Legend of the Heavenly Swordsman
Ch.21 - Border

Tang Shu and Fu Chen immediately rested after arriving at the hut. The purple crystal they managed to take out was only 40 grains, yet to others it was an overwhelming amount.

Fu Chen's eyes twinkled observing the purple crystals in his pockets. He thought the crystals would be sold and the proceeds used to buy resources. He did not know at all, if the purple crystal itself was a precious resource.

"Are we going to do this crystal, Dad?" Fu Chen wanted to make sure his guess was correct.

"This crystal you can use to increase the Qi energy in your body." Tang Shu checked the quality of the purple crystal in his hand. He was astonished, because the natural energy within the crystal was quite concentrated. This place is not too far from human life.

"Hm? I thought you were going to sell it .. Then, how did this crystal get inside my body?" If before the energy he absorbed through the pores, then what about this keristal? thought Fu Chen.

Tang Shu sighed tiredly, her son was really annoying when he asked. "Patience, I'll teach you later. For now you should be able to master those three Rafting moves first!"

"Hum, okay." Fu Chen was still cleaning up the crystals he had collected, "What about the pool in the cave? I think that pool is what makes me have Qi." Fu Chen had just been reminded of the pond that made his body feel hot before.

"Already Chen'er, you can still visit him next time. Your training time is only four months away, I don't want you to waste that little time."

The reason Tang Shu was actually because he was still worried about the existence of magical beasts inside there. He did not want his son to get into trouble before becoming a sect disciple.

"Huft .. I think today will be very boring." Fu Chen thought hard about how to spend his training holiday which was only one day.

"Will you tell me the stories of fathers in the middle continent?" Fu Chen felt that there was no choice but to listen to Tang Shu's story, although it wasn't a bad thing because it could add to his knowledge, but it was extremely boring.

"Hm? Are you sure? it'll take a lot of your time off." Tang Shu felt astonished, it was not usual for Fu Chen to want to listen to his story at a time like this.

"No problem, I don't know what to do either."

Tang Shu laughed at hearing that, only this time did he see his son lazily doing something. "Alright well, you're the boss here .." Tang Shu chose what he thought was useful for Fu Chen to tell.

***

At the same time, in an extremely majestic palace hall, a servant was bowing down to give his Emperor a report.

"Sorry Your Majesty, General Jia Lu wants to face you." the servant said General Jia Lu brought a report from the southern border of the Empire.

"Let him in!" the emperor's orders.

"Okay, Your Majesty." the maid ran small towards the closed door of the hall. While in front of the door, the servant immediately opened it slowly.

"Please General, Your Majesty is waiting." The servant allowed General Jia Lu to enter.

"Report, Your Majesty" General Jia Lu placed his left knee on the floor as he stood before the Emperor.

"Stand!"

General Jia Lu stood up then tidied up his vest. "What report do you want to make?" The emperor asked Jia Lu's arrival intent on him, without wanting to mince words first.

"It's about the movements of some of the warrior groups in the Meng Empire, who are beginning to aggressively wreak havoc around the border, Your Majesty."

"We are worried that the group will break in and mess up in our Empire" General Jia Lu gave a report of any unrest the group was involved in.

"Are you afraid of this small group?" The emperor named Song Li tapped his finger on the chair of the singahsana.

"Bu-not so Your Majesty. From the last report I got, the group had been doing chaos since one year ago. And in the past few months, the group had dared to mess up in the Imperial Capital Meng and-"

"What?!" Song Li got up from her stopover cutting off General Jia Lu's speech. "Why did you just report something this important now?!" Song Li snapped at the downcast General Jia Lu.

Son Li was very angry with General Jia Lu, should such an important thing be reported immediately, because it would have a huge impact from his Empire.

"Currently, why don't you use a message bird? That'll be faster than you're here." Song Li scolded General Jia Lu for his incompetent performance.

"Here my husband, General Jia Lu just wants to give you reassurance" concubine Song Li said as she stroked his shoulder. She felt sorry for General Jia Lu who was in the corner of her husband.

Song Li sighed for a moment before returning to sit in her chair. "How is the capital now?"

Concubine Song Li smiled gently seeing her husband calm down again, she also sat back down and fanned her husband.

General Jia Lu felt very grateful to the concubine of His Majesty the Emperor, for helping him escape the situation that threatened his post.

"His Majesty Emperor Meng managed to survive along with his descendants. But half of the whole city was destroyed, many noble lives were lost in the attack." General Jia Lu explained after adjusting his breathing.

Song Li stroked her beard while thinking about the current condition of the imperial capital Meng. "Did the group succeed?"

"No Your Majesty, despite being pushed back, the group still has the strength to take into account. A few days before the servant departed, the group again destroyed the middle sect in the Meng Empire."

"What exactly is the purpose of this group?" Song Li asked inwardly. If the group had indeed intended to kill the descendants of the Emperor family, then they would not have to bother to destroy the sects there.

"Alright, your report I received, I'll inform the other generals about this. You can rest while waiting for the soldiers to prepare to tighten security at the border." Song Li then called for a eunuch to face her.

"Thank you Your Highness" Jia Lu left the hall, he was poking around with Eunuchs while at the doorstep.

"Hamba faced, Your Majesty" The eunuch bowed his body in salute.

"Make a letter and order the generals to conduct a gathering in the hall, one week from now!" Son Li ordered to Kasim in front of him.

"Okay, Your Majesty," said the eunuch and resigned.

Song Li leaned back in her chair while kneading her forehead after the Eunuch was nowhere to be seen anymore.

"Relax, this Empire will be fine, if we don't look for trouble first," Xiao Lan grabbed Song Li's hand to calm her down.

"That's not what I think Lan'er is, but the motive behind the assault they're carrying out. Why should they attack the sects there if their goal was the Imperial family"

Xiao Lan who was none other than the concubine accompanying Song Li felt surprised. He had just realized the awkwardness of this group. "Maybe they want to weaken the Empire first."

"It was impossible, if they did, then the group would be further weakened before it touched the Empire's army. Unless they were so confident in his strength and did not pay a fortune in every fight they made. But it was also impossible to do, considering the sect power in the Meng Empire was also not to be underestimated."

Song Li was getting dizzy thinking about it.

"Is it possible that they were the swordsmen's men?" Xiao Lan gave her opinion, she remembered a swordsman who asked them to find an heirloom one year ago.

"What do you mean, Lan'er?" Song Li did not understand who his wife meant.

"Didn't you remember? the swordsman who told you to find the heirloom he wanted…"

Song Li's eyes widened, right what his wife said. One year ago, the swordsman easily infiltrated and threatened his life to find the information of the heirloom sword he wanted.

"If it's true, then this would be very dangerous. It could be that the group is expanding and disrupting another Empire." He did not expect that the swordsman would travel all over the country to get his stake.

"We can only hope that this news does not reach the ears of warriors in our Empire. If that happens, then this Empire will also experience chaos." Xiao Lan was able to predict, what kind of heirloom made the swordsman look for him to this extent.

Song Li sighed imagining the Empire she had so desperately defended had collapsed from within. "Yes .. You're right, I will order the generals later to keep this matter a secret."

Although Xiao Lan was only a concubine, but of all the couples that Song Li had, only she could help him at a time like this. The Queen is sick and has not been cured for the past few months.