《Martial path!》 Chapter 1 servant Chapter 1 Servant In a small rundown cabin you could see a boy around thirteen years old with a tall slender figure, black hair and dark brown eyes lying in bed. "Are me and brother just gonna be servants for the rest of our lives" Suddenly the door to the cabin opened and a young boy about ten years old with disheveled black hair and a little short came in and said "Big bro Sanon get up you have to help the third lady grab her arrows, she wants to go hunting!" "Yeah I got it Damian" I got up and thought about me and my little brother''s situation. Me and him are servants for a huge martial arts family known as the Xiao family. Our mother died shortly after giving birth to my little brother and my father abandoned us when we were young causing me look out for Damian. I began going to the shed and grabbed arrows and ran to the outskirts of the Xiao families forest to deliver the arrows. When I got there I saw a beautiful young lady on top of a horse around the same age as me with smooth black hair and a face people would go to war for but the most redeeming feature are her neon coloured eyes that certain people in the Xiao family are born with. "You''re late, a servant must be by his master''s side whenever the servant is needed" the beautiful second lady said with a stern voice "I''m sorry I deserve punishment for inconveniencing the young mistress" I said with a scared tone "Whatever just give me the arrows and be on your way" "Thank you young mistress" I quickly gave her the arrows and waited for her to leave into the forest when suddenly I saw a small book drop from the lady''s person and I was about to tell her but she already left into the forest so I went to go pick up the book and on the cover it said ((optic impulse)). Omg I thought ((optic impulse)) is a skill every martial arts practitioner knows about, this battle skill is what made the Xiao family so prominent. I tucked the book away to make sure nobody saw it and quickly ran back to my shabby old cabin. When I entered I saw Damian asleep and a lot dust pile up, thank goodness I can look at the book without being disturbed I thought. I began reading the book through and through to make sure I memorized every single word that was in the book and without even realizing it the next day already started. In a castle within the Xiao family estate If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. "What do you mean you lost it, that is our Xiao families most priceless skill, you better find it Kylie or I swear I will disown you" a stern man said with an angered tone "Yes father" Kylie said with a scared tone and then she immediately set off to find the book Back to now Okay the book says I need to send Qi to my eyes and begin swirling the Qi gently but the process will be tiresome and I can stop when my eyes begin to feel warmth. I immediately do so and began sending Qi to my eyes but my body didn''t contain much Qi and I quickly overused my Qi and I started losing consciousness. It must be understood that there are different ranks to martial artists that correspond to how much Qi you have. The beginning is houtian with nine ranks dividing them and I don''t even know after houtian since I''m just a servant. I awoke and I saw Damian staring at me with an indifferent expression on his face and then he said "Look who''s finally awake you actually slept in, whatever there''s not much anyways, I''m gonna head out for a while be back later" I wasn''t even listening to Damian and began looking at my body, it feels stronger and filled with energy, I quickly realized that I''ve stepped into the world of martial artists and became a rank 1 houtian practitioner. I jumped and smiled with excitement and then started thinking if I get stronger I won''t have to be servant, I won''t have deliver arrows to some spoiled brat like dog instead I''ll have her kowtowing before me "Hahahaha!" I started laughing at the endless possibilities. After that I wanted to test out my only battle skill ((optic impulse)) when I used it everything seemed clearer I could see cobwebs and the tiniest of bugs running through the cabin. This is amazing I can see everything and this is only the first part of the skill no wonder the Xiao family became so famous with such a skill. I looked at myself in the cracked mirror I have and saw that my eyes were a deep Crimson which to be honest scared the crap out of me. Soon I stopped using the skill and started thinking about my future. If I really want to follow in the martial artists path then I need a lot of money in order to obtain good food that could nourish my body and other medicines that could help me. I kept pondering for a few more minutes and finally thought of a wonderful idea I just need to give back the book. Chapter 2 I hurriedly went outside and tried to find the third lady in order to give back the book but she was nowhere to be found and the places she could be in I didn''t have access to due to my identity as a servant. I asked around everywhere but nobody knew then suddenly I heard a familiar voice yelling it was my curly haired best friend "Sanon I heard you were looking for the third lady" "Yeah I can''t find her anywhere" I said "I heard she went out to the forest looking for something, maybe you should wait in the outskirts for her" "Yeah thanks see you later" I said while waving goodbye I started running all the way to the forest which would normally take me an hour to travel all the way there but since I became a rank 1 houtian realm practitioner I got there in half the time. Once I got to the outskirts of the forest I began looking for the third lady but nobody was there so I used ((optic impulse)) to take a closer look but I still didn''t see anyone so stopped