Chapter 27: Chapter 27

The next morning in Theresa's home.

It's been 5 minutes since Ye Feng entered the room and tried waking Theresa gently all to no avail.

Suddenly, an idea struck her.

"Genius! Why didn't I think of that ?" she thought happily.

She ran out of the room and returned with a pot and spoon. She brought the two items close to Theresa's left ear and began to hit the pot loudly with the spoon.

Immediately, Theresa rose up from the bed and got down. Afterward, she assumed a fighting stance.

"Who's there?" she asked.

Ye Feng burst into mirth at Theresa's silliness making Theresa rub her eyes with both hands to clear her sight. She saw that it was her foster-mum, Ye Feng.

"Mom, did you have to scare me like that?" she asked unhappily.

"Morning sunshine, how was your sleep last night?" Ye Feng asked happily.

"Forget it, mother," Theresa said before wanting to crash back to bed.

"Dear, you forgot something," Ye Feng reminded, hitting the pot with the spoon once.

"Alright! You win this battle," Theresa said in defeat before leaving the bed for real and stretching her arms.

"I really feel like going for a morning jog." she muttered to herself.

"My dear, when you're done with yourself, come to the dining table. Mom made delicious food." Ye Feng stated finally before leaving the room.

Theresa sighed.

"Here, there really are no toothbrushes. I have to use some silly chewing stick as an alternative. I really want to go back home." she thought sadly.

She also recalled the dream she had last night.

There was no way she could return home. Just like other transmigrators and crossovers in the novels she read, she had no chance of returning unless she becomes an immortal.

Currently, she can't even cultivate and from the little she knew, cultivators don't just breakthrough every week or month. It could take a whole year for some to break through to the next level if they don't have the necessary resources.

Theresa sighed again.

She will work hard. She has to learn how to cultivate and try by any means to communicate with her parents. Her poor mother would be dying to see her now.

Our poor Theresa does not know that her beloved Mom has gone the worms.

15 minutes later.

Theresa hurried out of her room to the dining table dressed in a black gown. She wore no jewelry except for the earring. Her boots were black and she exhibited an aura that made the others see her in a different light.

"This is a good start," Long Ren thought.

"Morning everyone" Theresa cheerfully greeted.

She was a bit surprised to see another female sitting close to Long Ren. She recognizes her as Han Ling's lackey.

"Mistress, this is Lu Wei." Ren introduced.

"Oh, Han Ling's lackey. You're quite pretty," commented Theresa.

"I am glad to see you miss," Lu Wei said, bowing her head.

"Hey, we're peers no need to bow," Theresa advised.

"This lowly one..." Lu Wei didn't get to finish her words before Theresa stopped her.

"These ancient people think too lowly of themselves. From now on in this house whether human or beast should not refer to themselves as lowly. You're named Lu Wei right?" Theresa asked as she walked towards Lu Wei who was still bowing her head.

"Yes" replied Lu Wei.

"From now on, you will be my sister. You as my sister, have the right to give others to my pet," said Theresa as she suddenly hugged a startled Lu Wei.

Long Ren was not happy at this news. Yesterday, she got a mother and today a sister? What then would she get in the evening? A father?

"Who's your pet?" Lu Wei asked.

"Silly me. I have not told you my name. Call me Theresa or Han Fei Fei and Long Ren is my pet," said Theresa as she shoves Ren out of his earlier seat and then sat down placing her right hand on the table.

"Mistress, it's not fair" Ren complained.

"Men and women shouldn't have close contact," she answered back.

Ren felt defeated but later cheered up. That's right! Today was the start of Mistress' suffering. At this evil thought, he smiled and nodded his head.

"Yes mistress, you are right" acknowledged Ren. He then went to seat beside Ye Feng.

"Now let's eat," said Ye Feng with a bright smile.

"But there's no food on the table,"Theresa stated the obvious fact.

Ye Feng raised her left hand and muttered some inaudible words. In no more than a second, several dishes appeared on the table in order.

"Wow! Mom, you're the best!" Theresa exclaimed before picking up the chopsticks. "Thank you for the food" she added before eating.

Ye Feng shook her head and started eating about the same time with Lu Wei.

Long Ren, on the other hand, was angry. Look at them eating. There's definitely meat in their plate but look at his!

