Divinity

Blue Lava

After a week had passed and the Bia tribe members hadn't seen Bia Xiao for days on end, they came to assume him dead. After all, most of them had seen him head out into the forest the very same day the forest fire started.

Not mention that the Gue family members were also lurking around within the boundaries of the forest as well. So more than likely, he was either killed by the fire or by the members of the Gue family.

A few days ago, the Bia tribe found out that the Gue family held a coming of age ceremony and thus the reason for the young members lurking around their Bia tribe. After getting full details on what was really going, the elder level members were outraged, even the members were furious.

"They must think that we fear them. That Gue Fenlong kid got lucky this time, his grandfather sure got some nerve to think that they can do as they please and get away with it"

Elder Bia Suyu shouted within a great hall as he pounded a table, breaking it into halves. Seated around him were seven other elder level personnel, with his father Bia Anue at the lead.

"Since he wants a fight between the younger generation, we'll play along. Get Bia Long and the others ready, we'll have them head out in the next few days for some good hunting"

Bia Anue wasn't a saint, to be frank, he was a man who values the strong and fearless and hates the weak and worthless. Fighting was his strong point, if he had been weak and easily stepped on, then his Bia tribe wouldn't have been one of the major tribes in the area under the main clans.

"Rest assured father, we'll get it done"

Bia Suyu nods his head to reassure his father of the matter at hand. If they did not retaliate, then where would the face of the Bia tribe go? And wouldn't the other small powers think that their Bia tribe was an easy target and that they could get away with anything?

"About the matter of kid Xiao, should we send out a search party for the kid"

At this moment, on elder who goes by the name elder blue suddenly stood up and brought the topic to a change. This elder blue was top a member of the Bia tribe family, he was someone that Bia Anue runs into when he left the Bia tribe four hundred years ago and became friends with.

Their relationship was just normal, it was just because of his master's strength and contributions to the tribe that he was made an elder. He was at the 5 levels of the Master realm, much stronger than even Bia Suyu but only he knew his true strength, not even Bia Anue.

Bia Anue's strength was just above elder Blue's, being at the 6th level. Elder Blue, over the years, had come to know Bia Xiao's father through some missions he did and with time became friends secretly. When Bia Xiao's family was about to be killed, he was ready to make his move but with a look from Bia Xiao's father, he stayed his hand.

This was because they had no way to get out of their situation, thus if they truly died, they could only depend on this elder to look out for Bia Xiao. Throughout the four years of Bia Xiao's father and mother passing, elder blue had been secretly keeping a watch over Bia Xiao.

Ensuring that no harm came to him, but when it came on to food and shelter, Bia Xiao had to fend for himself. This was elder Blue's way of letting this kid become a man that depended on no one. Anue had come to realize the hidden relationship but said nothing of it, after all, elder blue was a free man and he could not place too many restrictions on him because he wasn't of the Bia name.

"The kid as probably died a long time ago. There's no need to look for him"

Bia Suju waved his hand as if waving the matter off. Bia Suju could remember the family members being taken away in the hundreds, if that damn Bia Tang had given his boy to be a slave, then only a hundred max would've been taken.

"You don't like the child due to the actions of the father. Surely as an elder, aren't you afraid others look down on you. Shameless"

Elder Blue gave a side glance at Bia Suju. After hearing what elder Blue had said, Bia Suju's face became beat red with rage and embarrassment.

"Know you place elder Blue, how dare you talk to me like that"

Bia Suju shouted with widen eyes. All of the elders were present, the face slap that he had gotten was too sudden and shocking to him.

"Kid, don't overstep your boundaries. Tribe leader Bia this one will be leaving and will return in a few days. If there is any matter that needs this Blue to attend, don't be polite just say the word"

Elder by took a step back and turned away. He didn't even look at Bia Suju as he walked away, he wasn't a man who like to waste his words with fools.

"Father, this elder Blue looks down on the rules of the tribe. How dare he excuse himself like that, father we should have him leave the tribe, to set on example to others"

Bia Suju balled his hands into fists, his anger rising with each passing moment. If his father wasn't here, he would have sure to attack this elder Blue to teach him a good lesson.

"I know what your thinking. Be warned that he can kill you ten times over before you can lift a finger"

Bia Anue brows furred as he watched elder blue leaving.

"What!"

Bia Suju stood up from his seat, shock written all over his face. Even the other elders were shocked as well, it had to be known that Bia Suju was a Master realm expert at the 2nd level and his battle skills were exceptional. Only he and his father had advanced beyond the first level of the Master realm.

Thus it was no small shock to them when Bia Anue said that elder Blue could probably kill Bia Suju with little to no effort at all.

"Family head are you sure about that" Bou Jin, which was the cousin of Bia Suju asked with shock.

"To tell you the truth, am not too sure myself. It's just the feeling he gives off, after all, he was able to live for more than 500 years now, one had to be above the 3 levels of the Master realm to live that long"

Everyone nodded their heads, it was the norm or common knowledge to know that only when a martial artist advance to the 3 levels of the Master realm would their life span be lengthened beyond 300 years.

As for Bia Suju, he had lived for 259 years and was looking to make his next breath through. If he failed, then he would start to grow old in his final years and die, everyone knew of this fact.

"No wonder"

Everything started to fall into place with this explanation, no wonder.

"Leave him be. He's no harm to us. But the topic of Xiao, became with it once you're around him Suju"

Bia Anue waved the matter away with his final words. Elder Blue could be seen standing at the edge of a burnt forest, his brows furred.

"Have I truly failed you old friend" 

Elder blue sighed as he started to walk into the deeper parts of the forest. With each step he took, he would cover tens of meters at a time. 

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Deep underground, Bia Xiao was using the heat to drive out the impurities but after the second round of cleansing, nothing else happened. No matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't connect to the first elemental energy in the air, the feeling of rejection still came with a shocking force.

"Still can't connect to the elementals. What the heck is this"

Bia Xiao stood up, looking at the lava just a few feet away from him with a weird thought in mind. After taking a deep breath, he raises his foot and took a step forward. when his left leg made contact with the lava, a crazy burning pain rocks his leg, the skin was burnt black with the smell of burnt flesh.

"Ahh"

Bia Xiao screams as he retrieved his leg and rolled on the floor. The pain of his flesh burning and his muscles drying up was nerve-wracking. The pain was so intense to the point that Bia Xiao passes out even with his strong will.

After who knows how long, Bia Xiao woke back up, he couldn't even the pain of his left leg any more as he looks down at it.

"This!"

What he saw shocked, his left leg was healed and was glowing in a blueish hue. He could feel that the strength of his left leg had risen greatly.