All the herbs in the boxes were used up. He created a decent batch of the regular Spirit Enhancing Pills which he would give to Wei Fu. With one set of the New Spirit Enhancing Pill, that he named Vortex Spirit Enhancing Pill. It was a simple name but it would work for now.
"Huh?" The destroyed box's energy was swallowed up again by the mini version of him. But this time it opened its mouth and spat out a different box in return. It then left from the center of Rexford's chest landing right in front of him. "Well.. at least it is not covered in drool or anything. What is so different about this box?"
A few pokes let him know it wasn't fake. Or an illusion.
Pulling on the material, the only thing he could tell is that it was a little tougher than standard cardboard. Opening it up, made him jump back in shock. To die by a box... would suck.
"What in the blazes is going on with this box!?" As the box fell over nothing weird happened but the fact that when he looked inside it, he could swear he was looking down a much larger box. The dimension inside did not match the dimensions outside. 'I just need to go to bed. I have done a lot in the last couple of days without sleeping.'
A quick message that the first batch was done, he wanted to go lay down and snooze.
*Bing Bong!* The alarm on the phone started to go off in his hand. He had to go to meet up with Ranran. He picked up the pills with a heavy sigh and stored them in the box for the most part. A few sets were stored for his use and placed near the mini him.
*Woom! Woom!* Slight qi vibrations left the mini version of him. The cultivated qi it stored entered the pills slowly in the form of golden strands. What it was doing, took place completely out of the view of Rexford.
Since he was still dressed, he locked up and left to head to the clothing store.
The clothes he wore were okay, but if it was for a party, he might as well dress a little better to keep from sticking out to much. The sweat from working on the pills were pulled into his Black Gold Vortex. So he smelled relatively fine at first but then he noticed it pulled the scent of the little bit of cologne on him.
'I need to work on my control or have deodorant sticks in my pocket.' Rexford thought wryly. 'Well, I guess I will just smell like.. nothing. That might be really odd. Does it work on my breath to?' Breathing into his hand, it was not the case. 'So only outside my body then?'
While moving he checked on the mini version inside. It looked the same as before. Its clothes and overall appearance matched his own.
'How to make this thing do something different?' Sending his will towards it, he was surprised it rebound. Almost as if it rejected him. But then he noticed a little membrane of black and gold swirling qi around it. The little thing was cultivating! And by the looks of it, the pills he just made were changing. 'Hmm, the pills are decreasing but... the remaining ones are improving.'
A look at the Black Gold Vortex revealed it was slowly spinning. With a small thought, it slowed down to an almost crawl but didn't stop altogether. Looking into what resembled a black hold did not feel like a smart thing. But Rexford felt oddly comforted about it.
"To be a teen somewhat again.. ugh this is so odd." Rexford looked away staring at his hands. "Despite this cultivation of supernatural arts... this body feels so weak compared to my old one. SO odd."
The mini version of him, however, did stop cultivating. Its eyes opened staring at him unblinking.
"So you are the.. thing.. the Spirit Refining thing fro cultivation maybe. But the Black Gold Core is my Dantian/Soul so that is odd." Slightly confused with all the craziness. "Well, never mind since that is my Cultivation really, so maybe you are.." Rexford squatted down touching the mini version of him. Poking its cheek he felt it on his cheek. "Ok.. you are my body. That is promising."
Thinking a little, the mini version of him stood up. He made it did do a few jumps. At this time, the only thing he could think of is that it would help him understand things more later. To much thinking for now really to check into.
Departing his Inner Area (Soul), Rexford was happy to make it to his destination during that time.
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Teenage Girls-
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At a fairly decent hangout, three female teens were chatting amongst themselves. Well, two were. While one whined to her mom on the cellphone. Not that happy about some news.
"Chen Fan is coming here." Ranran hung up the phone disappointed. Despite what Rexford told Aunty Tang before and her, it seemed there was no changing the older woman's mind just yet. "Maybe I can get him to just leave after talking a little bit. That way your birthday goes as planned."
"It's my birthday! So shouldn't I have a say in this." This one was none other than her "friend" Mengmeng. Another spoiled brat with not a single bit of real understanding on how the city worked at times. Which was weird considering her boyfriend was a typical wannabe thug. "What does he look like? What is his family like?"
"You little gold digger." Ranran gave her a hit on the head playfully. "You have that boyfriend already in case you forgot."
As they chatted, a few stared at a young man that came into the place. Rexford had purchased some clothes and was dressed up since it was supposed to be a party he was going to for a bit. The plan was to convince the brat to go home and he would hit up a club for a bit.
Rexford was wearing a Black Men's Formal Casual Dress Vest Tie Suit Slim Fit Tuxedo Waistcoat Jacket Coat with some black wrangler jeans. Semi casual, while not having an issue depending on where he would go later if he needed to run.
"You dyed your hair." Ranran said a little bewildered. "I mean.. it was dark before and close to black.. but it is all black now." Her friends looked him over a few times trying to see in what way was he a country bumpkin. The clothes maketh the man and his build improvement from the cultivation definitely made him look older and more filled out. "How did you buy those clothes?"
