Chapter 2:

  A day after he awoke his wife came to vist him in his tiny courtyard.

  She had her hair tied in a bun with not declaration that distracted from

  her beautiful face. Her dark pink hair and blossom kimono complimented

  well with the air of a soft beautiful pressure she exuded. In the past

  when they met she had not even once looked at him with anything

  of interest even with they were in the same room. Now she looked at him

  and he at her as if to measure each other. She nodded the servants

  left the room along with Little Xie closing the door behind them and

  leaving the married couple together.

  Ling Ming whom had been sitting at his small table pour himself another

  cup of tea as she took a seat across from her. Thought most of the memories

  from his immortal self were hazy he had spent the day digesting what

  he could and had written down thing he found interesting like pill

  recipes, array formulas, and cultivating technique. Though he had

  a slight concision it didn't slow him down one bit and he had written

  in another laughs as to not let the servant or the people of the house

  recognize his value.

  Tang Xia sat down and her stoic face looked at Ling Ming with emptiness.

  "I'll be frank as to not waste our time. This marriage is something I

  did not agree to but will up hold at least in the public eye. You who

  have married in should know of your position and to be honest you were

  being used by my grandfather as a alternative to keep me in the house.

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  I know this sounds unfair but things have gone this far I'm sure you

  know not you nor I could back up now."

  Her voice was clear as was her message. In truth Ling Ming had already

  understood much on his journey to the Tang family to marry as rumors

  were rampant in the district. According the them Tang Xia had a gift

  for business something her father and his brother lacked. Because she

  was the only child by her father if she married their business would

  suffer and as a merchant family this wasn't something they could

  afford. Of course the grandfather doted on the granddaughter and didn't

  want her to leave the family nor be controlled by them. Because of Ling

  Ming situation they had found someone who not only didn't have any

  external influence but would also keep he Tang Xia in the main family.

  Of course this had left many people unsatisfied like watching the golden

  goose fly off and leaving you stuck in the swamp.

  Ling Ming smiled at her," My wife, I understand and intended to live

  well as should you." Xia face faulted for a minute before her mask

  of indifference returned. She nodded and headed towards the door with

  a grace strides. She paused for a moment as she opened the door turning

  her head slightly towards Ling Ming. "If you wish for anything tell

  a servant and it will be brought to my husband. You are free to

  roam around but please be mindful." She turned and walked leaving

  Ling Ming in the room with only the sound of her departing foot steps.

  Ling Ming started at her departure for a long while before signing and

  turned toward his book putting them away. When he finished little Xie

  had returned with his afternoon meal of which consisted of some

  roast beef stew and honey bread. Something light and Delius to

  was of course to his liking and he sat down with his small try. As he

  reached for the spoon he paused and turned his head toward little Xie.

  "Little Xie eating alone is very sad as such I would like for you to

  have your meals with me starting tomorrow." When he finished he saw

  her face pale before she bowed her head in a attempt to hide it. Ling

  Ming face held a smile but his insides were cold as ice staring at the

  young girl.

  When the meal was done he excused her so that he could rest from his

  concussion. The lay their and begin circulating his qi in his body

  with great difficulty. After awhile he sighed and stopped as he could not

  decide if this was a golden goose opportunity set by his enemies. "They

  planned to poison my boy and destroy my foundation, hehe well we will

  see who is laugh in the end."

  Ling Ming held not great talent in martial arts not book learning to

  a certain degree but with the awakening of his old memories that had

  changed many things for him. In the past he studied medicine to cure,

  and poisons that would make land it waste. To call him the pill king

  would be a insult as with his vast knowledge the only term that would

  be Pill god.

  As such when Ling Ming circulated his qi earlier he discovered that it

  reacted to a rare poison in the continent and heaves called Gold Root.

  This could be made into a powder which would in a since slowly down

  and purify his qi making his progress slow but would bring twice the

  gains in later stages of training. It was a ancient and primitive

  method of train the foundation older sects used to use before relaying

  on foundation pill.

  Ling Ming smile grew colder as he thought of how years of his martial

  skill showing no progress was because of this. Though he was betrayed

  he who slaughtered until his very core was dyed red held not murders

  thoughts toward the young girl. She was just a servant with no freedom

  and only his family would do this to him. He looked at the setting

  sun as a spark of something shined upon the burning sunset.