2 Being Expelled

His stood in front of the Heaven testing stone and started de inject his power in it. A weak white mist formed in the stone, with a little star in the center:

"White, one star: early meridian state."

When the people saw the result, everyone started to mock him and call him a waste. The Great Elders looked at him with some pity in their eyes. What the people present didn't know was that the parents and grandfather of this child were strong and brave members of the clan, that died in a secret mission in the Hell Demons clan territory.

As it was a secret, nobody except from some elders and Hammed himself knew the truth. So, since Hammed was 5, he was alone in this world, with nobody to guide him through the path of cultivation, turning him into the waste he was today.

However, the laws and rules of the clan needed to be followed to maintain order. So, with resentful gaze, the Great Elder in the middle said "As all of you know, when a youth fails to step in the essence sea realm at the age of 17, they are not worthy of being part of the clan, so before everyone here, I expel Hammed Lordes from the Heavenly Judgment Clan."

Hammed look calmly to the Great Elders and walked through the crowd to the main entrance of the clan. He stepped out and headed to the forest near the clan and fond a lake,starting to meditate besides it. Some hours passed and a figure came flying in the sky and posed besides him. It was one of the Great Elders. He looked to the youth and said in a firm voice "Hammed, I really sorry about this matter, but not even I can go against the clan's rules."

Hammed look at him and spoke "It's alright Great Elder, even if I passed the test, I think I wouldn't be willing to stay in the clan, I don't have nobody there."

The elder one more time looked at him with pity a said "Well, then I think we split our ways here. Here's a sprit pill, although who take them are fated to never advance in cultivation ever again, they will still boost your cultivation to the peak essence sea realm. Without strength, the world can be very dangerous."

Looking at the pill, Hammed said "Thanks elder, but there's no need for the pill, I have faith that the heavens won't be unfair with me for the rest of eternity."

Hearing his words, the elder thought a little and "Since it's that way, I think this is our farewell." Then he flew into the sky's an disappeared in the horizon.

After the conversation, Hammed got up and searched for a cave nearby. Finding a cave he went in an sat cross-legged, starting to cultivate. If one were to observe his body closely, they would see a thin red glow around his body, this was a technique he created when he just started his cultivation.

Back then, when he was around 6 years old, he tried to start cultivation alone, forcing earthly essence into his body. But no matter what he did, this essence didn't enter his meridians. After weeks of persistence, while he was forcing the essence into his body, a accident occurred. The essence invaded his blood vessels, causing a extreme pain, like thousands of needles stabbing all his body.

When the pain stoped hours later, to his surprise, he discovered that his blood seemed more powerful and an ancient aura could be felt form it. From that day on, since essence cultivation was useless, he started to practice this technique. From then to now, it has been 11 years of tortuous cultivation, but seems like his cultivation was close to a breakthrough.