Vegetables! He's a carnivore! He needs meat badly but this evil lady dared to give him vegetables. Seeing that Ren was unhappy, Theresa passed him a bone with little flesh.

"Here, I promised to be good to you; so eat this," said Theresa. This act of her only helped add firewood to the already escalating fire.

"I'm done. I don't wanna eat," he shouted but the others pretended not to hear a word. Seeing that he was ignored, Ren wanted to leave.

"Sit down and watch us. This morning, we three will be your Television" Theresa mind linked Long Ren who did not understand the meaning of television but he did not bother asking.

He sat back down and Theresa passes him another bone with little flesh.

"Eat up, Long Ren" encouraged Theresa. Ren shook his head and pushed the food away.

"Sorry, I'm not hungry," he replied. His facial expression also showed that he was jealous.

16 minutes later.

Long Ren had snatched his mistress away from the two heart thieves and had brought her to the medicinal herb hall.

The medicinal herb hall is very large and has several branches in all of Luo Ye kingdom. Theresa could see many go in and come out.

"Wow! Just like those novels I read where the FL goes to a medicine pavilion. It looks nice." Theresa thought excitedly.

"Mistress, focus," Ren scolded her.

Theresa pouted but Ren looked away. They got to the counter to meet the attendant who was a male dressed in white.

"Sir, what would you like to buy?" he asked cheerfully. Theresa could see that he was missing a tooth.

Poor guy!

"Do you have an aspirin?" Theresa asked.

"Young miss, what herb is that?" the attendant asked, confused.

"Oh, I forgot that I'm in an ancient world. You clearly don't have aspirin here. What about coke or sprite? I'm thirsty." said Theresa.

"My young friend, please don't mind my sister. She's had mental illness since 10," Ren said to the attendant who nodded his head in understanding.

"Okay, so what do you need?" he asked.

"Meridian opening potion. The very best one you have,"Ren stated.

Hearing this the attendant's eyes lit up.

"Just a minute," they heard an old man who just rushed to the counter say.

"What are your orders sir," the attendant asked.

"Give me dragon fruit, Queen of devil flower and nothingness leaf," the old man ordered.

"Heard you," the attendant said before disappearing which shocked Theresa.

"Wow! It seems everyone here can vanish at any time they want," she exclaimed.

Ren felt like beating his mistress to stupor. Can't she be quiet and observe her surroundings with her eyes?

"Mistress, behave," Ren mind linked her.

"Okay, Ren, I'm just excited." she explained to him through telepathy.

"Whatever!" Ren muttered.

"My daughter, do you have some money with you?" asked the old man who is dressed in green robes. He has a waist reaching red hair and a small beard and mustache.

"Don't worry, my brother sleeps and bathes in money. He'll pay," said Theresa as she winked at an unhappy Ren.

"You..." Ren could not finish his statement because the old man had already started to kowtow while blessing him loudly, attracting the attention of others.

Ren felt disgusted at the sight of this hypocritical old man. He really felt like kicking him in the butt but what about mistress? He already had only a tiny position in mistress' heart as Ye Feng and Lu Wei already snatched the other top positions.

He is the most miserable contracted beast on this continent.

"Get up," Ren commanded the old man.

"Yes, yes... thank you, my son," the old man said.

The attendant reappeared with the ordered goods and placed them on the counter.

"The goods are delivered please pay up," he said politely. The old man pointed at Ren.

"He'll pay," the old man said.

Ren nodded and dropped a pearl on the counter.

"Payment for mine and his," Ren stated before snatching the bottle from the counter and putting it inside his storage ring.

"Mistress, we're done here. Let's go home now" said Ren.

"Wait, wait! You can't leave him here. Let's take him home for a meal" said Theresa.

"You..." Ren then sighed in defeat.

"Alright! If that's what mistress wants," he muttered before taking her by the hand and grabbing the stunned old man by the collar.

The trio vanished right from the vicinity of the medicinal herb hall.Those who saw it were shocked.

Some who had planned to make Ren give up his storage ring thanked the heavens silently that they did not put their thoughts into action.

There is a rule and barrier that prevents anyone below saint stage from disappearing. Since Ren did that with two others, it meant that as young as he is, he's either a saint stage practitioner or above saint stage.

How lucky they were just now!

Theresa's house.

Theresa had Ye Feng prepare a delicious meal for the old man. She chatted with him for a while as he ate and drank.

