This Is My Planet - Chapter 6
Yin Xiaoru suddenly laughed, “Since you won’t tell it, I’ll come up with a story.”
Xia Guixuan wondered, “Why are you so happy about making up a story?”
“Why would I be happy?” Yin Xiaoru’s face turned stern, “This kind of story is tough to create. You have to avoid talking about your education or else you’ll have to deal with fabricated school records and other things like that. I’m pulling my hair out just thinking about it. What’s there to be happy about?”
Xia Guixuan said, “It’s not that difficult…”
Yin Xiaoru immediately replied, “Anyway, I’ve made up the story for you, so you don’t have to think about it.”
Xia Guixuan: “…”
He could tell that she wouldn’t come up with anything good, but Xia Guixuan didn’t mind. His identity was just a convenience, and he didn’t even mind being labeled as a beggar. He simply nodded, “I appreciate it.”
Yin Xiaoru said seriously, “If anyone asks about your background, remember to say that you are my secretly trained servant… No, wait, make it a butler. You’ve been undergoing secret training, so there’s no official record. Oh, and when addressing me, make sure you don’t reveal anything. You should address me as ‘Miss’ and show respect.”
Xia Guixuan remained expressionless.
He asked calmly, “If I were a family servant raised from a young age, wouldn’t your parents have known about it?”
Yin Xiaoru smiled, “They passed away long ago.”
Xia Guixuan could guess that, like Su Daji, she had switched people. The people of the Yin family must not be her real parents, and most likely they were no longer alive, so she could keep up the act.
“So…” Xia Guixuan considered and slowly said, “Since the young lady is now the head of the household, shouldn’t I address you as ‘Madam’ instead of ‘Miss’?”
Yin Xiaoru widened her eyes.
Was he being serious or teasing with a double meaning?
Isn’t he supposed to be a straightforward guy? How come she felt he was getting a bit mischievous the more she interacted with him?
It also gave a sense of “not accepting inferiority.” While he seemed indifferent to everything else, once there was a hint of establishing hierarchy, he would retaliate.
Xia Guixuan said thoughtfully, “In a society with this level of technology, I don’t understand why there is still such a strong sense of hierarchy. It’s almost like a regression… But fortunately, I’m quite accustomed to it.”
Yin Xiaoru squinted at him, “How accustomed are you? As a promising heir, serving the king in bed? No wonder your massaging techniques with the little fists are quite skillful…”
The little fists disappeared with a “poof.”
“Oh, still acting so aloof,” Yin Xiaoru said with a sly smile. “All the cards you’ve registered are under my name. You could say you’re being financially supported by me. Let’s see how aloof you can be when you max out your credit limit!”
As if deliberately not giving the sassy little demon a chance to object, Yin Xiaoru interrupted herself with a snap of her fingers.
Xia Guixuan watched in astonishment as a large group of little robots swarmed in, their bright lights flashing: “How may we assist you?”
Yin Xiaoru said, hugging her shoulders, “Tidy up the adjacent guest room. Just prepare a bed; there’s no need for anything else.”
“Understood, Mistress.”
The swarm of robots promptly moved to fulfill her request, leaving Xia Guixuan so bewildered that he had even forgotten what he wanted to refute in the first place.
He finally understood why Yin Xiaoru didn’t need any maids. Even a low-profile cultivator like this little fox could command these top-notch puppets and even possess combat power. It was almost as if the centuries-long efforts of the cultivators who had dedicated their lives to mastering puppetry techniques were being made redundant.
Yin Xiaoru strolled lazily towards the door. “Alright, it’s already morning. I have some business to attend to.”
Xia Guixuan got up; regardless of their bickering, he knew he had to express his gratitude. “Thank you.”
“Get out first before saying thanks!”
“?”
Yin Xiaoru crossed her arms. “This is my room. How long do you plan to stay here? Isn’t a true straight man who is devoted to cultivation supposed to be unyielding? I’ll give you that next-door guest room; consider it a kindness from a beautiful and kind-hearted sister.”
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Sitting on the bed in the guest room, fiddling with his watch, Xia Guixuan also felt that his performance throughout the night was a bit dull.
He was indeed experiencing a significant cultural gap, and it was taking some time to adapt. His thought process had even become sluggish.
Thankfully, his ability to learn and adapt was exceptional. He quickly figured out how to use the “watch.”
The advancement of artificial intelligence and virtual screens allowed various functions such as watches, phones, and personal computers to be integrated into a single, small watch. There was even a subcutaneous chip option, making traditional watches obsolete.
In this day and age, people couldn’t function without this gadget.
With the help of virtual “little chicken friend” for historical information on Azure Dragon Star, Xia Guixuan’s knowledge aligned with what he knew, confirming that his connection to this world was more significant than he had initially thought.
Xia Guixuan was once an Immortal Emperor from Earth, but nearly five centuries ago, he felt his cultivation hit a bottleneck. To break through to an even higher realm, he abdicated his imperial throne, left the realm of immortality, severed all worldly ties, and roamed the universe in the hope of gaining new insights.
However, some events transpired… and eventually, he encountered his arch-nemesis, leading to a destructive clash that left both severely injured. As a temporary solution, he concealed himself deep within the core of a planet with a similar size and form to Earth. He focused on recovering and went into secluded cultivation.
Before entering seclusion, he barely arranged a Spirit Gathering Array and a Space-Time Formation on the planet’s surface.
The Space-Time Formation’s effect altered the flow of time, making it roughly one to a hundred. One hundred years on this planet equated to only one year in the universe.
