What ever that meant!! over the past months he had collected so much furs and beast cores that he was sure he would earn some coins but exactly how much he had no idea ...

IN the golden rays of the morning suns.h.i.+ne there was someone dressed in yellow striped leopard clothes, you can tell this person made it himself because it was not very well cut and st.i.tched, it was in fact held together with some sort of dried gra.s.s.

The tall slim youngster had a head of disheveled raven-black hair hanging all over his soft facial features with a skin tone that suggested he had been exposed to the sun for a prolonged amount of time during his short life. His blues eyes contrasted with his tanned skin making them even more striking than usual and his eyebrows grew straight across each eye giving him a peaceful and calm look over all..

Hartley traveled with a big pack on his back and this wasn't even half the stuff he had hidden away in his shack, he entered the outskirts of town and made his way towards the center where all the shops were located, people milled around, some busily made their way through the streets as if late for an appointment while others browsed casually, checking out what the merchants had to offer.

This was in the Waltham province where the Lou Clan was the top clan, Hartley doubted anyone would recognize him as a part of the Lou Clan, technically he was but in reality he didn't have any feelings of filial piety towards the clan of his birth, as he reached the areas with more people the more stares he got, he held his head high and he continued forward paying no mind to the looks of derision, laughing or snide comments..

As he pa.s.sed a small alleyway he heard someone say "Hey Wild man what you got in that pack?"

A blond haired youth followed by four other youths of similar age started laughing and pointing as they made there way in Hartley's direction.. Hartley did not slow down or speed up, he just kept going at his same pace, paying no mind to these wannbe bullies.

"Hey you" shouted the blonde, his face contorted with rage..Before he could say another word Hartley chimed in and said "Let me guess, you are about to tell your name, your Clan's name and the name of some Elder related to you" Hartley looked over his shoulder without stopping and finished by saying,

"I have no time for a d.i.c.k measuring contest with you kids be gone or I will make you" ... Hartley turned his head and started looking forward like that was the end of that..

The blonde youth's name was Lin Chin and he was from the LIn Clan, he did indeed have a uncle who was an elder in the Lin Clan, he had used this to bully and abuse people with the name of his third rate clan.. Lin Chin was boiling with rage he was in the 5th layer of the houtian realm and he was humiliated by some uncivilized mountain man. How could he have it?

"Break his legs and throw his pack over the river" he said to his 4 accomplices. He was just about to inform Hartley who he was and what he was about when he remembered Harley's prior comment... he gritted his teeth in rage..

Four small fries approached Hartley with swords drawn... Now that Hartley was a half step xiantian expert he could control gravity for 30 meters with him as the center, pus.h.i.+ng it away from or bringing it towards himself in addition to bringing it slamming down from the heavens in an orthodox manner, he could also manipulate the force of gravity from zero-gravity to 20x normal gravity..

Hartley made a motion like fanning away flies with his hand and released 10x gravity towards the 4 lackeys without even looking back, the force swept towards them like a brisk wind, gravity pushed back all 4 guys at once, lifted them parallel to the ground and sent them flying back 15 meters where they finally collided with a shop front, turning it into a display of broken wood-splinters and shattered-gla.s.s sending the valuable wares of the merchant flying everywhere.

When the cras.h.i.+ng sounds ended, the four youths laid p.r.o.ne, their injured bodies scattered amidst the wreckage with the shrieks of disbelief from the shop owner in the background, the youths moaned and looked at the back of Hartley, s.h.i.+vered then pa.s.sed out from fright and pain in equal measure.

LIn Chin had his mouth agape, he did not sense any wind element or earth element being used, he wanted to pee and poo at the same time, he himself would find it impossible to defeat his four lackeys with one strike.

As people started to gather in shock and bafflement, Lin Chin turned around and with the highest speed he could achieve, made his way out of there without even once looking back in the direction of his four friends or the wild mountain youth he had looked down on, the youth with the large pack on his back kept going on his merry way neither hurried or fl.u.s.tered. To him, it was just another experience in a long list unpleasant experiences he had had in the province.