When he was done eating 6 minutes later, he placed a ring in her right index finger. He told her that when she reaches foundation builder stage the ring's use will come to light.

Theresa thanked the man who introduced himself finally as Fu Jin the renowned crazy doctor.

"I am going on a trip after defeating my brother. I want to search for a new disciple worthy of inheriting all my knowledge." he said before taking his leave.

Theresa wanted to run after him to express her interest in medicine but Ren held her.

"Mistress, the roles have changed. Follow me," Ren barked.

Theresa was surprised that she was scared of Ren.

"Ren, where are you taking me?" she yelled.

Ren put a voice sealing spell on her lips and dragged her into an empty room and locked the door.

"You let go of me," she mind-linked Ren.

"So noisy!" he mind linked her back and stuck out his tongue before throwing her to the floor. He threw the meridian opening potion at Theresa.

"Drink it. It's time for you to learn how to cultivate." Long Ren said as he did the seal on her lips.

The moment Theresa saw the seal was lifted she began to question him on the use of the liquid in the bottle.

"It's meant for cleansing your heavy body of impurities and opening 4 or six meridians- that is... if you can handle it," Ren explained.

"Okay," Theresa said before opening the bottle and drinking its content in one go.

"I'm done. So...what comes next?" she asked.

"Your suffering!" Ren replied with an evil smile, sending several chills down Theresa's spine.

"What do you mean by that?" Theresa asked in alarm. Her instincts told her that it wasn't going to be a good thing.

"To cultivate, one must go through pain. It's just like childbirth. But don't worry, I'll be there for you. You can do it. Fighting!" Ren cheered, an evil smile still on his lips.

"You... I wanna back out. I don't wanna cultivate anymore!" Theresa shouted.

When she newly came to this dynasty, she suffered a lot of pain. She thought that those pain would make her cultivate but no! She was still trash who couldn't cultivate. There was no way she would get ready for more rounds of pain.

"Here, mistress," Ren put candy into her mouth and caressed her head roughly.

"Be good, mistress. Imagine yourself flying in the clouds," he added with a chuckle.

By this time, beads of sweat were already rolling down her forehead. Theresa was not feeling any pain and so she did not understand what was happening to her.

"Ren, let's stop this. I give up!" she yelled in frustration.

She was feeling so hot at the moment. The first time she thought it was aphrodisiac but then, it kept increasing that all she could think of was burning houses and forests.

"What do you see mistress?" Ren asked playfully as he pulled a rocking chair from his storage ring and placed it down on the floor.

"I want... to... back out..." Theresa said with a parched voice. She looked like she could faint any minute now.

"Do you want water?" Ren asked.

Theresa nodded immediately and Ren gave her a half-filled jar of colorless and tasteless wine. Theresa who thought it was water thanked Ren and quickly devoured all the jar's content.

Seeing this, Ren shook his head in pity and sighed.

"Many days are for the mistress but one day for the miserable pet." Ren muttered before sitting on the rocking chair and relaxing his back. He brought out a plate containing strawberries.

"Lady, now you can start entertaining me," Ren declared with interest.

Theresa who had just finished the contents started to feel dizzy and hotter. When Ren whistled, she felt an unbearable pain emerge at her back spreading rapidly to the whole of her body.

She fell down and started convulsing, white foam coming out from her mouth which was gasping for air. Ren nodded in satisfaction.

"That's more like it. Mistress, just a little more work and you can receive two stars in acting from me." he muttered.

Theresa couldn't hear a thing at this moment. She saw herself in a dessert with a fire dragon pursuing her hotly. The experience of every beginner cultivator in Luo Ye is different but it is related to fire. Their experience, however, doesn't entail such severe pain and convulsion that Theresa was going through right now.

One look at Ren's face and we'll know he added something to the candy given to her. Also, beginner cultivators do not drink wine for a year but Ren just broke the rule and tricked Theresa into finishing half a big jar of it thinking it was water.

With all of these facts now known, it is clear that this is just the start of Theresa's suffering.

Long Ren sealed her voice so she couldn't shout.

"You are such a bad actress," Ren complained while munching on the strawberries.

30 minutes later,

Theresa stopped convulsing and weakly rose the upper part of her flushed red body from the cold floor.

