《The Journey to Godhood: A Madman's Dream》Ch 15: "Yes, it was this humble one."
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We arrived at my home with everyone, the scene in front me was not like I had expected. I expected there to be a commotion because I snuck out. It seemed like father was still asleep.
On the way I told that uncle Lee what he has to say to my parents. It was his job to explain everything to my parents. After hearing my circumstances and past happenings uncle Lee assured me and said that it was no problem for him.
The other were informed as well.
Everyone was nervous except for uncle Lee and Elise.
Uncle Lee looked at me with a profound smile before he knocked on the door.
No one answered.
"Is no one at home?" Elise asked
"Uncle knock harder, father can be deep asleep sometimes."
Uncle Lee Lee knocked on the door three times. Everytime his fist touched the door a sound of thunderclap rang out.
"W- What is going on? Thorus , ELise?."
It seemed like father woke up. I could hear his voice.
The door opened a half a sleep man in his late youth stood yawning. When he came to his sense he became startled all of sudden.
"How can I help esteemed one?"
"Esteemed one? I don't dare accept such honor, since you are young master's father it is I how has to show respect?"
"Young master?" Father finally decided to look down. When our eyes met there was almost no reaction at first.
"I see this youth is..." After squinting his eyes a bit he became shocked
"My SON?!?"
"Yes I am me.."
"Thorus?" Eh? Am I still asleep? You can talk? This must be a dream. Even if you talk you are only two. Wait he is my son of course he can talk when he is two. He is a genius after all" He pinched himself.
"Hahaha, this is not a dream. This means." He was laughing while tears of joy were welling up.
Father couldn't contain his joy and bear hugged me almost to death, his body shook with excitement.
"What's going on?"
My mother's voice rang out from behind.
"Who is this beauty?" Bob blurted out without noticing.
"You idiot, this is definitely ancestor's mother." Bould hit Bobs arm.
"Dear, you won't believe it. Thorus is healed."
"W-What."
My father grabbed me and displayed me to my mother, as if I was some prized possession.
"See."
"Hello mother."
"I must be dreaming.You can talk?" She didn't dare to believe her eyes. She also pinched herself, her excitement grew exponentially.
"Aiya, mother your son is alright. Now father if you can put me down?"
"Right,right."
Mother's tears begun to well up, and hear pent up emotions burst out, she run towards me.
"Thorus..."
My mother embraced me, a sweet scent of iris hit my nostrils and gave me a sense of security.
"..." I was lost for words.
"Everything is good." Mother said and released me.
"Hohoho, healing this kid was really worth it, to see such a happy scene. I Xiao Lee, was a peerless expert that stood on the lonely summit of Profound Continent..." Uncle Lee looked up into the sky, his eyes looked full of nostalgia.
Just now my parents realized that there were people around looking with gleaming eyes full of reverence and happy smiles. Bob even begun to tear up.
When my mother noticed uncle Lee shock spread on her face.
"Did esteemed one heal my child?"My mother gulped down as he asked.
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My mother seemed a bit smaller then usual. She didn't seem to hold any ill intend towards Uncle Lee. Mother behaved respectful in front of . They seemed to believe that uncle Lee was a real expert. They must have felt that uncle Lee has no life force and assumed that he was a mighty expert that concealed his aura.
"Hohoho, of course it was this one who healed young master." Uncle Lee said while stroking his white beard."
"Thank you esteemed one." My father said.
Uncle Lee waved his hand.
"There is no need to be so polite, just uncle Lee is fine. It was only natural for me to heal young master. If you wonder why I healed him and call him young master,then how about we talk it over a cup of tea? My body is a bit tired after healing young master." Uncle Lee looked a bit paler all of sudden and he coughed softly while he stroked his white long beard.
This...Damn I wanted also a beard like uncle Lee. His beard was not like your standard Gandalf beard. It was a white and silky, a long Fu Manchu with a long goatee. The beard was not bushy or looked unkempt.
No it was more like immortal silk. I didn't care that I still had a body of two year old. First things first, I needed to get a beard with shocking offensive and defensive capabilities. I couldn't wait years for something in my face spurt.
"Mother, Father. Let's go inside, I can't wait to tell you all the things I did."
When my parents heard me talk again they were smiling.
"Thorus, my son." He walked closer to me and mother.
They looked each into the eye and a profound emotion welled in them.
"I always new our son was gifted. I am so relieved." My mother came closer to father, then they embraced each other. Well, time to join in this family hugging.
When I joined my parents I felt awkward at first, but when then they included me smilingly in to hugging I felt a stab of pain in my heart.
Various memories of me causing trouble to my parents appeared. I sighed inwardly, how could I, a profound reincarnated expert cause so much trouble for my parents. I couldn't even remember why I chose to play a mute in the first place.
This couldn't do, being a xian xia hero entailed being filial.
"And you guys are?" Father couldn't help but ask. Right now Julius, Bob and Bould wore brown sect robes. These were placeholder robes until I came up with a cooler design.
