With what strength? (I)

Xuan Long and his son moved along the courtyard, heading towards the back of the mountains where their ancestor was located. The Xuan clan was among those that were scheming against the Mystic Pavillion, trying to get them involved in conflicts.

At this moment, the old man was leading his grandson towards the strongest person in the clan, he was nervous deep down.

"What does the old man want from me? He hasn't meddled in the affairs of the clan for a long time, is there something I have done wrong?" He wondered as his eyes revealed some fear.

But had not even walked further, when he saw a pigeon rushing towards the residence. His movements paused and he turned to look at his son, before saying, "Wait for me!I am going to check on something first!"

Without even waiting for his son to respond, he moved toward the pavilion in the courtyard, where the pegion had moved towards.

'I hope it is some good newe!' he rushed faster, as though he had some expectations.

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A majestic mountain could be seen from the sky, and a city seemed to form on the outskirts, as one went deeper, massive ancient pavilions stood. On one of the pavilions, a man with white clothes was watching the carriage disappeared with envy on his face.

"Aunt QinZhi can actually follow master everywhere, if she was more driven, it wouldn't be a problem for her to almost reach the same level as master." He was clearly the person Li Xian left the Mystic Pavilion for.

On a paved road, a carriage could be seen, entering deep into the forest, only after it vanished did the figure bow in that direction.

"Pavilion master is entering the world again after a long time, it is bound to cause a storm."

Moving along a road in the forest, a house-like structured cariage being drawn by two horses was moving at its own pace. It seemed that Li Xian inside was not in a rush at all.

When the carriage left the city everyone was sure that he had left, and in the forest, it was moving with all the windows at the back open.

He could also see the situation at the front clearly. The carriage was indeed a burden for those that wanted to move around the world, but that did not seem like his agenda at the moment.

When he left the Mystic Pavillion Headquarters, some people sent out information, clearly some spies were also gathered in his place. But he didn't care about them, they had little impact on the operation of the Mystic Pavilion.

QinZhi was not like him and seemed to be sleeping at the back. That was her main common hobby when doing nothing and she seemed to remind him of something from his previous life, it was a disease. Sleeping sickness and seemed to be caused by some insect, but that did not seem the case for her.

After having traveled for nearly half a day, they covered close to 100 Km before they stopped in an open space in the jungle.

He started to practice as usual as he had been in a comfortable state the entire journey. When he was still caught up in his own thoughts, QinZhi that always seemed to be sleeping seemed to open her eyes and looked outside, "Young master! It seems that we have guests, but they did not seem to come with gifts at all." As she spoke she seemed to have already appeared outside the carriage. This action alone can show that this woman is very good in Qigong and the fact that Li Xin did not seem that shocked by that turn of events seemed in itself revealing.

The fact that she is lazy did not mean she was useless, after all some people might not like to study, but that did not mean that lacked knowledge. She was definitely in that category, after all, she would not have survived besides Li Xin being a useless person at all. But not many people can guess she was good at this.

Just like she had said, it was only a few moments after she stepped outside that some woman in some expensive clothes, came into her line of sight, she was carrying a four-year-old daughter. But the most puzzling thing for QinZhi was the fact that they were nowhere near human communities, even villages, and thus their appearance in this place in itself was a problem.

"This trick seems to never grow old, but do these people think that Master is some budha trying to save the world?" She was sitting at the edge of the carriage, as though it was time to watch some play. That lazy look seemed to almost piss off Li Xin, he was clearly wondering who was the master in this place.

The woman seemed to be looking behind her with some flustered expression. Obviously, someone else was on her tail, and that seemed to be true not her acting. She might not have done anything wrong, or not even aware that someone else was using her to seek trouble for Li Xin but he was not someone that ever cared about reasoning with others.

Once someone jumped before him like a clown, he would not mind slapping some common sense into their minds.

"Well! Well! Well! If it isn't the leader of the righteous factions Li Xin! Why are you in this place? Don't tell me you are going to participate in all conflicts in the martial world?" the voice was feminine, but the tone of the words did not seem right, as though the other party was trying to find fault with him, or blame him for something.

It was also at this moment that Li Xin opened his eyes, looking in the direction of the sound, with some displeased look on his face. In an instant, a breeze seemed to be passing by, the sound it had seemed to resemble the ocean. When the feminine man was about to speak again, he suddenly realized that no sound was coming out of his mouth. It was only at that moment that he realized that he could see his body but it seemed to lack a head.

"Why am I..." That was not his only but the situation of the other people the man had brought along. When the sea breeze seemed to have passed by and eventually gone, Li Xin seemed to have not moved, but the saber that was being put back in the scabbard seemed to say something else.

"Master! These people seem to have come specifically to target you, but where was their confidence coming from?" This time she did not call him young master, after all, she was confused and wanted a reply. If she called him a weird name, he would just ignore her completely. It seemed that she knew when to become sarcastic.

"Of course they have confidence!" As he spoke he threw out four small bottles, that seemed to be holding some kind of poisonous substance. He could already feel some slight dread for this substance and once it got in his system he would spend a long time trying to get rid of it.

"It seems that the Poison Valley also likes to get involved in the affairs of the martial arts world so much. Let's go, have lost interest in wasting time in this place." He did not even seem to cast his glance at the mother and daughter that had been saved from his actions. QinZhi seemed to talk to them and whatever she was saying he did not even bother to eavesdrop, as he fell back on the same position he was before.

Seeing his state, when she sent the two away she was sure that the rest of the journey was under her control.

He was probably not going to wake up at all, unless an unexpected situation arises, which was most likely, after all in the martial arts world, there are always those that send themselves to death for some reputation.

The only problem was that if one wanted to get some reputation by attacking him, they would probably die faster than they think.

Those on his level are mostly either old men, or reputable figures already. Not everyone could just jump out from nowhere and be able to fight him.

To put it bluntly, most at his level were busy people and wouldn't waste their time attacking him in the forest, unless it was for a certain benefits.

He had seen alot during the years and could understand such mentality, but the rumbling from the distance caught his attention. "Is it just a coincidence or do I have a feeling this day has been too lively."