It was too bad that the guardian of the city's owner received the order when the men who worked for the muscular men reached the slum zone and announced the news about De-Tong and De-Na-Lan. The people in the slum gathered together and headed to the tavern where De-Tong and his daughter were staying…

At the tavern in the slum community…

"Did you guys hear about the announcement from Master Ping-Hang?"

"What announcement?"

"He announced that anyone who could bring some guy named De-Tong and his daughter to him would be rewarded nicely."

"A guy named De-Tong and his daughter? I've never heard of them before."

The slum community people in the tavern talked about the announcement from Ping-Hang so loudly that De-Tong, who was sitting near them, was startled. His face turned pale, but he tried to sit still and acted normally. He believed that no one in the community knew him because it was not that often that he visited the city. Only the Xuan clan and a few people in the city knew him…

Bang!

"The De's father and daughter! Come out now!"

All of a sudden, the tavern door was flung open by a group of five to six people led by a man with a big body. The leader of the group had a worn-out sword in his hand. He made a scene and shouted for De-Tong and De-Na-Lan to come out while looking around the tavern…

"That's the Mad-Dog Rascal!"

"Are they here because of Master Ping-Hang's announcement? Can anyone be quicker than them?"

The appearance of the Mad-Dog Rascal did not surprise anyone because they always saw his group giving problems to people in the slum community. However, this was the first time that the group acted this outrageous. The people in the tavern thought that it might be because of the announcement from Master Ping-Hang…

Bang!

Thud!

"Ouch!"

The Mad-Dog Rascal did not have a chance to finish the sentence when someone knocked him face down on the floor. He cried out in pain so loudly when it happened…

"Boss!"

The minions of the Mad-Dog Rascal rushed to pick him up as soon as they realized what had happened to their boss. When the Mad-Dog Rascal got to his feet, he tried to get back to the one who knocked him down. But when he looked up, his face turned pale, as if he saw a ghost in broad daylight…

"Inspector!?"

The person who kicked him down was the inspector in the slum community. He was a middle-aged man with a big mustache who looked quite horrifying. The inspector came with about twenty soldiers, who stood behind him. They all looked at the Mad-Dog Rascal with annoyance without paying attention to him at all and went inside the tavern…

"Who are the De's father and daughter?" The inspector asked with a fierce tone of voice and looked around the tavern to seek out De-Tong and De-Na-Lan. However, no one answered him. Everybody in the tavern stood still, including De-Tong. He tried to continue to act normally…

When the inspector saw that no one had said anything, he crinkled his eyebrows and said, "If you don't show yourselves, don't say that I didn't warn you. And if anyone gives them a place to hide, you'll be punished with a charge of treason against the owner of the city!"

The inspector's message shook the owner of the tavern tremendously because he knew De-Tong well. He had tried to keep De-Tong's identity a secret, but he had to give up. The situation became more serious, and he had his family to think about. If he did not comply, he would be in trouble…

"Well…"

Whoosh!

A strong wind pierced through the tavern and knocked over the inspector's soldiers onto the floor. The inspector was also thrown away to hit the tavern door…

"Who was that!?" The inspector shouted a question the minute he gained his mind back. He was furious, which made him look exactly like the Mad-Dog Rascal after he got hurt by him a minute earlier…

"You are the soldier of the city and serve nobody but him. How come you did not do according to your duty? Don't you see his significance? Tsk!" a mysterious man said to the inspector after everyone saw clearly who the man was…

Thud!

When the mysterious man finished the sentence, the soldiers in the tavern kneeled in front of him without saying anything further. That was because the man before them was someone they could not mess with…

"Respecting the guardian!"

The owner of the tavern, who was going to inform the inspector about De-Tong, had to withhold the information when the guardian stepped in. If the inspector had to kneel for him, then he thought that he should not make any move. The villagers and merchants in the tavern were also startled by the appearance of the guardian…

"You guys should go. Don't you have your duties to do?" the guardian said with a fierce voice to get rid of them from the tavern…

"Yes, sir!"

The inspector did not wait to leave the tavern. He led his soldiers out of the place immediately. When the inspector and his men left, the guardian took a few steps into the tavern and started to look around for De-Tong and De-Na-Lan. But he did not know what they looked like…

"Ahem! Listen, everybody! I'm the guardian of the owner of the city. I want to announce that the De's father and daughter…"

"There they are, sir! They're the ones you're looking for, sir." The owner of the tavern rushed to inform the guardian about where De-Tong was after he managed to gain his bravery. He pointed at De-Tong, who was not very far from the guardian. Everyone turned to look at De-Tong at once…

"So, they're the De's father and daughter!?"

"They look like normal people. The father looks just like a regular merchant."

"Don't you see that special pass tag? He's one of the well-known merchants; otherwise, he couldn't have owned that tag."

