A 14-year-old boy saw his burning village. He hid in the big tree with thick green leaves. Tears rained down from his eyes; his heart filled with sorrow and hatred.

They killed his parents and took his childhood friend away.

He peeked through the little gap between the tree leaves, hoping to find Norah.

Bandits looted the village and dragged survivors to one place; Tuyan bit his lips hard; he didn’t see Norah anywhere in this group.

He worried about her, yet all he could do was cry quietly.

Then, as a ray of hope, He saw a flash of light and one bandit’s head was cut off and fell on the ground.

He saw people in yellow robes appear. They carried swords with them. This appearance...

Were they an honored cultivator he had heard about?

Within a few minutes, one by one, every bandit began to fall lifelessly. They tried to run away from the honored cultivators. They moved too fast; Tuyan was only able to see them when they stopped, and the bandits were already on the ground, their limbs cleanly cut apart, or their bodies missing their heads.

Yes, kill them all! They killed my family, just kill them all. He was so excited that he moved, and someone noticed him.

"Who’s there? Come down, or else!.’’

Hearing a chilling, threatening voice, Tuyan’s body tumbled; after making a quick decision, he climbed down from the tree.

"Just a kid...," The handsome yellow-robed man’s voice softened. "Um. Come here, boy; everything is fine now. "

Tuyan nodded and slowly walked toward him; just then, another cultivator appeared next to the handsome yellow-robed man.

"Senior brother, a total of 20 survivors... Um, what should we do with them

"We’ll take them to a sect. It’s because of our delay... we should have cleaned the bandits sooner. We should take responsibility. We can’t let our sect’s name be ruined."

Lux nodded, understanding his senior brother’s worries.

They are disciples of Heavenly Sword Sect, one of the biggest sects of this Azura kingdom. If they ignored the poor, helpless villagers, and the word went out, their sect’s reputation could take a big hit, and they could be punished by the elders, so it’s better to bring them along; the elders would probably give them some mortal jobs.

"Senior brother, Mukan, is really wise," Lux said, cupping his hand politely, showing respect. Then another thought clicks in his mind. "But what about the mission?"

They took a two-mission one to hunt bandits and another to find out whether the news about the spirit beast in this area is true or not; if it’s true, then also hunt the beast. So should they drop villagers off at the sect first or complete the mission first?

"You four," Mukan said to the four guys. Who just come behind Lux after checking that there were no bandits left alive. " Take the spirit boat, and bring those villagers to the sect, while we complete the second mission. Don’t worry; we will split the merit points equally."

"Thank you! Senior brother," Four of them said together, politely cupping their hands in front of their chest, and bowing a little.

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On the other hand, Victor asked the little girl what her name was, and she told him with a soft mutter. Noa... it was Norah.

Now they were walking in the forest. In the dark, even the moonlight was blocked by big, thick trees. He looked at the girl; she was holding his hand tightly and sticking very close to him. With one look, he could tell she was tired and scared, so they were walking slowly.

Leaving that village incident behind. She is probably scared of the dark too, and those voices of the forest are really creepy.

The movements of leaves and grass, even if it’s because of the air, are scary, and the song of insects doesn’t make it any better.

Luckily, Victor can see in the dark, and his hearing is also good. All thanks to this.

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[Name: Victor ]

Age: 12

Next Evolution : 3 / 10000

Race: Human

Constitution: none

Cultivation: Mortal

Martial arts: none

[Note: Host can increase the speed of Evolution by extracting special physiques, Dao bones, special spirit root, etc. And extraction would be added in the next Evolution.]

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His system makes him more powerful than a normal child. But the progress is really slow. It took him twelve years to evolve once.

Evolution points increased based on how hard he worked. All he can think of is normal exercises; he doesn’t want to cut his own body parts to check that his evolution would speed up and give him massive regeneration. However, if he somehow could shut off the sensation of pain, then he would have tried, but for now it’s a big no. Maybe if he started cultivation, his evolution progress speed would also increase. He would know when he starts cultivating. Thinking about this is no use; it’s only going to make him disappointed if it doesn’t work.

He was born in a village miles away from here. After his first evolution, he became somewhat strong, enough to win against one or two mortal men.

He started traveling to find some big city and hoping to join some sect, so he could cultivate.

Just today, he stopped in that village to spend the night. When that bandit attack happened, his luck was really bad, or maybe this girl’s luck is really g..., no, her luck is also very bad.

Now they had to find a road; he didn’t know which way it was.

Or they could just wait here tonight and go back when the bandits were gone...

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If something chases them, he will know with his enhanced hearing, and here bandits are just mortals, not cultivators, so running away from them won’t be so hard.

His luggage was also left behind in the village; it was nothing much anyway- little food and water. He depended on nature to survive