《A Cultivation Journey》


 1. Beginning

    In a dark place, Asce was looking left and right thoughtlessly trying to find where he is. He looked in every possible mathematical angle but it was all but darkness.


    "Damn! Where am I?"


    He tried to move his body but surprisingly found out that he had no body. Abnormally, he could still see without eyes. It was as if this place was mocking Newton. But dying by a colorful lightning and coming to this place was already abnormal enough to dismiss his body-less state. In his current state he had completely defied the very essence of science because currently he is matter-less but still conscious.


    Then came a sudden bright light. Due to the sudden brightness, it was hard to see anything even though he had no eyes. Then he arrived in a completely white space. This place was completely in contrast with the space he was previously in. In that place, our protagonist saw something that blew his mind.


    (A/N: Is mind a perspective of soul or body?)


    ''Is this heaven?''


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    He saw a palace filled with apex beauties. Yes, a full palace of beauties, who were much more beautiful than any woman he had ever seen before live or not. Hell, they were more beautiful than any of the fan-arts he had seen in his ''alive'' life.


    It was ''Lust'' at first sight.


    Then suddenly the scene changed. He saw a king Kong and a cat. They were... fighting?


    An extremely large cat was fighting a King Kong!


    Then he saw a large sparrow swooping down and pecking the king Kong on the head.


    ''Is sparrow even supposed to be that big? How does it fly? No wait... King Kong exists? And it is fighting a cat as large as it is? Damn, if I didn''t know my current state, I would have thought that I was having an unrealistic dream. It seems, Chinese novels did some shit on me.''


    Then¡­. there was no then.


    King Kong''s head burst like a balloon. There was no blood or any brain matters as it should have been. It was like, the head exploded into the thin air.


    Pitiful king Kong, it didn''t even know how it died. As for the cat, it disappeared who knows where.


    ''Wow! What a reverse food chain. Darwin can go suck his toes.''Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings.


    Then scenes kept changing.


    From tall mountains to large oceans, large animals to insects which, surprisingly were also large.


    Then in his mind came a sudden thought.


    ''Make a wish''


    (A/N: Is full stop needed here?)


    That sudden thought was dangerous, like very very dangerous. It caused a disturbance in the force... if it exists here.


    His head went non-literally blank. He felt as if his head was going to be crushed the next moment.


    He didn''t understand anything.


    ''Where am I? What wish? What was that something¡­something video???'' After some brainstorming, he seems to think of something.


    ''Is this so-called reincarnation? A second chance? Is this a prelude of me being an entertainer?''


    Don''t get him wrong. He had also read novels of this genre and liked it a lot. But to happen it to you feels kind of like.... what can he say.... awesome of some short maybe¡­. He didn''t even know what his feeling should be? Excited? Cautious? Relief?


    The thought repeated itself in a relatively soft disturbance. ''Make a wish''


    (A/N: Does thoughts need to be grammatically correct?)


    ''So, this means I really died. The colorful lightning was real. The beauties, cat, sparrow... all were real.''


    He then abruptly remembered a memory. A memory of his demise. He died peacefully, hit by lightning. His last ''alive'' moment was in a rather slow-motion. He saw his body struct by a multi-colored lightning. He saw how his body disintegrated slowly.


    Seeing his own death was rather... calm? He didn''t feel any negative emotions even in death. It was as if he was expecting it. But, did he wanted to die? The answer will be ''No''. As for why lightning targeted him, ask it. Anyway, it was a rather old-fashioned way to die.


    ''It seems that the best way to die is either by a truck or the electricity.''


    Why? Because there could be some chance for reincarnation or maybe transmigration. it may also be both at the same time.


    "Sigh! Who am I even talking to?"


    Thinking about the thought, Asce asked "Any wish?"


    The thought replied, ''According to my capability.''


    "What can you do?"


    ''I know all things till now.''


    "A wish?"


    ''A wish''.


    ''Damn, whatever it is, it certainly is arrogant.'', is what he thought, but he seriously started to consider what to ask.


    After a simple consideration, Asce asked again, "Can I ask for information about the world I am reincarnating to?"


    Afterall, if a wish is asked after death, it certainly meant reincarnation. Or is it not?


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    ''Cultivation world''


    ''Wow! what a long suspense and Fuck, what a world.


    Not that he could do anything.


    Then it''s a cultivation world.


    ''Sigh...''


    "Make me the best cultivation manual you could ever create."


    Afterall, why not? He wants to live a challenging but smooth and comfortable life. Also, he only had a wish. What is the best wish than asking the very best cultivation manual from the almighty in a cultivation world?


    Talent? Background? Luck?


    Meh... I have read enough cultivation novel to know these three things are nothing but shit, responsibility and uncertainty ''respectively''.


    (A/N: Well, reading math questions certainly improves your grammar to a certain margin... let us suppose ''x''.)


    After a short time of no reply, his so-called body slowly began to disappear.


    In that moment he remembered something. That something was a genre. A genre called ''genderbending''. And he regretted not adding additional words in his wish instantly.


    "Fuck! I forgot to tell it to reincarnate me as a boy."


    That was his last thought.


    [ This novel is the kind of user guide you have to read before reincarnation. (It guides you to your death. Slowly but eventually.)]


    [Well from the next chapter this novel will be first-person perspective or simply Asce''s POV or not. As for why check my pen name. Hope you will stick to the end.]

 2. Oath And Demon

    Heavy rain was falling outside. In a small-medium-sized house, a man was having tea. He might act leisurely but you can see the tension and helplessness in his eyes, expressions and body language. There was an ordinary-looking woman in her mid-twenties seating across the man. Towards the left side of the room, there was another small room. A small boy about 2 years old was sleeping peacefully while murmuring occasionally. Looking closely, you could see that the woman has a bulging belly, signifying hers pregnancy.


    "Can we not sacrifice our child, Ron?" the woman asked pleadingly with a sad tone. You could see tears glistening in her eyes.


