Green Snake Gang, Blood Wolves Gang, Evil Tigers group, whoever will come to take revenge, better be ready to lose more than just a few teeth, I didn't care in the slightest about who might come at me, but all I cared about was how many people of those three organization can spare and be willing to sacrifice in dealing with .
Shaking the thought about deaths and killing, I looked at the two people on the floor and smacked my head, I just now could have still won without using my mental energy, I could have been able to stop Gu Xan without the need to use it .
I couldn't help but review my actions just now and I acknowledged that I did indeed make a mistake by using mental energy, but since what is done, is done, I didn't beat myself for long over this, just gave myself a reminder to keep always a hidden card up my sleeve, just like how that Fi Lu was doing until he died, speaking of the two laying on the floor, I wanted to see what treasures did they have .
Searching these two guys bodies, it became somewhat a habit of mine, I found nothing other than a few pouches and the sword that was in the hand of that Gu Xan, it seem quite remarkable, pity that he no longer be able to use it, his dominant hand and the one he used to wield the sword was the one I had severed .
On Fi Lu I remembered what took place when I hit him before and directly tore his clothes and saw that there was a bronze armor under his clothes this should be what protected him just now, so looking at the bronze armor and sensing that it was quite valuable and looking at the sword and thinking the same thing, I thanked the two of them in my mind .
Thinking that it would be a pity to leave such treasures behind, I collected both of these things, I then collected the pouch from the restaurant owner's body, his sword was a normal sword, what made me certain that Gu Xan's sword was special was the fact that the blade edge flashed with green light .
I instantly understood that this was a treasure, what grade, I'm not sure about this but it should be much better than normal sword, this sword came in time, I wanted some weapon I can use normally from here on out .
Taking Retribution Sword out from now on would create more troubles for me, so this was a good replacement, after organizing my thoughts, I heard the whistles of the Yemen sounding outside, they had finally arrived, it was better to leave cleaning up to them, I'm heading back first .
I checked on Senior Brother Shi, but saw that even after all that had happened around him that guy was still seemed to be engrossed in staring into the void, his eyes were completely fogged and people would even wonder if he was a statue, luckily he was still breathing, otherwise I would really think he died of heartbreak .
As I was looking at him, I heard a few movements from behind the stairs leading to the luxurious place upstairs and I turned my head directly and I used my enhanced senses to see who was there, I found out that the person there was none other than Boa'er, the woman who broke him like this .
" Come out .
I called her and she instantly appeared in front of me and tried to seduce me, but all she got was her hand getting slapped instead, I eyed her coldly and said :
" Wake him or else.... .
I pointed at the sword in hand and she being a smart woman directly nodded her head and began whispering in Senior Shi ears something, something that wake him up indeed, looking at the woman beside him, his eyes became blood red in an instant and he held her by the neck and in midst of her pleading for me to let her live, he gave her a finishing blow and twisted her neck .
Seeing him acting so decisively, I couldn't help but nod at his decisiveness, he turned towards me and after seeing what had happened, at least guessing what happened, he bowed down and said :
Thank you, Tian Long for your help .
I helped him up and told him that there was no need to thank me for teaching these guys a lesson, he then was about to say something, but hearing the sound of whistles approaching, he suggested that we should get out of her first, nodding, we both directly took off from a window upstairs .
Using his own footwork and me with my Gliding Swallow, we were able to shuttle across the top of the houses until we finally reached the area where the Dojo was located, I was relentlessly searching for anyone that might have followed us, but it seemed we were safe .
Senior Fa Shi seemed to be more accustomed to the road leading to the Dojo, so he was the one leading, even though his injuries showed signs of recovering, I still saw that each step he took was accompanied by a gritted teeth, it seem that today's incident hurt his pride quite deeply .
I didn't know what to say, so I just followed after him, but even after we entered the Dojo, he stayed silent and the air around him was so depressing that seemed to suffocate the liveliness of anyone that went near him, I wasn't excluded, I began to sigh at his state and wanted to ask him anything , anything that could allow me to understand his thoughts .
I want there today to convince a more experienced with medicine doctor for your senior brother's state, sadly that doctor already left the city and left a word that he would be venturing from now on .
