Chapter 93

Chapter 93: Resurrection

Chapter 93

Chapter 93 Painful Farewell

The village was now pletely surrounded by hundreds of elite, armored guards . Sharp arrows were point at the villagers, Xiao Hua amongst them . Their faces were pale with fright .

There were already three people lying on the ground with arrows stuck in them, their blood dying the ground beneath them .

“Speak, have you seen this person?” One of the middle-aged troops in golden armor coldly shouted, showing off a piece of paper with a handsome youth with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes . Who else could it be but Long Chen?

“We’ve already said, we’ve never seen anyone called Long Chen and we don’t know what you’re talking about . Why did you have to recklessly kill our villagers?” Xiao Hua’s face was deathly pale as she angrily retorted .

They had no idea where this group of men had e from . But they had immediately surrounded the village, and the three hunters which had just gone out were directly shot to death .

This both shocked and infuriated them . But in front of hundreds of pointed arrows, they didn’t dare make any reckless moves . Some of them were grinding their teeth, wishing to charge forward .

“Hmph, looks like you won’t cry until you see your coffins . Go slaughter those children first . Let me see if they’ll tell the truth . ” That middle-aged man snorted and ordered some of his subordinates forward . They immediately pointed their arrows at the dozen children .

“Bastards, do you dare?” The village chief angrily roared and threw those children behind him .

“Kill them . ” That middle-aged man’s expression was icy cold and he didn’t even bat his eye at the elder . In his eyes, these villagers were just a bunch of weeds .

“Fine, kill us! We’re not afraid! Brother Long Chen will definitely e kill you as revenge for us!” One of the children suddenly struggled free of one of the adults’ guard and angrily pointed at that man .

“Little kid, what nonsense are you saying?!” The village chief hastily shouted at the child to stop, but it was already too late .

That middle-aged man’s eyes brightened and he coldly sneered, “As expected, Long Chen did e here . Kill them all . We’ll keep searching; he can’t have run far . ”

Receiving that order, those troops that had arrows pointed at the terrified villagers all emotionlessly released their arrows, shooting out a rain of arrows at the villagers .

“Fuck off!”

A harsh shout suddenly shook their eardrums and a figure rushed over like a wild gale, arriving in front of Xiao Hua and the others . With a shake of his sword, a terrifying Sword Qi ferociously fell .

The majority of those arrows were all shaken away by Long Chen . But there were still around a dozen of them that managed to slip through and hit the villagers . Pained cries rang out intermingled with the weeping of the children .

Looking at Long Chen who had suddenly descended from the sky, those elite guards were all stupefied . Even the head middle-aged man was greatly shocked .

“Zhou Weiqing, you damn bastard, all of you can go to hell!”

Long Chen’s killing intent overflowed . He recognized that middle-aged man as Zhou Weiqing, also known as Manhuang Hou!

That bastard actually wanted to kill unarmed villagers, including the children . He was truly a bastard amongst bastards, especially in the eyes of Long Chen who had been saved by these villagers .

“Parting Wind Slice!” Long Chen’s broadsword cut across the air in front of him, and a Sword Qi invisible to the naked eye shot out like a crescent moon, immediately cutting through those stupefied troops .

That ferocious Sword Qi surged over before those troops had even reacted, immediately cutting them into pieces . Blood filled the air .

Hundreds of elite troops had been killed with a single slash of Long Chen’s sword . The current Long Chen truly was just like a death god . Unending killing intent overflowed from his body .

Only Manhuang Hou managed to escape that calamity . As soon as he had seen an uninjured Long Chen appear, he knew the situation had turned sour .

The reports had stated that Long Chen was already on his last breaths . Even if he managed to survive, he should still be heavily injured to the point where he might die at any time .

But the fourth prince had stated that if he was dead, then he wanted to see his corpse, and if he was alive, then he wanted him captured . Otherwise he wouldn’t be able to set his heart at ease . He had sent warriors accustomed to pursuing and tracking as well as hunting dogs . After half a month’s chase, they had finally found this village .

