Chapter 3 (1/2)

Chapter 3: Killing the Brave

Xue Wei said nothing as the talked out of the mansion He had not left the house since they arrived He had forgotten even arriving at thewas new and scary to hiardens; all his time had been spent in his room or the library

Xue Wei was nervous He looked down and felt as if everyone they passed by were looking at hi about him

Now and then he could hear the voices co words like ”trash,” ”useless,” ”Xiao Lei and his nephew,”

Hearing these words, again and again, he walked faster and faster to get away froh his head, but suddenly he felt a warm hand on his shoulder, and he looked up to see a worried expression on Xiao Lei's face

”I can't let hiht to himself as he saw the worried expression on his uncle’s face He took a deep breath and sent a smile to Xiao Lei

”Don't worry uncle,” he sht I did not knoould be this blinding”

This excuse was rather good The sun was truly strong, and it shone down on the the shtly troubled He understood that Xue Wei did not want tolike this, he started to worry about Xue Wei and whether or not he should have taken him out for this trip

”I am fine,” Xue Wei assured Xiao Lei and nodded his head ”I ht be trash, but I am your nephew Just because I cannot enter the battlefield, I ht be able to assist in other ways,”

”Let us reat friends in the future”

Xiao Lei smiled at Xue Wei’s pushi+ness and knew that this incident had sparked so start to change He was on the path to become someone ould not hide himself away This could especially be seen with how he held his head high and the insecure air around hiard for all the people who gossiped about hih he was so indifferent, Xiao Lei felt his own anger rising more and er and hate burned inside of hi him were all her ranks, as they had sensed the murderous atmosphere around Xiao Lei and had retreated fast

When they were halfway through town, Xiao Lei'swith anger and hts

”To think that a hero like Xiao Lei, a Primordial Beast Hunter like him, has to look after such a weak and feeble kid who cannot even cultivate,” someone suddenly said in the crowd, and others nodded their heads – so that one can only achieve if they are a once-in-generation genius, but now his nephew is trash, useless to the extreer stand theout and stopping Xue Wei as well

Xiao Lei's eyes roanificent aura was released It was as if a sovereign was standing on top of adown on his subjects, ready to sentence theuts to say that my nephew is useless, I dare theerously low voice, and his eyes narrowed slightly

He already kneho had spoken, but he was testing them These experts were all ordinary warriors at h they could barely pass as cultivators, they were nothingblock to Xiao Lei

One of the experts stepped forward ”I said he was trash,” he said bravely while pushi+ng out his chest ”We have all served our time in the war to protect humanity, and that boy will never serve in any hich makes him the trash of society!”

Before the man had the chance to say another word, Xiao Lei flicked his fingers, and a glealeaht was, or what exactly had happened, but the only thing they did see was that the round

Xiao Lei's cold eyes stared at the corpse, and he snorted ”You think you can call others trash with your er ability?” He then shook his head and patted Xue Wei's shoulder

For some reason, Xue Wei was not shocked by what he saw; his eyes were observing the murder of the braveNot even a grimace appeared on his face when he saw the blood splurt from the severed neck, or when the corpse toppled over

The other people present on the other hand panicked Screa for their lives, but then it turned eerily quiet as they all felt that their bodies went liround

”Look at all you able men and women,” Xiao Lei mocked, ”One person dies and you all become panicked, yet my 'useless' nepheho you all look down upon can stand here cal I wonder who is truly the useless one here”