"You! How did you get here? I thought you…" When the owner of the tavern looked up, along with others, he saw that the person who blocked the way was Zheng-Fu. So, he asked Zheng-Fu reluctantly, with cold sweat on his forehead…

"It's not important how I got here. I just want you to help me with something." Zheng-Fu did not answer the question, but he made a request instead…

"Help you with something? What do you want us to do?" The owner of the tavern tried to keep cool and asked what Zheng-Fu needed…

"I want to get out of this city and go to Blue Land, so I need you to get me out. And of course, I won't let you help me for free." Zheng-Fu tossed a small cloth bag to the owner of the tavern instantly…

Grab!

The owner of the tavern caught the bag. When he opened the bag, he had to widen his eyes because he saw five higher-level Qi energy stones in it. It was the same bag that Zheng-Fu gave to the owner of the city…

"Of course! We're also heading out of the city. And our destination is Blue Land too. So, I can help you out," the owner of the city said while patting his chest to show his confidence. However, the worry that he had remained…

When the agreement was met, Zheng-Fu changed into the new outfit that he got from the owner of the tavern, so he looked like one of his teammates. Zheng-Fu already had the tag to get out of the city, so that would help tremendously in the escape. They knew that they had to get to the city gate as fast as possible before the authorities issued a strict search at the gate…

Clomp! Clomp! Clomp!

The group finally reached the city gate after running at maximum speed without stopping. Zheng-Fu and the owner of the tavern were the only ones who took it easy on the running because no one else in the group was as strong as they were. The owner of the tavern approached the booth to talk to the soldiers who were taking care of the business at the gate to get out of the city immediately.

He took all the tags from everyone in the group and presented them to the soldiers at the booth. He did not forget to give the soldiers some money to cut the queue…

"Here are the usual things, inspector," The owner of the tavern said with a smile, giving a cloth bag to the inspector. The inspector let out a smile when he saw the bag and took it. Then he turned to the soldiers who were closing the gate and said…

"Let this group go! I inspected them!"

"Yes, inspector!"

The soldiers opened the gate when they heard the order from the inspector. When the gate was opened, Zheng-Fu and the group soared off instantly. The owner of the tavern cupped his fists towards the soldiers at the gate to thank them and smiled before following the group out of the city.

Zheng-Fu also soared off the gate with everyone, but all of a sudden, he sensed that a group of people was coming his way…

"Darn it! They're coming! Let's move! Quick!" Zheng-Fu tried to let everyone in the group know the information. When everyone heard that, their faces got pale, and they practically leaped off the ground like a group of crazy people. It startled the soldiers and the inspector quite a lot…

"Stop them!"

After the group started to quicken their paces for a short while, the people at the gate heard an order from the guardian in stronger armor, who was riding a big black horse toward their way. The soldiers also saw, in the guardian's hand, the tag that was issued by the owner of the city. It was an ultimatum tag that represented the owner of the city…

However, before the soldiers at the gate could regain their consciousness, Zheng-Fu's group had already left the border in the southwest of the city. The group disappeared in the direction that led them to the front city of Blue Land…

"Darn it!"

The guardian yelled at the inspector and the soldiers at the gate for letting the group get away. The inspector was so afraid that he collapsed on his knees out of utmost fear…

"I'm sorry, guardian! It's my fault. I didn't know that they…"

Stab!

The inspector did not have a chance to finish the sentence when the guardian slashed his neck off. The head rolled down to the ground with the inspector's eyes still open widely…

"Ugh!"

The soldiers at the gate had to swallow big gulps of air out of fright when they saw what had just happened. They had been with the inspector for a long time, and he treated them well. So, they did not know what would happen to them when he was gone…

"Send the people to hunt them back. If you can't get them, don't ever come back again!"

The guardian shouted the order to the soldiers at the gate. There were about twenty of them there. The guardian wanted all of them to hunt Zheng-Fu's group back and ordered them not to come back if they failed. So, to those soldiers, it was like an order to leave and die. But all of a sudden, everyone at the gate heard a loud wind storm that hurt their eardrums. It was from outside of the city.

The sound of the wind got louder and louder, and then…

Boom!

An explosion occurred, and the sound was so loud that it permeated the space. Then the huge city gate fell down over the soldiers who were about to hunt Zheng-Fu's group down. They all died without realizing it. Some of the soldiers that came with the guardian were also killed instantly…

"What happened? Why did the city gate fall down all of a sudden?"

