The Legend of Zhu San
051: Zhu San's Oath
The shop patrons, who were mostly ordinary residents, seemed to be unconcerned about what Fu Kuan and the others were doing.
Fu Kuan asked in a trembling voice to his friend, the Thousand Faces God who was now in a different form, from the last they met.
“Where did you get that sword? Quick Say!”
The Thousand Faces God just silently swallowed his saliva. He looked into the eyes of his friend who now looked so angry.
Things that He had not seen in twenty years of their friendship. It made the Thousand Faces God immediately approach Fu Kuan.
After handing over the Red Star Sword, the Thousand Faces God asked Fu Kuan and Zhu San to follow him.
He did not want to have to tell about the Internal Conflict in his best friend's sect in front of the other sect head.
“Quick say! Why can this Red Star Sword be in your hands?”
Fu Kuan again snapped at the Thousand Faces God when they had been on the roof of a tall building.
After sighing for a moment, the Thousand Faces God then told him that he wanted to help Zhu San when he arrived at Shinzu City later.
But as He passed by, He smelled the smell of blood and found out where the blood came from.
That was when, he saw what Gao Yan and his two younger siblings were doing so as to keep an eye on what the two of them were doing.
After retrieving the Red Star Sword, he returned to Shangyu City because he thought Fu Kuan must have gone back there.
While running around on the roof of the building, Fu Kuan met Lin Kai who was chasing him.
After discovering that what he was after was the Thousand Faces God who had been friends with him for two years, Lin Kai finally took him to the tavern to meet Fu Kuan.
Fu Kuan's jaws puffed hard with teary eyes. Chen Hu and Gao Shun were two disciples whom he cared about as much as his own son.
While Zhu San clenched his palms tightly. Other than Zhen Hu being his elder brother, what the two young men did, was already unforgivable to him.
“Teacher I swear to avenge the death of first Brother with my own hands!”
Fu Kuan was shocked to hear what Zhu San said.
“San’er .. Gao Yan and Gao Shan are the sons of Gao Shun, your second brother. How can you swear like that?”
Although Fu Kuan was furious, he did not plan to do what Zhu San had said.
He actually agreed with what Zhu San said, only that as a teacher, it could not happen that way.
“This issue we put aside first, there is another bigger problem we need to take care of.”
Fu Kuan then asked Zhu San to retrieve Chen Hu's body using the Fukai technique which allowed him to float through the air.
After retrieving the body, Fu Kuan asked Zhu San to meet him at General Duan Li's House.
Zhu San immediately shot up into the air and floated rapidly towards the south.
Fu Kuan took his best friend back where Zheng and the others had been waiting for them in front of the tavern.
Not much to say, Zheng An then led them into the Palace Gate.
“Sorry to disturb you on a night like this General Duan Li.. “ Zheng An immediately saluted and conveyed his words.
General Duan Li sat down with a visibly annoyed face, shortly after hearing what Fu Kuan and the others had said.
He was not informed if the Black Stream group, had such a heinous plan as he had just heard.
“Alright I will send each of the five hundred men soldiers on both roads, to clear the road from their corpses.”
Qin Rui as well as the other two Sect Chiefs as well as their disciples, were welcome to rest and occupy the room where they had previously stayed.
General Duan Li and Zheng An went to the Emperor to report the incident.
Meanwhile Fu Kuan, Lin Kai and the Thousand Faces God, immediately shot up onto the roof of the building to await the arrival of Zhu San who was retrieving Chen Hu's body.
“Two Bangka Fu I'm sorry for the death of your first student.”
Lin Kai, who used to tease Fu Kuan, now felt awkward when he had to talk to an atmosphere where Fu Kuan looked sad.
While the Thousand Faces God was seen in the same condition. But He was saddened to remember his daughter who was seeking her existence.
Lin Kai who felt awkward finally shut up and tried to remember the sad thing he was going through.
But he failed to dissolve in the grief of his two friends, making him scratch his head do not know how to.
Luckily Zhu San immediately came to carry Chen Hu's body which made Fu Kuan shed tears when he received the body of his student.
“Hu’eeeeer .. forgive your teacher who has gone from you earlier .. Hu’eeer ..“
Fu Kuan hugged Chen Hu's stiff body and lamented it with tears flowing down the wrinkled skin on his old face.
Fu Kuan's wailing made Zhu San's blood boil, He was determined to kill the man who had made his teacher grieve like that.
After some time had passed, Lin Kai shouldered Chen Hu's body and immediately brought him down when he realized General Duan Li and Zheng An had returned.
Zheng An was very surprised after recognizing the body of Chen Hu, Fu Kuan and the Thousand Faces God came down from the roof, then followed by Zhu San.
General Duan Li immediately gave orders for some soldiers to immediately take the coffin.
Chairman Chen Hu's body was laid in a chest and immediately closed again after being smeared by various fragrant herbs.
The plan, Fu Kuan would bring Chen Hu's body tomorrow to the Star Sword Sect.
But the situation he was in made him think hard whether to bring Chen Hu's body first or save the other Sect chief, who might still be alive.
A short while later, Qin Rui's entourage and the others came to enter the room.
They were shocked to find the coffin in the room. The six people were shocked to find out who was lying inside the coffin.
No they had expected Chairman Chen Hu to have been killed by the Black Stream group, at least that was what they knew at the moment.
Fu Kuan had indeed asked Zhu San and his two companions, to keep the matter of Chen Hu's death secret from the people in the Liu Empire's martial world.
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