Incident that changed his mind Part 1

In Xuan Village,

"Miss Xin, these are the bills for the Heavy Bricks and the materials for houses. Half of the materials have been imported already but the other half is still on its way." Han Yang places the bill on the table while giving her the report.

"Good work, Elder Han. You should take a rest. From that incident, you haven't taken any break. Cao and I will handle other things." Zhao Xin spoke while sitting on the Village Chief's chair. She was almost like a vice village chief plus secretary and the elders have no objection.

"Yes, Miss Xin." Han Yang nods his head and leaves. He was indeed tried and getting permission from her, he can finally rest for a while.

"Cao, help me sort out the bills of different materials. We need to finish all of the paper works before Village Chief returns." Zhao Xin said while separating the bundles of bills. The materials of houses were in large quantity.

Hence, they couldn't be ordered from a single shop. So, there were dozens of bills that they need to separate.

"Miss Xin, if you don't mind, can I ask you something?" Yu Cao was standing next to her. Now that Gu Tan wasn't here, she became Zhao Xin's secretary and started learning from her. Of course, even if Gu Tan was here, she wasn't ready to be called a secretary.

"Hmm, yes?" Zhao Xin slightly paused but soon continued her job while nodding her head.

"Why does everyone in a village respects him so much? No matter how much good his talent might be, or how much wisdom he might have, he seems little too young to get much respect from the crowd." Yu Cao asked with a troubling expression on her face.

Hearing her question, Zhao Xin suddenly paused for a moment and lowered her head.

"Why huh? Well, it all started four years ago when we were just kids."

......

Four Years Ago,

"Come on Tan, let's play hide and seek. Look, everyone is playing while you are sitting like a rock." On the ground, six years old Gu Tan who was barely three feet tall was meditating with his eyes closed. Next to him, there was a girl who kept pulling him away.

This girl had a cute and round face and with her small height, she was like a princess wearing a pink skirt.

"Yin, don't disturb me! I am trying to concentrate." Gu Tan sighed as he opened his eyes. In front of him, there were ten dozens of children playing around. Some were playing with a ball, some were playing hide and seek. But, he was meditating.

There was some seriousness in his eyes as he clenched his small fist.

'I need to train Body Metamorphosis Technique to perfection. After five years, Gu Family will attack my village. I need to protect it. Only if I get strong enough, I can protect my village. I would only have one year of cultivation after awakening martial soul at the age of ten.'

'One year won't be enough but this time, my Body Metamorphosis Technique will save my martial soul from crippling and also store a massive amount of potential in my body as long as I practice it to perfection. Then, getting stronger in a single year won't be just empty words.'

'As long as I show my talent, I will be recruited by one of the main sects as a genius disciple and then I can pretty much protect my village with the sect's powers.'

"Everyone! Everyone! I found a monster beast."

Suddenly, a voice startled him and woke up him from his thoughts.

"What? How did a monster beast reach here?"

"Run! Everyone run!"

Suddenly, the children started panicking and wailing. But, the child who saw the monster beast shouted again "Wait, wait, wait, this monster beast is dead. There is no need to run away."

'That's right! That's the exact reason why I am here. In my previous life, I got busy with something else and couldn't join them when they found a dead monster beast. It was Low-Rank Monster Beast. But this time, I specifically came here for this dead monster beast.'

'If I get its core, then I can speed my Body Metamorphosis Technique. Let's see if I can get my hands on it.' Gu Tan instantly stood up which surprised Zhao Yin. Without even reacting to her, he rushed towards the monster beast.

"Wait Tan, why are you so worked up?" Zhao Yin asked while running behind him but she was quite slow compared to him.

"Hey look, even Tan is interested in it. How about we go and check it out?" A skinny boy who was nearly the same age as Gu Tan spoke when he saw Gu Tan running towards the dead monster beast.