    The man helplessly signed and said in a sad but irrefutable tone, "What can we do? We can''t sacrifice our son, can we?"


    "But this is my child", the woman replied tearfully.


    "We can run from here."


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    Ron sighed. He was a mere merchant who made money through trade. Normally he traded products from the village to nearby town which would take nearly 3 months of journeying. But it had been four months since he had been staying at home this time.


    It was related to Jeha. The last time he went to town, he met this woman. She was waiting in the middle of the road for a lift. Ron, due to sudden kindness allowed her to ride to the town in his carriage. They traveled to town together with Ron''s son Sock.


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    Ron was a single father. His wife died due to an unknown illness so he always took Sock with him wherever he went. The death of his wife did sadden him a bit, but only a little bit. His late wife used to squander all his hard-earned money in some jewelry and whatnot. He was already fed up with her and was wondering whether to divorce her.


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    This world has the temple of many gods. It is said, those gods sundered the sky and went to another higher world. Well, where the gods went, Ron doesn''t know. All the things he heard were from gossips and rumors.


    The marriages were held in temples to receive god''s blessing. Similarly, if the marriage life was not blissful you could also file a divorce in the temple with sufficient evidence and an oath.


    Oath is a very sacred thing in this world. There is a special type of oath in this world called ''oath to heavens'' will''. If you add a sentence like "I make an oath to the heavens'' will" when making an oath or anything closely related, you have to fulfill it. If you don''t, you will suffer many disasters according to the severity of the oath. It may make you disabled, take your opportunity, decrease your good luck, enhance your bad luck, and many more. If the oath is severe enough, it leads to death.


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    They had a pleasant time on the road. Ron also got to know her situation. It so happened that Jeha''s husband had also died due to an unknown disease. For Ron and Jeha, it was a pleasant surprise.


    Her husband was a local guard in the village. Two months ago, when he died Jeha was actually happy. She had a dream to travel the world but her husband wanted to tie her fate to the village. She had been hating her husband since long ago. She also had a secret affair with the village head guard. Afraid of disaster she would draw upon herself because of her immorality, she fled her village after her husband''s death to find a safer place.The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.


    Little did she know, there is no safe place for oath breakers below the heaven.


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    During the trip, Ron and Jeha became good friends. So, Ron decided to help Jeha find a respectable job. After all, Ron was quite famous in the merchant circle.


    But, after arriving in town Jeha was left disappointed. It was hard to find a good job. After a month of arriving in the town, Jeha found that she was pregnant. Then due to compassion or a play of fate, Ron decided to marry Jeha.


    But it seemed that the disaster of breaking the oath will attack Jeha mercilessly as she will give birth to the baby but would not be able to see his growth.


    Time passed unknowingly and finally it was time for the birth of the child.


    There was tension hanging around Ron''s house. Jeha was finally going to give birth. After nearly an hour, a middle-aged woman came out of the house. Smiling, she congratulated Ron on having a newborn boy. Ron felt complicated and had a stiff smile on his face. He looked up into the sky and a sigh left his mouth.


    ''Damn demon''


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    This was a special village or rather all the villages were special from the past seven-eight years. Every someday of the year, in a nearby jungle you could hear a roar. When the roar was first heard. The villagers didn''t think it was a problem. But who would have thought that the roar was of a tiger demon?


    In this world, if any animal began to thread on a road of cultivation, then they are classified as a demon.


    It was about three years ago when the tiger demon suddenly came to the village and declared it will kill all the people of the village if it was not provided sacrifice every once in a while. What was outrageous was that it wanted a child below three years of age as a sacrifice.


    The villagers were naturally unwilling. They went to the temple to ask for help from the priest. The priest was an old man. He had lived for about 170 years. It was a rather long time for a mortal. So, he was respected by all the villagers. When asked for the secret for his long life, the priest had told them it was the blessing of the God. But Ron secretly scoffed at him.


    As a merchant, he has heard a lot of information. There was a thing called cultivation in this world. It is said by cultivating you can do a lot of unimaginable stuff and it also prolongs lifespan. As for how it is done, Ron didn''t know.


    Anyway, the temple priest was a kind man. He decided to tackle the tiger. But who would have thought that the next day when the priest tried to hunt the tiger, he would be hunted back.


    It was a simple hunt. The tiger raised its paw, aimed it, and swatted down. The next moment was the scene of blood and gore. After that incident, the villagers were deeply afraid of the tiger. So, they started sacrificing children henceforth.


    Unluckily, that time of the year was only in a few days and there is a newborn infant. You could hide older children but you could never hide the newborn.


    Somehow the tiger can smell the scent of the newborn. Such incidents had happened in the past. Running away is also an option but in this dangerous world, if you move without sufficient plan and power, you wouldn''t even know how you died or where you would end up to.


    Well, it wasn''t like this in the past. About 20 years ago there used to be some soldiers and some heavy weapons stationed in nearby villages and towns. So, even if there was some incident of a demon running a rampage around human inhabitants, it would have been hunted down mercilessly.


    But there was a big war about 19 years ago. All the military was summoned and till now there is no any news about the war. Nobody knows what happened in the war. At least the people of nearby surrounding villages and towns didn''t know.


    In the first year after the war, there were no significant changes. But maybe the animals smelled blood so they started to appear nearby human settlements. Still, there was no problem because the guards of villages and towns could defeat them by tactics or high numbers.


    But some villages were not lucky. They suffered from animal tides and disappeared forever. But it was still not a big problem as they can be handled easily with some planning and traps.


    But in the recent 7 years, there has been sighting of demons. Demons began to appear in nearby forests. Some demons were kind or maybe they didn''t want to care about mortals but the majority of demons started terrorizing the land either by treating humans as food or entertainment. Yes, some demons love human culture but they make people work till death.


    So, due to all the atrocious acts done by demons, they were feared by all.

