I am Me; You I am

Haji's breath was ragged as his tiny fingers traced the rough parchment of the cultivation manual. His eyes flickered, deep and unfathomable like the abyss, yet the visage he wore was one of childish innocence, his lips smacking idly as if fascinated by the strange markings on the pages.

Kim Jungho sat by the wooden table, rubbing his temples in exhaustion. His gaze lingered on his son, his brow furrowed with a mix of amusement and exasperation.

"This boy... ever since he could crawl, he's been drawn to books," Kim Jungho muttered under his breath, sipping his lukewarm tea. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say he was a reincarnated scholar."

Haji did not lift his head. His small form was hunched over the manual, a serious expression on his young face.

"Celestial orbs interesting, interesting, very interesting; perhaps one day a few Jade beauties will be blessed enough to play with this King's Celestial Orbs Hahaha!"

Haji shaked his head "Damn it I lost myself there again I need to stay composed, no distractions no Jade beauties until I have Heaven Piercing cultivation first."

Haji stroked his non-existent beard again "It's far too early for that anyways I can't afford potentially offending seniors or even juniors with higher cultivation than me yet, but once I'm confident that I'm the strongest immortal in this world I will live like the Emperor I am. Hmph Jade Beauties wait for your Daddy, wait for your King, wait for your Grandpa Haji for I am all those things and more!"

Haji said all this inside his head; in fact all this time Haji didn't say a single coherent word except for the occasional retarded baby noises he would make to stay inconspicuous.

Haji would always look around before stroking his non-existent beard or doing anything conspicuous of a baby to do, only when he was certain that no one was watching would he do such a thing and he would even use a surprisingly wide range sensory spell one of his first spells he's ever made through inspiration, comprehension, reflection and invention while cultivating in the most recent years. 

And despite Haji only being a baby and having a low cultivation level he has managed to create this spell through his hard work, skill and talent.

A strange gleam passed through his eyes, but it quickly went away after Haji noticed his father was staring at him again so Haji quickly feigned ignorance, flipping the page with a clumsy motion befitting his age.

Kim Jungho let out a sigh. "Enough of this, come Yulryong your mother is waiting."

Haji blinked twice, his face filled with innocent confusion before he let out a childish giggle and ran toward his father.

"God damn it all to hell these parents are monitoring me much more than they should all because I lost my self control from my sheer joy of finally leaving that dogshit world, I wish I really wish I didn't laugh as soon as I was born these intelligent bastards were quick to start divinating and shit damn it damn it all."

Haji sighed in his mind; he created a small avatar in his mind with one of his new spells after secretly improving his cultivation and overall knowledge regarding cultivation techniques and spells; the reason he created this avatar was because he desperately wanted to do his usual habits like stroking his beard while thinking or walking around normally for once instead of intentionally stumbling around crawling like a baby.

"Time is passing by slower than usual it feels so slow because I'm constantly being monitored and have to constantly act retarded it's really getting on my nerves, but I must endure forget it forget it, if it means reaching my goals I'm willing to let out another thousand retarded giggles for this damn father and mother of mine."

After blinking twice, acting all innocent and confused and letting out 1 childish giggle as Haji ran toward his father Kim Jungho smiled and lifted him up effortlessly. "Curious little brat" his father smiled while holding Haji up in the air.

Haji's avatar shouted in his mind while stamping his right foot on the ground " Oooii!! Cheeky bastard! You dare call this King a curious little brat you dare call me a brat you're the brat you fucking rascal no one talks to me that way you fucker I'm older than you respect your elder! I'm old enough to be your ancestors ancestors ancestors ancestor! I'm wise enough to- ah forget it! Forget it! Damn it!"

Haji's avatar sat down cross legged and conjured up a table in his mind and some flowers and trees to change the view from the blank black void to a nice view to ease his heart. 

His avatar sighed while stroking his beard "Pineapple juice this Emperor needs pineapple juice." He conjured an empty cup and a jug filled with pineapple juice.

