Divinity

Bia Xiao Hurt

As Bia Xiao stepped out of his little hut, what greeted him was the sight of children playing all around. The Bia tribe had a lot of kids, so much so that the training fields would be filled day in and day out with these kids either playing or practicing martial arts.

The Bia tribe was a martial arts tribe that had been around for 400 years. The tribe leader left the main branch due to internal conflicts that none of them knew of. And even if they knew about it, no one would dare to mention a word of it. The Bia tribe's people practiced the flame arts due to the elemental energy that was within several hundred meters.

No one knew exactly what was supporting this astonishing flaming elemental energy. Lots of clan experts had tried to find the source of this energy for hundreds of years but came up with no luck whatsoever. Thus, they just leave things as they were and just go with the flow of things. From the elders down to the very children, they all practiced the flaming arts. And to Bia Xioa's knowledge, even the other families such as the Meng and Fang tribes also practiced the flaming arts. He can't say for sure about the other tribes within the area because he had never really been out to see these tribes in action.

The only reason he knew that the Meng and Fang tribes practiced the flaming arts as well, was all due to his father's teachings. The average Bia child would begin to practice martial arts when they were 10 years of age. This would be the time when their bodies would be able to withstand the flame and spiritual energy that was floating around in the air.

Bia Xiao was now fourteen years old and, even so, he had never practiced the tribe's martial arts. Due to the disappearance of the mother and father, and to the fact that the clan was deemed outcasts, he wasn't able to learn much from anyone. They all turned their backs on him..

"Heaven or earth, man or Immortal. No one will break me."

Bia Xiao turned to look at the fields and the many buildings in front of him. From one of the buildings at the center, a middle-aged man could be seen walking out with great steps, filled with energy. He was dressed in full black robes and held the presents of a high official in the tribe. Shortly after the middle-aged man stepped out, a few young men also walked out behind him. On their young faces were disdain for all things under heaven, their eyes showed their arrogance and pride.

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"Bia Long, the time for you to shine has finally come. The main branch will come to select a few promising youths from our tribe. Father has been waiting for this for a long time now. Don't let your grandfather down, you and your cousins must perform well at the end-of- year competition."

The middle-aged man, Bia Suyu, turned to the young men behind him with a stern facial expression. The one he looked at the most with deep meaning was a slim young man with sword-like brows and shining eyes which didn't place the heavens in his eyes. This young man was naturally Bia Long.

"Father, don't worry. Bia Long will not let father down"

The young man thumps his chest in response to Bia Suyu's comment. Bia Suyu only gave a broad nod of his head before he started to walk towards one of the training fields in the far distance. It was also at this moment that Bia Long also took notice of Bia Xiao and disgust was instantly written all over his face.

"Look, everyone, it's that trash Bia Xiao again."

Bia Long turned to look in the direction of Bia Xiao with mocking eyes. Naturally, Bia Xiao had heard the conversation between Bia Lomg and Bia Suyu because they weren't holding down their voices in the least.

"Trash will also be trash at the end of the day"

One of the youths walking behind Bia Suyu commented with disdain. It was no exaggeration to say that all members of the Bia tribe hated and disdained Bia Xiao to the bone.

"Leave him be. It makes no sense to waste our time here. Without family martial arts, he would naturally never get out of a mortal's life."

Bia Suyu waved his hand, signaling the others to leave with him. Bia Xiao stood there, looking at the party as they departed for the field. The light in his eyes only grew more deadly but was soon covered up by the innocence of a child once more. With the turning of this body, Bia Xiao started to head towards the forest that was a good distance away from the tribe. He was feeling hungry and thus had to go out to hunt for himself. After walking for half an hour or so, Bia Xiao finally made it to the forest area, and one to the west of the forest entrance was the gravesite of his parents.

"I'll come and see you guys later."

Bia Xiao sighed, with his mind made up, he stepped through the forest with firm steps. There were many wild animals within the forest grounds. Wild pigs and deer could be seen almost everywhere one went. Thus, it wasn't easy for Bia Xiao to go hungry unless he chose to do it himself. As he was making his way towards the west, he fished out a small knife from his torn robe. The knife was very sharp as its blade shined in the sunlight.

"What is going on today? Should there be more wild animals around here? I've been walking for almost one hour now and yet I haven't seen one deer or wild pig at all. Strangely"

Bia Xiao had a perplexed look on his face as he continued to head deeper into the forest. While walking, his ears would be very focused and even his eyes were searching for any minute movements within his surroundings. For the last four years, Bia Xiao had been hunting for food for himself. He had long gotten used to the forest and its sounds. He had also trained his ears to an unbelievable level and even his sight was nothing ordinary.

With these two factors added together with the Raging Tiger Fist art that his dad gave to him, though Bia Xiao hadn't learned any of the Bia tribe's flaming arts or how to sense the flow of spiritual energy, he could still hold his own against small fries and wild animals.

'woosh'

As he continued to head deeper into the forest, he suddenly heard the parting of bushes, something was thrown at him at a fast speed. With quick reflexes, he leaned to the side to avoid a blade from making a connection with his head, but it struck his shoulder due to a jump lean. Blood spattered out from his shoulder, glistening in the bright sunlight.

'Ah'

Bia Xiao fell to the ground, shouting as he held his shoulder in pain. Bia Xiao didn't think much as he rolled on the ground, he rolled into a side bush and as he did, he dashed away, without even thinking of what or who had struck him.

"This kid"

Hiding within a bush, a young man could be seen with red-glaring eyes, staring at the deep red blood on the ground. He had never expected for even a second that the kid Bia Xiao would be able to avoid his knife throw and at such a close and complex hand at that too.

"It would seem that this kid has some skills, haha, this makes the game much better than I'd originally thought it would be."

The young man turned his sights to the west. There, a young girl with a wicked smile could be seen waving at him with a mocking smile on her face. With that one smile, she took out a blade and dashed in the direction of Bia Xiao with cold eyes.

This girl, Gue Henxe, is a demon alright. The young man hiding in the bushes also dashed out with great steps. His name was Gue Man and he and Gue Henxe came from the same family tribe that was not within the ranks of the three great tribes, which were Fang, Meng, and Bia that were the rulers in the surrounding area.

'Woosh'

Bia Xiao dashed towards the deeper parts of the forest. He held his shoulder that was bleeding while running like crazy. Even though he was feeling great pain and wanted to shout, he held it in and dashed away. He knew that his life was on the edge of death. He wasn't sure who it was that wanted to take his little life, even though he knew that the members of his tribe hated him, no one was that bored as to hunt him in the forest, after all, he was still family and only a swift death would work best.

Thus, he knew for a fact that they weren't members of the tribe who were after him this time around.