 3. Birth

    Suddenly I felt pain. It was like I was being squeezed and stretched. Fortunately, after some time the pain lessened and I tried to pry my eyes open. It was hard, super hard. It feels like you are trying to open your eyes for the first time and I reckon that is what I am doing now. Unintentionally a cry left my mouth as if it was a natural thing to do. Then I heard some noises. Some were loud whereas some were soft. It was like my brain was tweaking with the sound frequencies. Slowly I started hearing noises in uniform frequency. But it still sounded chaotic and it was not understandable. Conclusively, it was a new experience. I could think like adult but my body was unresponsive. Then my very being felt drowsy and tired and somehow unintentionally I went to dream.


    After a long time or maybe a short time, who knows how much time has passed, I woke up. As I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw were a pair of whitish-brown skin-colored balloons. I scrutinized at it properly and suddenly I thought of something and looked up.


    I had hoped to see wonders, the very peak of nature, the jade, sapphires... but I was disappointed...disappointed in this very world and my imagination, and angry...angry towards the authors who deluded my beauty standard. It seems they wished for me die a virgin even in this fantasy world?


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    ''Alas, we were tricked. Isn''t this the cultivation world? Aren''t all the girls supposed to be beautiful? Why is it that my I-think-so mother is so ordinary?''


    I couldn''t help but immerse in the memory of the palace of beauties I saw in that white space. They were... heavenly?... Hellish?... Immortal-Ish?... Wow, I can''t describe them at all. Oh...how I wish of my mind to be overtaken by some Chinese novelist...


    ''Maybe she is not a cultivator'' I thought to cheer myself up.


    Then I had no choice but to indulge on the breasts, drinking milk. Hunger does impact you hard. Not that I care though. Hungrier I am, better it is for my growth, both physically and psychologically. Then I went to my needed slumber. It seems it is going to be repeated a lot.


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    Jeha was looking at her baby fondly but she couldn''t hide the sadness in her heart. Her soul screamed of reluctance to part but her logical mind overwhelmed it. Imagining her son''s fate she could not help but let out silent sobs.


    Still, she would never know that her baby has already given her looks an average rating. If she knew, who knows her current emotion would be. She, who is slowly giving-up hope could do anything. Well, anyway who would think that their child is a reincarnated youth, maybe no one?


    After looking at her child for a while, Jeha fell asleep. The physical pain and the psychological stress, thinking about her child''s fate had made her completely exhausted.Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on.


    After she fell asleep, Ron came in the room. His mood was complicated. He didn''t want to see the child''s face that may haunt him for the rest of his life. But he came. Just to fulfill his responsibility as a father even though there is no blood connection between them. He looked at the mother and the child with a lost expression and sighed. Even if the boy wasn''t his child, he didn''t want to sacrifice him. He was not that cruel. But alas, fate itself is cruel. He could do nothing but hope...hope for a miracle to occur.


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    After a while, the baby woke up.


    He looked up at the ceiling and tried to move his head but to no avail. Now he could open and see with his eyes but moving itself is still pretty hard.


    He felt something inside his head. But he couldn''t look what it is. Every time he tried, he felt tired and sleepy. So, he gave up. But he could guess what it is. His wish...cheat...


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    ''Hmm, cheat sounds vulgar. Let''s call it knowledge. Yep, knowledge sounds better. After all, it is cultivation-related knowledge. I sacrificed my life just to get it. In no way shall I restrain myself if someone said it is a cheat...me included. But it seemed those novels of ''system'' are all fake otherwise why would I not have it. That all-mighty being only told that it has knowledge. Hmm...maybe it is in lower hierarchy among its fellow beings? It makes no sense. Anyway, it seems I can only grow up a little to know about it. Anyway, am I a boy or a girl?''


    I am pretty much concerned about my gender but I couldn''t even feel my body properly. I had tried to listen to my mother''s words but I couldn''t understand them at all. It seemed this world has its own system of language irrespective to any of the languages in the past. As far as I know, it is not related to any language I had heard or known on my old world. Anyway, I haven''t met my father and somehow my mother looked sad. Who knows what happened?


    Then I fell asleep.


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    I was woken up by the disturbance in my surrounding. I drowsily opened my eyes and looked at a face that looked like a child.


    ''Hmm... ugly.''


    Then again, I fell asleep. It seems a newborn infant needs a lot of sleep.


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    Sock was looking at the small child in the cradle. He looked at his father and innocently asked, "Father, he is my brother?"


    Ron complicatedly looked at the baby and his son. He then hardened his heart and replied with a "no". Jeha, who was resting in the bed cried at that moment. Ron sighed helplessly and went outside. He thought, ''after this, I would for sure take my family away from this forsaken place.''


    He was very sad. He felt as if his heart and guts were being eaten inside out. His pride and morality don''t allow him to sacrifice a newborn baby but he could do nothing. Even if he hides the boy, that demon would sniff it out. It was also the first time he felt so much hatred towards the demon.


    He sat down on the ground and sighed.


    He didn''t even know where he is. This village lies in a barren plain located in an isolated island. That is all he knew about his hometown. He didn''t even know the proper name of the world he is living in. He had tried to know but his curiosity led him to nothing but more bullshit. He had traveled to many nearby villages and towns but all of them made their own name and hypothesis.


    After a while, his heart returned to its initial calmness. He looked intently at the forest and went back home with a firm resolve.


    ''I absolutely cannot stay in this forsaken place anymore. After a month I will take my family and move out. At the very least I must find a city to live in.''

 4. Almighty Betrayal

    Jeha was breastfeeding her child. As of now, she has given-up all hope. What could she do? Nothing... Absolutely nothing. The demon was dangerous. It had already planted sheer fear in the heart of villagers. Even if she pleaded, it won''t work. The villagers had given up many children in these past few years. So, for them an additional one doesn''t bring any sympathy. Running away was also not possible. The villagers won''t let her go away. For them, more sacrifice is always better. Somehow within these three years, this village has transformed into a farm where children are harvested.


