"Uh, Master, you are great!" I just look at him and bend down to pick up a rock in my hands, and the guy speaks faster, "Hey, hey, wait! Ok, ok, fine! I speak the truth!! Stop! You are an asshole jerk! Who lusts after women a lot, and you also have no life! Your family is kind of rich, so people are scared of you, and, uh, that's all I know! Please don't kill me!"
And I let go of the rock and make a thinking face as I think, 'Hmm, is family kind of rich? I like the sound of that, but still, the info is way too little. I look at him and say, "What do you know about my family? Tell me everything," and the homeless guy speaks fast. "Uh, your father is a smart, rich man. His name is Le Yang! And you don't have a mother; she passed away a long time ago. I don't remember why. You have a little sister and brother who all hate you! Because you're the lazy bum of the family and, uh, also you are bad at cultivation."
And listening to the guy whose head was bruised up, I think, 'Well, won't you know, I am pretty much a lazy bum. Great, what a lifestyle the old xiù had, and I thought the old xiù did some crazy shit. No, he was just a loser simp...' Shaking my head, I look at the guy and speak, "Tell me where I live, and also, is there any library nearby?" The guy looks a little clueless and speaks, "Um, Master, you live on 3rd Street of Waote, one of the rich places... and, uh, what's a libry?... What? Is that??"
And I looked at him like he was dumb, and then I spoke, "Uh, don't you know the library? Like the place they keep books and information for the public to read?" and after a second of explaining, the homeless guy says, "Oh! Do you mean the study hall?? Yeah, it's near the Hi-Waote. Uh, you should know about this, young master. Your house is next to the study hall..." I nodded and then turned around, starting to walk to my house, but as I was walking, I spoke, "If anyone else hears a word about this, trust me, you never speak again..."
After that open threat, I left and walked to the house. I noticed it was big, and I walked right past it. For some reason, the guards near the gate stood more stiffly. It was maybe because of me. Who knows? That's not what I care about right now. All I want is more information about his world... I entered the study hall, and after walking in, I walked right to the books and quickly read through them. It was weird; all the titles for the books were about stupid stuff, love, or some sort of cultivation tricks. I gathered all the cultivation books and sat down at the table with them and started to read about cultivation, and I was looking more for the history of this world, but there was nothing here about history. I did not even find the word history.
'I also noticed how the homeless guy did not know what a library was, but he knew what a study hall is, so maybe the word library and history have not been created yet? Also, what language was that homeless bum speaking? I did not question it, but I was speaking English, and the homeless guy understood me very easily. Not only that, I used a different language while we were talking. I used the broken Japanese I know, and he understood that well too... how weird. Maybe I am not speaking different languages?
No, I know I am speaking different languages, but for some reason, I can understand the homeless dude, and the dude can understand me... Is this some sort of power of Qi? or something else? Or does language as a concept not exist in this world? Hmm, too many questions, no answers... I guess it's time to learn about a few things...
I started to read the books on cultivation, and well, it was a struggle for sure. I could barely understand one page, but as I kept going, I started to learn more of this weird language they have written these books in and about what's written in the books. Crazy stuff Most of the books go on about how with cultivation you can become the strongest in the world and even do magical stuff like fly and other things, but there is one little thing they don't explain: how anyone does this stuff... but on the other hand, cultivation, at least of the first 2 steps, has a lot of info on them...
At least all the info about the first and second steps of cultivation in this world is all the same... = The first step is Qi Gathering; it's pretty much gathering all the Qi in your body and then learning how to control it inside your body. At this stage, the Qi is pretty much in a gaseous state like air, and after going through that, the next step is the Qi Foundation; pretty much, you turn the state of Qi in your body from a gaseous to a solid state...
Hmm, yeah, I understand the cultivation system in this world. Everyone has Qi, and the first few steps are easy: gathering Qi in your body and then making a foundation. But, well, sure, now you have a foundation. What? Well, you need martial arts to use the Qi you have, and, well, it is all cool and stuff. The funny thing is, there is nothing about martial arts in this whole study hall, it seems. Sure, there are records of what people were able to do with Qi, but no one told anyone how to use Qi in that way. I mean, who would really? In this world, that's pretty much Holy knowledge...
So everyone knows how to gather Qi, but knowing what to do with that Qi is rare knowledge. Hahathis is pretty funny; it's like knowing how to get a lot of mana but knowing no spells, haha, pretty funny. But well, this should not be a problem for me because I have knowledge from a different world...
I might be the smartest man alive...