Legend of Swordsman

”Aiyo, you one-eared guy, do you really not understand words? I told you to scram, did you get lost?”

The young master at the head of the group stepped forward, intending to grab One Ear’s ear.

This time, there were many of them, but One Ear was not about to be caught without a fight. He lifted his foot and kicked out, sending the young master sprawling to the ground. ”Earlier, it was just because you had more people. Did you really think you could bully me?” One Ear cursed as he kicked the young master a couple more times.

The other young masters wanted to intervene but were stopped by several boatmen.

Seeing that Jian Wushuang had more people, the young master who had been kicked was smart enough to get up, dust off his clothes, and said arrogantly, ”Fine, you have more people now. Just you wait!”

”Wait we will. Whoever doesn’t come is a grandson!” One Ear retorted, not backing down.

Who were they?

They were the ones who had played a significant role in the rebellion against the Jiang Kingdom. How could they be bullied by a local ruffian?

Unfortunately, they hadn’t considered that even a powerful dragon can’t suppress a local snake.

Jian Wushuang seemed to have forgotten this saying and didn’t take the threat seriously, which led to a major mistake later on.

They drove away that group of spoiled young masters.

The linen-clad young lady who had been harassed quickly bowed to thank Jian Wushuang and the others.

”It was nothing, no need to be so polite,” Jian Wushuang waved his hand and then asked, ”Miss, are you a local?”

”Yes, my family lives in the fishing village to the east,” the linen-clad girl replied softly with her head down.

Hearing this, Jian Wushuang curiously asked, ”Then you must be waiting for your family’s fishing boat. Do you know if there are any routes nearby that lead to Tai’an City?”

After asking, he regretted it a bit. No matter how he looked at it, the other person was a weak girl who had never seen the world. How would she know about navigation routes? To his surprise, she did know.

Especially when she heard they were going to Tai’an City, her eyes were filled with longing.

It was the same kind of look people from Jiang Kingdom had when they longed for the Tang Empire.

”You are going to Tai’an City? If you go by sea, you need to bypass Dongshan Island and enter the inland canal, which will take about a month,” the linen-clad girl explained the route to Tai’an City skillfully, as if she had calculated it countless times in her mind.

Jian Wushuang paused for a moment and then said truthfully, ”Thank you for telling us. One Ear, give this young lady some silver as a token of appreciation.”

Seeing this, One Ear took out two silver ingots from his pocket, totaling twenty taels, which was a huge sum for ordinary fishermen.

However, the linen-clad girl repeatedly declined, saying, ”No, no, I don’t want the money. I just want to ask you benefactors to inquire about someone for me when you reach Tai’an City. If you find him, just give him a message.”

”Oh?” Jian Wushuang’s eyes flickered, thinking that she was indeed not simple. Perhaps that person was related to the aura she carried, so he agreed immediately.

”No problem, just tell me his address and name.”

The linen-clad girl hesitated and said, ”I don’t know where he lives; I only know his name. But he should be very famous, and the people of Tai’an City might all know him.”

This amused Xiang Yang, who said with a smile:

”Miss, Tai’an City has a population of over ten million. Are you sure the person you

mentioned is so famous that the entire city would know him? Is he the Emperor of Tang?”

Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing those words.

Jian Wushuang couldn’t help but glare at them.

This finally silenced them.

”Ten million people?” The woman in a hemp robe seemed a bit dazed.

Perhaps she didn’t even know how many ten million was or what it represented.

But she still argued, ”Even if not everyone, at least half the people should know him!” ”What’s his name?” Jian Wushuang’s eyes were burning with curiosity.

”Chen Yuan!”

”His name is Chen Yuan, and he’s a scholar!”

”If you ever encounter him, please help me deliver this letter to him!”

After speaking, the woman in the hemp robe took out a letter wrapped in hemp oil paper from her sleeve.

Jian Wushuang reached out to take it. As soon as he touched it, he saw the contents of the envelope, and for a moment, he was at a loss for words, feeling both curious and surprised.

”Alright, once I reach Tai’an City, I will definitely deliver the letter for you!”

”Thank you so much!” The woman in the hemp robe bowed deeply to everyone.

After bidding farewell to the group, she returned to the ship’s deck, gazing alone at the calm

sea.

By then, everything on the merchant ship had been unloaded, and the dock was empty.

The setting sun fell, and the sea looked like a sea of fire.

A solitary figure stood amidst it, looking rather desolate.

Jian Wushuang only took one glance before leading his people back to the inn.

Returning to the inn, he didn’t disturb Jiang Shang or inform Xiang Yang. Instead, he quietly left the inn by the window under the cover of night.

In the darkness, Jian Wushuang moved like a ghost. Although he couldn’t yet walk on air, he covered three feet with each step, moving with great speed.

”Still hasn’t gone back?”

He was surprised to see that the figure was still standing at the dock.

From when they left until now, two hours had passed.

Could it be a deep infatuation?

”Forget it, I’ll go take a look myself!”

Jian Wushuang initially intended to follow the woman in the hemp robe and visit her fishing

village.

Perhaps he could find the source of the aura.

The fishing village was not far from the dock, only three to five miles away, and Jian

Wushuang reached it in less than the time it takes to burn a stick of incense.

The village was quiet at night, with few lights.

It was very silent.

Even the wild dogs in the village made no sound.

Walking down the silent street, Jian Wushuang expanded his mental power, carefully

searching every corner nearby.

When he reached a small courtyard, he stopped.

In this courtyard was the aura of the woman in the hemp robe.

This must have been her residence.

But there was no one there at the moment.

The courtyard gate was merely a fence made of several wooden boards. He jumped into the

yard.

Although the courtyard was rather modest, it was very clean.

”The aura is in the well?”

Jian Wushuang’s expression changed as he walked toward the well in the courtyard. As he approached, the aura became faintly visible, similar to the aura on the woman in the hemp

robe.

He looked down the well, which seemed no different from an ordinary well, dark and unclear.

But the aura flickered, sometimes strong, sometimes weak.

Just like the ripples on the water’s surface.

”It seems I need to go down and take a look!”

Since no one was in the courtyard, and the woman in the hemp robe probably wouldn’t return

for a while, even if she did, he could easily avoid her.

Moreover, she was just an ordinary person, posing no threat to him.

He descended into the well.

Supporting himself with his feet, he descended step by step.

The well opening was narrow, but it widened as he went down.

Jian Wushuang could no longer support himself with his legs and had to cling to the stone

wall, using his fingers to grip the crevices and cautiously explore downward.