Standing before an ancient forest sixteen year old Jin long stared silently at the frightening scene before his eye , his former thoughts of venturing into the grey fog forest disappeared instantly.
Hiding under the cover of a great tree Jin long watched as a third tier wild beast, the shadow leopard ripped a second tier martial praticioner of the body refining level instantly into pieces.
Bear in mind that was a second tier martial praticioner of the body refining level, he was not even qualified to be a martial praticioner.
In the chaos continent cultivation was divided into four levels namely:
The body refining level,
The energy gathering level,
The energy purifying level,
And the soul sea level.
To step into the cultivator path, one had to awaken a martial spirit.
A martial spirit was the foundation of a martial arts praticioner and without it one can't become a martial arts praticioner,
Seven years ago, Jin long's foster father the head of the link clan lin zhan went missing , naturally the position of the clan head fell on his younger brother with Jin long having no right to claim the position due to him not being directly related to the clan by blood.
The next year being unable to awaken a martial spirit Jin long direct lost the position of the clan's favoured child.
That was when his misery began, unable to keep going on like that he decided to escape to the grey fog forest,but seeing the terrifying scene before him, he directly lost the courage to move on.
IT WAS SUICIDAL!!!
Holding his breath to avoid making a sound until the shadow leopard left the vicinity, he carefully climbed down the tree and fled with his greatest speed.
Exiting the forest Jin long returned to his abode in the lin clan downheartedly
Jin long's hut was situated at a secluded corner of the area in which the lin family lived.
As Jin long was wellknown in lin family he was noticed the instant he walked in.
Just then an arrogant voice sounded"Isn't that the thrash Jin long"staring at the source of the voice he saw the flamboyant but genius son of the current family head lin feng.
Lin feng as arrogant and conceited as he was, had bore a grudge against Jin long and had been looking for opportunities to torment him ever since.
Noticing his bad situation, Jin long quickly turned around to escape the vicinity but was stopped by lin feng's underlings they were all at least in the fourth tier martial praticioner of the body refining level.
Jin long stared grimly at the seven young men blocking his way, he untied his sword and dashed towards them.
Despite noticing that Jin long was sprinting towards them they just sneered.
Their fists emits crackling sounds as they charged forward to meet Jin long head on.
All of a sudden Jin long twisted his body on a weird angle and bypassed the first young man, his sword flashed as he left a small slit on his neck, disbelief filled the eyes of the unfortunate young man as he breathed his last, even at his last breath he still couldn't believe that he was killed by a non martial praticioner.
Shock, disbelief, and rage filled the eyes of the remaining underlings as they surrounded Jin long and bombarded him, after some time Jin long layed on the ground battered and bruised.
Meanwhile lin feng slowly arrived, "tsk, tsk, tsk, Jin long, Jin long, favoured child of the lin family, how does it feels to be on tho ground" he mocked.
Pulling him up the ground he stuffed a steamed bun into his mouth,"enjoy, cause you won't be able to see the sun tomorrow" he snorted.
Handing Jin long over to his underlings he ordered " throw him into the sword gorge" then he swaggered away while laughing hysterically.
Following lin feng's order they dragged Jin long over to the sword gorge.
The sword gorge got it's name from a legend which is told of a supreme expert that split apart the earth with his sword therefore creating the mysterious sword gorge.
It was also famous for the sharp and fast sword energy gathered within the gorge.
Arriving at the sword gorge, they mercilessly threw Jin long into the gorge and without sparing another glance left, mind you that it was rumored that no one who entered the sword gorge ever came out.
Jin long descended into the sword gorge like a meteor, as swift sword energy pierced his body, his eyes was filled with despair and mostly resentment.
"If I survive this, I swear I would annihilate the lin clan, I don't care whether they are related to father or not I will destroy them!" he swore.
Gradually he fainted from the pain.
Suddenly a greater pain woke him up"arrrrrrrggggghh!!!" Jin long screamed at the top of his voice, his pupils emited divine blue light as the process of spirit awakening began.
"Why now!" Jin long was in pain, gradually his vision blurred.
"Am I going to die here"
"No I can't die here!, I still haven't found father!, I still haven't destroyed those bastards!!, I can't die here!!!, I CAN'T DIE!!!!,".
Jin long forcefully opened his eyes turning to stare down at the endless abyss in which he was falling into, mustering all his energy, Jin long activated all the spirit which he just awakened.
A supreme force instantly burst out from deep within his body blending into his flesh and bones, his blue eyes instantly turned golden and he instantly lost consciousness.
. . .
Back at the lin clan.
In the clan's head's mansion.
The father and son duo, lin feng and his father lin er xi.
Lin er xi, lin zhan's younger brother currently the clan head of the lin clan was full of smiles as his son narrated the story of how he successfully killed Jin long.
"Hahahaha, good job, you did well!"
He laughed so hard that his eyes narrowed into slits, meanwhile lin feng flashed a proud smile.
"Haha, let's go see the reaction of that old geezer when he hears that his favourite grandson is dead" lin er xi proclaimed as he and his son walked out of the courtyard.
Under the sacred land of the lin clan, in a huge underground chamber, Nine white haired elders were chained up, and it was unknown when they were locked up here.
They were all mysterious, seeming to have experienced the ups and downs of life, but the most mysterious of them was the man at the center, this particular white haired elder had many deep wrinkles on his face, but the most striking factor was the striking resemblance to lin er xi and lin feng, he was lin er xi and lin zhan's father!.
Not long after lin zhan went missing, his father lin jian took the eight protectors of the clan and went in search of lin zhan but was assassinated by a supreme expert, but it was obvious that it was all part of lin er xi's plan, he had gotten the help of a certain supreme expert to subdue his brother, his father and the eight protectors.
Suddenly the sound of lin er xi's voice interrupted the peaceful and tranquil atmosphere of the underground chamber"ha ha, old geezers I have great news for you".
They all just stared silently at him not giving him any response.