Next Morning, Xue Mo Tribe – South Prefecture,
This was the first day of the carnival in the tribe with joyous murmurs resounding in the tribe. The children could be seen running here and there. People from the nearby tribes also came to see the carnival and buy the desired goods.
After playing till evening, Ashen and Feng Xue had rested in Yan Li’s house. The three siblings only had one bed to sleep on, which they tried to offer to Ashen and Feng Xue, however, they refused. As for their parents, they didn’t care about Ashen and Feng Xue since they didn’t know their identities.
Being King Realm cultivators, Ashen and Feng Xue didn’t have any need for sleep like normal humans. Feng Xue simply cultivated for the whole night while Ashen was nowhere to be found. He only appeared this morning.
Right now, Ashen and Feng Xue followed Yan Li, who had his warrior attire on, with a knife attached to his leg and a sword hanging to his belt.
Yan Xiu and Yan Pingtu walked holding Ashen’s fingers. Though Yan Li was against them tagging along, their crying and throwing tantrums worked and he had no choice but to take them with him.
Today was the warriors’ trial which will decide one’s fate. Yan Li had turned eighteen this year and it was time for his spirit awakening, however, this was a demonic tribe. It was not so simple to awaken your spirit here.
Feng Xue and Ashen didn’t know what that meant and Yan Li also didn’t explain. He just asked them to come and see it for themselves.
Since they had become close to these three siblings, Ashen and Feng Xue decided to tag along to see what this ritual was.
Yan Li took them into the woods towards the north direction from the tribe. After passing through the lake and the temple they saw yesterday, They were greeted by an open area inside the woods.
This area was plain like a field for playing football. In this area, multiple tribesmen were already present. There was a circular ring in the middle which had around eight altar stones with a height of 2m, standing at a similar distance from each other.
Meanwhile, There was a huge altar stone of 4m in height in front of the ring. Close to this main altar stone, stood three elderly tribesmen with sticks in hand to support them. These three old men were the tribe heads of the three nearby tribes. Yan Li’s tribe was one of these three tribes.
Beside each tribe head stood two origin realm cultivators as bodyguards. While some common tribesmen were gathered around the ring as spectators of the ritual.
Inside the ring, around twenty-five boys similar in age to Yan Li were standing in similar warrior attire as Yan Li with swords, blades, knives, spears, clubs, and other weapons in their hands with a brave expression ready for combat.
Noticing Yan Li along with outsiders approaching, the tribe head gestured to his bodyguard to go and make the outsiders leave.
The bodyguard approached Yan Li and the others with an intimidating posture: “Outsiders are not allowed here, leave!”
He glared at Ashen and Feng Xue in an attempt to scare them away.
Yan Li tried to explain to intermediate the situation: “Umm… They are not outsiders, they are my cousins from another tribe. Let them watch, I promise they won’t interfere!”
The Bodyguard yelled: “Shut up kid! If they are not from our three tribes then they are outsiders. It doesn’t matter if they are your relatives. Tell them to leave before I resort to force!”
Yan Li looked helplessly at Ashen: “Sorry Brother Ashen, I thought they would allow you to watch, but it looks like they won’t agree. Please leave, I’ll meet you in the evening after the ritual”
The bodyguard had a satisfied expression seeing Yan Li asking the outsiders to leave as he turned around to return to the Tribe-head.
“Don’t worry about it, you just go ahead, I’ll resolve this matter!” Ashen replied with a smile while waving his hand at Yan Li.
Yan Li nodded and went ahead towards the ring. He knew that Ashen and Feng Xue were not ordinary since the carriage head who was a core-formation realm expert had asked him to escort them respectfully.
The bodyguard, with a smug expression, was returning to his place beside the Tribe-head when he saw the other bodyguard and the tribe-head pointing behind him with an angry expression.
The Bodyguard turned instantly to see what the concerning issue was.
“These Fuckers…” A vein popped on his forehead as he cursed with gritted teeth in anger at the sight in front of him.
Ashen and the others had ignored his warning brazenly and were now moving toward the ring to spectate.
“It appears they won’t understand unless I deform their pretty faces into shit!”
After muttering that while grinding his teeth in anger, he moved towards them releasing killing intent with heavy steps.
Ashen noticed his killing intent as he looked at the bodyguard.
Seeing that Ashen had noticed his killing intent, The bodyguard expected a cowering and scared expression on the face of Ashen, with him shivering in fear.
It won’t be too much if he knelt to beg him too.
However, contrary to his expectations, what he saw wasn’t a scared expression, but instead, a wide smile.
Along with that smile, Ashen waved his hand towards him as if seeing a friend.
“This Fucker… It seems he’s too eager to die!” He muttered in fury through clenched teeth.
He was shivering with anger right now, seeing how Ashen was mocking him.
In his eyes, Ashen and Feng Xue were only at Nascent Soul Realm, and thinking that he could easily kill them, he was being merciful till now, however, now it was becoming a test of his patience.
“Huuu…” He took a deep breath to calm down as he thought: “The strong should be merciful to the foolish. It appears that this man is too foolish to understand the consequences of his actions. I should give them one last warning and if they refuse to leave even then, then I’ll have to show them the difference in strength!”
Deciding that, he forced a smile on his face despite his desire to kill Ashen as he went infront of Ashen and Feng Xue: “Outsiders, I’m sure I asked you to leave but you are still here. I will be merciful since you are not from our tribe and I don’t want to spill useless blood, so please leave, this is my last warning, otherwise, get ready to die!”
Smiling in amusement, Ashen stared at this foolish bodyguard. This bodyguard didn’t have any idea how much those words could cost him.
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(A/N – Thanks for reading. ^..^)
