The Blood King 39 Reliving Hell

"come and sit on this cus.h.i.+on." old gray left before coming back with a weird embroidered cus.h.i.+on. the cus.h.i.+on had what looked to be a powerful martial artist, fighting a large black fog like humanoid creature. levi took the cus.h.i.+on and put it on the floor, before sitting on it cross-legged. "hmm, i'll start now." old gray said, as he sat in front of levi. viviviv! qi erupted from old gray's body. as he sent it into the cus.h.i.+on, the table and chairs began to vibrate. levi's head slumped in front of his chest, as he fell into darkness. he just kept falling in seemingly neverending darkness for a few minutes before landing on a soft bed. thinking nothing of it, he just lay silently on the bed. knock knock! "levi, i'm coming in." a soft and graceful voice rang out.

hearing this voice, levi's cold heart stirred as he jumped up from the bed and looked towards the door. "oh? you are up?" a woman with long flowing black hair walked into the room. although this woman looked to be in her 20s, she was actually closer to 40. levi looked up at the all too familiar face and his heart chilled, yes, this woman was his mother. his body released killing intent as he tried to grow out his fingernails, but no matter how he tried, his fingernails stayed the same length. looking down at his hand, he realised that his fingernails weren't black anymore, and that his hands and wrists were significantly smaller. "levi? what's wrong?" his mother, sofia asked. levi just looked up at her silently, then he realised what was going on. he sat on that weird cus.h.i.+on and then appeared in his room in the azure clan, even if he was a fool, he would still be able to figure it out.

"oh my, oh my, are you nervous about the test? i'm sure your talent will shock the whole star city!" sofia said as she rubbed levi's cheek. levi could only stay silent and endure this once again. "ah, good morning young master." the servants bowed respectfully before getting back to their tasks. levi followed sofia through the azure manor. after a while they arrived at the great hall, most of the people from the azure clan were already there. "tch, look at the pampered young master getting escorted by his mother. " a voice rang out. "humph!" a few youngsters sneered. "ah, young master levi, you are sure to ascend to the heavens after the test!" a slightly fat boy said. his eyes were squeezed shut as he smiled forcefully. levi heard the voice but didn't even turn his head.

"quiet down. the potential test will begin now." levi went to the front of the hall and sat beside a muscular man with golden hair, after which the man announced. this man was levi's father, owen azure, current head of the azure clan. he merely nodded towards levi without a word, before sitting back down. the seven year old children were required to put their hands on a black stone. there were 4 grades of talent. if the stone released a black light, that would be the lowest of the 4. a brown light would be grade 3 talent, a yellow light would be grade 2, and a white light would be 1, the highest grade of talent. the stone would scan the hand of who ever touched it, calculating how the muscle, bones and veins would develop, and whether or not the person's body would be fit for qi cultivation.

one after the other, the azure clan youths came up. "our turn!" two identical children ran up to the stone. blonde hair, black eyes, pink lips and pointed noses. the twins took turns touching the stone. "oh? grade 3 talent. work hard in the future." the old elder looked at the second brown light, before saying emotionlessly. "it is your turn, young master." levi sat quietly through the hour and a half, causing a lot of people forget about him. he silently got up from his chair and slowly walked to the stone. he extended his hand, but stopped right before the stone, his hand shaking. he grit his teeth and put his hands on the stone. 1 second, 2 seconds,3,4,5,6... a few seconds pa.s.sed, but the rock didn't light up. "hmm?" owen narrowed his eyes as he watched this scene. "what is this?" some of the youngsters shouted. "what the h.e.l.l?!" they began talking among themselves. "quiet!" the old elder shouted, causing his white beard to shake.

"according to the records about the testing stone, if no light appears, then that person has no talent for martial arts!" the elder shouted after the people quieted down. "what?! how could it be that my son has no talent?! something has to be wrong with your rock!" sofia jumped from her chair and shouted. "this 'rock' has been used to test talent in the azure clan for over 100 years, and not once was something wrong with it." the elder said firmly. hearing that argument, sofia could only keep her mouth shut. owen looked at levi, and the warmth gradually faded from his face. levi turned towards his parents and glared at them silently, as if antic.i.p.ating those lines, his gaze cold. "you....trash. from this point on, you are not a part of the azure clan! you are stripped of that name, never utter it again in your life! now get lost tras.h.!.+" owen got up as he declared coldly.

"servants! take this trash out of my sight!" owen shouted as two muscular servants picked levi up and began walking out of the hall. countless 'friends' of levi's found pleasure in his plight. a person who was above them for their entire lives, unexpectedly, would now have to bow his head to them. their lips curled up into vicious smiles, sneering as levi was dragged out. thump! "now listen tras.h.!.+ you are not allowed to step foot in the azure clan again! if you do, we will cut off your legs and feed you to the dogs!" the two servants sneered. since the clan head expelled him, they didn't need to be respectful to him any longer. levi unsteadily got up, his frail seven year old body bearly able to stand, and walked away. the people who were pa.s.sing by at the time hurried to spread the gossip with their friends. in less than half an hour, the entire star city knew about levi's expulsion from the azure clan.