The people in the tavern started to chat about De-Tong while staring at him. De-Tong, at the same time, stood unmoved. He did not know what the guardian would do to him, but he only cared for his daughter…

"Are you boss De?" asked the guardian, walking up to De-Tong…

De-Tong nodded in response to the guardian instantly. He was shaken with the utmost fear that his ears could let out air…

"I have to apologize for the inspector's behavior against you. The owner of the city wants to invite you and your daughter to his building tonight for a dinner party. He wants to apologize to you and your daughter, sir," the horrifying guardian said to De-Tong in an extremely polite manner. Everyone gasped when they saw that…

The owner of the tavern was the one who gasped the longest. He got sweat all over his forehead now because he was the one who exposed De-Tong's identity. He was worried that he would be in trouble because De-Tong did not get arrested. Instead, he was invited to an apology dinner party by the owner of the city himself…

"Well…"

"Please don't refuse the invitation. The Master is also at the building, sir."

When De-Tong heard the word, 'Master,' he widened his eyes instantly. It made him think about Zheng-Fu when the boy told him that he would take care of the problem himself. De-Tong did not expect that a wandering martial artist like Zheng-Fu would have such power over the owner of the city…

Clomp! Clomp! Clomp!

"Father!?"

All of a sudden, De-Na-Lan, who was in the room upstairs, came down to see her father the minute she heard loud noises. When she reached downstairs, she saw someone she did not know standing with her father. De-Na-Lan believed that the person must have been sent by the owner of the city, judging from the outfit.

So, she decided to draw the sword that Zheng-Fu had bought for her and point it at the man…

"Take it easy, dearest daughter! This is the guardian of the owner of the city. He was sent to take us to the dinner party at the building of the owner of the city. He wants to apologize for what happened to you this afternoon at the market," De-Tong said while smiling lightly at his daughter…

"No! I won't go anywhere if Master Fu-Zheng doesn't come with us." De-Na-Lan rushed to refuse the invitation because she could not believe that the owner of the city would be genuinely nice to her and her father. She also feared that the owner of the city might want to lure her and her father in…

"The Master is at the building of the owner of the city, my lady. He is the one who asked me to come to take you and your father there, madam." The guardian turned to De-Na-Lan and said this to her with extreme politeness while De-Na-Lan was being curious about him…

"Master Fu-Zheng is waiting at the building of the owner of the city?"

"Yes, madam."

"But how can we trust you?" De-Na-Lan did not want to believe it when the guardian said that Zheng-Fu was at the building of the owner of the city…

"Um…"

The guardian was stunned by De-Na-Lan's question. He did not know how he could prove his words. But then again, he did not have any reason to lie to the woman. After all, it was a matter of life and death for the owner of the city and him…

Everyone at the tavern was waiting to hear the response from the guardian as well. They also wanted to hear more about the mysterious martial artist that De-Na-Lan and the guardian were talking about. They also wondered why the horrifying guardian could be this polite to the woman when the guardians would not normally care about anyone.

Now, this guardian treated the two people like they were the owners of a city or famous figures on the continent…

"Um…"

"I'm the one who asked him to invite you and your father to the building of the owner of the city."

All of a sudden, a man appeared by the tavern's door in his worn-out outfit with a straw hat covering his face…

"Master Fu-Zheng!?" De-Na-Lan remembered Zheng-Fu's voice the minute she heard it. She ran to him instantly…

"Master!?" The guardian and De-Tong called Zheng-Fu's name at the same time when they watched De-Na-Lan running past them…

"We're going to the dinner party at the building of the city's owner. You might want to go and get ready," Zheng-Fu said to De-Na-Lan when she reached him. Then he looked at the guardian who was standing next to De-Tong and said, "You can go back to the building if you want to. I'll take the two of them there."

"Yes, sir!"

After agreeing to do according to Zheng-Fu's suggestion, the guardian soared off from the tavern immediately. De-Na-Lan noticed the frightening look in the guardian's eyes. That was when she realized why the owner of the city wanted to hold a dinner party for them. Then she turned to look at Zheng-Fu with great admiration…

Within just a flash of time, many interesting incidents happened at the tavern. At first, the Mad-Dog Rascal and his minions appeared to catch the De's father and daughter. But then they got stopped by the inspector of the city without having a chance to do anything.

Then the inspector, who came to arrest the father and the daughter, immediately got knocked over by the guardian of the owner of the city. But the guardian did not come to harm the De's father and daughter. He came to invite them to the apology dinner party. However, the De's daughter refused the invitation. But then a mysterious martial artist that everyone was curious to know about appeared.

He did not say much but told the guardian to go back to the building of the owner of the city. It was like the martial artist could order the guardian around…

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