
After the bandits left them and disappeared without a trace, the leader of the bodyguard warriors came to Lim Kim with cupped hands greeting.
"Thank you, Swordsman. Thanks to your help, we ended up spared a huge problem because of that bandit."
"Ahh no need to hesitate, fellow warriors should help each other when there is difficulty" said Lim Kim relaxed.
"Thank you, Swordsman. With what can we repay the hero's kindness?" suddenly the merchant leader replied.
"Master, don't bother. This is our duty." Lim Kim refused.
"In that case, I hope the Swordsman will accept this." said the merchant leader while thrusting 1 small bag full of silver coins.
"No-no. In our sect, it is not justified to take money from the person we help."
The merchant leadership initially persuaded Lim Kim to accept the token of gratitude and rid himself of debt. But Lim Kim still refused, according to him it was not in accordance with the ideology he espoused.
The merchant leader actually wanted to force Lim Kim to accept the money, but in front of him was the swordsman of the white flow. He was afraid to offend Lim Kim's principles.
Although it did not reduce the innate property of the merchant leader, but still He felt heavy-hearted because he could not return the favor.
"Executor, if you may know which sect master?" the guard leader asked.
"We are from the Peach Island sect." replied Lim Kim.
The guard leader choked.
"What's? Peaches Island?, a pride for us to meet one of the great warriors of Peaches Island." said he carefully.
"Hahahaha, don't overdo it." Lim Kim was a little proud but responded humbly.
"Sorry Senior, how can I call you?"
"Senior? why did you suddenly call me that?"
"Secard Senior, it's fitting that we mention Senior to a swordsman older than us."
The attitude of the bodyguard swordsman is more respectful to Lim Kim after knowing he is from a famous sect.
"Huh? Old one?"
Lim Kim asked as he held his face. That fact did not live up to Lim Kim's expectations. The guard warrior's respectful attitude offended Lim Kim.
Lie Han looked at his teacher's face, He knew that his teacher was in a bad mood.
"Teacher, you deserve to be called a senior because the bandits ran away after seeing the teacher's ability. Didn't we?" Lie Han looked at the Guard Leader asking for approval while winking his eyes.
Seeing Lie Han's face as if giving a code, the bodyguard warrior thought he had consciously said a word that offended Lim Kim.
"Ahh, yes it is true young swordsman."
replied the bodyguard confidently.
"Ohh well, I almost misunderstood." Lim Kim's feelings got a little better.
After they talked for a long time and exchanged names, the warriors were taken aback by Lie Han's high posture which turned out to be 12-year-old Masi with the ability to defeat 5 bandits quickly without any obstacles. But the astonishment did not continue for long.
"You're astonished, but this is Peach Island" said the warrior's heart.
The guard swordsman then asked which direction Lim Kim and Lie Han were headed. Lim Kim replied if their destination was to the Imperial Capital of Wei. Since their destination was the same, the bodyguard's swordsman suggested that they could come together towards the capital.
Lim Kim refused on the grounds that he and his student had to head somewhere first to take care of the important things.
Hearing that, the bodyguard swordsman no longer had a sentence to persuade Lim Kim to come with them.
The group of merchants began to leave the location and head to the Capital City. Lim Kim also started walking and took another direction.
"Teacher, why don't we go with them? Isn't our goal the same?"
"Because we're going somewhere before we go to the capital,"
"Why is Master saying this now?"
"Ah that,... "
"So Your ability to defeat 5 bandits is so cool, I didn't expect you to move that fast" Lie Han changed the topic, but he was actually curious about his student's ability that exceeded expectations.
"Why did the teacher switch the conversation" Lie Han reprimanded, also trying to avoid his teacher's question.
"Lie Han aren't you hungry?. About 2 kilometers from here is a small town, inside there is a restaurant that has very good cuisine" Lim Kim teases Lie Han to avoid the pressure.
"Well, is the food better than a grilled chicken last night?"
"Aaaaa it is. well of course." Lim Kim was forced to agree to let Lie Han follow his will.
After walking for 2 kilometers they finally arrived at a small village, the village where Lim Kim used to visit often while on a mission. Although the place now seemed quieter than usual, Lim Kim did not seem to care so much about it, he hurriedly headed to a restaurant that had been a subscription since long ago.
The two of them finally reached the restaurant and sat down on the dining table chairs. As usual he was greeted with the waiters who offered him a meal, Lim Kim then ordered. Lie Han was a little confused as to what to order, but Lim Kim suggested to order just like he ordered.
After waiting for quite a while, the cooking finally came, and they enjoyed the food and were so voracious, Lie Han seemed to have no intention of criticizing his teacher for slowing down the journey, either, because the taste of the cuisine in the restaurant makes sense to the teacher.
Lim Kim seemed to have just returned to conscious mode after a glut, he noticed that the surroundings looked so quiet, there were no other visitors besides him and his students.
Lim Kim began to observe further and recalled that if the waiter who served them just now seemed surly, it was different as usual, the waiter here used to be friendly. Lim Kim began to think about finding out with this strange situation.
"What's wrong teacher?" Lie Han felt something in his teacher's mind.
"Lie Han it seems that I feel that there's a bit of a weird"
Lie Han looked around
"The food is as good as this but it is empty of visitors" Lie Han said after observing.
"This is my restaurant, only this time I see it quiet like this"
"When we got into town, I only saw a few passersby"
"So you noticed, well, I lost focus, probably because of hunger"
"If the residents of the city are quiet like this, will not the merchants and restaurants here will lose money"
"Your brains are getting better" Lim Kim praised his student.
Lim Kim called the waiter and asked carefully and did not offend, but the waiter just shook his head and left, Lim Kim's suspicions deepened.
"There's something wrong here" Lim said flatly.
Lie Han's mind was just like his teacher's. After a long time of not finding an answer, they then pay the bill and start leaving the restaurant.
"It's getting dark, tonight we're resting at an inn near here"
"Good teacher"
As they were about to leave the restaurant, they suddenly met 4 strange looking middle-aged men heading into the Restaurant, Lim Kim observed but did not look at them, after the 4 men passed by, and they were not there, the two of them then continued on their way to find an inn.
***
"Hey. Bring me good food, and don't make me wait long"
"Ready sir"
"Hey you. hahahaha, your body is okay too, tonight you must accompany me."
"Sorry sir, I can't" The waiter refused the request of one of the 4 men who ordered the food.
"So you dare to refuse me, will I destroy this place?"
"Don't you"
"Yes, follow my will"
"But sir"
Suddenly someone opened the door and entered the restaurant.
"So this is the reason the restaurant here is empty of visitors?" Lim Kim spoke in a stern tone with Lie Han beside him.