Ye Ming, though, had his true ’perk’ in this world: his Spiritual Perception, which allows him to be an Alchemist.
But it was wrong; this perk was nothing more than a side effect of two souls merging.
His true ’Perk’ was his memories; it would take him a while to realise this. He was in a world where knowledge was power.
In a world where time is valued and Martial Arts are worshipped, studying the nature of animals is essential to grasping martial arts and gaining enlightenment.
Martial arts are passed down from generation to generation, but not everyone learns them or grasps what they truly mean. By limiting who learns from whom, these cultivators endanger themselves by losing that knowledge when the next generation takes over.
After all, greed is well known among Cultivators; sects rise and fall, and their arts can be lost to time.
This is what happened to Cloud Sword Sect, which used to be an Xiantian Realm Sect. The Founder, Jian Xuan, didn’t pass his art down in a manual, but verbally to his sect; his son, Jian Long, understood because he inherited his father’s talent, but his followers did not.
Certain events followed that led to Jian Long’s death, and the Jian Heavenly Cloud Sword Art became the Cloud Sword Art.
However, Ye Ming didn’t understand it yet. It didn’t cross his mind that people still think that some thunder god makes lightning in a stormy sky, or that draughts happen because some air or sun god is pissed.
Nope, he assumed that people know the truth. It will take a while, but at some point, he might realise that he has inherited a knowledge of an entire civilisation, not perfectly. Still, he had his education, and that is more than enough to dominate when it comes to the Intent, Meaning, and Law of the universe he lived in.
"There it is!" The Alchemist smirked as clouds burst around him, the air trembling. The Qi of these clouds was like bubbles bursting; it could cause an explosion.
Or...something more. Ye Ming realised that the air had more to it, as if it were supposed to culminate in something.
In the end, he decided to practise what he knew about the Cloud Sword Art, then, when he had time, to ponder how to expand it.
After several hours of intense practise and consuming three Qi Gathering Pills, he experienced a breakthrough. Reaching Stage Five of Qi Gathering.
He reached the halfway point to the Foundation Realm.
"Congratulations, Master Ming. You can now be promoted to Inner Sect Grounds." Liu Li congratulated him with a smile.
"Oh, thank you. How was it for you?" He asked the beauty as he sheathed his training sword.
"...amazing! T-The cultivation speed..." The girl was over the moon as she even skipped in her steps, almost like dancing. It has been years since she was THIS happy.
"I cultivated for hours, not realising how much time had passed." All of a sudden, Liu Li got embarrassed when she realised she should have returned to him, but it turned out he was busy too, so it ended up fine.
"It is fine. Regardless, we are done for today." He looked at the setting sun before walking towards his house.
"Un."
Once inside his house, Ye Ming began to make food, and the Fallen Princess looked baffled to see that. Cultivators don’t need food for a simple reason: they’re sustained by Qi.
As long as she is cultivating, she won’t die of hunger. But actual cooking? She hasn’t had any food since she had to run away from her crumbling Dynasty. As a little girl with below-average talent, she managed to run away by faking her surname.
After all, how can an Imperial Princess have such a bad talent? Not even the Jin invaders believed that she could be part of the Liu Family.
"I know this isn’t much, but now that I have a bit of money, I can buy some decent cooking ingredients." He smiled as he offered her a wooden bowl full of food.
"...You know that we don’t need to eat anymore?" The Fallen Princess smiled, her blue eyes full of amusement. From the looks of it, he is not only strange but amusing as well.
He made her smile many times today.
"Maybe, but I like savoury things; it reminds me that there is more to it than just chasing the top." Ye Ming said with a shrug as he sat down next to her and started eating his veggie soup.
"..."
Liu Li didn’t reply, knowing he would be dissatisfied with what she had to say.
She needs to run towards the top so that she can crush Jin Dynasty, and now, with his help, she will be able to!
That pill alone boosted her ability to absorb Qi, and because of that, the bottlenecks linked to her meridians are a thing of the past!
"..."
"It’s not bad." Liu Li commented after a moment of silence.
After eating, she decided to help him clean up the dishes. Seeing her wash the dishes, Ye Ming went to wash up quickly, as he smelled of sweat.
About five minutes later, he returned to find Liu Li waiting for him on the bed.
"Umm..." She tried to say something, to remind him of what he had said in the morning and afternoon.
"What?"
"I-Is this the part... w-where..." The Fallen Princess tried to explain, but she didn’t know how to put it into words.
"Heh... relax, do you think I will skip this?" He chuckled, thinking that he would skip something like this?
Ye Ming undressed right before her eyes, making her cheeks erupt in a blush.
"!"
Her eyes fell on his rod, which was in a partially ready state.
"..."
She was flustered and happy that she had such an effect on him!
So Liu Li slowly stood up, about to undress, but the Alchemist stopped her.
"Nope~ I am doing this~ the way I want." He said to her quite seriously, and the girl slowly nodded in return.
"A-As you wish..." She replied, trying to look at his face and not lower her gaze.
Ye Ming smiled as he leaned forward and claimed her lips. The Fallen Princess’s eyes turned glassy as she swiftly got into the mood.
The girl tried to kiss him back as their tongues were wrestling, swirling and trying to compete, but then she pulled herself even closer by wrapping her hands around his neck. The Alchemist’s hands went for her bum as he felt her up.
*Muffled Moans*
Liu Li softly moaned into his lips as she pulled back and looked at him with a lustful gaze.
"Let’s continue... Master Ming~." She commented hotly as her hand stroked his chest. He smirked back. The girl was seducing him now.
Instead of saying anything, his hands went for her robes; he swiftly undid her clothes, and the Fallen Princess assisted in getting them removed.
