Chapter 4 - Companion?

So most people want Rayne to be a good guy, thanks for commenting.

Me: [Thinking inside your head.]

Me: "Speaking out loud."

{Me: "Speaking mentally with someone else."}

I'm thinking about also doing another story at the same time, dont worry, this is my main story and also my first one so I'm gonna continue it till the end (I hope, I don't wanna die or anything.) The new story will be more about martial arts, Ki, clans and cultivating, this one is more about elements and mana. I want the MC to start small and then grow big. You don’t really need to know this much about it, I’m just gonna make it a casual xianxia story.

This story will be continuing as normal, 2 or more chapters a week, usually it's random, I like to keep the chapters long for this story but the other one will have shorter chapters.

Please tell me if something doesn't make sense.

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*TROTT* *TROTT* *CLATTER* *CLATTER*

Some time passes and the sun begins to set.

The only thing heard on the path, was the clatter of hooves belonging to the horse beasts.

Zaq and Rayne sat silently in the fancily adorned carriage.

Rayne slowly looks up, he waits for Zaq to turn his head away from the window.

Zaq reaches out the carriage to feel the little drops of rain that started falling gently from the clouds.

He notices Raynes eyes wandering towards him.

Zaq turns around: "Have you come to a decision?" He slowly asks.

Raynes also looks outside the window, where it begins raining, he then looks at the setting sun. He looks back and shakes his head solemnly.

Rayne once again looks down.

Zaq sighs: "These sort of things can't be rushed huh?"

-"HOLY SHIT!"

Zaq suddenly notices a presence nearby.

Zaq widens his eyes in horror.

Rayne: "What?"

Zaq quickly makes an excuse/half lie: "I left my friend behind, if he tells someone I left him, I'll be killed!" [Damn parents...]

Rayne looks at Zaq with a slightly surprised expression: "That important...?"

Zaq nods: "I have to get going, I'll see you around!"

Zaq jumps and flies off. [Damn it Fenix! I leave you alone for a couple of hours and this?! It's like you're somehow deliberately messing with me!]

Rayne just nods and sighs while Zaq frantically jumps out of the moving carriage and flies off.

As Rayne sits he looks distracted and begins pondering about his son.

"Is he good or evil?"

Rayne then shakes his head: "What is truly Good and what is truly Evil? Can they be put under categories? No... it's like Yin and Yang. There is no complete yin or no complete yang. Maybe there's a balance between good and evil, a scale. But... can one side tip? Is it perspective? It's like they say, a mother of the most evil and cruel man or woman, can look upon him or her and always see a saint or angel. It's perspective. What is my perspective?"

Because his soul is very mature and powerful, although he doesn't cultivate in the laws of light or darkness, he begins trying to understand some concepts. (One of the reasons why people who train in light and darkness are calm.)

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Zaq looks back at the emperor's carriage.

Zaq:

Zaq starts flying rapidly towards Fenix and Zephyrs carriage, he could barely sense it and he was concentrating, he doubts Rayne will sense it, after all, he has enough on his mind.

Fenix is currently chatting happily with Zephyr.

Fenix: "Holy crap, your cousins don't give you a break!"

Zephyr nods grimly: "It gets worst, they even..." Zephyr Begins telling him stories of his past.

Zephyr finds conversing with Fenix relaxing, he usually has to think before he says anything, but it's like Fenix and him have been friends for countless years.

While talking, Fenix's thoughts drift towards his uncle, Zaq.

Fenix: [Haha, I wonder where Zaq is, I hope he doesn't tell Gran I ditched him... I can't imagine how furious he'd be right now...]

Zaq: "YOU RETARDED **** STICK!"

Fenix: [Woah! It's like he's right next to me, boy I didn't think I could imagine him so pissed!]

Fenix turns to look beside him. [SHIT!] was his first immediate thought.

He begins rubbing his eyes and pinches himself.

Fenixes expression turns from shocked, to shitting himself.

