Chapter 442 (1/2)

Master Heng

“Yes, sir!” The guard took two steps, thought of something and then turned around. “One more thing. There’s a young man outside with a sword. There are cloud patterns on the sword, and it looked like…” The guard looked up at Gongjia Heng. “Looked like your signature.”

When the guards saw the young man unsheathe his golden sword, they paid more attention. They’d been guarding the Gongjia gates for a while now so they were familiar with swords. That was why they were particularly sensitive to weapons and cloud patterns.

“Nonsense! When have I made a sword with cloud patterns?” After he arrived at King City, other than talking to the few leaders of the Gongjia family during the first few days, he had been in hibernation mode and focused on research. When had he made anything for anyone? He never sent out the swords he made either, they were all in the forging room. How could it be outside?... Eh?

That’s not right!

Gongjia Heng had a sudden realisation and almost spat his water out. “Wait wait, the kid you were talking about, what does he look like?”

What did he look like? The guard tried to recall but realised he had only paid attention to the sword.

Under Heng’s gaze, he could only say, “That kid was impressive, he took Lubi’s hammer and chased after him. He looks like a tribesman and has fiery totemic patterns.”

“Ask him if he is Flaming Horn’s Shao Xuan. If he is, bring the kid in.”

The young man standing next to him was shocked enough to hear someone had taken Lubi’s hammer. Now he was even more shocked to hear Heng’s reply.

“Flaming Horn? Shao Xuan? I haven’t heard of this name before. Master Heng, you know him? You’ve made a sword for him before?” asked the young man.

Gongjia Heng nodded. “If it really is him, the sword in his hand was given by me.” However, speaking of the sword, he recalled the embarrassing incident at the tribe when he split the rock. The test he set outside the gates was inspired by this incident. There was no need to tell anyone about that.

“Flaming Horn. Familiar name,” the young man said in a low voice.

“That’s not his name, that’s a tribe’s name. Flaming Horn tribe,” said Heng.

“Ah, it’s them!” the young man remembered. “I’ve heard of the older generation talking about Flaming Horn. They said every time the Flaming Horn people visited, they’d cause some incident. However, it’s been years since the last time they came to King City. Not just me, I think you might not have been born yet the last time they visited. Can’t believe they’re here again.”

When he recalled the impression the elders had of the tribe, he continued, “So the stories are true. They’ve been high-profile here too. Chasing after Lubi with his own hammer? The people of King City will be talking about this for ages.”

“Ji Fang, you were sitting here, you must’ve heard. Was it very loud?” Heng was worried.

The young man, who was Ji Fang, thought for a moment. “I think so. There was a lot of rumbling.”

Heng grew more concerned. The guard had already left so he couldn’t get the specifics. When did Shao Xuan come? Unless their Thousand Grain Gold was already ripe? He was looking forward to this.

With Heng deep in thought, Ji Fang did not ask more questions. However, he memorised the name of the tribe. He had to investigate and ask others about this tribe. How did Master Heng know this person? It sounded like they were close.

On the other side, the guard who received Heng’s orders returned to the gates, filled with astonishments and doubts.

There were three hundred Black Bears in a standstill against a group from the Linlu tribe. The two leaders were arguing, their eyes looked like they were ablaze. They looked like they were going to start attacking any moment now.

Both sides were just about to fight but the guard’s arrival temporarily halted the battle. Both sides looked at the person jogging over, their hearts racing. Everyone was a lot calmer now, even regretting this. Had they upset the Gongjia family? Was he here to scold them? This is bad! This was a bad decision, they shouldn’t have launched a battle at the Gongjia family’s gates!

There was complete silence. The crowd shut their mouths to listen to the conversation.

Under the gaze of a few hundred pairs of eyes, plus layers and layers of bystanders, the average-sized guard jogged over to the Black Bear trading party. Everyone around Black Bear, the leader, quickly moved so that the guard could talk to their boss.

However, the guard did not talk to Black Bear but came to Shao Xuan instead.

“Brother, are you Flaming Horn’s Shao Xuan?” asked the guard. He sounded polite enough, not the cold and distant tone he usually had.

“I am,” said Shao Xuan.

“Master Heng invites you!”

Gasp! Everyone in the Black Bear trading party turned their heads to look at him jealously.

Black Bear whispered a few words into Maoda’s ear and Maoda nodded hurriedly. Then, Black Bear inserted his large knife back into the leather sheath on his back, rubbed his palms. He did not even look at the Linlu tribesmen when he hurried over to Shao Xuan. Although the guard did not talk to him, it was not the time to be timid!

Once Black Bear left, Maoda called all his men to return. The boss had given them instructions to prepare a gift as an apology to the Gongjia family. They’d just fought at their gates so of course they had to show some gesture of apology so that they could hire the Gongjia family to make swords in the future.

As for the Linlu tribe, at this moment, who had the time for them? You can go away somewhere, we don’t care if you hate us! We’ll come kick your ass once this Gongjia matter is settled!