Chapter 8- Break down

Senior Bai started explaining everything not leaving a detail about the conversation between him and Xia Lang.

She trembled when she heard her family is long extinct instead of asking why she asked the unexpected.

"...who did it?" she asked hoarsely unable to bear any longer.

He looked at her and sighed.

"Do you want to know? Then get stronger." he declared.

She looks at him not covering in fear and asked only.

"How much?"

He smiled at her and spoke,

"Surpass Mortal realms reach Heaven realms first, then you can think of defeating 'him' "

She looks at Senior Bai for a moment and tears up.

"N-No wonder... You always avoided me every time I asked about my family" she breaks down in tears.

"I am sorry young lady, I was restricted due to circumstances, now that you have found your man I shall take my leave."

She looked at him as her eyes gaped.

"L-Leave why?"

His expression went sour.

"... To carry out the mission of the patriarch, your father Mu Wang was proud of you and is always."

He smiled at her and patted her.

She just stood there and broke down in tears.

Xia Lang felt awkward standing there feeling like a drama is being played.

He didn't want to disturb them and remembers about the beautiful purple jade he received from Senior Bai.

He takes it out and stares at the beautiful purple colored jade, Reminded of Senior Bai telling him to safeguard it.

Ting!

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'Where were you...?' he tried to communicate but no answer came from the weird notifications.

Instead, a childish voice appeared in his head.

[Hello~big brother~]

"W-WHAT?!" he shouted out loud which immediately brought the attraction of Senior Bai gawking him and to make it messier Mu Fengyu watched him strangely with her teary expression.

He immediately excuses himself by apologizing, and runs to his room inside the cave-like hut.

"Who are you?" he frowned.

[Heh, why so cold? I am your system.] the childish voice continued in his head.

"My system? Then tell me what is the system? I am curious as I read many novels before ending here. This is why I knew most logical things but not simple knowledge. I know that in cultivation power is everything. Power stands at the top whether wealth or woman, heh in my world wealth ruled everything." he mocked.

[Ehh you know many... Yes you are right power is everything and strong prevails all. But you know the thing which was given to you by your parents. You can talk like me in your head just try.]

He followed her instructions and got to speak in his mind.

Ting!

[Then tell me what are those notifications? Are they in your control?] he simply feigned ignorance when the childish choice asked about his parents, instead, he reversed the topic.

[I will tell you everything you need to know when you reach higher cultivation stages surpassing Heavens realms completely entering the next larger realm after. No, they are not but they are controlled by a certain someone, an entity exact] she said to him hardening the last sentence making it clear for him.

[Entity?]

[You are far from accessing his information] the voice shrugged at his confusion simply increasing his curiosity.

He left her the conversation and slips back into the real world.

"Nevertheless now that I am here... I am alone right?... I can do anything that I wanted hah... Hahahaha" he began to laugh he had no one to press him or order him around. Now that he transcended in this world escaping from his old world.

"I will not let go or kneel in front of anyone and hold those dear to me!" he made an oath to protect his friends, loved ones and to repay people who have malice with fists and weapons.

He walked out of the room and meets Mu Fengyu staring in the distance while Senior Bai is nowhere seen.

"A-Are you alright?" Xia Lang asks in pure concern.

She looks at him for a moment and says.

"...Let's leave this place, we will travel to Orchid city which is a hundred miles from this deserted mountain. Master Bai has left already."

Sigh...

He sighs slowly and walks to her with steady steps, hugs her from behind.

"You can lean on me you know, I am your man," he said gently.

She trembles and pursed her lips turns to face him immediately drowning in a deep kiss.

"...I am not well," she spoke breaking the kiss.

"You should have said so."

She smiles while getting up returning to her, on the way she glances at him and turns away.

"What was that for...? I simply can't understand woman," he mumbled in trouble.

...

For the next days, Xia Lang continued honing his alchemy skills as this was the very first thing he learned after transcending.

Huuu

He breaths in long.

Opening his eyes to open the lid of the cauldron and watches a pill taken freshly out of the cauldron.

Mu Fengyu snatches the pill hurriedly and gawked at it.

Xia Lang felt excited to hear her compliments.

"Hmm, not bad first mortal rank with 10% impurities you have improved than before."

She spoke happily.

"Hehe, I always practiced alchemy, " he responded.

"Now then let's concoct a second mortal rank pill, shall we?"