    She could not look at her baby''s bright eyes. She felt guilty. Due to Ron''s special position as a successful merchant, his eldest child was made an exception and was not in any danger. But even the villagers wouldn''t make any more exceptions. Nowadays, she was filled with regret. She regretted breaking the oath, she regretted having an affair and most of all, she regretted following Ron. But what can she do? The wheel of time had already spun.


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    It is kind of weird seeing the villagers readily sacrificing small lives and lamenting on their misfortune as if it was them who lost their life. This world was not so kind after all. It seems, wherever cultivation was possible, there would be loose order... or let''s say, chaos.


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    It has been few days since my birth. In this time period, I had been doing nothing but drinking milk and sleeping. Had I been peeing? I don''t know. Maybe while I was asleep, I may have done it, but who cares, I am a newborn infant after all.


    Today, I am fairly awake. I am finally able to move my head a little. I have found out that this world is rather similar to my old one. At least the houses are similar. Even the pieces of furniture are similar. But they were rather outdated. Maybe my family is poor.


    I also found out that the people here were pretty strong. As expected of a cultivation world! But I am surprised, as I haven''t seen any cultivator till now.


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    Today morning, my mother took me outside. I found out that everything here is normal. Every house was like a traditional house with some modern finish up. Anyway, it looked nice. The best thing was a pagoda-like structure in the middle of the village. I liked it very much because it glowed golden as if it was made of gold.


    My mother carried me and kneeled before the temple''s door. I was curious so I looked inside and saw a statue. It looked like a strong man wearing armor and holding a guandao. It looked super cool and it also glowed golden.If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement.


    But there is a problem. I was getting disappointed with this cultivation world. The thing is, the man was not handsome at all. He was a god so he should be handsome. But it seemed that not all the peoples are handsome or beautiful after all.


    Anyway, I don''t know why, but my mother started to tear up. Well, I am not surprised, it has happened many times. I also made a few guesses about it. But that was a waste of time. Moving in an infant''s body is pretty hard. I can''t move...that''s not a problem, I don''t want to cry...dust went in my eyes, and I don''t want to pee in bed...I can''t help it... but I am an adult. Maybe not physically, but mentally I am.


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    I had a pretty bad memory about peeing in bed. I peed in bed till I was in nearly a teenager. It would have been fine if it was at home but I used to live in a hostel at that time. Can anybody imagine my hardship...


    Then everything went in its natural course as it should, and that natural course was rather bumpy.


    Then I fell asleep.


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    I dreamed of moving mountains... splitting the sea... bathing in the sun... and... I got disturbed. Someone was moving me. So, I woke up, looked up, and saw the most beautiful sky I had ever seen. The sky was full of twinkling stars, bright moonlight, and rustling tree leaves.


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    ''Wait a minute, a rushing tree, night sky, outside?'' I was confused.


    ''I am in a forest?''


    ''Is this a dream?''


    ''Are dreams this realistic in infant days?''


    ''Why do I feel like I have been kidnapped?''


    ''Am I being too paranoid?''


    ''Someone, pinch me!!!''


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    I was scared. I didn''t know what happened. My inner monologue was scaring me more and more. Somehow, I got the strength to move my head. So, I twisted my small head and looked around...and started crying. My crying seemed to wake other children in the carriage. Likewise, they were also confused.


    ''Where is my bed?'' they thought. Then they also started crying.


    Now I am confused.


    ''What is this? Kidnapping in bulk? How come no one noticed?''


    As I was thinking about my circumstances, the cart stopped. There was a loud thud. Then the door opened and a guy walked in. He was pretty bulky like a mass-builder. Seeing him I stopped crying.


    ''I hope I am not drawn in some evil plot. Did the kidnappers captured us to train from a young age to be some Dao soldiers...assassins.''


    ''Or am I a... *gulp*...sacrifice?''


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    The bulky man was one of the city guards. Currently he was feeling pretty complicated. He didn''t want to come here. He didn''t want to drive a cart carrying children who are about to be sacrificed. But he was helpless. And finally, he didn''t want to be the person who will offer sacrifice to the demon. But he was forced. After all, he may seem bulky but he is rather weak. He looked at the children with sadness, lamenting their misfortune and left towards the village leaving them alone in a middle of the forest.


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    At that moment our protagonist seemed to have understood his circumstance. He understood why his mother always cried and didn''t look at him properly throughout this time. He understood why his so-called father was ignoring him.


    He then looked at the sky and thought.


    ''Is this the almighty betrayal from where the lucky hero gets his power?''


    ''Why is it that I don''t feel anything?''


    ''Was everything I read till now, a scam?''

 5. Cultivator and New Family

    It may be because he had just been born, he had no love for his current family. Afterall, love needs to be cultivated. But now it seems fate wants to add some hardship to his already fragile life.


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    ''This is not fair. I was abandoned but I still don''t feel any anger towards them. How can I bring out my latent potential without rage?''


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    Somehow Asce seems to have forgotten about his circumstances. He seems to have forgotten, he is just a child with no latent potential hidden or whatsoever. In a roundabout way, you can say this is the consequence or maybe symptom of reading too many fantasy web novels.


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    Now I feel scared. Bugs are crying everywhere, making me feel nauseated. It has been almost ''some time'' since we were left here. It seems that somehow there is no moon in the night sky, which should be impossible, as moonlight has illuminated the night.


    The other children were still crying. They should be shameful.


    Can''t they see a newborn-by-some-days baby thinking quietly?


    Then the wait continued. We waited...for our demise...or... our cheerless childhood...


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    Faint moonlight was illuminating the sky. Rustling leaves and cry of insects echoed in the forest. Somewhere inside the forest, there was a cart full of children of varying ages. They seemed asleep. Their body posture shows their displease toward their wooden bed. Among a group of children, there lies a valiant newborn-by-some-days infant. He was looking listlessly towards the night sky with an expression that shows he was...bored?


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    Sigh...


    ''I am bored.''


    ''Well, the sky is beautiful. But still, I am bored.''