My Master had gone back to the Royal Academy, it should be about time, the Iron Sand Palm Dojo really picked a good time to strike the Solid Rock Fist Dojo, not even letting the Dojo get any remaining soup .
I don't know if my Master has a way, but even if he has, he won't be able to come back here for a long time, I will leave to follow my Master from tomorrow morning .
In the Hall, there is a notebook left in a drawer, it was Master's last gift to me before his departure, I will hand it over to you whether to give it to branch Master Chen or use it for yourself or even sell it, this is completely up to you .
I don't have a clue about how to heal Bai Ming and I'm ashamed to even see him, but do give him my regards and tell him that he can still live to a hundred years if he forsake practicing Martial Arts, I won't send he off .
Just as I was thinking of what to do, he directly began to blurt those words one after another, from the start to finish, I didn't understand most of what he was saying, all I was able to tell was that Senior Brother Bai was injured by the hands of someone and that someone had quite the deep hatred with us .
I had heard of the name Iron Sand Palm Dojo before, it was a Dojo in the second place in terms of popularity throughout the city, it seem that they had bad blood against us, he talked about the current time being right, but for what I wonder .
He also mentioned Master name but add branch before his title, what exactly did this mean, he too wanted to left me some medical notes, what Royal Academy, what exactly was this guy's Master identity, what's going on .
Just as I wanted to ask him for more details, I found that we actually have reached the Rejuvenating Hall, he opened the door and as he opened the door, a foul smell assaulted us, Bu Fan was laying down there on the floor without breath, dead .
I was shocked to find him like this, even though his practice was crippled, he was still alive when we left him, seeing my shock, I saw Fa Shi turning to me and saying :
Is he an acquaintance ? .
I wanted to tell him no, but before there were people who see me bringing him here, so I couldn't help but nod and say a story that share little to no details at all about what happened today .
I told him about taking the bet and winning it and me bringing the two guys here for healing but there was no one here, one of them left on his own while this guy was still alive when we left him .
The reason I lied was because I don't know whether I could trust Fa Shi with such an important information or not, that was why I didn't dare to gamble .
But he still seemed to have seen through my predicament but bent down and inspected the body while saying :
I don't know who was targeting this acquaintance of yours, but he was cruel enough to actually use the poison from Black Lily Spider plant, the poison is odorless and will strangle its victim and not even give her a chance to breathe or scream for help .
If I'm not wrong with my calculations, this guy should have died 2 to 3 hours ago, the poison was spread on a dart, the dart was pulled off after this guy got hit directly, quite a flawless work, but not flawless enough .
He said this and began inspecting the windows in the hall, then he said :
The person who did this will have a smell like dried paint mixed with mint and orchid fragrance, he shouldn't have expected that his smell would be stored in the desk he landed on after breaking in, this desk is made of Fragrance Bitter Wood, this wood can store the fragrance of something for a full day before it finally allow the fragrance to disperse .
Hearing him say this, I couldn't help but sweat a little, he was able to tell all this and even leave a little trap for those who infiltrated the place, luckily we don't seem to have set any of those traps on .
The person who killed this guy seemed to have tortured him for quite sometime as well, he even wasted his practice then directly severed his meridians, the person who did this must have been a person with some experience in Medicine, so how can he be fooled like this, something doesn't add up, be sure to warn the branch Master about this, I will ask you to tell him that the medicine here will need to be more tightly secured .
I nodded my head and tried to change the subject, saying :
" Senior Shi seemed quite accustomed to this kind of situation, was something like this happen that often ? .
He shook his head and said :
In the past there were indeed some deaths, but never ones these brutal, most of the deaths were either by accident or disciples crippling themselves and some time there would be some crazy people who would forsake their own live and take it .
Hearing him talking about it so plainly, I felt a chill crawling on my spine, but soon my Blood Qi gushed suddenly and calmed me down, he was able to say this without any solemnity as if that was every day business .
I will do you another favor and dispose of the body on my way out, hand the keys and the Token for your Master, I approve of your character and even though I can foresee that a lot of troubles might be coming in your way, I believe that we would meet again in capital, see you then .
