The Yang clan
The Yang clan was a mid level clan that has been existing in the suncloud city for over a few centuries. They were among the three strongest clans of the city . The other two were the Wen clan and the Zao clan .
This three clans has been in constant conflict for as far as their clans were formed. They fought over land , resources and the chance to bring more young cultivators with potential to their clans .
The suncloud city was a fairly large city that was located in the xiao state of the western province.
And it was home to many different smaller and medium size cities and towns with numerous different clans and sects .
In the training grounds of the Yang clan a lot of young kids were busy training their martial arts and hand to hand combat skills.
Some were sparing with an opponent while others were training their swordsmanship or skills with the bow and arrow.
In one corner of the training ground far from the rest of the kids was a young boy around the age of six . He had jet black hair and black eyes dressed in a black traditional Chinese training uniform. He was training with a pair of wooden short swords, although his movements were slow and not as good as the other kids, he was very focused on his swordsmanship.
“ ha “ ha , ahhhyaa “ he continued to swing his wooden swords while moving around the place .
One would think he was battling an imaginary enemy.
After continuously swinging his wooden swords and practicing his movement techniques he stopped to rest while breathing heavily with one of his hands on his right knee.
“ hey check it . It’s that brat Zinchen “ a voice was heard coming from behind him and when he turned to see it was, he could see three other young kids walking towards him.
The were around the same age as him .
“ I wonder why he try’s so hard. I mean wasn’t he said to have a weird condition and that he can never cultivate?”
One of the kids said while looking at him with disdain.
At this point some of the other kids in the training ground had stopped their sparing to see what was going on.
“ oh look it’s Yang fen . And it looks like he’s about to deal with zichen again “
“ yea it’s pretty bad but there’s nothing we can do “
“ Hahaha I think a good show is about to happen “
“ yea that brat zichen can’t compare to brother fen at all “
“Yea brother gen was among he top of our batch of those that took the test “
Some of the kids around felt bad for zichen while the rest were just happy to see something interesting happen .
“ yea . He’s just a useless piss of s**t that the clan would never invest in “ the other kid with a tiny eyes said while laughing at him .
“ He’s as useless as his father “ said the taller kid in the middle who happens to be the leader of the other two .
“ that’s none of your business Yang fen. I will keep on training and I will prove all of you wrong “ zichen said with a firm look on his face.
“ oh? Well then why don’t I help you experience what it’s like to be trash and then maybe you will just accept your fate and stop daydreaming”. Yang fen said and he started walking towards Zichen . As he walked he began gaining some momentum and before long he was already sprinting towards Zichen .
Zichen seeing this immediately got into a fighting stance and held his swords tightly in front of him. And when Yang fen was close enough he swung his wooden sword as hard and as fast a he could but Yang fen easily sidestepped and avoided the short swords.
“ it’s useless wether you fight back or not “ yang shouted as he delivered a punch straight to Zichen’s face. The hit was so strong that it sent him flying backwards and crashing into the fence of the training ground.
“ you can’t even take a single hit. You truly are useless. Next time don’t you dare talk back to me else, don’t blame me for being merciless “
Yang fen said and started walking away.
Zichen was left lying on the training ground floor with blood flowing out of his mouth and his body bruised and dirty from the earlier fight which was more like a beating .
After laying on the floor for some time he stood up with difficulty as he made his way out of the training ground and towards his home.
Zichen’s father was a mid level member of the clan and because he wasn’t very strong or gifted in cultivation so he was not able to climb up the ranks of the clan.
And that resulted in them not getting enough resources or good treatment. Their house was located at the edge of the clan’s territory where those with low talent for cultivation and those that were not related to the clan by blood or those who do not share the surname Yang would usually stay .
As he walked home passed the house close to his home, the neighbors couldn’t help but noticed he had probably gotten into a fight and was hurt .
“ Hey little zichen what happened to you? Did you get into another fight again ?”
An elder man asked as zichen walked passed him .
“ Old man zao you should know by now that zinchen doesn’t go about looking for trouble, so if he got into a fight then am pretty sure they were the ones who started it “
Another elderly man said from the house across the street.
It’s okay old man zao , grandpa Li . I’m fine , it’s nothing serious “ Zichen replied as he continued walking home .
As he got to the front door of his house he could hear the voices of his parents talking inside the house. He stood outside for a few seconds then took a deep breath, pushed the door open and went Inside .
“ oh good zichen you’re finally back . I was thinking you were going to spend the entire day on the training grounds “ his mother while still in the kitchen but the moment she came out and saw the state he was in she immediately ran over to him .
“ little zichen what happened to you? Who did to you ? “. She frantically asked with concern all over her face as she started looking at his wounds .
“ it’s okay mom , I’m fine . It’s just a flesh wound “ he said as he grabbed his mother’s hand.
“ no it’s not okay , you’re wounded and bleeding . Stay here let me get a warm towel to clean your wounds “ she said as she quickly walked back into the kitchen.
“ no need mum I’m fine “ zichen tried to stop her but she was already out of the room .
His dad walked over to were he was and looked at his wounds .
“ was it that Brat Yang fen that did this to you ?
His father asked in a deep voice.
His father was a tall man with great physical attributes and a goatee . While his mom look slender , not too tall and charming with a head full of dark hair .