Transmigration: Children of The Plane

However, Xue Bai was certain there were only 5 lightning strikes that day. So how was there another Child of the Plane?

\'Maybe Han Qing Er isn\'t in this timeline. But then, who the hell is this Xiao Xuan? Is he the result of my butterfly effect? But that doesn\'t make sense, either. I have done almost nothing on this continent. How could I have created such a large butterfly effect? Wait, even if my actions were the cause, Xiao Xuan rose to prominence long before I got here.\'

Xue Bai\'s thoughts raced as he tried to find a reasonable train of thought that could explain Xiao Xuan\'s existence, but he couldn\'t. No matter how much he tried to think and how many ideas he had, none of them made sense.

Until one did.

"Feng Hai! When did this Xiao Xuan start rising to prominence? Give me the exact date!" Xue Bai thought of a certain possibility that could be the true reason.

Feng Hai was originally talking about Xiao Xuan\'s feats and was so entranced in it that he didn\'t notice Xue Bai\'s inner rambling, but the second Xue Bai shouted out his name, he was brought back.

"The exact date? I don\'t know the exact date, young friend because Xiao Xuan is known to hold back his strength often. And since no one knows when Xiao Xuan fully awakened his talents, I can\'t be sure of the exact date." Feng Hai spoke with a troubled tone.

"Estimate then! Just give me a reasonable timeline." Xue Bai was exasperated.

No wonder the Feng Imperial Family was being played to death by Long Tian. Even Feng Hai, their queen piece, was a dud!

"Xiao Xuan stunned the Kun Empire by beating his half-brother about 2 and half years ago, if I recall correctly. So if we give him a month or so to cultivate in secret, then maybe the 10th month of 975? I can\'t think it must be any further than that." Feng Hai said after doing some internal calculations.

And after he did say his estimation, he felt rather proud of it, but once he looked over at Xue Bai to see his reaction, he found none of the expressions he was expecting. But rather one he didn\'t.

Pure shock and confusion were plastered all over Xue Bai\'s face.

\'I sliced open the void around then!\' Xue Bai\'s guess was right.

For Xiao Xuan to exist, there were only two possibilities. Either he was a Child of the Plane, or he was a result of Xue Bai\'s butterfly effect.

However, Xue Bai hadn\'t interfered with the Northern Continent\'s fate at all, especially not a whole 2 and a half years ago.

But something he did do then was slice open a huge gap in the void using his Dao of Space.

\'But what does my slicing open the void have to do with a trash-to-genius template protagonist? Did a treasure that was hidden in the void fall and arrived at this Xiao Xuan?\'

Even after getting an answer to his first question, Xue Bai was still left with another can full of worms.

"Young friend, is something wrong? Did I say something wrong?" Seeing Xue Bai look so confused and distraught made Feng Hai think it was his fault, and he couldn\'t help but speak up.

Xue Bai waved off his concern, however.

"No, it\'s not you, Feng Hai. I\'m just thinking about this, Xiao Xuan. I can\'t help but think about what fortuitous encounter he got. Going from a trash to a genius in such a short amount of time surely can\'t be done with a low Yellow-grade Martial Vein."

"Yes, you are right about that young friend. A lot of scholars and other geniuses have been discussing what made the Prince change so dramatically and quickly. But no one really has a definite guess. However, some intelligent people have reached a small consensus and have narrowed it down to a multi-use treasure since not only Xiao Xuan but also his older brother, Xiao Yuan, has changed dramatically." Feng Hai explained, giving Xue Bai another can of worms to mull over.

Sadly this was something Xue Bai couldn\'t ignore, and after a sigh, he motioned for the overly enthusiastic Feng Hai to explain Xiao Yuan\'s situation.

Apparently, Xiao Yuan only had a peak Yellow-grade Martial Vein and was destined to stay at the peak of the Domain Lord realm. And while this was certainly nothing bad, in order to contest the throne of the Kun Empire and become one of the Crown Prince candidates, one needed to be, at the very least, in the Spirit Awakening realm.

So because of this, Xiao Yuan gave up on the throne and became a general in the Kun Empire, where to this day, he still harassed the Gen Empire at the border.

