Chapter 0009 – What I Think of as Magic – Absolute Return

The next day, Liam came running to me in a panic.

“How did I …… I get back yesterday?” She asked, blushing.

“You carried me back, I don’t remember.”

“Don’t you lie to me, I …… am not drunk to that extent, I …… am heavy, right? I am sorry, young master.”

“I’d be lying if I said you weren’t heavy, but not so heavy that you’d apologize. Look at my arm, how strong it is!”

“Ugh, you were already skinny and now you’re even skinnier.”

“Take a good look at the muscles, how developed they are!”

We flirted with each other for a few moments before Liam suddenly bowed to me.

“Thank you, young master.”

“We’ll drink together next time.”

“Yes, Young Master.”

She turned to leave, but then stopped and asked, “I …… I was drunk yesterday, did I say anything wrong? I …… really don’t remember.”

“No, you didn’t say anything wrong, don’t worry. Even if you say something wrong, I will pardon you.”

“Pardon? What does that mean?”

“That is, even if you make a mistake, I will forgive you.”

“Did you …… you give it to me? How come I don’t know?”

I extended my hand to her and said, “Shake hands.”

Lee Ann reached out her big hands and took mine.

“There, now it’s yours.”

“Can you give me a few more? I will, in the future, have to follow you all the time, one, not enough.”

“No, just one, save it!”

“Yes! Young master!”

Liam smiled happily, her eyes, narrowed to slits, almost invisible.

“Who else in this world deserves your pardon but me? You should have given me fifty pardon coupons instead ……”

……

That night, I was alone, practicing the secret art of “Extension of Qi” in the yard.

I released three channels of true qi at the same time, probing three different directions.

Recently, I’ve gotten hooked on the game of sensing my surroundings with my true energy.

Whenever I found a person, I would use my true qi to carefully “scan” him from head to toe, judging his height, size, weaponry, and cultivation level.

This time, as usual, I released a ray of true qi and probed toward the left side.

Suddenly, I felt that my true qi, was blocked by something.

I thought it was a coincidence, so I released my true qi again and probed in that direction.

But this time, my true qi, again, was blocked.

“Could it be, he’s discovered my true qi?”

I was puzzled in my mind, this can’t be possible, my true qi, so subtle, so secretive, how could he have discovered it?

But I was still undeterred and continued to release my true qi, probing in that direction.

This time, I was more careful, more cautious.

That person, however, seemed to be able to predict the trajectory of my true qi, dodging it in advance every time.

“Who the hell is he?”

Curious in my mind, I decided to check it out.

I released my true qi while walking in the direction where that person was.

I want to practice, while moving, how to control my true qi.

I know that it’s much harder than being still, but I have to learn.

The man, I sensed, was backing away.

I quickened my pace and caught up.

Eventually, I arrived at the back garden of the Heavenly Demon Temple.

The man, I saw, was standing in a gazebo.

“Father!”

I was relieved that the man, as it turned out, was my father.

“I thought, whoever discovered my true qi.”

“Your true qi, so weak that even the dog over there, can detect it.”

“A dog’s nose, it’s supposed to be sharp. What brings you to my place?”

“Passing through.”

I knew that he was lying. He must have come to me specifically.

“It seems that we, father and son, are really destined for each other.”

“Less ass-kissing.”

“Yes!”

I closed my mouth and looked up at the night sky.

“When do you intend, to determine the heir?” I asked.

“A hundred years from now, you’re too young.”

“In a hundred days, I think I’m ready.”

“If it was truly ready, the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon, wouldn’t have come to me.”

“How do you know?”

I was shocked in my heart, my meeting with the Blood Sky Blade Demon was very secretive, how did my father know about it?

“He came to me after he met you.”

“What did he tell you?”

“He hopes that you will punish me.”

“What?!”

I can’t believe that the Blood Sky Blade Demon, would go to my father and ask for my punishment?

“I’m also surprised that he’s not the type of person, who would come to me to complain because his disciple was killed.”

“Why would he do that?”

Although I pretended not to know, I knew in my heart that the Blood Sky Blade Demon, was testing my relationship with my father.

He wanted to see if my father would punish me, and if so, how.

He wanted to see if my father, had trained me, as an heir, or not.

“I have decided, to punish you.” Father said.

“You have no reason to punish me; it is his disciples who are to blame.”

“Reason, I can just make one up.”

I drew my longsword and drew a long line on the ground, and then, a tenth of the way down the long line, a short line.

“The Blood Sky Blade Demon told me that this long line represents how much you value him.”

Instead of speaking, the father asked rhetorically, “You asked me which demonic father I trust the most?”

“Yes.”

“I don’t trust anyone.”

I knew that my father’s words not only answered my question, but also disproved the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon’s claim.

“Do you? Do you trust people?”

“Depends on what kind of person the other person is.”

“How do you know, what the other side is like?”

“After spending time together, it’s natural.”

“You are too naïve, the human heart is the most difficult to gauge, even if a person, in front of you, shows sincerity, you should not trust him easily.”

I was suddenly reminded of Lee Ann, whom I thought I knew well, but who always managed to surprise me with something new.

“I remember.”