The Terrifying Bright Tiger
Although being the beloved of the clan's Ancestral Patriarch and the Patriarch himself, Xiao Ming still had to face some green snakes blotted within the clan's calm green grass. The most known rival of Xiao Ming in the Bai Clan was also a common household name - Bai Yuesha.
Bai Yuesha was a rarely seen genius of the Bai Clan. His opponents were second to none apart from Xiao Ming. Bai Yuesha's frustration was based on his inability to suppress the mortal with his high stage half step Xiantian realm cultivation.
He and Xiao Ming were rivals in almost every aspects- status, intelligence, support.... anything else asides from the gulf in cultivation. However, Xiao Ming remained a tough nut to crack, an unbending bow. Half a year ago, he made a resolve to secretly join one of the Five Major Sects of Clear Water City.
After secretly taking the test, Bai Yuesha turned out to be an outer disciple of the Soul Seizing Sect at barely eighteen years of age. he was such a terrifying genius to attain such a realm at eighteen, at least that was what everyone else taught. After forcefully joining the sect, he sought for the clan's permission to attend to his cultivation in the Soul Sizing sect. however, this set a rift between himself and the leaders of the Bai Clan who had became disappointed at his approach.
Since then, all attention have been virtually shifted to the remaining three candidates. Xiao Ming, Bai Yuhan and Bai Yulong were the elder's last resort on choosing leadership of the clan. Outsiders were worried about Xiao Ming being a mere mortal leading the Bai Clan that was like a sect. Bai Yuhan and Bai Yulong were Bai Qing's immediate children with cultivations both at the peak stage of Houtian. Naturally, they were no match for Bai Yuesha in battle strength and so only appeared as the tigers after he had left.
It would normally be sensible for them to be chosen, but 'why would a mortal like Xiao Ming be nominated as well?' remained the questions haunting the minds of the other Bai Clan members. It could only be that the exploits of Xiao Ming were already too terrifying that even before he could be a cultivator, he had incited the bearing and equal standing with those seeking the Dao. As descendants of Bai Qing, Bai Yuhan and Bai Yulong were indifferent on the matter. however, this was Bai Yuesha's interminable worry and the cause of hatred for Xiao Ming.
In most circumstances, Bai Yuesha had tried all means possible to extinguish this threat of a foreigner in disguise of a 'cousin'. In Bai Yuesha's eyes, Xiao Ming was just some well pampered bastard that should have long rotted in hell. But fate had it that whenever he intended to strike at Xiao Ming, he ended up getting a rebound downright scolding from furious elders and the Clan leader. It was also due to this feeling of powerlessness that he had been convicted to join the Soul Seizing Sect, at least to gain his own strength.
Xiao Ming's exploits in crime fighting, bestial-wave fending and extermination of demonic cultivations had granted him a solid reputation. This gave him a unique title from the pleased villagers and fellow towns' men. He was called the Bright Tiger.
The Bright Tiger! Even till date, this was a terrifying name and a bane to most of the criminals and demonic cultivators within the town. Bright Tiger was a ruthless and suicidal mortal whose only friend and care was his sword. he had long instilled fear and subdued the Moon Drifting Town that had long been renowned as a terror zone into a peaceful calm. Strangely, this mortal figure was capable of fighting cultivators at the Spirit Condensation stage by relying on his tensile physique.
Once, a demonic cultivator had snuck into one of the neighboring villages and caused a lot of mayhem to its inhabitants. He practiced a devilish art that collected resentful spirits and auras from mortals and build them into wraiths. It was rumored that this sinister character had once been a disciple of the Soul Seizing Sect but he had been expelled due to practicing the strange devilish art.
The Bright Tiger had been on one of his usual expeditions and by chance got to know of this. Strangely, he was believed to have been 'abducted' by the cultivator as well. On realizing the cruel acts of Yan Wu the sinister character, the Bright Tiger made a move. When Yan Wu got to know that the dreaded Bright Tiger was among the 'abducted', his spirit wavered in fear. Before they could engage in a decent face off, Xiao Ming claimed the head of Yan Wu in three moves. With just three moves, a mortal claimed the life of a demonic cultivator in the late stage of Spirit Condensation. By the time the word of the event got out, a lot of people felt shudders down their spines as the terror of the Bright Tiger grew in their hearts. The Bright Tiger was extremely decisive and unpredictable... it would be better to offend a demonic cultivator than to cross his path with trouble.