Legend of the Fighter (2)
Chapters... 71: The Song Clan
"Who are your names?" Although this was the second meeting for Zhou Fan and the Two Twin Axes, they did not concern linking names at all.
"My name is Ciu San. This is my twin brother, Zhi Long." Hearing the statement of one of the personnel of the Two Twin Axes, Zhou Fan narrowed his eyes.
They are both twin brothers, but the clan is worn differently. Zhou Fan could not understand the way the two thick-bodied men thought.
The younger brother, Zhi Long seemed to understand. He then explains that they are indeed twin brothers, Ciu is the clan of the father, while Zhi is the clan of the mother.
Zhou Fan nodded, he did not ask any more, because after all everyone needed privacy.
"My name is Zhou Fan, you can call brother Zhou or it's up to you."
"Okay, young master Zhou." The two exclaimed in unison, while Zhou Fan could only sigh resignedly at the call of the Two Twin Axes.
"Old man, let's forget the past, now we're in the same boat." Ciu San was an open person, he so lightly said as he looked at Shin.
Shin could only look at his regret, actually wanting him to return the punch that landed on his body, but despite the fight back, the final result was definitely the same.
***
"This city hasn't changed, it's still as crowded as it used to be." Shao Mingrui muttered as he set foot on the ground of his mother's birth.
Arriving at Chen City, Shao Mingrui brought Zhou Fan and the others to the Song Clan residence. Just a few minutes they had already reached the tightly shut gate of the clan.
There were two guards on guard, when they saw five people coming they spontaneously stood aloud.
"What are there needs, from where and who?" The unreasonably stale guard, directly threw a question to Zhou Fan as the one standing in the middle.
Zhou Fan turned his gaze to Shao Mingrui who was beside him. With that Shao Mingrui issued a token.
One guard spontaneously grabbed the token indicated, when recognizing the token, their faces were instantly covered in cold sweat.
"Third prince?" There was nothing they could do but bow down. Shao Mingrui besides the third prince was the granddaughter of the grand elder of their clan.
"Open the gate." Shao Mingrui said as he opened the hood.
Two guards stood up in panic, opening the gate quickly.
Brak!
The gate was wide open, a bang that was not supposed to sound made them feel guilty. But what to say, if it has happened.
Shao Mingrui entered the Song Clan residence. The Song Clan residence covered one village, compared to the Zhou Clan residence there might be two to three times as many.
Inside the residence there was also a market, it was the internal market of the Song Clan. Pills, herbs or weapons are sold there.
"First young master?!" One of the old men approached quickly when he saw Shao Mingrui's face.
Shao Mingrui turned his head towards the old man who had come, at a glance he knew if it was Elder Song Giuli.
"Older Song Giuli?" Shao Mingrui nodded while replying to Elder Song's respect.
Shao Mingrui was also known as the first young master of the Song Clan, it was none other than his grandfather who was the strongest person in the clan or Chen City.
"The elder overestimates too much, this is the command of the great general. Of course as a bodyguard must follow what is ordered." Shin smiled awkwardly. Song Giuli's words seemed to elevate her position, whereas compared to Zhou Fan even with the Two Twin Axes, their distance was very far.
"And this... " When Song Giuli's eyes looked at Zhou Fan, her facial expression looked pale. A year ago the young man's cultivation was below him, in just a short period of time, why would his strength surpass him so much? It's hideous!
Song Giuli could not see Zhou Fan's cultivation level, as if there was a wall standing right before his face.
"During time no see, elder." Zhou Fan greeted by putting both hands together.
Song Giuli gulped with difficulty, a wry smile adorning her face. "Just one year, young Master Zhou." 'Just one year you've outgrown me', that old man really feels pressure.
"Older, how's grandpa doing? I haven't seen him in a long time." Shao Mingrui looked at Song Giuli's face that turned ugly when discussing Song Dayi - Shao Mingrui's grandfather.
Naturally that change in expression was instantly captured by the five people around him. "Did something bad happen to her?" Shao Mingrui said anxiously.
Huft...
Song Giuli let out a long sigh. "It's hard to explain, it's better to the grand elder's residence to see the condition."
Shao Mingrui instantly darted without saying much, he had already memorized the layout of the Song Clan residence. Song Giuli followed the departure of her young master.
Zhou Fan shrugged both shoulders resignedly, then followed where Shao Mingrui darted.
***
Zhou Fan entered the grand elder's residence easily, he no longer needed permission because he entered after Shao Mingrui as well as Song Giuli. But just as he entered, he felt a gripping feeling.
When it followed it turned out that it came from the grand elder's room. There was already Shao Mingrui as well as a few others.
"Nine months ago the first prince's army tried to take over the power of Chen City, but the existence of the great elder made everything difficult for the first prince." An old man who was known to be an elder of the Song Clan told me.
Everyone knew that the grand elder was one of the eight people who had cultivation at the level of a saint fighter. He was injured for fighting against the two holy warriors under the first prince.
" ... Now that the body of the great elder was exposed to the ice poison, it was the turning point of the stance he used. The chances of survival are very small, considering the ice poison is very difficult to cure." Song Giuli who heard bowing her head, for this reason she did not dare to speak carelessly regarding the state of the great elder.
Shao Mingrui sat on the floor, he even sat between two knees while warming his grandfather's palm which felt extremely cold.
The old man was a figure left among his family, although there was actually still a father and a half-brother, he did not consider them at all after some incident that had happened to him.
What kind of father looks at himself with other brothers, the disappointment towards his father is too great to measure, even if it does not remember he is his father, he said, perhaps right now his top priority was to snatch away the life of the Emperor of the Shao Empire.
Zhou Fan looked seriously, his eyes looking at the old man lying in the resting place. The stone-based design deliberately contained the element of fire, thinking it could ease the burden of the ice poison that gnawed Song Dayi's body.
Uh...
Zhou Fan's eyes twitched, he felt back the gripping feeling that had disappeared. When following his direction, his forehead shriveled. It turned out that it came from the grand elder himself, as if there was a black energy binding the old man's consciousness.
"The great elder was not exposed to the poison of ice, his soul was confined in a seal, which rendered him unconscious."