"Why!? Why can't I do that since he killed my son? I'll never let him breathe." And with those words, the village chief's face became extremely suspicious, and he immediately asked back,

"But, Village Chief..."

"You shut up. You're just a selfish and cheating kid. I heard that you cheated on my son's gambling and wanted to take his sword. In the end, such a thing happened, so I'll deal with you as a cause!"

Huh...?

"Village Chief!?"

The village chief's words made the face of the three brothers' father go pale because the words just now meant that his son had to be killed since he was the cause of this matter. The reason for that accusation was even worse because everyone knew what the village chief's son's habit was.

"As for you, I'll also punish you for not educating your son well!!!" the village chief also turned around and cursed at the father of the three brothers before turning to look at Song-Lun again and saying, "Song-Lun, you go and get that bastard out, and I'll reduce the death penalty for you, your brothers, and your family!" When he finished speaking, an arrogant and contemptuous expression appeared on his face immediately.

"Yo… you!!!"

Song-Lun's face flushed red, several bulging veins in anger at the village chief's words. He did not think the village chief would slander him like this. He even threatened his family even though he tried to come out to help, but the result was the opposite.

"This is the reality of the next world."

Ah!!!

"Elder!?"

Suddenly, Zheng-Fu's voice rang out, which only Youngman Song-Lun could hear. The others could not hear anything but the wind. Song-Lun was greatly shocked but returned to normal with a nod of understanding of what Zheng-Fu had said.

"I can't do that, Uncle Village Chief. I have no right to do anything more than follow Elder's orders. If I disobey his orders, he'll immediately kill me and everyone else. And I'm here to tell you to go back. Otherwise, you'll be no different from that liar!" Song-Lun said in a loud and clear voice, telling them about the duty he had been given.

And he told everyone to go back, or they would be like the village chief's son, as he pointed to the corpse lying dead, using a very harrowing metaphor for the village chief.

"You!!! You... bastard, how dare you say that my son is a liar? Die, you must die!" As his patience reached its limit, the village chief jumped off the horse and immediately charged at Song-Lun. But at that moment...

Woooof!!!

Black Lotus' bark rang out as an intense energy wave emitted from its mouth.

Zoom!!! Bang!!! Argh!!!

A powerful sound wave hit the village chief's body, causing him to bounce back several steps with a mouthful of blood.

"This monster beast has a higher energy level than mine!?" The village chief's face instantly turned pale as he realized that the monster beast beside Song-Lun was more powerful than him. He did not think it would be that much higher than him, and its psychic killing was also more intense.

Huh!!!

"Since I can't deal with the son, I deal with the father instead!" Seeing that he could not do anything to Song-Lun, the village chief turned around and lunged at the father of the three brothers instead.

"Father!!!"

Zing!!!

Chop!!!

Thud thud thud!!!

But before he could even move closer to the father of the three brothers, a shadow figure suddenly flashed past him before a flesh-cutting sound rang out as the village chief's head flew off his shoulders with his eyes still open wide.

"Vill… Vill… Village Chief!!!"

The martial masters that followed were shouting in unison when they saw their village chief beheaded and die instantly. It was so fast that he could not even realize when and how he had died; he just knew that the picture before him had vanished.

"I've warned you, but you won't listen to me!" Song-Lun hurriedly settled himself before speaking, with a sad expression on his face, but his heart was filled with joy.

That was because his family was often persecuted. Even his mother was regularly abused by the village chief. Since this middle-aged man died, it would have been a good thing for him to not have to wait patiently for his revenge. But even then, the young man could not help but panic because he could not know if Black Lotus would kill the others, among whom was his father.

"Father, take the others back to the village. My brothers and I are fine. Please don't worry and tell Mother that we love her." After saying that, the young man immediately turned around without waiting to hear any answer from his father, and he hoped his father would listen and return to the village.

"My son!!!"

As for the young man's father, his face was filled with so much pain that he could not help his sons at all. But he was not a fool for not knowing what was right and what was not. He knew that if his son was actually doomed to die, he might not be able to come out and warn them.

Therefore, the young man's father immediately turned around, rode his horse, and left. The others saw the young man's father leave, so they did not think to stay any longer. They quickly turned around, ran back to their horses immediately, and galloped back to the village.

Inside the large hall in the building...

"You are such a brave and strong person!" As soon as Song-Lun returned, Zheng-Fu immediately praised him.

