A Day In The Young Master's Life

Blood Lotus World, Taiji sect, Han Hao's island,

A blaring sound echoed through the room, its intensity rising with each beep, causing the young man sleeping on the soft mattress to groggily open his eyes, his handsome face twisted into a scowl as he sighed and tiredly reached out to the token on his nightstand, as his hand approached the token it suddenly moved away, the young man thought that his eye were just playing tricks on him at first, however each time his hand approached the token it would avoid it, the young man sighed as the noise nearly reached an unbearable level, he got up from the bed and ignored the sound as he headed towards the bathroom to wash his face and freshen up, after all he knew that any prank that his father employs would require his at most concertation.

After washing his face, he used his spatial ring to pull out a pair of specially made noise cancelling air plugs, after all his father would never use ordinary noise to prank him, the last time that he tried to, Han Hao just pulled out the ear plugs and put them on with a dead pan expression on his face, anticipating his father upgrading the noise using special techniques he commissioned ear plugs from the crafters pavilion of the sect.

He wasn't worried that his father would use his influence and cultivation base to monitor him and prepare accordingly, after all in the game of trolling and counter trolling that they played, his father strangely has a sense of honor and would always restrict his capabilities to that of Han Hao's level, so any prank that he came up with could theoretically be countered by other qi refinement cultivators.

This only hindered Han Chang slightly, even if his cultivation base was restricted, his experience and techniques were not, even if they were limited to the level of a qi refinement cultivator.

Before getting out of the bath room, that had its own noise cancelling ruins something no qi refinement level technique could penetrate, he started doing stretches, then he put on a speed enhancing outfit from his ring that was made with only speed in mind, so it was perfect for this situation, although his father knew about it so he probably had a counter ready.

He immediately dashed through the door, heading to the nightstand, and almost immediately a sharp piece of rock shot up from a rune beneath me, as he punched the rock to dust, he put his leg on the rune and injected his qi into it 'A rune that activates if the opponents speed surpasses a certain level, interesting' Han Hao though as he dispelled the rune using his qi.

Han Hao tried using his senses to locate the runes and found none, he dashed towards the nightstand while keeping his senses up, every time a rune came within a 1-meter radius of him they would pop on his senses and then he would avoid them, suddenly a fire ball came from above and as he dodged another piece of stone came at him from below from a rune that he didn't manage to sense 'it seems the old man had concealed some runes using better techniques than others to lull me into a fall sense of ', just as he wanted to inject his qi into it, it disappeared, not letting him inspect it, so that he could sense runes similar to them more easily.

His eyes started twitching and he almost lost his balance 'old man, can't you at least leave them up for a while', as he finally closed in on the token, and reached towards it, it then easily moved to above his outstretched hand, suddenly a tendril of qi reached out to the token and managed to penetrate it, at this crucial moment the token started to rapidly make noise using different techniques each time to try to get through his ear plugs, and just as his hand closed on in the token an incredibly loud noise pierced his ears, making him lose focus as the tendril of qi collapsed.

The token, using the precious time it bought, immediately widened the distance between them.

As if sensing the confusion and annoyance the noise caused him, which it probably did considering the obvious disturbance in his qi, it immediately used the same technique that disturbed him and increased the volume.

He sat down and started meditating to clear his mind.

'This boy… already managing to control your qi to such a degree as to create a tendril and manipulate it at the speed you were going at hmmm, I already knew you had the capability considering your absurd qi reserves and purity compared to others in your realm, but to already be so proficient is a bit absurd don't you think' Han Chang smiled proud of his son.

'But unfortunately for you, you were unlucky as the token managed to find the right technique as you were going to reach it, now you have to wait until the 7 am for it to turn off' he then looked curiously at his son through the void who took of a rather familiar board.

Han Hao took out the board that kept the score between him and his father, the current score was 900-755, with his father in the lead, it couldn't be helped as he took a while to get used to his father's methods.

