Fan Huan walks silently in the bustling marketplace as the sun rays of the sun hit the ground. Many people passed by him but he dodged them all without any effort. He just learned earlier that it is April 19, Year 567. Just three days away from the academy registration.
The only reason he wanted to join the Academy is to make trouble for his siblings. He is 14 right now, this means that 4 years had passed after he entered the ceremony. This is the exact age he needed to enter the Academy.
2 Years from now, on September 15, year 569, there will be a beast horde attacking the three clans. All three Patriarchs will sacrifice themselves to stop this beast horde and the brother of his 'father' will replace him as Patriarch. His 'family' will be tortured for the rest of their lives and he will be happy just knowing that.
But no, he is not. He will do that by himself. Now he decided, the first to die in his family is going to be his dear beloved 'uncle'.
That's right, his goal is to destroy all three clans. Why? Because he feels like it.
As he walks on the road of the marketplace, he bumps on a rich man's shoulder, and accompanying him was a beautiful young girl.
Fan Huan thought it was just nothing and continued walking away, when the man suddenly grabs his left shoulder.
"Hey, do you think you're forgetting something? You just bumped into me and you think you can be away with it?" The man said threateningly.
Fan Huan slaps the guy's hand away and he turned around to look at the gall of the man who disturbed his thinking.
The guy is an adult man around the age of 25-27 and he is wearing a red-striped hanfu with a frivolous fan on his left hand. He is looking at him arrogantly, like he is a god amongst men.
"You dare to slap my hand?! Huh?! And what are you looking at, huh?! Peasant?!" The man questioned him.
Fan Huan tried to see if the man had any cultivation and saw that there was none.
When he learned of that, he only said one word, "Trash, " before he points his fingers at the man in a flicking position.
"Huh?" *crack* "Aaaahh!!"
The man screamed in pain when Fan Huan flick his nose slightly and broke it like nothing.
"Weakling! I'm a cultivator and you, a pathetic mortal, dares to go against me?!" Fan Huan said with disdain.
The man held his bleeding nose as he apologized profusely, "Aahhh! I'm sorry revered immortal! I did not know you were a cultivator! Forgive me! I'll do anything! Just let me go!"
"Hmm, anything?" Fan Huan seems to be interested.
The man nodded profusely, "Yes, yes, anything! I'll even give you half of my wealth!"
Fan Huan smiled and said, "Seventy-five percent."
"Eh?" The man seems to not understand what he was saying, so he clarified.
"Give me 75% of your wealth. And then will I let you go, " He clarified.
The man nodded again profusely, "Yes, yes, I'll give it to you in two hours- no, in 30 minutes!"
"Father! What are you saying?!" The young girl beside him finally said something.
The man held both of the young girl's shoulder and stared at her eyes with his and said, "Wang Jao, we don't have any choice. We will be killed if we don't do what he said."
Wang Jao couldn't understand why her father is like this, 50% was fine but 75%? That was something she couldn't take. Her family may be just civilians in this town, without any relations with Fan Clan, but their humans too, aren't they? Why do they get this kind of treatment from those cultivators?
"But fathe-" He cuts her off, "No buts! This is for our lives, please understand, " He was nearly crying at the end of his sentence.
Wang Jao knew she can't change her father's mind right now, so she just agreed, "Okay, I understand, " she said monotonously.
Fan Huan seems to take pleasure from these two's drama, and said, "Oh boohoo, are you finished? Now get me my 3/4 of your wealth, or else your family gets it."
The rich man turned his face towards Fan Huan and said, "Yes, yes, my lord. I'll leave now and come back here in half of an hour."
After saying that, he quickly ran with his daughter towards their home.
People around him were murmuring about what he just did and he got annoyed, "Shut up!"
They shut their mouths before running away.