HPDBC Chapter 93 Painful Farewell
Chapter 93 Painful Farewell
chapter 93 painful farewell
translator: borntobe
the village was now completely surrounded by hundreds of elite, armored guards. sharp arrows were pointed 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 dyeing the ground beneath them.
“speak, have you seen this person?” one of the middle-aged soldiers in golden armor shouted coldly, showing off a piece of paper with a drawing of 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 retorted angrily.
they had no idea where this group of men had come 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 roared angrily 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 come to kill you as revenge for us!” one of the children suddenly struggled free from 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 really did come here. kill them all. we’ll keep searching; he can’t have run far.”
receiving that order, those troops 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 middle-aged commander 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, the savage marquis!
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 were 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 the savage marquis 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 had 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.
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,” said the old man sincerely as he patted long chen’s shoulders.
“thank you, 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 come 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 even the worst ones would still be miraculous medicines in the eyes of these hunters.
now that the forest god 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 of such recipes, but they were incomparable to long chen’s. other than medicinal pills, long chen also wrote several 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 be able to nurture some experts. if the village had a couple of 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 was likely to cause your foundation to be flawed. but even so, to these people, that was not something to complain about. without long chen’s assistance, most of them would be unable to step into blood condensation in their whole life.
only by doing all of these could he feel at ease. long chen trusted that from today onwards, the village would only continue growing stronger.
now they had medicinal pills, battle skills, and weapons. in the future, even if they didn’t have the forest god, they would still be able to survive very well.
when they arrived at the village gate to send him off, 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.”
after saying that, xiao hua took out 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 kept falling from her eyes.
“i’ll properly keep it in my care. but how about you come with me?” long chen couldn’t help but feel 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 becoming 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 he 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 savage marquis, long chen disappeared into 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.