The Eastern Continent Swordsman
CH. 75 – Chrysanthemum Flower Fortress

Moments after Zhou Fu defeated Wei Sihao's warrior, Yang Zi went with Feng Yaoshan to look for a horse carriage. Before long, they had returned and brought a sizable horse carriage that could accommodate several people inside. The plan, Feng Yaoshan with the two girls would sit inside the carriage, Feng Yaoshan's bodyguards were driving horses while Zhou Fu was carrying the dark horse given by Patriarch Yuan Kai.

However, because Feng Yaoshan's bodyguard suffered a broken rib, he was forced to rest in the carriage while the horse would be driven by Feng Yaoshan. When everyone was almost ready to get into the carriage, Zhou Fu suddenly collapsed and coughed.

“Sial! Come on hold it in a minute!” Zhou Fu pressed his chest that felt a great pain.

Everyone turned their heads with a sense of anxiety, their worries growing even more as the skin on Zhou Fu's face slightly looked pale.

“You.... Are you okay?” Shen Shen approached and directly checked Zhou Fu's chest, “hot once?!!” Shen Shen screeched then was instantly covered in mouth by Zhou Fu.

“Sst... Shut up! I'm doing fine! Let's continue the journey!” zhou Fu said as he stood back up, he clenched his hands tightly, as if he was enduring the pain but was not shown. Seeing the incident, Feng Yaoshan was stunned for a moment, he was sure Zhou Fu was not doing well.

“You sure you're okay?” Feng Yaoshan asked slowly, naturally he understood Zhou Fu's intention of shutting Shen Shen's mouth immediately. Zhou Fu was certainly on guard so that his bad condition was not being listened to by the enemy, even if there were enemies around the place. If the enemy knows the situation is not good, it is certain that the enemy will take advantage of the situation.

“Sister, should we not rest or look for a healer?” Yang Zi asked with a worried face. He was sure that if Zhou Fu collapsed, something terrible was happening to his partner's body.

“No one disputes, let's continue the journey!” Zhou Fu encouraged Shen Shen and Yang Zi to enter the carriage immediately.

“Awas, if anything happens to you, I will..”.

“Yang Zi, get him on the train!” Zhou Fu ordered Yang Zi to immediately take her brother into the horse carriage, the girl nodded and dragged her brother who was still looking at Zhou Fu's chest. Inside there, there was already Feng Yaoshan's bodyguard resting due to his weak condition.

“Wait what else, let's drive the horse, Mr Nobles!” Zhou gave orders to Feng Yaoshan to immediately run the carriage. As much as possible, Zhou Fu wanted to get away from the borders of Judah immediately. If one person from Zhongjian district could overwhelm him, what if it came again and not just anyone, at least that was what Zhou Fu had in mind.

“Oh, what the hell is this. If my family knew I was told to be a horse coachman, the one who told me it would definitely be beheaded!” feng Yaoshan grumbled as he climbed to the horse's steering wheel with resignation. He complained that not because his honor was tarnished, rather he complained that he could not be with Shen Shen in the carriage.

Meanwhile, Zhou Fu did not care about Feng Yaoshan's ravings because he was concentrating on suppressing the pain in his chest. If at that time Zhou Fu and Feng Yaoshan's bodyguards were brought to the healer together, it was certain that the healer would prioritize his handling of Zhou Fu because in fact the injuries that Zhou Fu had suffered were more fatal than the injuries that belonged to the bodyguard Feng Yaoshan.

Since first being hit by an attack from the swordsman Wei Sihao, Zhou Fu had actually suffered quite severe injuries. Only, at that time he wanted to give the impression to his enemy to see if the attack of his enemy did not hurt him at all. He did it to ruin the enemy's mind.

A strong warrior like Wei Sihao, would be very difficult to defeat if his mind was not in a mess. As a swordsman who used to consider himself the most superior, it would certainly be a big blow when his mainstay style did not even work on the body of a teenager. Sure enough, Zhou Fu's pretense succeeded in messing with Wei Sihao's mind until the swordsman was defeated by Zhou Fu more easily.

