“Young master Xue!”

“Who are you!? Remove your foot from the face of the young master this instant!”

“Well, hello everyone. My name is Long Di, thank you for asking, and I would like to keep my foot where it is if you don’t mind.”

I stared at everyone as they all looked at me as if I was… not well. I’ve been getting those types of looks a lot lately.

Uncle Tian Lu was looking at me and everyone else with a smirk. I think he’s gloating about the fact that everyone else has to deal with me. Great, that’s the OP element that I was going for.

“I don’t care who the hell you are! If you don’t move your leg, I will cut it off!” One of the two Four Star Core Martial Masters threatened.

“First of all, you were the ones that asked me my name. I’m simply answering. If we can’t have a normal conversation, this is going to be very difficult.”

Anger is one of those things that makes you really irrational. I should schedule these guys a therapy session.

“G—Get your foot off of me!”

“Quick question. How are you able to talk with my foot in your face? I’m not insulting you or anything, I’m genuinely interested.” I asked him when I saw the so-called young master.

His face was getting red, with veins stretching across it. I wondered if this was some obscure communication method. Either that or he must be one of those ugly young masters.

Boom!

The aura of a Cauldron Forging realm burst out as six red high-ranked cauldrons appeared!

Based on what feeling, I’m guessing he’s using that as some way to get me off. Well, his face does look nasty, so I’m gonna move it.

Seeing that he was able to ‘move me,’ he quickly tried to regain the same haughty look he had before. Though, lemme tell ya the footprint on his face rendered that harder than reaching the heavens.

“So it turned out to be a human!? Tch! I never thought that your sect could fall any lower, but for you to accept a human into your ranks. How pitiful!”

Upon realising that their young master was free, one of the Four Star Core elders immediately moved to take me down before he was stopped by Xue Zi.

“I want to take him down myself or I won’t be able to wash away this shame! Once I trample over him, I’ll go back to their sorry excuse of a sect myself and destroy it! Hey human, prepare yourself!”

“Not gonna lie, you’re sounding pretty racist there,” I said while looking at him.

“Racist?” Xue Zi appeared genuinely confused by the word and was even beginning to feel a little sorry for what he said.

‘Wait a minute, I’m a top expert that is going to take over the Blood Crypt! How could I care for the feelings of those beneath me!?’

“Hmph! Useless sophistry. Just a sorry form of ammunition for the weak!” He said some good-sounding words there, not gonna lie.

Whoosh!

Not wasting any more time, he began to circulate his energy, ready to launch an attack.

“Ah, I see. So you consider talking with common sense useless. Got it.”

“Are you making fun of me!?” Xue Zi’s scowl deepened the more and more he listened.

“What are you talking about? Commonsensical deprivation is no laughing matter.”

I tried to stress the importance of his affliction as much as I could, but it was like the more serious I tried to be, the angrier he got.

I noticed how everyone quieted down and watched the battle between the two of us.

“I’ll kill you!”

He got even angrier than before and took out a sword from his storage ring and he brandished it before me.

I don’t know who he was trying to impress with that, but it couldn’t be me. Also, he should be pretty careful with that thing lest he takes an eye out.

“Scarlet Wave Slash!”

As he swung his sword, a red wave of energy spread out and rushed towards me, probably intending to cleave me apart!

“The young master’s mastery of the Scarlet Wave Slash has increased once again!” One of the Four Star Core experts commented when he saw the attack.

The elders and disciples of the village/sect looked on with worry in their eyes. Wooow… not even a lick of confidence from them, huh?

I mean, they didn’t really know me, but it was obvious that I was affiliated with them and fought for them, so if I fell here (never gonna happen), that would be a further blow to their morale and would be like them losing one of their own… right?

Regardless, I simply stuck my hand out to defend against the attack, shocking everyone present!

“This fool! Is he trying to show off and thinks he can defend against my attack barehanded!” Xue ZI sneered in contempt when he saw my actions.

Boom!

The attack crashed into me and kicked up another explosion.

“Fool! The price for acting arrogant in my presence is death!”

I could hear Xue Zi spit out these words and he didn’t even pay attention to this matter before he turned around, heading to the group of disciples, already considering me dead.

Boy, is he in for a surprise.

At this time, he was riding his own momentum, intending to take the otherworldly beauty he considered his, away.

When everything calmed down, however, everyone gave him strange looks, perplexing him apparently.

