Chapter 26 The hun

Chapter 26

A large edifice stands grand and majestic towering near the west side of town. Inside on one of its large and elegant rooms four men stood around a bed where a middle aged man lays. The man was elder Martin, at the moment he relaying the story of what had happened.

"Why didn't he killed you?"

The clan leader with a stern and angry expression coldly said after elder Martin finished talking.

"I…I activated the soul curse, I think he felt it because he… he suddenly stopped."

The Li clan elder knew that his life was over. When the soul curse was activated death is certain to the target within 5 days. But it will also consume the life force of the caster no matter what cultivation realm he is in. The only drawback of this spell is that once detected it can be cleansed by holy energy, the more holy energy the person has the less effective the curse is.

"The soul curse will ensure his death, clan leader what is our next move?"

One of the elders asked.

"I want to kill that insect personally. Father I can't rest until I personally get revenge for my son."

The clan leader kneel facing the old man besides him. Although already advance in age, the old man still looks imposing and calm. This is the Li clan's patriarch who is already at the peak of the gold core realm.

"Don't worry my son, I also want my grandson's killer to die by our hand. We can use the soul curse to trace his where about."

After saying this the clan patriarch look at elder Martin who had a look of horror in his face.

"Pat… Patriarch, please spare me! I already did what I can."

"But you still let my son die! The enemy is just a lowly mortal, how could he defeat the lot of you, even killing more than 20 of our core disciples."

The clan leader was seething with rage as he shouted. Then he look at his father the clan patriarch where both had a tacit understanding and nod.

Seeing this elder Martin wanted to move but it was too late. A force immobilize him and a tiny orange light suddenly appear from the Li clan patriarch's finger slowly entering his forehead. This is soul extraction, a very dangerous technique that only peak gold core cultivators and above can do. Because this technique consumes almost half of the spiritual energy of the user.

The face of elder Martin became pale and his eyes turned white lifeless as his body convulse involuntarily. Then after a while the light became bigger as it exits the forehead of elder Martin who suddenly stopped moving and was dead.

The now fist size orange light slowly floated to the clan patriarch's finger and he guided it to his forehead. When it enters the clan patriarch closes his eyes.

The room became silent as they waited for a while. Inside the clan patriarch's mind he can see what had happened he replayed everything as he slowly absorbed the soul memory.

Then he gently opened his eyes feeling a little weak but a glint of craftiness appear.

"Father? How is it? Where can we find that boy?"

The clan leader was a little uneasy, now that elder Martin is dead, they don't have a way to find the culprit of his son's death. He didn't even know if the soul reading and absorption was a success.

"I can feel his presence, don't worry. We need to prepare, that boy is no ordinary mortal."

"Father, what do you mean?"

"You will see. We will leave first light tomorrow. Clan leader Hong, 1st elder Laczir you two come with me."

Then the clan patriarch walks outside the room followed by the rest.

The clan leader and the other elders was a little confused but is unable understand what is going on. But since they're still going to hunt the youth, they need to prepare.

The darkness is unnerving accompanied by cries and howls of demon beast every now and then. In this gloomy place a shadow dashed through the trees like a ghost. This is Shin Jiao who ran with all his might. He used stealth to pass through the town's gate without the guards knowing. His bloody arm has started to heal themselves as he weave through the trees. His whole body is in pain coupled with the lingering foreboding feeling of great danger, he felt unease. When he was about to end the life of the Li clan elder at the time, he actually stopped because of the foreboding feeling and the evil smile from the elder, which is like a drop of cold water tingling his spine.

Now as he run through the forest, he is trying to figure out what's going on.

"I don't know if it's safe to enter the mansion space? But if I don't, I feel like this foreboding feeling will not go away. Ahhh… whatever this pain is killing me. I'll enter the space, when I reached the inner borders."

He didn't stopped dashing through the woods and bore through the pain he is feeling all over his fatigued and tired body.

Meanwhile, three people are walking in a dark passage way. The clan leader and elder Laczir follows the clan patriarch until they reached the other side of the passage which is near the forest outside the town.

"Father, are we going to hunt the kid now? You look tired, you should rest first."

"No need to be alarmed. Our target is just a mere insect who is running frantically thinking that the forest can protect him. Ha ha… Follow me, we have to finish this as quickly as possible."

Then the three of them quickly flew directly towards Shin Jiao's direction.

Meanwhile, Shin Jiao is now at the inner borders of the forest. Looking around to make sure no one is following him, as the feeling of danger still lingers. Then gritting his teeth, he jumped to the mansion space.

With the disappearance of Shin Jiao, the Li clan patriarch immediately felt it, so he stopped in mid-air. He had a confused expression in his face. Knitting his brow he decided to still investigate the place where he last felt the soul presence.

"Father, is there something wrong?"

"Umn… The little insect seems to know how to hide. It's either a skill or a teleportation, I don't know. The soul connection seem to have banished."

"What! How can that be? We cannot let him escape!"

Clan leader Hong shouted in panic.

The clan patriarch didn't mind him and the group just flew toward the place where Shin Jiao disappear.

Inside the mansion space, Shin Jiao has a big smile on his face. He can clearly feel that the foreboding presence is quickly vanishing. And what made him amazed is that on his arm, there is a strand of orange smoke coming out faintly. If he didn't checked his body thoroughly and felt a stinging pain, he may not have found it. His body seems to automatically eject the strand which is like a wisp of soul.

He stayed inside the mansion space until the strand and the foreboding feeling vanished on the second day. He felt really lucky that he decided to enter the mansion space or else he wouldn't know what would happened to him.

While waiting he is thinking on how to face the Li clan. If he cannot really escape his situation, he have to go and find another town then. But the problem is, what if there are also members of the Li clan in that town that would be another problem.

Since he didn't know what would happen next then he have to prepare for the worst then. A plan immediately was formed in his mind. Power is the ruling force in this world, which he already understood.

He have to get stronger or create more power for himself, if he rely on cultivating alone that would take him too long time. But he has in his hands the greatest power of creation, which can balance his weakness.

So, he decided to stay for 5 days in the mansion space, where he created some blueprints and crafted new weapons.