Parents
"Brother Kong, good morning."
"Good morning."
"Brother Kong, good morning."
"Good morning."
Looking at the brothers and sisters greeting him on his way, Lei Kongming replies to them with a slight smile.
"Sister, Brother Kong is getting more and more handsome, especially when he smiles."
"Eh…let me check. It seems that he is getting more handsome."
"I don't know which sow will eat our Lei clan's cabbage."
"Hey sister, did you not hear the secret about Brother Kong?"
"Secret? Are you talking about those rumors that say, Brother Kong has cultivated a special exercise that doubles his cultivation speed but requires him to become a eunuch?"
"They are not just rumors; some people said that they have witnessed Brother Kong becoming a eunuch."
"What!?"
Looking at the two sisters whispering to each other from the corner of his eye, Lei Kongming's face turns as black as the bottom of a pot.
It might be difficult for the average 9th-level Qi refining cultivator to hear those whispers from so far away, but because of his Immortal-level cultivation technique, Lei Kongming's senses, including hearing, are not weaker than those of the average foundation-building cultivator.
t's been nearly a year, and these rumors are still going strong. I don't know which bastard spread them, more importantly he is also very good at hiding and has not yet been caught.'
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After a while, Lei Kongming reached the patriarch's hall and silently took a deep breath before entering.
"?" Staring at the empty hall, Lei Kongming was confused and wondered where his cheap father went but he didn't try to think too much and quickly walked out of the hall and asked the guard.
"Why father isn't here? Where did he go?"
"Young master, you're quite early. The patriarch usually arrives after noon," the guard replied.
"….."
'If he's on Earth, my father would definitely become a qualified capitalist. He expects everyone to arrive early for work and stay late, yet he himself arrives whenever he feels like it.'
This time Lei Kongming did not waste his time and mobilised his cultivation to reach his parent's courtyard house quickly.
Most of the courtyard houses in the Lei clan have a 1st-grade formation covering them, but the one at his parents' house is several times stronger. After all, his father is the patriarch, and although his mother doesn't have any official status, her strength is also very strong.
This formation has reached the peak of 2nd grade, but fortunately, Lei Kongming doesn't need to notify anyone or wait for someone to open the formation door because he already possesses the entry/exit key of the formation given by his parents.
Entering the house, Lei Kongming found Lei Ying, his cheap father or more accurately, the patriarch of the Lei clan, having breakfast.
He possesses a robust physique and handsome appearance and originally his actual age should be around 40-50 years old. However, due to his cultivation, he appears to be only about 30 years old. Those unaware of the fact that he is his father may mistake him for his older brother.
"Hey Mingming, what brings you here this early in the morning?"
".... early?"
Peeking out the window, he spots the sun already high in the sky, which made Lei Kongming felt speechless. In the end, he doesn't say anything and moves closer to look at the breakfast and starts pondering thoughtfully.
'Oysters, Sea cucumbers, Ginseng…. all of these are good for sexual health...no wonder his cheap father asked straight up why I'm here!'
"Hahaha, come here, Mingming. Let's have breakfast together. It's been a while since father and son sat down for breakfast."
Lei Ying awkwardly invited Lei Kongming to join him for breakfast.
Those who don't know Lei Ying might think that he is embarrassed because his son caught him having such a 'nourishing' breakfast but the reality is that he doesn't want to share these 'medicines'.
Lei Ying is not someone who keeps everything to himself or denies sharing it with others, including his children. In fact, he is quite generous and always rewards the clan children who perform well. Most of Lei Kongming's resources also come from Lei Ying, but when it comes to 'nourishing' things that promote good....sexual....fitness, he can be quite possessive. If there are any high-quality products like these available in the entire city, he ends up hoarding most of them for himself.
"I already have my breakfast, Father."
"Oh, that's a pity."
Even though Lei Ying said this, it cannot be concealed that he is happy that Lei Kongming didn't join him.
