Chapter 3 Small Problems Dealt With Quickly Part 1 Settling In

- A day Later-

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Ren was in his room as the Followers were training in the living room. A person approached his door and gently knocked.

*Thunk Thunk.* It was Four.

"Come in." Ren answered. He just finished circling his Ion energy. He was now rank 5 thanks to their sickness that he had taken. Borderline on hitting into 6th rank. "What is it Four?"

"Well... their is a disciple out here to challenge you. He won't go away. Three is getting ready to go and kill him. She hasn't though. Since your orders were for us not to engage them." Four had a body that looked full and able already. He actually looked like a boy of 12 years old. His hair was a dark brown and his complexion reminded Ren of a Brazilian man he once knew. "What do you want us to do?"

"I will take care of it. Continue training. How is the reading coming along?" Ren was curious if the boy adapted to the info well enough.

The white line from the Reap System was able to transfer the information it acquired as well. Ren had it transfer the mental faculties to restore Four's thinking process. As well as pass on Pill Making to him. Since his Affinity was with Earth, that would be his job. Herbs and Pills.

"It is good. Thank you for granting me the ability to read and write. As well as the .."

"One thank you was enough." Ren smiled at him and cut him off. "Go back to your studies."

"Right." Four left to do just that. Ren made it at the front of his home. Well, the parents home anyway. A few disciples were there ready to cause trouble.

"You should all leave. I have already reported you to the Disciplinary Hall. Any furthur action and you will have forfeited your life." Ren said with a smile. It looked anything but a smile, however. It was chilling with the look of his silver eyes. 'Ah, the fun is starting already. I wonder what will come after this?'

"Maybe we should leave Lan Rai." An underling said. A few others nodded and agreed and felt wary for some reason. Something about Ren's demeanor was off. "I don't think the rumors were really true about his condition."

"Hmph, of course, you would coward." Lan Rai was a very hard-headed disciple. At the peak of the Pillar Realm, ready to break through to the next. "If you are a man you will come and fight me!" He gauged Ren and his movements. They were slow and devoid of energy he thought. 'The rumors are true, he is weaker than he was before. If he that is so, it will be great removing this pathetic thorn from my side. His uncle can do nothing if he died in a match with a peer.'

"If I fight, it is to the death, usually." Ren walked down the steps slowly. Two was training by the window. Her Yellow hair moving around with electricity as she practices her manual. Ren made note that unlike the others, she knew how to move around the suggestion of the "Branding" mark. But she hadn't disobeyed in any way. Smart and dedicated to improving herself foremost. "If you wish to fight to the death, then so be it."

"I have no problem killing a coward like you!" Lan Rai stomped on the ground causing it to shake a little. Traces of dirt coming up and circling around him.

Reap System: Kill Lan Rai to obtain Sect recognition and Treading Buffalo Manual. Losing: Standing will drop as well as a loss of resources.

"Hahaha." Ren laughed as he walked forward. A metal fan in his hand with holes in it. Several inscriptions along its surface and binding. "Hope you will be a little fun?" His head cocked to the side as his Ion energy left his body.

"Raaah!" Lan Rai charged forward with his fist raised high. A thin silhouette of a bull behind him forming. "I will finish this in one blow!" Pieces of earth gravitated up as he moved. 'If he had his cultivation back, this would have been a problem.'

*Bam!* Lan Rai's fist hit against the fan causing a metallic echo to ring out. *Ching!* A few sparks were visible for a brief instance.

*Fwip!* With a turn of the metal fan, a large force of energy shot out. *Thump!* Lan Rai's body went flying back to the other side landing ugly on the ground.

The others looked on amazed, trying to figure out what happened. From what they knew, Ren's cultivation had dropped back to the beginning. That was the rumor going around. That was the lie going around!

"Ahhh!" Standing back up like a rampaging bull. Lan Rai charged at Ren, head down. The bull silhouette formed around his body like a membrane next. Increasing in visibility. "Rampaging Rush!" More Ion energy gathered from the earth around him to supplement the attack.

*Crack!* Rocks left the ground and fired towards Ren.

Lan Rai broke through the next rank mid-fight. With the Realization Realm Rank 4, he understood more on how to use the technique. With his energy unstable, however, his openings were easier to exploit.

"Ahh, so boring." Ren yawned as he stepped forward. He weaved through the rocks and tapped them with his free hand. Each were destroyed as he moved. The area was covered in dust. 'Point Break!' Ren activated his Fan technique.

*Chak!* When the fan closed and all his energy concentrated, Ren struck against the unstable silhouette. The weak point happened to be the head. *Crack!* With the manifestation broken, Ren continued his attack. The fan hitting against Lan Rai's forehead.

*Bam!* Lan Rai flipped back and rolled in the dirt onto his throat. His legs in the air, bending left and right oddly. *Fwoosh!* Ren used a burst of Ion energy towards his feet and arrived right next to Lan Rai. *Thump thump!* Lan Rai struggled to get up despite the pain.

"You.. you.." Lan Rai tried to speak standing up. "Urk!" His voice caught in his throat, as Ren had kicked him over onto his back. His foot pressed against his chest next. "You.. wouldn't dare.."

Ren exerted his strength and crushed Lan Rai's chest. The Reap System taking everything from him instantly. Just as the young Cultivator died, Ren felt a large amount of info flood into his mind.