Then he changed the score to 900-756, with his father almost certainly watching from the void, he smirked as he declared his victory, he closed his eyes, expanding his senses, although he currently lacked a divine sense, he could still sense qi, as he focused on the small amount of his qi that was left in the token, the world started to disappear to his senses only the qi in his dantian and the residual qi left inside his token remained, he started exerting his will to connect to the qi in the token, then after establishing the connection, he started accessing the token from a far, then using the awfully familiar pattern that he used to turn of the alarm.

The token stopped blaring, and it dropped to the ground as the rune that was making it stay away for him was dispelled, 'it seems that the rune was making it avoid me was connected to the alarm, how interesting'.

"Old man I win this time, soon this young mater will surpass your score" Han Hao, turned his nose at the vague presence he was sensing behind him, 'The old man should start ramping up the rate of improving his hiding skills, it only took me a few days to sense him since the last time I managed to sense his presence"

'How scary, already managing to locate my presence in the void, only after a few days of me raising the difficulty, it seems in ten thousand years he would be able to sense my presence even if I am hiding seriously, that's scarier than you already managing how control your qi from a far", an excited gleam appeared in Han Chang's eyes.

"Make sure that you are truly victorious before making such bold claims" an incredibly smug voice, echoed in the room.

Instantly realization dawned on Han Hao's face, he went to pick up the token to check the time, what he saw made his face darken.

"FAAAATHEEER" a scream of pure rage tore the air.

"HAHAHAHAHA" an uproarious voice erupted from the space around Han Hao filling the room with laughter, as the scoring board beside Han Hao changed to 901-756.

On the picture inside Han Hao's mind, displayed by the token, the time displayed was 3am with a little smiley face beside it.

Han Hao's veins started bulging, the urge to spit blood reached a new height, Han Hao took out his furnace and started to make a pill, to relax his mind, even though qi refinement cultivators of the Taiji sect couldn't produce flames nor could they use martial arts they could still control the spirit flames produced by a furnace.

As Han Hao started refining a pill inside his trusty furnace a voice, his rage already started to simmer down, and he began earnestly refining a pill.

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Han Hao finished making a qi replenishment pill, the started to inspect it, 'To only manage reach this level of quality, it seems anger at such a level begins affecting my refining skill' he sighed as he pocketed the pill inside his ring, even though the pill did not enter his eye it was already exceptional for someone of the first three major cultivation realms to refine such a pill even among the Taiji sect.

He took out his token to check the time, 'It's almost 5 am, good enough I guess I will cultivate and then call the usual service'

He went to the mat that was beside his bed, sat down it and started taking in qi, it took him one minute to recover the lost qi, and the he began refining a new strand, in the basic cultivation method it takes 1 strand to enter the first layer, 2 to enter the second layer, 4 to enter the third layer, 8 to enter the layer and so on until the 13 layer which needs 4096, in total you would need about 8159 strands, at Han Hao's current speed he would have needed less than four years if he cultivated for 8 hours a day.

Of course if Han Hao chose to forsake quality and purity to the level of an average disciple from the Taiji flame sect he could achieve the peak of qi refinement in a single day.

The choice of focusing on purity and size in this was intentional, after all once a new strand was imprinted in the dantian, even if it was consumed, replenishing it's qi would be easy as the you would only have to collect qi and direct it at the empty strand and it would automatically purify it to its previous quality, a cultivator wouldn't have to bother with refining the qi as the imprint of the strand would automatically do so.

As an hour passed, a new strand was produced and joined its brethren in his dantain.

Han Hao picked up his token, and contacted the servant headquarters, a voice ranged out from his token "Young master you are earlier than usual, did the sect master pull another prank on you?".

"Yeah, the old man is quite persistent".

"My condolences" said the man in a deadpan voice.

"...…."

Han Hap's eyes twitched as he truly had no response.

"Do you want the usual massage and food?"

