Great Swordsman

Ch.6 - Friends

In one of the small huts in the Lotus Sect, a man was seen standing like a statue, his eyes were closed and his body was motionless.

His breathing was slow but stable.

The child remained in the statue position for a while before slowly opening his eyes. In a sharp gaze, the child's body suddenly turned blurry like a shadow and moved at an astonishing speed.

In an instant, the boy moved from his original position. Ordinary people would not even be able to understand what was going on. His speed was moving too fast to be caught by the eyes of an ordinary person.

All they could see was a blurry silhouette that moved like the wind.

“The distance that can be reached at the ground level is about two meters yahh.”

Xu Feng immediately understood the abilities of the Shadow Step Technique after trying to practice it. Although the distance that could be reached was only two meters from its original position, this ability was already quite frightening.

Even a second stage cultivator would be overwhelmed following such movement speed. As mentioned earlier, the difference in strength between cultivators who had techniques and who were unlike heaven and earth.

“Shadow Steps are only in the basic realm and have already brought an increase of this magnitude, it is only fitting that every cultivator desperately searches and learns the technique as much as they can.”

Xu Feng exclaimed in his heart. He finally understood how important a technique was to support one's fighting prowess.

Geck..Geck..Tok

The sound of knocking suddenly woke Xu Feng from his mind. He opened the door and the one who greeted him was a fat man with a funny face. His eyeballs were as big as marbles and his cheeks were so thick.

He rubbed his face using his dirty arms and his round eyes narrowed after seeing Xu Feng.

“Thank you Goddess, you made it back safely! I think our brotherhood story is over since you decided to go to the Thousand Nights Forest!”

The fat man sobbed happily after seeing his brother fine and subconsciously threw his body towards Xu Feng.

“Enyah!”

Xu Feng immediately dodged and pushed him away until he fell, he felt a little annoyed.

“Try to stop doing weird things like that fat pig base. I've been tired of reminding you so many times.”

Xu Feng let out a harsh curse but the tone in his voice was not like he was cursing at someone.

“Hey hey this hurts you know. Can you ever not use your powers?”

The fat man grimaced in pain while rising from the ground. He patted his dusty pants and muttered something vague

“What strength? Gao Gao, you should be thankful I didn't use a sword to slash your head!”

Xu Feng laughed heartily at the gloomy look of Gao Gao. The two of them had been best friends since childhood and were in the same village before the bandits destroyed their residence.

The relationship between them was even like a sibling.

”Stop bragging, that worn out sword of yours won't even be able to pierce through my flesh!”

Gao Gao puffed his chest up high, as if feeling proud of the fat body he had. When he saw Xu Feng's shirt full of tears, curiosity took over him

“What have you experienced in the Forest of a Thousand Nights? Your condition is tragic.”

Xu Feng smiled faintly and decided to tell it. Otherwise, god knows how long this fat will bother him for it.

Of course, Xu Feng was just making up stories and not telling the truth.

“So so, you met the iron wolf and decided to escape yes.”

Gao Gao sighed and spoke heavily, then shook his head helplessly. He looks very emotional.

Xu Feng somehow felt that Gao Gao who was only a listener was more interested in the story he was making than he was the author.

“Umm yes roughly so. By the way, what are you here for?”

Xu Feng immediately asked to avoid protracted in the topic.

“Oh right, I saw on the mission board that the sect wanted to recruit some people as a team to enter the Thousand Night Forest. His goal was to obtain several one“-star mortal demon beast cores

“I needed contribution points so I decided to join. Brother, do you want to come?”

“And one more thing..”

“Don't take this mission! My intuition gave off an unpleasant feeling!!”

Xu Feng's face turned serious and looked at Gao Gao solemnly. He was of course worried that Gao Gao was meeting with the evil cultivators.

Although Gao Gao was confused, he still followed Xu Feng's wishes. He rarely sees his best friend as serious as that and so he chooses to follow his advice.

Xu Feng nodded in relief and spoke a few more words with Gao-Gao before leaving his hut.

His top priority is to find information about who planned his murder.

And Ciao Yi was the target. After all, the one who told him the rumors was that rude man. He must know something.

But before that, Xu Feng took out a sword. That sword was Xu Feng's only spare weapon and his condition was extremely poor. But at least it's better than nothing.

Xu Feng then scoured the outer area, trying to find Ciao Yi's whereabouts. But after a few hours, he still had not discovered his whereabouts.

He had already scoured every corner of the outer area and visited Ciao Yi's residence, but the man's whereabouts seemed to simply disappear.

The only place Xu Feng had yet to visit was the mission hall.

“It looks like I need to read the list of disciples who took the mission today.”

When Xu Feng was about to head towards the mission hall, he suddenly saw someone somewhat familiar. It took a while for Xu Feng to recognize him.

“Isn't he one of Ciao Yi's followers? Looks like I don't have to bother to the mission hall.”

Xu Feng grinned and immediately walked up to the man. Not wanting to waste any time, Xu Feng instantly released the auras of the two mortal realms, which caused the surrounding disciples to immediately feel pressure.

They all looked at Xu Feng with admiration and respect. In the outer area, those who reached the second stage of the mortal realm were already considered strong. Not many outer disciples managed to break through the shackles and advance to stage two. All who can, are considered talented.

“You, you.. How can?”

The man, Ya Lan, looked at Xu Feng in disbelief. A moment after he sensed the aura of a mortal realm second stage warrior, he immediately figured out the origin.

Merely, he had not expected that the person who gave off the aura was someone he knew.

But only a few days have passed. How could this man suddenly be in the second stage of the mortal realm? Ya Lan did not understand, and she did not even have much time to think because Xu Feng was already standing in front of her.

“Where is your boss?”

Xu Feng did not beat around the bush and went straight into his core.

“Umm senior, whose boss do you mean?”

Ya Lan gulped and was a little nervous. A second stage warrior was not something he could offend.

“Stop wasting my time! You know who I mean!”

Xu Feng frowned and released his aura in full, leaving Ya Lan dazed in a moment. Although the difference between them was only one stage, the strong pressure still weighed on Ya Lan who was a first stage cultivator.

The difference in each stage is no joke.

“I'll say it! I'll say it!”

“Ciao Yi is not here. He took the mission early in the morning and headed towards the Thousand Night Forest. And he doesn't seem to be coming back today.”

Ya Lan immediately kowtowed and shouted for mercy. Cold sweat had already drenched his forehead. He spilled everything out honestly for not wanting to be the target of the anger of second stage fighters.

“You better obey like that.”

Xu Feng gave a cold snort and immediately left Ya Lan who was still in a prostrate state. The man was no longer useful, so Xu Feng no longer cared about his whereabouts.

As for revenge, Xu Feng did not even think about it at all. That man's talent was extremely poor, the first stage might already be the limit.

What's the point of caring about ants?