The Demon Swordsman 3
Ch. 67 - Pill Production Headquarters

Xin Zhan didn't know where else to go to look for Yan She. He had searched the camps belonging to the criminals in that place but nil, there was nothing to be found other than a plot of enemies who kept coming towards him. Coming out of the camp, Xin Zhan decided to look elsewhere before he was startled by the presence of a seemingly very curious male. The person who had asked for help from him, his face was full of hope as he said.

“A-did you find my Princess and Wife?” His shabby clothes twitched slowly in the wind of the storm, his body shivering small. He settles amidst the eyes of danger only to get his little family back. But to no avail, his hope was only with Xin Zhan who was now looking at him regretfully.

“I'm sorry.” Xin Zhan lowered his head, showing sorrow over the loss of the two people. The young man pulled out the hairbrush that his wife had. And then handed it to the man. “Your wife and child are gone. I can only take this from them.”

The man accepted it, with his knees helpless. She squinted as she wept hugging the hair comb.

Xin Zhan was silent, he couldn't possibly leave a grieving person alone in the forest prone to wild beast attacks. Both of them had been quite far from the enemy camp, but it did not rule out the possibility of some of the enemies passing through this place and finding both.

“Te-thank you, my lord. At least I know they're gone. What about the body?”

“I can't do much. Outside the pavilion are many enemies.” Xin Zhan could not continue if he actually had a severe wound on his chest that did not allow him to fight excessively.

“I understand."

“Then what will you do?” xin Zhan asked then. Seeing the man as if he has no destination. “I will go towards the city. Maybe we can go together there, more secure.” He offered, the man nodded helplessly.

“i follow you, Mr.” Soon she returned to voice.

“Sorry just introduced myself, my name is Qiu Qi, Sir. Before I became a farmer, I became a master swordsman. But my ability can not be calculated because it is still amateur. I can protect Master until we arrive in the city.”

Xin Zhan was silent for a moment, then Qiu Qi explained. “I also just realized that Mr. has a pretty severe injury. If you don't mind, I'll help you get to the city. This forest is very dangerous.”

Xin Zhan let out a breath. Ye Long followed. But the dragon complained because from yesterday his stomach was still rumbling not filled by food.

“You hungry, huh?” Xin Zhan asked softly. It made the dragon start acting spoiled. Previously he hunted even become a man hunted evil. Brought to camp a bunch of criminals and out getting nothing.

But Xin Zhan managed to obtain a bottle of pills, some inscriptions on a small iron bowl the size of a handgrip of that striking gold-colored hand. Qiu Qi furrowed his brows.

“Ah .. should not be consumed the pill. There have been many cases of people suddenly dying from taking the drug.”

Qiu Qi part-timely removed his shabby shoes that had already been torn in some parts. He did not pay full attention because it seems that the rumor was already known to people, although not outside and only known by some villages from that place.

“You know where this medicine is made?”

Qiu Qi stopped his activities. He looked at the medicine bottle that Xin Zhan had proffered, there was the name 'Sunflower Pill'.

“Maybe I know where this pill comes from.”

**

They arrived at one of the no-man's quarters filled with production buildings with smoke rising from the chimney. It looks like a factory that is heavily guarded by wandering guards in full clothes. Some of them are even warriors.

It was not uncommon for Xin Zhan to see the faces of people of the Qing Empire that were so distinctive. He was able to distinguish between the people of the Qing Empire and Shang even if he only caught a glimpse. And clearly in that place, the dominance of the people of the Qing Empire was as much as 80% of his. Moreover, which makes it inexhaustible how can a place of production of this size can be established without being known by the government. Between the government is sleeping or there are bribes that make soldiers hands off this illegal factory.

When they were busy monitoring a guard saw their whereabouts and immediately rushed to send a signal. Rumored his other herd had come intruders to their place.

“How is this?”

“We advance."

The fighting style of a knight. Xin Zhan came out from the walls and immediately stood at the front gate of the enemy while raising the sword in his hand.

“Face me!”

*

Puddles of water split apart as the clattering of footsteps galloped through the forest. Security did not immediately loosen, fifty guards of the headquarters roamed along the way. Qiu Qi - armed with swordsmanship that is not how just toppled one guard headquarters. The strength of the male opponent was indeed not his heavy play, he himself had trouble to fight.

Once upon a time, Qiu Qi had been a hit man in his youth. That's what makes him so good at sneaking around, but it's said that his fighting skills are not very well trained. He often lost if fighting face to face, except stabbing his opponent from behind. It was easy for him.

Qiu Qi was wearing a uniform armor with the guards of the headquarters. No one was suspicious as he infiltrated in, and quietly took out a sharp dagger. Wielding the weapon into the heart of his opponent who was caught off guard, abandoned his friends.

