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Chapter 17: New Rider

'Don't tell me that Luo Ren and Luo Rei had died...' David choked into small tears at the thought of this.

'Those two were the only one who knew how to use me, now I might never advance in strength and power. Anyway, where am I? And who is this snotty nosed brat?' David thought shamelessly and was confusion as he inspected his surrounded.

He was in a dark underground cave that was lit up by the blue-green glowing moss painted on the walls. He was inside a giant dome like room where the hard ground earth was shaped into a donut, with a seemingly never ending round pool situated into the middle of the cave.

The water was clear within the first 10 meters, but as you go deeper, the visual and clearness of the water begins to grow black, making it hard for you to see the end of the pool.

Davids' body was placed in the east, where there were odd things left laying around.

There at the edge of the east side of the dome-shaped cave was a brand new red bookshelf, it had many ancient books placed onto it, such as;

Luo Han 101 Ways to Relic Hunting, (Private Journal)

Basic, Intermediate and Advance understandings of Ancient Relics .

Basic Understandings of Flora and Fauna and Intermediate Understandings of Flora and Fauna.

Guide to hunting Spiritual Beasts.

Beginners Guide to Alchemy.

Basic History of Pills throughout the Millennium.

There was even a book that says, 'the Twelve Heavenly Ghost Star Streaking Mantis Steps of the Immortal Gods'

There were at least 100 books on the shelf, most were combat techniques, but this was not the only thing that was odd.

Before the bookshelf was a bamboo mattress and a fluffy pillow, with a small kitchen on the side made up of ancient tools, like a wok. The only thing that was missing was a toilet.

'Tinkle tinkle tinkle tinkle tinkle'

'What the hell!' David saw that the kid was peeing into the pool with a happy-go-lucky expression, dirtying the water without a care for the world.

David moved on from that to see if there was any exits, luckily there were two entrances, one north and one south which were human sized, though none of them had lights shining through, so he didn't know which one lead outside the cave and into the outdoor world.

'Hmm, the brat is coming back... Hey, did you even wash your hands? Wait, don't wash you hands in the pool!' David screamed in despair, but in the end, the kid had a strong grip on David, and held him up so that he could stand on his two wheels.

"Why did my mother ask me to ride this shitty iron horse every day, I want to practice martial arts, sigh" The kid complained.

'Hey, your the shitty one, your whole family are shitty horses! Well, except for your mom, wait, who the heck is your mother?' David thought in anger and confusion at the kids sentence.

The kid found that the 'iron horse' seat was too high.

'Huuumpft, take that you shorty! Hmmm?'

David felt that his seat was lowering, it turns out that he had a seat adjustment all along, that could make his seat go higher or lower, depending on the riders comfort.

'I didn't know I could do this?' David thought in surprise as his seat lowered to the lowest point it could go.

"What shitty brand did this Iron Horse come from, if I was to get one, I would want one of those Black Dragon or Red Tornado type, not this cheap fake knock-off huuumpft!" The kid complained before sitting upon the ancient relic that was mistaken as a cheap knockoff?

'Black Dragon? Red Tornado? There are others like me? Eh cheap knock-off? Your the cheap knock-off brat!' David was once again, angry and confused at the same time, and it took some time to comprehend what he just heard.

'There are more bicycles?' He didn't know how to take this news.

[Dong Xioubei/Age 18]

Ordinary Mortal

God Tier Rider

Compatibility with host: 10/10 Rider Level 1: 0/100 EXP

Rider Benefits: Nil

'Eh...'

'WHAT THE F*CK IS THIS!'

'Thi...this isn't possible, how the heck is there another 10/10, God Tier Rider? First it was the fatty, now it is a snotty nosed brat... What's worse is that he hasn't even started this cultivation yet, the fatty at least had level one in both pathways, even if it was weak, but he's worse, this kid is completely mortal!' David was about to faint due to pure shock, except that he couldn't even if he wanted to.

"Sigh, this genius was blessed with dog shit luck, why didn't I get one of those expensive iron-horses, sigh, I shouldn't complain but... Everyone would laugh at me if I was seen riding this pathetic horse shit!" Dong Xioubei said with an expression of one, feeling hurt and wronged.

'Yo...you! How are you a genius? No matter how much I see, you're just a mortal civilian who hasn't even started cultivation, even though you're 18 years old! And also, how are you so short? Did you not drink milk at all? What about fruit and veggies?' David was completely speechless, ranting on and on, swearing until his breathe went hoarse, still he couldn't get his anger across to the brat.

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A few seconds later, Dong Xioubei was kicking the pedal like he knew what he was doing, and started riding around the dark pool.

"Sigh, the only reason I'm riding this shitty tool is because my mother threatened to force me to drink milk, and eat fruit and veggies every day..."

'The hell?' David choked on an imaginary cabbage, he had accurately guessed why this kid was so short.

"How can someone drink milk? They come from teets, TEETS!" Dong Xioubei angrily ranted on an on throughout the ride, which gave David a massive headache, that was until David heard an announcement.

+ 1 Mile Points

+ 1 Rider EXP (Dong Xioubei)

'It's been one mile already? Hmm, oh and didn't he say before that he had to do this everyday? Doesn't that mean I can finally get the ball running and advance in power?' David thought happily, though he rather have Luo Rei, the fatty ride him than this hateful snotty nose annoying brat.

He then briefly went to check his status.

[David Lee] Grade: 1 (Low) Health Points: 82/110 Energy Points: 110/110 Mile Points: 10 Attack: Ordinary Defence: Grade 1 (Low) Speed: Grade 1 (Low)

During his stay inside the hellish beast pouch, he had repaired his wheels to the maximum amount of durability available, but he didn't do any else, such as spending his remaining mile points because he wanted to save them up in case something happens. But after finding out the news that he will be gaining a steady amount of mile points everyday day, he finally had the courage to start spending MP's to upgrade his features.

