I wake up to the noise of people around.
There I sat, bound to a chair in the middle of the a large room.
My hands tied behind and legs tied by a tough rope.
It couldn’t be cut if you weren’t at least second rate.
It was the court room of the clan, where meetings are held.
I was placed in the centre, facing the Patriarch’s seat.
Two guards beside me, both sweating for some reason, both just entering First Rate.
There he sat in his mid forties, his hair black, smooth chin and deep green eyes looking at me.
The colour of his cloth the ideal colour of the Dang family, deep green.
Two guards stood beside him.
Both Early Peak martial artist.
Seated beside them were the clan mistress, the two sons of the clan Patriarch and the clan elders, numbering only three.
The grand elder looking the youngest of the three elders.
Now that I’ve activated my dantian, I could read their levels.
The clan mistress was barely First Rate.
The elders where Early Peak, except the grand elder whom I couldn’t read his level.
Could he have entered the Master realm.
Or does he not possess any inner martial arts.
The clan master had just entered the Late Peak stage.
Though just entering the Late Peak stage would be considered weak for a Patriach of one of the previous five great clans he is of the Dang family.
Being of the Dang family places you above your peers on the same level due to the use of poison.
But of course that also depends on your skill.
Seeing the little crowd mumur I realize I’m in serious trouble.
The Patriarch raises his hand signaling quiet and the noise gradually dies down.
At the peak of silence the Patriarch spoke.
"Dang Ki So." He called my name.
"In the late hours of the night, it was reported that screams were heard from your courtyard.
And then in the early hours of the morning a commotion was felt and heard also coming from your courtyard." He says pausing for a few seconds.
"As the day broke, people came to check out what had happened and as they entered they saw your building demolished.
Going closer, there you were laying in the midst of the rubbles alongside three corpses." He continues before pausing again.
"The corpses were identified to be Dang Ki Heo and his two friends.
Do you mind explaining to us what happened?
Bare in mind that your response would determine your punishment." He states.
I remain silent with my head bowed for a while.
"You dare ignore the Patriarch’s words!!??" An elderly man with grey hair and beards yell out to me.
It was the second elder.
I remain silent as the little crowd begins to mumur.
The two guard now sweating more, their breath getting heavier.
Though the two trying to hide it I could notice something was up.
"Child, I don’t know what happened, but it would be in your best interest to speak." A voice rang in my head.
It was inner ki speech.
Someone was talking to me.
I look around and I noticed the Grand elder smiling.
So he did have inner martial arts.
So he was actually a Master?
It is extremely difficult to even reach Early Peak stage.
Only twenty percent of Martial Artists could even reach the Late Peak stage.
Only nine percent of Martial Artists could possibly enter the Master Realm.
A master from the Dang family with his experience would be respected anywhere he goes.
Even the heads of the three great powers of the Murim, who are mostly in the Grandmaster realm wouldn’t dare provoke him unnecessarily.
Though he wouldn’t be able to match a Martial Grand Master he would be able to beat almost anyone below Grand Master.
And the amount of destruction he could bring upon a land.
He is a walking catastrophe.
And you are telling me this godforsaken clan has such?
It seems this clan isn’t so bad off as I thought.
"I asked you a question Dang Ki So." The Patriach snaps me out of my thoughts.
I heave a long sigh before speaking.
I told them basically everything except that I had used the blood essence of Dang Ki Heo and his friends and how I activated my dantian.
The mumur grew louder after I had finished speaking.
"Silence!" The Patriarch orders.
"Dang Ki So, you should be aware of the rules of the family, killing of a fellow clan member is not permitted." He says
"Yes, but they attacked me, it was self defence." I reply.
"Self defense does not involve ripping out a mans throat with your bare hands!" The second elder yells at me.
"So if you didn’t have a weapon on you at a point in time when being confronted you’d just let yourself be done away with?" I ask him in annoyance, but with a low cool tone.
He couldn’t say anything further.
He sat there fuming as I had just bruised his ego.
"And you claim to have unlocked your dantian?" The Patriarch asks.
"I see, so what would you then say is the reason for their bodies looking soo...like that." He says with a disgusted face when remembering the bodies.
Isn’t he supposed to be of the Dang family?
I’m pretty sure as the Patriarch of the Dang family, dealing with poison he would have seen worse.
"After activating my dantian, the wave emitted from my body contained poison, so that must have caused that." I reply to him.
"But there was no trace of poison in your courtyard" The second elder states.
"It must have dispersed." I reply immediately.
"First can you prove that you’ve activated your dantian?" The Patriarch says.
They probably can’t read my level because David’s Phantom technique comes with a trait of being really secretive about its stage.
Due to my small but well developed arm muscles I could easily snap the rope off my hands.
But I need to prove that I have indeed activated my dantian.
So they need to sense Ki.
I immediately begin circulating my Ki as I stand up.
Standing up I effortlessly snap the ropes off my hands.
And as I take a step the ropes binding my legs snap off.
The whole crowd is shocked as they react in awe.
"I see, so it is true." The Patriarch says.
Though trying to hide it I could see him smile.
"Ugh!!" The two guards standing beside me utter as they suddenly drop to their knees grabbing their chest.
They fall to the ground and that was it.