The Heavenly Tiger Swordsman
The Village is Not Deserve

The Continent of He Stars, a vast continent whose almost entire landmass was ruled by the Ancient Gold empire.

Judging by this it was clear that the empire had the greatest strength and seemed incomparable, different from two hundred years ago where the empire had to divide its power with a collection of martial sects, now everything has changed.

The set of martial sects was now gone, making some sects from the martial world who did not wish to be completely under the emperor's control form new allies to still accentuate their existence.

The four Great sects that were considered to have the most powerful strength formed these allies, naming themselves as the Named sects, the four of them as if they had managed to give a differentiating line to the Great sects in general.

With the strength of the four sects joining forces, the four Named sects managed to gather more allies under them. It feels less appropriate to call it that, because it is more suitable to call it a subordinate sect because the four Named sects are the absolute rulers in the martial world.

Many Great sects had voluntarily or were forced to submit under the four Named sects from the very beginning of its formation, making the four Named sects start to have the power to be able to stand on par with the Ancient Gold empire even if not completely.

Hao Zhao had just closed the notebook that Yang Gao had given him, from the book that he knew all the great things that had happened right after he entered the long meditation until it was realized not how long ago in the present.

“Who would have thought that after my disappearance there would be an event like this, who would have thought that the empire had the ambition to rule the martial world like they controlled the world of ordinary people," murmured Hao Zhao with a long sigh

Hao Zhao momentarily then began to close his eyes in the shadow of something, regarding what would happen in case the true empire could succeed in getting what they wanted.

Absolute power is indisputable, every life on the continent of the Two Stars will go according to the will of the emperor.

Sounds ordinary? Perhaps, but not if the one holding the position of emperor was an irresponsible person.

It certainly will feel like the living hell of every person on the continent, it was even more sad because of the fact that no one could get them out of that hell if everything Hao Zhao imagined was true.

“The empire has already managed to get rid of the collection of martial sects, even so it does not mean that they won evidently from the four Named sects that now appear in place of the collection of martial sects themselves ... this proves how high the self-esteem of a swordsman who actually never want to live under the control of others" murmured Hao Zhao.

Hao Zhao himself felt indecisive after reading all the information Yang Gao gave, on the one hand he was pleased with the fact that the empire had failed to fulfill their ambitions but on the other hand he was regretful.

With the two great powers coexisting on the continent of the Two Stars means there will almost always be friction, from this friction will cause sparks that will then inevitably enlarge.

“At that point the next great war will break out exactly like what happened in my time living first, the question if first sparks appeared because of the struggle for resources ... where will the sparks come from now?" Hao Zhao was full of question marks, trying to guess hoping to anticipate if what he feared was right to come.

Hao Zhao briefly dissolved in his mind before realizing something, Hao Zhao quickly opened the book in his hand to read the contents in it.

“Information list of the four Named sects, Lightning Sword sect, Soul Spear sect, Night Arrow sect and Golden Stork sect..why are there none of these four sect names that I recognize?" Hao Zhao stared at the list of names confusedly.

Hao Zhao certainly understood that those four sects had the most strength among the other Great sects in the present times, even so it is somewhat unreasonable according to Hao Zhao to see sects that when in their time alone did not exist but could already have such great power that it could thwart ambition

Hao Zhao then turned the page of the book in his hand to look at the list of sect names that were subordinate to the four Named sects, how surprised Hao Zhao realized that there were quite a number of names that turned out to be known as a sect that when its time was very famous.

“These sects are now subordinates of the four Named sects? How absurd," muttered Hao Zhao who afterwards kept the book in his hand into the s.p.a.ce ring.

Hao Zhao who while reading the book was sitting leaning on the branch of a tree finally decided to stand up, wanting to continue his journey after feeling that his rest was enough to get there.

Hao Zhao was indeed the last few weeks of continuing to walk from one place to another as far as the city of Dahan Gutur. Where although the ultimate goal was the imperial capital, Hao Zhao was not too concerned about it preferring to head to another place first.

“Secte Sword Pattern, I will come to greet you," murmured Hao Zhao amidst his swift steps down the grove of trees.

Hao Zhao continued to move non-stop until the sun did not start to set and the moon was replaced by a sign of the coming night, realizing this soon Hao Zhao accelerated his pace hoping to find a place to stay.

Hao Zhao who used to spend the night in the luxurious room of the Treasure Lantern was still difficult to get used to sleeping in the open, but he was still sleeping in the open, because of this he felt a little uncomfortable if he had to once again sleep with the ground and roof the leaves of the trees around him.

“What is a village?" Hao Zhao who was looking dimly at the light from a distance accelerated his pace to be sure.

The nameplate of the already fragile wood greeted Hao Zhao when he got there, the writing on the signboard was so faded that it could not be read anymore.

Hao Zhao didn't care much about it immediately stepped up to enter the small settlement that was clearly a village, every house of the residents that Hao Zhao's eyes caught was already so uninhabitable some had even been seen wanting to collapse.

“What is this abandoned village?" Hao Zhao was full of question marks, after which he spread his energy deep into the entire village to check if there was life there.

Hao Zhao frowned not long after, every single one of the uninhabitable houses had one and most of them were inside.

“Hmm, this is weird." Hao Zhao who was at the same time turned his head towards one of the windows of the house that was nearby.

The window curtain had initially opened a little before closing so quickly, clearly aware Hao Zhao that his movements were being noticed by the villagers.

“One, two, three, four ...." Hao Zhao slowly counted every house that the owner was staring at him from behind the window, as Hao Zhao continued walking as if unaware of what they were doing.

Not how long Hao Zhao walked, a two-story building with fragile wood on which he was based was seen before Hao Zhao.

“It just so happens, this is what I need," Hao Zhao muttered before entering the building that was none other than the inn.