Chapter 9 : Burn (End of Volume One)
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The days of many people flowed by normally. Some peaceful and some exciting. However, one of these days was chaotic.

A few minutes past midnight, a sudden fire blazed. The fire went unnoticed for a while however, the wailing and cries that came from it sometime later started to attract attention. Someone finally came by to see the commotion and yelped in surprise at what they saw.

"THE ORPHANAGE IS ON FIRE!" This shout attracted even more people to the site as they were already on their way. The more people appeared, the more people were attracted until there were hundreds. Every one of them was shocked into a shout. The fire was not the reason for their exclamations of surprise but it was from where the cries and wails were coming from. In front of the burning orphanage were stakes placed all around the front of the orphanage. On each stake was a burning body, crying and begging for forgiveness. At the very center of these stakes were two rather large bodies being roasted like pigs.

"PLEASE! BLAZING FLAME SECT! PLEASE FORGIVE US! WE WILL NOT TOUCH YOUR LITTLE ANCESTRESS EVER AGAIN! PLEASE LET US GO!" The two hollered for forgiveness over and over.

"Blazing Flame Sect?! What Little Ancestress of Blazing Flame Sect? What could have this orphanage done to warrant them such fates?"

"Have you not heard?"

"What, you live under a rock? A few days ago, the Blazing Flame Sect Ancestor came to this orphanage to take a little girl in as his granddaughter. It is said that the Ancestor took a good liking to this newfound granddaughter of his."

"What?! Then why is now the Blazing Flame Sect setting flame to the orphanage?"

"Huh? Not only do you live under a rock but you also have a slow understanding too?"

"Bah! What rock? What slow understanding? Just tell me!"

"Fine, fine. The people of this orphanage most likely offended the Little Ancestress and are now paying for it with their lives."

"Tch! Good for them. In their next lives, they would think twice before mistreating children."

"Though it is good. What of the other children of this orphanage? Where could they have gone?"

"Slow slow slow! How could you be so slow? It's obvious that the Blazing Flame Sect wouldn't harm these children if they don't want the whole content to go into an uproar. If they did, even I would want to spit in their faces. They either took them to another orphanage or took them into the sect."

"BAH! Took them into the sect? Who is the slow one now? What is the Blazing Flame Sect? It is the most powerful sect on the continent. They wouldn't even take a cluster of Rank 7 Martial Artists, how could they take in those orphans?"

"Hmph! Then what of the Ancestor of the Blazing Flame? Could he not be interested in the other orphans?"

Everyone who heard this looked at this person as if they had grown three heads.

"Are you actually slow or just stupid?"

"Ha?! Who is stupid?"

"You, that is who! Can the Ancestor of the Blazing Flame Sect interest be gained so easily? If so, wouldn't every child on the continent be the grandchild to the Ancestor?"

Realizing this, the person who first called others slow couldn't help but bow his head in shame. How could they not think of such a simple thing?

As the passerby was arguing, the owners and staff of the orphanage were being burned alive. Though everyone saw them and heard their pleas, no one stepped in to help. They were smart enough not to. Help these people was making an enemy out of the Blazing Flame Sect and no one here was trying to meet with death just yet.

Slow but surely, all of the members of the orphanage died being burnt alive.

After the event, word spread like wildfire across the continent about the happenings of the orphanage. Everyone who heard of it couldn't help but shiver.

Such cruelty!

There was one thought the recirculated within everyone's mind.

"Whatever happens in my life, I must never offend the Little Ancestress!"

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