"Wow!" Ren exclaimed. "You must be heaven's favored daughter." he added with surprise.

"You have broken a record in history; even my own record of opening 14 meridians on my first try. You are more than a genius." Ren praised.

"Ren, what did you give me? That clearly wasn't water right?" Theresa asked weakly.

"Ssh! Hush mistress. You see, as I was saying,18 meridians have been opened. You also have supreme grade roots, It's not the highest grade but it's one of the rarest. Any sect would kill to poach you." Ren explained.

"Ren, just you wait. When I recover, you will have the worst periods ever for 5 years." Theresa threatened.

"Don't bother talking. Your words carry no effect. Also, please don't forget our agreement. I'm your master for now so you can't hurt me." Ren advised. "Mistress, save your energy for the good work." he added.

"What good work?" Theresa asked.

"You'll see soon. By the count of 3, you'll be at work.1....2....and..." Ren did not get to finish his count before Theresa hurriedly got up from the ground and ran out of the room.

"The game is starting to get boring." Ren yawned and continued eating his berries with eyes closed.

"It's really nice when you take revenge," Ren muttered.

Meanwhile, our poor Theresa had rushed to the toilet which unfortunately turned out to be the squatting type.

Lu Wei and Ye Feng were worried for her. It's not normal for someone who has just opened his meridians to rush to the toilet that fast.

They stood not far from the toilet and sighed. Lord Ren has gone crazy. Their only prayer is that he doesn't break his mistress. It did not take long for them to hear a loud groan which startled them.

"Are you sure that is Theresa?" asked Lu Wei.

"Who else is there? Why don't you open the door and see whether it is my daughter or not?" Ye Feng asked before leaving Lu Wei to stand there all alone.

"Somebody, help me!" Lu Wei could hear Theresa cry out with an almost manly voice which was a great contrast to her normal sweet voice.

Lu Wei knew that Theresa was suffering and she clenched her fingers into a fist. It pained her that she was powerless and unable to help her friend out. She became even more determined to work hard in cultivation.

2 painful hours later...

The toilet's door finally opened and Theresa stepped out one foot at a time weakly.

"Are you alright?" a concerned Lu Wei and Ye Feng asked in unison.

"I...I'm alright," Theresa weakly replied with her parched voice.

"Let's help you to your room," Lu Wei offered but then her face and that of Ye Feng's became pale.

They could feel Ren's aura directed at both of them. Then they heard him speak through voice transmission technique: "If you still consider yourselves close to my mistress, please leave."

It was a simple message but it made them weak at the knees.

Theresa was about to agree to their offered help when suddenly both of them ran away from her.

"What... what's going on? Why did they flee?" she thought in confusion.

Gosh! Her stomach felt really empty now. She felt like maybe her intestines were gone too. Just look how flat her belly had become. Her legs had become numb from the endless squatting.

Since she came to reside in this house, she had never thought of visiting the toilet yet. She only visits the toilet once or twice in a week back on earth.

Now because of Long Ren... that's right! Long Ren! Could he have threatened her sister and mother so that they ran?

Realizing that bitter fact, Theresa ground her teeth in anger. It's such a pity that the person she was furious at was having a beauty sleep after devouring 7 plates of strawberries and 3 red apples.

Theresa weakly yet firmly walked towards the secluded room and found the cause of her suffering, fast asleep!

She clenched her fists and entered the room.

The moment Long Ren sensed someone's presence in the room, he opened his eyes and saw that it was his mistress. He rubbed his eyes so he could see clearly and yawned in a barbaric manner.

"Mistress, did you enjoy the good work?" he asked after yawning with a smile blooming not long after.

"You bastard!" Theresa shouted with all her might and wanted to rush at Long Ren when her stomach made some weird sounds.

Seeing this, Long Ren chuckled.

"Mistress, go back to your good work. Love you!" Long Ren blew her a kiss and took out a plate of strawberries from his storage ring.

"Mistress, when you're done doing the good deed, you can try out my strawberries. They can help make you look cuter with redder lips." Ren advertised.

Theresa, on the other hand, had no time to listen to his rubbish.

"Just you wait, Ren, I'll show you." she couldn't finish her words as she quickly ran away back to the toilet.

She slammed the door shut hard and what was heard was loud cries from Theresa and a few farts. Lu Wei and Ye Feng were at the sitting room and could only sigh and shake their heads, each deep in thoughts.