"My hair just does weird things sometimes." Rexford smirked. "I bought the clothes with my own money. A little bit of a quick business venture but it should pay out more later." He folded his arms looking at the three. The white-haired girl focused more on her drink but looked up every now and then at him. 'Hmm, that's the chick with the family issues. Eh, let her deal with that on her own. Not really worth the trouble right now. But then again.. she has a few guys trying to get her. The best way to make a name for me later, is by a little curb-stomping.'
*Swirl!* A little bit of qi circled around Rexford. His desire for violence kicking up a little.
"So you are Chen Fan eh?" Mengmeng asked. Seeing as her friend was not interested in him, she thought about maybe having some fun at his expense later. "You want to go after one of the Campus Belle's of the school. Do you.."
Ranran shivered a little as she felt a cold chill down her spine.
"You are vastly mistaken." Rexford stopped her there very rudely. His grin turned a little malicious. At the last minute, he pulled it back into a playful scowl. "I am not interested in her and she is not interested in me. You should get that through your head blondie. I don't know what all Ranran said before I got here really, but I don't fucking care."
"Tch! Who gave you the courage to talk to me like that!?" Mengmeng did not like to be interrupted. Seeing as Rexford was just a nobody, who dressed up a little bit, she was determined to take him down a few pegs for real now. "Just wait.."
*Woom!* A wave of qi brushed against the loud girl. She shivered a little before falling back down in her seat. Making eye contact with Rexford gave the impression she was looking at a bottomless pit.
"Should I discipline you instead of your parents?" Rexford was about to walk over to her side of the table and do just that. "You are not to old to get a spanking you know."
The third girl shook a little at that. Her name was Xu Rongfei and originally she dies a tragic death over some nonsense or another. The second time around Chen Fan does something odd with her that Rexford didn't care about to remember really. But she did have some nice lips.
"He is just messing with you Mengmeng!" Ranran tried to mellow the situation down quickly. "Chen Fan is a bit of wild child aunty said. "It is a bad joke going to far! Sit down and tell me what you drew recently!"
The situation settled just a little bit after that. Mengmeng did not think for a second he was joking. Especially with the way he looked at her but left it alone until her boyfriend arrived. She would use him to fix the bumpkin just right.
"You draw?" Xu Rongfei asked surprised. The uncomfortable atmosphere needed to be forgotten anyway.
"Yeah for business only and hobbies. No interest in being an art student or anything like that." Rexford pulled out his notebook that had a few other things written and sketched in it. "Feel free to take a look if you want to."
"Sure." Rongfei grabbed the notebook and flipped through it slowly. "Definitely attention to detail." The images of a few places he passed by while traveling in the car and earlier the taxi were nicely sketched. "I plan on going to Yanjing College of Film and Television myself."
"How nice, it is good to have dreams." Rexford nodded. "Quite a few things were said about you on the schools' page. Doesn't look like Ivy High School cares about student privacy much. Damn near have the itinerary of each student available with all the focus it puts on "Campus Belle's" no safety whatsoever."
"Humph, no one would dare act outlandish at the school." Mengmeng said with contempt. The side glance she got from here friends left her with the feeling of betrayal. They were supposed to back her up. "She is a celebrity already, so that has no bearing if she is one at school to."
"Believe it or not, her funeral and the others as well like her is there fault. Rich brats get snatched up all the time." Rexford didn't care enough to try and convince them. 'This is how people get snatched up. Complacency, I wonder if I can find some mercenary work to increase my business contacts quickly? The military connection with the help of the Wei's will be easy enough. I should take this time to message the original Chen Fan's friends back home. Need to help build up the image of me changing really quick for later.'
The Chen Family was easy enough to deal with, but the Wang family for the mother's side would be a pain in the ass. After messaging each of them, he checks the net for anything on the Zheng Family lately.
As Rexford let them get back to talking, Rongfei kept taking glances at him. Almost drawn to his eyes. But the overall presence around him was very mysterious. Ranran stubbornly looked away at Mengmeng to keep her happy.
It wasn't long before the girls' ride showed up.
"Darling!" Mengmeng ran out with a slightly wronged expression on her face. She faked tears whining about what Rexford said to her. "You have to get justice for me!" Ran and Rongfei didn't say anything to the girls' antics. They were used to it a little.
Her boyfriend, Yang Chao listened to every word she said taking a few glances at the young man she bad-mouthed on the phone. Right before he could make a move, a hummer rolled upon them.
The Wei family sent another driver to pick up the medicine. Rexford moved to the back of the hummer and pulled out a set of the pills. It was just better business to give them some that he had right now.
"Magic treasure?" The Wei bodyguard just assumed Rexford used a magical treasure to pull the pills out of nowhere. He would report that back to his master the moment he returned. "Oh, here is a bonus for getting it done so fast."
"Getting it done... that was just some of it. The pickup date is the same as before for the rest." Pocketing the card into his wallet, Rexford waved the man off. "Tell Wei Ziqing she better not take more than one either."
"Yes sir! Pleasure doing business with you!" The Wei guard got in the hummer and drove off.
"What is it punk?" Rexford gave the pretentious redhead, Yang Chao a challenging look. "I don't like men like that so don't stare at me so heated. Will make me think you want to fight to."
Before the redhead could respond, a pulse of qi erupted inside Rexford. Information entered the mini version of him that relayed it to him directly.
'Agent? What agent?' He knew it was something dealing with the Wei family but it didn't give a direct name. 'Something to look into in a bit. Ah so much done in a few days, need to still improve faster and get money.'