 “Young master, walk straight from here, and take it towards the right when you get to the intersection. It was the road to the Chrysanthemum Flower settlement. There, we can meet the representative bureau of the nobles of Caihong.” the bodyguard Feng Yaoshan advised his master a second time because Feng Yaoshan did not seem to pay much attention to the instructions of his bodyguards.

“I've heard your orders twice, Uncle! Do you want to add it for the third or the tenth?” grumbled Feng Yaoshan, he still wished he was the one in the carriage together with Shen Shen.

“Alright let's hurry!” zhou Fu said, hoping that his body would survive to the Chrysanthemum Flower settlement.

***

Unlike the Malam village which is an illegal village and not registered with the Caihong government, Chrysanthemum Flower is an official settlement whose existence has the support of the central government. The support is in the form of support of basic materials, resources, and also protection, namely in the form of the decline of the Caihong military who are ready to maintain the security of the village.

The village was built to resemble a fortress, because the areas outside the giant wall were prone to attack from black groups. For many years the village was safe and never reported to have any significant problems, which made Feng Yaoshan's bodyguard feel confident that the Chrysanthemum Village was the best destination for the time.

Of course, that Feng Yaoshan's bodyguard did not know the true facts yet. The former Chrysanthemum Flower Village was not the present Chrysanthemum Flower village. If in the past the residents of the Chrysanthemum Flower village were ordinary people who migrated from the Great Wall of Caihong, now the village does not leave a single ordinary citizen.

All residents of the Chrysanthemum Flower village are people who have martial arts, or arguably all are warriors. The central government never knew the truth that happened in the place because there was never a bad report from the village.

***

“Ah, that's it! Didn't think there was this big and majestic benteg on the cliff slope!” exclaimed Feng Yaoshan as his eyes caught a large building from the mountain rocks that formed a fortification of defense quite large and sturdy.

“Good!” inner Zhou Fu felt relieved. For hours he kept himself from collapsing from the horse, and succeeded. And soon he can rest while finding a healer who can help heal his internal wounds.

Feng Yaoshan sped up the train and Zhou Fu accompanied the carriage from the side.

“Awas!!!” Zhou Fu suddenly darted and dragged Feng Yaoshan towards the right side of the carriage. He then pressed Feng Yaoshan's body to remain sheltered behind the horse carriage. Along with that, several arrows were stuck right in the former seat of Feng Yaoshan.

Everyone inside the carriage was shrieking in worry without knowing what was going on out there. Feng Yaoshan cursed loudly as soon as he found he was about to fall victim to the throwing of an arrow from someone.

“Whoever you are!!! Stopit! I am Feng Yaoshan the first-rate noble of Caihong! Me and my entourage will stop for a while at the Chrysanthemum Flower, you should have thought a thousand times before attacking us!” yelled Feng Yaoshan towards the village gate that was in the shape of a huge fortress.

Hearing Feng Yaoshan's cry, someone from behind the Chrysanthemum Flower fortress seemed to smile. He knew, from the way Feng Yaoshan spoke, of course Feng Yaoshan's entourage had not known the events that had occurred in the Chrysanthemum Flower settlement.

“Ha ha ha! First class noble, yes! I didn't think we'd get a good victim today,” the man said as he massaged his fat beard. He signaled the entire archer army to stop pointing their arrows at Feng Yaoshan's entourage.

“Young Master, sorry for our sassness! We are just on guard from vandals, please Young Master enter into the settlement!” exclaimed the man while gesturing for the gatekeepers to begin opening the gate of the Chrysanthemum Flower.

“Good! Alright, I hope you guys will give a good welcome!” Feng Yaoshan stood up, followed by Zhou Fu who was already having more trouble concentrating as his injuries were already almost unbearable.

“Good, Young Master! We will give you the best we can give,” replied the man with a face holding laughter, “Ha ha ha! They are stupid enough to be fooled!” he could not wait to surprise his guests.