God Slayer Chronicles 6 2.3 Reborn.

"Yang Chi, I don't know if I'll be able to hold our clan together. Fathers disappeared, Master Lao is injured, and grandfathers suffered from Qi deviation. The Yang council have been scheming; some want me to become interim Patriarch of the Clan, while others wish for my cousin – Yang Zi to take over." Yang Fu took a deep sigh, regretting the situation he was in.

He didn't even want to inherit the Yang Clan, it was his father that had competed with his uncle for the position. His uncle ended up a cripple, but his son Yang Zi wanted to realize his father's dreams.

Yet it seems it was only Yang Fu that realized that although the Yang Clan appeared strong, they were in fact incredibly week from external threats.

The Yang Clan had always been close to the Azure Cloud Sect, but unfortunately, his cousin had joined a rival sect that when by the name of – Dark Moon Sect.

Although the Dark Moon Sect wasn't a significant threat towards either the Azure Cloud Sect or the Yang Clan in their prime, they're actually part of a more prominent organization called – The Broken Moon Clan, which were an incredibly powerful sect in the country of Zi.

Even the Royal family would be incredibly respectful when addressing them, although they would plot about putting daggers in their back when they were behind said back!

"Promise me, Yang Chi, promise me. Promise that you'll become strong. Stronger than your father, that you'll rise higher than any clouds in the sky and be unfettered by the problems of our mundane world." Tears streamed down Yang Fu's eyes, which dripped on Yang Chi's face.

'How poetic. I guess I will be able to complete your request, old man.' Yang Chi sighed in his head, as the baby in Yang Fu's arms struggled out the words, "I promise."

"What?" Yang Fu snapped out of his daze, unable to comprehend the words his son, a new-born had just said.

"Hahaha, heavens help me. I thought you spoke for a second." He roared, laughing at his son.

Then he looked down into those deep brown innocent eyes and somehow, he felt rea.s.sured that no matter what, everything was going to be okay.

"Enough about my problems lets tell you about the county of Zi." Yang Fu smiled.

"Look over the horizon." Yang Fu pointed off into the distance, where snow fell from the sky and mountains littered the land.

"Zi is an incredibly rich, country. We're some of the richest people in the entire Forgotten Valley. The mountains are full of all sorts of precious minerals, ranging from metals such as gold all the way to precious Tungsten. A precious metal that one uses in blacksmithing, it said that a suit of alloyed Tungsten is worth an untold amount of gold and could be used to purchase a small clan!" Yang Fu smiled, thinking about how easy life would be with such wealth.

"But alas, the only Tungsten mine is owned by the Royal Family and is heavily guarded. Our Yang family only has gold and copper mines." Yang Chi's father sighed in regret.

'I'll have to explore these mines when I'm older,' thought Yang Chi, wanting to see if any secrets were hidden beneath. As he looked off into the snowy sunset, which made him feel cold to the bone.