Seconds later, Ye Ming was marvelling at her naked beauty.
His hands went on her breasts, feeling them up before stroking her sides and then arriving at her ass cheeks with a simple motion; he picked he up and moved to his bed where he laid her.
"That’s it~~~ let me do my duties~~ Master Ming~" the girl commented as her blue eyes were full of hunger.
"As you wish~." His hands returned to her breasts, feeling them up, fondling before teasing those nipples. He could tell that she was slowly getting frustrated, but that was fine as he moved lower to her thigh-length clad legs.
Those legs were pieces of art as he spread them apart and brought his cock close to her pussy.
Liu Li’s breath hitched as she looked at his tool getting close to her special place.
"...T-Take... T-Take this, Princess, already!" The girl exclaimed with a horny look as she watched how his rod stroked through her pussy lips, making her twitch each time the pole teased her.
Ye Ming stopped and looked at her, surprised for a second! She was a Princess!? He was about to have his way with one!?
But then he decided to stop teasing her and take her just as she wanted.
The tip began to slip inside, making Liu Li’s slip tremble as she looked at how his tool sank into her special place.
Eventually, her breathing got ragged as she felt his cock spread her pussy apart, arriving at her special mark.
"And now~~ I will make you mine~~~" He pulled back and then pushed back with a bit more force.
The Fallen Princess grimaced as pain and pleasure erupted from her special place.
"Yess~~ that’s it." The beauty offered her hand, which Ye Ming took, their fingers interweaving. The Alchemist waited for a bit before he started to move inside her tightly gripping cave.
Bit by bit, with the assistance of her juices, his rod began to move, picking up speed.
"Mhhnnn~~~"
"Nhhnnnn~~~"
"Hhnnnn~~~"
Liu Li slowly began to moan as groans were replaced by pleasure.
Then he shifted her position, hugging her left leg while keeping her hand.
The angle caused her pussy to erupt with even more love juices; the girl’s moans picked up and got louder as lewd coupling sounds erupted from their connection.
"Ohhh~~~ mhhnnn~~~Nhhnn~~~"
As he felt his release approaching, Ye Ming changed position again. He pulled her into his lap and made the Fallen Princess face him.
"Nhhh~~ this is what I like~~~ this is... my favourite~~~" The beauty whispered to him as her legs coiled around his waist and her hands wrapped around his neck.
The girl moved her hips forward and made her pussy swallow his rod.
"Ohhh~~ that’s it~~~" Liu Li’s eyes gleamed with desire as she began to move up and down, and the Alchemist assisted her to get into rhythm by placing his hands on her incredible ass.
The Fallen Princess showed him a horny look as she began to hammer her ass down with ruthless smacks.
Going faster and faster until he released his seed into her eager womb."
"Mhhhmmm~~~ Nhhnnn~~~ hmmnnn~~~" Liu Li moaned loudly before smashing her lips with his, starting another heated make-out session while moving her hips forward and back, trying to get as much of his seed as possible.
"Ohh~~~ Amazing... I love... when you release your seed while we kiss~~ fufufu~~~." The Fallen Princess giggled, then she bit her lower lip, looking extremely sexy while looking at him.
Ye Ming couldn’t control himself as he laid her on the bed once more. He was going to make sure he satisfied her thoroughly.
~~~~~~Meanwhile~~~~~~
"Zzis is imposssiblee!!" A hunched-over teenager exclaimed as he spat everywhere, complaining loudly.
It was dark, but he could still see that the dirt around the ancient tree had been moved. It was softened, as if it were turning to sand. Someone was here specifically because of the legacy his father, Jian Xuan, left for him, Jian Long.
The Founder should have left his diary and wealth to him, something that he could have used to heal himself and grow strong! Strong enough to wrestle the control of the Sect from that traitorous Jiang Family!
Yet... someone stole from him!
The reality slowly sank in as he collapsed on his knees, staring at the trunk of the tree in front of him, and a deep grimace passed through his face.
Slowly, his mind turned black as he realised that it was going to be hard to win, now that he was severely wounded and his spine was all but crippled, his cultivation was damaged, and it would take years for that lost vitality to return.
At that moment, something inside of him snapped...
"AGHHHHHHH!!!"
The Founder’s Reincarnated Son screamed at the top of his lungs as he tried to rip his face off. The guy had a mental breakdown as he couldn’t take this anymore.
His first life was taken, betrayed; his second life treated like trash; his legacy doesn’t exist! No one even knows him! Erased from history, cultivation damaged because of the Jiang Family, and now his father’s legacy is stolen!
Just how much can one suffer before their mind gets destroyed!
"I KILL all of you!!!" The son of the Founder proclaimed, eyes crazed.
[Extra Info]
Liu Li [Fallen Heaven’s Daughter]: Follower of Jiang Mengxue; in truth, she is a Fallen Princess from the Central Holy Lands where Xiantians are commonplace.
Though her talent is considered trash there. Even so, she is proud of her heritage, so she finds it hard to pretend to be simple; she often stays silent and rarely speaks about her origins. Jiang Mengxue uses her knowledge in certain things as an advantage, so she doesn’t mind if Liu Li never speaks about her background.
The Fallen Princess’s clothing style is slightly modified as she tries to ’tell’ everyone she is different: her hair is braided, with the left-side bang fully braided with a small blue ribbon; on top of that, she wears tight, long blue stockings that Ye Ming finds sexy.
Her body type is similar to Jiang Mengxue, with her bust being just a bit smaller.
Hair colour: Black, eyes: blue
[Legacy: Heavenly Qi Physique]