Battle Through the Heavens: I Am the Righteous Path

"Strength of fighting, third level!"

Seeing the bright red words revealed on the stone tablet, the family examiner's eyes were filled with disdain, and he deliberately raised his voice to announce the result, which attracted a group of whispers below, and all the conversations revealed contempt and disdain.

"A waste is still a waste after all. He hasn't improved at all in all these years."

"It's a pity that she is the daughter of the clan leader. If it were me, I would have committed suicide long ago."

"I don't know why the clan leader wants to keep her in the family. It's a sheer waste of resources to keep a useless person."

“Hey! Don’t let the young patriarch hear it, otherwise he will be unhappy again.”

Listening to the undisguised sarcasm and ridicule from the audience, Hun Ying, who was standing in front of the stone tablet, had a blank expression on his face, and his scarlet eyes showed no emotion at all. He turned and walked away from the testing table. The examiner was unwilling to even look at this family waste any more. He looked at the next test taker, with obvious reverence on his face, and said loudly.

"The next test taker is Young Clan Leader Hun Yan!"

As the words fell, a figure descended from the sky onto the test platform. The people below the stage immediately forgot about the Soul Hero that they had just ridiculed, and all raised their hands to praise the handsome man on the stage.

"It's Young Clan Leader Hun Yan!"

"The last time we took the test, Young Clan Leader Hun Yan was already a five-star Dou Wang. How strong will he be this time?"

"Need I say more? With the strength of Young Clan Leader Hun Yan, he must have broken through to the Dou Huang realm!"

There was an endless stream of praise from the audience, but Hun Yan frowned when he heard it.

It's not that he doesn't like being praised like this, but compared with the previous Soul Hero, the praise for himself sounded particularly harsh to his ears.

I have been trying my best to change the family's mindset, but in the end the clan leader still has a stronger influence?
Hun Yan sighed slowly. At this moment, the examiner changed his contemptuous attitude towards Hun Ying and smiled humbly at Hun Yan.

"Young Patriarch, just like before, you just need to place your hand on the stone tablet and inject your fighting spirit into it."

"Ah."

Hun Yan nodded slightly, placed his hand on the stone tablet and injected his fighting spirit into it. As the red words appeared on the stone tablet, the examiner took a look and his eyes widened, almost bulging out, in disbelief.

"One-One Star Dou Zong?"

The examiner stumbled and stood there in a daze. The whole audience fell silent after seeing the red font. In the end, the examiner was the first to react and read out the answer in an excited tone.

"The results of the young clan leader's test are out, he is a one-star Dou Zong!!!"

As if ignited by the examiner's reading, everyone came back to their senses, their eyes were full of excitement, and they raised their hands and shouted together.

"Young Patriarch! Young Patriarch! Young Patriarch!"

The excited shouts of the crowd resounded through the sky. Although there were no more words of praise, the earth-shaking shouts alone were enough to show how much Hun Yan was admired.

As the center of cheers, Hun Yan remained unmoved. He raised his hand, clasped his fists, saluted the examiner, and smiled.

"Thank you for your help. Hun Yan will take his leave."

"Hey hey~ What are you talking about? It's my duty, it's my duty. Take care!"

The examiner spoke in a very respectful tone, and looked at Hun Yan's back as he walked away into the air with great respect in his eyes.

It is obvious that Young Clan Leader Hun Yan possesses such talent, yet he is still so polite and humble. This is truly not easy. No wonder he was appointed as the Young Clan Leader by the Clan Leader.

The Soul Clan's selection of the clan leader is based on the ability, and the previous clan leader and the next clan leader do not necessarily have to be related by blood. Hun Yan was undoubtedly appointed as the young clan leader by the clan leader because of his extremely outstanding talent.

Moreover, Hun Yan was polite, humble and kind to other people in the clan, which made Hun Yan's reputation soar, and no one in the entire Hun clan hated him.

It’s a pity that this young patriarch, who has almost no shortcomings, is quite caring towards Hun Ying and her daughter.

The examiner thought so and sighed helplessly. He didn't know what kind of love potion that Hun Ying had given Hun Yan, but he could understand it. After all, he was a human being and there would always be some shortcomings. It was not a big deal to take care of the shortcoming of the waste.

The examiner calmed himself, coughed twice, glanced at the list and spoke again.

"The next tester is the soul!"

While the test was still going on, Hun Yan came to a herbal medicine shop. The shop owner, who was sitting at the door enjoying the cool air, was stunned when he saw Hun Yan, and jumped up from his chair in fear.

"Young Patriarch! You're here."

".Boss, you don't need to be so nervous."

Hun Yan's expression was very helpless. He was highly respected by the Hun Clan members because of his talent, but at the same time, Hun Yan also felt the fear of others, which gave him a headache.