Bob and Bould were clearly a bit nervous, before they could answered Julius stepped forward.
"Junior pays respect to senior. This one is just a humble servant of Ancestor. To meet Ancestor's parents can be counted as good luck that amounts to a few lifetimes." Julius bowed.
My mother and father's mouth dropped, then they looked at Julius with a strange expressions.
"Ancestor?" Father seemed to be confused.
"Uncle, I always said that master is a dragon amongst man. It is only natural for him to have so much devoted followers." Elise stepped forward and proclaimed proudly to father, she begun nodding to herself three times.
"Of course he is a dragon amongst man, he is my son after all. Elise you have always taken good care of Thorus, thank you. You and Thorus are family." My father was smiling as he rubbed top of Elise's head.
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Elise shook a bit, she seemed happy.
Mother cleared her throat and looked sternly to father. Her red eyes were full of scolding,even I wouldn't dare to look in to them for too long.
Father was startled at first, then he laughed awkwardly, he seemed to understand his mistake.
"I mean our son. Now that I think about it, he takes after after you." My father was smiling wryly.
In response my mother's face softened and she chuckled softly.
Father couldn't help but sigh, he looked like someone who escaped disaster.
"Let's go inside, we have made Uncle Lee wait long enough." Mother turned around to Uncle Lee and smiled apologetically, she gestured for all of us to go inside.
Uncle Lee stroked his beard in approval. Flicking his sleeve he went inside first.
- - - - - -
I was sitting on my mother's lap. Around me my father, Elise, Julius and Uncle Lee were sitting at the dining table. There were not enough chairs for all. My mother offered her and father's seat to Bob and Bould. They refused and said they wouldn't dare accept such offer.
This made the whole atmosphere a bit awkward.
Uncle Lee chuckled lifting the awkwardness.
"Now, I will tell you how I met Thorus."
My parents nodded vigorously, they couldn't wait any longer.
"Alright." Uncle Lee stood up and but his hands behind his back, he walked to the window and looked outside.
"First, you need to know something about me."
Everyone had a strange expression, when he begun talking with his back to us. Uncle Lee looked outside the window, it seemed like he was reminiscing. He carried himself with the demeanor of ancient and profound expert.
"I am not of this world. Alas, I was once a peak expert that died while trying to transcend the heavens. I was about to shed my mortal body, when I was attacked by rival experts. They interrupted my tribulation, leading me to fail it.
Before I was wiped out in body and soul I burned my last life force and ki to resist the tribulation lightning and create a legacy jade slip. I put all my memories, divine abilities and my self crafted magical items in it. I didn't want my years of research and life work to go to waste."
Uncle Lee stroked his beard slowly, somehow his beard stroking looked more sad.
My mother and father were completely shocked. There eyes went as wide as saucers.
Julius, Bob and Bould eventhough they knew uncle Lee's real origin were shocked. They seemed like they saw a wonder. Well, uncle Lee would be a would have been a wonder in 21th earth, so I could understand their sentiment.
Elise looked at me with a knowing smile. I couldn't help but smile back.
Uncle Lee stopped stroking his beard and turned to us.
"My legacy jade slip ended up in this strange new world. Coming to this world where the laws are different and there is no ki, I couldn't find a suitable disciple who could inherit my legacy."
I was about to give up and settle in these mountains. Before wanting to settle,I took a stroll, there I saw bandits in the wood, carrying a unconscious baby boy, it was young master Thorus. They encountered a pack of wolfs and were fighting.
I wanted to help Thorus but you see, I'm nothing but a projection."
Uncle Lee went to the dining table and wanted to pick up the tea cup , his
hand went through and an electrostatic interference sound could be heard.
"Of course, I can interfere with objects, if I want." Uncle Lee picked up the cup filled with green tea and took a sip. This time his hand didn't went through.
My parents were dumbfounded. I looked up to mother, she was shocked as if her whole world view was shattered.
Well, I felt a bit guilty about deceiving my parents but it couldn't be helped, this way was much easier to explain my powers later.
Uncle Lee put the the cup and continued. "I waited for an opportunity to save him, so I waited.However suddenly an alpha wolf ambushed the bandit that was carrying young master . He could dodge in the last second but the alpha wolf managed to bit the off the left arm of Thorus. Seeing that Thorus lost arm the cloaked bandit tossed him away, saying that he was useless."
The earth shook. No, it was my mother who shook, her whole body was trembling. I could feel a strong force inside her body. It was growing stronger and stronger.
"Sophie, stop." My father said with an agitated voice.
My mother trembled a bit but she was calming down. The build up up magic inside her was also calming down.
Hmm, my mother was stronger then I thought and she could even increase her power level, were demons all like saiyans?
Mother seemed to have looked scary just moments before. Everyone except for father and Uncle lee were taken back.
"Aiya mother calm down, look your son is alright." I moved my left arm to show them everything is alright.
