Day 9-11 Recital and club

"Hey boss, what are you up to?" Yang Chao found Rexford sitting on a bench just gazing at the sun. A few strands of gold light circled around which made him feel a little off about disturbing him. "Want me to come back later?"

"No need. Just enjoying the sunshine." Rexford stood up stretching. A quick yawn released a strong qi into the air. "I like taking breaks when I can. Plan to look at some Real Estate Oppturnties. Need to buy some cheap places and fix them up some to flip if I get desperate anyway."

"I know a few places if your looking for cheap. But wouldn't be more cost-effective to not spend money on fixing them up?"

"Normally yes, but consider this training as well." Rexford gave an evil smile. "Demolition is fun and a good way to help train your body. Increased microfractures then healing them will make your body stronger. Plus.. the Changsheng Technique that was modified will grow stronger this way. Have you thought of a new name to call it?"

"Not even close. It is already something amazing brother Biao said, just because a few core concepts were changed, I don't think I deserve to change the name." Yang Chao thought about how much Biao emphasized how great the skill was, but he himself barely understood a single 1% of it. "I just can not do it."

"Pft, it is just a name." Rexford shook his head at the foolishness. As the two talked a few others students moved about close by. "Fine, it is now named the Burning Changsheng Technique. To go along with that temper of yours."

"Yout temper is worse than mine."

"Tch!" Ji Xingyu clicked his teeth in anger passing by. Jealousy very much on his face that he couldn't get rid of. "What the hell makes Yang Chao so special?" His outburst did not go unheard.

"Huh?" Yang Chao stopped and looked over. "Ji Xingyu.. you need to relax man."

"I agree." Rexford smiled. "I made him an offer, he thought about it and agreed in the end. Lots of time spent going over his matters but hey.. that's life. If you weren't so brainwashed by Si Yingxia I would make the same offer. Why you don't want to be your own man, I will never know."

*Shine!* A small little piece went out to Ji Xingyu. On contact, it basically dissolved into nothingness as was drown out by a deep blackness. Not that of the Black qi but his own self misery.

Rexford was mindful of the teen's disposition. He would make a good test to see if a person who was defintely against him could be brought over with just the use of the Gold qi. A way to help gauge the level of how much would need to be used over time.

Yang Chao actually did pretty well to talk Ji Xingyu to a calm state really quickly. Either the two bonded over the fact they were used by Si Yingxia or the use of the Gold qi strand was pretty quick in its influence.

"Hmm, Jiang Tanqiu.. shouldn't you be stalking Xu Rongfei or something? Or is today the day you stalk Chang Wen?"

"Screw you man!" Jiang Tanqiu yelled. A few students, who already were used to his shouts looked over. Slightly embarrassed he did not look over to them. He was gaining a really thick face for these types of matters. "Some of us just have a finer taste."

"Right... the words are different taste man. Different taste. If you want Xu Rongfei so bad.. you defintely have to prove your worth to a cage girl like that." Rexford shook his head in dismay.

"Caged girl?"

"Forget it, you will find out eventually. Or maybe not." Rexford shrugged walking off. "Good luck."

"Wait!" The loudmouth didn't want to let him slip off that easy. Blocking the way in front, it never occurred that Rexford could just knock him out and continue. Or even Yang Chao. "Just come watch the recital and you will see how great she is!"

Not seeing the overall harm in it, he indulged the fanatic teen.

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Recital-

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The recital was pretty tame for the most part. The front and middle sections were taken up. But the back and upstairs were empty.

Yang Chao caught up with him after receiving the message. With Ji Xingyu following along.

"My goddess is about to come on stage!" Jiang Tanquiu shouted. He was cheering loud enough for about four people. The trio looked at him oddly trying to figure out when Rongfei became his.

"This guy is slightly nuts." Rexford mumbled. The other two nodding along with that statement. "Hmm, Chang Wen is such a waste on that brat Yingxin. If she was just .. older.. I would like to get to know her more personally."

"Hear I thought you didn't like her altogethor." Yang Chao wouldn't admit it, but she was a knockout with a full figure.

"Hmm, oh I just like to say things to provoke a situation sometimes. Her grades are pretty good and she is a basic schemer. Developing that would go a long way business-wise. Especially if she has to deal with old men."

"Plan on pimping her out?" Ji Xingyu joked. The serious expression on Rexford's face gave him a chill. "You can't be serious."

"Nah newcomer, I wouldn't do that." Rexford smirked. "Pimping people out is a punishment, if they do it on their own that is a different story. Now if she did business with me.. and jacked things up or tried to screw me over then all bets are off. Young meat sells well after all."

"Remind me not to break a business deal with you." Yang Chao muttered. "Sounds like you know a little about human trafficking."

"One of the oldest professions that will never die out. For better or worse." Rexford said somberly. "It is best to find out what you are comfortable with when you have the time to still choose. Or someone will make it for you, and it will not be pretty. That's how most people generally end up evil."

"Are you saying you are evil?" Yang Chao didn't believe it. He was working under the impression that Rexford was his own age after all.

"I am. You just haven't seen it yet. Stick around and you will find out." Rexford gave a grin as he stared out at the stage. Eyes glowing just slightly as he pulled in the qi that was settled in the room. "You will be suprised what people will do once they have had a taste of something. Even the smallest taste can be addictive."

