Chapter 15 - Battle - 1

The journey continued for a day without anything happening. On the journey Long Yang found enough time to collect his thoughts.

After shedding his last bit of tears in the forest five months ago, he survived through all kinds of life and death situations in the forest. In the city, he heard people talking about all kinds of extermination. He heard some people in the past who killed a bigger clan than Sun Clan because of a minor offense. And even worse was nobody thought about it was wrong to do so. They were even cheering for it and called it a birth of a powerhouse. Even after under the impending doom from Sun Clan when they heard him abandoning the clan, he didn't think about exterminating the whole clan just for a bunch of people. One would be short of anything but not simple minded people in this world. Just because of Sun Guo, he wouldn't put the blame on innocent people in the clan.

'For being able to exterminate a whole clan one would have to be stronger than anyone in that clan. But if I become that strong, would killing the whole clan because they might come for revenge some day be necessary anymore?' thought Long Yang deeply. 'The only threat they can bring would be to my loved ones but I have none. For the people outside of the clan, they might think my bane is Sun Clan, but they are more than welcome to take revenge on Sun Clan because of me. It is still early to decide on how to approach my future enemies, since I can't say for sure that I know mindset of all people in this world. Opression would bring more gains in the long run than killing so that is one of the choices too, if they're at least that bit of smart. But one thing is for sure, staying alive in this world is tougher than I thought. I might get crippled or "accidently" killed in the arena of the sect. And I don't even count the missions and Sun Clan. So gaining power is the priority for me.' thought Long Yang.

Actually he already had similar thoughts even before arriving the sect. That was one of the reasons for accepting the mission for clearing the bandits. For his first target who he will be taking initiative to kill, he decided on a criminal. The bandits' death was already determined when they were counted as a mission in the sect. Even if they survived the outer disciples and killed them instead, they would have to face the wrath of the sect after that. So they were ideal target for honing his killing intent which he lacked greatly.

Because the sect robes would be intimidating he decided to just stay and cultivate in the caravan. Thus road passed peacefully for another hour. Sometimes the carriage would get jumpy from the stones on the road but Long Yang wouldn't give it a much thought, since he were always on his toes in the forest before.

But things soon got more hectic than that. His cultivation got interrupted by a shout "Help!!! The bandits!!".

Hearing the shout Long Yang jumped out of the carriage. What he saw was another unfamiliar carriage ahead which had numerous bloodied bodies around it. And there were more than twenty people who are equipped with light armor who are attacking his escort team.

Since they caught them with a surprise, the escort team were be able to deal with the bandits. The bandits weren't waiting for such a resistance but it wouldn't take much time to be able to attack in order. Their leader would be able to put them on line.

Long Yang noticed it was a chance to tip the scales to their favor and sprinted to the front lines.

After gathering almost tenth of his Qi, he used Dragon Stretching Its Claws as a punch to a nearby bandits head. But to his surprise, the head of the bandit directly exploded. The bandits were less powerful than he thought they would be. He rooted on the ground for a second and shook his head.

-A third layer of Qi Condensation cultivator has been slain. The host gained 6 Immortal Domain Points.-

But the pause only took a second and quickly jumped to the next person.

Seeing their friends head explode this way the bandits' faces got pale and started crying for help.

-A first layer of Qi Condensation cultivator has been slain. The host gained 1 Immortal Domain Points.-

-A second layer of Qi Condensation cultivator has been slain. The host gained 3 Immortal Domain Points.-

-A second layer of Qi Condensation cultivator has been slain. The host gained 3 Immortal Domain Points.-

After killing the fourth person, the bandits were already scattered and were looking at a spot behind them. Following their gaze, Long Yang noticed there was a hooded person walking towards him slowly. The man was emitting a strong aura and seeing that Long Yang's decided to get serious.

He was prepared to brace the attack of the man but the man didn't act on his expectations. Instead Long Yang heard an old voice from the man.

"Since when the deceased of my clan has become a disciple of the Mount Emei Sect. Have you become a traitor after deceiving us for almost a decade?"

A creepy smile could be seen under the hood of the man.

Hearing the voice Long Yang frowned and black lines could be seen on his forehead.

"This voice...First Elder..." muttered Long Yang.