Chapter 18 - Mundane life of a Baby, 2.0

The next morning.

The trio were still happily slumbering on the warm jade bed even after late beyond dawn.

A certain baby stirs from its sleep.

What happened? Why do I feel... wasted? I don't remember ever feeling... drunk? Even after drinking quite a few cans of alcohol, I've never felt like I was unsteady on my feet. Nor have I ever felt muddle headed. I could always think clearly. Maybe I just hadn't drink enough. But this, this is a real oof.

Checking my body for the source of the problem, I noticed a dire lack of Neutral Qi within all the cells of my body. Each cell barely has a thread of Qi, constantly shuddering as if being pulled somewhere, but was being stubbornly held onto by the cell it's in.

The direction, it's my brain isn't it?

Comparing the direction the Qi is being tugged towards, the cells at the ears' Qi is being tugged inwards while the ones at my feet are being tugged 'upwards'.

Well, I'm lying down now, so not exactly right. At any rate, I gotta solve the problem. The『Yin-Yang Cycle』in my brain, it's steadily growing, but the problem is if it grows too much, I'll start to get a real splitting headache. This is a problem...

I could take Yin-Yang Qi from the brain and startup the converter, but... I intended to do so only with vagrant Yin-Yang Qi without a 'home', but I guess, this is a balancing act eh?

On the bright side, the『Yin-Yang Cycle』in both my eyes have reached saturation. So I should just take half from the cycle in my brain and convert it into Neutral Qi for now...

*Ggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllllll*

Whaddaheck? Why is it so... drawn out... 😳 OOOOOH THAT'S WHY I WAS SO GROGGY THIS MORNING! I can't believe the brain acceleration was activated the whole night. Holy sheet. 😅 I'm gonna have a super headache and faint later, aren't I?

At any rate, I really gotta shut it down first. Okay. First things first. Relax my brain. Don't think. Deep Breaths.

Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Stop accelerating my brain for now.

*drrrm*

The cycle in my brain gave a light shook, and my perception slowed and dulled, going back to normal.

Huuuup. Brace for impact, me!

...?

What's this? Pfft, it's like a kid taking a rubber hammer and knocking my head from the outsid-

GAAAAAAAAH!

THIS IS NOT WHAT I EXPECTED! I KNOW THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN ELECTRIFYING, BUT IT DIDN'T NEED TO ACTUALLY ELECTRIFY MY BRAIN!!!

uuuuguh. That surprised me. A lot. Damn it's almost unbearable. it's not painful at all, compared to last time, probably thanks to the Neutral Qi, that worked it's magic the first time...

But damn it feels bloody itchy within my skull. It's a strange feeling...

Speaking of strange feeling, new memories are popping up. Let's see here...

Huh. Okay. The differences between... orgasms? I'm bloody curious, but....

I'm jus a babi su I don noe abou oogams~

Argh who am I kidding here. Duck it. It's a hell I'll probably will face sooner or later.

Humu. humu. The biggest difference is in the aftereffects and also the number of times. For males, it's more of a burst of fun, while for females it's more of a loooong enjoyment during and afterwards...What is this sacrilege, males can only have it one at a time, needing a break, but females have no such limitation... If done right, orgasms can occur one after the other, or even another one during an ongoing one... It's very difficult to achieve though. At any rate, this is pretty unfair. Then again, nature was never fair.

Uuuuuh? The first one's right. Since I was a male, I do remember a few 'fun times'... but how would I know for the females part? Speculation? I remember I was still a virgin when I died. How would I know if I had little contact with the fairer sex? Plus, I definitely wouldn't know how a female would feel when climaxing. 😏 Well, I'll have my chance. I strangely had no regrets about dying a virgin...?

*raises eyebrows*

Huh. Tough guy I was. Oh. The regret was more on not finding the right one to lose it with. Oof. That hits hard man, cuts real deep. Poor me. Welp, I guess I wouldn't have such problems in this life huh? Would I? I mean, I'm one myself, so I wouldn't need to look for a girlfriend... But I certainly wouldn't want to marry a man for life... Or I guess, Dao companions, in this world. Pass. Definitely. Maybe.

I am super worried about the theories that was present in my memories. The sins and virtues thing is interesting, but the more important one, is the Body-Mind theory, as I called it.

The theory was about the body being the vessel of the mind, but at the same time, the prison of the mind. The mind is slave to the body's needs. As such, the body can certainly influence the mind quite easily. It's how drugs and stuff work. It just overloads the mind and makes it delirious and responsive. A litreral yes-man, or yes-woman, to everything, I guess.

Anyway, the main point is that uuuhhh.. Okay. The mind is slave to the body, so the mind controls the body, but at the same time, is at its mercy and influence, since without it, the mind would just die.

