The White Swordsman

Back to the temple

After they had their meal together, Jin Long asked Zhang Xiang to buy something he needed for dinner tonight, so that he wouldn't have to go out again. For the next few days, Fu Jiu asks Jin Long to stay in his pavilion together. While Jin Long is eating roast pork with Fu Jiu, he asks Zhang Xiang and Xiang Hua to buy some groceries for dinner. Jin Long saw that the two of them had finished eating first, so he dared to ask them to go outside to get the supplies they needed.

Before they left, Jin Long gave Xiang Hua a paper with a record of what they were going to buy, after which Fu Jiu gave Xiang Hua a bag of coins. After that, they went outside to look for some items they needed for dinner.

Especially for tonight, Jin Long wanted to make roast meat and warm soup, so with a look at the ingredients Zhang Xiang and Xiang Hua immediately looked for a vendor that sold meat. On a paper with meat and spices written on it, the two of them worked together to find a meat vendor. Until after a few minutes they walked down the path, finally finding a merchant who sold various kinds of meat. Xiang Hua approached the spice seller right next to the meat vendor.

"My uncle wants to buy this meat," said Zhang Xiang while pointing at the raw red meat that looked very fresh.

The old man called uncle raised his head to look at Zhang Xiang with a friendly smile."How many kilos, sir?"

"Umm... Just one kilo."

The vendor nodded his head, then reached for a black plastic bag. After that, his wrinkled hands began to grab a few pieces of meat and he put them into the bag he grabbed. Zhang Xiang looked at the old man with a compassionate gaze, every gentle movement he made did not escape Zhang Xiang's sight. Instantly he remembered something, he remembered his late father. What was the shape of his face, his hair, his body, the look in his eyes, his good looks, and so on. Zhang Xiang vaguely remembers the figure of his late father before he passed away.

Perhaps this old man was the same age as his father, looking exactly the same as his father used to. He was the one who always invited Zhang Xiang to play in the courtyard of the pavilion, indeed since childhood Zhang Xiang had never been out or invited out by his father. For whatever reason, little Zhang Xiang also felt very comfortable in the pavilion. Zhang Xiang was silent for a few minutes, until the butcher's voice broke his reverie.

"Mister!"

"Huh, uncle?"

"I have finished weighing the meat," said the vendor as he thrust a black plastic bag towards him.

However, Zhang Xiang still did not give the money because he had to wait for Xiang Hua to bring the money. A few seconds later, Xiang Hua came and gave the money to the vendor, because Xiang Hua had been watching Zhang Xiang's interaction with the vendor.

After the meat they needed was in Zhang Xiang's hands, they chose to walk back to look for more items. Xiang Hua arrived in front of a seller of assorted fresh vegetables to buy some vegetables for soup, while Zhang Xiang waited for Xiang Hua by the roadside not far from where Xiang Hua was choosing vegetables.

But while Zhang Xiang was focusing on their interaction, he suddenly heard someone calling his name. The voice came from behind Zhang Xiang.

"Young master Zhang Xiang!"

Suddenly, he turned his head back to look for the figure. Zhang Xiang was surprised to see who was calling him, Zhang Xiang reflexively backed away when the person approached him.

"What do you want?" asked Zhang Xiang on guard.

"We finally found the young master. If I may know, where are you staying? Your three uncles are worried about you, have you eaten?" he asked.

Zhang Xiang looked sarcastically at them. "No need to ask so many questions, what are you guys here to see me for?"

"We want to invite young master to return to the pavilion, and stay with us again," said one of the three people.

Currently in front of Zhang Xiang were three people dressed in black robes while carrying several weapons in their hands. The three of them were bodyguards from Hua San mountain, who had chased Zhang Xiang last night and now they met again in the market.

"I don't want to go back!" Zhang Xiang replied firmly.

The two bodyguards came forward and immediately grabbed both of Zhang Xiang's hands spontaneously. Suddenly, Zhang Xiang was shocked, their actions were too sudden for Zhang Xiang who was less alert. Zhang Xiang did not stay still, he struggled to move his hands to get free from the two bodyguards in front of him, but unfortunately their strength was too strong for the weak Zhang Xiang.

"Let go! Let go! I don't want to go back to the pavilion, please!" Zhang Xiang shouted.

Xiang Hua, who was busy waiting in line, saw Zhang Xiang shouting and dropped the vegetables he was holding.

"Zhang Xiang," she muttered under her breath.

Xiang Hua immediately walked over to Zhang Xiang, and unceremoniously placed both hands on the shoulders of the two men. They were both startled, instantly turning their bodies around and drawing their weapons.

"Who are you? Don't ever interfere with our affairs!"

Xiang Hua did not answer the bodyguard's question. Tanla waited for the signal, Xiang Hua attacked the two men with his bare hands, even though they were both wearing handguns.

