Chapter 2 – Depart

Rays of sunlight showered down upon the Lao province. The sun hung in the blue sky. The province seemed to be waking up. However even though on the surface it looked like a peaceful morning, a storm was brewing in a certain orphanage. At the same time a young youth with a handsome face woke up as the rays of sunlight peeked through the barred windows in his room. He got up from his so called 'bed' and yawned loudly without a care in the world. He stretched all four of his limbs and while he was doing so "BANG", his broken down door was forced open.

A young child around the age of 7 barged into his room with a fearful and panicked expression on his face. He wore a white shirt too big for him which looked like a dress. His blonde hair was all scruffy and over the place, his light blue eyes seemed to glint with innocence. This youth's name was An Bo. An Bo was a playful kid who considered Bai Feng to be his older brother since Bai Feng had always been looking out for him.

"'Big brother Feng quickly come, the orphan head has commanded that every orphan must gather in the main dining hall this instant. Something big has happened"

Bai Feng just replied with a smile that made it look like he had expected this situation to occur, his peculiar action startled An Bo. He walked next to An Bo took his hand and said "Come little Bo let us go to the dining hall", An Bo didn't retaliate and followed his senior to the hall which was located next to the treasury room. When they entered the hall, they saw roughly 40 orphans all lined up with their back against a bronze wall and joined the beginning of the line.

All the orphans had the same clothing as An Bo, but some of them had lifeless expressions on their face as if they lost their last glimmer of hope and nothing could excite them anymore. The orphans ages ranged from 6-17. They were all facing forwards towards the orphan head. The orphan head was a fat man who they sometimes called 'Fat Head'. He wore a long tailed black shirt that was too big for him, but too tight around the stomach area. It had blood red stains on it and had food sauce all over the bottom of his suit. He wore brown shorts that had 3 holes on them, the shorts revealed his hairy legs that were infused with scars and burn marks. Atop his head was a fabric coolie hat that had strings poking out and covered his yellowish hair.

At the moment the orphan head had furious expression on his face, his eyes radiated bloodlust and his fat belly seemed to tremble slightly in anger. He kept on marching back and forth while inspecting the 40 orphans that were lined up in front of him. After a while he stopped walking back and forth and faced the orphans, he took a deep breath in and shouted in a deep voice...

" YOU BUNCH OF UNGRATEFUL BRATS. I PROVIDED YOU SHELTER, FOOD, CLOTHING AND A BED AND YOU REPAY ME BY DISHONORING ME... YOU REPAY ME BY STEALING MY BELONGINGS''

When he finished talking, all the orphans in front of him shook with disbelief and started murmuring among themselves.

"Who would dare to steal from the fathead"

"Hooray to the thief"

"Fathead deserves this; the thief should have stolen his clothes while he was at it"

Hearing the comments, the fat head screamed "SILENCE...SHUT UP ALL OF YOU THIS INSTANT"

The fat head's face turned into a tomato, "Now I am going to count down from 5 and give this thief a chance to confess his sins and return my treasures, if he doesn't confess by the time I finished counting, all of you useless brats will go two months without food and bed and will receive 20 beatings a day"

At the sound of the 40 orphans all started shouting in fear, anger and panic and started questioning and accusing each other

"Confess your sins you fucking thief"

"Don't take us down with you"

"Show yourself thief"

An Bo, who was next to Bai Feng, realised that throughout out the whole turmoil Bai Feng had a calm expression on his face and had a smile hanging below his nose

As the children started trying to find the thief, the orphan head smiled coldly and started counting down in a deep voice

'5'

The children were still trying to wring out the thief

'4'

Panic and desperation covered the faces of all 40 orphans except Bai Feng and An Bo

'3' at this point all the orphans were on the brink of tears, the littles ones were already clinging onto the older orphans seeking comfort and help.

'Tw...'

But suddenly just when the orphan head was about to say two a young orphan around the age of 14 with black hair stepped out from the line of orphans.

"Big brother Feng what are you doing"

Whispered An Bo. Bai Feng ignored him and slowly kept on walking forward until he was 10 metres away from the orphan head, while Bai Feng was walking he had an evil smile plastered on his face and his hands were in pockets of his dirty shorts. When he stopped walking he took his hands out of his hands, pointed at the orphan head with his right hand and shouted...

"Oi Pig, you wanted the thief to come out and confess their sins right, because in that case I would like to confess that it was me who went into the treasury yesterday and stole all your treasures including all the pills, dragon coins and martial skills, but before you start badmouthing me I think you should confess your sins and redeem yourself by dying."

