Tradition

Year 1034 of the Zhang Dynasty - Outlands of Heavenly Phoenix City - West village

(Nie Lee POV)

The Almighty I arrived the despicable nest of rotten eggs know as Outlands.

"City lord, this is the place" Cultivator

Said one of the two cultivator following me while bowing his head.

"This is disgusting but there are enough of them to make ten or twenty pills, my son go and take what is yours" Nie Lee

For thousands of years, the descendants of the City lord family have the tradition of harvesting the raw materials of their first cultivation booster pill, The Jade Yin pill.

"Yes, Father" Nie Ze

This peerless city lord will give these scum the opportunity of becoming something useful to the Heavenly Phoenix City.

"Welcome to the Outlands, how can I help you?" Old man

"Dying" Nie Ze

A bronze aura wrapped his right hand and then pierces the old man's torso.

"Ghaaahh"

The old man spits blood.

"Looks like an empty one"

Nie Ze takes his hand out and kick the old man to the side.

"Kyyyyyaaaaaaaaa" Woman

"Lets get started before the rats run away" Nie Ze

The full body of Nie Ze with bronze aura runs into the village.

"Keep them inside the village, make sure nobody escapes" Nie Lee

Those despicable beings aren't going anywhere.

"Yes, city lord" cultivators

Said the two cultivators as they disperse.

I am sure my son will have the same fun as I have when child, truly shameless.

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(Linjian POV)

I was in the farm when I heard a sound.

"Kyyyyyaaaaaaaaa"

"Was that a scream?" Linjian

Did someone get hurt? I stop working and went running to the entrance of the village taking a shortcut between the houses.

My farm was on the other side of the village so before reaching there...

"What is this..." Linjian

The central square ground was painted in red.

"..." neighbor men

The air was filled with iron smell.

"..." neighbor woman

People were bleeding from their huge wounds while lying down on the ground.

"...Linjian"

Someone called me.

"Hong!"

I follow the voice and run to my friend.

"arrrgggg" Hong

Hong too have a wound in his chest and I freeze up, it was obvious that he wont be alive for much time.

"...run... th...cultivators..."

Hong used his last strength to say these words.

"Hong??"

"..." Hong

He was dead, but there is no time to mourn. His last words were a warning, a warning that make me run to my house.

I run.

"hah, hah"

I run like I never before.

On the way to my home I only find collapsed people with blood coming out of their wounds... I need to go to them...

..."Linjian, I promise to love you till my life ends"

To my family.

..."don't you forget you have me at your side. Together we will fight everything"

To Ziyun and Xue.

..."I will be an alchemist so nobody will have to die"

Why do I feel like this, why do I feel like these voices are going to leave me.

*thump*

I stop in front of my house door.

*thump* *thump*

I can hear my heart beating in my chest.

Open the door.

*thump* *thump* *thump*

Open it, they surely are fine.

*creeeak*

As the sound of the door ends, the insides of my house are uncovered

............

".............."

They...........

".............."

They are..........

".............."

"WHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

Ziyun was sitting on the ground with her back on the wall and Xue was lying on the floor, both of them have their chest open and their eyes were void of any light.

"ZIYUN, XUE"

Crying I grabbed Ziyun with one arm and Xue with another and put them on the closest bed.

"Please wake up"

"........" Ziyun

"This cant be happening"

"........" Xue

"No, please"

".............." Ziyun and Xue

"No..."

"It happened and it was me who did it" Nie Ze

An unknown voice invades the bedroom.