Of course, Hun Yan could understand them. The clan rules of the Hun clan were that strength was paramount. With Hun Yan's qualifications, as long as Hun Yan wanted, he could kill dozens or hundreds of ordinary drug store owners like these and no one would bother him. Instead, they would say that these drug store owners deserved it. No wonder they were so afraid of him, afraid of offending him.

It is precisely because of this that Hun Yan increasingly hates the clan rules that prioritize strength above all else.

If you ask Hun Yan for a reason, he couldn't tell you why. Being respected is something everyone desires, and he also holds the power of life and death over many ordinary members of the tribe. Logically, there is no reason to hate him.

But Hun Yan, I just hate him from the bottom of my heart, for no apparent reason.

Can a strong person really do whatever he wants?

Hun Yan shook his head and asked the drug store owner kindly.

"Boss, have the herbs I ordered arrived?"

"Here we are! I have prepared it for you long ago!"

The owner of the drugstore nodded repeatedly, then walked quickly into the inner room. After a while, he came out with a few packets of medicinal materials in his hands and presented them to Hun Yan respectfully.

"Thank you." Hun Yan took it with a smile, and then handed a purse to the drugstore owner, "This is the cost of the medicinal materials, please accept it."

"No, no, no! How can I accept this!"

The owner of the drugstore waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "You must be joking. Your life can be decided by someone else's words. How can you dare to ask for money?"

"Transactions are supposed to be a win-win for both parties. How can one party only give up and the other only gain? Boss, you should just accept it."

Hun Yan placed his purse in the boss's hand, waved his hand with a smile, and turned to leave.

Looking at Hun Yan's departing back, the owner of the drugstore held the purse in his hand in a daze. After a long while, he came to his senses and sighed.

"I've never heard of someone so kind despite being so powerful. I really hope that the young patriarch can change the family's values ​​when he takes over."

Having said this, the drugstore owner felt as if he had told a joke. He burst out laughing, shook his head, and sat down again waiting for customers to come.

At this time, in another thatched hut in the corner of the Soul Clan, the outside looked shabby, but the inside was completely the opposite. There were beds in the house that were not luxurious but not bad either. The furniture in the house was not numerous but had everything one could need.

There was a beautiful woman lying on the bed. She was none other than the former clan leader's wife, Hun Qingge. Her face was slightly rosy and her body was a little weak. Fortunately, due to the good environment in the house, her condition had been stable and improving, so there was no need to worry.

Hun Ying was sitting beside the bed, looking at Hun Qingge's rosy face. His eyes revealed no heartache or worry, but a very complicated expression. No one knew what he was thinking.

Knock knock knock~
A gentle knock on the door interrupted Hun Ying's thoughts. He stood up and walked to the door and opened it. He saw Hun Yan standing outside with medicinal herbs in his hand. Hun Ying was not surprised at all.

After being kicked out of the clan leader's house, Hun Yan often came to deliver daily necessities to Hun Ying. Everything in this house was arranged with the help of Hun Yan. He recently started delivering medicine because he heard that Hun Qingge was sick. Every time when the medicine was needed, Hun Yan would prepare the herbs in advance and bring them over. As for the medicine jars, Hun Yan also bought them for Hun Ying a long time ago and placed them in the room.

In fact, normally taking the pill directly would recover faster, but unfortunately Hun Qingge has no fighting spirit in his body and cannot withstand the medicinal power of the pill at all, so it is safer to take the medicine.

After all, they were the wife and daughter of the clan leader who were expelled from the clan leader's mansion, so Hun Yan couldn't help them openly. He could only try his best to make life easier for the mother and daughter in secret. Although many people already knew about it, because of Hun Yan's own reputation in the clan, everyone turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it.

"Hun Ying, this is the medicine I just bought. Auntie will be awake soon after it's cooked, so I'll give it to her." Hun Yan handed the medicine to Hun Ying, and then asked worriedly, "How is Auntie's health?"

"Thanks to you, I'm recovering well."

Hun Ying responded softly, and Hun Yan smiled after hearing that.

"That's good. If you need anything in the future, you can always tell me and I will always be ready for you."

After saying that, Hun Yan waved his hand and turned to leave.

Hun Ying, holding the herbs, looked at Hun Yan's back which was getting farther and farther away, and the look in his eyes became more complicated.

She had asked Hun Yan before why he wanted to help her and her son, but the answer she got was still just a confusing one.

[I just feel that if I don’t help you, I will blame myself. ]

Thinking of what Hun Yan said, Hun Ying's eyes flickered slightly.

The answers seem to be the same, but there are subtle differences.
Hunying said this in his heart and slowly closed the door of the room.

