Legend of the Heavenly Swordsman
Ch.83 - Mount Fugui

Ye Huolang quickly returned to his horse after killing the demon. He approached his entourage casually.

"Take this demon soul core! We will continue our journey soon after," Ye Huolang said.

The sect elder glanced at the sect disciples, then nodded slowly to have his disciple immediately take the demon soul core.

Some people quickly approached the demon and dissected it. Almost all the organs in the demon were removed because the soul demon core did not have a definite position.

A disciple then found it, the shape of the soul core was a chunk of crystal the size of a handful of adult men's hands. The disciple was intending to hand it over to Ye Huolang because he was the one who killed the demon.

However, Ye Huolang rejected him subtly. "You just leave that soul core to your elders. He'll choose who's entitled to it."

The disciple nodded and handed the soul core to the sect elder.

"Thank you Young Master. I'll give up this soul core in return for the mission this time." The elder cupped his hands together.

Ye Huolang simply nodded in response, "Come! We can't linger in this place. Just leave this stealthy corpse here, he will only be a burden if he carries it."

Some of the disciples who were intending to use the demon dragon were a little disappointed, the demon body was also a resource for them. Moreover, a 300-year-old demon is quite difficult to find, unfortunately to let it rot and eat other wild animals.

The sect elder understood that Ye Huolang intended to rush over not wanting to lose track of the group. But he was a little surprised, because the young man was impressed in a hurry.

The elder then only sighed softly. "We're leaving, the plan will be hampered if we keep stalling like this."

Ye Huolang smiled gently to express his gratitude. And then immediately give a sign to move quickly. The roaring sound of the horse rang out loud, then followed by the sound of his steps getting faster.

After traveling for five hours at high speed. Their entourage finally arrived at a location not far from the Black Bear group's hideout.

The day was just getting late, but they chose to rest on the outskirts of the forest and slightly keep their distance from others so as not to cause wasteful noise.

The sect elder asked for a squad he had previously formed to gather with him. The squad is a reconnaissance team that will be assigned to observe and provide a picture of the location in the hideout of the Black Bear group.

Fu Chen joined the squad because it was recommended by Xiao Jung. Young Master Xiao seemed to want to give Fu Chen more experience.

"Remember! Your job is to just observe the place, avoid fighting to a minimum if the circumstances are not urgent. And come back when you have information." The sect elder again confirmed the task of the squad.

"Ready!" The 10-man team answered simultaneously. They were all the best disciples in this group and only one person was an inner disciple. And that was Fu Chen.

The members of the scout squad as well as the sect elders were actually quite doubtful of Fu Chen, yet they could only accept it because Xiao Jung kept forcing.

"Hey!" call one of the squad members to Fu Chen, "Don't be a hindrance when you're there."

Fu Chen only smiled gently in response. Naturally they underestimated him, Fu Chen's cultivation was only at the first grade intermediate stage swordsman level. His face was also still new among the inner disciples.

All he could do was prove his abilities without much talk.

The squad members were grieving because Fu Chen did not answer. He slightly cursed inwardly, "This boy is so arrogant just because he is close to Xiao Jung."

The scout squad hurried to leave the entourage with the science of lightening the body. The resting location of the group is quite far from the hiding place of the robbers, it takes some time until they arrive at the destination location.

His tenths immediately gathered on top of a large tree and divided each other's duties. The leader of the scout squad divided its members in pairs, Fu Chen waited for his name to be mentioned for quite a while.

However, his name did not come out until the division of duties ended. "Am I just gonna stay here and wait for them to come back?" thought Fu Chen was fretting.

Fu Chen's face brightened again, he nodded his head quickly after hearing that.

"Alright, we'll gather in this place again when the sun sets. Understood?" said the head of the team firmly.

"understand!" All members answered simultaneously.

"Good, now disperse!"

After the team leader ended his sentence, all members immediately split with their respective partners. While Fu Chen was still waiting for the order of the Squad Leader.

"Follow me!"

"Good." Fu Chen nodded his head.

The two jumped from one tree to another, following the path of the wooden fence a little away from them. The leader of the squad led Fu Chen towards the higher plains until he approached the foot of the mountain.

From there, they could see if the wooden fence stretched to form a semicircle. The end of the wooden fence is the foot of the mountain, estimated to be three meters high.

However, this place did not look like a hideout, but rather a headquarters. There was a large cave in the middle of the foot of the mountain that protected the wooden fence. Unfortunately, Fu Chen and the Squad Leader were unable to see the contents as they were covered in cloth.

"Senior, look at it.." Fu Chen pointed at the barren hallway on the side of the fence.

The area of the field was about 100 meters, Fu Chen was slightly astonished that the Squad Leader was unaware of it. It should have been a very conspicuous field since only that place was barren, whereas the surroundings were still lush green.

The squad leader did not realize it because he was busy paying attention to the structure of the floor plan at the headquarters. This is more important because it is very influential during the battle later.

"Forgot that, there's something I have to make sure of. Follow me!" The squad leader ignored Fu Chen who was still paying attention to the field. He moved to another place to take the right perspective.

Fu Chen sighed softly, although the distance of the field was quite far, but Fu Chen's eyes were able to catch the swarms of flies flying over the field. He wanted to make sure but immediately abandoned his intention because he did not want to disrupt the mission.

The team leader continued to pay attention to the structure of the building there and surrounding areas for several hours. Everything he saw he had been mapping in the brain.

As per the agreement, they gathered to the starting point as the sun began to set. The leader of the squad asked its members to report their observations in detail.

It will take a while until all reports are completed. From the report, at least the number of their enemies this time around 700 people and most of them are just small army warriors.

This information is slightly different from Hang Xie's story, but the outline remains the same.

"All right, this is enough. We'd better get back and report this information." The leader of the squad began to rise up and was followed by the others.

Fu Chen grew lethargic, since then he had only observed without doing anything. This team really did not consider it.

They then rushed back to the rest of the group. Upon arriving there, the squad leader and some members who had important information immediately reported to the elder.

Fu Chen himself chose to separate himself because he did not have the face to face the elder. He sat cross-legged while watching his sword. For the first time, Fu Chen would fight using this type of katana sword.

Fu Chen glanced at the surroundings, making sure that no one noticed him. Once in safety, Fu Chen swallowed a recovery pill from his earth ring.

He wants his body to be in top shape. This was the time to avenge Aunt Fei's death as well as her promise first. Fu Chen did not want this opportunity to be scorched because the preparations were not ripe.