"Yes the usual massage, but for food this young master wants to try rabbit meant, you choose the type I am not knowledgeable when it comes to spirit beasts, have the food arrive first, twenty minutes from now, and I sent you two runes that allow people to enter my island and room they last half an hour, send them to the people that you will dispatch"

"Understood young master".

I headed to the bather room to wash myself, it would be unsightly if I met the servant with such a stench oozing from me.

He entered the bather room and headed to the shower, where he had someone install a modern shower head 'Give cultivators ideas and unless it's too complicated they would easily be able to make it'

After he finished his shower, he took hair and skin products from his rings and applied them 'what's the use of being rich if you don't use that wealth'

As he went to his room his token vibrated, "Young master can I enter?"

"I did give permission so there is no need to ask"

"I will be there then soon, then"

Han Hao sensed using his token, a rather strong presence enter his island, it flashed through the island it at an extreme speed, until it reached his palace, then it stopped for a moment as the palace scanned for the rune that allows entry, the door opened allowing the presence entry, finally it flashed again towards my room before stopping again to repeat the process.

The door slowly opened revealing a rather familiar kindly looking old man, and a rather large silver cart besides him, as he dragged the cart next to the table, he arranged the plates at an astonishing speed, and then drew Han Hao's chair for him to set.

As Han Hao approached his chair he gestured for the old man to set next to him "Old man there is no need for me to tell you to set every time, you can take a seat on your own"

"Young master I do not dare!" the old man said with a cheery tone.

Han Hao rolled his eyes at the strong old man's antics.

The old man took a seat and started chatting with Han Hao "How is your cultivation young master?".

"I will enter the foundation establishment stage within the next six month"

"Already? young master's progress is truly extraordinary"

"There is no need for flattery, this is not an extraordinary speed for someone who is at the top of the younger generation in The Taiji sect" Han Hao said as he smiled at the old man.

"Not many in the history of our sect managed to reach the amount and purity of qi that you have reached, young master"

"Not many does not mean none, after all taking account the scale of our sect, even if a genius of my caliber appeared every million years, that means that at least 10,000 people have as high or higher quality and quantity of qi, and that isn't taking into account the wider world and the other high, middle and lower worlds"

"You underestimate yourself young master", 'when I said that they can match you I meant in one aspect, young master only one person in our sect's history managed to replicate your achievement in both quantity and quality and that's your father, truly a tiger father begets a tiger son, and those two friends of yours are scarily close to you in talent especially the grand elder's daughter, This age is shaping up to be ever more prosperous than the last'

"Old man, in the cultivation world arrogance means death, stagnation means death, stupidity means death, unless you are one of those monsters who defy heaven left and right, it's advisable to always seek to better yourself and lay low" Han Hao's eyes flared with the convection to live a long content life.

"Hmm, Arrogance might mean death, but underestimating yourself is far worse, it means you lack the conviction to stand above others, and that you are just one of faceless masses, one of the cultivators who manage to reach the end of their natural life without leaving a ripple in the world, their name soon forgotten" the old man struck back amused at the child's logic

"I rather be one of the faceless mases old man, do we not cultivate for immortality, if I reach the end of natural life span I would have already outlived all of those who desire stand above others except the few f them who reached immortality, to lower one's head when needed is not a sign of weakness, to acknowledge one's limits is not feebleness, after all at the end of the day those who could leave there mark on this world are the few and far between true immortals, if you are mortal, no matter how long you have lived every action, every karma you have sowed, every legacy you have left, will be forgotten in this unending vast world, even one day your very existence will be thought by someone for the last time" Han Hao looked at the old man as if challenging him to refute his logic.

The old man was surprised not by child's worlds, he had this argument and heard it many times, but rather his conviction, 'The young man may not be aware, but his will is so firm that he could even exert pressure on the world itself just by speaking' "Good, good I may not agree with you on this regard, but your will is firm, its wonderful to have such firm conviction at the start, it will allow to to reach far into the cultivating world, a pity that your father has already expressed his will to take you in as a disciple" the old man's face expressed genuine regret.

