Chapter 27 (1/2)

Fei YuXing stayed in the cave just as Long YinLian told her to. But then, she heard Long YinLian talking about the Thunder Hawk’s three iron-clad rule. ‘Thunder Hawk? Isn’t that the mercenary group that the Patriarch of Xia family is leading? It was said that he created it with a dear friend of his… Wait! Master Long said he’s one of Thunder Hawk’s predecessor?!’

Several questions were running through her mind. She was curious. And in the end, her curiosity overcame her reason and she slowly approached the entrance of the cave. The closer she got; she can hear the sound of battle. Weapons clashing, tiger roars and people’s pained scream.

When she finally reached the entrance, her face paled at the scene that greets her. She covered her mouth with her hands and started to heave. The meal that she had for breakfast, threatening to come out of her throat.

“There’s a woman! She must be his daughter or at least, someone important! Catch her!”

Fei YuXing could hear one of the bandit yells at her. Her feet suddenly became weak and she couldn’t move. Long YinLian had also heard the yell and his expression changed, looking slightly nervous.

“Zan-er! Quickly go and protect Miss Fei!” Long YinLian said as he proceeded to kill the bandit he was engaging.

Wang Zan heard Long YinLian’s order and quickly rushed over and stood before Fei YuXing in a protective manner. He roared at the approaching bandits, warning them to not come closer.

“It’s just one tiger! What is there to be scared of?!” one of the bandits said.

They were just about to rush over and attack Wang Zan when suddenly, they heard their leader yell at them to stop.

“Stop! Stop! STOP!!” the bandit leaders voiced out three times. When the bandits stopped and looked over at their leader, they saw that he was already on his knees. Behind him, stood a young man who held a dagger close to his neck and they could even see there was a trail of bloods trickling down to his collarbone.

Fei YuXing saw this young man, and she can’t help feeling relieved. “Brother Lin! You came back!”

Hearing her remark, the bandits turned to Lin Xiao and aimed their weapon at him.

“Everyone, stop right now and drop your weapon! Hurry!”

The bandits were still a bit lost but one by one, they dropped their weapon. Some were feeling apprehensive. After all, their rewards are right before their eyes and though they have lost some comrade, they still outnumbered their prey.

“This young man… my men have now stopped. Can you please release me?”

“Hmm? No. Not yet,” Lin Xiao said as he eyed every single one of the bandits. “Tell everyone to line up and get on their knees.”

The bandit leader glared at Lin Xiao, but Lin Xiao ignored the silent threat and instead, made a deeper cut on the leader’s neck.

“Everyone! Do as he say! Line up! On your knees, quick! Quick!”

Lin Xiao scoffed at the leader’s action. ‘If you want to fight back then at least be more determined.’

When Lin Xiao saw that all the bandits did as they were told, he nods his head in satisfaction. “Good. Good. Miss Fei!” Lin Xiao called out to the young lady. “I’m sorry to bother you. Can you grab the ropes inside? There should be one near the tanning rack.”

“Ah! Alright! Give me a moment!” Fei YuXing went into the cave to look for the rope.

On the other hand, Long YinLian had already cleaned up his blade and sheathed them back. Since Lin Xiao had already returned, everything seems to be almost solved now. “Xiao-er, what do you plan to do with them?” Long YinLian asked.

“Well, I plan to send them over to the Mercenary Guild to deal with.”

“That’s a good choice. They say they are from the Thunder Hawk. So, let’s just let the Mercenary Guild inform their leader about their conduct,” Long YinLian said.

“These people? The Thunder Hawk?” Lin Xiao glanced at the bandits. “Shizun, no matter how I see them, they look like your typical bandits. How can they be the well-known Thunder Hawk? Shizun was just taken advantage of!” Lin Xiao informed Long YinLian before he smacked the bandit leader’s head.

“Are they? I’m glad then. At the very least, the Thunder Hawk didn’t fall as I thought.”