《Arrogance is justice!?》
Prologue - Meeting the Arrogant Demon.
"Hey kid, wake up"
"ugh..."
The boy slowly opened his eyes and he saw a soft grey light surrounded him; in the distance nothing else but darkness. His his blurred vision began to focus on the...devil!? before him and he heard the high pitched, shrill voice come from the thing.
"Hey wake the fuck up you lazy bastard."
"AH! What the hell are you?"
With his eyes finally clearing he assessed the small creature before him. It was pale-red with lizard like skin and wings and two horns atop its head though the right horn appeared to have been broken. Oddly enough it was wearing a black school uniform and had a intricate tattoo around it''s neck.
"*SNORT* hell.." the demon whispered to itself before sticking out it''s chest and loudly proclaiming;
"I''m Xing Xiaobo a Greater Demon Lord of the 8 circles of hell!"
"I thought there were suppose to be 9 circles?"
The demon''s shoulders deflated.
"We lost the other one. That''s not the point. Look the world is coming to an end and we need your help. Well, the Goddess does, and she got my ass on a leash, so it''s my problem now too."
"EARTH''S GOING TO BE DESTROYED?"
"Earth? What the fuck? No. Well, I mean, yes it will, but who gives a shit about that back of the woods universe; it doesn''t even have any natural spiritual energy. No, I''m talking about the keystone planet of the entire multiverse; Iset, named after the Goddess Asethia who created all of everything. The planet Iset holds all the universes together and in a few short years will, through a series of events, end up dying. It''s a living planet, you see, and will end up getting very, very sick if we don''t do something about it. Well, you specifically, I''m just here to tell you what to do."
"Wait. So I''m suppose to save the universe? Why me?"
"The multiverse, and because it can only be you...is what I want to say, but honestly with me around she could have picked anyone. Asethia probably has her reasons and if you meet her you can ask her."
"Hmmm. Ok. Next question. Where are we?"
"You''re pretty easy going huh kid? We''re Inbetween."
"In between what?"
"I don''t know... in between... stuff."
A smile appeared on Xiaobo''s face and it looked as though he was suppressing his laughter.
"Why, does it matter? The answer to that, is no, it doesn''t matter! This is just a space where matter doesn''t exist!"
The demon looked at the boy with expectation on his face.
"That was lame."
"Fuck you that was good. Kids these days have no taste. Anyways your soul is currently traveling to Iset and we''ll be there in a minute or so. I don''t have much time as you not laughing at my joke clearly wasted too much of it. My time that is. Not the joke. Though you did waste that too..."
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The demon trailed off and the boy who had been floating felt a slight pulling sensation.
"I''m feeling some kind of pull..."
"Yeah you''re going to be falling into your new body soon. What a lucky kid, your new body is the son of an emperor! It has outstanding talent and should be better than anyone else your age. Unfortunately he pissed of the wrong person and died to soul attack. Bad news for him, but good news for you huh? Now you''ll get to go around and piss off the right people!"
"What? I don''t want to piss anyone off though..."
"Not your choice kid. Only way to survive long enough on this planet is to piss people off and kill everyone you don''t piss off."
"WHAT? I don''t want-"
"Again, not your choice. If you''re going to save the multiverse you have somewhere to be in 5 years and the only way to survive long enough on Iset is to act like you''re the strongest motherfucker out there. If you don''t then people will think you''re weak and you''ll end up dead or worse, and then I end up dead along with everything else...ever."
"So I just have to act like I''m strong?"
The demon''s skin began to darken, it''s size started to grow and it''s eyes began to glow. A pressure was put on the boy making him feel he was under a mountain rooting him in the spot. The demon''s voice began to deepen as he spoke and the pressure continued to increase.
"Not just strong, but arrogant. You have to look down on everyone even your own mother. If someone does something to offend you then you crush them and their whole family. If someone looks at you wrong then you better smash their fucking face in. You want to live? You want your fucking joke of a planet to continue to exist then you better understand; there is no fucking right or wrong now. There is no mercy. There is no weakness. There is only strength and arrogance."
The boy''s vision began to fade and the pull from before began to increase, but the pressure from the demon kept him from being pulled away.
All the boy could see now was a large pair of glowing red eyes with hints of silver sprinkled throughout. With a growl that sounded as though a great beast had clawed its way out of the depths of darkness the demon spoke it''s final words to the boy before he was pulled away.
"Why do you think the Goddess chose me? Because she doesn''t know, but I do. I know that the only important thing in this world is me. The only weapon I have; my own power and the only justice that exist is my arrogance."
The pressure faded and the boy flew towards the direction of the pull.
The red eyes remained in that dark space, but then quickly faded and leaving only the demon''s previous form.
Before following the boy, with it''s high pitch and shrill voice, it muttered to itself.
"heh. I''m so awesome."
Chapter 1- The arrogant sun
The sun, alone in the sky, shown upon the Great Stone Mountain Range with such brilliance that from afar it would appear as though the mountains were kneeling towards the ruler of the heavens.
The heat from above pressed down on Fang Shi as he descended the mountain path heading towards Chengjing city, the capital of the central continent. Fang Shi was in a rush to arrive at the city, but moved as though he was in no hurry so as to avoid attention.
Every step was a struggle for Fang Shi, not because traveling had caused him to tire, but because his heart was pushing him to move faster while his pride and caution slowed his step.
"The princess is waiting for me. I cannot wait to see her again. She is so kind and innocent I must be by her side to protect her."
He was mumbling quietly trying to convince himself to move faster, but could not overcome the words from his sister back in his home town.
"Do not rush. You don''t want to seem desperate or she''ll think you''re weak and unworthy of her attention."
He knew the words were true or at least everything he knew about women didn''t conflict with what she said. That was not saying much however because he knew close to nothing about women. He had grown up in a small sect next to a middle size town and had focused only on training since he was young.
In this world strength to protect those around him was all he desired. When a young girl was possessed by an evil spirit he had used all his strength to save her life. The battle had been intense but his Emperor Fist was a fist, not just of strength, but also of Will and could damage the evil spirit directly. He was also a peerless talent that could cause even geniuses to bow their head in shame.
After the battle was finished the young girl had looked at him with eyes of wonder and amazement. Her tranquil eyes had filled his mind with shameful thoughts causing him to want to grab her immediately so he had. His strong hand grasped her and he was shocked at how small and soft they were. He had never thought he would be bold enough to grasp the beautiful and delicate... hands before him, so he blushed, but was able to ask if she was alright.
She too had blushed, but she hadn''t pulled her hands away. Instead she had collapsed causing him to rush forward and grasp her small perfectly formed waist with his right hand while his left held tightly onto hers refusing to let go. As she looked up at him she had fluttered her deep blue eyes and a smell of flowers had overwhelmed him leaving him speechless.
She had called him her hero and asked if he would always stay by her side to protect her. Caught up in the moment and having no reason to refuse Fang Shi had immediately swore on his life that he would always protect her.
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Fang Shi blushed again as he remembered that moment. Even now he hadn''t overcome his shock at how bold he was. Still the days following that event had driven home what his father had always taught him that a cultivator must not be afraid to take risks or there would be no reward. And reward there was.
The young girl he had saved was the 2nd Chu princess and she had told him to find her in the capital city so that they could be wed as soon as possible. She stayed a while in the town and made plans with him. He couldn''t travel with her though as she would need to discuss the matter with her father the emperor.
Fang Shi smiled at that thought. Emperor! I''m going to be the son of the emperor of the entire central continent! Sure it was only a step son, but his name would spread across the land and everyone would know him. He couldn''t wait to see the look on his big sister''s face when she found out. His sister had known he was going to marry the girl he saved, but for political reasons the princess, Sun Qing, told him to that he should only say he was marrying a wealthy merchant daughter and to give a false surname.
''Not the princess anymore MY princess!'' he thought to himself, still with a smile on his face.
With that thought his feet began to hasten, but then immediately slowed remembering his sisters wise words. He also had another reason to not rush. If he were to be seen running then bandits would be more likely to attack. People that ran through the mountains were most likely had valuables they didn''t want taken and thus in a hurry to leave the bandit covered mountains.
Either that or they were fleeing from something or someone. If the former then the bandits would just cripple the victim and use the victim as bait to flee. If the later they would trade the victim to the pursuer for a reward.
Unfortunately traveling slowly hadn''t discouraged the bandits in the least. A lone travel was easy pickings and Fang Shi had already been attacked several times while crossing the mountains. Still it was better to play it safe since doing so was also inline with his sister''s words. However fearing a bandit attack was not the reason he had slowed his pace.
As if summoned by the quicker pace; several men stepped out of the woods onto the path in front of him. They were the reason he had slowed his steps.
Chapter 2 - The arrogant bandit leader
author note; the boy from prologue and young devil haven''t appeared yet. Events taking place now are slightly before the body the boy takes over dies so don''t worry if Fang Shi isn''t the least bit arrogant. The story is not about him, but the boy. Haven''t thought of a name yet for the boy and it doesn''t seem too necessary at this point since he''ll take the name of the body he possesses. Also, it''s not like I don''t have names for people or something so don''t think that while you read this chapter. The bandit leader definitely has a name. Definitely. These few chapters are used to familiarize yourself with the universe and maybe introduce some backstory so you''re not just dropped into the body.
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The grizzled face of the largest bandit twisted into a evil smile. Even from such a distance the putrid odor of the bandit leader''s sweat made Fang Shi take a step back surprising him that it could reach him from so far.
"Your money or your life what''s more important trash?"
Fang Shi was shocked. How could someone that smelled like that call him trash? He almost said this, but held his tongue as he did not want to lower himself to the bandit''s level.
"Perhaps big brother wouldn''t mind moving away and letting me pass? I don''t have any money and am going to the town to find work."
Fang Shi was an honest person and refused to lie, so he couldn''t help praising his quick thinking. It wasn''t exactly untrue either since he would work very hard at being a good husband and prince.
"Hahaha. Good good. Younger brother if you''re looking for work then you can join us. You''ve gone through the mountains so you''ve probably already fought several bandits. The fact that you''re still alive means you have some strength."
"As you''ve said I have already fought several bandits whom were all defeated on the way here."
Fang Shi again basked in his own brilliance. By telling the bandits he had already fought and won it would cause them to be cautious.
"I cannot however join you as my fiance is waiting for me in the city and her father has already given me a job."
"Younger brother already has a job? Amazing! I''m worried though perhaps your job isn''t going to pay as much as you would earn working with us?"
"No problem there big bro, my father-in-law to be is a wealthy merchant and-"
Fang Shi''s face froze, but it was too late to take the words back. He had taken pride in his previous words for being so clever causing him to relax. He also had wanted to take pride in his new fiance and her father. He made a note to himself to meditate later on how shameful and dangerous pride can be.
Not too dangerous now though as he didn''t fear the bandits. He could easily tell they were weaker than he was, but had merely wanted to avoid bloodshed.
''At least I learned the lesson now and not later!'' Fang Shi thought to himself.
He was so relaxed he even had enough time to reflect on the fact that he had so easily lied despite having sworn himself to a life of honesty. He justified it because he saw it as though he was sacrificing a small part of himself in order to protect the one he loved...loved? Fang Shi''s face loosened at that thought. He hadn''t thought his feelings were that deep, but now he realized how much that beautiful girl had affected him. Rather than worry he was falling too hard, he was filled with joy.
The bandit leader made a short and hidden signal while approaching and others carefully moved into position to block Fang Shi''s path of retreat.
"Very good then. You say your father-in-law is a merchant and that his daughter loves you enough to marry you despite not having money?"
The bandit was proud of his strength, but even more proud of his intelligence and rightly so. He couldn''t have survived long this close to the city without being smart and had quickly realized that the merchant''s daughter must truly care about her penny-less fiance if her father was willing to do so much for him.
With a grin bordering on lecherous the bandit continued, "Surely then your father-in-law will be willing to help your big brother out right? After all it''s very dangerous in these woods and you need protection otherwise you might not make it to the safety of the city."
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Fang Shi immediately realized the bandit''s plot. In fact, he had come to the conclusion before the bandit had which is why his face had frozen. Knowing now that bloodshed was unavoidable Fang Shi no longer decided to play their game.
"Enough. I can see this is going no where let us begin. Though I am curious what makes you so different than the bandit''s I''ve fought before."
The smile faded and a look of disdain replaced it. "This big bro of yours has special methods." (author note; no not pills!)
Drawing his sword the bandit leader slashed out horizontally causing a sword beam to fly in a crescent shape straight towards Fang Shi''s legs. He didn''t want to kill him only wound him enough to capture him and collect ransom.
"Take him alive boys! HAHAHAH"
The bandits had already surrounded Fang Shi, but he didn''t appear worried at all.
Putting his right fist in front of his face, so that the back of his hand was shown toward the bandit''s incoming attack, a symbol of a crown appeared on his skin as though it was a glowing tattoo. The fist emitted a ki wave that ripped the incoming blade ki apart.
The other bandits froze seeing this. None of them could use ki only their leader had practiced cultivating and the distance between a normal fighter and a cultivator was like comparing the heavens and the earth.
"Oh you have some ability huh? You''re still trash. I am the strongest bandit in all these mountains. You''re not even worthy enough to know my name!!!"
The nameless bandit leader shouted as he attacked twice more causing two separate horizontal ki slashes; this time filled with killing intent; having apparently already forgotten his plan to capture his hostage alive.
Fang Shi wasn''t worried though and instead jumped forward twisting his body to slide between the two incoming attacks.
The bandits couldn''t believe their eyes; no one had avoided the twin ki slashes before, some had blocked it sure but avoid it like that? Never! They weren''t worried though because their leader still hadn''t used his trump card. His specialty attack was twice as strong as the previous attacks and he had even named the attack after himself.
"YOU DARE! Then lets see if you can survive this attack of mine!"
The bandit leader shouted and ki filled his blade. He slashed out twice, this time though the second blade slash was faster than the first and they quickly combined into one power slash. The trees shook with the force of the attack and the bandits close to their leader fell to the ground with amazement on their face. They never thought they would see his famous bandit attack that was known throughout all the mountain range for it''s strength. There wasn''t a bandit within a hundred miles that didn''t know it''s name.
Fang Shi was impressed that such a back-of-the-woods nobody nameless bandit leader could produce an attack of this power. He was really curious if the bandit had learned the move or made it himself and what the attack was called.