Because of Hun Yan's help, Hun Ying no longer had to carry a wooden bucket to fetch water every day. However, perhaps it was destined that the trouble still came to her as expected. "Hahaha! Hun Ying, if you get under my crotch today, I will leave immediately. Otherwise, don't even think about going back today." The eldest elder's daughter Hun Ling stood in front of Hun Ying, grinning, "Others dare not tell others about Hun Yan's help to you, but I dare to tell others. When that happens, not only will your life be miserable, but Hun Yan will also be implicated. You don't want to see that, do you?"

The soul was so rampant that it mocked Soul Ying. Seeing this, Soul Ying frowned slightly, but did not intend to argue. He was just about to crawl under the soul's crotch as he had done before, in order to get rid of the soul's intrusion.

At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared between the two of them, looking at Hun Ling and smiling.

"Miss Hunling, may I ask what you need from Hunying?"

Hun Ling looked at Hun Yan who suddenly appeared with an unsightly expression, his lips trembling slightly, but he finally gritted his teeth and said a harsh word to Hun Ying.

"Hun Ying! Don't think he can protect you forever!"

After saying this, the soul turned around and strode away. From her trembling shoulders, one could clearly see the anger in her heart.

Hun Yan watched Hun Ling's back disappear completely, then turned his gaze to Hun Ying with a hint of anger in his eyes.

"You just did it, did you really want to get under her crotch?"

Hun Yan's words undoubtedly showed that Hun Yan came here from the very beginning to prevent himself from suffering the humiliation of being kicked in the crotch.

"Why did you come to help me?" Hun Ying looked at Hun Yan and asked, "I have already received a lot of favors from you. There is no need to trouble you again because of this matter. Anyway, the dignity of us losers is useless, so why bother to protect it?"

Hearing Hun Ying's words, the anger in Hun Yan's eyes deepened. He grabbed Hun Ying's shoulders with both hands and spoke in a serious voice.

"Hun Ying, I know I am being unreasonable when I say this, and I am not qualified to say this in my current position, but I sincerely hope that you can value your dignity and never give it up easily!"

When Hun Ying heard what Hun Yan said, a gleam flashed in his eyes and he asked back.

"why?"

"Hmm?"

Hun Yan was stunned, and then gave such an ambiguous answer with a blank look. Hun Ying couldn't help laughing when he saw Hun Yan's silly expression, although his identity was different, but still similar, but it was only for a moment before he returned to his indifferent look.

Afterwards, Hun Ying looked at Hun Yan with extremely serious eyes and asked in a deep voice.

"Hun Yan, if I am wronged one day in the future, will you stand up and speak for me?"

"Ah? Who would wrong you?"

Hun Yan was slightly stunned, and Hun Ying spoke again.

"Don't care who wronged me, just tell me, will you stand up?"

Hun Yan was silent for a moment, and then Zheng Sheng answered.

"If that day really comes, I will definitely stand up to defend you, because I have the ability to do so, so that's what I should do!"

"Is it."

Hun Ying responded in a deep voice, but his eyes did not show any gloom, but rather a gentle look.

She believed what the man in front of her said, but he still said a little less.

Whether he can or not, this man will stand up against injustice.
"According to the clan leader's oral instructions, Hun Qingge and her daughter secretly communicated with the enemy clan out of hatred and attempted to sneak into the forbidden area of ​​the Hun clan to steal the secret book. The clan leader has personally beheaded Hun Qingge and ordered us to capture Hun Ying!"

On the street, a Soul Clan Saint Guard read out loudly to all the gathered people, while in front of him, the Soul Hero who was restrained by the Soul Clan Saint Guards howled in defense.

"I didn't! My mother didn't betray the clan! We never sneaked into the forbidden area!"

No matter how Hun Ying explained, the Holy Guards of the Hun Clan remained unmoved. The surrounding Hun Clan members also knew that this was an absolute frame-up. Regardless of whether they were secretly communicating with the enemy clan, if Hun Qingge and her daughter could really sneak into the forbidden area, then there would be no need for the forbidden area to exist.

However, even though everyone knew that this was a frame-up and an injustice, no one stood up to redress Hunying's grievances.

In other words, no one should have stood up.

"take away!"

Just as the Soul Clan Holy Guard gave the order, a voice suddenly interrupted him.

"Wait a minute! Lord Saint Guard, Hun Yanxin has some questions, I hope you can help me solve them!"

Hun Yan fell from the sky amid the astonished gazes of the crowd, and saluted the Soul Clan's Holy Guards with his hands clasped together.

When the Soul Clan's Holy Guards saw that it was Hun Yan who stood up, they were stunned. Although their tone was still tough, it was obviously much more relaxed.

"Young Clan Leader Hun Yan, this is an order personally issued by the Clan Leader. You have already angered the Clan Leader by privately helping Hun Qingge and her daughter. For your future, please do not get involved any further."