Zaqs aura was ruthless. Almost like his grandmothers, when Fenix does something bad, like destroying an ancient antique heirloom, or something.

Zaq: "I LEAVE YOU FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, AND HERE YOU ARE, OFF TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE! ...IF I WASN'T COINCIDENTALLY NEARBY!"

Fenix: [A couple of hours! So HE ditched me... This bastard... Haha, prepare to be guilted the **** out of!]

Zephyr: "This is my fault. I thought you just left him there since you didn't come back. My apologies." Zephyr slightly bows, his face still staying neutral.

Fenix: [Yes! Haha, nice work Zephyr.]

Fenix give Zephyr a grin and a thumbs up.

Zaq's expression turns sour, hearing that he left Fenix.

Zaq bites his lip.

Zaq: "I think I should introduce myself. My names Zaq, you've probably met my friend. We better get going, I think you'll see each other again, some time soon anyway."

Zaq anxiously says some stuff, grabs Fenix and leaves.

Zephyr looks at the two distant figures, one flying while the other is being pulled along by the collar, like a mischievous puppy.

Fenix was still giving him a huge toothy smile while waving his hand.

Zaq continues to fly, dragging Fenix along with him into the distance horizon.

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Zaq and Fenix land back in the outskirts of the imperial city.

Zaq: "I won't tell anyone, if you don't."

Fenix: "Tell anyone what? That you left me in a cafe that sells toxic liquids that make you unconscious when drinking heavily? That I had to be saved by the prince and was about to be sent into the palace when you suddenly found me, many miles away from the city?"

Zaq looks anxiously at him: "You're not going to let me go, are you?" [He got intoxicated by herbal tea?]

Fenix: "What are you talking about? I'm a reasonable man."

Zaq: [You're an infant.] Is what Zaq thought and would have liked to say, but instead he said something along the lines of: "I beg you! I'll do anything! As long as you don't tell your grandparents, I'm willing to spend a vast fortune!"

If anyone knew the young handsome boy who was begging was actually an ultimate high god, they would have poked their eyes out.

Fenix, who was still in his illusion body, looked the same age as Zaq, so it looked like Zaq offended someone with a highly background.

Fenix: "Hmmm, I'll think about it... or not..." Fenix said, he then started to walk out of the crowd which was beginning to form.

Zaq: "You..." He then ran to catch up to Fenix.

Fenix: "I'm not listening..."

Zaq: [And you called yourself a reasonable man, pathetic! You child! Do you want me to die!]

Thought Zaq, but he actually said:

"I'm... willing to get you dinner!"

Fenixes eyes lit up, he looked at Zaq, shocked.

Fenix: "Y-you're willing?!" He shouted eagerly, the excitement couldn't be held in his voice.

Zaq slowly nodded. He looked at Fenix solemnly and unwaveringly. "Yes."

A hint of insanity could be seen in his eyes. All though he looked calm, inside his head:

Zaq: [There! I said it! I'm finished! All my money... *MENTAL SOB*]

A devilish smirk soon emerged on his face and he dragged Zaq away.

His fang like incisors and horns, truly made him look like an ancient, evil demon.

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Fenix pulled Zaq inside a fancy looking restaurant.

Zaqs eyes turned red as he looked at the restaurant they were about to enter.

Fenix unconsciously led them to the the restaurant known as the most expensive in the whole world!

The receptionist was writing in a notebook. He was wearing a suit and looked like some sort of special agent.

As the two entered and waited for the man filling in a notebook in the reception at the front many of the nobles and wealthy families turned to look at them.

There faces which were full of respect, for entering like them, soon turned to sneers of disdain.

Fenix and Zaq were still wearing their ragged cloak and hood.

The man at the receptions eye glinted and he looked at Zaq, shocked.

He was a strong high god yet he couldn't feel even a tiny bit of this man's aura, when he tried probing, he felt a shock that reverberated his entire existence.

Zaq wasn't in a good mood and frowned.

For a man with power to frown was a sign of death if you don't try to appease him soon.