He struck out his fist and it collided with the blade slash instantly causing a huge explosion killing bandits that had stayed too close and had been hoping to see their boss''s famous well-known-to-all attack cut Fang Shi into pieces.
The smoke cleared and Fang Shi was gone.
"HAHAHA! Of course the great I would win. No one has ever beaten me before and no one has ever survived my world renowned attack!"
A new recruit was incredibly impressed and, as he had just joined didn''t know the name of this attack, couldn''t help but ask;
"w-w-w-wow! What was that?"
The leader heard him and was more than pleased to answer.
"Haha that''s an attack that I made myself I call it th-"
"LEFT FIST OF THE EMPEROR; CRUSHING MIGHT."
The leader looked confused. "No that''s not it..."
A ki fist fell from the heavens and smashed the bandit leader into pulp. Fang Shi was curious, but not that curious.
One or two chapters more and we''ll get the devil+boy. I''ll hopefully have it ready by the end of the day. Also, don''t get attached to "Fang Shi" bless his heart he''s just not MC material.
Chapter 3- The Carrage Passanger is arrogant
Fang Shi quickly arrived to the capital with no further incidents. After overwhelmingly defeating the leader the rest of the bandits had fled.
After leaving the forest and seeing the capital for the first time Fang Shi was astonished. The solid steel walls of the city stretched to the left and the right endlessly while also rising taller than any building he''d ever seen before. Fang Shi had learned before coming to the capital that this was just the outer layer wall, the inner wall was twice as thick and twice as high, and the wall around the palace was equally impressive and made out of gold.
He slowly approached the gate where a guard was collecting tax for entry. He showed the guard a small token he had been given by his princess, he had started calling her that when he realized how much he loved her, and the guard let him in without having to pay the tax. This made Fang Shi swell with pride, but he quickly remembered his previous lesson about such feelings and suppressed them. Only a little though.
Entering the gate he proceeded towards the inner district intending to then head to the Palace. Taking in the bustling sights and sounds of the city as well as, unfortunately, the smell. He had unknowingly entered the district gate used by the bandits, beggars, and other unsavory people to gain access to the poor section of town.
As Fang Shi approached the inner wall he sighed in both amazement at the wall and relief that he hadn''t been attacked. He had started to get the feeling that while walking through the city several people were watching him and not out of interest, but malice. Arriving in front of the inner gate he approached the guard and got directions to a nearby inn as he wanted to clean himself up before presenting himself to his princess. The guard had a lot of experience so he directed him to an inn just past the fighting arena as he assumed he was a fighter that had come from the mountains to test his strength.
Fang Shi continued along the directions the guard had given and was almost to the inn when he saw a carriage traveling rather quickly towards the arena. He noticed immediately that a young boy had fallen in front of the carriage and would be trampled to death if he didn''t do something.
He wouldn''t make it in time if he ran so he could only hope the person steering the carriage could hear him as he yelled.
"STOP CARRIAGE!"
With luck the carriage stopped just before crashing into the child.
Slowly the carriage door opened and a young man stepped out. While the man had elegant features, his sharp eyebrows were furrowed causing him to look like a villain. He wore a black gown that was woven with gold and had an emerald green trim which matched the color of his vicious looking eyes. His hair, tied in the back and falling just past his shoulders, was black as night.
His face reminded Fang Shi of someone, but he couldn''t remember who. All he could think about was his princess so her face was the only one that came to mind.
"Who dares command my carriage to stop?" A cold and calm voice came from the man.
Fang Shi seeing that the driver of the carriage had stopped before running over the child Fang Shi relaxed and quickly approached the noble carriage owner who had just stepped out.
"I apologize. I had asked for you to stop so as to avoid running over this child."
Fang Shi bowed slightly after having explained.
"Then instead of the child you will die." The man said as he thrust his open hand covered in a black ki towards Fang Shi as though it were a blade.
A confused look appeared on Fang Shi''s face, but he quickly retreated and avoided the attack. It was quick and if it had hit could easily have killed Fang Shi, but as impressive as it was the attack was still manageable.
"Oh you have some skill, then perhaps you''ll entertain me before you die."
The man attacked again this time faster than before as black ki surrounded his feet. Fang Shi had been about to say something to hopefully resolve the situation and thus couldn''t dodge in time. He also felt that if he tried to block he would probably die.
With a sigh he instantly realized his only choice was to strike first so he struck out with his right fist and put all Will into the attack.
"RIGHT FIST OF THE EMPEROR; DOMINEERING SOUL"
His Will filled the fist attack and crashed into his opponent who exploded backwards and put a hole in the wall of a nearby building.
Shaking his head he spoke to himself "A pity. He was strong but even my father who is an entire layer ahead of me couldn''t survive that attack."
He turned around to check on the child when he sensed movement from the hole. Fang Shi''s eyebrow twitched and he turned around in time to catch a confused voice say "..am i?"
The young man from before placed a hand on the edge of the wall and using it to help himself out of the hole appeared with a confused look on his face.
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Fang Shi noticed the confusion and was surprised at the lack of anger. With a flash of insight he realized the young man must have lost his senses and quickly turned to leave as the young boy was far from injured and had actually already ran off.
"Wait." said the young man''s unsure voice.
Fang Shi stopped, turned back around and decided to feign ignorance.
"How can I help you?"
"Ahh. Ummm. Apparently I''m suppose to kill or cripple you. I don''t suppose you''ll cripple yourself will you?"
Seeing that the young man might be reasoned with Fang Shi tried to explain again.
"I think you might be confused. See your carriage was traveling very fast down the road and almost ran over a young boy. I yelled stop so that you would stop before hitting the child."
Fang Shi paused for a fraction of a moment as he had quickly realized empathy might not be the best approach for this man continued.
"It also was to help prevent damage to your carriage! If you had trampled the boy to death it might have broken a spoke or injured the horse. I was only looking out for your best interest."
"Hmmm. That sounds reasonable. What? I have to kill him anyways?"
Fang Shi frowned. Apparently this haughty noble not only thought highly of himself but enjoyed playing tricks as well.
"Ugh you do it then. *cough cough*. AHEM. You boy. What is your name?"
Not just tricks but character acting? If the noble hadn''t been talking about killing him then Fang Shi would actually have been impressed.
"My name is Fang Shi of the Emper-"
"HAHAHAHA. FANG SHI? FANG SHI? More like Fang Shit." Laughing for a while the noble abruptly stopped and said faintly "Shut up that was good."
Fang Shi frowned and added rude to the list of the noble''s character traits.
"Well Fang Shit. If you don''t cripple yourself right now and beg for mercy then I, your father,will do it myself and then kill you."
"The name is Fang SHI. And if you hadn''t noticed I just punched you through a wall. How about we just go our separate ways?"
"Oh that? HA. Look at me, does it look like that hurt at all? A piece of trash like you? Hurt me? What a SHItty joke. No that''s not the same joke it''s completely different one. Look do you want to do this or not."
"I just told you I don''t want to do this."
"Huh? Oh. Well you don''t have a choice. While you didn''t hurt me you did attack me and I can''t just let you walk around like that or everyone will think less of me."
"People already think less of you."
The nobles right eyebrow twitched.
"The fuck you just say?"
"I said you''re behavior here is causing you to lose face. A kid almost died because of your actions but thankfully I was here and-"
The young man quickly held up his and waved it.
"That''s what I thought you said, but see that doesn''t matter now does it? Nope. Not even a tiny bit. Just like you and that kid. You don''t matter one bit either. You''re less than a bit. If you took a bit and cut it in half. Then ground that half into tiny tiny bit pieces. You''d be less than that because the only thing in this city that matters is me."
With the last word a force pressed down on the entire area save for the carriage. It was a power so absolute it caused Fang Shi to fall to his knees and cough up blood. Bystanders died immediately though not many had been stupid enough to stick around when the 2nd Prince''s carriage first stopped.
"That''s it. Kneel like the common filth you are. Feel that? That''s my importance. That''s something you don''t have because you''re a nothing."
Fang Shi started to panic, but quickly calmed and pulled out the token.
"I...I am the fiance of the princess." He tried to say, but blood filled his mouth and it came out unintelligible.
Seeing the token the young man showed a demonic smile.
"Oh? You have one of those too?"
Pulling out a large medallion on a necklace with the same emblem, a golden sun on dark black metal coin.
"Funny thing. Mines bigger. hehe. In more ways than one trash."
Fang Shi looked at the demon of a man in front of him and behind the smile saw a true demon. It burned into his mind and was the last thing he saw before his head exploded.
And with that you should know who the boy and demon is. Or is it devil? For the sake of my memory they''ll be treated as the same thing. Also, I do have a name picked out for the main character, not the boy, but the 2nd prince. It''s Sun Jiao which google tells me is arrogant. Such great naming sense no? Next chapter we meet the princess which hopefully explains why I spent so much time on fang shi. It''s hopefully to give you a better(or worse!?!) impression of the beauty that is Sun Qing!
Chapter 4- The arrogant demon shows off
Author''s note; In regards to the title I didn''t mean like THAT. Get your mind out of the gutter.
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When Sun Jiao was hit by Fang Shi''s DOMINEERING SOUL right fist attack his soul was destroyed before he even hit the wall. Because the attack was mostly a Will based and not a physical one the body hadn''t received much damage.
Coincidentally or perhaps through Goddess intervention the body hit the wall at the same time it''s new soul fell into the body.
The boy''s soul which had been pulled in what he felt to be a downward direction, "fell" into a body traveling sideways through a wall. Naturally this caused the boy, now in Sun Jiao''s body, quite the confusion as he felt as though he had fallen through the "floor" and was was laying on the "wall".
After the boy opened his eyes he saw the hole in the wall and surrounding rubble and was able to figure out what happened though it still took him a few seconds to readjust his orientation.
''The Goddess could have just waited a second longer and avoided the confusion'' the boy thought to himself as he got up.
Standing the boy looked around.
"Where am I?"
Not getting an answer the boy decided to climb through the hole and investigate further.
Seeing a young man around the boy''s age turning to leave the boy heard a voice in his head that sounded like the demon he had been speaking to; .
"Wait" the boy said aloud causing the young man to freeze.
Xiaobo, the demon, said in the boy''s head.
After the young man turned around he had said something, but the boy missed it.
Deciding to ignore it the boy spoke; "Ahh. Ummm. Apparently I''m suppose to kill or cripple you. I don''t suppose you''ll cripple yourself will you?"
"I think you might be confused. See your carriage was traveling very fast down the road and almost ran over a young boy. I yelled stop so that you would stop before hitting the child. It also was to help prevent damage to your carriage! If you had trampled the boy to death it might have broken a spoke or injured the horse. I was only looking out for your best interest."
"Hmmm. That sounds reasonable."
"What? I have to kill him anyways?"
"Ugh you do it then."
The world shifted for the boy and he found himself no longer in control of the body. It was an odd experience as though his entire body was floating inside someone''s head.
In control of Sun Jiao''s body Xiaobo coughed a bit to clear his throat, it was the first time he had spoken out of a human body.
"AHEM. You boy. What is your name?"
"My name is Fang Shi of the Emper-"
"HAHAHAHA. FANG SHI? FANG SHI? More like Fang Shit."
Xiaobo continued to laugh until he heard the boy''s voice in his head;
"Shut up that was good."
Xiaobo had planned to continue laughing until the Shi guy got irritated, an upset opponent is a good opponent, but the boy had ruined the mood.
Xiaobo added rude to the very short list of the boy''s character traits.
"Well Fang Shit. If you don''t cripple yourself right now and beg for mercy then I, your father, will do it myself and then kill you."
"The name is Fang SHI. And if you hadn''t noticed I just punched you through a wall. How about we just go our separate ways?"
"Oh that? HA. Look at me, does it look like that hurt at all? A piece of trash like you? Hurt me? What a SHItty joke."
thought the boy.
"No that''s not the same joke it''s completely different."
"Look do you want to do this or not."
Distracted by the boy Xiaobo was a bit confused when Fang Shi said; "I just told you I don''t want to do this."
"Huh?"
"Oh." Xiaobo said to the boy, then to Fang Shi.
"Well you don''t have a choice. While you didn''t hurt me you did attack me and I can''t just let you walk around like that or everyone will think less of me."
"People already think less of you."
Xiaobo''s eye twitched at the boys remark. "The fuck you just say?"
Thought the boy while Fang Shi said out loud; "I said you''re behavior here is causing you to lose face. A kid almost died because of your actions but thankfully I was here and-"
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"That''s what I thought you said, but see that doesn''t matter now does it? Nope. Not even a tiny bit. Just like you and that kid. You don''t matter one bit either. You''re less than a bit. If you took a bit and cut it in half. Then ground that half into tiny tiny bit pieces. You''d be less than that because the only thing in this city that matters is me."
Xiaobo smiled and, having figured out how to talk mind to mind, thought to the boy
the boy said with some expectation.
The few people around dropped to the ground dead while Fang Shi kneeled and coughed up blood.
The boy being inside Sun Jiao''s head hadn''t felt the pressure and asked
the boy interrupted.
All this took time to read, but it happened in almost a blink of an eye as thought-talk was significantly quicker than actually speaking.
Ignoring the boy''s reply, Xiaobo in Sun Jiao''s body spoke to they dying Fang Shi; "That''s it. Kneel like the common filth you are. Feel that? That''s my importance. That''s something you don''t have because you''re a nothing."
Xiaobo was going to end it there, but seeing Fang Shi reach for his pocket he paused out of curiosity.
Seeing the token fall to the ground Xiaobo recognized it as the imperial crest. The Goddess had given Xiaobo all the information on Sun Jiao''s body and that included a rather large amount of information regarding his family crest.
"Oh? You have one of those too?"
Xiaobo took a few step forward, pulled out a large medallion that hung on a chain of black gold, and showed it off so that Fang Shi could see.
"Funny thing. Mines bigger. hehe. In more ways than one trash."
Then to the boy;
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Xiaobo turned to face the carriage just as the door clicked open.
A small and delicate foot stepped out and a voice that sounded like an angel spoke, "Big brother what is taking so long? We''re going to be late!"
As the angel stepped out she saw the body of Yang Shi and the token lying next to him.
"BIG BROTHER! Y-Y-YOU KILLED HIM!?!"