Lei Kongming purses his lips but he doesn't continue the topic but quickly talks about why he came.
"Father, why are you still here? You should be at patriarch hall at this time."
"It's not my fault, it's because of your mother that I'm now usually late."
"?"
"Don't you know that your mother recently had a breakthrough in cultivation?" asked Lei Ying
"Yes, but what does this have to do with you being late?" said Lei Kongming
"It's because your mother is now too fierce, in the past It was me who always won, but now I can only tie with her, if not for my powerful cultivation, I would have been sucked dry by her."
"???"
"…...."
"....."
Lei Kongming has a black line on his forehead.
"Lei Ying, is this something that you can talk about with your child?"
Looking over, Lei Kongming finds his mother, Ye Xiaomei coming over, while questioning his father, which quietly resolves the embarrassing situation.
"Besides, when have you ever defeated me? It was always either a tie or I have won."
Once again, Lei Kongming's face turns black, in the past he could act like an innocent child to pass over the situation but now he is already an adult and can no longer act innocent to cover up the embarrassment.
"Mother! Father! I am still here! can you behave more like an elder, at least in front of me?"
Looking at his parent Lei Kongming sighed, sometimes he wondered whether those weird clan rules were placed because of his parents, after all his father was famous for visiting brothels during his youth.
He once attempted to inquire with several elders of the clan as to why the Lei clan had these weird rules, but none of them answered, all of them were tight-lipped.
Lei Kongming doesn't wait for his parents to respond and make some embarrassing remarks. He changed the topic and told them about his breakthrough, "Besides I want to tell you that I am now already at the 9th level of Qi refining realm."
"Although your cultivation speed may be faster than mine, it is important to remain humble. You must keep in mind that your competition is the Purple Cloud Palace, whose members are geniuses with cultivation talent equal to or even greater than yours. Additionally, their fighting strength is likely to be higher than yours due to their profound inheritance."
"Mingming, take this and focus on your cultivation. We depend on you to support us in our old age." Said Ye Xiaomei
Lei Kongming quickly accepted a large bag filled with spirit stones and left. Although he disagrees with their opinion that he is weaker than the disciples of Purple Cloud Palace, but he can't tell them about the Immortal cultivation technique so he simply leaves without arguing.
Coming back to his courtyard, Lei Kongming opens the bag of spirit stones. There are approximately 100 low-grade spirit stones. For an ordinary Qi-refining cultivator, this should be considered a significant wealth. However, Lei Kongming doesn't think much of it and proceeds to use them to start his cultivation.
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After opening his eyes, the first thing Lei Kongming noticed was the dust scattered on the floor. This dust comes from the spirit stone. Such dust forms when all the Qi from the spirit stone is exhausted, causing it to disintegrate.
Then his eyes fall upon the bag given to him by his parents just this morning. It used to contain a large amount of spirit stones, but now it is completely empty.
*sigh* Lei Kongming heaved a heavy sigh.
Even within powerful families in the city, if a younger generation can acquire 100 spirit stones in a few months, it could be considered a significant amount of wealth. However for Lei Kongming, it only lasts for a single cultivation session, which is around 7 hours.
The main reason for this is that most of the Qi is absorbed by his golden finger, a strange black orb floating within his soul. This leaves him with less than 10% of the Qi obtained from all those spirit stones. Additionally, the Immortal cultivation technique requires extremely pure Qi, requiring him to refine this Qi through hundreds of rounds. This left him with even less Qi that he could use to improve his cultivation.
Speaking of the golden finger, he recalls that in his second life, just before he completely lost control and went crazy, he was looking at a broken pendant. He still can't remember how he found it, but he feels that it was very precious to him.
The structure appears odd with its 'X' shape, with four empty slots connected at the end of each line of the 'X'. It seems that the four empty slots connected to the 'X' should contain something, yet they are missing.
After his vitality is exhausted and his life comes to an end, that broken pendant transforms into a black orb and absorbs his soul.
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