Although he didn't see the frown, the reception man was experienced and felt it.

He hurriedly said: "Welcome, what would you two gentlemen like?"

Fenix: "To get a table. Isn't it obvious." Zaq was slowly getting more impatient.

The man began sweating. He looked back and said: "I'm sorry, the tables are full right now--"

A noble at the back loudly said: "Just send these ruffians out! They know they're not allowed to sleep in here, we don't want them to dirty our floors!"

Many people began laughing.

Anger marks were on both Zaqs and the receptionists head.

"I'm sorry for this, as an apology we will give you a private room for free."

The same noble at the back: "Hey! You said they were in reservations!"

Many people nodded in agreement.

The receptionist looked coldly at them.

"They are. For people beyond your understanding."

The room was silent and people began pondering what he meant. The man led Zaq and the skipping Fenix to one of the rooms.

As they left the main room and entered the corridor, the noble at the back just realised what he done.

Anyone who offends an expert in restaurants like these usually get heavily fined.

If they don't pay, they end up serving the restaurant and have to hunt for materials and food until they pay the enormous sum back. This law was enforced by many experts who own restaurants or are gourmet hunters.

Many people began sweating, they started to get worried if they offended them.

The receptionist came back and walked in front of the young noble who was ridiculing them.

Receptionist: "I'm afraid that you will have to come with me."

The terrified young noble stood up and began shouting: "Do you know who my father is?! He's the king of a realm in [INSERT A NAME OF A WORLD NOBODY HEARD OF HERE]!

Receptionist: "That's an awfully long name for a world. Don't worry, we'll take care of everything."

As he saw the receptionist in the black suit walk back and stop near the entrance, the young noble sighed in relief.

The receptionist then clicked his fingers and a giant Frog leapt out of thin air. The frog was red in colour and where his stomach should have been, were the images of galaxies, planets and stars, all moving. But what was frightening was that there were also humanoids and gigantic monstrous beast in their. All visible and trying to find ways to escape.

The frog bowed down his head: "Master."

Receptionist: "We have a little problem, Gumba."

As a magical beast, Gumba immediately sensed the problem. His eyes darted towards the young noble at the back, who was slowly retreating and excluding many pheromones: Fear, anger etc.

Gumba's body began morphing into that of a buff tanned human with a messy black beard.

Gumba pointed at the young noble. A net of a black box appeared underneath him.

The noble looked at the ground and tried moving, but was paralysed.

The net began forming around the young man, until it turned into a box.

The box floated towards Gumba, and he swallowed it.

Gumba then suddenly turned into his frog form.

In his stomach, floating around in space, was the young noble. Although he was tiny, many people here were immortal and could see him clearly.

Receptionist: "Don't digest him. Try to contact his father."

The receptionist picked up the notebook and looked for the young nobles name, address and emergency contact. He tore the bit of paper with his information off and threw it to Gumba.

Gumba nodded and leaped, disappearing into thin air. He could only do that while in his magical beast form.

Many people looked at awe at the receptionist as he went to sit back down behind the desk.

Person: "So he was a High god!"

Person 2: "Holy crap, he's a rank under sovereign!"

Person 3: "He's also a formidable high god, too! This world is too high class!"

In fact, high gods were still a very rare sight. Once you reach the rank of high god, you have qualifications to get a very high ranking job.

The concept of fusing to high god isn't very popular, it would stop future training and won't make you too strong. Only those who have totally given up and were extremely rich could afford a core of an high god. But this was very unpopular, since only rich people could afford it, rich people were usually from powerful families so they had strong potential anway. With recoursed and training manuals at their disposal, they could easily reach high god naturally, after all, they were immortal so definitely had enough time.

This is why High gods were venerated and rare. The difficulty to reach it and people not wanting to fuse made around an equal balance of fused and unfused high gods. Even if they didn’t fuse to high god, many people went past the bottleneck at 2 or 3 (depending their insight).