Wanted to introduce Sun Qing, but it was too long. Next chapter is titled "My little sister can''t be this arrogant" so yay.
Chapter 5- My little sister cant be this arrogant
The moment the girl stepped out of the carriage the boy lost all thought. She was the most beautiful thing he''d ever seen despite having a preference for a more mature women. The boy thought that even famous actresses from earth wouldn''t be comparable.
With that thought his focus traveled up from the small foot she had extended from the carriage. On her feet were black stiletto boots with gold trim that disappeared under a black dress woven with gold and accented with sky blue lace. The boy recognized it as Gothic Lolita from earth, though the light blue trim made it significantly less Gothic, but noticeably more delightful.
The wide bottom dress hid her legs but came together tightly on her small and elegant waist. On her slightly noticeable chest was pendant similar to the one Sun Jiao wore but was smaller and surrounded by sapphire gems. Her shoulders were bare showing a flawless jade colored skin down the length of her surprisingly well-toned arm hidden only by small sky blue gloves.
The boy took that in very quickly, but it was her face, specifically her light blue eyes, that had captured his attention the longest. It was a perfectly symmetrical delicate beauty with a sharp chin and flawless skin, save for a small mole below her right eye.
Her eyes had hawk like appearance on top of which were sharp brows that gave off a feeling of fierceness, but a light in them that also gave a gentle calm feeling. The juxtaposition caused the boys mind to turn over and over trying to determine if it was fierce or gentle look and settled on unfathomable instead.
Her unquestionably pretty face was framed by a deep blue, almost black, hair that was set in a bun with two bangs falling down the side ending evenly with her chin. Her left bang covered more than half of her forehead which caused ones attention to focus on the beauty mark below her right eye.
Suddenly her hair slightly glowed and changed to a dark red causing the boy to snap out of his lustful gaze.
"BIG BROTHER! Y-Y-YOU KILLED HIM!?!"
the boy had trouble processing the situation having first been distracted by her looks and then again by her alluring voice.
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(quite large actually Romeo the Demon Lord had visited several outer universes and was notorious for inspiring stories about himself if only to shut him up about women. It''s the key reason he dies at the end of almost every story he''s in.)
True to his word Xiaobo stopped listening and turned his attention to the yelling girl. Not much time had passed since her question about killing Fang Shi since thought-speak happened almost instantly. Xiaobo considered teasing the boy who was in his head, but realizing the seriousness of the situation decided to pretend to be Sun Jiao which he was considerably good at what with the goddess having given him so much information.
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"Yes. He dared to command us to stop for some stupid reason."
The girls hair flickered and changed to a dark yellow. A look of surprise appeared on her face and she dramatically raised her hand to cover her mouth. Holding the pose for a moment to emphasis her surprise she then lowered her hand and clasped it behind her back and her face changed to show a pouting look.
Inside Sun Jiao''s head the boy quickly noticed how beautiful her pouting lips were before instantly returning to her eyes.
Her hair returned to a deep blue as she strolled forward and sighed. Standing over the body she instantly smiled and said in a cheery voice;
"It can''t be helped then!"
Bending over at the waist she picked up the coin from the ground and returned it to her purse. The boy hadn''t noticed the purse previously because it wasn''t part of her lovely body and after seeing it promptly forgot about it.
"This is the third one you''ve killed though. You should behave more like third sister she never kills them when they run into her first; only cripples them so that I can..." She paused and batted her eyes at Sun Jiao "...use their bodies." which she followed up with a giggle that was so cute it caused the boy in Sun Jiao''s head to lose all reason.
Sun Jiao snorted and started walking towards the carriage.
Sun Qing followed and continued to talk "Ah! Big brother did I make you jealous? You know I would love to use your body too! It''s such a wonderful body! I could find so many uses for it. Third sister could too you know? We could share you know? I''d love that very much you know?"
The boy had been quiet for a while so Xiaobo had stopped ignoring him. He immediately regretted that decision.
"No." Sun Jiao said as he held the door open for Sun Qing who turned, pouted, and said "You''re no fun. HMPH!" before jumping into the carriage.
Sun Jiao followed and sat across from the now smiling Sun Qing whom quickly returned to speaking as the carriage resumed it''s previous pace.
"Well it''s for the best I suppose. I''d have gone first obviously, because if third sister did you probably wouldn''t be in any shape to make me happy! She does love ripping her men apart." Sun Qing paused to giggle then continued speaking while ignoring the sigh that came from Sun Jiao.
"Do you think I''ll find anyone fun to play with at the coliseum? Certainly no one worth keeping, but maybe I''ll find one to step on? Oh? Oh! I stepped in that sad man''s blood! I''ll definitely find someone to lick it off. Do you think the manager would? Oh but I can''t have him do it because I can''t let someone that licked my shoe keep his tongue, obviously, and how will he praise me every time I visit if he doesn''t have a tongue? Silly me. I know! I could kill him after taking his tongue and then the new manager can praise me! Aren''t I clever big brother?"
Sun Jiao just furrowed his brow which was enough of an answer for Sun Qing apparently as she continued talking with a small frown followed immediately by a cheerful smile.
"Oh right. You''d said no killing. You killed though so I should be able to right? Right? That''s not fair that you got to kill. You even killed my fiance! *giggle* How could you! *giggle*"
Sun Jiao calmly asked; "How many fiances do you have right now?"
"MMMMMM. There is one more on the way here and I have 54 back at the palace! That man was going to be my 55th and now I have to wait for the other one to show up." she said and ended it with a pout.
author note; Poor Fang Shi! I''ll go into more detail about what exactly his situation was next chapter. Also, I totally didn''t spend an hour at work typing out her description. Nope. Definitely not.
Those of you worried about Sun Qing''s fiance''s those are only the ones still "living" if you can call it that. hehehe
Chapter 6- Will the dog be arrogant as well?
Author note; from now on thought-speak will change from ''yo'' to since it''s hard to tell '' from " and I''ll be using '' for
actual thoughts. I''ll go through the previous chapters and edit them when I get a chance.
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There was a pause in the conversation and then a slight dizziness and the boy was back in control of Sun Jiao''s body.
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Sun Jiao stopped thinking and switched his focus back to Sun Qing. She had continued rambling and was now talking about the wedding she wanted which apparently included forcing slaves to fight while the wedding dinner was going on to "get her in the mood".
Taking Xiaobo''s advice to heart Sun Jiao tuned her out, it appeared she wasn''t looking for a response. After observing her for a while he thought to himself;
''She must love the sound of her own voice. She''s just going on and on. She''s definitely pretty though, but not really my type. I like them... not crazy. hehe. Ugh. That laugh of his is infectious. Kind of fun though. If you have a thought act on it huh? Lets try that.''
Still not paying attention to what Sun Qing was saying, Sun Jiao tried it out, "hehe" and was quite pleased.
''This is fun.'' he thought to himself before noticing Sun Qing had stopped talking and was staring at him with wide eyes, ''ok maybe not that fun, fuck''.
She broke out into a huge grin and in as happy a voice as he had heard from her yet said; "Big Brother you think it''s funny too? I take him out for a walk every Sunday and he gets SO excited." As she emphasized the word so she put her cute little hands up with her fingers spread, about even to her face, and then fanned them out to her side to even further emphasize how excited he gets.
Glad that he hadn''t fucked up a slight grin appeared on Sun Jiao''s face.
''Awww she''s adorable. I didn''t even know an excited smile could be completely different from a happy one. And it seems like she really cares about her dog.''
Noticing the brief smile Sun Qing got even more excited. "It''s really fun taking him for walks! We could get you one brother would you like that?"
Sun Qing smile faded and her cheeks turned slightly rose colored. Wringing her hands on her lap and acting bashful she continued, "Ummm...we..we could walk them together maybe? I would like that very much. Can we?"
Seeing Sun Qing''s upturned eyes Sun Jiao''s felt a flutter in his heart.
''Calm down that''s probably her special eyes. I wonder if there is a name for them. Love eyes maybe? Attract eyes? Dog doesn''t sound too bad though and I should probably spend time with her to get to know her. It would be bad not to know my own sister better. Can''t seem eager though.''
"Hmmm. Sunday you say? That would be fine. Lets do that, but only this Sunday not every Sunday okay?"
"YES BROTHER!" she yelled and then launched herself from her seat to wrap her hands around his neck in a hug.
Smiling Sun Jiao returned the hug which instantly caused Sun Qing to freeze.
''SHIT. I think I just fucked up.''
So The Boy is Sun Jiao now! In-case anyone is wondering the boy died back on earth. Hasn''t been mentioned yet and The Boy. No! Sun Jiao! will ask later when Xiaobo is in a better mood. What wont be mentioned is how he died. It was a truck. Not just any truck but truck-kun. Is it just me or are trucks really really dangerous!?! Truck-kun shouldn''t get too full of himself though. Just because you''re big and strong truck-kun doesn''t mean you''re important to the story! So I declare!
Chapter 7- I didnt mean to be THAT arrogant!
The carriage came to a stop and Sun Jiao stepped out with a slight sweat. He wiped his brow and looked back at the carriage that contained a Sun Qing who was sleeping now on her side of the cabin.
''Somehow I think that wasn''t what Xiaobo meant by getting hands on. To think she''d faint just because I gave her hug. Her brother must never give her any attention so even a little bit caused her brain to short circuit. or should I say fry? boil? Whichever it is I think I should put some effort into avoiding earth terms.''
Finishing that thought Sun Jiao then reflected on what exactly happened just moments ago.
After Sun Qing had froze her face had turned red and she immediately passed out. Sun Jiao held onto her until the carriage stopped as it would have been awkward to place her down in the moving vehicle. The distance to the coliseum hadn''t been far from the fight so it hadn''t become uncomfortable.
''Should I wake her or go inside without her. What would her brother do?''
With that thought Sun Jiao quickly turned and walked towards the coliseum, but slowed his step as he finally noticed the crowd waiting to go in. His hesitation was only for a moment though as he remembered Xiaobo''s advice.
As Sun Jiao approached the crowd began to whisper and move out of his way. One unfortunate fellow was oblivious though and had continued talking to his friends despite their surprised face. Thankfully the fellow noticed just before Sun Jiao would be required to take action as Sun Jiao hadn''t yet decided what the appropriate action would be. Not so thankfully the man decided to do his best to embarrass Sun Jiao by throwing himself on the ground.
"Sorry to offend I should have moved immediately. I didn''t intend on not giving you face. Please forgive me. I will slap myself 100 times to show my respect." The man begged and began to slap his own face again and again.
''Well this is new. Also, incredibly awkward. Do I have to wait for him to finish? Should I count and make sure it''s exactly 100?''
As quick as Sun Jiao''s thoughts were he hadn''t made a any meaningful progress on what his decision would be by the time the man got a quarter of the way through his 100 slaps.
Deciding that any further hesitation would force him to stand here and wait for the man to finish and that he should do whatever he wanted he walked away, but not without giving a snort of disdain.
Satisfied with his decision Sun Jiao continued walking until he noticed the man had slowed his slaps a significant amount.
''Shit that might be a sign of disrespect here. It is right? It has to be. If I turn around now though it will make me indecisive. I need to think of something quick. Kill him? No I can''t do that. It''s just a couple of slaps. I need to do something though.''
Noticing a guard Sun Jiao relaxed.
''I''ll get him to watch the man and make sure he finishes slapping himself.''
"You there." Sun Jiao said in a tone that he thought Xiaobo would approve of, but sounded a bit over the top in his own opinion.
The guard noticeably jumped and his face quickly drained of blood. Slowly he raised a hand and pointed at himself without saying a word.
"Yes, you. That man has offended me. See that his punishment is finished."
The guard quickly felt relieved that it was a reasonable request. "YES SIR!"
With a slight nod Sun Jiao continued on very pleased with himself even allowing an ever so tiny smile to appear.
The crowd however saw the upturned lips and shivered. On Sun Jiao''s face it was a cruel and twisted smile.
Just before entering the smile faded as he heard the guards next words a slight distance away.
"YOU CLEARLY DO NOT KNOW WHO THAT IS! THAT IS THE SECOND PRINCE HOW DARE YOU NOT GIVE HIM FACE!!"
"no...I am! I am! See I am!"
"KILL YOURSELF NOW!"
"but but I..."
"YOU DARE?"
After that there was a brief sound of a sword being drawn and scream that sent a shiver down Sun Jiao''s spine.
''FUCK. I only wanted the guard to make sure he slapped himself... why the fuck did he kill him?''
While trying to calm himself down his thoughts were interrupted as a large disgusting looking man approached him while wringing his hands and lowering his head over and over. Deciding to ignore what had just happened at the entrance Sun Jiao listened to the obese man in front of him who had just started to speak.
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"Greetings Young Master. I am so glad to have you grace this lowly coliseum with your presence! I hope that you can forgive us for any inadequacy and we will do our best to entertain. In fact to show you our appreciation I have a gift for you!"
With a sharp clap a young women stepped forward with her head bowed and a nervous look on her face. On earth the women would have been considered a beauty, but Sun Jiao, having seen the truly beautiful Sun Qing, couldn''t bring himself to call the women standing before him one.
''She''s attractive, but the word beauty should be reserved for Sun Qing''
She was wearing a soft green gown that was tied at the waist with an emerald ribbon matching Sun Jiao''s green trim and her auburn hair was pulled back in a ponytail that fell to her waist.
The first thing Sun Jiao noticed though was that the gown began to open up just above the young lady''s belt ribbon, but the cut remained narrow as it approached the neck. The white and unblemished skin that was visible showed a pair of medium sized breasts which, if they were ever so larger, would be accurately described as ample.
The next thing Sun Jiao noticed was her cute and worried face. It was young, but had matured a bit so he placed her age around 17 or 18. There wasn''t a hint of arrogance in her eyes, in fact Sun Jiao noticed that they seemed a little dull as if she had lost hope.
The Fat man continued after giving Sun Jiao a moment to look. "She may not be very attractive and she''s rather dumb, but she''s obedient and comes from a clan that had some strength so her talent for cultivating isn''t lacking."
The man grew a lecherous grin making his ugly face even more unpleasant.
"She''s also untouched and should have a high tolerance for pain. Of course if you find her unsatisfactory we can find you another gift. Perhaps a medical pill or a piece of jewelry for your sister? Do not worry about her though we will certainly make sure she dies untouched as no one would dare to touch a gift given to you; even if it was refused."
