The Nine Skies Swordsman

Episode 04's. Drought Bamboo Forest

" I'm going north, towards the Drought Bamboo Forest, do any of you want to come? " Task Lenfan at the stocky guy and the quiet burly guy.

Hearing that, the stocky man became a little curious, "No. I'm going to the village ahead and try my luck there, but why did you choose to go to the forest? "

As far as men were concerned, the Drought Bamboo Forest was a forest full of danger, this forest looked like a forest with thousands of dried up bamboo trees.

It is said that there is something that makes the forest is always like in the dry season, even other seasons besides the dry season will not occur in the bamboo forest.

" I need to go somewhere in the forest, but for the details, I don't know myself "A brief Lenfan replied, not wanting to explain his purpose to the forest.

" Brother Lenfan. I hope you find whatever you're looking for in the woods "Said the Gempal hoping Lenfan will find what he's looking for.

" Thank you "Sahut Lenfan, to the stocky guy.

The thick man was named Cangu, while the quiet one was named Quila, they had been familiar all the way to the edge of the desert.

" What about you then? " Tanya Cangu to Quila, the quiet man just kept quiet and nodded his head, signaling he agreed to come to the village ahead.

" Okay, then we'll say goodbye. Brother Lenfan. You take the horse, for our destination is near the front "

Clenching Cangu's hands and Quila said their greetings and they stepped away.

Gofan nodded and returned the greetings from Cangu and Quila.

Seeing Cangu and Quila leave, Goli asked to confirm the matter to the Drought Bamboo Forest, "Sister. Seriously, you want to go to the forest? I was a little scared to hear a lot of scary news about the forest "

Goli showed a little anxiety, knowing that the person he was going to follow turned out to be choosing to travel to a dangerous place.

" Of course, like I said before... Have you changed your mind to follow me? " Lenfan said.

It is clear that Lenfan has been steadily going to the Drought Bamboo Forest.

Goli shook his head as he scratched his head, "No brother, I will still come with you, only I don't know, what is so interesting to you in that dangerous forest "

Not explaining further, Lenfan is quite happy to hear Goli still want to follow him even to dangerous places. This made Lenfan a little amazed at the 12-year-old boy.

Lenfan laughed in response to Goli's reply, "Haha... Goody... Goody... It's still morning, let's go ! "

They also began their journey north, riding horses towards the Drought Bamboo Forest.

[On the other hand, the outskirts of the Black Scorpion Desert]

" That must be him. The boy who ten years ago escaped the massacre "

A thick-bodied man said to a burly man, they hid behind a big tree while watching Lenfan and Goli from afar.

They are two people who previously separated from Lenfan because they want to try their luck in the nearby villages of Cangu and Quila. They silently observed Lenfan from afar.

" I think so too... Moreover, he had clearly said that he was from the Forbidden Land, if not for Yubing... Ah.. never mind... Grumpy. Did you get the horse? "

Earlier, when he saw two horses being carried by Jangbi and two others leaving, Quila told Cangu to quietly go and seize the horses.

" Of course it is. It only overcame three ordinary people, a very easy job...! The horses I put in the Village Store "Sahut Cangu with full confidence.

" good... After ten years, we finally found this clue, we secretly followed him first, we should get that reincarnation stone "Quila replied with an enthusiastic tone. Cangu nodded in response to Quila's remark.

Quila and Cangu were special envoys of the Abu-Abu Cult. It had been for nearly ten years that they disguised themselves as ordinary people and sealed their martial cultivation. They are on a mission to get the reincarnation stone. They had been traveling around the Penda Continent looking for clues to the whereabouts of the lucky stone.

Only after hearing Lenfan come from the forbidden land did they find a glimmer of hope. At first they wanted to directly catch Lenfan but because there was Yubing, they delayed that desire.

After Yubing left, they wanted to catch Lenfan but because they heard Lenfan wanted to go to the Drought Bamboo Forest, they became curious, it was possible that the stone they were looking for was in the Drought Bamboo Forest.

Therefore, once again, they delayed the urge to capture Lenfan and decided to follow quietly.

" Let's...! I'll show you the way to the tavern, we'll get the horses I put there first "

After which, Cangu stepped towards the tavern in question, followed by Quila.

[Outside a Shop]

After a few breaths passed, Quila and Cangu arrived at their destination.

" Cangu, why didn't you kill him? "

When she got near the tavern, Quila saw horses tied up next to the tavern, but she was surprised to see Jangbi among them with his hands tied and appeared unconscious.

" Oh... I almost forgot. So here's.... " Cangu then explained his reason for letting Jangbi stay alive.

When he seizes the horses of the three men, Jangbi pleads not to be killed and gives a scroll to Cangu. The scroll turned out to be a map, a map showing the location of the lucky meeting.

But the map Jangbi gave him was only half part, the other half was in his memory, so Cangu was forced to let him live.

" This is the map. Let's see "Cangu take out the map scroll and give it to Quila. The map was opened and observed by Quila.