It was actually something Zhang Xiang could use to escape but unfortunately he couldn't because the one bodyguard who was in front of him was now blocking him.

"Zhang Xiang you won't be able to run!" Said the bodyguard grabbing Zhang Xiang's wrists then choking him very firmly.

Zhang Xiang shot a glare at the bodyguard, then kicked the bodyguard's leg very hard. That made the bodyguard grimace in pain, and released the choke spontaneously.

Bugh.

"Akhhh!!!"

"Feel that!" Zhang Xiang said running quickly away from the bodyguard, but it took less than a minute for the bodyguard to catch up with Zhang Xiang.

Fu Jiu and Jin Long who had just come out from inside the restaurant immediately frowned when they saw Zhang Xiang who was running away. The two of them rushed to Zhang Xiang in front, and asked him.

"What's wrong Zhang? Why are you running?" asked Jin Long.

Zhang Xiang bent down to normalize his rapidly beating heart. Pointing behind him, a bodyguard could be seen chasing Zhang Xiang, while Fu Jiu's gaze was focused on a two-on-one fight not far from where they were standing.

"Xiang Hua!" Fu Jiu muttered.

Without further ado, Fu Jiu flapped the sleeves of his robe and flew over to Xiang Hua to help her fight off the bodyguards who were charging at her.

Meanwhile, the bodyguard who was chasing Zhang Xiang has now approached him, seeing that Jin Long immediately pulled Zhang Xiang behind him then blocked the bodyguard.

"Who are you?"

"No need to interfere! I have nothing to do with you!"

"Young master, come here, let's go back to the pavilion!" The bodyguard pleaded.

"I don't want to!" Zhang Xiang replied firmly.

The man was about to grab Zhang Xiang's wrist again, but Jin Long immediately grabbed the wrist, before Jin Long could lock the bodyguard's movement, he first twisted his wrist so that it was successfully released.

Jin Long felt challenged, they interacted with each other through gazes, glances that highlighted each other, the bodyguard took a few steps back to prepare himself, Jin Long himself understood that, without a signal Jin Long attacked the bodyguard suddenly, but unfortunately it was not considered sudden for the bodyguard because he was already prepared.

The two of them fought each other, fighting each other until the situation became so heated that the bodyguard was looking for a place to fight more freely, which Jin Long responded to. He followed where the bodyguard took him to provide a place to fight. Until they arrived at an empty lot not far from the market.

"Be careful uncle...!!! Zhang Xiang shouted.

Jin Long ignored Zhang Xiang's words, he was busy with the prey in front of him.

While the fight between Xiang Hua continued with the help of the master, the two of them worked together to fight the two bodyguards fiercely. According to Fu Jiu, fighting a bodyguard is like fighting an ant, it's nothing, it's very easy to finish them off. The proof is that in one blow from his hand they immediately collapsed, not to mention if the white fan in his hand took action. But unfortunately, the white fan had not yet had time to fly, and they had already collapsed.

After the two bodyguards collapsed in Fu Jiu and Xiang Hua's hands, they approached Zhang Xiang who was watching the fight between Jin Long and the bodyguards. But before that, Xiang Hua picked up the fallen items and carried them after the master.

The fight between Jin Long and the bodyguard continued, both of them strong. But as soon as Fu Jiu acted, the fight stopped, and the bodyguard collapsed weakly, because his energy had been drained, plus the two-man fight against him left him exhausted.

Bugh...

The bodyguard collapsed to the ground. Fu Jiu stomped hard on the bodyguard's chest, warning him.

"Never bother Zhang Xiang or you will die in my hands!" Fu Jiu threatened with his fierce expression.

"Uncle is already an uncle, don't hurt him for pity!" Zhang Xiang said seeing the blood already flowing from the guardian's body.

Fu Jiu lifted his leg then allowed the bodyguard to breathe. After letting him breathe for a few minutes, Zhang Xiang approached the bodyguard and spoke to him nicely.

"Sorry guard uncle, I can't come back with you because I promised first uncle to come back in a martial state, I can't come back now because I can't do anything yet," Zhang Xiang said.

"But young master, first master is sick. Because he's thinking too much about young master's condition. He is worried about you," he said.

Zhang Xiang was silent for a while as he digested the bodyguard's words. In his heart, he wanted to go back but he had also promised that he would not go back before he could defend himself, which made Zhang Xiang feel confused.

"Zhang Xiang!"

Zhang Xiang turned his head. "Yes uncle?"

"It's better for you to go back now, your uncle is in pain thinking about you."

"But uncle-"

"Think about your uncle's condition first, the martial arts can be done anytime after your uncle gets better, because right now what he needs is the presence of his nephew," Jin Long said wisely.

Zhang Xiang was still silent and confused. He looked back at Jin Long and saw him nodding his head. That made Zhang Xiang nod vaguely.

"Fine, I'll go back with you guys!" Zhang Xiang said confidently.

Continued...