A manly body would cause the mind to think and act like a man, and

a womanly body would make the mind act and think like a woman.

That's a problem. I certainly wouldn't want to think like "Look. at. that. hunk. He's so overbearing and tall and that sturdy body and sexy muscles, uuum ummm uuuum~ I wanna have his b-"

Okay tchahahahahaha ha he ah he I'm gonna stop there I can't go any further. No pls I dun wan dat shet.

God. I hate god. I never liked the concept of a omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient higher being. Seems a little iffy. One little bad mood and poof. Oops, I accidentally wiped the universe. Oh well, back to the drawing board.

Well, being one of the 'accidentally wiped out', the woes of being powerless, I guess.

I really don't get in how some people can take solace in a higher being watching them. Voyeurism much?

Reminds me of Shizumori Sayo. I have a very strong impression and liking for this character, so is she one of my so called 'waifu'? Oh. Oh. I see. It's not that far? I only had one? Yae...Sakura? was it. Waifu? But from my memories, I feel more pity and sadness from her backstory, like she needed some loving to pamper her for the hardships she's been through...

I feel more liking for the shy Shizu tho. Hmm. A new goal. Find a waifu of sorts, one that I especially like. Great. Another reason to get stronger for. Protect what I desire. Good.

But man have I gone off point again. What was I doing again? Right right, uuuhhh, *inwardly taps forehead a lot...* Ah right! My head!

Remembering what I needed to do, I willed half of the Qi in the『Yin-Yang Cycle』of my brain to separate and start combing into Neutral Qi.

The Yin and Yang Qi separated, and started devouring each other, producing Neutral Qi.

Hmm. I wonder if it would produce faster if I get it to spin more quickly???

The moment I put that thought into action, the converter started spinning like crazy, getting faster and faster, and producing Neutral Qi at a far higher rate than before, but also dwindling at a far higher rate.

Nice. Now my body wouldn't be as starved for Neutral Qi as before. Thank God.... no I need a better... thing. to thank... Hey since I'm in a Cultivation World, why don't I thank the Heavens. Definitely a better choice than god.

Thank heaven for last night's replenishment. The Yin and Yang Qi in the milk is getting scarcer, but I'm totally fine with it. I need more Neutral Qi than Yin or Yang Qi now.

*Groans*

"Mnnngh..." A feminine voice reverberates in the chest I'm laying upon.

Time to feast. I will wait a little for mom to get her bear-rings and then I'll ask. Ha-ha-ha-ha. Why do I even make old man jokes. I remember I died in my 20s, didn't I?

A pair of gentle soft hands secured me to a pair of soft mountains and raised me upright, with one of the hands moving away to rub a certain person's beautiful eyes.

Patiently waiting, I thought about what else I can do with my current restrictions. The previous 2 accidents were my fault, and well, it certainly won't serve my interests of training my body...

Hmm... I'll think about it later.

"Mnnngh. What time is it?" mom murmured.

"Auuu Ai!" I cried out, intending to say hi, while pointing at the sun obvious in the frame of the window.

"Ummh? Oh! Yan Yan~ You're awake! Good morning~" Mom cooed in a baby-talk kind of fashion.

"Aiii!" I responded with my right hand up. I then moved both my hands towards the window, facing the sun, and babbled,

"Auuu?"

Gazing towards where I outstretched my arms with sleepy eyes, mom spoke in a daze, "Oh. The sun is up already..."

Suddenly snapping her eyes open, she shouted, "IT'S WAY BEYOND DAWN ALREADY! Wake up! Bai Bai! It's Morning!", shaking dad's shoulders back and forth.

Dad, with his head shaking back and forth, dizzily woke up and spoke with his words cutting off, "What's- go- ing- on-n-n-n-n?"

"It's Morning! Don't you have anything to do?"

"Ugh, it can wait. I just want to sleep some more. My neck hurts..." Dad rubbed his neck, massaging it with his right hand.

"Come on! Don't be a lazy bum. You're gonna set a bad example for Yan Yan!" mom scolded while reaching out to dad's thighs with her fingers.

"There isn't anything urgent going on, just my daily routine, and we just got back from the First Hunt yesterday, and we were so worried. Plus, we need to make Yan'er's charm. I say we can catch a break for the morning." Dad defended himself while hugging the both of us and went back to sleep, adjusting his body so he could finally rest his head on the only long pillow on the bed.

"Muuuuuh~!" Mom angrily pouted, but her eyes were drooping like she was smiling.

Mom's pretty kewt, I would say. But I'm hungry, so a baby's gotta do what a baby's gotta do.

