Chapter 7: A Situation

Jia Yuan helped his master dress his wounds as best he could

and placed his master on the bed.

He then walked towards the pot that his master always cooked

congee in, and looked inside. Sure enough, there was congee, but it was cold.

Jia Yuan sighed and took out a flame ember to light a fire for the pot. After all, hot congee is much tastier and more comforting than

cold congee.

However, the entire while, his heart was burning with rage.

After all, the money that was stolen from his master was no small amount. It

was several thousand small fire shards, more than enough for his master to live

in comfort for the rest of his life. Not only that, but the fire shards were

also acquired from selling Dou Di to the Army! It in a way represented Dou Di!

In his heart, Jia Yuan made a vow.

I will be strong!

-2 Months later-

Jia Yuan and his master were able to scrape by, despite

being robbed by the Zhao family multiple times. The Zhao family was truly

becoming more and more daring, and the rest of the village yearned for a chance

to retaliate.

Alas, they were too weak.

Furthermore, every time the Zhao family robbed a villager,

they increased their own power by purchasing slaves as well as pills.

The villagers of Fire Hill Village were truly trapped. They

did not have the strength to fight against the Zhao family, but if they did not

fight against the Zhao family, they would only fall behind and suffer even

more.

At this time, Jia Yuan was practicing his swordplay about 50

meters from the old shack.

Despite having practiced for two months while consuming the soul

cultivation pills provided the Elder, Jia Yuan was unable to progress to the 2nd

level of Absorption. While advancing to the 2nd level of Absorption

would usually take at least a year even for a cultivator of high talent, Jia

Yuan had the help of a large supply of soul and body cultivation pills.

“How can this be? I can feel myself stuck at the peak of the

1st level of Absorption, but I can’t reach the 2nd level!

I’m sure that my soul is strong enough, and after so much training, my body should

be comparable to the peak of the 3rd level!”

Jia Yuan desperately wanted to become stronger, so that he

could defend his master from the Zhao family. After all, the two of them did

not have many fire shards left, and if they could put up enough retaliation,

the Zhao family would turn their heads to easier prey.

Sighing in frustration, Jia Yuan returned to the shack.

His master was sitting at the table inside the shack, gazing

wistfully at a congee pot with a hole in the bottom. He noticed Jia Yuan

entering, and called out to him. “Ah, Jia Yuan, I have an errand for you to

run!”

“I need you to visit RockFire City and purchase a pot! I

hoped to be able to fix this pot, but those bastards from the Zhao family

really did a good job of breaking it…” –grumble-

“Here is five fire shards to buy the pot with… we won’t have

many left.”

“It’ll probably take you a week to get there and back so I’ll

just have to make do in the meantime. And Jia Yuan, I know you are strong, but

do your best to keep safe and don’t antagonize anyone okay?”

“Yes master, I’ll go get the pot and come back as fast as I

can and I’ll do my best to keep safe, don’t worry. Should I go now or in the

morning?”

“If you leave now, you should be able to get to the other

side of the forest, where it’ll be safe. If you wait until morning, it’ll be

another night without hot congee. Go now.”

“Ok”

As such, Jia Yuan promptly ran outside the shack, grabbed

his wooden sword, and ran in the direction of the forest. What his master said

was true, if Jia Yuan ran at a quick speed, he should be able to exit the

forest before nighttime. As for if he was caught in the forest during nighttime…

well, Jia Yuan didn’t want to think about it.

After about three hours of running, the sun was about to

set, and Jia Yuan panted as he exited the other side of the forest.

If I remember

correctly, I’ll see another village in another ten minutes or so…

As Jia Yuan surmised, after 9 minutes of running, he did see

another village.

However, there were sounds of weapons clashing and it

appeared that some of the buildings were on fire. At the same time, some

children and women were running towards Jia Yuan, towards the forest.

“This situation… The village must be under attack!”

“A fight!”

Jia Yuan’s blood boiled as he charged toward the village!