Sun Jiao noticed the girl''s clenched hands began to shiver but otherwise remained completely still.
''Somehow I don''t think that means she''ll be well taken care of to eventually die of old age. Maybe she''s the reliable ally, but if I accept her then she serves me and that doesn''t really have anything to do with hands on hint that Xiaobo gave me. No harm in saying yes though I can always free her later. He seems to think she isn''t worth very much though so maybe I shouldn''t seem too eager.''
"She''s acceptable."
Expecting her to feel relief the girl surprised Sun Jiao and looked even more worried. Her eyes began to water, but she clenched her shivering hands as tightly as possible and suppressed her urge to cry.
''Shit. Maybe they were going to take care of her and she''d be set for life. I just fucked that up. Maybe I should give her back. I can''t be indecisive though..."
"Excellent! She''s yours then, treat her however you like. If you wish we can dispose of her if you have finished with her before you leave."
''Dispose of her? Finish with her? What the hell does this creep expect I''m going to do? On second thought I probably don''t want to know.''
The man did his best impression of a very very large seal and clapped his hands again. The clapping caused his accurately named "ample" jowls to shake. That, coupled with with his horrible attitude to towards the girl, caused Sun Jiao to be thoroughly disgusted.
"My na..name is Xu Rong. I will... can...I would be ple-pleased to lead you to your usual viewing room."
The girl''s right hand clenched her gown and her left hand waved towards a hallway as her noticeably shaken voice coincided with the gesture.
"I will *sniff* be happy to serve you."
Poor Xu Rong. Given away to an evil prince one can only sympathize with her tragic story. I was originally going to have her be just a normal serving girl and cause some issue that forced him to kill her or buy her, but I figured a coward blob of a man would have wanted to keep the normally short tempered prince happy with a gift. Also, thought it would be good to have her be useful and a somewhat strong ally.
So now she''ll be able to live a happy life as the prince''s closest and most trusted friend! EH??? SUN QING WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? WHY DO YOU HAVE A KNIFE? YOU DIDN''T LET ME FINISH!!! >.> or not \:P
Chapter 8- The arrogant heroes
I didn''t realize how long it takes to edit. I''ve gone through the first 3 chapters and are working my way up. I''ve made a few small changes to previous chapters, but only grammatical ones. I haven''t had a chance to go through this one, but I''ve done my best and will edit by the end of the day then hopefully touch up chapter 4.
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Sun Jiao followed Xu Rong down the crowded hallway. The crowd stuck to the edges as the center was reserved for those of a higher class. He was worried about how to comfort her as she continued to carry a depressed and worried look, but couldn''t figure out what to do.
He hadn''t had much experience with women in his previous life and his only girlfriend had been a tomboy one-of-the-guys kind of girl so there were none of the usual games women play. Sun Jiao frowned at the thought of her and continued to reflect on their now-over relationship mostly to distract himself from the current problem.
She had been great at sports and would continue to excel even after graduating high school. She was so good that she got a scholarship to a top level college, one which he had no hope of getting into, and she was excited to go. As the end of their last year in high school approached Sun Jiao had decided to break up with her. He knew he was just dragging her down and that he wouldn''t be able to keep up. They could try a long distance relationship, but she enjoyed living life in the moment and wouldn''t be able to spend time on the relationship. Eventually they would drift apart but she was too kind and would stay loyal to him out of guilt.
He had seen it coming since the start of his last year and had long come to terms with it so her memory wasn''t a source of sadness even though he only broke it off a couple weeks ago.
''Perhaps that was selfish of me to hold on to her for too long, but I''m glad for the time we spent together.''
With that thought he focused again on the girl in front of him.
''Perhaps it''s selfish for me to keep her as well.''
He was about to speak, but stopped as they had arrived at their destination. She bowed and gestured for him to enter the door held open by male servant.
When he entered the room he was shocked to see the it only had 3 walls with the 4th an open wall to the arena stage just below him. There was a faint shimmer instead of glass, but it was hardly noticeable and would give a great view of the upcoming fights. He looked around and saw a few other such boxes on the walls half of which were open without a shimmer and the other half closed off by a much brighter shimmer.
''Must be one way glass. Well magic, but same thing I guess.''
Above the boxes were the common seats which were packed full of people; clearly an event of some importance was taking place.
There were 3 servants in the room a man, the one who had held the door, stood next to the closed door. The other two were decent looking women that stood to on each side of five comfortable looking chairs. The middle chair was slightly larger and more comfortable looking and matched the colors he was wearing while the others were just black and gold.
Mustering all his confidence Sun Jiao walked to the middle chair and sat down.
"Would you li-like something to drink m-m-master?"
Sun Jiao turn his head to face Xu Rong who was standing as still as possible waiting for his reply.
"No I''m fine. Sit."
Xu Rong hesitated for a moment looked around and then fell to the floor; sitting as quickly as possible.
''Did she just sit on the floor? Why would she do that if there is a perfectly good chair? Well fatman had said she wasn''t too bright. I''ll try again, but how to do it without embarrassing her and staying arrogant. Hmm.''
Thinking a bit longer Sun Jiao decided to be as vague as possible so as not to call attention to her mistake and also show that he arrogantly expected her to understand him which shouldn''t be too hard as there wasn''t any where else to sit.
"Xu Rong, I didn''t mean there."
A look of surprise at her name was followed by a look of fear which caused her to bow her head while scooting forward saying "Sorry Master!" over and over again until she reached his feat. She then lowered her head and continued to stay on the floor.
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''Maybe that''s what the fatman meant. He probably thought she was so stupid I''d lose my patience and kill her. One more try.''
"Not on the floor."
With an "EEP!" Xu Rong stood immediately and began too look around in a panic. After a few seconds she turned to look out the arena window and saw something that caused her to freeze. Looking back and forth between another box and Sun Jiao she became more worried with each look until tears formed in her eyes. Gathering her courage she turned around and sat on Sun Jiao''s lap.
''Ahhh! I understand. She''s allergic to chairs. That must be it. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH HER. Whatever. At this point I''d just be making a scene and it''s not like I wont enjoy a cute girl sitting my lap. I can''t see a probl-''
A chill running down Sun Jiao''s spine interrupted his thoughts. The door had just opened and a breeze that came through the door carried with it a familiar smell of flowers.
Turning his head slowly he saw Sun Qing standing in the door.
She had a bright smile on her face that was locked into place and the eye just above her beauty mark was twitching.
''Uh oh. This isn''t good. I need to take control of this situation...How would her brother do it?''
Thinking quickly as possible Sun Jiao decided on the most arrogant solution he could think of; ignore it!
Sun Jiao looked away from her and directed his attention to the arena while trying desperately to remain calm.
"Big brother."
''SHIT.''
"Who''s that?"
''SHIT SHIT SHIT. What do I do?''
It felt like time slowed down as Sun Jiao ran through hundreds of different possible solutions and couldn''t think of a single answer that would work. Running out of possibilities he began to see Xiaobo''s annoying little demon face floating around in his head repeating the words he had said.
"You''re the second prince of the emperor. Anything you say goes. If you say something and someone doesn''t listen you kill them."
''I can''t kill her though!''
"That little girl right there hears you ask or hesitate and she''ll kill you in the drop of a hat."
''I need to think of something quick!!!''
"you''re a whiny bitch aren''t you?"
''That isn''t helpful at all!''
"Read the room next time yeah?"
''That isn''t either...wait maybe...''
"don''t act scared of your sister no matter what."
''I think I understand''
"unlike you, hehe, I''d be more hands on, hehe. That was a hint by the way."
''THAT''S IT.''
Time rushed back almost as quickly as Sun Jiao''s hands rushed forward.
As if they were legendary heroes they fearlessly began to explore the labyrinths, hills, and valleys before them. These heroes were risking their lives but they bravely pressed on and there was no resistance. Who could possibly prevent the heroes from completing their quest? Certainly not the world that they explored, but that did not mean there was no danger.In fact, that danger was very real.
However this would not deter them for the memories of the treasures discovered and excitement of those new discoveries would forever be with the heroes even in their death. To these heroes life and death did not matter; they thought themselves invincible and broke through all barriers while looking down on those who did not have the courage.
This too was a form of arrogance. The arrogance of youth.
For all heroes must die even if they think themselves invincible. Fate cannot be avoided and time will continue to flow bringing them closer and closer to the their end.
Ahhhh the arrogance of youth. I remember when I was young. Not that I''m old. I just remember when I was young as if it was yesterday!
How about that ex! Tomboy and super athletic! Short hair is best by the way. Also would you believe the sport she was best at is probably combat related! What a coincidence! Maybe some day she''ll be relevant or maybe not. I''m betting though that an arrogant Sun Jiao could rule earth if he does go back. Would she recognize him in his previous body!?! She doesn''t have a name yet, but I was thinking "Red Herring" might be a good name :D
Chapter 9- Halberd is arrogant! Why not a spear?
Author note; Try not to rush too much. I realize this should be about arrogant sun jiao and not arena fights so I''m trying to get through this and get to Sun Jiao learning how to fight and make arrogant choices. Some of you might not think Sun Qing is all that dangerous, but Xiaobo will show you how close Sun Jiao comes to getting himself, xu rong, and everyone in the arena killed once he wakes up. He''ll also explain some of Sun Qing''s odd seemingly shy behavior around the maids. It''s not shyness but arrogance so I declare.
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"B-b-big brother! How could you! *sniff*"
Sun Jiao''s hands slowed and came to rest on Xu Rong''s waist. He turned to look at Sun Qinq acting as indifferently as possible
which was very difficult.
Her beautiful blue eyes were full tears and looked as though they were two unfathomably deep lakes surrounded by pure white snow like skin. A single tear slowly fell from her eye and came to rest on her beauty mark causing the mark to radiate deep sadness.
The two maids near Sun Jiao, who had been dutifully remaining silent, had turned to look at Sun Qing and upon seeing such sadness erupted in tears as well.
Even Sun Jiao who was normally easygoing began to feel his heartstrings twist and an overwhelming desire to beg for forgiveness.
Xiaobo''s voice woke Sun Jiao from his depression. Taking the advice Sun Jiao gave a snort and looked back towards the arena.
''I hope this works. Xiaobo didn''t sound too worried''
Xun Qing stomped her little foot. A pressure was released and the 2 maids and door servant collapsed. Unlike Xu Rong these were common slaves and didn''t have any sort of cultivation. The pressure was light though and only caused them to pass out.
"I can''t believe you picked a doggy without me!"
''...''
"That''s an interesting way to pet it. Can I pet it too? OH! Does this mean we can go for a walk this Sunday?"
Xun Qing walked over with a smile on her face and the tears completely gone as if they had never existed. As she talked she reached out her hand to scratch under Xu Rong''s chin.
"Who''s a good doggy? You are!"
After a short giggle. She sat down next to Sun Jiao and began to hum while her feet swung underneath the seat.
The gears in Sun Jiao''s head slowly began moving again and finally processed what had happened.
Waiting a bit for Xiaobo''s reply Sun Jiao realized he had gone back to sleep or whatever it was he is doing.
''WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS GIRL?''
He turned to look at the young girl next to him and she looked back, tilted her head and gave him a smile.
"We''ll have to get her a collar. My doggy has a collar and it''s covered in spikes. He''s a big doggy though so he needs a scary one. We should get her a pretty one since she''s a lap doggy. You absolutely CAN''T pick one out without me!"
The maid''s began to stir causing Sun Qing to furrow her brow and frown for a moment before facing the arena with a smile.
''She has to be bipolar at the very least. Are all girl''s in this world this crazy? I hope not or I''ll die of a heart attack before the end of the week.''
Sun Jiao examined Xu Rong''s face to see how she was reacting. The worry and fear was still there, but confusion was the largest emotion present on her face which was much cuter than the depressed look she originally had.
''She seems lost too so it''s probably not just me. I take it though that Sun Qing''s "doggy" is probably a slave as well.''
Sun Jiao''s thoughts were interrupted by a loud feminine voice echoing throughout the arena.
"Welcome everyone. We all know why we''re here so we''ll get straight to the fights! The first fight is between two cultivators who have already reached the First Layer!"
''First Layer? What''s that? The first round maybe? It''s the first round though so why would she say that?''
Sun Jiao made a mental note to ask Xiaobo the next chance he got and missed the introduction for the fighters which wasn''t very important to him anyways.
Two large men strode out from either end of the coliseum arena and jumped onto the stage. They were both dressed in leather armor that looked similar to each other, but some minor differences. One was holding an axe that was as big as he was and the other had a halberd and was swinging it around after landing on the stage.
"Everyone knows the rules, but just in case! This is a life and death battle so the winner will move forward even if he kills his opponent and is under no obligation to accept surrender unless they choose! Good luck and begin!"
The Axeman roared and a red ki surrounded his entire axe. The other man spun his halberd around while a green ki concentrated only on the tip of his.
''Wow this is like an anime or something. Awesome!''
The Axeman slammed his axe downward in front of him causing the ground to explode making dust and debris to fly around which blocked the green ki user''s vision. The Axeman then jumped in the air and came crashing down while red ki enveloped his whole body causing him to look like a falling meteor.
The air around the end of the halberd started to pick up speed and twist as though it was a hurricane. This blew the dust away and revealed the green ki user with a worried look on his face. Just before the Axeman finished his attack the green ki user turned to his left and thrust his halberd out shooting a blast of wind propelling him backwards. He then spun his weapon around and thrust it behind him causing him to slow down.
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The Axeman''s attack slammed into the ground where his opponent had been with enough force to cut a tank in half. The blast rushed towards the green ki user pushing him away, but the green ki light behind him glowed even brighter keeping him where he was. Just as the force finished pushing against him the green ki user swung his halberd so fast that the blade at the end disappeared leaving only a green ki trail which formed a crescent shape. As the green light faded it was replaced by a red arc as blood flew out of his opponent''s neck.
All this took time to explain, but was over in just a blink of an eye.
Sun Jiao was so excited that he was shaking so he increased the grip on Xu Rong''s waist to keep Sun Qing from noticing. No one Earth had ever seen such a fight let alone think it was possible to see such a thing. He was in the middle of it and it was possible he could learn how to do those things. Besides the excitement there was a trace of fear; Sun Jiao had never fought in his previous life and had no idea where to begin learning.