The soldiers and people who stepped away from the gate and the booth started to ask questions. They were safe from the collapse of the gate because they walked away from the gate when the guardian and the troops came. It was too frightening for them to stay close. However, some had to suffer the inability to hear because of the loud explosion sound…

Not long after, the news about the gate collapsing was spread all over the city, so everyone knew what happened at the entrance of the city. However, the authorities forbade anyone to talk or spread the news; otherwise, they would be severely punished. That was when the news did not have a chance to leak to the next city…

After the gate collapsed, the owner of the city called in the city Elders and the people in important positions to discuss the issue and prevent danger. The city gate was like a door to a house that protected the people in the house from thieves and attackers. So, the owner of the city wanted to talk to his men in an urgent meeting. However, he did not intend to talk about Zheng-Fu…

"It must be that kid!"

Zheng-Fu was running behind everyone after the group left the city. He wanted to protect the group from the soldiers. Then he came up with something before taking out a sword and putting the Qi energy into it. After that, he projected the Sword-Prana energy wave and aimed it in the direction of the city gate…

The Prana-Sword energy wave from Zheng-Fu was tremendously powerful. It made the owner of the tavern and his men falter and fall on their knees out of fear. Then they all heard an explosion sound and felt a violent shake after that. Even though they stepped into the forest, they knew what caused that sound…

Zheng-Fu let go of the projection of the Prana-Sword energy wave and turned to look at the owner of the tavern and his men who were on the ground and said, "Alright! Let's get going!" Then he started to walk with a smile…

"Let's go! How long are you going to sit there? Do you want to be captured by the soldiers that the owner of the city sent?" The owner of the tavern, who was the first to get back to himself, called everyone back from the fear and got them on their feet. He then started to follow Zheng-Fu immediately because he knew that he and the group were not safe yet.

So, it would be best for them to get to the front city of Blue Land as soon as possible…

On the pathway in the thick forest to the front city of Blue Land…

"Who are you, kid? Why did you fight with them?" The owner of the tavern finally asked questions of Zheng-Fu because he could not stand the level of curiosity that he had about Zheng-Fu, even though he was kind of scared to ask…

"Huh…? If you want to know who I am, then why don't you introduce yourself first?" Zheng-Fu responded with a smile after he heard the questions…

The owner of the tavern's face reddened out of shyness. He just realized that he failed to introduce himself first before asking Zheng-Fu to do so. He completely forgot about it because he was extremely curious about Zheng-Fu and the whole situation in which he was involved. So, he scratched his head while smiling to show that he felt shy. Then he said…

"My name is Ji-Qi-Bin. I'm from Blue Land. My clan is next to the capital city. I went to Birdy Holy Fiery Heaven country to make a living because I could make more money there." Ji-Qi-Bin introduced himself while giving Zheng-Fu a friendly smile…

"Ji-Qi-Bin? That's the same last name that Brother Ji-Zhung-Gong has…" Zheng-Fu mumbled with wonder when he heard the last name of the owner of the tavern. It was the same last name that one of his men had…

"What did you say?" The owner of the tavern asked Zheng-Fu to repeat what he said…

"It's nothing. Your last name is like the last name of somebody I know. Just forget about it. Let's go home! My name is Tian-Tang Zheng-Fu. I'm from the Tian-Tang clan.

It's next to In-See City," Zheng-Fu said while smiling at Ji-Qi-Bin…

"The Tian-Tang clan?"

Ji-Qi-Bin contemplated Zheng-Fu's last name. He felt like he had heard Zheng-Fu's last name before, but he could not remember where he had heard it. Then he nodded to Zheng-Fu and went back to the walk. The group now knew that Zheng-Fu was from the same country, so they felt less pressure, but the fear of the men in the group toward Zheng-Fu was still there…

It would take the group a whole day to reach the front city of Blue Land because they did not have any vehicles to help speed the journey home. It took longer on foot. However, walking was the safest way for them to travel because they could use the paths that helped them avoid people and the hunt…

One day had passed…

"Finally, we're home! We're home! Home!" One of Ji-Qi-Bin's men said with tears running down his cheeks because of utmost joy…

"Sigh! It's been a day that we walked and hardly stopped for a rest. I really want to have some dried beef and rice whiskey!" Ji-Qi-Bin felt the same way the man who worked in his tavern did. He was not as exhausted as his men, but it was a tiring trip for him. So, he thought that it would be very relaxing if he got to eat something nice and drink fine booze…

"Since we reached Blue Land safely, I have to excuse myself and continue my journey. It will be a long way until I get to my clan. And as we agreed, that bag is yours." Zheng-Fu prepared to soar off when he finished the sentence…

"Wait, young man!"

But then Zheng-Fu heard someone calling for him to stop. When he turned to look, it was Ji-Qi-Bin who tried to stop him. Ji-Qi-Bin then approached Zheng-Fu, cupping his fists and saying…

"Thank you for helping us escape safely."

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