Great Swordsman
Ch.34 - Assessing the Situation

“You guys seem very generous to visit this place.” Xu Feng glanced at the faces of the representatives one by one, and his gaze was often fixed long ago on the representatives of the three villages that Xue Gong called out.

“Thanks for taking the time.” Xu Feng spoke vaguely which caused each representative to fall into deep thought and try to interpret what his sentence meant.

“Senior Xu, no! Protector Xu, are we going to start the ceremony?”

Xue Lan immediately changed her way of summoning Xu Feng, what she said was confirmation for the representatives who most still considered her a rumor. After all who wants to join a village that has been declining and poor?

Xu Feng nodded slowly before sitting on the front seat, on his two sides stood Elders Xue Gong and Ding Xiang.

Xue Lan immediately walked towards the platform and faced the thousands of Xue Village residents.

“Everything, please listen!” Xue Lan shouted, she used her energy as a second stage fighter so that her voice could be heard by everyone.

“...” The noise among the residents disappeared, they all looked up to the pagoda, waiting for what would come out of Xue Lan's mouth.

“Two days ago our village experienced a tragic incident.” Xue Lan first started telling me about the attack of the Demon Beast, she was so eloquent in telling me and added some powder in order to attract everyone's sympathy.

“Then an expert came and.” Xue Lan then continued with Xu Feng's arrival, telling him how she defeated all the Demon Beasts alone.

Everything was told so neatly and in detail, Xue Lan even spent the entire day meeting the people who witnessed firsthand Xu Feng's fight and made a speech about him.

His speech moved the hearts of the people and his gratitude to Xu Feng.

“Now our village is safe and I also want to announce that the times in which our village isolated itself are over! Let's welcome our savior and at the same time the person who will be the guardian of our village in the future, Protector Xu Feng!” Xue Lan said everything in one breath.

Silent…

All the residents were silent for a while in shock before one of the residents cheered and bowed while shouting words

“Hail Protector Xu!”

His shout resuscitated the mob, they immediately followed him bowing and shouting loudly

“Protective Greetings!”

A thunderous voice rang out in Xue Village, scaring away the small animals and the surrounding birds. They did not mind at all, Xu Feng was their savior and his existence would also protect them in the future, there was not the slightest complaint in the hearts of the residents.

“Salam.”

Xu Feng stood up and cupped his hands, he would not make a speech and only displayed his face as a formal act as well as confirmation that he was officially appointed and recognized by the residents as the protector of the Xue Village.

He had melted into the Xue Clan so smoothly.

“Hail Protector Xu!” The representatives also stood up and saluted, even if there was a contradiction between their village and Xue Village, they needed to give face to Xu Feng.

Xu Feng nodded modestly and sat back down in his chair. The ceremony was just that simple, the residents had already disbanded and started their respective activities.

Only the people who were in the pagoda had yet to disperse, the reason being that the representatives brought gifts and handed them over to Xu Feng.

“Protector Xu, then we permit the farewell to return to their respective villages.”

One of the representatives hesitated a little before going forward and saluting. They naturally did not intend to stay in Xue Village, this news was extremely important and they needed to inform him as quickly as possible.

“Please, not a big problem.” Xu Feng waved his hand and pointed at Xue Lan, ” Elders of Xue Lan, please escort our guests.”

Xue Lan nodded and immediately ushered in the departure of the representatives.

“Is it a good thing to let them go just like that?”

Gao Gao asked a little strangely, according to him this moment was a good thing to dig up information about anyone who was responsible for the various surprise attacks against Xue Village just now.

“Leave it, they will not spit it out just like that except using violence that will only incite anger, we have not been able to fight with many villages at once.”

Xu Feng sighed lightly and explained, he felt his brother was over-assessing things so simply.

“Not to mention the existence of the One-Eye Gang that killed the Patriarch, I'm sure they won't stay silent after this news is spread. Although they would not dare to act openly for fear of the Fallen Leaf Town's response, it was not impossible for them to do so clandestinely.”

Xue Gong added and spoke of his judgement which immediately caused everyone to realize how serious their problems were.

“So, announcing Senior Xu's existence to the outside world is the wrong thing?” Ding Xiang inevitably muttered worriedly, he originally thought their condition would be better after Xu Feng joined but it seemed like it would only get worse.

“Hehe who said that?” Xu Feng chuckled and continued, “Your father's death must have already triggered the anger of the higher-ups in Fallen Leaf Town, they would naturally not let the One-Eye Gang do the same again. If not, where are their faces as the rulers of the region later?”

Xu Feng smiled widely, he believed in his judgment. Just imagine, the Patriarch of a village was killed by bandits in their territory, does this not indicate that the higher-ups are useless in managing a territory?

And if it happens a second time in the same village, where is their face and dignity? Moreover, they are arrogant people.

They would certainly not allow the incident to repeat itself to improve their reputation and honor.

“I'm even sure Fallen Leaf Town has long since sent troops to find out the headquarters of the One Eye Gang, it's just that they might not have managed to find it.” At this point Xu Feng paused for a moment so that they could digest what he said.

“So I doubt the One Eye Gang still has the strength to focus on us. That's why I agreed on Elder Xue Lan to make this ceremony.” Xu Feng finished all his sentences.

“I didn't think about it that far.”

Xue Gong and Huo Tin stared at each other in astonishment, they could not believe the judgment and courage in taking this choice came from a young man.

“It looks like Xue Village is really lucky!” Huo Tin chuckled softly, he really grew even more envious of the luck of this village.

“So there should be nothing to worry about?” Ding Xiang asked hurriedly.

“Betul, I am also sure other villages will not dare to take action again.”

Xu Feng replied but his eyes did not dare to turn towards Ding Xiang, he simply put on a straight face and stared at the empty air in front of him.