They were certain Long Chen had either passed through here or was currently hiding within the village, recuperating from his wounds . So Manhuang Hou had directly wanted to kill these villagers who were hiding his existence .

And he had truly guessed right . Long Chen truly had shown himself, but unfortunately, the result was not what he had presumed . When a perfectly healthy Long Chen had appeared, Manhuang Hou had been scared witless .

Even back then during the Phoenix Cry Lantern Festival, Long Chen had still managed to kill Huang Chang, his name shaking the empire . Manhuang Hou was only at the early stage of Blood Condensation . How could he possibly be a match for Long Chen?

He had thought he would be able to capture a tiger on its deathbed, but he had miscalculated . Seeing Long Chen strike, he had quickly retreated without even thinking about it . At the same time, he also took out a shield to protect himself .

By the time Long Chen’s Sword Qi had reached him, he had already fled to the edge of the attack . But even so, the shield in his hand was still broken and he spat out blood .

But Manhuang Hou truly was an expert . He was someone who had already seen blood before . Resisting the intense pain from his stomach, he used his full strength to flee deep into the forest .

“You want to run?”

A sinister ruthlessness appeared on Long Chen’s face . Kicking up an arrow from the ground, he flung it forward .

The arrow shot through the air like lightning . Manhuang Hou, who was fleeing for his life, didn’t realize that an arrow that could take his life was right behind him .

The arrow pierced right through his armor . The great force behind it had been so great that the golden armor was unable to pose even the slightest bit of resistance .

Manhuang Hou’s entire body was shaken by that force and he was sent tumbling through the air into a huge tree dozens of meters away .

He violently spat out blood . That arrow had violently shaken his inner comans .

“Don’t kill him Little Snow!” Long Chen suddenly noticed a white light dash towards Manhuang Hou and hastily shouted out . He was leaving Manhuang Hou alive because he still had some use for him .

Little Snow stopped when he heard Long Chen’s call . He had already arrived right at that huge tree and was motionlessly staring at Manhuang Hou .

Seeing that Manhuang Hou was under control, Long Chen quickly ran over to the villagers, bending over to examine their arrow wounds . There were three people who had been struck through the vitals and had already died . Amongst them was even a seven-year-old child .

This made Long Chen feel as if it was his own heart that was being pierced . This had been brought on by him . For a moment he was filled with hate, however he didn’t know whether that hatred for for Ying Hou, the fourth prince, Manhuang Hou, or himself .

He quickly gave the injured people some medicinal pills . As long as they hadn’t died immediately, Long Chen’s medicinal pills would ensure that they would pletely recover .

The other villagers also rushed to help the wounded . They also gathered up their dead, and the entire village mourned .

“I’m sorry village chief . ” Seeing the old man’s tears streaming down his face, Long Chen was filled with regret . This was his own mistake .

“Child, this isn’t your fault . Don’t be guilty . ” The old man shook his head .

But the more he was like this, the worse Long Chen felt . If it hadn’t been for him, such a calamity would definitely not have befallen the village .

“Long Chen, your heart is something we all understand . We’re all a family, so don’t be like this . ” Xiao Hua’s forting voice came from the side .

Long Chen took a deep breath and said to her, “Xiao Hua, I’m about to leave . ”

Her body shook and she was overwhelmed with shock . “You… you want to leave us?”

Looking at her desolate expression and her uncontrollable tears, Long Chen could only quietly reply, “I’m sorry, but I must leave . You’ve also seen that I have enemies . If I don’t leave, a huge disaster will befall the village . ” Lightly brushing back her hair, he gently continued, “The village has already paid too high a price for me . I don’t dare stay with you . I hope… I hope you can fcomive me . ”

Xiao Hua hit away Long Chen’s hand and miserably cursed, “You bastard, you liar, I hate you!”

After saying that, she ran off to her own room and slammed the door shut .

