Abyssal Dao (6)

If it weren't for that, Yufei would not have been let it for he had yet to have his coming-of-age ceremony. Ordinarily, only men were allowed to stay onto training grounds, boys being interviewed on their motivation the year of their eighteenth birthday, if they wished to become students. Men often left once their training was done to spread their learning to nearby regions.

Yearly recruitment was therefore crucial to ensure the survivability of the sect. The opening of a new academy in the capital had diverted a good number of candidates from the path of martial arts, leaving the sect leader looking for young men to join.

Yufei had come at the right time it seemed.

A few hours ago, Yufei appeared corpse-like, his body lying in an alleyway, freshly beaten up by his bullies. Like clockwise, every Tuesday afternoon they came to beat him up, changing allies occasionally to avoid getting spotted by patrols.