In the remote side of the country, a bunch of riders raising against the dirt as their horses galloped along, side by side in a narrow road. Their horses runs so fast that the wind rushes past, as the riders rode bareback, clutching the mane with their right hands, holding the whip in their left, whooping and hollering.
"Halt. !"
One man suddenly shouted at the riders with an extreme authority in his voice.
"Gōngzǐ . .the terrain is dangerous, we might be ambush!"
The young master that the man called get down from his stallion and look at the surrounding. There were birds flying up as if their places had been disturbed.
"Stay on your guard!" He said while studying the place. "Chunli, they"re here!"
"What were going to do, Gōngzǐ ?"
"Tell them to retreat and find another way, we will meet them at the inn, in the next town!"
He knew that whoever this people, they only came to get rid of him.
Sending his troops away will lessen the casualties.
"Hao.!"
Chunli give them an instruction, through signal. Those soldiers were all elites and personally trained by their master.
"Come lets go!"
The two of them rides back in their horses, but its not long enough from where they stop when they saw someone blocking the road.
Again they get down from their horses and checked that someone. When Chunli asked the man, he did not answered nor moved, and when he pushed him. The man suddenly fell on the ground.
"He"s dead!" Chunli exclaimed. "I will check. .
"No need. .those people were already here, why bother looking?" He said annoyingly.
The Crown Prince had natural beast-like abilities to observed things that others can"t. His hearing and eyesight can be said to have, as first to none.
Then a sudden swoop of arrows from the air comes towards them, Young master immediately pushed his attendant in the other side.
They both fell in the ground, as their horses was frighten by the commotion and leaved them behind.
"Tàizǐ diànxià. !"
Chunli called him, there is no used of concealing their ident.i.ties when this people already knew them.
"Im fine.!" He said coldly.
His flesh was cut open and the blood drips from his arms.
"We had a mules in our side!" He clenched his hands tightly.
"Since you"re already here, why bother hiding like a dog wagging its tail between his legs!" His voice was loud enough to be heard.
A person laughed heartily as he finally showed up."You were still as sharp as before.!"
"You.!" Ma Chunli almost advance Tàizǐ block him with his arms.
He recognized him, he was one of the top notch in the martial arts world.
"I guess its my plea.s.sure seing you, Mr. Long Fie!"
What Tàizǐ meant is that the man had known to retired and went for seclusion for so many years, now that he suddenly appeared right in front of him. It meant, no joke!
During the laughed one man also appeared from the other side of the road. This person is thin and small, he looks like no more than a pound of meat in him and a slight blew of wind can probably blow him away.
Ma Chunli almost chuckled at his thought, but later, give his admiration towards a man when he noticed that the man appeared with out a noise.
"You"re right, Im eager to see you, as you"ve made yourself quite famous!"
Said the man that suddenly appeared out of no where.
Tàizǐ snorts. "Im not worthy for your compliment. .
"You"re wrong its not a compliment!"
The man"s voice was cold and grim.
"Unless I could see it in my two eyes.!"
As he spoke, six people appeared from the forest. Tàizǐ a.s.sumed that those people are all his disciples.
They were eight of them, all in all.
Tàizǐ knew the two people but the other six must be new for he did not recognized them.
If the battle becomes unavoidable, the chance for the two of them is dire, given their numbers and skills.
"I guess you got a big fish to catch and I hate holding you up!"
"The fish is right in front of us.!"
Long fie told him arrogantly.
Tàizǐ smirked." Then we should not delay any further. . I hate talking to someone who"s not even worth my time!"
"Ching Xiōngdì really knows how to joke!"
The thin man laughed and mocked him. This people knew already who he is but yet they dare to provoked him.
As if he"s just a bluff and not even worth mentioning. He called him by his first name and add the word "Xiōngdì" or brother as an insult to his status, like they were equal.
The fact that they"re not even close
"What I hate the most is trouble!"
He said deviously.
As soon as the word "trouble" come out from his mouth, the man he called Mr. Long Fie was already struck with his dagger.
That dagger was no where to be found in him, but yet in an instant, it has already entered into the man"s throat.
Everyone saw that his dagger cut through the man"s throat, Yet no one saw, just how it happened.
He was still holding the man"s head, there is no blood, yet!
The man give a gurgling sound, suddenly his mouth open and his tongue come out.
Blood comes out from his mouth, as he thrust his final drew, the man"s head was already separates from his neck. .
The man"s blood splash in Tàizǐ"s face as he throws the head to the thin man"s feet.
He did not even blink when he took the man"s head and the looks his eyes turn into a scary beast.
Everyone was stunned no one dares to moved or talked from the shocked. Even Ma Chunli had a trace of both fear and admiration towards his master.
"Save your compliment!" He smirked.
He did not wipe the blood in his face.
All of them stood on their ground holding their sword at their waist but dare not to move. They wont take a gumble as their master was still near to his side.
If he could reach Long Fie with out getting notice then it won"t be impossible for him to kill their master in an instant.
They just witness before their eyes how ruthless Tàizǐ was, he did not even blink nor hesitate the moment he killed one of the most skillful man in jianghu.
After he finished talking. He toosed 10 taels of silver beside the man"s head.
"He"s not even worth that much.!"
The sound of his voice becomes dreadful, its enough to make them shiver out of fear.
He whistled through his finger and the big black stallion appeared running towards him.
"Tell your master to come, to me!"
The weather was hot as it was summer but his voice was as cold as snow in the winter.
"As for you! you"re not even worth a d.a.m.n!"
He rode in his stallion and kicked it forward, he then stretched his hands for Ma Chunli who stood like a statue.
Ma Chunli catch his hands and he toosed him at his back. The two of them ride stardust Tàizǐ"s precious horse.
but its not long when the horse starting to jump back and forth and throw both of them in the ground.
Ma chunli"s scream echoed through the forest. .as he fell upside down in the mud.
"What an idiot!"
The crown prince muttered loudly as he pulled Chunli"s head that stuck in the mud.
Stardust was making an annoying noise out from his nose. He forgot that except him and Ye Ghongzhu no one could ever ride him.
Ma Chunli fell upside down as he was not aware, when Tàizǐ pulled him, his head was covered with mud and only his blinking eyes could be visible.
Crown Prince could not help himself, but laughed at loud.