Chapter 36 (1/2)

Lian Rufeng instantly became black in the face. He subconsciously flung himself on one side.

Bang!

A pitch-black arrow hurtled through the air. One of the guardians blocked it with his blade, but it exploded the moment it met the blade.

The guardian screamed in great pain, and then his body blasted and fell apart.

Lian Rufeng and the rest guardians were stunned once again. They found that the arrow was not only fast, but it also possessed incredibly explosive power. There was no way they could warn it off with their hands or weapons.

“The enemy is there!”

One of the guardians yelled, pointing to somewhere deep in the village.

Lian Rufeng saw a figure flashing by one of the roofs in the village at once. The vague figure looked familiar.

Lin Xun?

Lian Rufeng narrowed his eyes. Could it really be the 13-year old boy?

“Charge!”

With no time to think it through, Lian Rufeng shouted, and dashed into the village.

The fighting situation in the village was complicated. It had a lot of hiding places, making it hard for the archer to aim the target.

All of the guardians had rich experience in fighting. They knew if they stayed outside of the village, they would have no place to hide and the archer would shoot them as living targets, so they all ran into the village behind Lian Rufeng.

Wu Henshui was livid when he saw all of these. He had never expected such a small village would have such a good archer.

“Elder Wu, the arrow was too powerful to be an ordinary weapon. If I guess right, it must have been inscribed with ‘Explosive-flame Spiritual Tattoo’!”

A middle-aged man said in surprise.

His name was Han Junshan, a capable subordinate brought here by Wu Henshui. He had reached the forth level of the Martial Realm, and more importantly he used to be an apprentice of Spiritual Tattoo.

He had lost the hope to become a Spiritual Tattooist long time ago due to inadequate talent, but he still had an eye for Spiritual Tattoos.

Explosive-flame Spiritual Tattoo?

Wu Henshui’s heart jolted, “You mean there is a Spiritual Tattooist in the village?”

Han Junshan shook his head, “I don’t think so. Explosive-flame Tattoo is one of the basic Spiritual Tattoos. Even I have certain confidence in it, except……”

“Except what?” Wu Henshui asked.

“The requirement of the Spiritual Ink is harsh, let alone it is inscribed on an arrow. Such an arrow could be sold for 30 copper coins in Donglin. It is hard to imagine such a poor village could have such valuable weapons.”

Han Junshan frowned. This was what puzzled him.

Wu Henshui’s eyes twitched, “So you mean there’s a master in the village?”

Soon he shook his head and denied, “That’s not right. If there’s a master, why did he hide and ambush us at the entrance of the village? In my judgement, the enemy should not be very strong, so he had to do so.”

Han Junshan nodded, “I think so too. The shoots before have consumed much energy of the enemy. If they can seize the opportunity, they will surely take him down.”

Wu Henshui felt tempted, “Thus, we may find out where the arrows come from, and even make a good fortune out of it.”

Han Junshan smiled, playing along, “So it dose. Who would have thought there are not only dozens of acres of fine Spiritual Lands but also an abandoned mine tunnel full of blood marrow grit as well as explosive-flame arrow in such a small and poor village?”

Wu Henshui took a deep breath, and said coldly, “After Lian Rufeng takes care of the enemy, all of these will be ours!”

Han Junshan asked, “Elder Wu, shall we support them?”

Wu Henshui sneered and replied slowly, looking at the village in the distance, “We don’t need to get our hands dirty. Leave it to the bumpkins.”

……

Feiyun village was not big, but the alleys and the houses were both in disorder due to lacking of overall planning, making it like a big cobweb.

If someone determined to hide in it, it was not easy to be found. Because people with cultivation below the Gang Spiritual Realm didn’t have strong mind power to lock the trace of a hidden man, so they could only use their eyes and ears in searching.

Lin Xun was not worried about this.

He had been certain the opponents’ cultivation were within the Martial Realm, so he had asked Shiao Tianren to transfer all the residents out of the village in advance. In doing so, he could take advantage of the intricate terrain to kill Lian Rufeng and the guardians and not fear to be threatened.

Right now, he was hiding in a house, gasping and gulping from a water bag.

It was filled with “spiritual syrup”, which could help him regain his spiritual energy in a short time. The three shots he fired had consumed more than half of his spiritual energy.

If he had not risen to the third level of the Martial Realm and refined the spiritual energy to perfect through the spiritual vortex, he could never shot three explosive-flame arrows in succession.

During the time waiting for his spiritual energy to recover, Lin Xun became calm again. However, inside his heart, he felt unfortunate that he had not killed Lian Rufeng.