''I''ve already died what reason do I have to fear? This is going to be incredible. I am lucky to have this chance. I must remember that!''
Xu Rong felt Sun Jiao grip and didn''t know what to think. She thought maybe he was disappointed in the fight as she had heard the prince was at the peak of the First Layer and undoubtedly knew special techniques that would rival even Second Layer attacks. Fearing he might take his anger out on her she mustered her courage and spoke up.
"Worry not master. This is just the opening fight. Better fights will take place."
Thinking to appeal to the prince''s pride she quickly added; "Of course no one could put on a more amazing fight than you. I''m sure if you fought it would be much more impressive!"
She turned on his lap to look at his reaction and knew she had made a mistake when she saw his angry scowl.
She was mistaken however as Sun Jiao wasn''t angry, but worried that he might have to fight. Sun Jiao''s body however had never shown a worried look so it only knew how to make an angry scowl.
''No way in hell I can fight yet. YET! Someday I will fight and I will show you an incredible fight!''
Sun Jiao would look back and see this moment as the moment he decided to become a cultivator. Mostly for himself, but a small part of him wanted to live up to her expectations. Perhaps it was baggage from his last relationship or just the standard feelings that a boy should impress the girl; whatever it was he made up his mind to use it.
Xu Rong though had heard terrible rumors about the second prince and so, not wanting to risk his ire, Xu Rong tried to think of why he would be angry and how to make him calm down.
"Ah! Sorry master. I misspoke; please forgive me. Of course you would never lower yourself to fighting in such a small arena. If you were to fight it would only be at a much grander place!"
Sun Jiao smiled after realizing she had misunderstood the situation and rubbed her back to comfort her. Not just for her comfort, but to help calm himself as he was painfully aware that sitting next to him was a landmine waiting to go off and that he had just avoided a major catastrophe. Thankfully though it seemed as if Sun Qing hadn''t been paying too much attention; she continued to hum to herself as if in her own little world.
''I shouldn''t have shown fear or worry there. I must focus or another mistake like that could cost me.''
Seeing Sun Jiao smile Xu Rong let out a sigh of relief having also avoided what she thought was a major catastrophe and began to relax.
Sun Jiao pulled her closer and sat up straighter settling himself in for the upcoming fights and enjoying her company.
As the fights continued Sun Jiao continued to be impressed again and again. There was so much variation on how they attacked, but he noticed it was rare for a person to defend. The fights were full of attacks, counter-attacks and counter-counter-attacks. Most of the fights were over quickly and didn''t end in death, but that didn''t stop Sun Jiao from appreciating them.
He also realized that he was getting used to their movements. The first fight he had been unable to follow the green ki user''s attack, but by the second round he could see it as a blur and when the green ki user got to the third round he was able to see it much clearer.
At the end of the small tournament the new champion, a brown ki heavy sword user, beat out the green ki user by swinging his blade with the flat end rather than slashing which caused a huge gust of wind filled with brown ki. The wind was so strong it blasted the green ki user into a wall and knocked him out.
The new champion then had the right to challenge the current champion which he accepted.
Sun Qing found this very exciting and began to bounce in her seat. Looking at the maids and then at Sun Jiao she appeared to contemplate, then stood up on her chair and leaned to whisper.
"Big brother you get to see my doggy! I didn''t tell you I keep him here because I didn''t think anyone would challenge him! You''re not mad I didn''t tell you are you? Of course not, you never get mad at me!"
She then sat down with a giggle and edged closer to her seat with excitement.
I had a whole chapter full of intense fighting and action and super awesome combat all typed up, but it''s not about arena fights is it? NO! It''s about sun jiao! So lets skip over the tournament and pretend it''s an artistic choice not a "I don''t want to make a bunch of random characters that never show up again and was actually lying a second ago" choice! Definitely not lying about whole chapter of fighting typed up!
Chapter 10- Yes, the dog is arrogant as well
Author note; wanted to leave this on a cliff so it''s a bit on the short side. Definitely think this is my favorite chapter so far though. Enjoy!
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Sun Jiao looked at the arena entrance and couldn''t understand how such a man, ''is it still a man?'', could exist.
The "doggy" was twice as large as his brown-ki opponent who was already a head taller than most men. In the side of his mouth were chain hooks that attached to screws drilled into his hairless skull. This pulled his lips into a smile and revealed filed down yellow teeth each the size of a shark tooth. His tan colored flesh was pulled tight across his enormous muscles. Every time he moved the flesh would tear only to heal when he came to rest.
Around his neck was a thick metal collar covered in spikes both on the outside and digging into his flesh. He wore two pieces of clothing, a strange hat and a brown loincloth that was tight against his waist leading Sun Jiao to believe he either had an incredibly small member or more likely was a eunuch. The hat was shaped like a scholar''s hat with a square flat top, but also had a cushion.
Sun Jiao looked at Sun Qing and then back to the cushion.
''If she sat there she could definitely sit comfortably.''
As he walked toward the stage his feet left impressions in the ground and followed by a trail as he was dragging a huge bone club with magic looking seals covering it.
Before jumping on the stage the "doggy" looked directly at Sun Qing as if seeing through the one-way screen.
Sun Qing gave a nod, but Sun Jiao hadn''t noticed as he was staring into the dog''s eyes. They were about the size of Sun Jiao''s fist and were completely white with shadows floating in them. Every once in awhile the shadow would smash into the side of the eyeball as if trying to escape only to float deeper into the eye.
The "doggy" looked back to his opponent and jumped onto the stage.
While the "doggy" was walking out the announcer had been describing the upcoming match. Sun Jiao missed most of it, but caught the trail end of the announcement.
"The current undisputed arena champion; Yao Mo!!!"
The crowd erupted in cheers so loud the arena shook as if it too couldn''t contain it''s excitement.
The brown-ki user appeared pleased with all the attention and was beaming with pride. Yao Mo stood still as if the praise was beneath him and looked down on the brown-ki user''s display of pride. The cheers were nothing to Yao Mo. Would a man get excited if a hand full of ants clapped? No and the crowd was just that to him. If he wished he could kill everyone in the arena with one attack.
The brown-ki user hadn''t given much thought to his opponent and had been distracted by the surrounding cheers. He was at the very peak of the First Layer and at any moment would be able to advance to the Second Layer so the champion of a small arena like this couldn''t possibly compare to him. Sensing his opponent''s blase attitude he began to reconsider. He diverted his focus from the crowd to examine the opponent and upon looking in his opponents eyes immediately regretted his decision. He could hear the faint sounds of groaning souls which gradually became louder and louder eventually drowning out the crowd.
The brown-ki user shook his head and decided to avoid looking at it''s, he too came to the decision that Yao Mo was no longer human, eyes again. With just one look he had given up hope of winning and would immediately surrender.
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"Let the match begin!"
Before the announcer finished the sentence the brown-ki user began his surrender.
"I giv-"
With one step and a swing, from half a stage away, the bone club came smashing into him from the right. His body put up no resistance and immediately exploded into meat paste that shot all over the crowd. Some people in the crowd died from bone fragments, but most had some cultivation and weren''t damaged. Instead they cheered wildly with a fervor that startled Sun Jiao.
''These people are savages...but even I have to admit that was FUCKING AWESOME.''
Sun Jiao was affected deeply by the crowds fanatic reaction. The reaction was so powerful it overwrote all the learned morals from his past life and filled him with a passion for blood. He too wanted to stand before the crowd and crush his opponent while they cheered him on.
Perhaps it was the body itself reacting to the crowd, but who had only only chosen to walk the path of a cultivator now began to accept it as well. How could a man see such power and not get overcome with desire for it? If a man was not overcome then he was not truly a man! That was what he now truly felt.
Sun Jiao began to laugh. He couldn''t contain it anymore. He laughed at the excitement, at the idiot for challenging Yao Mo, at the crowd, at himself for having been worried, and most of all he laughed out of true joy.
Sun Jiao''s laughter however did not sound like joy, but instead it sounded like an evil cackle that sent chills down the spine of those in the room.
Sun Qing was beaming with pride as her dog had pleased Sun Jiao enough to cause him to laugh. He usually only laughed when he was torturing his enemies so it was a wonderful surprise for her.
So caught up in his excitement she came up with an idea to make him even more happy.
"Watch this big brother! Watch how good he is!"
Grabbing the nearest maid by the neck Sun Qing threw the maid out the front window causing the shimmer to shatter. Sun Qing then yelled "FETCH!"
The maid tried to scream but her throat had been crushed so no sound came out. As the maid flew threw the air high above the crowd Yao Mo jumped into the crowd, smashing several of them into paste and then jumped high in the air biting deep into the maid''s waist killing her instantly.
As he landed he crushed even more of the crowd causing his feet to be dyed red with blood. The dead maid hung loosely in his mouth and blood dripped all over his chest. He then ran towards the box, causing the other maid and servant to run out of the room screaming.
Xu Rong tried to go, but Sun Jiao had frozen with his grip wrapped around her waist.
Yao Mo slowed as he neared the box, dropped the mangled body in front of them, and opened his mouth with his tongue out begging for praise.
Sun Qing reached out and patted his head careful so as to avoid dirtying her gloves with the maid''s blood.
"Good boy!"
She then turned with a smile expecting her brother to be happy, but he had long since stopped laughing.
Chapter 11- The arrogant plan is formed
Author note; haha another small chapter( that mostly sets up the foundation of Sun Jiao/Xu Rong''s relationship and gives a bit more insight into Sun Rong''s personality. Sun Jiao is on the right track about her talking/not talking, but he isn''t thinking arrogantly enough to figure it out.
Checked other chapter sizes and actually average around 1300-1400 words so this one isn''t small, but I would like 2000ish if possible so lets make it that my target. You know what they say "aim for the moon so that even if you miss you end up drifting in space all alone and eventually starve to death" or something right?
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While Sun Jiao was silent the crowd had continued to roar. The violence had finished and those that survived cheered with excitement. At any moment they could all be killed by the monster Yao Mo and yet they had survived. This left them with a feeling of happiness as well as renewed outlook on life; they would face the next day with vigor.
However Sun Jiao, who had been carried away with the crowd and drunk on their excitement, sobered up and began to think about the situation.
''I didn''t mind it smashing that guy, but the maid hadn''t done anything wrong and didn''t deserve to die. How can I possible explain that to Sun Qing without sounding weak? I need some explanation as well otherwise she''ll wonder why I didn''t continue laughing...''
Unable to come up with an answer Sun Jiao decided to stall for time. He lifted Xu Rong off his lap and stood, carefully taking his time so as not to appear nervous.
Without a word he began to walk to the door leaving Xu Rong and Sun Qing alone in the room with Yao Mo in front of the window.
A confused look had appeared on Sun Qing''s face when she had turned around and her hair went from an excited dark red to a curious dark green with a hint of surprised yellow. When Sun Jiao began to leave her confusion was replaced with a depressed look and she began to sniff while her hair continued to shift with her emotions.
Her eyes began to tear as she spoke; "Big brother? Ar..are you mad at me? Why? I don''t understand..."
Sun Jiao paused at the door.
"Come" was the only word he said followed by tapping the side of his right leg.
It took only a moment for Xu Rong to realize he was talking to her. She then happily followed, but not because she wished to be with him instead because she wanted to get as far away from Yao Mo as possible.
Seeing that her tears were being ignored Sun Qing stopped feeling sad and turned to Yao Mo.
"Bad doggy! You made him mad. Go home!"
With, what noone would consider a sad look on his disfigured face, Yao Mo sadly turned and leaped out of the opened ceiling arena landing on the outer edge and then lept away.
Now that she had properly placed blame on whom she thought was the appropriate perpetrator Sun Qing turned with a contentful look on her face and hurried to catch up to her wonderful brother.
Sun Jiao was not as pleased and was in fact still incredibly worried about his current predicament. A hush fell over those in the hall and they scurried to the edge of the walkway, but he payed no attention to them which made them sigh in relief as he passed. He was lost in thought and was going over everything he had experienced in this world trying to find something that seemed appropriately arrogant.
The fear that gripped the crowd had caused them to remain silent as a nail that sticks out will get hammered. Sun Jiao''s thoughts were broken by the pitter-patter of tiny feat. Sun Jiao tensed as she approached, but Sun Qing remained silent as she fell in behind Sun Jiao.
As they neared the entrance a thin man with a thick mustache and greased back hair approached them while behind him maids were mopping up blood off the floor and wall.
"Thank you for visiting my coliseum. My name is Manager Wubei and I would be more than happy to have you come again."
Sun Jiao had a general idea of what he was going to do at this point having been inspired by Xiaobo''s repeated use of the word trash. Since he just had to flush out the details of his plan for Sun Qing he could pay more attention to the mustache man''s words and something about them tickled his interest.
Sun Jiao curiously looked at the man, the maids cleaning behind him, and then settled on Sun Qing. She was avoiding his gaze as she apparently found the ceiling much more interesting than the new manager''s words. Noticing her sparkling clean boots Sun Jiao sighed and waved Wubei away.
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Despite the crowd they easily arrived at their carriage which hadn''t moved from the middle of the street and was right where they left it causing traffic to go around and causing a disturbance. Seeing the decorated and fanciful carriage Xu Rong rushed ahead and opened the door.
Sun Jiao and Sun Qing entered the carriage followed briskly by Xu Rong who immediately realized she had a difficult decision to make. To her left was Sun Qing and her right Sun Jiao; both sat in the middle of their respective seats. There was enough space to sit to either side of Sun Qing, but Sun Jiao was larger which meant she would have to squeeze in next to him. Both options terrified her. Realizing her role was now that of a dog she reluctantly sat on the floor of the box and laid her head next to Sun Jiao''s knees. She was not pleased with her new life, but it was so far better than she expected and hopefully much longer than a certain maid.
''Better a dog than a ball I suppose'' she thought morosely.
Sun Jiao ignored her as he was thinking about his plan and picking the words he wanted to say carefully. So far Sun Qing hadn''t said anything, but he wanted to stop her from doing something like that in the future.
Finishing his words he looked at Sun Qing and was surprised to see she was sitting with a pleasant smile neither sad nor angry. She wasn''t talking however which caused Sun Jiao to suspect she was nervous. He hadn''t much experience with women or girls, but in his new body Sun Jiao''s mind was much clearer so he saw and remembered things significantly more vivid than he had in his past life.
