The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 42 I Became a Murderer

Two months later, Xu Xingchen arrived near Fuzhou City in Fujian.

On this day, he was walking on the official road as usual, wearing a short blue cloth shirt, a bamboo hat on his head, a messy beard on his mouth, a long and narrow package on his back, and a straight wooden stick in his hand.

Seeing more and more carriages and pedestrians on the official road, I knew that this place was not far from Fuzhou City.

At this moment, an arrow was shot from the distant forest and hit one of the two hares running in front.

"Young Master, you have great archery skills!"

As people shouted, more than a dozen horsemen rushed out of the forest. The ones behind were all rough men in short clothes. On the front, a majestic white horse was ridden by a young man of about fifteen or sixteen years old. An eagle was circling above his head and a yellow dog was running in front of the horse. He was holding a large bow in his hand and was just drawing the bow and shooting the second arrow.

call out!
The second arrow missed, and the surviving hare suddenly turned and ran into a nearby bush.

"Don't run!"

"Everyone, get that rabbit out!"

The rough guys behind rode their horses forward, spreading out to encircle the enemy, but their movements were much more skillful than those of the young man.

Soon, a horseman turned a corner and rushed into the forest again.

When the pedestrians on the official road saw this scene, they couldn't help but talk about it.

"Hey, who are these people? Which family does that heroic young man belong to?"

"You are from another place, right? Otherwise, how could you not know that he is the son of the chief escort of Fuwei Escort Agency, the deputy escort of Fuwei Escort Agency, Lin Pingzhi!"

"Ah, could it be the number one escort agency in the world with branches in the surrounding ten provinces: Fuwei Escort Agency?!"

"If it's not this, who else could it be?! Back then, the ancestor of the Lin family, Lin Yuantu, relied on his sword skills to defeat all enemies in the world. Since then, he founded the Fuwei Escort Agency and escorted people all over the world. No matter where they went, both the black and white people had to give them some face. They were really majestic and powerful."

"Yes, yes! Fuwei Escort Agency has a large number of people and a strong presence. The escort leaders are all skilled in archery and horse riding. They have mastered a lot of skills. Any merchant who asks them to escort the convoy will be able to arrive safely!"

Xu Xingchen listened to the discussions of the passers-by on the road, retracted his gaze towards the woods, and sighed with deep emotion: "Holding the goshawk, driving the yellow dog, riding the white horse, shooting the long bow, leading a dozen escorts to travel through the mountains and hunt wild animals. Wow, wow, wow, wow, it's really high-spirited and ambitious. Who could have thought that it would be like that in the future."

After walking for a while, a wine flag suddenly appeared on the roadside ahead. There was a shop doing business there.

The shop is not big, but it has everything. There are seven or eight tables and twenty or thirty benches at the door, on which people are sitting in groups of three or four to take a break. Some are drinking tea and eating the dry food they brought with them, while others are drinking rice wine and eating meat provided by the shop.

Xu Xingchen was not hungry, but he had been walking on the road for several hours. Seeing that it was still early, he walked in and found an empty seat in the corner and sat down.

The shop owner is an old man who is in good spirits. He brings a few waiters with him and serves wine and food to the guests skillfully.

Xu Xingchen asked for a pot of tea, checked it briefly, then poured it into a ceramic bowl and drank it with gentle sips.

After a while, the sound of horse hooves came closer and closer, and stopped outside the restaurant. Soon, a group of people came in, talking and laughing. "Is it such a coincidence?" Xu Xingchen glanced at Lin Pingzhi and others who came in from under his bamboo hat, and continued to drink tea with his head down.

The old man from the store walked forward quickly, and when he saw the pheasants, hares and other prey in the hands of the people, he began to praise them non-stop, saying flattering words like "The young escort leader's archery skills are unparalleled and rare in the world", and led everyone to sit down at the table.

These dozen people occupied several tables, and immediately filled up the area in front of the restaurant.

The people from the Fuwei Escort Agency were chatting and laughing. Some were talking about what had happened recently in Fuzhou City, and some were saying that the young escort leader had caught a few preys today.

The young escort leader Lin Pingzhi was surrounded by the crowd. He listened to countless words of praise and flattery, and kept laughing in a slightly childish tone. He drank bowl after bowl of wine, and his face became more and more cheerful.

As they talked, they unknowingly started talking about a major event that happened in the martial arts world in the past two months.

"Brothers, have you heard that recently, a ruthless martial arts master has appeared in the martial arts world."

"Are you talking about the stick master who always troubles the heroes of the mountains and forests?"

"Yes! Yes! It's him. Rumor has it that he is eight feet tall and as strong as an ox. A man can stand on his fist, a horse can run on his arm, and he can eat a pig in one meal."

"You're talking nonsense. The rumors I heard are different. I heard that the man has a pointed face, a hunched back, and eyes as cold as a poisonous snake. He is good at using a stick in his hand, and his moves are as fast as lightning. Those outlaws often get their heads smashed to pieces before they can even see his moves."

"That's right. Because he was so swift and invisible, and so ruthless, he was nicknamed the Shadowless Demon Stick by the people in the underworld!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, I heard that this man's entire family was slaughtered by bandits. He was so angry that he went into the mountains and practiced martial arts for more than ten years. Recently, his martial arts have been perfected, and he has just come out of the mountains to seek revenge on bandits."

“I don’t know whether the rumors about the whole family being wiped out are true or not, but that Shadowless Demon Stick is indeed cruel and merciless. Even among the people of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, there are few such vicious people who would massacre people and destroy villages at will!”

"I heard that when that person first appeared, he was in Henan and Hebei, and then he moved all the way south. Wherever he went, he broke into the strongholds of dozens of outlaws and slaughtered thousands of heroes. He was simply a murderer and a cruel demon."

Listening to these spine-chilling rumors, even someone as high-spirited as Lin Pingzhi, the young leader of the Fuwei Escort Agency, shook his head and sighed, feeling deeply afraid!

Xu Xingchen, who was sitting in the corner, twitched his lips as he listened. He felt that this rumor was becoming more and more exaggerated and more and more inhumane.

Although he tried his best to hide his identity as he went south, he could not kill everyone who saw him every time, so his reputation as a murderer gradually spread.

At first, the rumors seemed to have some truth to them, describing his appearance after disguise, and the fact that he killed people with sticks.

But later, when he was resting and eating in those restaurants and teahouses, the rumors he heard became more and more outrageous. Not only had his appearance and height changed to be inhuman, but even his methods of killing were countless times more brutal than the truth.

Until now, he has been known as a murderer who smashes people's heads at will, and after killing someone, he would also cut open their stomachs and rip out their hearts.
All in all, his reputation is thoroughly and clearly bad, even worse than that of the evil cult leader Dongfang Bubai.

How could Xu Xingchen not know that these so-called green forest heroes and gangsters were deliberately ruining his reputation.

First, because they felt the same pain as the rabbit died; second, it was because Xu Xingchen was too ruthless and really scared those people.
　Collect, follow, vote, thank you bosses!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)