"Old man I assume you are just an avatar? People like you would never be content with staying in the sect, so if I may be rude and ask what's your name"

"How did you find out?" the old man wizened eyes widened slightly

"I could vaguely sense a qi thread going of to the void, you don't bother to conceal it when you are in my presence"

"So young and you could already sense the void, how impressive, as for my name you are worthy to learn it, its Han Tai" the old man said impassively.

Han Hao's mind fleshed though the notable people in his sect but came up blank on anyone with that name, 'I have not heard of that name before I will ask father later'

"Old man can you tell my about anything interesting in the blood lotus world"

"I saw some youngster there who managed to kill the young master of the heavenly dragon sect, and I rescued the disciple of an ally sect who was near the clash, hmmm there is news that the matriarch of our world's branch of the phoenix clan found a rather potent fire type herb and after a blood bath she managed to acquire it, she will probably send it to our sect soon for refinement"

"The one that killed the young master of the Heavenly Dragon sect is he alive?"

"Of course not, he immediately got slapped to death across space by that old fart, and they resurrected their young master right after, although they paid a higher price than usual since his soul was fragmented across the entire blood lotus world, do you think that the boy youngster is one of those heaven chosen?" the old man quirked his eyebrows at the boy

"It's possible".

"Do you think heaven chosen grow on trees boy? Most of the one's that get labelled that do not qualify, do you want to bet that this youngster isn't one"

Han Hao had a rather strong gut feeling that the 'youngster' was one of those heaven "chosen", "How about this if within a 1000 years the heavenly dragon's sect young master gets killed permanently or the sect suffers a massive blow, then that person is a heaven chosen"

"Agreeable terms after all, most heaven chosen operate in such short periods of time, so what do you want to bet on, brat?"

"If I win, how about becoming my body guard for a 1000 years" Han Hao said while smiling.

"Stinky brat! Making such a demand, fine I will not bully you after all 1000 years is a short period of time, if I win you must find me a suitable disciple and if you fail you must inherit all of my techniques!" the old said with a cheery tone

"Then this young master will accept this bet".

They continued chatting about the latest news in the blood lotus world as they ate.

The old man left after the food was done, muttering happily to himself, after all this bet was advantageous for him no matter who one, if he won he will get a successor, if he lost he could see this interesting youngster's side and maybe teaching him some techniques.

'Why do I feel as if I have been swindled?', Han Hao sighed as he was fiddling with the token and waiting for the masseuse to arrive.

Then a voice ranged out from the token "Young master may I enter?".

'What is it with servants and being overly polite?', "get in." Han Hao sighed with a hint of annoyance in his voice.

As the servant entered he took out from his ring a massage table, Han Hao laid on it and as the servant started massaging him, he sighed and thought 'being rich is the best'

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After the massage was finished, Han Hao sighed as he headed towards the class room early to get the help of one of the two idiots, after all he knew that his father's pranks were not so easily resolved.

He grabbed his damned token, and went to the little platform inside his room, he inserted his qi into the token and said "Teleport me to teleportation array closest to my class".

After appearing in said array, he walked slowly taking in his surroundings, his eyes taking all the runes that were carved into the walls and the floor, they helped increase concertation and maintain attention, and the red vivid lines that invaded the place.

As he closed in on his classroom he sighed and started preparing himself, he took out his pill furnace just in case, as he neared the door he used his senses to look inside,' It seems that these two are already inside ' sighing as he prepared himself mentally, he opened the door.

Just as he began entering the door, a spear pierced through the air, closing accurately on his head, Han Hao sighed, and casually leaned his head slightly out of the way and further getting inside the class, the spear shifted its momentum turning a thrust into a sweep with unnatural fluidity, He barely ducked his head, as his foot landed inside the classroom.