This meant that when he had been thinking about the few hours he had been here, he had noticed that she talked a lot while they were alone, but remained quiet and even reluctant to speak in front of others even going so far as to whisper in front of the maids. He thought at first it was because she was shy, but she didn''t mind causing a scene with the maid so he that didn''t really fit. He couldn''t figure out the why of it, but he knew enough by now that she enjoyed listening to herself talk while they were alone together and her lack of rambling now probably meant she was nervous.
''Perhaps it''s because of Xu Rong? That can''t be it as she seems fine talking to her dog and I doubt she''ll be silent the entire time we walk them Sunday. Ugh. Treating her like that makes me a bit uncomfortable but I have to so I''ll just have to get used to it.''
He forced himself to reach out and pet Xu Rong''s head as he would a dog while Xu Rong forced herself to accept his petting with a smile; both equally displeased with the situation, both equally unable to do anything about it, and both eually unaware that they felt a bit more comfortable than they had been just moments ago.
As the carriage pulled forward Sun Jiao made a mental note to ask Xiaobo how the fuck the carriage was moving forward. It was a small thing he had overlooked during his previous contemplation, but the jolt forward had suddenly caused him to think about it and made him very curious.
He couldn''t spend any more time thinking about it though so Sun Jiao decided to stopped stalling. In fact he had mostly come up with an answer to the problem when he first left the box seats but found himself wanting to take his time to make sure his audience, Sun Qing, would be happy with the answer. Any more stalling would be putting off the problem as his thinking had already taken up an entire chapter... of his life. It would be pointless to keep dragging his feet as he would have to face the problem eventually and there had to be some progress made!
I do have a plan obviously and this chapter definitely isn''t just filler! "inspired by Xiaobo''s repeated use of the word trash. " see! see! A little self deprecating humor and slight 4th wall breaking at the end doesn''t mean it''s filler! Don''t expect much 4th wall breaking, maybe a crack hear or there, but I find it''s usually a cheap gimmick that gets old quick so I wont use it often. Promise.
Next chapter; The plan is put in place and... XIAOBO IS BACK BITCHES maybe that should be the chapter name? It''s not arrogant enough though...
Chapter 12- A demons revenge is best served arrogantly
Author note; Long chapter. Was going to wait until next week, but had to get it down as I had some pretty good ideas for some fan service. The ending was planned out a while ago it was getting there this chapter that I had a bit of a struggle with. I typed up to just before the fan service and was going to leave it as a cliff as it was a perfect ending point, but I figured you would all want more xiaobo than just 2-3 lines at the end. That means; extra long chapter(1900 words). 2000 seems like a large goal. I''ll shoot for 1500 as 1200-1300 seems too short and 1900 felt really long. I definitely didn''t post this chapter early and extra long because BiJiS made a reddit post for last chapter. I hadn''t even noticed. Not even a little. Baka.
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Sun Jiao forced himself to look as indifferent as possible.
"Sister"
"Yes brother?"
Sun Qing hair shifted from her silky deep blue, almost black to a ever so curious green as she tilted her head with inquisitive hot cold eyes.
"Do you always play with trash?"
The green in her hair grew even more pronounced.
"What do you mean?"
"You don''t get my meaning? I''ll rephrase. Do you and your dog always play around with filthy trash?"
Green continued to deepen until it shifted quickly to yellow.
"Oh. The maid?"
"Yes. Is there any point in lowering yourself to play with that?"
Sun Qing thought for a moment but was having trouble coming up with an answer.
"I see you don''t understand. Reasonable as you''re so much younger than me you haven''t had a chance to mature."
"HMPH! I''m only a few months younger! I''m very mature!" she said with a childish pout.
''A FEW MONTHS? She looks years younger what the hell. Deep breath. Good. She''s obviously delusional and it''s not important.''
"Earlier I fought with that young man. You remember?"
"YES! YES! He was trash! You play with trash too! I knew I didn''t do anything wrong!"
"WRONG!"
Sun Qing''s eyes began to narrow so Sun Jiao quickly hurried his next sentence.
"Yes, he was trash but he didn''t know he was trash. I had to teach him that. It''s perfectly acceptable to teach trash they are bug''s that can be crushed, but what point is there in playing with trash that knows they are garbage? That maid knew she was worthless and you still played with her. What lesson will that teach all the other lowly insects? We should reward the obedient trash with their lives and punish the trash that think too highly of themselves. This will not only train obedience, but also prevent us from dirting our hands with their filthy blood unnecessarily. Do you understand your mistake now sister?"
Sun Qing hair was glowing yellow at this point filled entirely with surprise. She had never heard her brother speak such profound words. He had always behaved the same as her and would often take her for walks among the commoners randomly killing them for fun. The words he spoke were true though. Her hand felt dirty now that she thought about having squeezed that weak maid''s neck.
Sun Jiao didn''t want to push too far though he realized it would be difficult to convince her to behave morally right away. He planned to take things slowly so he continued;
"The fat manager you killed was also trash."
"Ah! B-b-brother knew I did that? Sorry brother I didn''t mean to keep it from you and I shouldn''t have played with that trash either right?"
"It''s fine. Your shoes needed to be cleaned and that man probably enjoyed licking your feet."
''He certainly thought I was a pervert. Thieves think everyone is stealing right?'' he thought and then quickly continued.
"Obviously you couldn''t let the trash keep his tongue and obviously trash without a tongue is even more useless than regular trash."
Sun Jiao had been in his school¡¯s debate club and had even gone to nationals; though his team had lost in the early rounds. He was uncomfortable with confrontation outside the class because there were so many unknowns when dealing with people. His new body however had much better observation skills and his memory had vastly improved so he was quickly becoming much more confident.
He also learned in debate a couple of tricks one of which was to push a person past what they were comfortable accepting, such as not killing the maid, and then quickly pull them back with something they were comfortable accepting, such as killing the manager. The pull would make accepting the push much easier and on someone as young as Sun Qing it worked flawlessly.
Sun Qing smiled brilliantly and nodded her head causing her crimson happy colored bangs to bounce in an very attractive way.
''She has to practice that right? Right?''
"You''re right brother. My hand feels very dirty now I''ll wash it as soon as I get back. Oh! Oh! I can have doggy lick it clean. What''s your name doggy?"
Seeing Xu Rong''s terrified face, Sun Qing tilted her head with puzzlement and green hair, followed by shocked look and yellow hair. The more Sun Jiao saw that curious to shocked look the more he thought it was the epitome of adorable.
''She definitely practices that right? I can''t imagine her doing that perfectly every time without practicing. The hair changes so quickly too that has to be forced.''
"Don''t worry doggy. Doggies are allowed to lick their master and keep there tongue. That''s why you''re scared right? Don''t worry I love doggies so you should be very happy. My doggy wasn''t happy at first but now he always smiles! Now come on tell me your name doggy."
Scared to speak up, but too terrified to remain quiet doggy spoke her name with a shaky voice;
"Xu Rong."
"Hmm. That''s no name for a doggy. Xu-xu? No...Ro-ro! Yes that''s much better. Come here Ro-ro."
Sun Qing held out her hand as she spoke.
Xu Rong crawled over to Sun Qing who reached out and patted her head. Sun Qing then removed her glove and held out her hand expecting it to get licked.
Sun Jiao wisely remained quiet not even daring to apologize.
"Clean each finger very thoroughly Ro-ro."
Xu Rong looked at Sun Jiao, at Sun Qing, and then at the hand in front of her. She knew that if she misbehaved she''d upset Sun Jiao and if she acted reluctantly she would upset Sun Qing. Her mother always said she should see every situation as an opportunity and so she chose to do her best hoping to get on the good side of both.
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Xu Rong had once read a story about two lovers, Xu Rong loved stories more than anything, and one of the scenes was about a princess who noticed some cake on her dream prince''s face had then wiped it off and seductively ate it. This had caused the prince to fall to his knees and propose to her on the spot. The scene had been very descriptive; even remembering it now caused her to blush.
Xu Rong mustered all her courage and with flushed cheeks she licked her lips to get them wet.
Sun Jiao was watching her at this point trying to think of a way to help her, but when her red little tongue snaked out from her mouth and flickered over her full lips all thoughts flew out the window quicker than a maid playing fetch.
His mouth had began to fall open, but Xiaobo had briefly noticed and stopped it without putting much thought as both were anticipating what would happen next.
Xu Rong reached out to hold Sun Qing''s wrist and brought it closer to her with Sun Qing''s fingers pointed up and palm facing Xu Rong''s mouth. As Xu Rong opened her mouth a wet trail connected the her alluring lips which was broken by her lithe tongue that extended out to greet Sun Qing''s soft palm.
As the tongue touched just above Sun Qing''s wrist Xu Rong closed her eyes. Starting from the bottom of the delicate palm carefully dragging the moist tongue upward leaving a shiny trail of saliva. She brought it all the way to the tip of Sun Qing''s first finger and then opened her eyes to look at Sun Jiao before she brought the entire finger in her mouth using her tongue as a guide.
Sun Qing gasped and then giggled with delight as she had only been expecting her to lick, but thought that this was much more amusing. She glanced at Sun Jiao and seeing him stare intently was pleased to have made him happy after having upset him earlier.
Xu Rong continued her work on the hand pausing every time she reached the tip of the finger to look at Sun Jiao. She was surprised to see he was enjoying her performance and by the third finger began to get incredibly embarrassed at his attention. As she continued her face changed from a slight flush to beet red; part of which was shame as she realized she was enjoying how unexpectedly sweet Sun Qing skin tasted.
As she finished with the thumb she forced herself to repeat what the princess had said in the story that had been the deciding factor in the prince''s proposal.
"Delicious."
Xu Rong, having finished her act, quickly recovered from the shock of what she had said and done. After opening her eyes with bewonderment she buried her head into Sun Qing''s lap like an ostrich hiding its head in the dirt.
Sun Qing''s hair was a soft red/black at this point which complemented her blushing face. She patted Xu Rong''s head not minding Xu Rong''s drool covered face getting her dress wet as she was very happy with the doggy.
Sun Jiao coughed and looked out the window.
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¡®fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.''
Hope you enjoy a bit of fan service; things wont get more steamy than that though so don''t get your hopes up(anything adult will be mentioned, but not detailed!). I felt embarrassed just typing that at work let alone something even more explicit!
Not as much Xiaobo as I think people would want, but tough any more and I''d have gotten to 3000 words and that is too long. Also, I feel like lord fifth''s liberal use of the word bitch(i shall steal the heavens) is rubbing off on me and I definitely don''t want lord fifth rubbing off on me so I''ll keep it in mind. That is I''ll keep in mind not to use bitch. I am NOT keeping a parrot rubbing off on me in mind. Let''s get that clear ok?
I''m thinking about having the goddess speak up, but am undecided at this point. I''ll give it some thought over the weekend. On one hand I like the good angel/bad devil idea on the other hand the good angel isn''t exactly a good angel. It''s more like slutty angel/arrogant demon? Oops. Should I have said slutty angel? That hasn''t been confirmed yet, but Xiaobo definitely thinks she is. I already have some plans for the goddess so I''m not sure her joining the story now and in such a major way is a good thing.
Chapter 13- A looking-glass is curious, but a wall is arrogant.
Author note; Holidays coming up and I do most my writing at work. We either get super busy or super slow so I can''t promise 2-3 chapters a week, but I''ll do my best. Thanks for the support both here and reddit.
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As Sun Jiao was watching the buildings pass by his eyebrow twitched. The carriage continued to travel for a few more blocks before he gave up thinking of excuses for her.
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Sun Jiao felt a bit of anticipation in Xiaobo''s reply and couldn''t resist.
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The carriage had been nearing the golden palace wall while they were talking. While it was possible to talk quickly using thought-speak it did require some effort, so they had been chatting at a normal pace.
Sun Qing had started rambling again, this time talking to Xu Rong about something. Sun Jiao hadn''t been paying attention to the conversation but realized her voice had been relaxing him as she spoke; it was truly a pleasant sound.
Sun Jiao chuckled to himself before noticing that the carriage was beginning to slow.
As they passed the last building before the wall Sun Jiao caught sight of the golden palace wall and froze as if struck by lightning. Sun Jiao had seen the largest dam on Earth that was over 1000 feet tall and this wall put it to shame. It looked as though it had been crafted by giants.
The wall, instead of reflecting the sunlight, glowed with a golden light as if drawing power from the sun. Sun Jiao was thankful for that as the surface was so smooth and shiny the reflected sunlight would have blinded him instead of leaving him with a feeling of awe.
As they passed under the wall the light didn''t fade and instead intensified. The glow of the wall brightened and it was as bright outside the tunnel as it was inside. Along with the golden light there were silver symbols scrawled on the wall at regular intervals and between each set of symbols there were arrowslits for archers to assault the invading army as they passed through the wall. Every once in awhile he would see shadowy movements behind the slits that made him feel uncomfortable as though they weren''t human.
They traveled under the wall much longer than Sun Jiao would have thought; he was again struck by how large the wall must be for it to take so long.
Just as he was about to ask Xiaobo how much farther they had the wall ended and they entered the city center.
Xiaobo sounded as though he was still annoyed so Sun Jiao kept quiet and remembered the general layout. To the left and right of the road were water gardens and a pathway lined with trees. Behind the trees was a wall about a story and a half tall. Eventually the wall turned down a road and continued on into the distance. A ways down there was a gate followed by more wall and eventually another gate and more wall. Even with Sun Jiao''s improved vision he couldn''t see the end of the street as it continued into the distance.
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''How can I not see the golden wall in the distance? As big as it is I should be able to see it from here. The palace grounds must be enormous.''
They continued along the center road for a lengthy amount of time causing Sun Jiao to lose interest in the side streets.
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In a much happier tone Xiaobo continued;
Sun Jiao''s vision shifted and as though he was in a dream he saw from a distance a hazy vision of himself in the carriage with Sun Qing hugging him. Only he didn''t return the hug and the carriage stopped. A while passed and he finally heard himself "Please get off we''re here." Sun Qing froze for a moment and then began to squeeze. He saw his face turn purple then his life fade away. The carriage turned around and began to return to the palace. Sun Qing continued her usual ramblings the vision faded; "I wonder what the imposter did to my brother. I hope he''s alright. The body is a good copy though...hehe. I''ll hide the body and then find brother. I can''t way to play with it!"