It's also why no one below deity rank dared to enter the auction. Instead all hidden experts that heard immediately used a portal to come here. After all, many info gatherers were in the city, they had communication devices for their clan or business so officials and experts immediately came.

In fact even in this popular and mighty world, most people and even guards were immortals and not even deities. Once your a low level deity, like a demigod, you can become a captain, that's why even Zaq was surprised to see a high god captain for the imperial city, but this is the capital city in the entire world.

So in conclusion, High gods are rare and almighty.

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Meanwhile, in the private room.

*AGHM* *SHLURP* *GRAGHM*

Fenix was scoffing his face into a banquet like feast.

The Waiter behind Zaq was smiling.

He was holding a giant tray which he quickly put on the table, he then said: "I'm sorry sir, but the chef couldn't catch up with you and has fainted. He told me to give you a message:”

The waiter took out a letter stained with blood.

“ *RASPY DYING VOICE* 'You were a worthy adversary. I'm glad I was defeated honorably, in all my years of cooking, I've seen nobody eat as fast as you. You are a monster. *COUGH* *COUGH* *FAINT*."

Fenix: "You didn't need to do the coughing and sound effects, you know?"

Butler: "I just enjoyed it. That bastard makes me serve food way too fast."

Zaq: "Wait... Are you sure he just fainted? Wasn't he coughing blood."

Waiter: "Don't worry, I cleaned the blood, about your first question, let that stay a mystery. Now enjoy, good sirs." He smiled evilly and went.

He laughed as he walked through the door: "Huehuehue HUEHUEHUE, FUCK THAT OLD MAN HUEHUE!"

Zaq and me continued to stare at the door.

Seconds later, the door opened and the waiter came back in embarrassingly.

Waiter: "I forgot your bills, you don't need to pay for the private room, but it's still..."

Zaq: "HOLY F**K!" Zaq too wanted to cough up blood, after he read the bill.

He still reluctantly paid and began shivering, holding back sobs.

Waiter: "OH. Earlier, you didn't hear anything... right?" He said, giving us an evil glare.

Zaq and Fenix looked at the waiter with horror, and slowly shook their head sideways.

"Good, hope you enjoyed. You can sleep over if you like. Most important people do." He waved his hand, the room changed to also have two beds and a small bathroom which included a shower in the corner, there was also toilet. Everything looked very luxurious.

As they stared at the man walk a way, they sighed in their hearts, that guy was too scary!

Zaq: "I guess we don't need an inn. Fenix, get ready for bed."

As they were about to go to bed, Fenix began a conversation .

Fenix: "When will you go to an academy or school?" He asked.

Zaq: "I don't know. Whenever, I'm bothered, I guess." Zaq indifferently replied, while he rested his hands behind his head.

Fenix: "Oh, what Academy or school will you go to?"

Zaq: "I think I might go to a school in the main world. Probably an official one, so I get free access through and back from the gate. That's only with a scholarship though."

Fenix: "Whats an 'official school and how do you get an scholarship?"

Zaq: "Oh, you're quite curious today."

Zaq sits up and begins to explain. "An official school in the main world is a school funded by the ruling sovereign in the area it's in. Also, to get scholarships, you will need to get recruited. They do this when a magical beast or race reaches the appropriate age to be tested."

He starts yawning and stretches his arm, but then continues: "This test measures your potential in various areas. For races, the appropriate age is 7, to begin training. For us magical beasts it's also 7, but thats in Magical beasts years, 7 years of a magical beast is actually equivalent to around 700 or 800 humanoid years."

Fenix: "But aren't you around 1000 years old? How will you get a scholarship?"

Zaq: "It's alright if you go a couple years earlier or later. The appropriate age is usually different to a person, but the average is 7. I'm around 10 to 14 years old in magical beast years. They probably won't accept anyone above 30 in race or magical beast years, depending what they are."

An: When I say race, I mean beastman, human, draconian, demon, fishman and etc. And obviously magical beast means magical beast.

