Few days have passed since the strange things that happened, and all the people in the village were back to living their usual day to day life, and it's not like they could do anything about it, compared to that "Immortal master" they were just mortals, they were just thankful that he did not harm them.
"Did you hear? The elder who only came here to recruit the talented kids is now recruiting even ordinary people"?
"Hehe if i was still in my youth I would've joined wind jade sect and become a martial master"
The villagers were discussing about the recruitment of wind jade sect, the elder only came to recruit the rumored talented kids in the village, and after an unexpected things have happened, he decided to take even more youth into the sect.
"All the youths can come join the wind jade sect, this is a fortune encounter, wind jade sect is not a place where just anyone can enter, but today I'm giving some of a chance"
In the center of the village a well built elderly man with long gray hair and beard reaching to his waist, shouted, immediately a large group of people rushed towards him, old, young, women, men, all of them who were hoping for a better life.
Wind jade sect is a centuries old sect, and one of the dominant sects in the land, every new year the elders of the sect go from village to village in search of talented kids to nurture.
"Elder feng ming I have young slaves if you're interested? the caravan should be arriving very soon"
A fat unsightly man approached the elder asking a question as he wrapped his right hand fists in his left hand palm as respect, all the people gathered in the center of the village immediately felt uncomfortable, the fat man was the lord of the village, he was not only greedy but also sold his own daughter to a strange person, from this any one could see just how corrupt he is, all the people avoided eye contact with him.
"Hmm? Slaves?
"Yes sir, the caravan should've arrived a few days ago but as you're already aware, it was delayed because of the strange things that happened few days ago"
Because of the commotion from few days ago the slave caravan had decided to take shelter and stop moving until things calmed down,
"Hmm, well I don't really have any gold coins on me, so I probably won't be able to buy the slaves from you"
Elder feng ming folded his hands on his chest as he spoke to village lord, gold coins was a form of currency in this world and it was important for everyone, without them, people wouldn't be able to survive,
"Elder feng ming, please this is my gift to you for visiting this humble village"
The lord talked kindly towards elder feng ming as he looked him in the eyes with a kind smile, if elder feng ming wanted to forcely take the slaves and all the children in the village, village lord Chi huan would not be able to do anything about it, not only was elder feng ming a martial master but he was also backed by the powerful wind jade sect,
«hmph this scheming bastard»
Elder feng ming was clear in his mind, village lord Chi huan was not giving up his slaves out of kindness, but to curry a favor and form a business link between him and the wind jade sect, as someone who lived for a long time and became an elder of a prestigious sect, how could he not guess what village lord Chi huan was planning?
"lord Chi huan i accept your good will, we need all the young talented people we can get, but your daughter was truly a genius, it's too bad the "Immortal master" took her...
As elder feng ming spoke he shut his left eye looking at village lord Chi huan with his right eye as he folded his hands on his chest again arrogantly.
a frown appeared on village lord Chi huan face, even though village lord Chi huan sold his daughter, there wasn't really anything he could do to the "Immortal master" he could only take what the "immortal master" offered to him and accept his fate, his daughter was known as the genius of huan village even young masters from rich villages would often come bringing her all kinds of gifts, she was quite the beauty, even elder feng ming personally came to recruit her but after she was snatched by an "immortal master" and couldn't recruit her, he decided to put the blame on her father village lord Chi huan, this is just how the world is if you aren't strong enough you will get trembled on.
"Sigh"
Village lord Chi huan sighed as he reached to his bossom and took out a bag giving it to elder feng ming as he kowtowed,
"Hahaha lord Chi huan you did not have to do this at all we're brothers after all"
Elder feng ming's laughter echoed In the center of the village, all the people in the center of the village knew what just happened, none of them were confused or surprised, some even felt refreshed when they saw village lord Chi huan get humiliated, after all he had many times schemed against the villagers and made their lives harder but in front of martial masters like Elder feng ming he was just a side character.
"Lord... lord Chi huan, the caravan has arrived"
a muscular man armed with a long spear shouted as he ran towards the center of the village.
"Elder feng ming please then"
Elder feng ming walked forward as village lord followed him from behind, it wasn't long before they arrived at the gates of the entrance to the village.
"Hurry bring the slaves out, elder feng ming is a busy man"
The muscular guard immediately shouted at the caravan guards in order to curry favor toward elder feng ming, all the slaves tied together with robes and blind folded were dragged out and put in line in front of elder feng ming to choose from.
"Most of the slaves in this caravan are of slave descendants as you already know, so treat them as you like"
The guard explained to elder feng ming with a respectful manner, there are times where people from renowned clans or normal people get captured and enslaved but the majority of the slaves are of slave descendants, and even though they're humans, they aren't treated as such, they were people who had their lands invaded and turned into slaves centuries ago, and it has become the norm to treat them inhumane.
"Get in line you Bastard"
One of the slave caravan guards shouted at an old man as he lashed a whip across his back, none of the people gathered at the gates of the village bat an eye as the old man cried out in agony, All the slaves were put in line and were on their knees blind folded and tied together with robes,
"For now I will only take the young kids so move the old ones to the back"
Elder feng ming commanded the caravan guards as he walked forward looking through the young slaves until his eyes fell on a little slave girl, even though the girl was blind folded her young beautiful face could not be hidden by the blind fold, she was trembling and whimpering, there were also multiple bruises on her body it could be seen underneath her torn clothes, feng ming approached the little girl and put his right hand palm on her head.
"Hehe i had no idea elder feng ming was this kind of person"
Village lord Chi huan chuckled as he saw the scene before him, elder feng ming ignored him and closed his eyes as his palm was resting on the little girl's head, the girl was shaken and tears streamed down from her eyes, she had no idea what he was doing to her, after about the time it takes to break an egg had passed, the little girl started trembling and crying out,
she seemed to be in excruciating pain but she could not escape elder feng ming's grasp. all the other slaves and the village people watching felt fear, even though the slaves were blind folded they knew whatever happening to the little girl was not good and didn't want that for themselves.
They all began trembling uncontrollably. After hearing the little girl's cries, after a long moment had passed the elder opened his eyes and lifted his hand from her head, the girl immediately fell to the ground unconscious. elder feng ming stood next to the unconscious girl like some kind of statue, looking at his palm, in his palm was a white mist swirling around like a snake.
«This.... this is impossible. she actually has an extraordinary talent».
Elder feng ming stood there shocked, after evaluating the little girl he actually discovered the girl was talented and could walk the path of a martial master.