However, after Xiao Xuan\'s talent awakened in a way that no one understood, he helped Xiao Yuan improve his Martial Vein and elevated it two grades to the middle Black-grade. And now, 18 months later, Xiao Yuan had broken through to the half-step Xiantian Great Realm.

Hearing this, Xue Bai also agreed with the continent\'s consensus. If the treasure that Xiao Xuan got were merely a simple one-time talent enhancer, then Xiao Yuan would have stayed the same for a while. Or at least until Xiao Xuan became invincible and helped his brother then.

"Then what about Xiao Xuan himself? If he could enhance his brother\'s talent by so much, then what did he do to his own Martial Veins?" Xue Bai asked.

"He didn\'t." Feng Hai replied awkwardly.

"Pardon?" Xue Bai was floored.

"I meant what I said, young friend." Feng Hai sighed as he took a sip of the tea that had been sitting untouched for so long.

"Then what is his cultivation base right now?" Xue Bai asked as he tried to get a grasp of the enigma surrounding Xiao Xuan.

"His first showing of talent was back in the later months of 975 when he was at the peak of the Blood Exchange realm. But now, 2 and a half years later, from what I know, Xiao Xuan is in the Organ Tempering realm. As for the exact stage, I am not too sure. Ever since the Zhen Empire\'s Grand Tutor took him in, Xiao Xuan\'s actions have been under more and more secrecy." Feng Hai said apologetically.

"So you\'re telling me that Xiao Xuan managed to cultivate at this speed with only a low Yellow-grade Martial Vein?" Xue Bai asked with skepticism in his tone.

However, Feng Hai only shrugged in response.

"I am only the messenger, young friend. If you don\'t believe the information I have, you are more than welcome to figure out the truth yourself."

\'Could he have a devouring type cultivation technique?\' While Feng Hai\'s piece of information would\'ve stumped most people, it didn\'t happen to Xue Bai. But instead, it gave him a faint guess of Xiao Xuan\'s true Goldfinger.

But there was a problem.

Xiao Mo already had a devouring type cultivation technique.

If Xiao Xuan also had one, that would imply many things, most of which weren\'t good for Xue Bai.

\'I need more time to think about this person. An anomaly is something that needs to be taken care of one way or another. However, since it is already fated that Xiao Xuan is against me, then I can only try to kill him. Thankfully he shouldn\'t have much of a guard pointed at the Gen Empire and me.\'

"Enough of this, Xiao Xuan, Feng Hai. Tell me about the situation in the Academy. Which students are on the side of Long Tian, which are fence sitters and which are still loyalists?" Xue Bai said as he waved his hand, implying the previous conversation was over.

Feng Hai nodded solemnly at this. Before Xue Bai gained an odd curiosity in Xiao Xuan, this was supposed to be the main part of this meeting.

Long prepared, Feng Hai went into his spatial ring and pulled out a scroll.

"Young friend, this scroll has all of the information you asked for." Feng Hai said as he handed Xue Bai the scroll.

Xue Bai took the scroll and gave it a quick look over.

However, since he didn\'t know any of them, Xue Bai really didn\'t learn much from it.

"Feng Hai, I\'ll take this to my courtyard for now. Just having their names and affiliation doesn\'t do me much. I\'ll also need to find out their personalities and cultivation." Xue Bai said as he stood up.

"You don\'t need to worry about that, young friend. A subordinate of mine is compiling that information right now. I will send it to your courtyard before sunset tomorrow." Feng Hai also knew the scroll wasn\'t too helpful for Xue Bai and was prepared. And with a pat on his chest, he swore to give Xue Bai something more valuable.

Xue Bai nodded silently and, without saying another word, disappeared.

\'I\'ll never get used to that mysterious ability of Xue Bai\'s.\' Feng Hai sighed as he found himself to be alone again. Or at least, he thought.

Once Xue Bai activated his physique, even Feng Hai couldn\'t track him anymore. Neither his Spiritual Sense, sight, or even his pure instincts, nothing allowed him to sense Xue Bai, who was shuffling through the void at a leisurely pace.

"However, him being unfathomable is helpful." Feng Hai\'s sigh eventually turned into a smile as he looked forward to the future.

"The more cautious Long Tian and his goons are, the more time that our young friend has to prepare himself."

"May the Heavens save our Feng Imperial Family!"