"Thank you for your kindness, Elder!" the young man did not know what to say, so he replied with thanks.

"Alright, from now on, the three of you must stay here and follow me until I let you go, which I don't know how long will be. But I can assure you that if you behave well, you'll get huge rewards!!" Zheng-Fu said with a smile on his face, but it was filled with oppressive energy.

"I accept that fate, sir!!!" Youngman Song-Lun immediately replied without a second thought, as he knew that thinking was useless, unlike the two older brothers, who had a worried look on their faces. However, when they heard of their youngest brother's decision, both of them did not give it much thought and immediately accepted it.

"We do too!!!"

"Good. Now take this!"

Thump!!!

Huh...?

"That's your room sign. Inside the room, there are things ready. You can go and have a rest. Tomorrow, you'll have to meet me in this room... Oh! Let me tell you in advance that you shouldn't wander around; otherwise, you probably won't have a chance to meet tomorrow!" When Zheng-Fu finished speaking, he waved the three of them away, taking Jin-Tian to lead their way to their room.

After the three had left, Zheng-Fu let out a sly grin before returning to his room to rest and wait until tomorrow morning. He thought of training the three young men to be the employees of this building for any future plans.

A day had passed, in the great hall...

Creak!!!

"Did you sleep well?"

"Respect, Elder... We slept well last night, sir!" Song-Lun clasped his hands on his chest to respectfully greet him with a serious face.

"Um... That's fine. From today onwards, this place is your home, and it'll be until I let you go. As for your family, I'll take care of their safety and money or things for them. You guys can be at ease."

"And these are the basic martial arts training textbook and the beginner-advanced martial arts skills textbook. Take them to practice. In addition, I've prepared a special gift for you guys in your rooms. Alright, go back to your rooms and cultivate for a month, and I'll see you later in this room."

"Yes, sir!!!"

The three responded immediately because they could not deny it anyway. Previously, the three had talked along the way, saying they had to survive. But even though they had prepared their minds, they were still surprised when the person in front of them suddenly handed over the basic martial arts training textbook, along with the beginner-advanced martial arts skills textbook.

However, they soon threw away those thoughts and returned to their room to look at the gifts as Zheng-Fu said. Those gifts were one thousand low-level, one hundred medium-level, and ten high-level Qi energy stones. But they would only be able to see the low-level stones. Until they were promoted to the Nascent Soul stage first, the seal of the medium-level stone would then loosen.

After dealing with the three of them, Zheng-Fu left the building before putting it into the seal once more. Then he headed towards the village where the three young men resided and arranged for the safety of their family. And he also provided them with the money and supplies that could be used for hundreds of years by ordinary families.

The three young men's father and mother, after receiving the money and items, had a sadder expression on their faces and tried to get their children back. But they did not get any response from Zheng-Fu except silence before he set off again.

Zheng-Fu's next destination was the frontier city on the western side of the Birdy Holy Fiery Heaven Kingdom, the gateway to the Wild Land. If using a normal horse, it would take up to three weeks. An elite horse would take a little over two weeks.

But if it was a semi-monster beast, it would take about two weeks. A typical monster beast of burden lasted more than a week.

But for Solo, the ancient bloodline, it would take just five or six days to arrive, which was about the same as Zheng-Fu's running by himself, but that would cause him to lose quite a bit of his strength, and if the unexpected happened, he would not be able to recover in time.

"Let's go, Solo Boy!"

Moooooo!!!

Thump thump thump!!!

In the great hall inside the Birdy Holy Fiery Heaven Kingdom's palace...

"Isn't there any other news yet?"

"No, sir. Our spy hasn't been able to figure out the reason for the defeat of our army, sir!!!"

"Too bad. It's just such an incompetent little kingdom, and you guys still can't crush it. Or do I have to let myself, the Nineteenth Prince come out on my own? Hah!" A self-assured young man's voice suddenly sounded upon hearing the reports of the situation from the spy that had been reported to everyone.

Within this hall were quite a lot of high-ranking people, including eighteen princes and princesses. When everyone heard the young man's words, they all turned to look at him in unison. In those gazes, there was a mixture of admiration, disgust, contempt, and envy.

"Don't be too haughty, Nineteenth Prince. You're only a frog who lives in a small swamp, has never ventured into the outside world, and has never encountered a truly strong man. You'd better not say that because in this world, no matter the place, there are always hidden tigers and sleeping dragons!"

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