"Now, let's welcome Xu Rongfei of class 2 grade 3!" Chang Wen's voice came out melodious and clear. Her movements were able to capture a crowd easily. "She will perform today, the Swan Prince!"

The crowd ate the performance up. Giving a loud applause and cheering with all their might. Rexford and Yang Chao covered their ears up. Neither really thinking the applause was going to be that loud.

'This is why I should have focused up while they performed. Defintely need to fix this physical problem soon.' Rexford gave a quick check over his Internal Space. Nothing odd there as the mini him was cultivating steadily. Up above, the Black Gold Vortex spun steadily as well. 'The energy produced here was not bad, even better than the trash energy from the streets.'

*Crack!* The bones inside Rexford started to break a little. The gravity field he pushed on his internal body was causing to much of a strain. Popping A Vortex Spirit Enhancing pill again, the bones slowly repaired stronger than before.

While working on this, the performance finished quickly. Rexford's eyes were trained on the performance giving the look that he was deeply enraptured in it.

Jian Tanqui was still trapped in the afterglow of the performance. He didn't notice the trio were already leaving.

Xu ROngfei had spotted Rexford watching her when the performance ended. The glow from his eyes caused her heart to flutter a bit.

"Eh... Goddess Xu is coming over!"

"You came!" Xu Rongfei shouted at Rexford. "I tried to find you but know one heard of a student by the name of Chen Fan!" Running over, she ignored Si Yingxia's protests and his attempt to keep her nearby.

"Tch! Damn bastard!" Si Yingxia cursed under his breath.

"We should just go Yingxia." Chang Wen tried to convince the obsessed teen. Nothing good could come out of this if he kept pushing. Plus it was starting to hurt seeing him so dismissal over her over someone who obviously was not interested in him. 'Grr, Rexford said himself she is not that great! Even the other students say she is only a little better looking than me! Why dammit!? Why won't he look my way!?'

Chang Wen stewed in thought thinking everything over. A black qi started to circle around her from Rexford. Completely unknown to Rexford even. Her eyes looked at him almost obsessively before returning to normal.

'Rexford should have just been a loser like Mengmeng said, but that is not the case at all. Yang Chao has joined his side and he dresses nice, drives a brand new car, and from his looks overall, he can not be a nobody.' Chang Wen's mind was racing. 'Something is really wrong here. Besides Yingxia's family for certain, he loses in every way to Rexford if what my friend said about him starting a large business venture is true. Then the connection to the Wei Family as well.'

"So you really changed your name huh?" Yang Chao thought maybe he was being pranked by Menmeng when she said his name was Chen Fan before. But he visited the home of Rexford and signed the paperwork that marked him as a member of the Ansatsuken School. "Must have a good reason."

"I do. It is my name." His words were taken as a joke that none quite understood. "So, have you learned to not go with the flow of stupid people? I mean Yang Chao has for the most part."

"I.. no. Never mind about that." Xu Rongfei didn't want to go into that matter right now. Considering how both she, Ranran, and Mengmeng were still in a fight over what happened, she couldn't bring the matter up. "It is good you are fine after that night. Zhuo Tinhao is quite dangerous."

"He is, but he is a good business partner." Rexford was done with pleasantries and moved to leave. "Not a bad performance. You should put more heart into it. Have things to do, so later. Oh, that costume is very seductive, be careful."

"Business partner..." Xu Rongfei stared at his departing figure feeling something was wrong. She completely missed what he said about her clothing for the performance. As if she was meant to be closer to Rexford somehow, she resisted the urge to go and hug him. The gnawing feeling disappeared once he was out of sight. 'I must be really tired, I barely know him.'

"Did he say Zhuo Tinhao is a good business partner?" Chang Wen muttered. She knew the name but felt something was off. Thinking about Mengmeng she made a phone call to see what the hell happened to cause all this trouble between Rexford and her. 'If she set me up, I am gonna make her pay!'

'A version of the Swan Princess, haa, they would have loved to see that in person.' Rexford gave a mental sigh over his friends not being here to enjoy the opportunity. He hoped wherever they were was going great for them. 'Hmm hitting the club should be nice right about now.'

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Club Time-

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Rexford, Yang Chao, and Biao went to a pretty seedy place. One for just in case a fight might pop off, two the drinks were plentiful with no one really carding. Yang Chao cut loose on the dance floor.

Biao ran into some old buddies and chatted them up. Rexford went to the VIP room and got a bottle of every drink possible. The atmosphere had a nice dirty qi that hit the spot just right.

*Swirl!* Every bit of it was swallowed up into the Black Gold Vortex. As it was spun and purified, Rexford leaned back enjoying a drink when some serving woman came over. Their job was to sell bottles.

"Serve me drinks and buds all night and you are good purchase wise." Grabbing the bottle and reading it over, he thought it funny it said made by Scholar Assassin. A glass of dark champagne that he never heard of before. "Bottles are 70 bucks. Hmm, yeah I will buy all that you four have right now."

"Umm, that is at least 50 bottles." One of the servers said.

"Set it up and I will pay. Just make sure you give me a receipt or invoice." Rexford smiled at them.