"Auuu, Aii~!" I cried out, grabbing at mom's breasts.

"See? Yan Yan's hungry. Now let me turn around, or you'll crush our daughter in that bear hug of yours!" Mom struggled a little while still being careful not to hurt me.

"Okaaaaay." Dad sleepily slurred his words while softening his hug. Mom flipped over and brought me up closer to her bountiful, delicious life line of mine.

"Okay~ I managed to prepare some more just now. I'll continue making while you drink, so drink slowly today, okay?" Mom gently cooed.

Whew. Simultaneous milk making. Simply amazing. Which reminds me, I wonder if there's a mind split technique that allows for better and easier multitasking. An extra brain wouldn't be bad too, though not sure if I can do it without mana. But a few great ideas that are common in worlds with mana are just too good to pass up.

As I dug around for great ideas, I slowly sucked at the tender nipples, trying not to suck too fast.

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Haaa. I'm bored. It's a waiting game now. Wait for mom to make milk. Wait for my cycles to pump out more Yin-Yang Qi. Wait for more Neutral Qi to help cope with the strain. Wait wait wait. God! No, I mean, Heavens! Isn't there a way to make things faster..?

Oh wait, there's one isn't there? Let's see...

I focused my will upon the 3-I mean,4『Yin-Yang Cycles』within my body, and ardently thought 'Go Faster! Spin! Spin like there's no tomorrow!' with all my attention.

The 4 cycles currently within my heart, eyes and brain slowly moved faster, picking up speed.

Yes. YES. YAAAAAAAS. MOVE IT! Spin like Sanic the hedgehog!

Imagining the rolling ball of blue seemed to have made wonders, as the cycles starting picking up speed like crazy.

I see. The key to imposing my will so that it knows what to do to follow my will is imagination + desire, with a touch of focus. Interesting. Noted.

With the 4 cycles spinning at a rate where the colours are starting the blur, it turned into a spinning sphere where the black and white colours mix and turn blazingly, with the dots trailing a path of their colour, and all having no boundary, like a quickly rotating wheel, which then stopped getting any faster.

So this is the limit huh? Well, fine. At least, the rate at which Yin-Yang and Neutral Qi is being pumped out at is far higher than normal.

I moved my senses away and notices the milk dwindled quickly and soon, no more milk came out. I familiarly reached out to the other breast and started my routine all over again.

Moving my senses back to the cycles, I noticed that they are slowing down.

Oh you gotta be kidding me. I need to constantly focus? Well, I guess there's no free lunch under the heavens. Though the cycle itself is pretty heaven defying.

And thus, begins the true trial of boredom. Of a daily routine where I do the same things over and over again until I feel tired, at which point where I faithfully answered my desires. A baby needs her beauty sleep you know?

The routine starts in the morning, where I have a meal from mom after I patiently wait for her to sober up, thinking about nothing and just focusing on my breath during my sucking. I then close my eyes, and focus on speeding up my cycles. I decided to coin the term『Acceleration』for the particular action of speeding up my rate of Qi production.

At first, I wanted to use that term for the special effect of the『Yin-Yang Cycle』on my brain, but thinking closely, and after a few on and offs of that ability, I noticed that I think clearer, my thoughts always flowed smoothly, but even more so when I activate this ability, and I remember things easier, not forgetting about what I have thought up previously after trailing off, as well as that my senses become sharper, besides just thinking faster.

As such, after a long time of thinking... I decided『Ascendance』would be a suitable name.

So far, I haven't found anything different about my heart. There isn't any special ability, but with the support of『Ascendance』and some hard retrospection, I remembered that my pulse was very strong and steady for a newborn. As such, I thought that the benefits the『Yin-Yang Cycle』brought to my heart was just simple improvement on my heart's basic capabilities...

Not thinking much of it, I continued on with my routine of speeding up the cycles until sunset, where I ask mom for a meal again.

Afterwards, feeling absolutely refreshed because of thinking about nothing and just focusing on speeding up my cycles, I moved on to stretching out my body, moving all of my movable parts like my limbs and neck in every direction possible, circling around these positions as slowly as possible for an hour without stopping, before changing it up to quick, but constant burst of jabs in the same directions as before, pushing out before pulling back, and repeating the cycle over and over again for an hour before switching back.

Like such, I repeated the cycles until I felt tired, and went to sleep.

Before waking up in the late mornings almost near noon, and asking for a meal again.

Rinse, repeat, for a dreary and yet somewhat fun routine. Slowly seeing my whole body getting saturated with both Yin-Yang and Neutral Qi was quite exciting. I was getting very excited about the prospects. Over such slowly but excitement building progress, 46 weeks had passed before anything new happened besides getting my charm.