"Goodbye." Turning away back to his place, Ren closed his fan. Ion energy dispersing to normal in the area.

*Clack!* The technique finished. Lan Rai's body was then cut to pieces. It then scattered in the wind leaving nothing behind.

Reap System: Treading Buffalo Manual, Gathering Pill x4, Sect Reputation Increase by 123 awarded. Random Body Cultivation Manual x1.

"Four, add this to your understanding." Ren poked the boy when he went inside. Sending the information over via the White Line & the Reap System. "It will make for a few decent changes to your future attacking arts."

Four nodded and went back to his studies. Heading to his training area, Ren let loose his full Cultivation.

"Rrrggg!" Bat wings formed and his nails increased in density. A tail spouted out with a spade-like tip. "Hmm?" Ren looked at it in fascination as it waved in front of his face. The spade looked sharp. With a thought, it folded like his fan. It was no different than a snake's tail. Just really thin but flexible.

*Woom, woom!* As Ren became familiar with his body more, he gathered more Ion energy. Discarding his clothing and trained openly. He was completely naked as he pulled in Ion energy faster. His followers were at a good enough pace so far. With a thought, he took in all the remaining Gathering Pills and use them to supplement his own energy.

Reap System: Body Cultivation used with 3x cultivation skills. Combining knowledge with memories... Vampiric Devil body art added. Oh, there are some really cool things in this thing now. Such an unusual manual. Hmm, we should go exploring soon and add more to the memory banks.

'Yeah, but not till I have a little more strength.' Ren needed to have his assurance back in his fighting before he did anything.

If he was not so lazy, he would have done a few Sect missions already and grown that way. However he rather not have to start killing Elders just yet. The memories showed the Elders were known for taking rewards and skimming off the top. Ren would not abide by getting gipped. It was to hard to stop once he started.

'Need to figure the new moves first. If anything happens, I can use the Fan and Sword arts to remove the problems.'

*Fwish, fwish, fwish!* Ren swiped out in three quick successions. His claws could damage about a foot pass the nail tip. He sped up trying to get it faster with more strikes with out losing accuracy to much.

*Fwish, fwish, fwish, fwish!* The last swipe came up to slow and was inaccurate by 29% according to the Reap System.

"Haaaa!" Ren exhaled and let out a lot of Ion smoke from his body. "Ahhh!" Taking in a deep breath, he paused then started swiping again.

*Fwish, fwish, fwish, fwish, fwish, fwish!* Four swipes followed behind each other. They were accurate. The other two went wild and were off by 67% but went furthur out.

"Haaa, to much energy there." Ren took a knee as sweat poured off his body. He pushed way to hard and to fast. "Need to get expand more before the next breakthrough. I am not good at fighting carefully." Off from his back, more steam left his body. The new sweat glands were getting a workout in keeping his body cool.

Reap System: Would you like to go to the next step of your training?

'Yeah. We will use two Light and Dark Elixers.' Ren sat down and moved the steam around in the air. Guiding it into a small ball in front of him and condensing it. The ball made of steam was gathered for a certain cultivation to pass on to someone later. Placing it in his inventory, he gave the signal to Reap. 'Do it!'

*Chish!* Four elixirs appeared. The tops came off and the black and golden liquid floated out and went to help of the Reap System. Slowly, the liquids entered the weakest points in Ren's body.

*Schlick!* The Ion energy was to much for his current body and his skin ripped open. Ren focused on mending his body and letting Reap guide the additional Ion energy. *Schlick!* Another tear, this time inside his lungs as the Light liquid energy went inside to strengthen them.

"Kuff!" Ren coughed some blood and had to keep his concentration. He always hated rebuilding his body up. The lungs always hurt the most. "Kuff, kuff!" Gripping his thighs, Ren refused to stop. A slight expansion in his bones alerted him to a problem. His mind was fighting against the new Cultivation. Slight chance for a deviation. But it had to be done. Two many issues from last time by not boosting his internal organs. "Cannot forget to do it this time!"

*Splurt!* Ren's body rebelled as he knew it would. His Arpetures ripped open across his body at once. His pores closed up all across his body and his organs started to cook inside him.

*Pop, pop!* His stomach popped open on the side.

"Kuff!" Spitting and puking, as unsavory things left his body. "He...he..he down in a pool of shit by my own body again." Ren laughed a little. It was better than the alternative. "Just need to get through this!" Not even bothering to get up, Ren felt the body art with the help of the Reap System grind his bones and muscle fibers. "Raaaaaahhhh!" Screaming in pain, Ren was happy for the sound seals in place.

Focusing, he used his nails to cut his stomach open. With the blood as ink, Ren started to guide Ion Energy to place Inscriptions to help his organs recover in the future. He had to hurry as his cultivation already started to restore his bones to a higher level. This work was the only thing keeping him awake through the pain and blood loss. In the future, he would have to make a few increasing Elixirs to keep up with his new body. That or Pills reluctantly.

The hours went on as Ren finally finished his organs. His chest cavity also received an inscription. But he couldnt do his other bones in time. Before Ren could try anything else, he received a warning.

Reap System: 3 minutes before fainting due to exhaustion. Success on Aperture increasing in strength. Inscriptions now in place to help with recovery. Prince Ren, you need to pace your self more.

"Crap!" Ren raised his hands and cleaned the room. He had just enough time to do the cleanup procedure by the Reap System and passed out. Cleaning the room zapped the last of his strength.