SEEKING THE TRUE PATH

Chapter Two: The medicine slave.

Jian Clan
The clan was not that very big. Infact it could be classified as a medium sized clan but the fact that it was located at the edge of the Ancient Desolate Forest which was frequented by small indigenous tribes which were yet to acquire the Clan status, made it the giant of the area. It was like   a mono-eyed man between blind men.

The Jian Clan had monopolised the area around the Western border of the Ancient Desolate Forest and became the overlord of the area. It's decision was the final say and It could do whatever it wanted without being questioned. The main reason why the Jian Clan had such a high status in the Ancient Desolate Forest area was because it had the highest realm cultivator powerhouse in the area. The Clan Head was in the     initial stage of the Dantian Core formation realm while the Clan Patriach was in the final stage of the Dantian Core formation realm. The two Clan leaders were the only people in the history of the whole Ancient Desolate Forest to ever reach the Dantian Core formation realm and they were revered as the kings of the area.

In the whole Desolate Mystery dimension , cultivation was seen as the ultimate path one could walk to prosperity. Cultivators were the few who had the chance to awaken the cultivation meridians inside their bodies. The Jian Clan had two people
In the Dantian Core formation realm and six others in the Qi Vein formation realm. The other reason why the Jian Clan continued to prosper unopposed was that, they were the main suppliers of spiritual herbs and medicine. This fact made the other big Clans to maintain a good friendship with the Jian Clan.

The Jian Clan Patriach was an old man who was obsessed with the idea of obtaining new types of medicine and poisons. Hence this lead to the existence of the medicine slaves who were used as the main manpower in collecting the spiritual herbs in the Ancient Desolate Forest and also used in trying out the new poisons and medicine produced.

At the current time in front of a huge building ,which was manned by two young Clan warriors in the innitial stage of the Qi Vein formation realm,a group of people with baskets on their backs stood in a queue as an elder checked their daily returns .

"Two kilograms of Withered Purple Grass, Six kilograms of Green Chunyin Vines , this one should receive a tin of the rations"

A small boy stood in front of the old man hugging the worn out medicine basket in his spindly arms. His hair was tied up with a string and his pale face had scratches and bruises long healed and some fresh from the accidents he came across in the Ancient Desolate Forest as he collected spiritual herbs. The most notable thing about him was his left eye. Whereas the right eye was blue in colour, the left eye was white which signified one thing. He was mono-eyed.

"Little boy don't you think that those are more than enough for your small stomach!"

A young man who had a large scar running down his face exclaimed as soon as the boy left the presence of the Jian Clan elder.