The beast
"So, little brother Zhang, why are you here?" Si Chen asked with his hoarse voice. "I was send by my master to assist you until further instructions."
"who is your master?" asked Si Guang
"my master is the great elder. Why? Is something troubling you?" the great elder? They had not been informed about the great elder taking in a disciple.
"listen junior brother, we were not expecting a little boy to come as reinforcement, now tell us quickly how strong you are! " Si Chen was getting tired from all that chit-chat, he went straight to the point.
"I am a third-rate martial warrior but I am at the brink of becoming a second-rate martial warrior, I just need to gather more qi and expand my dantian"
The duo was at loss of words. What is the clan and more precisely the great elder think by sending such a weak martial artist.
"anyways now that you are here, you shall assist us. Sending you back would be inappropriate" sending him back was the same as spitting on Master Si's face,They would not dare.
Following his fellow brothers, Si Zhang tried to lighten the mood by asking questions.
"so tell me elder brother Guang, why did you two request for assistance?"
"around six days ago we intercepted a group of spies, and managed to gather Intel about why they wanted to infiltrate the northern province"
"We now know that the just faction is trying to gather information about all the Evil clans"
Si Zhang did not understand why?
"why would the just faction to that?" hearing this dumb question Si Chen answered before Si Guang could.
"because they are preparing for war. It will be a bloodbath, and the first ones to die will be weaklings like you" Si zhang felt attacked by Si Chen's comment but maintained his silence.
Looking at Si Chen, Si Guang signaled him to go easy on Si Zhang. "we have talked enough, let's get to work" galloping with their horses they resumed in scouting the border.
"look there elder brothers, it looks like an encampment" seven hundred meters away from them, under a cliff, a large encampment was present.
"they must be bandits, they are taking it low and gathering forces to later cause a ruckus in the nearby villages"
Si Guang was in approval of Si Chen's words. "let's kill them all. With the three of us, the work will be quickly done"
Entering the encampment, the trio began slaughtering the bandits. Si Guang was killing them cutting them down with his sword , Si Chen was ripping their flesh with his big claw-like hands and Si Zhang took this opportunity to test the si clan qi absorbing technique.
Approaching a random bandit and gripping him tightly. Si Zhang began experimanting.
"absorb"
The bandit began screaming in agony. Si Zhang could feel something warm flowing from his hands to his entire body.
Ding! +20xp, +20xp, +20xp, +20xp, +20xp
The Si Clan qi absorbing technique was getting 200 xp per bandit, only if they were completely absorbed.
When the technique had absorbed all the qi, it would then strike for the life force, leaving a withered corpse on the ground.
Ding! +100xp (bandit killed)
Si Zhang was satisfied of the technique, he needed more xp. Lunging forward and cutting down the bandits legs. Rendering them unable to stand up, less escape. He began absorbing them.
"This junior brother does not lack cruelty" Si Chen was satisfied to see Si Zhang's way of killing. The little boy who he saw earlier, had turned into a cold blooded killer. Maybe he had misjudged him.
Having cut the legs of twenty bandits. Si Zhang began absorbing their qi and life force.
Accumulating a total of four thousand xp for the qi absorbing technique, Si Zhang checked the system.
"system" with a single thought the system appeared.
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Name: Si Zhang
Age: 12
Level: 40
Cultivation technique: Si clan qi absorbing technique lvl 0/10 (4200/5000xp), Si clan footstep technique mastery: beginner
Skill(s): none
Sword mastery: intermediate (0/1000)
Status: Third rate martial warrior
Title(s) : none
Money: 910 gold coins and 204 silver coins
Xp: 21 600/79 000
Hp: 240/240
Stats: Strength(54)
Stamina(44)
Speed(54)
Charm(34)
Intelligence(14)
Agility(44)
Qi(10)
Available points: 0
Physical state: 10
Internal state: 10
Available points: 100
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"unfortunately, I can't upgrade my sword mastery by killing bandits. At least I'm getting closer to level one of the absorbing technique, eight hundred xp left"
"brother Guang, I will look and see if anybody is hiding" entering the largest tent, Si Chen could see young lady's reassuring little kids.
"they surely are the wives and children of the bandits, they must die" hearing these words, they all began crying and asking for mercy.
But this only made Si Chen's blood boil with rage. He despised the weak!
Lunging on his first victim, Si Chen's big hand grabbed her head and squeezed it with tremendous power. Making it explode like a watermelon, pieces of brain and lots of blood filled the room.
Paralyzed with fear and horror, they could only wait for their deaths. In the span of ten seconds, Si Chen massacred them all. His robe and hands were filled with blood.
"It is time to feast" sporting a sinister smile on his face, Si Chen began eating the flesh and drink the blood of these young women and children. It was part of his cultivation technique.
The Si clan man devouring technique was primarily used by the sixth elder. He passed it down to Si Chen, as he was his disciple.
It consisted in gaining tremendous strength by feasting on one's flesh and blood by absorbing the qi that was in it. The absorbed qi was then used to temper his own flesh, bones, ligaments and internal internal organs.
The downside of this technique is that it would slowly turn you into a human beast. "elder brother Chen, are you alright?" From outside the tent Si Zhang could hear the sound of flesh being ripped and chewed.
"junior brother Zhang, leave him be. He is cultivating, let's find a tent where we can do the same"
"okay, elder brother" the two of them found a tent not too far from Si Chen and sat down.
They started cultivating