Legend of the Heavenly Swordsman
Ch.53 - Investigation of Robbers

This afternoon, a village called Batu Kuning like the middle of the sun. Two young men in deep blue robes were standing under a tree, near a shop.

One of the youths stared at the people who were eating in the tavern intently. His partner found out about it and he asked him something, "Are you hungry?" Ask the guy.

"Ah, yes," replied the young man earlier, his stomach has not been filled since this morning.

"Order some food and bring it here, I'll pay for it" said the young man's colleague.

"Why don't we just eat inside? We can also get some information there," said the young man giving advice, but his advice was immediately rejected.

"In there are already many people, I don't want to jostle on this hot day!" The young fellow complained while wagging his clothes due to the heat.

The young man nodded and went into the shop. Moments later he returned with a waiter carrying a tray of food.

"Please, sir," said the servant.

"How much?" Asked the fellow young man while reaching into his pocket.

"Ah, you want to pay right away?" The waiter asked a little puzzled, usually people would pay after eating.

"Yes, we might be leaving soon after the meal," the young man's colleague explained.

"Wait a minute." The waiter counted whatever they ordered for a few moments. "Take two pieces of silver, sir."

The young man checked the small pouch he was carrying, it contained only gold pieces as far as he examined it. The waiter tried to hold back his big smile when he saw that the customer he was serving was a rich man.

"Hey, do you have any silver?" Besik the young man's partner who was none other than Xiao Jung.

Fu Chen put on a wry smile hearing that whisper. He looked towards the servant who still maintained his gentle smile with an uneasy feeling. "Seniors should just say it from the start!" Sizzle Fu Chen then took his money.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." Fu Chen smiled gently and paid for the food he ordered.

The waiter glanced at Xiao Jung for a moment and made Xiao Jung quickly avert his gaze while whistling softly.

"Thank you, sir," said the waiter and walked away.

Xiao Jung and Fu Chen ate their food voraciously. They sat in the long chair that was there.

Fu Chen's gaze then unintentionally caught a shabby-clothed young man on the porch of the tavern.then he slowly approached and sat down next to the person relaxing on the porch.

"sorry. If you may know, where is the house of a man named Kimyuong?" Asked the shabby-clothed young man.

"Kimyuong…? Kimyuong who's the sheep farmer?" An old man was being questioned by the young man.

The young man did not immediately reply, he bit his lower lip for a moment while thinking. "Maybe." said the young man.

"It's a pity that he's long dead, young man."

"Dead? Why?" The young man was quick.

"It's been a long time, he killed himself in the Funggu gorge about 20 years ago." The old man sighed a little.

"Why did he kill himself?" Ask the young man again.

"I don't know either, but I've heard of his wife being kidnapped and spiked by robbers. Maybe he killed himself because of it."

The young man's body went limp, his face looked incredulous.

"It was a very long time ago, probably almost 25 years ago. Maybe Kimyoung killed himself because he could not live without his wife. He had tried hard for five years to stay alive, but in the end he still chose to end his life. Are you his relative?"

The old man then told briefly the events he knew 25 years ago in Batu Kuning Village. Everyone in this village knows the story, because not only the person named Kimyoung who experienced it.

"Come on!" Xiao Jung said which made Fu Chen surprised.

"You why?" Xiao Jung raised his eyebrows unexpectedly with Fu Chen's surprised response, he looked in the direction that Fu Chen had observed earlier.

"It has nothing to do with our mission. That story was even before I was born."

"Senior can listen to their conversation?" Fu Chen asked curiously, he himself had to focus his hearing in order to listen to the talk of the shabby young man.

"Of course, are you underestimating me?" Xiao Jung asked slightly glaring at Fu Chen.

Fu Chen laughed blandly while shaking his head.

"Hurry now! I don't want to linger in this village."

Fu Chen walked over as he continued to observe the shabby young man who was still focused on listening to the story of the old man in front of him.

Fu Chen's premonition said that it wasn't as simple as the old man had told him. Fu Chen could also feel the flow of qi within the young man's body, he only differed one tier below Xiao Jung according to Fu Chen. But I don't know why Xiao Jung ignored him.

The two of them immediately continued on their way after leaving the Village. Xiao Jung was quite amazed by Fu Chen in these few days. Because the development of this child is extraordinary, with his current strength he is even able to compensate for the science of lightening Xiao Jung's body.

Xiao Jung was actually not too surprised because the science that Fu Chen learned was more focused on density, but still it was quite amazing according to Xiao Jung. Every time they rested, Xiao Jung also always told her every experience in the outside world. He intended to teach this child things that were more important than the teachers in the sect had said.

Fu Chen could easily understand it because his father also often told such things when practicing first.

As the two were resting under a tree, there was a sound of screaming from the direction of the road they were going to go through. The two looked at each other and nodded their heads before darting closer to the sound.

Suddenly Xiao Jung raised his hand upwards hinting to stop as he saw some people carrying freight carts also rushing there.

"What's up, senior?" Fu Chen asked in confusion.

"We follow the merchants from the trees! I felt something strange.." Xiao Jung frowned, the scream was as if it had been deliberately allowed to attract the attention of these merchants.

Xiao Jung and Fu Chen followed the merchant entourage by jumping from one tree to another. They were slightly keeping their distance so that no one was aware of their existence.

The merchant group then stopped when they were about 30 meters away from the source of the scream. One by one the burly men who looked like bodyguards from the merchant began to descend and left only four people to stand guard.

"Please! Help Me!" Shouted a woman whose hands and feet had been tied.

"You still dare to shout?!" Snapped a robber on guard and slapped the woman.

"Who are y'all? If you dare to approach then this guy's neck will break!" Threatening other robbers while holding a middle-aged man.

The guards who had been intending to approach them finally stopped. The robbers in front of them were at least about 15 people, while the guards numbered only nine.

"Calm sir! We just want to get through this road. After that, we will not interfere," said the chief of the bodyguards trying to negotiate with the robbers in front of him.

The woman who had shouted again made a sound hearing the guard's words. "No! Please save me! Save me…!"

"Shut up!" He snapped at the robber who was guarding him and then he swung the machete in his hand and made the woman lie on the ground.

"Senior, we should help them immediately!" Urge Fu Chen could no longer bear to see the behavior of the robbers.

"Wait on! The robber did not actually slash the woman's neck. Don't you see if there's no blood on the machete?" Xiao Jung said as he held onto Fu Chen's shoulder so that this child would not be rash.