using the battle skill and decided to take a quick nap. As I was asleep I remembered something from my past that I thought I forgot. It was my father holding me in his arms smiling and laughing. This memory made me smile in my sleep until someone screaming at me woke me up and I saw the third lady. "Finally it''s about time you woke up servant, I thought you were dead for a second" "I''m sorry for worrying you mistress I just wanted to return something of yours I found yesterday" I said Hearing that the third lady''s eyes widened and said loudly "Is it a small book that titles ((optic impulse))" "Yes I found it yesterday, you dropped it after I gave you the arrows" I said while taking out the book from my person If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. She quickly grabbed the book and said "Thank you so much I want you have this" then she took out a bag full of hundreds ink stones and handed it to me. "I can''t accept this it is too much mistress". "You truly saved me by finding this book take the ink stones as gratitude" "Thank you" I said while grabbing the ink stones and walking away The plan worked perfectly I have so much ink stones with it I''ll be be able live freely for an entire life time. Ink stones are the currency of the continent and ten ink stones could sustain an average family for a year but I have hundreds. I got very hungry after everything so I decided to go to the local butcher who''s located in the end outskirts of the Xiao estate where all the servants including me and Jack live while the real members of Xiao family live inside the Xiao estate. When I got to butcher I bought a whole pound of meat which is a extreme luxury considering that servants only eat meat a few times a month due to it being so expensive. After grabbing the meat, I invited Jack over to eat with me and Damian. The moment I got back to the cabin I started frying the meat and It smelled so good. I swear I could hear the sound of Damian''s and jack''s stomach rumbling like thunder which to be honest scared me. The moment the meat was done cooking Damian started screaming " Meat Meat Meat!" As we chowed down on the food I began telling them about how I got the ink stones excluding the part which involved me learning ((optic impulse)). We laughed a lot and soon enough the meat was finished and the three of us fell asleep. [/font][/size][/color] Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Kidnapped Once the three of us woke up Damian and Jack left so I decided to train my body because if my body wasn''t strong enough I wouldn''t have a good foundation and that affect my future as a martial artist. I went outside and started doing sit ups, squats and lifting weights for about three hours straight, my body was so tired and I wanted to stop but I was even more tired of being someone''s servant so I preserved and kept going until I heard my stomach rumbling. Since I got hungry I decided to go to the butcher again to pick up some more meat. The moment I got there I ordered up another pound of meat and the butcher looked at me wondering how I got so much ink stones but he had enough manners not ask. After I got the beef I heard a mocking voice yell at me, it was a local bully chuck. " Buying a whole pound of meat you must have a lot of ink stones why don''t you share some with "If you want some why don''t you try and take it" I said with a stern look on my face. "You dare threaten me you do know of my older brother Felix right?" Indeed his older brother does pose thereat to me in fact he steals and hurts all the servants and no servant dares oppose him because he''s already in the first rank of houtian realm which scares almost everyone into doing what he says. "You think I''m scared of you or your brother, come on try me" I said while laughing Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. "If you want a beating then fine by me! After saying that he threw his fist right to my stomach but when I became a rank 1 houtian realm practitioner I didn''t even bother to dodge. When his fist hit me I felt nothing then I grinned mercilessly and punched him right in the face making him lye flat on the floor with black eye on his face. "You actually threatened me with that level of power" I said arrogantly ]"Just watch as my older brother deals with you" chuck said while running away with his tail between his legs. After that fiasco I decided to head back to my cabin and eat. While walking back I was thinking about how Felix would retaliate against me for hurting his brother but in the end if he comes to me I''ll just have to kick his ass. Once I got back home I started frying the meat and the moment it was done i devoured the entire thing and went back to training myself. I continued training for a few hours until suddenly I heard jack''s voice calling for me but when I saw him he had a rusty weapon on him a Glaive. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chapter 4 0 ] The moment Jack and Damian left I started going through all the corpses and I found a few ink stones on Felix''s men. I checked Felix himself but there wasn''t anything on him so I went inside his cabin to look around, on top of his drawer I found a the battle skill book ((twisted hook)) which I happily took. I continued looking around but there was nothing left, then I began to wonder from all the ink stones he has stolen from the servants they should be somewhere here. I continued looking under his bed, in the drawers but to no avail. I gave up and decided to leave when suddenly I heard weird creak sound from one of the wooden planks on the floor. I kept stepping on it and it made the same sound over and over, soon I realized everything beneath the plank. 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