Chapter 161 (2/2)

The tavern had quite a nice ambience and the patrons were all either rich merchants or aristocrats. However, when they were faced with the two Knight officers speaking so arrogantly, no one dared to speak out.

There were eight regions in the Empire with a population totalling to over a hundred million. However, there were only ten thousand Knights and five thousand Conferred Knights. Knights were the ones with one of the greatest authority in the country.

Hearing the moustache man’s words, the man sitting opposite him, with a ponytail and a gloomy expression, said in a soft voice, “If it’s found out that we’ve switched such high quality Seism Steel to low quality alloy…”

“Haish.” The moustache man waved his hand and said, “This is nothing. If that Fang Xingjian is not injured, then naturally, I’d stay clear away from him. But now, he’s nothing but a blind man. It’d be a waste to give all these Seism Steel to him.

“Moreover, with those eyes of his, he would probably not be able to tell that the Seism Steel has been switched.”

After he said that, he broke out into a chuckle, “Hehe, I heard that Miss Natalie has organized a gathering tonight. How about it? Shall we go together? Their ladies are really… Hehehehe.”

The ponytail guy was still slightly unsettled, but he did not have any other choice.

The moustache man had gotten himself a pile of gambling debts, out of which a few of them were owed to aristocratic clans with Knights under them. This caused him to be unable to return the money owed.

As for the ponytail guy, his daughter was very sick and he had spent all his money on seeking treatment from Knights with healing capabilities. To begin with, there were already less Knights than commoners. Furthermore, out of this group of people, it was even more rare to find a Knight who had taken up a job in the medical area and was equipped with medical skills. There might not even be one out of a hundred Knights.

For such a Knight to heal someone, naturally, it would be extremely expensive, even for senior Knights like themselves.

The two of them needed money urgently, and thus decided to take the risk and swap out Fang Xingjian’s stuff. They then sold the goods in exchange for a huge sum of money.

Seeing that the ponytail man was still out of sorts, the moustache man patted him on the shoulders and said, “Alright, stop worrying. This sum of money is enough for us to live a good life for quite a while. As for Fang Xingjian… Hehe… That blind man would probably not be able to find us.”

He started to imitate how a blind man walked and continued, “Look, he probably would not even be able to take a step of out the academy.”

The ponytail guy smiled helplessly and thought to himself, ‘That’s right, he’s already blind. So what if he was a hero back then? He’s no longer the same person as he was before…’

At that moment, the tavern’s door was sent flying with a tremendous boom. With a loud bang, it was knocked down onto the floor.

Everyone turned their attention over there. It was Fang Xingjian dressed in a long garment, walking in slowly. He was still grabbing onto that delivery man who was puking as he looked towards the people in the tavern.

Gradually, a breeze seemed to blow in the tavern, causing everyone to shiver subconsciously. It felt as if the temperature in the tavern had just dropped.

Fang Xingjian sensed the situation of the tavern with his sword Qis and said coldly, “Who was the one who got you to send the goods?”

The delivery man puked for a while before pointing his trembling finger towards the moustache man and the ponytail guy, saying, “It’s, it’s the two of them.”

The tavern’s steward stepped forth and said to Fang Xingjian with a smile, “Sir, this place is the Stellar Tavern which belongs to the Versailles Clan.” He emphasized, “If you’re here for a drink, you’re very much welcome. However, if you’re here to…”

“Long-winded and pesky.”

Fang Xingjian flicked the steward’s forehead lightly and the latter was sent all the way to a chair in the corner of the hall by Fang Xingjian’s ingenious control of his force.

Fang Xingjian’s eyes were closed, but he still turned towards the direction of the ponytail guy and the moustache man.

“Hand out the Seism Steel yourselves and then break one of your arms before you scram.”

Both the ponytail guy and the moustache man both saw that Fang Xingjian was looking towards their direction. They knew well that he was blind but still felt a cold chill running down their spine, as though sword light had pierced through their bodies. In that moment, they were struck by his aura and did not have the courage to reply.