Although the old man taught them martial arts without favoring any of them, he did not prevent fights among the children in private.
In fact, the old man even encouraged this kind of behavior of fighting in private.
The old man had told them that only those who could stand out among their peers would be able to leave the enclosed courtyard!
Once they left the courtyard, they would be adopted by families, and then they would have real parents and a home.
Because of these words, the struggle among the children in the courtyard always existed, and they all yearned for the place the old man spoke of.
As a result, dozens of children split into several small factions, forming groups to confront each other.
Just because even if they killed another child among them, no one would care, not even the old man would question it; instead, they could strut around making others fear them.
And those children who died would only be thrown into the backyard to feed Big Black!
