303 Chipo (1/2)

Chapter 303: Chipo

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On the second night, there were hardly any pedestrians or lights in the Seventh Machete Village. It seemed deserted. At this point in time, all the swordsmen were in the taverns. There are only a few women and children who went to bed early in the village.

Pointing at the house, Lianye whispered: ”There's a secret room downstairs. Wildhorse usually hides in there.”

The moonlights that were reflected by the thick blanket of snow lit up the night in a strange way. Everyone's every move was extremely conspicuous.

The swordmen of the Tianshan Sect were all very capable. Some of them were even comparable to Golden Roc Fort's killers. However, they were not as good as Golden Roc Fort's killers at hiding their tracks. Therefore, Gu Shenwei believed that Wildhorse would notice immediately if they entered the village.

Yet, nobody came out to fight.

The swordmen were divided into three groups. In each group, half of the men were standing guard outside the door and the other half rushed in while brandishing their sabers. Soon, the sounds of furious fighting came from inside, which was then followed by the rumbling of a collapsing floor.

There were some families nearby who lit their lamps. Some men ran out, carrying sabers. One of the swordmen from the Tianshan Sect cried out loud, ”This is personal, it has nothing to do with outsiders.”

The men returned to their homes. Soon, the lights went out.

There was about ten figures who jumped out of the room and fled in every direction. However, they were stopped by the swordmen that was just outside the door.

Gu Shenwei pulled out his Five Peaks Saber and started chasing the fastest one among them.

The man turned around and received the Dragon King's saber with his long sword. Gu Shenwei recognized him. He was Immortal Peng, from the Joy Pavillion.

The Immortal Peng used to fight with a rope, but then he started learning how to use the sword. He improved at an incredibly fast pace. Compared to his kung fu skills three years ago, his kung fu skills now were way better.

The two men exchanged four or five strokes in an instant. When they were separated by mistake, Immortal Peng spat out a few words,”You stole something from him. Sooner or later, you must return what you have taken.”

Gu Shenwei replied with a saber that is even more rapid and violent. Immortal Peng was worthy of his sword, but less than a year has passed by and he would rather keep using the saber.

A man rushed out. After waving around a heavy iron bar, he smashed it into Dragon King.

Gu Shenwei stopped suddenly and put his knife behind his back. He then slit the neck of the sneak attacker. Even though he had been slightly obstructed, Immortal Peng was already fleeing to the city.

Tianshan Sect prevailed, but since there was not any sign of Wildhorse anywhere, Gu Shenwei decided to chase Immortal Peng all the way.

Both of them had incredible Lightness Skills, they leapt onto roofs and vaulted over walls. They proceeded through the South City. Nothing could block their way.

In order to get rid of Gu Shenwei, Immortal Peng even jumped onto the bustling street several times, where many people were scared to death by those two blistering figures.

Just when Gu Shenwei thought that Immortal Peng was almost in his hands, he found out that something was wrong.

A pedestrian who nearly got hit shouted, ”Are you blind? Can't you see where you're going?”

Immortal Peng went everywhere, but no matter how many times he changed his way, it seems like he wanted to lead Dragon King away from the West.

Gu Shenwei suddenly realized that he could have been deceived by his enemy.

With this thought in mind, he stopped chasing Immortal Peng and ran towards the Western side of the Residence of Dragon King in the South City.

In the Residence of Dragon King, a brutal fight had just concluded.

There were only seven people who managed to break into the Residence, but all of them were amongst the best fighters in the world. While six of them were mounting a sneak attack on the front courtyard, one of them managed to kill three sabermen and one swordsman, alone. They waited for Chu Nanping and Tie Linglong to come and meet them. The seventh man, then slipped into the back courtyard, killed two servants and snatched the Melon-hilted Scimitar.

Young Lady Jiang did everything she could, but her forehead was lacerated by a saber. If it was not for the saberman Lin Xiaoshan, she would have certainly been one of the victims.

The robber was incredibly arrogant. He called for his men to retreat from the top of the building. He then said, ”Tell Dragon King that 'Hearteater' Chipo came to visit him and to return the Melon-hilted Scimitar back to its rightful owner! Ahahah!”

When Gu Shenwei came back, people were bandaging the wounds of the victim. Tie Linglong and Lin Xiaoshan told him what happened. With a white cloth covering her head, Jiang asked Dragon King's forgiveness for not being able to protect the Melon-hilted Scimitar.

”This is not your fault”, Gu Shenwei comforted her, ”You are already lucky enough to still be alive, I am not used to fighting with a scimitar anyway, it's not a big deal.”

Fang Wenshi hid himself every time he heard a noise coming from the outside. This time, he ran in front of Dragon King, ”This doesn't work, Dragon King. The Great Snowmountain is really shameless! I don't like attacking people with the sword, but this time is different. You must get rid of this Hearteater Chipo as soon as possible.”

Lin Xiaoshan, whispering, reminded the Dragon King, ”This is clearly a diversion, that monk can't be a mole.”

Gu Shenwei also had his suspicions, but when Lianye came back, his doubts cleared up. The monk have yet to understand that there was a link between the ambush at the Residence of Dragon King and the Seventh Machete Village. He had believed that Chipo got lucky.

This was just blatant provocation, just as Fang Wenshi said. If Dragon King could not solve this matter immediately, the Great Snowmountain's fame would be swept away.

The news that Hearteater Chipo had snatched the Melon-hilted Scimitar away soon arrived at the Jade City. Not at all surprised, the old saberman from the North City, Liu Zu, sent one of his men to welcome Dragon King the day after, at dawn.

Several wealthy people believed that the Dragon King has no other choices, but to cooperate with them if he wanted to kill the lone robber, Chipo.

However, Gu Shenwei refused to meet them again. He sent Xu Xiaoyi to make an unexpected proposal: if they were willing to pay one million taels, Dragon King would agree to exchange Chipo's head with them.