1 Ch. 1 - Extremely Rare Genius

My name is Xiao Huoyan and I am currently five years old. I used to live with my mother far into a forest, but my mother died two years ago while trying to protect me when I got bullied by some mercenaries. I have never met my father, since he left before I was born.

I had been out to pluck some apples but when I came home, a man was laying in front of my door unconscious. He was bloody all over, and he barely breathed. I knew that he could possibly be very dangerous, but I could not bear to simply watch him as he was at the brink of life and death.

I went up to him and tried to lift him up, but he was too heavy. After a few tries I came up with a solution. I rolled out a few blankets at the floor and then I rolled him over and started to clean his injuries and wrap up his wounds. After I finished, I sighed a deep breath of relief.

As he was currently still unconscious, I could not help but take a closer look. Only then did I discover that he was actually quite young. He seemed to be in his early thirties at most. I were not sure about how long people could live, but a mere thirty years could not possibly be considered as much. I took a step closer, but as soon as I came close, he turned his face up and looked at me with eyes filled with shock. Seeing his sudden movements, I could not help but take a step back instinctively. When he saw my sudden movements, he opened his mouth to speak.

"I have no malicious intents, so please do not fear me!"

As I heard how he spoke in such a hurried and almost panicked manner, I calmed down a bit. I slowly began to walk up to him again as he tried to sit up. I could see how hard it was for him to try and sit up on his own and thus I disregarded my own safety and hurried up to him to help him up.

When he finally sat up, I sat down beside him. He asked me where my parents were, and I told him what I knew.

After that he continued to ask me questions, like how old I am and why I never left this place.

I had no reason to conceal it, so I just answered truthfully.

"Hey! Can I ask you some questions now?! You just showed up out of nowhere and I still do not know who you are! All you have done since you woke up is asking me a bunch of questions, while I have yet to know your name! Do not tell me that you, as an adult, have yet to know of how self introductions work!"

Hearing the sudden change in my attitude, he seemed to be a little startled.

"Uh… o-oh, right! I am Jin Long of the Jin Clan, and I came here by chance. I was chased into the forest by some bad people from my clan and got injured. I just happened to find your house by accident. I was going to ask for help but I collapsed at the door. Thankfully there was someone who lived here. Thank you for treating my injuries! I will definitely pay you back sometime", he said as he quickly and respectfully clasped his fists.

"I do not need for you to pay me back, but would you mind telling me why your own fellow clansmen were chasing after you while trying to take your life?"

"They are jealous of my strength. That is why they want me dead."

"Blood is thicker than water. People who are ruthless enough to lay a hand on someone of their own blood can not be a good people."

"Well said, young boy. Well said."

"Thank you sir, but there is still something which I can not seem to understand. I can tell from a single glance that you have a powerful force inside of you. I can not really tell what it is, but I know for sure that it is something extremely powerful, and I am pretty sure that you know how to use this mysterious force of yours. Am I right? So how come they could still manage to injure you this badly?"

As I finished saying what I wanted, the man beside me seemed to be a little bit startled. He looked at me with eyes filled with shock and a little glimpse of wonder and admiration. Shortly after, he began to regain his calm and rather indifferent appearance.

"They poisoned my drink while I was at a banquet. As soon as I realised it, I immediately tried to escape, but they had already planned this all out well beforehand. They had placed people outside to keep watch and wait for me to try and escape. That is how they managed to catch up to me so fast and even injure me."

"If that is how it was then it is much easier to understand it now."

"Uhm… may I ask you how you found out about this so-called 'mysterious force' of mine?"

"Oh, since you only wanted to ask that, why did you make such a serious expression? The answer to that is actually rather simple. I simply saw it."

"You saw it?"

He asked in a quite confused matter.

"Correct, but I not only saw it. I felt it too."

"Wha… Could you possibly tell me what exactly you saw and felt?"

"Well, of course! I felt that mysterious force swirling inside of you like a wild wind. It felt extremely cold to the touch. And I could see something inside your body, that looked like some kind of hurricane with countless snowflakes swirling inside of it."

"Incredible!"

"Hm?"

"Haha, to think that I would stumble upon such a treasure! This is truly finding fortune within misfortune!"

"Did you injure your head before, sir?", I said in a slightly confused manner.

"You, my dear little friend, are an extremely rare genius!"