The next vision was of Xu Rong on his lap as Sun Qing entered the room. The Sun Jiao in the vision turned to his sister and began to explain himself. "This is..." before he could even start though Sun Qing disappeared and reappeared in front of Xu Rong with bright red hair. With a slap Xu Rong''s brains exploded and pieces of bone flew to the right smashing into the maid who had been standing to the side of the chairs. The bone fragments riddled her body and then continued into the wall. The force of the slap had been controlled perfectly so not even a drop of blood landed on Sun Jiao. Sun Qing then began to murmur in a crazed voice "That fucking fat fuck gave my brother some fucking slut and then had the audacity to die before I could inflict him with punishment for it. Let''s send him his fat fucking family so they can tell the fatass all about what his punishement would have been." With a giggle she disappeared out the door and the vision faded.
A brief moment of darkness and another vision began. Sun Qing had just thrown the maid out and turned around to see Sun Jiao''s reaction.
Sun Jiao''s vision returned to the present.
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Slow chapter and the next one will probably be too. Need to take a break from arrogance to build up a world. If there isn''t a world how can you look down on it?
Chapter 14- The path to arrogance!
Author note: Standard Xianxia 9 layer stuff. I wanted to use beginning/middle/end/peak for each layer, but also felt there should be a reason for it. So with a touch of coiling dragon''s "mage soul controlling elemental essence" mixed with Ki I came up with this system which I think is unique enough to set it apart, but still true to the Xianxia theme. Even throw in immortal ascension(there will be tribulation!). Not sure if we''ll go past the immortal ascension or if the story will end there. I have some plans for a sequel and no not just a title! (Obviously "arrogance was justice; arrogant boogaloo"!) Is it arrogant to plan for a sequel? Yes. Is it a bad thing? Of course not arrogance is justice after all! You can''t get to the end if you don''t know where you''re going! So I declare!
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Sun Jiao was starting to get frantic and it was beginning to show on his body.
As the carriage pulled up to the gate leading to Sun Jiao''s palace courtyard Sun Qing noticed a grin appear on Sun Jiao''s face. Turning her head she noticed Dian Po standing outside the palace.
"Ro-ro we''re almost home, but there is dirty slave standing in front of our home."
Putting on a pout Sun Qing continued.
Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon."This dirty slave belongs to younger brother. Younger brother is always causing trouble for us. Though not much since he''s too young to cause real problems."
Increasing her voice so that Sun Jiao would hear;
"His name is Dian Po Ro-ro and it looks like he made it to second layer recently. Can you believe a dirty slave like him is at the second layer? His owner must have given him some forbidden medicine to get him there."
Sun Qing was worried about Sun Jiao as he may not have noticed Dian Po had gotten stronger. She couldn''t insult Dian Po''s cultivation without also insulting Sun Jiao''s so she said that the he took forbidden medicine which would increase a person''s strength but slow their future growth. She was worried about Sun Jiao''s cultivation, but she knew if she brought it up or said something it would only make him angry and to her his happiness was secondary to his strength. She had long ago swore that she would be strong enough for the both of them.
"Brother since I made you mad earlier how about I take care of him for you to make it up for you. We can''t have someone like him in front of our house after all right?"
Hearing that he was being spoken too Sun Jiao turned his head thought about how he should reply.
"Nonsense. I can tell him to go away. Let''s go."
He then opened the door and stepped out with a smile on his face.
Placing a hand over her mouth as if startled Sun Qing gave a little "Oh!" before forming a fist and lightly knocking the top of Xu Rong''s head. It was very light tap done with the utmost care, but to Xu Rong it hurt like a motherfucker.
"Bad Ro-ro! You should have jumped to get the door. You need to learn proper manners!"
With a "Hmph!" and upturned chin, she stepped out of the carriage leaving Xu Rong rolling on the floor back and forth holding her head.
As Sun Jiao approached Dian Po he examined the rather tall bald man. Dian Po was very muscular and though he was a similar age to Sun Jiao he had a beard that would impress a lumberjack. It was such a thick and full beard that the only thing Sun Jiao could think to compare it to was the Golden Palace Wall. That''s how magnificent it was. Sun Jiao had never wanted a beard before, but at this point in his life he began to doubt everything he knew about beards.
Sun Jiao couldn''t help but remark to Xiaobo;
With a big grin on his face and before Dian Po had a chance to say anything Sun Jiao took the iniative and spoke up.
"Dian Po! Dian Po! You''ll never guess what I saw at the coliseum just now! It was something incredibly unbelievable!"
Dian Po was a strong man, but not very smart. Without guidance from his master, the third prince, he would never have comprehended how to advance to the second layer so quickly. He had been planning to challenge Sun Jiao immediately, but hadn''t spoken up in time and now was incredibly curious as to what Sun Jiao had seen that would make him so excited. Even more he was so excited that he was happy to tell it to a slave.
Sun Qing was also curious as Sun Jiao had never spoken to a slave with such familiarity. Had he not shown her a horribly evil grin before leaving the carriage she would have thought something was amiss. Thankfully for Sun Jiao that smile, that he incorrectly thought showed his happiness and anticipation, was enough to keep her in check long enough to finish what he wanted to say.
Xu Rong was also curious. Curious if there was some poison she could slip in Sun Qing''s drink or some medicine that would make the headache go away. She was still on the floor of the carriage and had settled down, but a large lump was forming underneath her hands. She had no extra attention to spare on the conversation.
There was another curious person and that was a small shadow lurking in the bushes waiting for Sun Jiao''s arrival. The shadow was there to observe the duel between Sun Jiao and Dian Po, but Sun Jiao''s words had driven all thoughts of the fight away. Now anticipation for what Sun Jiao was going to say was all that was left; though that was hardly impressive as the shadow had a remarkably short attention span that the shadow''s brother never let the shadow forget. Moments before the carriage had showed up the shadow had forgotten to hide its presence and instead was talking to a beetle it had discovered in the bushes.
The beetle too was curious. Curious who this shadow was that dared to call the Beetle King a silly name like Chochong. This beetle had been driven away by an usurper beetle long ago. While in the mountains it had discovered an ancient tomb that contained a lake of pure spirit energy. After absorbing the energy it then traveled all the way from the mountains, through the perilous city, battled a terrifying alley cat that was certainly a demon beast of incredible strength, and was very close to claiming its rightful place on the beetle throne which was in the palace gardens. If he wasn''t in closed bush meditation then he would have fought the shadow with all his might! Jia Cho, the Beetle King, was not some cute little Chochong and certainly didn''t have an adorable little shell! He vowed he would one day return to do battle with the shadow after he crushed the impostor that sat on his throne!
Dian Po hesitated before asking; "What did you see?"
The observers held their breath and leaned ever so closer.
A slow smile grew on Sun Jiao''s face as he let the tension build.
2k+ words! I got a bit carried away at the end. I much rather enjoy action happening and not so much writing extensive dialog. I think that''s why it''s time to reveal my arrogant plan. The story from now on will be about Jia Cho the beetle king! His friends call him BK for short and his quest to crush the impostor is much more interesting than some silly character driven story. He''ll crawl for miles and there will be no dialog since beetles don''t speak! I''m not lying! This story really OMFG SUN QING! JIA CHO WAS DESTINED FOR GREATNESS HOW COULD YOU CRUSH HIM LIKE THAT? You could never allow a story about someone other than Sun Jiao? Is that a threat? PLEASE FORGIVE.
Chapter 15- My dog isnt arrogant which should be fixed
Author note: Complete title is; "My dog isn''t arrogant which should be fixed, the arrogant part not the dog. the dog definitely shouldn''t be fixed. Definitely."
Quick reminder; Body forming->ki purification->spirit gathering so first-body into first-ki into first-spirit
Also, it was surprising typing this chapter out as I truly didn''t think it would even be close to long enough for a good chapter. I had planned to include everything below and then some, but ran out of space. over 2.3k words and I hadn''t even gotten CLOSE to where I wanted to this chapter. The surprising part was how easy it was to get lost in typing it out and just continue going with it and then boom already done. Enjoy the extra long chapter and I''ll be back next week!
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"What did I see? Your mother! If you hadn''t been here I would have come to find you!"
Dian Po''s eyes began to slightly glisten and he murmured to himself "m-m-mother..."
Dian Po''s family had been incredibly misfortunate and incurred a large amount of debt. In order for them to pay the debt Dian Po had sold himself to the third prince when he was a young child. He had been unable to see or hear from his family since the start of his slavery as the distance between the palace district and the outer district was the distance between the heavens and earth.
Had Sun Jiao known this perhaps he would have been reluctant to continue, but only Xiaobo knew about Dian Po''s situation and he didn''t think it was necessary to bother mentioning it.
"However creative this insult may have been, I gotta remove it. Please dont break the beastiality rules. -RR staff"
Dian Po''s was in shock, his face had paled and with a cough; blood came out of the side of his mouth. Sun Jiao''s next words drove the point home both figuratively and in Dian Po''s case literally.
"The funny thing is I don''t think the people paying her were the ones that were most upset. The one that really looked upset was the donk-"
Sun Jiao didn''t even have a chance to finish his insult before Dian Po flew into a rage. A pressure exploded as Dian Po pulled out the power of his Will and Ki. The pressure caused Sun Jiao significant discomfort as he hadn''t figured out how to defend himself from it. With a cough blood filled his mouth and he forced himself to keep it from coming out. A first-spirit user could stand in front of a second-body without any issue, but only if they circulated their Will and Ki into their body.
Dian Po didn''t hesitate or even notice Sun Jiao''s reaction to the pressure and instead jumped forward to attack.
He was allowed one step before Sun Qing took action and it would be the last step of his life. Like a fairy she floated past Sun Jiao and landed lightly in front of Dian Po. Color left her body turning it grey with a hint of a ghastly green. Her beautiful body began to blur before disappearing completely leaving only a wisp of smoke the shape of her body. The smoke passed through Dian Po causing the pressure to disappear instantly along with the light in his eyes. His body continued another step before coming to a halt and it stood in front of Sun Jiao completely lifeless. The smoke reformed a ways behind where Dian Po stood. The form took an appearance that looked to be a more complete form of Sun Qing''s body, but remained colorless and undefined. Her hand was extended in front of her clutching a small black spirit that fought to break free from her grasp.
All this took time to explain, but it happened in the blink of an eye.
Her form returned to normal with the black spirit still in her right hand. Bringing it close to her adorable face she examined it while using her free hand to pull out a slip of black paper shaped in a rectangle with faded-gold mystic seals. She then brought the seal behind the struggling spirit and tightened her right hand shattering the spirit into tiny soul fragments which she then blew into the seal.
The scene reminded Sun Jiao of a little girl blowing the seeds of a dandelion.
As the soul was absorbed into the seal the symbols glowed becoming more pronounced. With a smile she turned around and walked in front of the lifeless body. Standing on her tiptoes she gently placed the seal on Dian Po''s forehead so that the long end of the paper fell across his face. The glow of the seals faded but didn''t completely disappear. Dian Po''s eyes turned grey and a shadow passed over them, but his body remained motionless.
"Go inside and join the others."
As the corpse doll complied Sun Qing turned to Sun Jiao.
"Brother that was very interesting. I''ve never heard you talk like that before. Were you provoking him? You must have been. What should we do about third sister over there?"
At this she turned her head to the shadow that had been hiding in the bushes. The bushes shook and a young girl jumped out.
She looked younger than Sun Qing, but was a head taller and looked as though she were a boy. Her short hair was cut without much thought and she wore shorts and a shirt rather than a pretty dress. Despite a boyish figure and style her face was still pretty and looked similar to Sun Qing.
"H-h-h-how did you know I was there? You''re senses have improved big sis!"
Both Sun Jiao and Sun Qing were speechless. Moments ago just before Dian Po attacked loud laughter had come from the bushes and it sounded as though there had been no attempt to stifle it. Before they could reply the young girl continued.
"Actually I let you discover me since you had passed the test! Next time I won''t be so easily discovered so you best watch out!"
She threw a ball on the ground that flashed and poofed into a cloud of smoke. As the smoke cleared Sun Jiao saw her running figure off in the distance.
Sun Qing giggled then turned to look at Sun Jiao with a tilt of her head as if questioning what to do next.
Sun Jiao appeared to take his time thinking, but his mind was racing figuring out what he wanted to say. Stalling he turned back to the carriage as if checking on Xu Rong and back to Sun Qing.
He''d watched a lot of movies and before he started dating his ex he read several comics with conceited villains so he had an idea of how he should act. With his thoughts in order he worked up the courage and got into character.
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After first looking at Sun Qing he turned his head slowly and spit out the mouthful of blood which caused Sun Qing to react with a look of surprise. Turning back to face her he spoke as if he didn''t notice.
"I think I''ve given them enough of a head start don''t you?"
Sun Qing''s hair had turned a green yellow and the color deepened, but she said nothing.
"It''s time I took things seriously. I''m going into closed door training for a while. Do not disturb me."
Sun Qing was speechless. Since his mother died he hadn''t trained at all and instead relied on his natural growth to reach the peak of the first layer. She then processed the words he said before about giving them a headstart and his actions all made sense.
''Of course if he trained he would definitely become incredibly strong! He is my brother after all! How confident must he have been to go so long without training! It was all an act! I knew brother is the best! I KNEW IT!''
She had already dedicated her life to supporting her brother, but at this moment she vowed to redouble her efforts. Nothing could ever be as important to her as her brother was at this moment. Her hair was flickering as she couldn''t control her emotions and tears of happiness began to flow from her eyes.
Sun Jiao saw her take a step forward so he steeled himself with the thought that stopping her would make her even more happy and raised his hand.
"I don''t have time." Then without turning "Xu Rong."
Xu Rong had been hiding in the carriage hoping they would forget her, so hearing her name caused her to jump. Timidly she stepped out of the carriage and approached the two.
"Yes master?"
"Come here. Stand in front of me."
As she hurried to obey; Sun Jiao thought of the next point he was going to make and how he would word it. He knew she was the reliable companion Xiaobo had mentioned, but at this moment her lack of confidence and fear did not make her seem reliable. He had to instill confidence in her, but couldn''t do so without showing weakness. He could ask Xiaobo, but he''d probably just end up calling him a pussy and not helping.