When my mother looked down, as if she remembered hear most precious memory she smiled. Her mood turned wonderful again.
"Don't worry mother calmed down." Her eyes radiated so much love one could drown.
My father sighed and then looked at Uncle Lee, who was stroking his beard with a profound gleam in his eyes.
My parents were encouraging him to tell more with their eyes. Uncle Lee chuckled and flicked his beard as he continued.
"While they were fighting I took the opportunity to rescue young master. I took young master to a safer place and used part of the legacy's power to heal him.
Because of certain conditions my projection became instable forcing me to hurry and bring him safely to the village,alas, I only managed to bring him to the edge of the Forrest before my projection faded. Luckily he managed to stay alive and my effort were not in vain."
"So you were the expert who saved my son years ago?" Mother asked, her eyes full of gratitude.
My father's respect for Uncle Lee increased by a huge amount, judging by the respect and reverence his eyes seemed to emit.
"Yes, it was this humble one." Uncle Lee said.
"Thank you so much uncle Lee. Not only did you save our son from certain death, you even healed him." Mother said with a soft voice.
Right now it seemed like my parents came to trust uncle Lee. If there was any suspicion before, they were dispelled by now. The story uncle Lee said made sense and didn't contradict what they experienced. On the way home I told uncle Lee what he was suppose to say, he knew of my encounter with the wolves. Also, everyone from the sect were informed.
They were shocked to see uncle Lee acting skills. It was like he really lived a life as a expert and everything he said was sounded genuine. If they didn't knew the true origins of uncle Lee they would certainly also be fooled.
Uncle Lee coughed a few times, stroking his beard he continued.
"This is nothing, unfortunately I couldn't do enough. I have been reactivated recently and could settle my legacy ground in the mountains. When I finished, I took a stroll in the Forrest where I met young master Thorus and his friends."
"Thours what did I say not going in to the Forrest." Mother looked at me sternly.
I put an innocent face on and said.
"Mother, it was a good call from me to take a stroll in the Forrest today. I have grasped life changing fortune and cured my retardation. I will be a genius among genius and make you proud."
My mother smiled again as if me sneaking out to the Forrest never happened.
"Now, now, Thorus, you shouldn't become arrogant and watch your words."
"This son is unfilial." We both laughed.
"My little genius." My mother said softly.
Julius, Bob and Bould were shocked and strange expressions appeared on their faces. They must think that how could their killer be such a mommas boy.
Elise and Father smiled at this scene.
Uncle Lee chuckled softly. He stroked his beard and continued.
"I recognized the baby boy from two years immediately. When he saw me, I was shocked. Thorus looked into my eyes,I was shocked.It was as if a part deep inside of him could remember me rescuing him two years ago."
"What?" My parents exclaimed in shock.
My mother looked to me, in wonder, then a bright smile emerged from her beautiful face.
"I knew it, you always understood what we said, I knew that you were an intelligent boy."
"Hahaha, of course. I checked young master's body and became shocked. You know, two years ago, I didn't had the chance to check his body. When I saw that he was suitable for the legacy, I was overjoyed."
Then Uncle Lee cough dryly, before continuing.
"First of I have to apologize, I took him to the sect ground, where the legacy is located. I should have asked young parents, but I was too excited. Also Thorus didn't refuse, when I asked him if he wants the legacy."
"What are you saying uncle Lee, you did the right thing. You are our benefactor." My father said. My mother approved by nodding.
"You two are two good to me. I should thank you for having such outstanding son."
"So what about the Legacy did have the conditions to get it?" My father asked.
"Yes, that is why he was healed. The truth is..." Suddenly uncle Lee face turned serious.
"What's the truth?" My mother asked.
"For the legacy to accept one, one needs to remember ones past life."
"This means?" Father was confused.
"Young master, has memories of his past life. This is a rare case that can happen while birth, when memories of ones former life resurface. The memories of young master's, former life caused his soul, mind and body to be in disharmony. The symptoms are; being born a mute, personality disorder, eccentric behavior, arrogance, fixation on the female breast..."
My bother touched her chest then looked down. I jumped down from her lap and put my hands behind and walked towards the window.
Looking out I sighed.
"Thanks uncle Lee, I take over from here on." I said like an sect elder from the senior generation would.
"I, Thorus, born a genius, had to endure heavens envy while I lived the life as a disabled mute. However there is always a principal I followed in this life and in my former.Heaven proposes, Thorus disposes. That means, even the best thought out plan brewed up by the heavens can be negated with a turn of my left hand."
I turned around to enjoy the expression of shock and praise. Contrary to my belief my parents and even the others looked at me with strange expressions. Uncle Lee was stroking his beard in approval. They first looked at me then at uncle Lee who was stoking his beard. Then they looked at me again.
"Darling doesn't he remind you of your younger years?" Father ended the silence, it was the first thing he blurted out.
"W-what? You..."
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