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    I was never an active person. In my school days I may be a little more active. Still, I had spent most of my time idling, watching anime, reading manga, and web novels. Towards the last moment of my life, I was listening some spiritual speech which was supposed to make my life more colorful and vivid.


    It worked, but not in a way I had hoped. Struck by a colorful lightning and vivid memory of death counts...right?


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    I wanted to ignore everything and sleep but the unknown still scares me. Not having the guarantee of my life for the next hour is a pretty scary thought.


    I was wondering what will happen to us. According to the usual circumstances of a cultivation world, this should be some kind of sacrifice to an evil god or demon.


    But I am not afraid. I am a reincarnated person with some cheat¡­. Ahem¡­. Some blessing and knowledge. At the very least I should die emotionally in some big battle.


    I believe in my luck...


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    Then, a cinematic scene occurred. The leaves rustled, insects stopped crying, a shadow loomed over. In a now-quiet forest a low growl was heard.


    Our protagonist twisted his head to the side and saw a big black tiger looking at them with its blue eyes.


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    What strange circumstances; an evil tiger with no red or green eyes but deep blue glowing eyes. I never knew eyes could be a luminous object.


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    Today the BBT was very happy. There is an infant in the meal.


    *mental woo-hoo!*


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    This tiger was not a regular demon. Regular demons were the result of long period of cultivation, but this BBT was different. It had somehow, due to some tiger-shit luck obtained a dead cultivator''s body.


    Biologically it was a tiger. It liked meat. Also, it was a cultivator''s body. It was very appetizing meal to an animal.


    A cultivator''s body is so appetizing for the animals that they would stop in the middle of their climax just to dine.


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    Being a demon is a natural evolution path for an animal. Even if the animals don''t know about it, they will subconsciously guard or eat any material used for that purpose.


    Long story short, the tiger ate the body.


    Tearing the meat was easy for it but digesting was super hard. It took the tiger about 4 months to devour the cultivator. Then another 2 months of hibernation finally made it a demon.This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it


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    After coming out of hibernation it coincidently found a caravan passing near its cave. One-sixth year of hunger was too hard for it to endure and as a demon it had no need to endure so it attacked the caravan.


    There was absolutely no method for a group of about 10 mortals to kill a demon so they became an easy prey. One was in the process of evolving into higher being whereas other was crawling in the ground eating dust. So, killing them was fairly easy for a demon.


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    At that moment when it tasted the human flesh, it became captivated.


    The cultivator''s body didn''t count. Its taste was beyond mortal standard making it tasteless for the animals or any other still-mortal beings.


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    From then on for a whole year, it attacked human settlements.


    One day, it ate a human child. Maybe that child was a cultivation genius... After feasting, it found out that its rate of strengthening was getting faster. And it just so happened that it has inherited common languages from his non-mortal food. So, it decided to go to a bit faraway village to ask for some tender meats.


    ....


    It wanted a sustainable food source so it didn''t attack the village indiscriminately. All it did was to strike a seed of fear inside the villagers'' heart which by time, germinated and rooted strongly within them.


    But during these three years no other children it has eaten has given it any benefits. It who was close to lose its patient smelled a familiar scent today.


    It was a smell of opportunity from the infant in the cart, so it was very happy. You can say that the luck of this tiger can make it a protagonist of the animal kingdom.


    ...


    The tiger was not in hurry. It had already decided to first have its dinner and then the main course. So, it did what it was supposed to do. It gobbled up the children one after another, in the tiger''s sense of elegancy. It held no pity towards them. Their sobs and cries were no more than a clinking and clashing of a plate and spoon for the tiger.


    ¡­


    But here I am getting freaked out. Seeing the bloodied mouth of the tiger I wanted to vomit but I had nothing in to let out. It was scary. Scarier than any of the horror movie I have seen in my life. I want to faint to stay away from this experience but my mind was frozen for any logical thing to process. Left with no other option, I started crying. It was the most emotional cry.


    It was my,,,crying symphony...of death...


    ...


    ''I don''t want to die.''


    ''I have a cheat.''


    ''I am a reincarnator.''


    ''I have boundless luck...''


    ...


    He decided to encourage himself but seeing his death arriving faster and faster, he lost hope.


    But there was no way heaven could watch him die. So, they sent him a savior.


    ...


    Abruptly a loud voice was heard, "DEMON STOP".


    Then there came a flash of light and the tiger was beheaded. Covered in blood of tiger the child slowly went unconscious feeling happy on avoiding his death.


    ...


    ''So that must be a cultivator.''


    ''I am safe.''


    ''I want to sleep.''


    .


    .


    .


    This time he slept for a long time.


    He had a dream. He dreamed of moving mountains, splitting stars, and finally... getting eaten by a huge tiger. Then he woke up.


    ¡­


    I looked around my immediate surrounding and started crying. This time I was crying because of happiness.


    ''I''m saved.''


    ''I didn''t die.''


    This was the happiest moment of my two lifetimes combined. For the first time, I felt the resolve to get stronger...to work hard... What was weird was that it was coming from myself.


    I again started crying in a frequency of melancholy. This time saying farewell to my plan of peaceful cultivation life. After all, if there was no battle, there wouldn''t be any martial progress. But still, I think, I can take cultivation slowly.


    ...


    It may be due to his cry; a group of people entered the room hurriedly. They were all wearing the white coat. They seemed to be ¡­. Doctors maybe. When they saw the baby crying, they started smiling happily.


    After some check-ups, one of the older doctors said something to another accompanying younger doctor. That doctor nodded and hurried outside.


    ...


    Now I began to check my surrounding.


    I was in a room. It was a huge room with a huge bed. Right above the bed, there were some floating glowing orbs of light. They looked like a small round crystal ball. They were producing a rather soothing light. It was very comfortable sleeping under the light. It felt like my very soul was shouting with joy under this light.


    Looking properly, I came to an answer.


    ''It seems to be a cultivator''s house.''


    ...


    While I was looking around, a woman came in from the door. She nodded to the doctors and waved her hand.