At the sound of this the orphan heads face scrunched up in anger and his eyebrows arched up in a crescent shape

"How dare you accuse me of committing sins thief, you are in no position to be making claims. I have the right to detain you and punish you for your villainous act"

"OH HOW THE WICKED CAN LIE" shouted Bai Feng

"Since you don't know what your sins are I will tell them for you. You don't provide us orphans enough food, so we nearly starve to death, you beat us just for the fun of, even to the point where we faint, you make us clean the entire orphanage with our bare hands even the poop messes. So if you still don't know what your sins are, you might as well just die"

When Bai Feng finished talking, you could hear a deafening silent echo throughout the dining hall, no orphan dared to move as they feared for their lives and were eager to see what would happen. They were all thinking in their head that Bai Feng would surely die today and it was best if they did not associate with him. Only one person was brave enough to talk and that was An Bo

"Big brother Feng, ...brother Feng, what are you doing, apologize to the orphan head and he might let you go" whispered An Bo

At the sound of this Bai Feng just turned around and faintly smiled at An Bo as if signalling that everything would be alright and for him to stop worrying. When An Bo saw Bai Feng's reaction he slunk back into the horde of orphans were and started praying for Bai Feng. Bai Feng turned his attention back onto the orphan head and said to him…

"If that's all I will be on my way then"

"STOP RIGHT THERE YOU THIEF, YOU WILL ONLY LEAVE THIS ORPHANAGE WHEN YOUR DEAD"

The orphan head shouted and at the same time released his cultivation of a Rank 3 mortal while at the same time focusing all his strength into his right leg, he pushed off his right leg and catapulted towards Bai Feng at an incredible speed that didn't correspond to his size.

When he was just 5 metres away from his target, Bai Feng suddenly tensed his whole body and released his Rank 4 mortal cultivation. When he did so everyone in the hall erupted and the orphan head stopped in his tracks and displayed a disgusting expression on his face.

"YOU DARE TO ABSORB ALL MY SACRED PILLS THIEF, IS THERE NO HONOUR EVEN AMONG THIEVES? IT TOOK ME YEARS TO EARN ALL THOSE PILLS AND TREASURES" spat the orphan head as he realised that not only did Bai Feng steal his pills but he had also absorbed them.

All the orphans started talking among themselves. Some of the girl orphans started to admire and adore Bai Feng and the boys respected his bravery and strength however amongst all of them the happiest was An Bo as he didn't want his brother to die and felt that his prayers were answered.

Bai Feng ignored the orphan heads angered screams of despair and calmly walked towards him as if he had all the time in the world. The orphan head moved back with every step that Bai Feng took until he felt his back touch the opposite bronze wall of the hall. He fearfully started feeling up the walls as if searching for a way out. When Bai Feng was just 5 metres away from him the orphan head dropped his knees and put his forehead on the ground

"Big Brother Bai Feng please forgive me for my sins, I had eyes but couldn't see Mt Tai" begged the orphan head as he realised that his opponent was one rank above him and was stronger than him and the only way for him to escape was to put his dignity as a man aside as his life was more important to him

As a reply to that an evil smile appeared on Bai Feng's face as he replied

"It is not me you should be asking for forgiveness but god, but I will help you by killing you so that you can beg for forgiveness this instant and be rid of your sins"

At the sound of this, the orphan head picked up his head and said "Please be merciful brother Bai Feng I have kowtowed to you, isn't that enough" as the orphan head said that, tears of regret streamed down his face and snot drowned his nose and below, one could tell that he was truly afraid of death but no man would pity him as at the moment he had threw away his dignity and was not good to look at.

Bai Feng continued walking towards him and only stopped when he was 10 cm away from him, by now the orphan head's sobs and cries could be heard from every corner of the orphanage. Bai Feng raised his right arm above his hand and he formed a knife hand. A moment passed and Bai Feng swung his right arm down with all his might targeting the orphan head's neck.

CRACK

All seven bones in the orphan head's neck snapped and his body sloped down with his butt facing upwards and his face flat on the floor.

Silence... all that could be heard was silence

A minute passed and none of the orphans dared to speak. An Bo's mouth was open wide as he had witnessed the ruthless dictator who had suppressed his life, happiness and hope all his life killed so easily by one of his victims, but the thing that shocked him the most was the fact that a 13-year-old could kill someone easily without blinking an eye and smiling at the same time.

Bai Feng ignored the surprised expression of all the orphans in the hall and walked towards An Bo with the same expression he had when he left. He took his hand, and walked away together with the still surprised An Bo, leaving behind the confused and dazzled orphans. When they walked out of the dining hall and were about to enter An Bo's room. They suddenly stopped as An Bo stopped walking, he turned his head to face Bai Feng and said

"Big brother Bai Feng what about the other orphans"

"What about them?"

"Well they have got no one to take care of them anymore as the orphan head died and they can't stay in the orphanage anymore, so they also got no place to go to"

Bai Feng pondered for a while before he replied

"little Bo think of it like this, they have never helped me before, they never stood up for me or even made a complaint when I was getting bullied which shows that they are cowards, you're the only one who confronted the pig and got punished as a result, that's why I decided since then to take care of you and protect you. But regarding the other 40 orphans, I don't care what happens to them and they can die for all I care, fu*ck them"

When An Bo heard this he was silent for some time and nodded his head in agreement. Bai Feng then told An Bo to go pack his stuff and prepare to leave the orphanage.