Fenix: "What are you going to learn their, any magical beast your age is probably not even loose immortal yet and have just started to build their foundation."

Zaq: "Who cares what rank they are, the only difference being a loose immortal and normal is that loose immortals will just get to have humanoid bodies, but it doesn't really matter. Schools are also usually where humanoid races and magical beasts find their partners to contract with. They usually are suppose to choose in their first year."

Fenix: "I'm definitely getting a cool one." [I've read in books and there are new unique beasts in this multiverse. Not even a percentage have been identified. Of course there are dragons, dinos, unicorns or pegasi but I want something unique.]

Zaq yawned and stretched his arms again: "OK, now seriously go to sleep."

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Zaq and Fenix are wandering through a bustling street.

Fenix: "What are you getting me for my birthday?" Fenix just randomly asks.

Zaq: "You... You know it's gonna be your birthday soon?"

Fenix nods: "I always do, why? Haha, did you actually think I don't look at the calendar!"

Zaqs mind wanders into how much secrecy they pull to keep him from knowing every year. He shakes his head. [It's good he's manipulative, that makes it more likely that he'll survive when he's older.]

Zaq: "You can't tell your grandparents I told you. In fact, just pretend you don't know!"

Fenix nods: "Ok, if you get me an egg. "

Zaq: "What? You're hungry again?"

Fenix shakes his head: "I'm thinking of getting myself a comrade in pran- *cough* arms."

Zaq: "But didn't I tell you that you can meet one in a school. They also have influential backgrounds."

Fenix: "I'll just have two then, I've seen people with armys."

Zaq: "Will your soul be able to even manage two? Who am I kidding. Though you must understand, although people usually put eggs they raise into soul servant contracts, you will be forming a soul comrade contract. Our family hate the servant contracts, we magical beast rather be killed than entertained with or turned into a slave, especially young ones like these. In fact, even your grandparents only eat criminal magical beasts, or those who are notorious."

Fenix thinks back to all those times he had played chase with magical beasts.

They were actually all notorious criminals! He couldn't help but grin thinking about it.

Fenix: "Of course, I have no need for slaves." Fenix immediately agrees.

Zaq: [Because you think it's more fun manipulating them, you little brat! Definitely a demon!]

Zaq: "You must take care of the eggs as you do family. The eggs are valuable and are protected by a mother who would rather have herself killed than the eggs. They're extremely valuable! I would never normally give a five year old one, but i'm trusting your intelligence to handle this."

Fenix nods.

Fenix and Zaq pull down their hoods and enter the beast shop and Zaq immediately grimaces.

The shop is huge. This is also some creatures and eggs only on display, there's a touch screen interface at the reception where you can search for what you want. There were also caged magical beasts, that haven't reach immortal stage yet. Many people were wandering around having a look.

There were cages hanging from the ceiling, to even ones on the floor so you can walk on them. There were enormous fish tanks with huge serpents. It was a treasure trove of creatures and plants.

Shopkeeper: "Hello good sirs, can I be of any assistance?"

Zaq: "We're looking for a magical beast egg."

Shopkeeper: "Oh an egg. You want to incubate it or eat it?"

Zaq frowns: "We want to raise one."

Shopkeeper: [Raise? This guys a magical beast for sure... Still, a customers a customer.] "Would you like to have a look around first, or look in the interface?"

Fenix: "Lets have a look around first."

The shopkeeper smiles and takes them to the egg section.

As Zaq looked at the price he couldn't help be shocked.

{Zaq: "Fenix, I don't have enough money for this after your dinner.”}

{Fenix: "Don't worry, there’s a machine where you only need to pay a manageable price for it to give you a random one."}

Zaq nods.

Noticing Zaq nod, the shopkeeper asks: "Have you come to a decision?"

Zaq: "Yes, we'll use the lottery machine."

The shopkeeper smiles, often, the lottery machine earns him more money.

This was because of his policy. You can return the egg and pay half the price for another chance. People end up gambling on it and get addicted.