The doctor finish saying this and handed me the keys and a green token then I saw that he had gathered his luggage already, he just put the corpse in a bag and with a heavy steps he was leaving .
I understood that there was really nothing I can say or do to make him stay, so I only bid him farewell and tossed his money pouch back to him, he accepted it and left behind a few words that appeared in my ears the moment he disappeared from my vision, he said :
Look like I owe you another favor, Junior Brother .
I couldn't help but sigh desperately at everything that happened today and as if my adventures were bound to never end, I found that the sky has brightened and we were already upon a new day beginning .
I couldn't help but curse out my sense of time, my luck, even the sleep that I never got wasn't spared, my body felt sore, as for my mental state, I'm currently gnashing my teeth just so that I don't fall asleep, that was how mentally and physically tired I was .
Regardless of my responsibilities as a senior brother I directly went to the Accommodation Hall, wanting to get some rest already, just as I passed by disciples coming out for their morning training session, this was the hour where the Yang energy would be the most healthy, allowing their bodies to accumulate strength faster, that was what I was told by Mu Lu .
As I thought of this, I couldn't help but have yet another headache, thinking about what should I tell my master later, I ignored the weird looks these guys were giving me and entered the building and the old man at the entrance greeted me and told me that 3 people have come and ask for me when I was out .
Surprisingly one of them was my Master, I couldn't help but wonder what he came to me for, I hurriedly asked about what did he told him and he said that he gave him a spare key and that I should find him in his room later, or the Grand Hall .
I nodded and found the identities of the two other people, one of them was Mu Lu and surprisingly the other person was Fu Liu, my senior brother, Senior Brother looking for me was alarming enough, now even Master came looking for me, what exactly was going on, I asked if senior brother left me a message or anything like that .
Surprisingly he did left me a few words, he said :
Be Kind .
I confirmed with the old man three times if this was all that my senior brother said and the old man confirmed that every word was indeed true, those two words were all that senior brother left me .
I thanked the old man for relaying the message and decided that for now, I would go to my room and catch an hour or two of rest then I will go to find Master, but just as I walked into the room I saw Master Chen mediating on my bed and around him there seemed to be blood spots on the floor .
I wondered what exactly was happening, then I understood where this blood came from, my Master seemed to be engrossed in his meditation that he didn't notice me entering the room, but after what seemed to be a few seconds, I saw him wake up and spitting a mouthful of blood on the floor .
The blood would evaporate instantly, but it would leave a bloody mark, seeing this strange scene made me at loss of words, blood shouldn't be reacting like this normally right, but once again I'm not in a normal world either .
You finally came back, huh ? .
Master's eyes were bloody red, adding with the frown currently on his face and the raging Blood Qi it felt as if he tear me up any second now, I didn't understand what was going on, but I still cupped my fist and greeted him .
Without replaying to me, he directly snatched my hand almost dislocating it in the process and after reading my pulse, he released a sigh of relief and said :
It's good that you are good and back, looking at you, I thought that those bastards from the Iron Sand Palm Dojo got you, good, it's good that you are fine .
I saw that he truly cared about my well-being and it made me feel warm, but also a bit guilty, but then the smile on his face disappeared and a frown even deeper than before appeared on his face, then he said with a strong voice :
What did you do, how come you are at the fifth layer of Flesh Tempering shouldn't you have only reached the third yesterday, where have you gone and what did you do ? .
The question that I already expected finally came, now how I should answer this, I was taking some time to gather my thoughts, he seemed to be quite impatient, he said in a more forceful tone that left a bad taste in my throat :
Answer me now you stubborn disciple .
I directly knelt on the floor and said in an apologizing tone :
" I hope Master can forgive me, I did experience something that I'm ashamed of myself for it, I hope Master can give me a suitable punishment .
I tried to get rid of the guilt in my heart by doing this and sincerely apologizing first, after he heard me say this, he didn't seem to understand what I might be talking about, but still vomited blood as a precaution .
" Master, are you okay ? .
Now isn't the time to care about me, tell me what did you do, have you done something evil, as long as you repent, I can ask for your release, but as long as your evil actions hadn't caused others misfortune that is, now, hurry up and tell me what had happened already ? .