CHAPTER 1

SI Yehan looked at the brown leather covered book that was decaying at the ends and the crisp brownish pages in between the covers , what surprised him was the fact that the pages were all blank. Surprised he brought a dimly lit candle on the oafed perhaps it were tiny but he couldn't see anything. Feeling defeated he gently placed the book back on the shelf and gave a small mocking smile.

As soon as he did that the door to his room opened and a gorgeous slim woman was standing at the doorway , she had lovely blue eyes and black hair that cascaded all the way to her waist.

"Yehann.. listen to your father, he loves you that's why he is harsh with you " The woman said, She was his mother.

" Mom, I don't really have an aptitude you know we tested it " SI Yehan said feeling defeated. He would ofcourse love to be powerful and attend prestigious academies.

"Hushhh...." His mother said and closed the door quickly " you are not allowed to speak like that , nobody must hear of that you hear me. You might be a late bloomer" his mother said as she made her way to the wooden chair and took a sit.

Yehan didn't give her any reply and looked away , he always felt like he was not good enough. Suddenly, the book shelf got interesting as he looked at the faded paint on the wood and the multitude of old brownish books . His mother sighed and got up " you are just in the Mortal stage one at least eat some pills and training so u could attend an academy even if it's not cultivation major" his mother told him.

He nodded his head and gave her a small smile . " Remember you have just two months left for the Academia Competition" She said and directly left the room .

Yehan looked at her exiting figure and regained his fighting spirit and he directly brought out the book he couldn't decipher and made up his mind that after he finished deciphering the book he would start to train.

He took the book and walked out of the room heading to his favorite cave hideout. He walked slowly and took in the statues he has seen before the houses of the various elders the flowers planted due to his mother's insistence. He was a few centimeters away from the gate when he heard a snicker .

" Trash you think we don't know what happened you didn't awaken any aptitude three years ago" SI Tao said. Shit Tao was one of his children of the Various Elders to be specific he is the Grand Elder's son.

Yehan narrowed his eyes how did the news get out , he pinched his nose bridge at the upcoming stress. "Don't bother with him, prepare for the Competition, A trash at Mortal stage one is not qualified to be your opponent" Shi Fan said with a snicker and the other boys agreed with him with whispers of 'hmmph acting all high and mighty' among others.

Shi Fan is the family Head's Son , he is at The Warrior stage five and a well known genius . SI Yehan himself is just the Disciplinary Elder's Son. He looked at the group of people who were ass kissing and sucking up to Shi Fan . He wasn't ready to bother with them and just strode out of the gate .

As he walked out of the gate he took a short desolate route to the Beast Forest . Thanking His goodness that he didn't meet any beasts on the way . He walked through the forest that looked dark as the towering trees had blocked sunlight, the crunch of the dead leaves with every step he took and the chirping of birds and crickets .

He got to the tree , a big tree that's over 6 meters wide he had found the tree in the forest by mistake. He found the hole in the tree and entered it , immediately he was transported to a cave with murals of a man fighting beasts, teaching people and the same man holding a sword. The mural holding a sword was looking mighty and strangely he could feel the aura of the sword . He brought out the book and sat cross legged on the floor of the cave that was surprisingly clean. The cave didn't have an end , he couldn't find the other exit so he just stayed close to the hole he entered with. The cave was humid and dark but that particular spot had sunlight shining through which was surprising has the Beast Forest lacked sunlight.

He opened the book cover unto the fist page of the book and used his right hand to feel the page then something pricked his hand and he quickly retracted it. There was blood rushing down his finger , he closed the book and tried to suck the finger to probably reduce the blood

He noticed something strange as the blood touched the book cover he felt a pressure coming from the book towards his blood and it continued. His blood kept on pouring towards the center of the covered book like crazy. He started to feel dizzy and his vision begin to be blurry. He didn't know what's was happening and how to stop it.

He smiled , he couldn't die if blood loss here Who will find his body, will his body ever be found in the cave. That was his thoughts as he fell weakly with a thud on the cave floor

He thought about his mother, how she would react and how she would live on without him and how happy his father will be as he will not be associated with his father an longer.

He thought about his books waiting for him on the bookshelf and how everyone will be happy they had finally gotten rid of him. He thought about how his father would treat his mother well because it was because of him his mother suffered in the hands of everyone.

He gave himself a small smile as his vision slowly went black.