20 What A Poor Village

"Master, be careful, the water is still boiling hot…"

Xiao Wei was still trying to stop Lu Chen when he dipped his hands into the water but soon, she noticed that Lu Chen's hands were unscathed by the boiling water.

And Xiao Wei went from shocked to appalled.

Lu Chen didn't even glance back at Xiao Wei and continued to devour the huge chunk of meat.

His immense strength allowed him to bite and chew the meat quickly.

In less than five minutes, a huge chunk of wild boar meat that was close to 20 kilograms was left with only small little pieces.

He left the small little pieces to Xiao Wei and left the house. 

"Clean up the room. I am leaving now."

As he walked out of the house, Lu Chen sighed in his heart, I was already prepared beforehand, but plain boiled meat sure taste damn awful. From Ah'Chen's memories, I remember sometimes there will be merchants from the Central Plains coming to the Wilderness. Maybe, I can trade some spices from them.

As he thought, Lu Chen didn't slow down his pace making his way to the Village Guard Squad in the village.

Lu Chen arrived just in time. When he arrived, most of them were already there gathered together.

At the same time, the day patrols had also returned from their shifts.

"Ah'Chen, here you are."

Lu Chen had just arrived and was looking around when someone called him.

From Ah'Chen's memories, Lu Chen recognized the caller.

"Uncle Ya, you are also here."

"I just changed to the night shift, of course I'm here. You sure are a lucky boy. I heard it all from Master Wuzu. Not only have you awakened your bloodline, but you also advanced into a Barbarian Blood Warrior today. You have become an entirely different man in just one day!"

"It's really nothing. Advancing into a Barbarian Blood Warrior is just the start."

"That's true too. But, a Barbarian Blood Warrior, that's already a strong warrior in our village."

As he said, Ya pulled Lu Chen to a stage beside the squad.

He pulled Lu Chen up on stage and clapped his hands, then, he said, "Stop for a while, everyone. Gather up and meet your new leader in the guard squad. This is Ah'Chen, when you find yourself in trouble while on patrol, you can find him for help."

He was new to the night patrol and was young compared to the rest, and he was already named a leader on the first night. Yet, there weren't many complaints about it from the barbarians.

One could only say that although the barbarians were barbaric, they were also very naive. 

Justice was whatever the strong decided, the golden rule of survival had long been imprinted in the hearts and minds of the barbarians.

The barbarians had always believed in earning their place with their own strength, not by age. And the strength that Lu Chen had demonstrated today in the plaza was enough for the other barbarians to recognize him as a leader.

This made it natural for them to acknowledge Lu Chen's appointment. 

"Uncle Ya, are you sure this is fine? I just joined the night patrol, there are many taboos of the night patrol that I don't know about. Appointing me as a leader now is a little risky."

What the night patrol was wary of was not the beasts, but Evils.

And the Evils were peculiar monsters with bizarre powers. Most of the time, it wasn't just about one's prowess when facing against the Evils, but sometimes it also required certain means to defeat them.

This was exactly what Lu Chen was lacking. He only had strength and nothing else that was required of a leader. Lu Chen was afraid that leading the other barbarians now would only place them in danger.

To which, Ya smiled ear to ear.

"Don't worry about it. Master Wuzu had already thought of that. He told me to only let you lead two men this week. Relax, they are all experienced. For the week, you will learn about the night patrol from them. Only after that will we let you exercise your full duty as a leader."

"I see, thank you, Uncle Ya."

"Don't thank me, thank Master Wuzu. He is the one who asked me to do it."

Master Wuzu…

Lu Chen couldn't help but think of the help and kindness offered to him by Wuzu over the past few days.

These are all debts I will have to repay in the future. But now, I am not strong enough to do that. I need to get stronger. Master Wuzu's wish is for the peace and prosperity of the village. And that is only achievable by becoming stronger.

Lu Chen was not showing any emotions on his face when he was thinking to himself.

The barbarians were not fond of etiquette, Lu Chen's appointment as a leader was decided just like that and all they did was convey the news to the rest of the patrol guards.

Then, it was time for him to enter the armory and choose his weapon.

"As a newly appointed leader, you can collect one animal skin suit and a weapon. After you've selected your equipment, come over here to check them out from the armory. Remember, a weapon is what you will be using for the rest of your life. Choose wisely."

It wasn't the first time Lu Chen entered the village's armory. Back when he became a patrol guard, he was here before.

But the last time, Lu Chen was only granted access to the ordinary warrior's armory; this time, however, access to the armory that he was entering now was exclusive to Barbarian Blood Warriors. There were differences between the two armories.

I hope I can find a good longsword.

With this thought in his mind, Lu Chen walked into the Barbarian Blood Warrior's armory. But after spending three minutes inside, Lu Chen's face turned dark and gloomy.

It's true, barbarians are really poor. There are so few metal weapons in here.

Yes, poor was the word he used. He knew the barbarians were not rich, but it was only after he entered the armory that he realized how poor they really were.

Most of the weapons here in the armory were made of bones and stones, there were only a few weapons made of metal.

And if that was the case for the weapons, one could only imagine that state of their protective gear. In the armory, the best protective gear he could find was a set of animal skins sewn with a few small metal pieces in the center of the suit. There wasn't a single piece of protective gear that was fully forged from metal.

Bah, I'll see if I can find myself some other weapon in the future. The things here are useless.

But for the sake of surviving the night patrols, Lu Chen still took his time and was selective in choosing his equipment even though he deemed them useless. 

After some time, Lu Chen looked surprisingly at a pitch-black weapon in front of him.

"A metal sword!"

He couldn't be blamed for acting so surprised. It was completely out of Lu Chen's expectations to ever find a metal sword in the barbarian's poor armory.

Swords were always known for their swiftness and techniques.

At the same time, swords used the sharpness of its edges to kill. But the black metal sword in front of him was somewhat different.

From its shape, he could tell that the blacksmith was planning to make it into a metal sword.

But for some reason, perhaps his furnace was not able to provide enough heat to melt the metal or simply because his blacksmith skill was not up to scratch, the blacksmith was unable to successfully forge the metal sword. Instead, it became more of a metal cane, the edges of the sword were more than five centimeters thick. The edges weren't even close to being called sharp.

But in the end, Lu Chen still chose the weapon.

What else could he choose other than it? There weren't any other decent weapons left in the armory.

The rest are all inferior weapons, they are either cracked, made of bones or stones, or only covered with sheet metal. At least this one is better in quality. I can still wield it like a cane.

Yes, that's right. The helpless Lu Chen was ready to wield the metal sword like a metal cane now.

Then, Lu Chen selected an animal skin suit sewn with small metal pieces on its chest and grabbed the 1.8-meter long 'metal sword' with him as he walked to the door and checked the equipment out of the armory.

When the armory keeper saw Lu Chen's choice of equipment, especially his weapon, the keeper asked puzzlingly, "Why did you choose this sword? Other than its weight, it is basically useless."

Lu Chen was speechless and helpless to the question thrown at him.

"I also wished there were better weapons. But those things inside there, they are all so useless."

"At least, this one is heavy enough I can use it to slam and crush my enemy with brute force. I have the strength, so this one fits me well."