Shopkeeper smiles and says: "Here we are, just pay the amount and go for it. Good luck."

The machine is a huge glass container, filled to the brim with all sorts of eggs, even some rare dragon eggs can be seen. There were eggs with all the colour of the rainbows to ones with stripes. There were all sorts of intricate patterns on some eggs.

At the bottom there's a metal box with a lever which mixes all the eggs when pulled. It slowly spins the glass container around. Since it does it slowly, the eggs don't crack. At the bottom section of the metal box is a metal flap, where you draw the egg from.

Fenix and Zaq waited patiently until:

*DING*

*DING*

*DING*

-YOU MAY DRAW YOUR EGG-

Fenix eagerly pushed the flap and retrieved a black egg.

The black egg seemed to absorb light and there was a very thin white line in the centre, going around the diameter of the egg.

Zaq: "It seems to be some sort of monkey. It also seems to be a variant because the little red glow it's emitting..."

Fenix: "Variant?"

Shopkeeper: "A variant is a beast unique amongst its own species. This is because they may gain or lose innate abilities, or have stronger or weaker ones. It usually tends to be a bad thing, variants are already rare but to have a good variant is even rarer. Do you want to give the egg back and redraw for half the price?"

Fenix: "No, fate brought us both together." [He also seems special, his soul is very unique… I've never seen this before!]

Zaq: "Good, don't be disappointed as it can also be a good thing, I've heard of some very over powered variant abilities."

Fenix: "When will it hatch?"

Shopkeeper: "In a couple of months to a year. It depends on how much mana you give it everyday, you shouldn't give it too much or too little. If you have good enough control of your mana probably 3 to 4 months, but realistically just over an year for a kid."

If the shopkeeper knew Fenix was actually 5, he would have thought it impossible for him to do at all, but since he's using an illusion, all he saw was a devilish youth around the same age as Zaq.

Fenix nods: "Do you know what race it is?"

The shopkeeper walks to the interface, after a few minute he come and hands Fenix a thick leaflet.

Shopkeeper: "I searched in the interface using its description, it seems to be an average magical beast, take good care of it though, kid. Heres all the Info we have on its race."

Fenix skims through the pages, he looks at the egg while thinking:

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Sovereign Pu's residence

Thunder POV

This parallel multiverse is interesting. It has concepts similar to ours and some concepts different.

The most shocking thing I found is that some of these planets and stars have grown sentient conciousness. This can greatly benefit mortals and make them thrive. More mortals that reach sovereign the better. It represents the might of our multiverse. Now that we also have a parallel multiverse gate, we have to be ready for any enemy multiverse.

Another thing I've sensed is a core. A core of this multiverse. Basically, the core is found in the main planet. This makes me think of the multiverse itself as a living organism.

I've been researching for countless years but I've come to a conclusion.

Everything is made of mana. Sentience is even created with mana. Mana is found in the dantian, to have an ever lasting, regenerating source of mana.

We maybe inside the core and dantian of a mighty expert. This mighty expert is our creator.

All this is theory, but I have many questions in my head... why would he create us? Does he have an objective? So many speculations... The only people that possibly have a chance of knowing this are Fenix and Zephyr, but they're busy. I will ignore this and train.

Now, I really want to shatter this illusion.

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An: If you haven't understood yet, Fenix is in this Parallel multiverse to learn and create another primordial body but with an altered soul. He wants to create this body to be a Super Nova primordial so basically a master of all and jack of none. Every single thing fused. He needs this to even coming close enough to help his 'Father' and escape the reality they're in.

Please comment if you're confused below. If something isn't to your liking, feel free to state it. If the majority don't like something, I will change it. I can redo the whole chapter if necessary.

Oh, soon he'll be going to a school--- as a student this time. Might do a side chapter this week, if i'm bored.

When and where do you think I should have Fenix and his dad meet? I want to take it slow.

Also, any names for the new monkey egg? I want one for its race and one for himself please.

Thanks for reading!