Now he managed to infiltrate, killing the people inside the tent secretly. Seven guards fell down, but it didn't last long until he was caught and chased by swords and spears. He escaped and disappeared among their herd.

Seeing Xin Zhan busy serving the enemy troops from the front, Qiu Qi had thought of saving some of the people who were being held hostage. Just like her who was also taken hostage. Luckily he had a folding knife that allowed him to take off the rope and escape. Without thinking much more he immediately headed towards the unguarded bamboo cage.

Qiu Qi had just managed to release the slaves held in the deepest part of the headquarters.

Most of the children and adult men, Qiu Qi immediately told them to run as far away as possible and pointed out a quiet and safe route for them to go through. They tell us where the rest of the slaves are locked up. Qiu Qi was about to move there but his steps stopped walking as the five guards intercepted him.

"What's your name?"

Qiu Qi was speechless, as the organized group they had definitely known each other. The man tried to think of a way to give birth before one of the five guards attacked him first.

Then within one second then the other four ganged at the man, Qiu Qi avenged. The flow of the fight was unequalled, one could not be held. And now Qiu Qi was fighting five people at once. Qiu Qi's life was already at the tip of the horn. While the sword in his hand was split apart by the sharpness of the opponent's sword.

Qiu Qi remained undaunted, with the sword that had split open it he welcomed the opponent's attack. Once twice his footsteps retreated, then shouted making his five enemies shriek.

Qiu Qi fended off the direction of the sword eye that was about to hunt down the base of his neck, ducking but his head got a brutal kick. On the other side another sword eye was about to pierce through his ear, the man screeched and tried to break free. His death has come, Qiu Qi thought as there was no more room for him to escape.

The drums were fast, sounding a great voice like war. The attack came in the early hours, as drizzling rain poured down the valleys and hills. Within an hour, the fifteen Guards were depleted by Xin Zhan who infiltrated. Sometimes Xin Zhan threw away his pride as a white flow fighter and killed silently as his opponent caught his guard with a secret weapon. He has no other choice.

The opponent also does not care anymore about cheating. Their opponents did far more heinous things than all of them.

All lighting at Headquarters was extinguished when the storm winds came to haunt the place.

The gloomy sky vibe added to the fear as thick clouds covered the originally cloudless sky. It became a big question mark in their heads.

The two men stood on top of a tall building tower, noticing the chaos. Seeing a man running around alone, throwing him with a sword and making him die instantly. He was the subordinate of the prince who fought at the front gate, Qiu Qi. The man's instincts are never wrong.

While the other one was grieving, "It looks like tonight is going to be an exciting night." Then the figure was fixated on the unequal fight that took place under the tower. He plunged free, slashing his long sword until he cut the old man.

Qiu Qi convulsed and his body spurted out fresh blood, making a pool of flood red by blood. The man huddled up, trying to get up.

"I want to live ..."

A foot stepped on his head until it almost sank into the muddy ground, the man's vision blurred. "I've got to take you to the City. I promised him..."

"It's disgusting this man."

His heart was drawn again, then torn using a sword blade. The man screamed in pain, "I can't die here-"

The man's head was leaking when a powerful kick made your temple bleed, he was trampled like a worthless piece of trash.The man in shabby clothes and the sword in his hand was dying, his hands were too trembling just to get rid of the enemy's legs that were cracking his skull bones. Qiu Qi lost his consciousness, in one last stab. His life was destroyed by the enemy.

*

Xin Zhan had just returned to the place where they had split up earlier, he had already said that before if anything untoward happened then Qiu Qi would have to return to that place. But the man showed no sign of his presence. If they fail to go inside, they can move again at dawn, because attacking two intruders will mean nothing to this group of enemies. They won't be too harried.

Estimates when the morning blind rain will flutter the place. And also the guards were sound asleep, they were more often on guard at midnight.

The time often used in ambushes - or rather after attacks, this first attack is useful so that later Xin Zhan knows where all the places are and knows where the parts to aim. Xin Zhan was so fond of remembering the scent of the Sunflower Pill and could smell if at any time the smell of medicine was coming out from one of the buildings. And also the rain can hide their footsteps.

Xin Zhan only realized from a distance that he saw slaves being held hostage in the headquarters running around on dark roads.

Unfortunately Qiu Qi was too impatient, he thought that he should immediately save the lives of slaves who might be dying as they delayed the rescue. Xin Zhan exhaled, what if it was precisely with that haste that they could not save a single one at all?

Sure enough, when Xin Zhan came out to look for something it turned out that Qiu Qi had already advanced to the battlefield and fought alone among the enemies that were so fierce to finish him off. This is ridiculous, two people against a myriad of guards whose fighting abilities are great, they are trained.