"LONG REN, MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT IN THIS HOUSE WHEN I'M OUT. AHHHHH" she shouted at the top of her lungs and released another fart.

Theresa felt so embarrassed and angry. What did she ever do to Long Ren that made him treat her like this? Is this one of the steps to cultivation? Why then in the web novels are no records of her current situation?

Theresa vowed that if she could get past his suffering, she'd butcher Ren to pieces and have her mother, Ye Feng, cook fox stew.

"When will this end?" she thought in frustration.

One hour later.

Theresa came out of the toilet gasping heavily for breath. She held the door of the toilet room for support. Her hair was disheveled and beads of sweat ran down her pretty face.

She looked like she could faint any moment from now.

"Mother... Lu Wei..." she weakly called.

"They won't be coming," said Long Ren who had just come out of the secluded room, holding a plate of strawberries.

"You were pretty fast this time mistress." he brought the plate right under her nose.

"Want some? It's very sweet. I promise that if you eat this you would return back to the time you were young." said Ren.

"You.." Theresa could not believe that her stubborn pet now had the guts to refer to her as an old woman.

"Old hag, you should at least be obedient." Ren advised before throwing a strawberry into his mouth.

"You... you..." she pointed her right index finger at him but he brushed it off and laughed wildly.

"What is the mirth about?" Theresa thought in confusion.

She stared down at her feet and wanted to scream but found out her voice was sealed. She could only point at him, in shame.

This pet had made her gown shorter than before. She doesn't know how he did it but the now knee-length gown was evident. That wasn't enough. To worsen things, her red underwear was now at her ankles with a stain of feces.

Theresa quickly went back inside and slammed the door hard startling Lu Wei and Ye Feng who were in the living room.

"What's going on?" Lu Wei asked concerned.

"Let's go check it out," Ye Feng said and then got up from her seat but Lu Wei stopped her.

"But Mother, you haven't forgotten Lord Long Ren's orders, right? Rumors say that he is impatient and hates being slighted." Lu Wei advised but Ye Feng wouldn't listen to Lu Wei.

" I am a mother. As a mother, I can't just sit here while Theresa suffers alone there. You can choose to remain a frightened chicken or come with me," Ye Feng said, determined not to be hindered by anything.

Lu Wei could only sigh and nod.

"Okay, mum. I'm coming with you," she said holding Ye Feng's hands.

Both run out of the living room to the toilet's entrance. They found the door locked from inside.

"Daughter, are you alright?" Ye Feng asked in serious concern. There was no reply from the inside making them doubt if she was really in there or not.

"Theresa, big sister, are you still in there?" Lu Wei called out.

What answered them was a smelly fart. Both held their noses and nodded.

"Yes, she's inside," said Lu Wei.

"Are you alright my child?"Ye Feng asked.

"I want to kill him.." they could hear Theresa mutter.

"Kill who?" Ye Feng asked even though she already knew the answer.

"Just leave me alone. AHHHHHHHH" she screamed loudly.

Thankfully, this house was soundproof or else neighbors would have pulled down the door by now.

Lu Wei broke out in cold sweat due to Theresa's screaming. She felt her eyes became fiery like she could tear Ren to pieces any moment. But the reality is that she wouldn't even touch his sleeves.

"It seems I spoke to dummies earlier. I warn you for the very last time. Stay away from my mistress," they heard Long Ren's message through voice transmission.

The voice transmission technique is only done by cultivators who have reached the golden rise stage and above.

This technique is used to convey words to someone not too far from you. Only the person concerned can hear the message. If the person's cultivation increases, he may reach the stage of conveying short messages to two or more people. This technique, however, requires lots of energy and it only affects those below disciple stage.

Hearing his threatening message a second time both surprisingly refused to move. Instead, both sat down in meditative pose and went into meditation. This house was rich in qi. You could find it anywhere in the home. This is one of the reasons why Long Ren bought this house.

Long Ren saw that the two were unwilling to move and began to mutter some words back in the secluded room. It did not take long for both of them to get up from the floor and run towards each of their rooms. Afterward, they crashed into their beds and fell fast asleep.

"Now that's more like it, " Ren thought before closing his eyes.

Our poor Theresa is all alone with no seeming hope of leaving the restroom.