Sun Jiao also knew that he had to start learning this or he''d run into trouble in the future.
Xu Rong stood in front of him with her head down. She had pulled her ponytail over the right shoulder and was stroking it in an attempt to calm herself.
Reaching out he placed his finger under her chin and raised it so that she was looking at him.
Choosing his words carefully he started with a question;
"Who do you belong to?"
"Ah, you master."
Knowing she wouldn''t answer correctly the first time Sun Jiao pretended to give a heavy sigh of frustration.
"That''s not the answer I''m looking for. Who am I?"
"Oh. Umm the second prince Sun Jiao?"
Furrowing his brow he increased the anger in his voice.
"Was that a question? Do you not know who I am?"
"No! I mean yes I know who you are. Everyone knows how great the second prince Sun Jiao is."
"That''s right. I''m the greatest man that would ever live. Do you agree?"
Xu Rong had no problem biting back the words she wanted to say and instead agreed even if she thought it was the biggest lie she ever told.
"Yes! You''re the greatest and the best!"
"The next greatest would naturally be my sister because she is close to me correct?"
This lie was much easier for Xu Rong as Sun Qing was famous for being a prodigy of prodigies. Xu Rong had heard that she could fight evenly against both the first prince and princess if she went all out.
"Of course master!"
"Then who is the third closest to me and thus the third greatest in the world?"
Xu Rong tightened the grip on her hair. She had already angered Sun Jiao twice and was afraid to make him even angrier. Sun Qing had spoke a lot about her brother in the carriage and none of it had been about how patient he was. It had mostly been about how he enjoyed spending his time and how good he was at it. He didn''t enjoy spending his time volunteering for charity. Quite the opposite actually.
He enjoyed torturing those that displeased him; often people he considered trash that he saw in the streets.
Sun Jiao had been hoping she would say she didn''t know so he took a moment to think of how to answer if she didn''t say anything. Thinking, not having been something the body was used to, caused his face to appear even more frustrated and angry.
This caused Xu Rong to panic and her hands began to shake as she couldn''t come up with an answer.
Not noticing Sun Jiao decided how to change what he wanted to say and couldn''t help but tease her a bit.
"Good. If you don''t know an answer you should not lie to me or guess. Though it is an easy question as all you have to do is look around to see who is the third closest to me."
Xu Rong opened her eyes wide with surprise and looked around frantically for the person he was talking about, but could only see a curious Sun Qing and Sun Jiao. Her eyes returned to her feet and she spoke up with a feeble voice;
"I don''t see anyone else master."
"I''m talking about you. You agree that I am the greatest and that Sun Qing is the second greatest. Then my dog should surely be the third greatest right? My shoes are the greatest shoes because they belong to me. You are the greatest because you belong to me. It''s simple."
Xu Rong''s hands fell to her side and she froze like a deer in headlights. She had never thought she was important and at best hoped to live her life as a slave in the coliseum. When she had been given to the evil prince she believed she would face a fate far worse than death. Now he had just told her that she was the third greatest person in the world. The shock had completely fried her brain and all thoughts about what she had said before being lies disappeared like leaves in the wind. She had always wanted more for her life than just being a slave, but had never even hoped for it. Her clan had been destroyed before she could remember and she had been raised as a slave so now with a sliver of hope in front of her she reached out and clung to it; desperate to believe the words he said were true.
Ro-ro will be the best dog there ever was! Next chapter; basics are this arrogant?
Side story;
BK couldn''t die just from a single foot attack! He was the KING and no one could stop the king! OH NO! What''s this? A deadly demon spider is attacking the king? What a pinch! CHOMP CHOMP go BK''s pincers as if to say "I WILL NOT GO WITHOUT A FIGHT!" The spider lunges and is caught in the pincers. How ironic that the spider is now in a pinch!
Chapter 16- The basics werent that arrogant.
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?"
"Good." Sun Jiao said with a nod.
"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.
Sun Jiao quickly changed directions and hurried his pace hoping the others hadn''t noticed.
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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.
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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.
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.
Sun Jiao stared at the ring for a while trying to figure it out.
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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.
Sun Jiao tried to move his Will into the light, but instead just passed through it.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Chapter 17- Transitive Property of Arrogance
Hope you all had a merry christmas. Longish chapter today(1.9k words) so enjoy!
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Sun Jiao disagreed that it was a stupid question and would think about it later, but for now agreed it was wasting time as he needed a better understanding of skills and meridians before he could get an even better understanding of them.
By now Sun Jiao was comfortable enough to pay attention to his whole body as well as control his Will inside it. At first he had needed to focus only on his Will in order to move into his dantian and explore his meridians. Paying attention to his will though quickly became as easy as any other sense; as simple as hearing and seeing at the same time.
He sensed Xiaobo''s Will mix his Will in the dantian and felt it pull towards a meridian path. He let Xiaobo guide him through the meridians and after traveling all throughout the body returned to his dantian.
Sun Jiao back on earth had always had a reliable sense of direction and as a kid had spent hours playing labyrinth games which required traveling the same path through each level to proceed to deeper levels. He never bothered to map out the dungeons and always relied on memory to get from the level''s entrance to the exit using the shortest path. Traveling through his meridians felt similar but much more complex. That similarity coupled with his new bodies improved memory made remembering the reinforcement path unbelievably simple.
Sun Jiao complied and after traveling a full path felt his body strengthen significantly. Xiaobo had a feeling that Sun Jiao might have a natural talent for cultivating based on how quickly he discovered ki sense so he decided to show Sun Jiao a much more complicated strengthening path that required some tricky maneuvering such as doubling back a path and reactivating a previously activated point. He expected Sun Jiao to get the gist but need some help with those tricks, but Sun Jiao behaved as if it was perfectly normal and performed the strengthening technique flawlessly.
Xiaobo didn''t consider that all cultivators found these to be tricky because they learned rules about cultivation and these rules said not to do these tricks for safety reasons. From a young age they would cultivate every day and these rules became ingrained in their control of ki. Unlearning these subconscious rules, such as never doubling back, when they had better control of their ki and Will required a significant amount of work.
The longer one took learning and controlling ki and Will the longer it took for them to unlearn these rules for these tricks. This is one reason young geniuses quickly advanced and why cultivating advancements at an older age were rare.
Sun Jiao had no experience with cultivating and yet due to his experience as a soul had incredibly control over his Will. If either had realized this fact they could have quickly raised an army of cultivating geniuses as they would only have to prevent the person from cultivating until they are old enough to control their soul, then remove that person''s soul, give them the experience of controlling their own soul, and then return it to the body. After that the child would quickly learn to cultivate to an incredibly high level.
The reason it had never been discovered before was for two reasons. First that it was incredibly rare for anyone that removed a person''s soul to then give them control over their soul. Second finding someone that had reached an old enough age to understand how to control the soul without having ever practiced cultivation would be next to impossible.
Had Xiaobo not arrogantly dismissed Sun Jiao''s previous inquiries and instead thought more about them he might have discovered this method of cultivating geniuses. Xiaobo truly supported his arrogance is justice motto; it''s just he had never put much thought into what that truly meant. Arrogance is justice and justice is blind. On earth the phrase meant justice should remain impartial, but on Iset the phrase meant that arrogance will often blind you.
Sun Jiao was focused on circulating his ki and hadn''t put any thought into raising a genius army. Instead he circulated his ki again and again, but after the third time didn''t feel his body improve anymore. Three cycles of his ki strengthening took him the time it takes for two breaths.
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Sun Jiao found that after three cycles of his ki and Will a small amount of ki continued to travel the path without his Will. It felt completely natural as though it was blood flowing through veins.
After a few minutes of stopping the flow and then restarting it Sun Jiao had reduced the time it took by half a breath.
After letting Doll Po in Sun Jiao closed the door, but before he could turn Xiaobo spoke up.
Sun Jiao placed his hand on octopus carved into the door that had put each of its tentacles deep into a man''s mouth as though it was trying to crawl inside of the person. Next to it was a women that had a painful look on her face and her skin was shaped as though tentacles were shifting about inside her. With a shiver Sun Jiao removed his hand as soon as he felt Xiaobo return his Will from the door.
With a sigh Sun Jiao moved and then lightly touched the paper seal that fell across Doll Po''s face. Doll Po''s eyes slightly glowed as Xiaobo gave it orders.
Meanwhile in a small palace a distance away from Sun Jiao a shadow crept up to a light blue door. The shadow was so focused on moving stealthily it didn''t notice the creak of the floor boards. It reached the door and went to open it, but paused as a voice came from the other side.
"Greetings sister."
"AH!" Sun Qi jumped with a start.
''How does he always know!''
Opening the door she timidly entered and stood in front of her brother who was seated in a small replica of his father''s throne. Her brother had his hands in front of him with his fingers spread out forming a bridge. His black hair was short and slicked back in a precise manner giving a exceptionally controlled look. He wore an outfit similar to Sun Jiao''s, but with sky blue instead of green. He was tapping his fingertips against each other starting with his pinky and rolling towards his index in a motion that looked very practiced.
Sun Qi was reminded of a spider as she saw the fingers move and felt a shiver down her spine. This of course was why he had spent a significant amount of time practicing it; he felt it made him look sinister.
"Well?" The young voice spoke while attempting to conceal his excited curiosity.
"Dian Po is dead! Sun Qing killed him."
"WHAT!" The third prince was furious and didn''t attempt to conceal his rage.
"How could she interfere with the duel! Does she have no honor!?! Hmph. No matter. For her to interrupt the duel must mean my brother was in a sorry state yes?"
"Ummmm." Poking her fingers in front of her Sun Qi looked everywhere in the room but at her brother. "There...uh was no duel."
"So she attacked him unprovoked? Shameless!" The third prince was getting more aggravated and ran his hand through his hair to help him calm down.
"No. Dian Po attacked Sun Jiao without challenging him. Sun Qing defended him as she always does."
"Why! Why did he attack Sun Jiao!" The frantic prince continued to run his left hand through his hair causing the hair to become disheveled. His eyes began to redden and his right hand gripping his chair began to shake.
"Sun Jiao provoked him by insulting his mother." Remembering the insult caused Sun Qi to blush. "It was very insulting!"
"I-i-imppppossible! He''s l-l-left me know ch-choice!"
"Brother you can''t!"
"I m-m-must!" said the third prince as he ran out of the room in a hurry to execute his last resort plan.
Shaking her head Sun Qi was sadden by her brother''s appearance and knew what he was going to do. Turning towards the door and clenching her hands together in front of her she said only two words as she saw the figure running down the hall.
"Poor brother!"
Honestly didn''t think I''d get to this evil plan this quickly. It''s too early! How will Sun Jiao survive! Oh no!
No sidestory this week. BK got home and found out he had a bunch of mail he needed to check before the story could continue. Instead it''s a brief Q&A with Sun Qing!
Q&A corner with Sun Qing:
Q: Why did you let your brother fight the man who stopped the carriage? Weren''t you afraid he''d die?
A: No way. You''d have to be a complete idiot to attack my brother, the second prince, in the city. A real dumb dumb! Some backwater country bumpkin or something! As if someone that dumb would be strong enough to beat my brother!
Q: How long have you had Yao Mo? Where did you find him?
A: I''ve had him for 7 years. I met him in the mountains when he was a bandit. He fell in love with me at first sight and I knew he was my special one! I brought him home and we had a wonderful meal. Then I brought him to my room and ripped his soul out. It was a very strong soul and I didn''t have much practice. It took a very very long time, but I could tell from his screaming that he was really enjoying our bedroom time! hehe!
Q: If your brother died and his body was taken over by another''s soul and you didn''t know about it would you want to know?
A: Definitely! How could I let some filthy soul live in my brothers wonderful body? I would certainly want to rip it out and torture it forever and ever. Then I''d have to kill anyone that knew about it obviously! I couldn''t have people knowing such filth tainted a perfect being.
Q: Why did you ask that? Did you hear something? Do you think that something happened to brother? What did you hear? Tell me now!
A: Ummm. It...it was just a question! Also, I''m suppose to be asking the questions...
Chapter 18- Beat the arrogance into you!
Plip. Plip.
The sound of Sun Jiao''s blood and sweat echoed through the chamber as it dropped to the floor. Sun Jiao was breathing heavily and stood behind one of the few pillars that were scattered about the room to assist with combat training.
The rest would only last so long before Doll Po''s next attack.
Plip.
As if summoned by the third drop a fist exploded through the pillar sending Sun Jiao tumbling.
He quickly controlled the roll and then dove to the right as Doll Po followed up with a kick that smashed the wall where Sun Jiao had briefly stopped before dodging.
The stone broke apart and temporarily blinded Sun Jiao so when the next attack came he was unable to see it.
Sun Jiao swayed to the right as Doll Po''s right fist scratched his face and then threw his own right punch at the doll. Doll Po effortlessly avoided the attack by spinning along Sun Jiaos right arm and used the spinning force to throw a fast left that caught Sun Jiao in the side beneath his outstretched arm.
The force sent Sun Jiao into the far wall creating a small crater. The room shook and the lights flickered. Sun Jiao fell from the wall and landed on all fours.
Without rest he immediately raised his head and straightened his body as the doll''s left knee flew through the air where his head had just been. The knee smashed into the wall with a force equal to the first kick and caused stone to fly everywhere.
Sun Jiao had expected this though and closed his eyes. He reached underneath the doll and grabbed the non-attacking foot that the doll was using for support; hoping to catch the doll off guard, he pulled the foot.
As Doll Po fell it kicked off the wall, rolled a short distance, and then exploded up again attacking Sun Jiao with a flurry of punches.
Sun Jiao was able to avoid a few before one caught his shoulder which was followed quickly by another to his head which was further followed by darkness.
When Sun Jiao awoke he felt pain all over his body. He was laying on the cultivation pillow that was set into the wall for cultivating. He closed his eyes and started the healing path that Xiaobo had showed him the first time he woke up in this condition.
Once the healing path went through two cycles it would continue to heal on it''s own until the ki was interrupted; either by using another path such as strengthening path or from an outside attack. Once a cultivator reached the second layer then they''d be able to maintain two paths at one time, third layer could use three paths, and so on.
It had been four days since Xiaobo had ordered Doll Po to attack. Sun Jiao had been brutally beaten so many times he had lost count. Every time he was beaten the doll would move his body to the pillow and then return to the center of the room.