" I don't think this ordinary person could have a map of the lucky rendezvous path on Fire Island "

After observing for a while, Quila knew how valuable the map was. But now, not the time for him to look for a lucky meeting, he had to follow Lenfan.

" We will take care of this later, now let's go to the Drought Bamboo Forest ! " Say Quila.

Then Quila picked up a horse and prepared to leave.

" Of course he's coming with us, you tie and screw him with you" Quila replied ketus to Cangu.

" Snurry...! Let's go...!! we have to catch up with them "Imbuh Quila.

" all right.... " Although with a slightly lazy tone, Cangu obeyed Quila's orders.

After finishing business with the store officials they set out following to the Drought Bamboo Forest.

[Dry Bamboo Forest]

After half a day of travel, Lenfan and Goli arrived at the Drought Bamboo Forest. The Drought Bamboo Forest was quite close to the Black Scorpion Desert. Therefore, Lenfan decided to travel to that forest, before heading to his other destination.

This forest looked gloomy and lonely, because only a few people who wanted to visit this place, most people, were afraid of the beasts of the forest inhabitants.

The famous beast in this place is the Bamboo Bear, this creature can grow as big as twice an adult man. These creatures are a type of territorial creature, so they are very sensitive to other creatures entering their territory.

In order to avoid attracting the attack of the Bamboo Bear, Lenfan tied the horse and left it outside the forest.

" We must be more careful, from here we will walk, not to provoke a commotion, now it's the seventh month so I'm sure the Bears must be hibernating " Lenfan said slowly reminding Goli, to be more careful.

" Yes, brother, but is it true that the bears will not be aware of our arrival? " Task Goli when Lenfan just finished tying the horse.

" It should be so, as long as they hibernate, their sensitivity to the surroundings will be completely absent, so as long as they sleep, we will be safe" Lenfan said.

After hearing that, Goli felt a little safer, as long as he did not make a fuss, then his life would be safe.

Going deeper into the forest, dry air began to fill the air. Occasionally the cooling wind will blow, making the dry bamboo leaves fly, making the bamboo slats sway while producing a squeaking sound that makes the atmosphere of the forest become scary.

" Sister, the night I think I'll be more afraid of ghosts than the Bamboo Bear" Goli said.

Seeing the situation of this forest, Goli felt more afraid of ghosts than the Bamboo Bear. Lenfan looked towards Goli and just nodded in agreement, Lenfan also thought so.

" Oh yeah... Sis, what are we looking for here? " The longer they walked through the forest, the more curious Goli was, why Lenfan was to this spooky place.

" I'm looking for something my father left here, but I don't know what it is either, which I know, it's in a cave, in the western part of this forest " Lenfan Sahut.

Lenfan did not know the object waiting for him in the cave, which he knew was very valuable, it was the relic of his father.

Remembering his father, Lenfan touched a stone pendant hanging from his neck, this stone pendant was the last thing left of both his parents.

They walked continuously to the west, even though they had walked so far, they had not once encountered any danger, unlike what had been described so far, it was just that this forest was indeed creepy.

" It's dark, we stop here, let's collect the dried leaves to make a fire ! "

Lenfan decided to rest behind a boulder next to a large mound of earth a little away from the clump of bamboo trees.

" Yes Brother... " Sahut Goli's.

Goli picked up the dried bamboo leaves and piled them near the huge mound. The same thing Lenfan did.

After lighting the fire by banging two stone slats, Lenfan took out a piece of dry bread,

" Goli, here... Eat first, then rest "

" sister. Is there water? I'm so thirsty "

Goli received the dry bread, but before eating it he asked Lenfan for water.

" Nothing, but.drink this, this is all you can drink" Lenfan replied.

Lenfan gave a bottle of wine to Goli. Now there is only wine, with Lenfan forced to let Goli drink it, even though it is not true. A child of Goli's age is not old enough to consume alcohol.

" Uh... Arak? "

Goli could guess that the bottle given by Lenfan contained wine, not yet opened, the aroma of wine had come out of the bottle.

" Right, just drink, if there's water, I won't let you drink it "Lenfan shook his head, that's all he can do right now.

The forest is completely dry like in the dry season, even the river water dries up, along the way there are only dry bamboo trees, nothing to drink is also eaten.

Fortunately before, Yubing had distributed the remaining supplies from the bandits to them evenly. The supplies contained some dry food, wine, some coins and precious stones. Right now only that wine can be drunk.

" Okay, brother, since there is no water, I will only drink enough" Goli said.

After eating and drinking enough, Goli fell asleep leaning against the boulder.

' Poor kid, I shouldn't have included him on this trip... ' Inner Lenfan.

Lenfan felt sad when he saw Goli slumbering from exhaustion. As he regretted his decision, the bottle of wine that Goli had not had time to close, slipped from his hand because he had fallen asleep, spilled and soaked the ground.

" What a pity... I thought the wine bottle was empty, it turned out that he only drank enough... " Say Lenfan saw all the leftover wine spilling.

As if something was pulling him, the wine spill seeped rapidly into the ground and suddenly a huge mound of earth behind the boulder where Goli and Lenfan were leaning, shook and exploded.

*Twx*

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