Divinity

Minute Subtility

Flames began to blaze within the nameless forest. Wild fires started to spread from tree to tree as the elders of the Bia tribe began to rush towards the forest at the fastest speed possible.

"Elder Bia Suyu, what happened? Who started this fire?"

As Bia Suyu rushed towards the forest, another elder who was of the same status as him, shouted from the back. This elder person was very normal but normal looking. His was Bia Suyu's cousin, and Bou Jin was only made an elder due to Bia Suyu's influence.

" I'm not too sure myself. But we'll get down to the bottom of this sooner or later. For one, I saw that Xiao boy heading into the forest. If he was the one who did this, then you just wait."

Bia Suyu leaped up into the air, his hands spread wide as the elements of fire began to dance around him. He was a martial artist in the True Master realm and had long since formed his dantian. Spirit power began to surge as the flames within the environment began to bend at his will. The flames nearest to him were slowly being absorbed into his body, but the speed was relatively slow.

"Elder cousin, I'll give you a helping hand"

Bou Jin reached towards the Westside, his hands grabbing at the empty void as flames began to surge towards his body as well. His ten meridians came to live within an instant. The other members of the tribe all started to rush over with tanks of water from the nearby river, everyone was putting a lot of effort into stopping the wildfire flames from spreading even more.

On the Loa Plain, the realms of cultivation started at the Meridians Opening, which had ten mysterious meridians in total. These ten meridians to many people may be located in different areas of the human body. Depending on what they cultivated in terms of martial, meditation, or any type of Dao seeking skill, the meridians may be located at a different point in the body that corresponds with the method that was being used.

For example, the Bia tribe practices the flame arts, thus the first meridians that the members of the Bia tribe would target were those that lead directly towards the center of the hands. To manipulate the laws of the flames, the hands were an undeniable factor that they could not avoid.

Thus, their target focus would always be the meridians leading to the hands, which were two in total. After locating these two meridians, the next eight depended on the person and which other eight they would locate with their martial talents!

Over the years, hundreds of tribe members, even though knowing where to locate the first two mysterious meridians leading to the hands, still couldn't do it even upon their death beds. Not everyone had a talent for martial arts and not everyone would be able to shake off the shackles of a mortal being.

This was where the saying "With great talent comes great achievements" came from and even though the area for thousands of miles was abundant in elemental energy, not everyone would have the opportunity to sense its wonders and thus embark on the journey of the great Dao. Most people would even be stuck in the 3rd level of the meridian opening, never to progress for the rest of their lives.

Some could even go further, but the further down the road of martial arts one travels, the harder it becomes for one to travel. But once you do, then, long life and great power await you.

While the members of the Bia tribe were dashing to and from in a fit to put out the flames that were burning the forest, Bia Xiao was rushing towards the river that ran through the middle of the forest and cut at the banks of the Bia tribe.

"What type of energy is this?"

While Bia Xiao was running towards the river, he could feel his heart rate increasing with every beat of his heart, and with that, he could feel a certain energy rushing throughout his body, bringing wild joy and excitement to the cells of his body.

"Is this spiritual energy? No, that can't be right. I've never trained in the tribe's martial arts before, so I have no way or idea of how to sense this energy."

Without even noticing it, Bia Xiao started to run faster than usual, the wild energy continued to rush about his body, giving a great boost to his speed.

"Wait, I can run faster."

This came as a sudden surprise to the shocked Bia Xiao. His shoulder, though it wasn't bleeding out, was still injured, and his bone was cracked due to the sharp knife blade that tore out his shoulder. The torn robe that he used to tie his shoulder was socked with dripping blood, the pain was even more apparent.

"Someone's coming."

Bia Xiao halted his steps, he had a sudden alarm from out of nowhere, saying that he was in danger. He didn't know why he thought that it was the first time he had felt such a strong urge from his mind about the danger and he had been living the life of a loner in the forest for four full years now.

He had come face to face with danger on several occasions and never before had he sensed the call of danger like he had just now. It was like a sixth sense, a type of spiritual connection to the earth below and the heavens up high that was ever-changing and calling, always alerting.

'woosh'

Bia Xiao leans back by instinct, a dagger flashed through his nose with a sharp light that spelled death. The tip of the dagger made a small cut on his nose, spilling a tiny bit of blood.

"Shxt"

Bia Xiao dashes backward, cold sweat dripping down his back. He couldn't tell how he had dodged that dagger at the last second and the worse of it is that, he couldn't tell where the dagger was coming from and at what angle.

"His mother, I also died."

Bia Xiao cursed under his breath, his body bent low, hiding within the bushes. His body was still filled with mud and as he passed through the trees, many leaves would be stuck to his body. This would, in terms, make his body seem like one in the forest.

To most people, one would think it was a coincidence that the leaves and mud played a great part in a sensitive situation like that one, but this move was practiced over and over again numerous times by Bia Xiao during the whole hunting. Bia Xiao's body felt hot, the wildfires of the forest slowly inching towards his direction as the mad howling of Gue Man could be heard.

"This mad dog is going to be a problem. And it seems as if he's not the only one after me, just for a lowly person like me, they would go to these lengths. Well, I get why this Gue Man is barking, but the others know."

Bia Xiao laid flat on the ground, his eyes staring in front. The bushes parted as a young girl landed not too far away from him. In her hand was a short blade burning in flames. These flames were the manifestation of the elements in the area and were linked to the spiritual energy in her body.

"How come this kid is so strange? He's able to sense my dagger and evade it at the last second. Was it by luck?"

Gue Henxe murmured to herself. She slowly walked towards the area where Bia Xiao was lying and shouted.

"You can't escape my sensing ability. I know you're lying low over there, come out or I'll come in and chop you into pieces."

Gue Henxe starred at Bia Xiao's location with frosty eyes. She was at the 7th level of the meridian's opening realm and her senses were heightened with each breakthrough. For Bia Xiao, who had never faced anything but wild animals, how could he escape a 7th level meridian opening realm expert? The only reason why Bia Xiao was able to injure Gue Man was because he was too careless and let down his guard due to looking down on his target. Thus it was inevitable that he would seek his own death.

"What do you people want from me?"

Bia Xiao's heart fell to the bottom of a pit when he heard the young female speak. He was still planning to stay hidden before something told him that it was useless, so, with a great effort, he stood up and walked out in the open.

"Just a commoner, not even an expert in the first stage of the meridian's opening, yet you can sense danger at this level. Truly a little freak if you ask me"

"Not even those from my tribe at the 5th meridian's opening can evade my throwing dagger technique, but you, with nothing but a commoner's instinct, could be able to do it. Is this what they call Minute subtility?"

"Not even some of the old guys from my tribe can do this subtility!"