Huzi
Hicks rips himself away from his mother's arms and straightens himself up, wiping leftover tears.
(Hicks)
"Father I have a question to ask you"
(Huzi)
"Ask away child"
(Hicks)
"Why is the Family challenge happening so early? Truly."
(Huzi)
Huzi sighs and looks down
"Son while you were away I had a major injury, I might not last very long with this. The newest heir must arrive and take my spot"
(Hicks)
"Who do you think is the most suited for the position?"
(Huzi)
"I wanted it to be you, but your cultivation was far too low, I don't think I can entrust the future of our family to someone who can't protect us. You were the weakest child we have ever had in the history of our main family, according to the records"
(Hicks)
"I see, father may we meet up later? I have something to discuss with you in private"
(Huzi)
"Anything you want"
Hicks bows and leaves the room along with Yuning and Chi.
(Servant 1)
"Will you have your bath now?"
(Hicks)
"Um yeah sure. Yuning, Chi, you guys are dismissed"
(Yuning)
"Are you sure Young Master?"
(Chi)
"We are supposed to protect you, it would be better if we stayed with you!"
(Hicks)
"I believe I deserve some alone time, I am surprisingly a busy person, I hope you understand"
(Yuning)
"Very well, Chi lets go"
Yuning and Chi go back into the Palace while Hicks follows the servant to a rather large courtyard.
(Hicks)
"Hasn't changed one bit"
*I don't know if that's a bad thing*
(Servant 1)
"Yes, lord told us to take good care of your courtyards while you were away, he said that these courtyards would be your only reminders he has of you while your away"
(Hicks)
"F**kin tsundere"
(Servant 1)
"What is that? That's a term I haven't heard before"
(Hicks)
"Oh sorry it's this thing I learned while I was in the Pavilion"
Hicks walks into around the courtyard and sees a rather large house
(Hicks)
"Hey, do you guys think you can build a shed for me, with a bed, shelves and a table?"
(Servant 1)
"Anything you want young master, I will be taking my leave now, I was just informed that your bath is ready"
(Hicks)
"How there's nobody here? Oh wait I forgot that all servants are taught telepathy"
(Servant 1)
"Yes, your bath is behind your room sir"
Hicks walks behind the house and sees people putting lotus into a large bath
(Hicks)
"Uhm there's no room or roof surrounding it, isn't that a little revealing?l
(A random servant)
"Don't worry we have a sign that says when you are bathing so it's fine, we will be taking our leave now, please remove you clothes and go into the bath young master"
Hicks removes his clothes and hands them to the servant for washing. He goes into the bath and relaxes
(Argent)
"He so now would be a good time to practice more techniques"
(Hicks)
"Uhm so I've been wondering, what stage am I at, I'm sure I've passed Gold core yes?"
(Argent)
"Yes you have, but instead of moving into Soul-Wandering you have become a special case"
(Hicks)
"Special Case?"
(Argent)
"Yes, that dragon stone you found combined with the Elemental Dragon technique you've been practicing has turned you into a Dragon-born"
(Hicks)
"But aren't Dragon-born the direct descendants of dragons? In the Great War of the 57 they were all wiped out, simply because cultivators couldn't see how strong they were. There were stories that Dragon-born used to pretend to be weak and then killed their harassers with ease"
(Argent)
"That's not the only thing though, when the God Of Fortune came into contact with you, he left some of his Qi with you, I had only just found out so now you have Dragon Qi and God Qi within you. I must say you are one Fortunate Taoist"
(Hicks)
"Yeah... I sure am"
(Argent)
"You know what? It's been a long day. Just relax, don't practice any techniques and just relax"
(Hicks)
"Yeah okay"
Hicks falls asleep while in his bath for a long while. When he wakes up he sees that another person is in the bath with him. A girl with slightly red brown hair, she is also in the bath with Hicks and just sitting there relaxing
(Hicks)
"Sister Shaun (Sh-Aw-n... so basically Shawn) what are you doing here?"
(Shaun)
"Just saw you were in a bath so I thought I'd accompany you"
(Hicks)
"Bath?"
Hicks remembers he's in a bath and not only that he is with a girl.
(Hicks)
"AH WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IM NAKED YOU FREAK"
(Shaun)
"So what? We used to bathe together all the time"
(Hicks)
"YEAH BUT IM OLDER NOW!!!"
Shaun smiles at him and Hicks calms down
(Shaun)
"So how has my favorite youngest brother doing"
(Hicks)
*Favorite youngest brother? I'm the youngest brother!*
"I've been doing well, you?"
(Shaun)
"I've been doing pretty well, Father is done with his meeting shall we go see him?"
(Hicks)
"Oh right I have to go y'all to him about his injury"
(Shaun)
"Injury?"
(Hicks)
"Don't worry about it"
Hicks gets up and Shaun screams at him
(Shaun)
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING, IM A LADY AND YOU ARE DOING SUCH A THING"
Hicks quickly goes back into the bath
(Hicks)
"Great, so how are we gonna do this"
A while later Hicks and Shaun arrive of the Lord's Manor. They knock on the door and Servant 1 is there (that guy will forever be known as Servant 1)
Servant 1 greets him and leads him to their father without question. Huzi is sitting there writing on papers seeming to be under lots of stress
(Hicks)
"Father, I'm here to talk now"
(Huzi)
"Ah Hicksbess and Shaun, how are you, what is it that you wanted Hicksbess"
(Hicks)
"There might be a way to heal your injury"
*Argent is there a way to fix his injury*
(Argent)
"Yup, knew you were gonna pull something like this so I looked for one early on"
(Huzi)
"Haha very funny, if you were able to heal me I'd be back to my Legendary stage and be able to overpower those who wronged me, can you really do that?"
(Hicks)
"Yes, yes I can"
(Shaun)
*This child, as delusional as always*
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If you've made it this far congratulations!!! I am taking ideas on what my future chapters should be!!! I make up chapters on the spot so if I see a comment I like I might add it into the story!!! I won't tell you of course because I don't want to ruin the novel for you!!! 🤗🤗