A little more than an hour later, David had gained around 5 more mile points, making him sit on 15 MP's in total.

'Hmm let's see, I could try and put 1 points in each of the feature that I haven't touched before, but I feel like that wouldn't be good as I should probably advance features that I urgently need' David thought while imagining his human self sitting on a wooden stool, thinking to himself.

'Let's see, how about I upgrade my speed in both wheels'

"+2 mile point in Front wheel - Speed 2/2 MP, Speed, upgraded. (Total MP left: 13)"

Front wheel 110% out of 110% Durability - Speed 2/100 MP 0/4

"+2 mile point in Back wheel - Speed 2/2 MP, Speed, upgraded. (Total MP left: 11)"

Back wheel 110% out of 110% Durability - Speed 2/100 MP 0/4

"Eh, how come I feel like I can go a little faster?" Dong Xioubei said with an odd expression.

'I should first make Dong Xioubei actually enjoy his ride, didn't he say that he wanted an iron horse like Black Dragon or Red Tornado, I should assume that they are bicycles like me, and are pretty fast, so If I make myself faster, shouldn't it make Dong Xioubei curious? And in turn, ride me for a much longer period of time which would equates to racking up more mile points' David thought as he didn't hesitate to spend another 8 more points to upgrade his speed into both wheels again.

"+4 mile point in Front wheel - Speed 4/4 MP, Speed, upgraded. (Total MP left: 7)"

Front wheel 110% out of 110% Durability - Speed 3/100 MP 0/8

"+4 mile point in Back wheel - Speed 4/4 MP, Speed, upgraded. (Total MP left: 3)"

Back wheel 110% out of 110% Durability - Speed 3/100 MP 0/8

"HAHA THAT"S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!" Dong Xioubei screamed as he pedaled to his fullest, zooming around the dome shaped cave to the upmost speed that his mortal body could pedal to.

Though it was far from how fast David could go, with 3 levels in speed for both wheels, he could match the speed of a low leveled tier 1 cultivator.

He guessed that if both of his wheels were to upgrade to level 4, which costed 16 points in total, his speed would go from Grade 1 (Low) to Grade 1 (Middle)

If Luo Ren was here now, he could pull out the maximum speed that David could go, plus go even faster from fusing the second stage of the Twelve Heavenly Ghost Star Streaking Mantis Steps of the Immortal Gods with himself, to go faster than his limit, but that would just burn his wheels out, and kill off durability in his wheels.

+ 1 Mile Points

+ 1 Rider EXP (Dong Xioubei)

Dong Xioubei had tired his legs to the max, before slumping onto the ground, soaking the earth with pools of sweat, before grinning in satisfaction.

"Hehe, once I start cultivation, I could increase the movement speed of the iron horse by permanently increasing my own pedals per minute limit, hummpft, what Black Dragon? What Red Tornado? I'll beat them all in a race and crush the arrogant smiles of those trashy young masters" Dong Xioubei said while clenching his right and into a fist, and pumping it into the air.

'What? You want to race me like a horse? What the f*ck?' David was speechless, and regretted putting those mile points into speed.

"Right, Little Man? Huumpft, we will beat all those who spoke ill of Uncle Luo Ren, whether it be racing, be my fist, alchemy, or through other means, I will become the number one cultivator in the whole entire world!" David thought that the name, little man was familiar, but was shocked speechless when he heard that the brats uncle was Luo Ren, and rolled his eyes when he heard that this mortal kid goal was to become number one throughout the whole world...

'Chirp chirp chirp chirp'

A familiar praying mantis came out of the front pocket of Dong Xioubei shirt, as its head bopped out into the open, its large buggy eyes laid onto David, which made him uncomfortable.

'That's the same bug as before, who the heck is this kid? The Dong family name does sound familiar, but I can't recall where I heard it from before, wait... whats that noise?' David heard a loud grunting noise coming from the south entrance.

'Hrrrrg Harrrrgh Grrrrrr Gruuuh'

"Sigh, mother is at it again" Dong Xioubei said while sighing.

'What the f*ck?' David thought weirdly as the grunting noise resounded loudly inside the cave.

[David Lee] Grade: 1 (Low) Health Points: 82/110 Energy Points: 110/110 Mile Points: 4 Attack: Ordinary Defence: Grade 1 (Low) Speed: Grade 1 (Low)

[Body strength]

Body Frame - Toughness 1/100 MP 0/2

Seat 0/100 MP 0/1

Chains 0/100 MP 0/1

Pedals 0/100 MP 0/1

Handlebar 0/100 MP 0/1

[Miscellaneous]

Headlight 0/100 MP 0/1

Bell 0/100 MP 0/1

Basket 1/100 MP 0/2

Bottle holder 0/100 MP 0/1

[Front wheel 83/110% Durability]

Toughness 1/100 MP 0/2

Rim 0/100 MP 0/1

Speed 3/100 MP 0/8

Brakes 0/10 MP 0/1

[Back wheel 82/110% Durability]

Toughness 1/100 MP 0/2

Rim 0/100 MP 0/1

Speed 3/100 MP 0/8

[Spirit]

Soul 0/100 MP 0/1

Energy 1/100 MP 0/2

[Functions]

Lv 0 Devour [0/10 MP] - cost nil 

Ring Bell - cost 1 energy per use 

Flashlight - cost 1 energy per 10 seconds

Brakes - cost 10 energy per use

[Dong Xioubei/Age 18]

Ordinary Mortal

God Tier Rider

Compatibility with host: 10/10 Rider Level 1: 7/100 EXP

Rider Benefits: Nil