    The doctors bowed and left the room.


    ...


    When I saw the woman, I was captivated. Unknowingly, a small strand of drool left my little mouth.


    The woman chuckled at the antics of the baby.


    Her chuckling voice was absolutely beautiful. I am sure that even in my previous world, even with an auto-tune on, there would be no such beautiful voice. Then inappropriately I felt hungry, and I started crying.


    What can I do? I seem to have baby-instincts.


    ...


    Ela was startled when the baby suddenly started crying. She became confused to what to do. Then she remembered she hadn''t given any food to the baby. She smiled and gently lifted the baby, carrying him and put her finger in the baby''s mouth.


    ...


    Now, I am getting confused.


    ''Is she a different species?''


    ''Her milk come out from her finger?''


    Then an airy thing entered my mouth and started spreading throughout my body. It felt very comfortable like bathing in a hot water in the cold winter. Within two to three seconds, she stopped. But I was satisfied. I felt full and stronger.


    I was excited feeling my strength and hurriedly checked my head for the cultivation manual. Then I felt dizzy and fell asleep.


    ...


    Ela smiled watching the sleeping baby. Suddenly out of thin air an old woman came.


    "Mistress, is this the child?" she looked at the child carefully.


    "Aunt Ma, can''t you feel it?"


    "Feel what?"


    Ela sighed.


    Three months ago, she had gone to an island on the western sea. She was searching for a special type of tree found in those regions. Two days ago, she finally found the tree. When she was returning, she felt the presence of a rather strong demon with respect to this place. Curiously going there, she found that the demon was going to eat an infant with a bloodied mouth. Seeing that she attacked the demon immediately. When she checked on the child, the child had already fainted.


    At first, she had decided to give the child to the nearby village but suddenly she felt a call...a call in her very soul. She was startled. She looked around and found nothing. Then she looked at the child. She surprisingly discovered that the call came from the child. The call got stronger and stronger, and she suddenly shuddered. She looked at the child with her eyes wide open. Resonance... she felt her soul resonating with the child. She was surprised, bewildered, and didn''t know what to do. She surprisingly discovered that she didn''t want to leave the child. She looked at the child and sighed. She raised her hand and flashed a rectangular item. That item glowed and they disappeared.


    ...


    Aunt Ma tried to feel the child but she got nothing. She looked at Ela and shook her head. Ela sighed and left the room showing her shapely back view. She suddenly stopped at the door and looked back towards aunt Ma.


    "Aunt Ma, announce the region that the Stone family has a young master. A month later there will be a celebration."


    Aunt Ma was bewildered by the sudden decision but she still accepted the task. She may be the young mistress''s caretaker since young, but still, she didn''t have any right to question her. After all, this is a cultivation world. Here, power is everything.

 6. Eva

    It has been a few days since I was brought to this place. I don''t where this place is and where my fate lies. I haven''t even gone out of this room even once.


    Every day I sleep in bed awaiting the return of the beautiful lady who by no fail comes here regularly in the morning.


    Also, there are some weird things in this room. Like these floating orbs. They go from bright sunny to a bluish color then again to bright color. I think they are mimicking the day and night. Bright sunny for day and bluish for the night. And accordingly, I know the time.


    ...


    My every morning starts with sucking the beautiful lady''s finger and I feel full and strong for the rest of the day. Now I am even beginning to wonder whether that airy thing is ''Qi'' or another type of energy. I also don''t know whether consuming this type of energy is good or bad for a child. Well, I don''t think she saved me just to kill me in another way, right?


    ''There''s no way she would do something like that. I must be overthinking. After all, she is beautiful. So, she should be kind... I hope.''


    ...


    Well, I am not very bored in this room. There are three maids living together with me all day. They are responsible for me here. And they are all beautiful. Well, not as beautiful as the finger lady but what more could I ask? If I had a girlfriend as beautiful as them on the Earth. I would have been so proud that my pride could have moved mountains and split stars.


    Anyways, not all the women here are beautiful. Always during afternoon period, a young girl would come here. All the maids seemed to respect her very much. She is not very beautiful but she so much pleasant to look at. Also, she likes to play with me. Maybe because I am an infant right now, I seemed to like playing very much...or is it because I am playing with an opposite gender, hmm...?


    ...


    Eva is Ela''s cousin. Three days ago, when she came to visit Ela, she found that there is a new young master in the house. It was pretty surprising for her that her clan got a young master for the first time since its creation. Anyway, she isn''t worried. Afterall, who can trick Ela within the mortal domain. Also, the new young master is a child who can''t even think properly. So, there is no problem of him playing any tricks.


    Anyway, she got curious and went to check on the new young master. At first, she simply wanted to see how the new young master looks like but then something unexpected happened.If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.


    ...


    In the room, Eva saw a sleeping child. Even though the child was not so special, she didn''t judge him by only seeing the cover. Afterall, the child is still an infant. Who knows what his content will be when he grows up.


    ...


    Seeing the sleeping face of the child, she wanted to pinch his cheek. So, she followed her heart. But when she touched the baby boy, her cultivation went haywire like someone was forcefully controlling her life accumulation of cultivation. She wanted to take the control back, but to no avail. She was frightened. If nothing was done, she may suffer from cultivation deviation. But she also couldn''t ask for help as she could not move a muscle. All she could do was to stand there in fear and trepidation.


    The Qi routes in her body were changing.


    ...


    There are different kinds cultivation manuals in this world. According to different cultivation manuals, you can develop different Qi routes in your body. Different cultivation manuals require different sets of meridian channels to work together and control the flow of Qi in the body orderly in a certain way. This path of meridian where Qi flows is known as Qi routes.


    If a Qi route suddenly changes without any cultivation manual or any guidelines to follow then it may lead to disastrous loss. If nothing happened then it''s fine. But if something happened it may lead to tearing of meridian or in worse cases, ''death''. So, cultivation deviation is a very frightening thing that all cultivators try their best to avoid.


    ...


