Chapter 5: the past (4) - hidden plot

Huang xie looked at his father who was emitting a cold aura and sighed deeply in his heart, his father was a genius in his younger days, but because of his extremity he wasn’t allocated as a great elder and was allocated as a normal elder, not only that also because of his arrogance and his inexperience as a child all the people he befriended at that time left him and kept their distance after they knew about his position and he had been alone for many years now, after he tried his best for the family he was casted away like nothing, this left his father in anger and great sadness and because of his extremity he swore revenge on the whole family and which led to this situation now.

After they had arrived to their house Huang yi, Huang’s xie father hand touched the wall and a secret passage appeared, but before could Huang xie could even move his father told him coldly “stay put and wait here.”

Huang xie had a complicated look in his eyes, after his father’s former friends abandoned him, his father never trusted anyone and always kept his guard up even towards his own son, although he didn’t know what his father was planning, but he knew it wasn’t good and it was going to damage the Huang family clan, even though he was his father and he didn’t want him to be caught but he also didn’t want his father to damage the family, the Huang family treated him nicely and he never harbored ill intent towards them, all he could do was pretend to be evil and warn some people in secret especially geniuses because he knew his father kept tabs on them.

After waiting a while for his father the instructor came in and asked “where is your father?”

Huang xie looked at him coldly and said “he went out”

As if understanding something the instructor nodded and waited with Huang xie, after some time Huang yi came out he looked at the instructor and asked “where is the boy.”

“He is meeting the family head”

Huang yi grinned evilly “Let him be proud for now as all he got in his life is a little bit, the plan is almost in motion you better prepare and don’t do anything stupid, I will make the whole family regret casting my away like nothing”

The instructor nodded with a little bit of fear in eyes while Huang xie was in pain when he saw this.

Huang tian stared at the huge decorated building in front of him engraved at the top of the door ‘Hang family head’ it gave the aura of absolute arrogance and proudness as if it ruled the whole world.

Huang tian hesitated when the instructor dropped him here, this will be the first time he actually met the family head, after he was done hesitating, he opened the door and stepped in contrary to its outer appearance from the inside there was nothing that appeared expensive, there may be some antiques or hidden formations but other than that it appeared normal when he reached the end of the hall he found another door, after opening it he heard a voice.

“Are you surprised?”

A middle aged man who had an overbearing aura around him, and also a gentle one contradicting each other, he had dark golden hair and golden eyes, he sat in a chair in the middle of the room surrounded with pillars and pictures of the former family heads hung on the wall, there was a study in the corner and some shelves filled with books, he smiled when he saw Huang tian staring at him and asked again.

“Are you surprised and confused?”

“About what?” answered Huang tian

“About many things, why the inside of this building is different from its appearance, why are you here and why is your talent ranked unknown?”

This was Huang tian time to smile “The answer first for the first one is yes, the second one is no, and the third one is also no”

“Oh, mind explaining the last two answers?” The family head asked with a glint of surprise in his eyes.

“I concluded I am here first because of my talent, something as strange as an unknown talent definitely is a something that is rare and also because of the assignment everyone was supposed to be assigned today yet I am here and today not another day as for why my talent is unknown it is because the device used to measure talent can’t measure mine so my talent became something undefined and unknown”

“Worth of praise, beside your talent you are so young yet can have such a view of things, really worth of praise”

This time the clan head was had a look of surprise and admiration and he didn’t hide them.

“After answering my question it’s only fair for me to explain the first one, this building is like this because after the setback we have suffered after the 100 years war, our arrogance was beaten out of us, so the clan head building was made extravagant from the outside to deter outside forces and humble from the inside to make the clan head remember that there will always be a day where they might face setbacks and they have to overcome it and not to be drowned in their arrogance and to always to do their best.” the clan head stopped there and waited for Huang tian response.

“It was made like this just to make the clan head not arrogant?” Huang tian was surprised he thought because the family was strong the clan head building will be filled with countless treasures and gems but to contrary to his thoughts it was one of the most humble building in The Huang family.

“Yes, actually also because of this all the high ranking family members buildings are like this, and why we only have servants for making food and washing clothes only, and you were correct you are here today for you are assignment, you will be assigned to ‘the next generation group’”

“Next generation group?”

“At least wait for me to finish, don’t be surprised that you don’t know of it, it is a group made for those who will be allocated as great elders, protectors, family head and overseers it’s made in secret so that our enemies doesn’t target our most important next generation”

Huang tian had already stopped listening when he heard overseer, an overseer was above the family he had the power to remove the family if had done too many mistakes or overrule the family head commands, although he guessed he would be assigned to something important he never thought it would be something like this.

“Surprised now, don’t look too far ahead kid, there are only one great elder, One family head and very few protectors, so you better work hard as you are not the only one who is unique, any other child who gets put in this group is also unique therefore do your best and don’t look to far ahead”

Huang tian nodded the family head was right if he looked too far ahead he might fall down, for now all he can do is cultivate and work hard to get at least the qualifications for any of these positions he is not the only genius in this world.

The family head approved the boy, he wasn’t arrogant nor selfish, and took in advices without disapproval or complains.

“Alright as long as you understand, now go I have some other things to attend to”

After Huang tian left, the family head got up and asked “What do you think of the boy?”

A shadow appeared from behind a pillar and answered “The boy was really intelligent, talented and caught things on quickly, he seems as the perfect candidate, what I don’t understand is why did you lower his evaluation, even so the other candidates have talent but they are not as intelligent as him”

“You are still a bit lacking, although he is intelligent it might be his down fall, as being too intelligent and realizing his uniqueness would make him arrogant and fall in the path of cultivation, too much of a good thing at the wrong time is a bad thing”

The shadow appeared as if he understood and nodded.

“And don’t get me wrong I really appreciate the boy, I am doing this for his own good, so one day he might surpass me, you might not see it now but he is the hope of our family to rise again, so keep eyes on him, I feel some shadows in the dark looming around the mountain, send some people to protect him in secret.”

The shadow was surprised as he knew that the family head has arrogance deeply integrated with his bones, yet to have such opinion of the boy, it seemed this boy was going to be a powerful cultivator one day, but that was in the future, he nodded and elevated the importance of the boy to the highest, he sent some of the strongest men after the boy to protect him.

“Alright let’s go”

The family head went out and the shadow suddenly disappeared.