He poured himself some pineapple juice in the cup and began to sip "Aaah that's good; much better, much better."

"I still can't believe that rascal called me a brat what an impertinent fool if he knew who I truly am he would kowtow at least a million times if he knew only if he knew, but alas I don't want him to know so I'll forgive this fellow yes I'll forgive him."

 Haji's avatar began to sip again whenever Haji felt like he was going to lose control or had too much emotions; especially needless ones he would send it to his avatar that he created that lives in his mind and his avatar knows this and agrees with this great idea as well for the avatar is a copy of himself after all.

All of this happened in an instant within seconds because time flowed differently in the mind and thoughts are extremely fast.

At this time Kim Jungho placed Haji back down and patted his head and turned around heading towards his wife Kim Seoyoung and Haji followed his father.

An hour later Haji was laying in his bed he talked to his avatar in his mind "What do you think of the Celestial Orbs?" 

"They are indeed very intriguing; we need to cultivate I mean you need to cultivate to at least grey celestial orb level within the next 2 years or if possible sooner and although in the manual it stated that it's very difficult and takes a lot of time to go from the low stage to the mid stage; even though the Black Celestial Orb is the easiest to progress through going from low stage, mid stage and peak stage and then breaking through to the grey Celestial Orb in only 2 years is ridiculous and probably hasn't ever been done before."

Haji's avatar sighed, brushed his beard and promptly said "But you still have to nonetheless; we don't have time as you know and the sooner you reach the highest level possible within these 2 years the better."

"I gave you a beard and my cultivation although still very weak is high enough to give myself a beard, but alas it would blow my cover you sure are lucky to be able to have a beard to stroke, but you are right and when I'm asleep I want you to activate the sensory skill I'll pass down the technique to you now use this skill to pick up any useful information such as rumours or anything regarding cultivation and once I awake tell me anything that piqued your interest." Haji then began stroking his non-existent beard while laying in bed.

"That habit of yours again it's so deep rooted that even I have it just how much Xianxias, Manhwas and Manhuas did you read to be this way Haji?" His avatar poured another cup of pineapple juice and sipped "Aaah" he exhaled and wiped his mouth with the sleeve of his right forearm. "Haji you may not know this, but while I was cultivating I noticed that I can grow a dantian and meridians I've grown the meridians, but my dantian will only be able to form once you've reached the peak stage of the black celestial orb."

Haji gasped quietly upon hearing this, being mindful of not alerting his parents "Excellent! That's excellent news I'll be sure to do so and by the way for some reason almost 99% of my time during living on Earth I would only have approximately 5 or 6 dreams per year and only 2 to 3 of them would be good and as for the other 99% of my dreams it was nothing just black and then I'd wake up it was very strange I'm not sure if you also remember this memory of mine, but regardless I want to ask you to give me good dreams even if it's something as simple as a nice view and nothing else happening whatever is possible with your current cultivation level."

Haji sighed inwardly "And like I said before I'll be sure to climb through the stages and ranks of the Celestial Orbs as fast as possible to improve my cultivation and yours so we can both achieve our goals as soon as possible we have many missions to complete."

Haji's avatar stopped drinking his pineapple juice and scratched his head gently "Actually now that you mention it I do remember that, but I didn't before and rest assured I can make it so you have good dreams from now on, but it would drain some of my Qi and Celestial energy I have very little of both so you would need to get me some Qi pills and Celestial pills or any other way for me to be able to start doing that."

"I didn't expect that was possible; especially not so early on with only low stage black celestial orb cultivation, but I'm glad to hear that it is I'll go collect any that I see or I'll try to steal some." Haji said in his mind to his avatar while staring at the ceiling.

"In truth it's not possible which is why I asked for some Qi pills as well; my hunch is that if I have some Qi energy and Celestial energy prepared I should be able to comprehend a way to bypass the restriction and produce such a spell." Said Haji's avatar while staring at one of the trees and tapping the table with his index finger.

"Very good I'll focus on sleeping now and you can return to cultivating while keeping that sensory skill active."