    Seeing that her key routes has been changing for a long time in an order she couldn''t understand, she lost hope. Now, she is just waiting for the consequences. It went for about ten minutes. Thankfully the maids had excused themselves so they didn''t see her awkward position.


    After ten minutes Eva got her freedom back. She hurriedly checked her body. She found that nothing had happened. She breathed out a sigh of relief. Then she went on to check her cultivation. When she started to actively move Qi, it suddenly went through the new Qi routes. Eva became deeply afraid that something unfavorable might happen but the next thing that happened blew her mind. She realized that the speed of circulation of the Qi in her body has increased about four times. She hurriedly tried to absorb Qi to maintain balance. Again, something amazing occurred. Her absorption rate had increased by about two times. For a while, she thought she was in a dream.


    Then she suddenly sensed a movement. She looked down and smiled. She had thought of all possible things that led to her change. Finally, it led her to the baby boy.


    She looked at the baby fondly and began to play with him. The more she played with the baby, the more she liked him. After a while, the baby fell asleep. Eva then kissed the baby''s forehead.


    "Thank you and good night."


    ...


    Today Eva was very happy. One must know she is a cultivation genius and is very famous in the sect she belongs to. So, she is using two of the best cultivation manuals in this world. She was already a heaven-favored daughter and now due to a sudden boost, who knows how strong she has become.


    She also experienced deep fear today. She experienced unknown...she experienced of losing control... and finally she experienced how it felt to lose hope.


    This experience may not bring any immediate change in her cultivation but once she calms down, she will be more accommodative in harsher situations of life.

 7. Adult Takes All

    It has been about two weeks since I was brought to this place. Right now, in my room, I am bored to death. Well, I decided to label this room as mine as it seems that they had adopted me. Also, this family looks filthy rich.


    Maybe in this world, I would start as a ''young master''? Well, that is not a bad idea. I could play some arrogant front and calculative back type of character. Then i will make some cool lines to match my position.


    ''There shall be no oppression in my reign.''


    ''Below the heaven, above the earth, I stand on rooftop.''


    Good...too good...


    Damn, I think, I should be a screenwriter.


    ...


    My days went on like this. Thinking random things, correcting myself, making plans, forgetting them, and so on. OH, and that pleasant big sister always comes to play. I think she likes me.


    *Blush*


    ...


    Also, about four days ago, this pleasant-looking sister started sleeping with me.


    Sigh...this girl is so clueless...sleeping with an unmarried child...sigh...


    Anyway, since then, sleeping has been my favorite thing.


    ...


    Two days ago, an old man came to visit me. I who was playing in the bed stretched my hand towards him to show some goodwill. But he...he...


    ''Fuck! Just thinking about that old man makes me angry.''


    That shameless old man stripped me naked and started drawing some random symbol in my body. Doesn''t he know tattooing a child is bad. Can''t his brain have some common sense?


    Anyway, what he did must have worked. I stopped feeling hungry after that. Due to that very reason, I haven''t seen that beautiful finger-lady for two days.


    ...


    ''Fuck! It still makes me angry. Someday I shall take my revenge.''


    ...


    Today I have been very busy. I woke up early and waited for my baby coffee. Now, it''s afternoon and I''m still waiting.


    ''Sigh, what a depressing feeling.''


    ...


    Also, everyone seems to be busy today. I was looking around checking on chicks when suddenly the pretty finger-lady came. Since I am a civilized person, I waved my hand towards her. Seeing that she seemed to be happy.


    ''Oh, it seemed my flirting skill is improving.'' As for why I thought that, well, she started stripping me.


    ''Hoh, Nante Fukai Kanj¨­.''


    (A/N: What a deep emotion.)


    ...


    Then she carried me to the side room. I was very curious about that room. After all, I have been watching that side door for nearly two weeks. I can''t wait to solve the mystery.


    ...


    Inside it was a big tub, maybe it should be described as a swimming pool in the shape of a tub. There she handed me over to a maid. Now I realized something.


    ''Today, at this very moment, I shall take my first bath...consciously.''


    ''Oh...what an emotional day.''


    Anyway, bathing felt great. The water was too soothing. I nearly fell asleep. I had to use all of my ''will'' to stay awake. Damn, with that much will, I might even brawl a dragon. Speaking of which, how do dragons look in this world? Eastern type or maybe western type, or there may be both? Well, as for how I am sure there are dragons in this world? The answer is "common sense".


    ...


    After the soothing bath, they started dressing me up. It seems that today I would start my first conquest.


    ''This world shall know ....''


    Wait a minute. Now I realized I don''t seem to have a name. Fuck¡­


    What an irresponsible parent. Even if they abandoned me, they should at least give me a name. Isn''t it a common thing to write the name in the jade and abandon me with the jade? It seemed they don''t have common sense.


    ...


    Now, I am finally dressed up. They sure took time dressing me up. Also at that very moment, that pleasant-looking girl came in. The two ladies nodded to each other. They looked at each other with their eyes staring at one another. For a moment I thought they were conversing with each other. Then, I was carried and bought outside the room.If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    ''Finally... Freedom...¡­'' or so I thought.


    This damn house was huge. What house? This is a palace inside a palace. Now it seems, I came to a place where Google maps is compulsory.


    ''Amitabha. My brain, sorry... You shall know pain.''


    ...


    But still, this place is good. Indoor gardens, indoor halls, indoor Sahara?


    Hmm, there is a desert in this place? No, not a desert. Now, it became an ocean. Then a forest, then a city, then it kept going. Changing from one scene to another, it looked gorgeous. This is the first time I saw something related to cultivation so vividly or maybe the brain of Dr. Strange went haywire?


    It seems, I might never get bored in this world.


    ...


    Everybody is very busy today. Today I saw nearly a hundred maids. As expected, this family is rich. But not all maids were beautiful. About ninety-seven percent were average-looking and average-looking * ( +, ++, +++,....). It seems that the remaining three percent were given to me.