The main purpose of this change was, of course, for accelerated cultivation, but it also had an important significance: since the time axis of this planet no longer aligned with the universe, it could be viewed as isolated in another dimension, making it impossible for outsiders to find.
This was akin to the power of opening up a realm. The strength of a generation’s Immortal Emperor was far beyond the understanding of ordinary people.
After entering seclusion with peace of mind, he didn’t expect that due to his severe injuries, he couldn’t control the dispersal of spiritual energy. The powerful aura of immortality emanating from him, combined with the effect of the Spirit Gathering Array, slowly transformed the environment of this planet, making it gradually filled with spiritual energy and becoming habitable.
Originally, this planet bore a resemblance to Earth’s environment and had been in existence for several billion years, with life already in existence. After being enriched with an abundant flow of spiritual energy, life rapidly evolved. Under the influence of this spiritual energy, they bypassed lengthy evolutionary stages and advanced directly to humanoid forms.
Although they were considered humanoid, they retained some animalistic characteristics due to their rapid evolution.
This marked the birth of the various races of “divine descendants.” They were not the typical kind of “demons” created by animals transitioning to humans through cultivation. They were a wholly new kind of species.
This era was later referred to as the “Era of the Divine Creator” and the “Awakening of the Divine Descendants.”
Two hundred and fifty universal years later, Xia Guixuan had actually been in seclusion for twenty-five thousand years on this planet, and the divine descendants had already existed for more than twenty thousand years. During this time, they had developed a thriving civilization centered around cultivation.
The divine descendants bathed in Xia Guixuan’s spiritual energy, as well as the energy gathered by the Spirit Gathering Array, and most of what they comprehended was the “Dao” of Xia Guixuan.
From transforming into humanoid forms, to understanding the way of cultivation and practicing it, to human language and knowledge, everything was inherited from Xia Guixuan’s Dao. From this perspective, he was the “origin of civilization,” the father and teacher of all beings?
Xia Guixuan had figured out the situation but was left speechless.
The divine descendants’ concept of a “divine creator” was certainly not off the mark.
Over the course of more than twenty thousand years, amidst their conflict and rivalry, a significant number of powerful figures had arisen among the divine descendants. Historical records showed that they had gone through numerous conflicts like the “Struggle for the Dao,” the “Conflict between Righteous and Evil,” and the “Battle for Supremacy among the Races.”
Xia Guixuan could imagine that the array he had barely set up before entering seclusion was not robust and might have been damaged during these wars.
No wonder, when he emerged from seclusion, he couldn’t sense any temporal differences. The effects of the arrays and formations had all but vanished, and the birth of new divine descendants was no longer occurring; they were reproducing through natural means.
The planet had long lost its temporal discrepancy and was now synchronized with the universal time axis.
After the Space-Time Formation became irrelevant; life forms outside were finally aware of the presence of this place, and invaders had arrived.
This was known as the “Invasion of the Extraterrestrials.”
Amid the ongoing fierce confrontations, the divine descendants were at a disadvantage.
However, during this critical moment, a fleet from a distant galaxy mistakenly entered a wormhole and ended up stranded here. Together with the divine descendants, they repelled the invaders and subsequently made this planet their new home. Known as “The good Extraterrestrials drove away the bad Extraterrestrials.”
Xia Guixuan was again struck by the wonder of life’s journey. The galactic fleet… These later extraterrestrials were essentially fellow Earthlings…
He himself was originally from Earth, an ancient cultivator from the land of Huaxia. His name wasn’t originally Xia; it was a commemoration of an era.
Although he had left his homeland to cultivate across different realms, Earth was still his home planet. When he embarked on his journey through the universe, he would visit his homeland every few centuries to witness the changes. During his final voyage through the universe, he even intentionally circled around, getting a glimpse of cars and smartphones. He also learned the official language used at the time.
In a sense, the future generations of his people could be considered his descendants…
“Descendants” and “divine descendants” met and exchanged cultures on this remote and desolate planet.
Xia Guixuan let out a speechless laugh.
The threads of fate are truly extraordinary.
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Author PS: To emphasize once again, previously Xia Guixuan passed by Earth when he visited, just roughly strolling around and seeing the state of mobile phones, cars, and tall buildings. It was a few years ago in the present time when QR code scanning wasn’t popular yet.
The significance of this setting is as follows:
Having seen modern Earth technology, the cognitive gap won’t be too severe, and he has also seen modern language (although he uses more antiquated idioms). If he had entirely ancient awareness, it would be necessary to describe his reactions to even basic objects, words, and even explain historical pronunciation differences. This would slow down the story’s pacing considerably. After all, the main theme is not the comical concept of someone from ancient times in the modern day but the comparison between a cultivation civilization and a technological civilization.
If he had stayed a long time and had a deep understanding of modern civilization, he would be knowledgeable about a lot of technology and even have knowledge of science fiction literature. This would diminish the sense of civilization clash, and if he’d stayed so long, why not just write a story about him in a contemporary urban setting?
So, the setting of only having a shallow understanding from a brief encounter is just for the sake of convenient dialogue. It avoids the need to ask about everything and keeps the pacing smooth. As for the finer details and more futuristic elements, he wouldn’t know about them.
This is a convenient and practical setting, and I didn’t consider it more than that. Unfortunately, many people couldn’t understand “brief knowledge from passing by,” and they either assumed that he knew nothing or that he should know everything since he visited modern times. This resulted in a lot of confusion from the first chapter to the sixth chapter…
Also, one more thing to mention: he has spent time in various dynasties every few centuries, whether or not he experienced them, he has read historical books, mainly for ease of communication so that he doesn’t have to explain every idiom or allusion. Let’s not have a situation where people question how he knows something…