Han Guang spun around and used her momentum to swing the shaft of the spear at Han Hao's body, a pill furnace flew from outside and stopped the shaft in its tracks.

Han Guang jumped back and turned around heading for her seat a if nothing of note happened.

Han Hao nodded to himself as his eyes twitched 'truly worthy of being acknowledged as the junkiest battle junky of our generation I would even call you a shonen protagonist'.

Han Guang, daughter of the grand elder, an incredibly talented girl, that always picks fight with interesting people.

A clapping sound was heard, as smug face smiled like a monkey, the other smug idiot was Han Heng, not someone with influential or even decently strong parents, but he is still incredibly talented, the fact that he is in the same class as me and Guang should be enough to show that.

"Young master, you are early today, what brings you to grace us with your presence?" Han Hao smiled wryly

"Hmph, who said I need a reason to be early peasant, seeing your face when I don't need to is already an extreme annoyance, why must your words be so annoying as well, bawahahaha" Han Hao said with a teasing tone.

Han Heng's face scrunched in annoyance, his brown eyes gleaming, "Oh, why must you insult me every time you see me young master? Shouldn't seniors be kind and teach their juniors". said mockingly

"Didn't I already tell you your face is annoying, isn't that enough of a reason for this young master to dislike someone" Han Hao's said haughtily.

"Your insults have gotten better Han Hao" Han Heng's mocking tone disappeared, as he laughed

"And yours are as sloppy as always" Han Hao responded jokingly.

"Seriously why are you early? you are not the type to miss his morning routine"

"Do not ask question you already know the answer of, it can get annoying" Han Hao cocked an eyebrow at him

"So your father pranked you again, what did he do this time?" Han heng said teasingly.

"It does not matter much, take my token and look if there are any hidden runes, you are better than me at them" Han Hao threw his token to Han Heng.

"It seems that even the young master is capable of praising other".

"Of course I can, praising others when appropriate is normal, it's just that you rarely do something worth praising" Han Hao smiled as he walked to his seat.

Han Guang nodded.

"Oh the betrayal, for even you turn against me Han Guang, haven't I helped you with finding enough interesting opponents" Han Heng said dramatically.

Han Guang shook her head.

"If so I guess you don't need to know about an interesting person I learned about" Han Heng smiled mischievously as he was inspecting the token.

"Oh, who?" said Han Gunag.

"Han Hao, I cleared the runes, your father made it very easy, he made it appropriate for someone of your meager level of skill" Han Heng said smugly ignoring Han Guang's question

"Han Heng, who did you find?" Han Guang gripped Han Heng's arm tightly.

He started sweating "There is no need for violence senior sister, its just someone who managed to rise through the ranks to our class, rising from the lowest one to ours only in a year he should join us after our annual break, they say that he is a reincarnated expert who had his memory seal cracked a bit late compared to Han Hao"

"Oh, a reincarnated expert how intriguing, it seems we will have a new rival Han Guang", Han Hao looked interested 'I just hope his isn't one of the murder hobos sigh '

Han Guang nodded looking excited, like a child who found a new friend.

"Why didn't you include me Han Hao?"

"You are weak Han Heng, you are only at the 12th​ stage of qi refinement, you take too much time studying runes and arrays, you have no chance at even making us break a sweat" he looked questioningly at Han Heng.

"You need not say things that are as obvious as the sun in a clear summer day, Han Hao" said Han Guang, also looking at Han Heng with a "Are you serious?" look.

"Sigh, you need not be so blunt seniors, I am at the top five in the class in terms of cultivation base, it's your standards that are too high" Han Heng said while rubbing the back of his head.

"On the topic of reincarnation, Han Hao you never told us about your past life, since you are still alive I assume you reincarnated normally and didn't possess anyone?" Han Heng added curiously.

"Of course I reincarnated normally, I need not use such methods" Han Hao looked offended at the mere suggestion.

They continued talking until the class began