    Now I know why they won''t take every woman even in a harem novel. The authors of those novels seemed to shamelessly describe every woman as beautiful. Shame on you authors. But still, who would have thought that I would be following their story. Now that reincarnation is possible, time travel may also be possible and maybe even a gender-bender...ugh... Thank God I was born normal.


    ...


    The outer palace was even bigger. I looked up, then I look down not daring to look upwards again. After all, my small brain cannot handle a shock.


    It seems that the skyscrapers in my previous world were not so big after all. All I can say is that engineers in this world are godly. Maybe this is one of the perks of cultivation. Reading and experiencing are indeed two different things. Without experience, you would never know the grandeur of the cultivation world.


    Today lot of people seems to have come here. Some of them were pointing at me and saying something amongst themself. Now I am suffering from a lack of linguistic knowledge. How I wish I knew the language of this world.


    Today it seems to be a celebration of some sort...maybe?


    ''OH, what a nice smell. Is this the smell of food? Haaa¡­. I don''t have teeth. Oh, how pitiful I am?''


    ...


    The pleasant-looking big sister took me inside a big hall. When we entered, the hall went silent. I looked around and saw some humans, white-winged angels, black-winged angels, golem, ghost rider¡­


    Wait a moment. Ghost rider? It''s fine with angels and golems but ghost rider in a celebration doesn''t seem like a good choice. After all, you are celebrating something. You look around the hall and you see a burning skeleton among your guests.


    How would you feel?


    This is a million-dollar question.


    (A/N; Pay me, I know the answer.)


    Anyway, all of them were looking towards us. Then I realized something. Maybe this celebration is for me. Am I cute? Am I ugly? I don''t know. I haven''t seen a mirror yet. But seeing their reaction it seems I am not that bad.


    Anyway, should I wave at them? It seems to be a bad idea. Maybe I would just be a child. Childishness is in my blood!


    ...


    Abruptly someone coughed. Everybody looked at the stage. There was an old man. Seeing that old man, my sage-like mind transformed into a demon. It was this damn old man that tattooed me with invisible color last week. This old man deprived me of my finger-sucking event. How I wish he would trip and fall from that stage. Absolutely no mercy for that old man. Who knows how strong he is?


    ...


    The old man seemingly felt something and sneezed hard. Then, everyone in the hall started laughing. The old man was speechless. At his cultivation level, such a thing should not have happened. In his stage of cultivation, sneezing means only one thing. Someone is cursing him with utmost hatred. And that person must be nearby.


    The old man looked around. Unable to find any clue, he coughed again to draw the audience''s attention and began talking.


    ...


    As for what he is talking about, I don''t know. I don''t want to hear his voice and even if I listened properly, I wouldn''t understand. Instead, I was busy appreciating two beautiful angels.


    ''How I regret I didn''t change my religion to Christianity. If I knew they worship such beautiful angels, I would have been the most devoted believer of all.''


    The angels seemed to have noticed my gaze. They turned around and sized me up. Then they walked towards me. The pleasant-looking girl seems to know them. She waved her hand went towards them.


    Now, taking a look from close proximity, they appear more beautiful.


    Till now I haven''t seen a single woman wearing make-up. I think cultivators like their face remain natural. As for the possibility that there are no make-ups created. Well, alchemy is a profession in this world you know.


    ...


    Eva joyfully rushed towards her two friends. They were similarly heavens'' chosen in this generation. They had also joined a sect. it is just that their sect is an all-female sect.


    Their family had migrated to the Stone region in the recent hundred years. There is a spring called celestial reflecting spring, near the south of the stone region. It was one of a scenic view in the stone region.


    ...


    They are pure-blooded angel. Last century, the chief of angels seemed to have made a deal with the stone family to monopolize the spiritual spring. As for why, only they know. This sort of transaction is common in this world.


    Want something? Who does it belong to? A weak family? Chase them. A strong family? Negotiate. It is absolutely fair in most cultivator''s sense of morality.


    ...


    These two angels looked very identical. They should be twins. The black-winged is always smiling and the white-winged always has a poker face. The pleasant-looking girl also only greeted the black-winged angel. I think that the white-winged one doesn''t like to be bothered.


    ...


    Everybody at the banquet was busy doing their own things. Some were talking, some were laughing, some were eating, the children were playing...


    Now that I experienced it myself, there seems to be no any kind of etiquette followed here. They talk however they like, eat however they like, and laugh however they like.


    ''How boring. Neither any drama nor any face-slapping.''


    People moving here and there, talking like aliens. Now, I am getting sleepy. Nobody here carried any cool weapons. Also, they have some quite complicated dress codes. I turned my head around and buried my head in the pleasant-looking girl''s neck. Today, that pretty-looking finger-lady is also not here.


    ...


    From a tiny gap between hairs, I saw a beautiful woman walking towards me. I sized her up. She is busty. Best figure I have ever seen from my birth till now and she came with a weapon. It looked like a scythe that you only get to see in some fantasy games.


    ...


    Eva seemed to recognize that woman. She went and hugged her. Then that busty woman carried me up.


    ''Woah, what a sensation.'' At this moment I am the happiest child alive.


    Then they took me to the stage and put me down. There were many toys scattered on the stage.


    All the guests looked towards me. I understood what they want. They want me to pick some toys. I can''t believe they had this type of tradition here.


    But little did they know, I come from a place they could not imagine. Little did they know, only children choose, adult takes all. So, I did just that. I started pulling one thing after another.


    ...


    Also, in one month, I got pretty strong. Now, I can crawl.


    ...


    And Little did I know, my choices created confusion in the audience.


    ...


    After a while, when I pulled the last toy and looked back, all their faces seemed colorful mix of surprise and bewilderment. Then suddenly everybody looked towards the middle-aged man and started talking. I think they may be asking a question. The middle-aged man then closed his eyes, pinched his finger, moved his hands, then he spat out blood and fainted.


    ''Wow, what an unusual way to avoid questions. Indeed, everybody is a master of their crafts.''