disappeared. Sun Jiao was startled the first time, but the next couple of times he tried to observe what Xiaobo was doing and at the end he was able to sense them disappearing into the ring.


    <So the ring is some kind of item box?>


    <It''s a storage ring. It contains a space inside it that you can put stuff into using your Will.>


    Sun Jiao stared at the ring for a while trying to figure it out.


    <Fucking hell there isn''t a damn carriage inside it why are you so fucking interested? Just go sit down. Good. Now close your eyes we''re going to get you to sense your ki. Use your soul to feel around.>


    Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.


    <How do I do that?>


    <I don''t know how the fuck do your eyes see or your hands feel. Just fucking do it.>


    With a sigh Sun Jiao closed his eyes and tried to remember the feeling he had when Xiaobo took control. The feeling of being inside his head returned, but this time he could also still feel his body and didn''t feel as though he was trapped inside his mind.


    Slowly he moved around his body and it felt as though he was traveling a great distance. He traveled around his body and eventually came to rest near his stomach. He could vaguely feel a sort of light coming from there that wasn''t anywhere else in the body.


    <Good. You took less time to find your dantian than I thought you would. Now try to merge into the light.>


    Sun Jiao tried to move his Will into the light, but instead just passed through it.


    <The light is your ki, the ki is contained in your dantian. You need to enter your dantian not the ki. Try ignoring your entire body and focus only on your Will.>


    Listening to Xiaobo Sun Jiao ignored everything but his Will. Focusing only on that he approached the light, but rather than trying to merge with the light used it as a guide instead.


    This time as his Will moved closer to the light he entered in what felt like an empty giant circular cave with a black ball of light floating in the center. Sun Jiao had trouble figuring out how the light was both black and lighting the area up, but eventually decided his idea of "light" was wrong. It wasn''t visible light that you see with your eyes, but a light you sensed with your Will. Understanding how eyes and light worked had helped him come to this conclusion rather quickly and as he realized it he lost concentration so his attention snapped back into his body.


    This time however he could sense the ki light inside him and a ki light standing just outside the door.


    <Someone is outside the door?>


    <Haha you can really sense him? You didn''t just hear him approach did you?>


    <No there is some kind of light coming from his...dantian? Is that what you called it?>


    <Yeah. Wow that''s impressive. Most people take mo-ore than a couple of seconds to figure that out and you only took a minute. Pretty good for a weak human.>


    Xiaobo had been about to say months, but decided to trick the ignorant Sun Jiao in order to keep him from getting a big head. It had actually taken Xiaobo two days after discovering his dantian to figure out ki sense and he had considered that an incredible accomplishment.


    <Actually controlling the Will and entering the dantian is the hard part, but you have experience being a soul and an excellent teacher.>


    The second lie came much quicker. In fact controlling Will and then entering the dantian are usually considered equally as hard as finding ki sense with finding the ki sense to be considered by some to be slightly harder. The last part was true though if Sun Jiao hadn''t had experience being a soul he would have taken much longer on the first two steps.


    <Wait so someone really is outside the door? Wow. I can see through walls.>


    <Hehe. I bet you''re thinking you can see through clothes now huh? You can''t! Also, forget about the guy it''s just that Dian Po doll. HAHA. Doll Po! Err… Anyways go back to to your dantian and try controlling the ki inside you. Then we''ll circulate it through your body, you''ll learn how to strengthen your body, and then we can fight.>


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    If you read the previous author note from last chapter you''ll hopefully have noticed the chapter name joke. I like subtle jokes, but I''m too afraid people will miss them. Next chapter third princess and third prince discuss their foiled plot and the third prince does something horrible. Something really really despicable something so evil I can''t even say it in my post chapter notes! Next chapter; Arrogant third prince''s evil plan!


    Side Story;


    Jia Cho had beaten then evil spider and set forth to climb the mountain of sheer tallness. It was a mountain that rose straight up and was so high the top couldn''t be seen from the bottom. It was small compared to BK though. BK had no fear and climbed and climbed. He got to the top and looked up into the sky. The moon shown down on him and his figure glowed with a magnificent aura. He truly was the king! He stood atop the world and looked down upon his kingdom. The royal garden lay before him and he had finally come home. Looking up at the moon again BK wondered if his family still lived and were also looking up at the same sky? He would soon find out for BK had returned!