The Devil Sword Swordsman
Ch. 56 - Lian Family Residence
By late afternoon, a horse-drawn carriage came to Wu Ang's inn. Xin Fai who had just received her money back ten times as much did not have time to be happy just yet when she saw the crowd out there.
In the window of Xin Fai's room turned down and found people with horse carriages in front. She raised her eyebrows next to her not expecting Lian Sheng to seriously want to take her to his residence.
"Of..." He could only resign himself to the circumstances, just as he was about to rest after going around the city looking for food for Lang.
The door of the room was knocked on after a while, Xin Fai opened the door and was immediately escorted towards the residence of the Lian extended family.
Arriving at a residence with luxurious pillars around it, Xin Fai was welcome to enter inside. It was never imagined by him himself that he would be so greeted by the Lian family.
The woman with an 80-year-old deep frown walked up to him, she hugged Xin Fai tightly. "Thank you for saving my granddaughter, I really lost hope when I heard the news. But when my son came with my grandson, I couldn't describe how I felt right now.."
Lian Sheng's mother couldn't cover up her taste. Despite having to lose a daughter-in-law at least she still has a grandchild that is very dear to her.
The other members of the Lian family cast glances at her, apart from Xin Fai's extremely modest attire they were amazed by the child. Especially before Lian Sheng said that Xin Fai also defeated the rat demon king and made a funeral for his wife there.
Without Xin Fai realizing this news had already spread rapidly in Houbi city, his name soared up rapidly. It even reached the ears of the Imperial people, as the Lian family itself belonged to a highly respected noble family. Xia He's death was a huge blow to everyone.
Xin Fai let go of the woman's embrace, she also felt deep sorrow from her eyes.
"I'm sorry, I didn't have time to save Lady Xia He."
"It's not your fault" said the woman slowly. Soon the people around him asked about how he defeated the demon rat king and he answered honestly.
"I blinded his eyes with pepper and attacked him as much as I could."
"Are you really not kidding me?" One of the brunettes chimed in.
"No, I'm not kidding at all."
The man explained, "When your age was one of the Imperial Pillars named Wang Chen had entered the forest with some bodyguards, once, and when he came back he was alone without his bodyguard with a pretty serious injury."
They watched Xin Fai from top to bottom looking for scars, yet did not see them at all.
Xin Fai herself actually had a scratch scar on her arm, but the jewel from Fu Shi made her skin's natural ability to regenerate three times faster than an ordinary human. It was only known to Xin Fai recently, when he went through many fights and in less than a day could heal easily.
The man who had spoken to her was still waiting for Xin Fai's reply, it was no wonder that the man was confused.
"I have a Golden-Hairy Wolf, I think it can answer that question."
"Golden-Hairy Wolf? Isn't that demon already very rare?"
The rest of Xin Fai continued to be showered with many questions down to the roots. Again, his surprise did not get bored when he spoke to Xin Fai when he heard that the boy was just the son of a poor fisherman.
Feeling that building a good relationship with Xin Fai is the right choice for many people to treat her with specialness. The treatment of course did not make Xin Fai big head, he remained as low as usual.
Evening arrived, after being given a nice suit Xin Fai headed to a very long dining table. A lot of people talk there. And all of them came from the nobility. They had recently come because they heard about Xia He's death, and were about to confirm it by coming to Houbi City.
That way the atmosphere of Liang Sheng's residence was definitely crowded, not by his relatives and family alone but also by the servants who came with them.
Xin Fai was still standing glued to her seat until Lian Sheng broke his reverie.
"Fai'er what else are you waiting for? Sit down."
As he was about to sit on Xin Fai's chair, he could faintly sense the killer's air, it was just like the murderous air that was now in Xin Fai's body and it came from the mouse stealth gem in his body.
In this dining room there was not a single suspicious person, Xin Fai tried to look around for the source before Lian Sheng again asked.
"Fai'er, is there anything that makes you uncomfortable?"
"Ah, no I'm just a little confused." Xin Fai hurriedly sat down not wanting to make others misunderstand. For a moment his gaze fell on a servant who had just delivered food.
Their gazes briefly met for a few seconds before the female servant threw away her gaze. Xin Fai ignored him and chose to listen to the conversation around him. Their chatter was mostly about Xia He's death, but the talk of two old men beside him was enough to make Xin Fai interested.
"Lately I've heard a lot of hit men have split up, even on the way here I've been blocked by one of them."
The old man beside him also commented on this. "It is not strange anymore if noble families like us become the target of the Blood Devil Man as well. If they want to rule the Shang Empire at least they have to cripple the influence of people like us..."
Xin Fai indiscriminately joined the chatter of that old man, the two of them were quite shocked when a little boy like Xin Fai was interested in something like this.
Anything related to the Blood Demon Man was of interest to Xin Fai, he had to know whatever they were doing.
"What among the noble families have they killed?"
The old man beside him shook his head. "Not yet, but some are rumored to be hostages. I don't really know what the Devil Blood Man wants, but it's all about something called Mustika 7 Season that was later rumored to be among the noble families."
Xin Fai of course knew about the Mustika 7 Season from Lan An, it was said that if collected it could resurrect the legend who had died thousands of years though.
The one thing Xin Fai feared was if the Demonic Blood Man wanted to resurrect Qiang Jun. Although still hesitant, Xin Fai could not calm down as usual.
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