Hun Yan indeed did not hear the kind words of advice from the Soul Clan's Holy Guard, and asked on his own.

"Master Saint Guard, you just said that Hun Qingge and her daughter secretly harmed the enemy. Let's put that aside for now, but what you said later about Hun Qingge and her daughter sneaking into the forbidden area to steal the secret book, isn't that too absurd?" Hun Yan's face was solemn and his words were firm. "Hun Ying is only a third-level fighting force, and Hun Qingge has been bedridden for many years. This is something everyone knows. Now you say that the two of them sneaked into the forbidden area. It sounds too absurd to Hun Yan!"

The other members of the Soul Clan were stunned. They never expected that Hun Yan, the young clan leader who was given high hopes, would dare to question him in person. This was undoubtedly a slap in the face of the clan leader!

What on earth is Young Clan Leader Hun Yan trying to do? Doesn't he want his own future?!

The Soul Clan Saint Guard had anger in his eyes, but he suppressed it because of Hun Yan's identity, and spoke in a deep and unfriendly voice.

"Young Patriarch, this is the Patriarch's order. Do you still want to question the Patriarch?"

The Soul Clan's Holy Guards directly brought up the clan leader's name, causing the people around him to change their expressions.

Generally speaking, saying this is equivalent to issuing an ultimatum. If you continue to question them without knowing the tact, don't blame them for being ruthless!

Hun Yan could naturally understand, but even so, after the Soul Clan Holy Guard said this, Hun Yan's body still did not retreat at all, not even a tremor, and everyone watching saw the determined look in Hun Yan's eyes.

Anyone can see that Hun Yan will never compromise today!
Hun Yan faced the Holy Guards of the Hun Clan directly, and spoke in a solemn voice without any tremor in his voice.

"Yes! Hun Yan is questioning the clan leader! I personally think this is extremely unreasonable!"

Even though the other party was the young patriarch appointed by the patriarch, such an untactful questioning of the patriarch made the Soul Clan Holy Guard completely infuriated by Hun Yan. Just as he was about to say something else, a majestic voice suddenly sounded. Hun Ying also raised his head and saw the face that made him hate so much.

The leader of the Soul Clan, Hun Wuyun!

"Unreasonable? Then I, the clan leader, will let you know what is reasonable!"

puff!

Hun Wuyun just waved his hand, and one of Hun Yan's arms suddenly broke and fell to the ground. Hun Yan couldn't help but let out a scream, and fell to one knee on the ground.

“Hmph!” Hun Wuyun snorted coldly, looking down at Hun Yan, “Hun Yan, this is a lesson for you. Don’t think that just because I made you the young patriarch, you can do whatever you want.”

Hun Wuyun had never thought of killing Hun Yan. First, Hun Yan was extremely talented and it would be a pity to kill him. Second, anyone with a discerning eye would know that this was an injustice. It was true that Hun Yan was confused and questioned the matter, but Hun Yan's prestige in the clan was not much less. It would be difficult to explain to others if he was killed directly, so breaking off an arm would be enough to teach him a lesson.

As for the arm, it was something that could be easily attached, but it was a slight punishment.

However, the next moment, Hun Wuyun heard the words coming out of Hun Yan's mouth who was kneeling on one knee.

"Wait." Hun Yan's face remained resolute as he looked up at Hun Wuyun. "Patriarch, you haven't given me a reasonable explanation yet."

"Master, the principle of you and even the entire Soul Clan is that strength is supreme. Whatever the strong say is right. It is up to you to wrongly accuse others."

"But Hun Yan doesn't agree with this!"

Hun Yan stood up firmly, raised his head and stared at Hun Wuyun, whose face turned black in mid-air.

Since I took office as the clan leader, have I ever seen someone who dares to oppose me in public? !

“Hun Yan! This clan leader will give you one last chance!” Hun Wuyun was really angry. He pointed at Hun Yan and shouted, “Do you accept this clan leader’s reason or not?!”

Hun Wuyun's roar scared everyone present so much that they fell to the ground. Only Hun Yan, covering his broken arm, gave a firm answer.

"deny!"

"Then go down and admit your mistake!"

Hun Wuyun was furious and glared at Hun Yan. Hun Yan's body exploded with a loud bang, blood splattered everywhere, and even the corpse could not be found. There was only a pool of blood to prove that Hun Yan had ever existed.

At this moment, Hunying, who saw this scene, slowly closed his eyes and asked softly in his heart.

[Why do you want to stand up? You obviously have a bright future. ]

[If you can ignore right and wrong because of a promising future, and remain silent in the face of injustice, then what is the difference between you and a beast in human clothing! ] (End of this chapter)