Long Chen sighed . Looking at that tightly closed door, he didn’t say anymore . Thinking back to when he had just awoken, he recalled Xiao Hua’s sweet and satisfied smile when she said he was her man .

“Child, don’t feel too bad . If you want to leave, then leave . Remember, if you don’t like the outside world, you can always return . This place is also your home,” sincerely said the old man as he patted Long Chen’s shoulders .

“Many thanks village chief . ” The village chief’s approval did make him feel a bit better .

“As for Xiao Hua, I’ll console her . Don’t worry, she is a sensible child . She’ll slowly e to understand this . ”

Long Chen nodded . He took out a few medicinal pills from his spatial ring . These medicinal pills were varied in quality, but in the worst ones would still be miraculous medicines in the eyes of these hunters .

Now that the forest divinity had left, the village no longer had her support . They would only be able to rely on themselves in the future . Long Chen left behind large quantities of healing medicines as well as a recipe for a medicinal liquid that they could make on their own .

The village already had a couple such recipes, but they were inparable to Long Chen’s . Other than medicinal pills, Long Chen also wrote a couple experiences and insights that pertained to the Qi Condensation realm’s cultivation . He also left behind the Breaking Wind Fist, Windchasing Steps, and other techniques of that level for them .

That was in the hopes that the village would hopefully be able to nurture some experts . If the village had a couple Blood Condensation experts, they would definitely be much safer .

He also left behind a dozen Blood Breaking Pills . As long as someone advanced to the ninth Heavenstage of Qi Condensation, they would immediately advance to Blood Condensation after taking one of them .

Using a medicinal pill to break through would cause your realm to be flawed . But even so, to these people, that was not something to plain about . Without Long Chen’s assistance, they would be unable to step into Blood Condensation in their whole life .

Only be doing all this could he feel at ease . Long Chen trusted that from today onwards, the village would only continuously grow stronger .

Now they had medicinal pills, Battle Skills and weapons . In the future, even if they didn’t have the forest divinity, they would still be able to survive very well .

When they arrived at the village gate, the entire village gathered over to reluctantly say goodbye to Long Chen . There were even some children who tightly hugged his leg, not letting him leave .

This scene truly did cause Long Chen to feel sad inside, but he had to leave . The only thing he regretted was that Xiao Hua continued to stay locked in her room . It seemed she really did hate him now .

After saying goodbye, Long Chen was just about to leave .

“Wait!”

Long Chen paused and slowly turned back . Xiao Hua opened her door and ran right up next to him .

Her originally bright eyes were now red and filled with pain .

“Long Chen, I know I can’t keep you . I made this just now . I hope you can forever wear it on your body . ”

Saying that, Xiao Hua took our a necklace that was made from some multi-colored rocks .

“Haha, perhaps this gift is too poor and will be laughed at . ” Xiao Hua laughed mockingly at herself . But although she smiled, tears fell from her eyes .

“I’ll properly keep it in my care . But how about you e with me?” Long Chen couldn’t help feeling his heart ache when he looked at Xiao Hua .

Her eyes brightened for a moment, but they quickly dulled again . She shook her head, “We are people who live in different worlds . I can’t leave my family . I just hope that when you look upon this necklace in the future, you’ll remember that there was once a girl… whose heart… yearned to go hunting with you… and make babies . ”

Towards the end, Xiao Hua’s voice ended up being choked with emotion . After forcing out those last words, she fell into Long Chen’s embrace and began to weep and bawl .

Long Chen didn’t know how managed to leave in the end . He felt his own heart shattering . This was the first time he experienced being so helpless . This was a helplessness that a higher cultivation base could not resolve .

Dragging the half dead Manhuang Hou, Long Chen disappeared within the depths of the forest .

Xiao Hua’s tears continued to flow as she watched that figure disappear from her view . A light breeze blew by, bringing with it the tumbling of dried leaves . The autumn wind was cold .