Chapter 16
When the food came, I was already starving.
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Various dishes were laid out in front of me, each one emitted a dazzling gleam with pressure in it?? Wait, what? Why the fuck was there pressure in the food?
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"Starfall, dig in." My father beckoned me before he lifted up his knife and fork and slowly cut into a juicy thicc chicken breast. Seeing how juicy and fat it was made me drool unknowingly. Father then proceeded to stuff a piece of chicken meat into his mouth before exclaiming, "Hm, it's delicious! The chicken breast is tender and juicy, just the way I like it!"
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'Did he not sense there's still pressure lingering in the dish? Or was it he did not care?' I was dumbfounded at the sight of my father savoring a piece of chicken which obviously had spiritual pressure lingering on it. That was a long line…Anyways, yeah I'm not touching the food here even if I haven't eaten anything since last night.
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"Why are not eating, son? Does the food looked poor taste?" Father thoughtfully asked when he realized I was not touching the food in front of me. "I can have the cooks make you chocolate cake instead."
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"No no no, the food looks amazing! It's just…Why is this loaf of bread emitting Spiritual pressure?"
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"Huh? You've actually managed to sense even this?!" A look of shock was plastered on my father's face upon hearing my question.
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Realizing I've exposed myself again, I quickly corrected myself. "Ah sorry, I was mistaken. It's just that this loaf of bread had an incredibly nice smell, so I thought..."
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My father, who obviously did not buy into my lie, narrowed his eyes as he watched me mess up my cover up. "Starfall, why are you lying??"
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"I am not lying. I just said I misunderstood and mistaken by this loaf of bread." I smiled wryly as I hoped father would not delve into this issue any further.
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Seeing that I wouldn't budge, father decided to drop the matter. "Seeing that you...misspoke, I'll just ignore it then. But do remember, son, do not ever misspoke in the outside world. It nay even cost you your life if you're careless."
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I nodded before I sat down and dug in, sweat still dripping down the side of face. 'That was close' I thought to myself.
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As I tried to use a knife to cut into a piece of silver ham, my knife stopped cutting at the skin of the ham. This was one hard piece of sliver ham. Since my knife and fork doesn't work, maybe my Spiritual Energy condensed knife and fork will...Hang on, on second thought, maybe I should lie low a bit. I was pretty eye catching during my siblings' ceremony and just now when the food just came. Now, how does a five year old act? Suddenly, a thought occurred to me.
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If my cutlery doesn't work and I want to act like a kid...I'll just smash my face onto the food! Thinking so, I raised my head as high as I could before I wung it down onto the piece of meat in front of me. "BAM!" The table shook from the collision of my head and this piece of meat.
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'Now's my chance!' Since my face was on the meat, my cheek fat along with the fatty parts of the meat was blocking my father's view. I quickly encased my baby teeth in a thin layer of Spiritual Energy as to not alert my father anymore. Then, with my enhanced teeth, I bite into the ham and chewed off a piece! It worked! Although I may look like savage doing this, I'm only five! And the meat was abnormal! To be honest, I actually got this idea from my old pal Suvan. When I reincarnated the 4th time, he was the one who taught me that the best weapons under the Heavens was the human body itself. Every part of the human body can be utilized as a weapon. Maybe I should go pay him a visit in the future.
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My father was probably dumbfounded when he saw me smash my face into this piece of ham. His mouth was hanging wide open when I bit and devoured that piece of silver ham. "Um, son...Did you forget to coat your knife and fork in Qi first before cutting into the meat?? And...did you just use your teeth to chew off a piece off that ham??'
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"Uhm, yeah? I was starving and I couldn't cut the meat into smol pieces. Biting would be the next reasonable choice!"
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"Uhh, right...You're only five. Ah, but that ham came from a Flying Silver Boar. Their skin was supposed to be extremely hard...Even if I did coat my teeth in Qi, I still wouldn't be able to chew off a single piece from that ham...Rodrick, cancel all of my meetings for later. I...I need to rest, my mind is collapsing..."
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"Yes, master." Rodrick appeared, nodding before he turned into a shadow and ran off.
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'Okay...I have successfully given my father a fright...And since I'm full, I am...going to go cultivate and improve my strength! I don't want to just be strong mentally, my physical cultivation has to catch up too!' And with that, I left the house and set off on my own to the nearest town, Winqu to search for herbs and elixirs to help me progress.