"Hmm! Something that interests him. It should be something delicious, right?" A fat child wearing loose clothes spoke. His skin was quite tanned and his body was like a sphere.

"Can't you think of something else than a food, fatty?" The skinny boy sneered at him.

"And, can't you eat something more to get rid of that skinny body? Yin will never like a boy who is as thin as you." The fat boy rebuked with some sharp senses.

"What did you say? You want to fight?" The skinny boy rolled his sleeves and walked in front of the fat boy with an angry expression.

"Come on! I didn't grow this fat stomach for nothing." The fat boy sneered at him while standing face to face.

"Humph! I will let you go this time. I want to know what made Tan so interested." The skinny boy stared at the fat stomach and instantly changed his mind. He turned around while pulling his sleeve down and run towards the crowd of children.

The fat boy smirked and chased him.

"Wow! I have never seen a monster beast. It is a tiger, right? My father showed me the drawing of a tiger once." One of the children spoke with awe on his face.

"He must be a tiger. I wonder who killed this tiger." Another skinny boy spoke with snot coming out of his nose.

"Wait, you can think? I thought all you can do is cry." A girl next to him spoke with a surprise on her face.

"Hahaha-Hahaha!"

The crowd of children instantly burst into laughter hearing her words.

"Shut up!" The snotty boy shouted but nobody listened to him.

"Tan, what are you doing?" Suddenly, a girl asked when she saw Gu Tan walking towards the corpse. Although they were also curious, none of them were courageous enough to go near the beast.

"Something-something!" Gu Tan didn't explain rather playfully made a tune. He took out a knife and tore the stomach of the tiger that frightened the children once again.

"Tan, don't cut the dead tiger!"

"Tan, it's already dead."

"Tan, my mother said if you do something bad, the demons will come and hunt you."

The children started convincing him to stop but he didn't stop.

"Tan, l-l-l-look out!" Suddenly, Zhu Ping shouted which surprised him. As his best friend, he knows Zhu Ping does not shutter while talking. Gu Tan instantly turned his head and saw the boar rushing towards him. The boar was small but it was coming with a powerful force.

Gu Tan quickly moved to the right and dodged the boar.

'What is going on? Why did a boar suddenly appear? No, it shouldn't appear. If it had, none of these would be alive before. Then, why did it appear now?'

Gu Tan's eyes widened as he fell in confusion and disbelieve. But, suddenly, he shook his head and rushed towards the boar because the boar was heading straight towards Zhao Yin.

"Yin, dodge it! DODGE IT!"

Zhu Ping also shouted while running but he was quite slow. He hadn't practiced the Body Metamorphosis Technique and so he was nowhere enough to close the gap in mere seconds.

Bang!

Unfortunately, Zhao Yin's legs were frozen in fear. She was on her knees, as the tears were gushing out of her eyes. When the boar reached in front of her and swing its head, Gu Tan jumped between them and placed his palm on the head of that boar.

The boar struck Gu Tan to the ground but the impact only reached his hand, not his body. He felt the bones crack but still got up while his legs were trembling.

'Body Metamorphosis Technique is wrong. I don't know how long it can help me stay alive but I need to hold on until everyone else leave.'

"Ping, Shen, both of you grab her and run! Tell the elders about this! Hurry up, everyone!"

Gu Tan shouted which made Zhu Ping and Ming Shen freeze.

"W-w-what about you?" Suddenly, a shaky voice rang behind him. This voice made him surprised as Gu Tan turned his head and saw a boy behind him.

"Have you ever heard about a hero?" Gu Tan smiled and asked.

The boy raised his head and looked at him with confusion.

Gu Tan continued to smile and said "Hero is someone who will face any obstacle that is holding his back. Hero is someone who will never let anyone die in front of him. Hero is someone who will protect everyone from the bad people."

"I might not be a hero. But, if it comes to protecting my friends, I will become one."

"Now, run! If you die here, I can't become a hero."

Gu Tan shouted while rushing towards the boar.