Sensing this, he started to look all over himself, probably wondering if some blood had maybe splattered on him.

Tap…

He felt a hand on his shoulder and slowly turned around to see me looking at him. He appeared confused and out of it for some reason. I kinda felt sorry for him, too. Oh, sweet summer child… you are not built for this.

“Are you okay?” I asked.

“Yes, I am,” he absentmindedly responded. “But everyone’s looking at me strange and I can’t figure out why.”

“Do you maybe need some milk?”

“No, thank you. I had some before I came he—”

His eyes widened as he suddenly figured out what the strange looks were for. You could tell this was the kind of guy where the hamster that was supposed to be running on that wheel was suffering from late-stage obesity.

“Why you!”

Whoosh!

He swung his sword in a hurry, hitting nothing but air.

This must have been pretty embarrassing.

He thought he slew me and even turned around like he was one of the power rangers.

Even his own protectors, the two Four Star Core Martial Masters, were shooting him strange looks.

“Why are you still alive!?” He asked, seething with rage.

I just stared at him after that question. How rude was he? “I’m fine, thanks for asking.”

“I don’t care if you’re fine! I asked you, why are you still alive!? How come my attack had no effect!?” He clarified himself.

“Uhm, did you even check my cultivation realm?” I asked.

“What?”

It just dawned on me that no one, and I mean no one checked my cultivation level. Sweet Moses these people are stupid.

Then again, maybe it did make sense. After all, I’m just a human that somehow managed to join a ‘declined trash sect.’ Even if I’m the best here, to them, it would be the best among trash.

The two girls over yonder were at the highest level, and they were at the 1st and 2nd Duan of the Cauldron Forging realm. ‘So how high could this human be?’ was probably what this Xuan Zi thought.

However, since I brought it up, I could feel it, all but Uncle Tian Lu extended their senses towards me to learn my cultivation realm. When this was done, however, their expressions turned to one of horror and I relished in it. Relished in it!

“W—What are you!?”

The ones to react first were the two four Star Core Martial Masters. They had the highest cultivation realms and were thus able to see through my strength the fastest.

“Young Master Xue, get away from him now!”

They quickly made a move to save their young masters, but was I going to give them that chance?

I was much closer too, so it didn’t take me much effort to close in on Xue Zi.

When Xue Zi saw me rushing towards him, he quickly became flustered, even forgetting to put up his defences. What a noob.

“What are yo—”

Pa!

A resounding slap sounded out that instantly refreshed everyone’s mind.

However, the recipient Xue Zi only felt dizzied by the force of the slap he received.

That’s right, I slapped him like I was his alcoholic uncle. I then took advantage of his muddle-headedness and grabbed him by the neck, suspending him a few inches above the ground.

“Release the young master now, human trash!”

The two four Star Core experts ran towards me to take me down.

‘Hhmmm, everyone seems to be suffering from a lack of common sense, it seems. No wonder most MCs end up intellectually mutilated,’ I thought to myself.

Creak…

“No!” The two Four Star Core experts were scared out of their wits when they saw my hands tighten around Xue Zi’s neck.

“Hmph! Young one, do not make a mistake that you will regret later! Release the young master and we will let bygones be bygones,” one of the Four Star Core experts spoke.

The two of them finally calmed down and tried their best to placate me. After all, panicking at this point would just make everything worse.

I wasn’t gonna complain. Hyperactive old men just seemed weird to me.

Boom!

Dum!

I ran my cultivation technique full force, and nine cauldrons exploded into being behind me.

In an instant, I could feel the pressure they gave off and I could see how it daunted everyone around me.

The two experts had an uneasy feeling when they saw this. “What are you—”

Whoosh!

The winds only picked up as I finally released all that I bottled up ever since I came here. As a licenced internet psychologist and therapist, I can say that bottling up stuff isn’t good. So here I am, letting it all out.

And I had to say that it felt good; like a doodoo you said goodbye to after a week of constipation.

My black hair danced in the wind my aura wrought.

“What in the world is that!?” Someone asked with a tremor in their voice.

They finally saw them, the nine black cauldrons materialised, rotating slowly with an ominous light.

Each one of them had inlaid in their groove an immensely pure clear pearl save for one that glowed with grey light, casting the entire thing in an ancient tinge.

Yes, at the moment, they saw me in all my glory. At the age of eleven, I became a One Star Core Martial Master!