Chapter 221: 221
In that case, there was one last option . Perhaps, even if the chance of this was low… Xie San had run into a ghost . The members of the martial world, especially the older generation, believed in the existence of such entities, though it could not be said that they feared the supernatural . The legends of Chang Lin Town had been common knowledge before they arrived . That, combined with the fact that people mysteriously disappeared every night and none of their bodies was found, had sown worry into people's hearts . But this could not be blamed fully on the ghost in the mountain . After all, she did not go into the town to catch people . Many people were killed after they went into the mountain to deal with the bodies after they committed murder .
This group of people could only blame themselves . If they entered the mountain before sundown and did not head deep into the mountain and found a random swamp area to dump the body, then they would be fine . But the reality was, most of them entered the mountain at midnight and carried the heavy carcasses with them . They purposely trekked deep into the mountain to abandon the body . In that situation, even the carcass they carried was a threat, much less Ling Er . Those who just died still had their resentment and soul about them . The murderer carried their victims into a dark mountain heavy with Yin energy, so it was not strange that their lives were claimed by the lost souls .
In any case, even though we knew from God's view that Xie San was indeed ambushed, that knowledge was not privy to the people in Chang Lin . They could not have guessed that about Lin Chang, so they could only make blind guesses .
"What do you think Master Xie is playing at? Even though Nameless Blade has been known to keep a low profile, this is too strange…"
"This town itself is strange . Last night, a few disciples from Ju Jing Bang and Hai Sa Pai disappeared, and their bodies have not been found . "
"Eh, have you heard? 'Falling Plum Blade' Lu Qingning disappeared some time last night before, and no one has seen her . "
"Sigh, I've known that since a few days ago . I even heard that of the five that came from Broken Sword Chahitsu yesterday, only Mr . Jin is left . The other four didn't return last night . "
"By the way, speaking of that, did you hear? I heard from other people that last night, the Tang family's young master lost to Young Hero Jin . "
"What? 'Swift Fingers' Tang Size? But the man is quite formidable . "
"I agree, but I hear that he was taught a lesson by Young Hero Jin, and he could only surrender . "
"But wait, why would Young Master Tang get into argument… with that Jin fella?"
"Ha, you need me to spell it out? It's for a girl . " Then, the speaker filled in the blanks about the gossip surrounding Tang Size .
"Oh, so that's why," the one person said with a wicked smile . "But… this Broken Sword Chahitsu sure is something . I wonder what their background is . "
"Didn't their leader explain it? He studied his kung fu on his own and started his own school . "
"With your years traversing through the martial world, do you believe something like that? At the young age of twenty, he learned kung fu on his own? Do you think he's the reincarnation of some kind of deity? From how I see it, the kid might have been blessed by a legendary hero, and that is the explanation behind his impressive power . "
"We have long strayed from the topic . We were talking about Master Xie . What do you think about that?"
"What do you mean? I mean… I hate to say it…" They lowered their voice . "The duel is tomorrow, and even Master Ye hasn't shown up yet . Perhaps…"
With a crash, a large wine barrel was slammed onto the table . Lu San's large figure appeared next to the wooden table of the few speakers .
"Waiter, there are flies in your inn," Lu San said . "Let me see, one, two, three, four . Four flies buzzing around . It's quite annoying . "
As irked as the four were by the mocking comments, there was nothing they could do about it . They put down their cups obediently, left the money on the table, and rushed out of the inn with their tails between their legs . Actually, the four were third rate characters on the martial world . Be it their kung fu or personalities, nothing about them was remarkable . Their favorite activity was gossiping about others and pulling down those who had done better than them in life .
Lu San happened to sit close to them that he overheard everything . He could not stomach them anymore and thus chased them out of the inn . It was one thing for the four to gossip about people way beyond their station, and they went so far as to hint that Ye Cheng would ambush his opponent before the duel . Was that even something a good person would say? Who was Ye Cheng? If the current prominent martial artists wanted to designate a leader, then Ye Cheng could take that position without argument . The Blade God's reputation was not to be mocked by a few random people . Even an outsider like Lu San got angry from listening to them . If they were overheard by Ye Muhan, swords would be drawn .
"Mr . Monk, don't be mad . Come and join me for a few cups . " A slightly inebriated young man came to the table and invited Lu San to sit . This was none other than Tang Size . Lu San glanced at the man . The young man was drunk so early in the morning, looking quite defeated .
"Ha… Okay, if it's to drink, I am always available . " Lu San sat down readily, and a big smile was plain on his face . Even though Lu San's title was the Drunk Monk, he rarely drank until he was drunk . People like him knew their limits . They knew how much they could handle . If they really could not hold the liquor anymore, alcohol could be forced out of their body through the use of internal energy . But Tang Size was really drunk .
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