The Mushroom Village

"arghh, where am I? am I dead?" Zhao Yun grunted as he opened his eyes.

"You are in a small village called Mushroom village, since you here speaking with us the answer for your second question would be, no." a stranger`s voice replied

Zhao Yun put himself in a sitting position and started analyzing his surroundings. It was a small room or rather a small house. His sword, Ssaurabi, was just beside him. Aside from the bed that Zhao Yun is at, the only furniture present is a storage box, a table, and two chairs that are both occupied by the two geezers earlier. Zhao Yun then looked at the two geezers.

"Greetings to you, I am called Elder Jin in this village," Elder Jin bowed to Zhao Yun. The voice earlier was Elder Jin`s. Elder Jin has the appearance of an old man in the 60s, yet he still has a straight posture. He has a long hair white but bald on the top area. He has a visible scar on his face.

"Greetings to you, I am known in this village as Elder Bu," Elder Bu bowed to Zhao Yun. Elder Bu and Elder Jin looked exactly the same, but if you look closely, you can differentiate them with the scars on their face.

Zhao Yun was knitting his eyebrows as if trying to remember something after a while he looked as if he realized something "Ah! You two were present during the fight, can you please tell me what happened after?" Zhao Yun inquired

Elder Jin cleared his throat and spoke, "After you lost your consciousness. Jiang Shi went to help you. She healed your wounds and stopped the bleeding. Then we sent you here to rest, it was 2 days since then. The sharing of the wolf materials will be discussed after your strength returned. Due to your help, no one died in our village, so once again we would like to express our gratitude to you, our savior."

"You can use this house for the rest of your stay in this village. If you want to ask some questions later, please look for us elders and we will answer you the best we can. Since you are awake now, I would be taking my leave. I will inform Elder Ma that you have woken, so please have a chat with Elder Jin right here, I`m sure you two would get along." Elder Bu smiled before leaving.

After Elder Bu left, the room was filled with silence. Elder Jin and Zhao Yun were both awkward. The silence lasted for about one cup of tea before Elder Jin broke it with a clearing of the throat. Elder Jin started the conversation, "So, is there anything you would like to know about this small village?"

"Ah yes there is, actually I have plenty," Zhao Yun admitted. "First would be, why are there too many women here and few men?" he continued

"Actually, we do have plenty of men. It`s just, every year, a monster subjugation quest was ordered by the city lord of Hanwo with a hefty amount of sum for a reward. The men in our village were eager to join it so most of them left, sadly no one returned. Leaving us with mostly their wives and other women as well as children," Elder Jin lamented

Zhao Yun`s eyes sparkled at hearing the part "leaving us mostly with their wives," it reverberated in his mind, especially the word wives. But of course, Zhao Yun can`t express delight so he sighed, and showed his concern with the best heartbroken voice he can utter, "How tragic, really, it`s a tragedy for the village, Elder Jin."

"Indeed it is, indeed it is. I pray for this village future and prosperity," Elder Jin added

They may sound like they were sad but this is what they are thinking right now.

"What tragedy? I call this a blessing, It`s a paradise right here! A village full of MILFs, I`m probably never leaving this place." that is what Zhao Yun thought, while this is what Elder Jin is thinking, "Ha, Who`s sad? it`s not me obviously, HAHAHA, those dumb men left their sexy wives here all alone, why would I be sad. I get to ogle at them as much as I want as if it`s a look all you can buffet, HAHAHA."

Zhao Yun continued his inquiries, "Elder Jin, you see, I am curious about this Jiang Shi person you`ve said awhile ago, I want to know whom my savior is,"

Elder Jin`s eyes flashed and his face became serious, "That woman, you`ve seen her already, she was there with us, the one healing our wounds. So what can you say about her?" Elder Jin then threw out a question to Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun wasn`t ready for this sudden interrogation by Elder Jin.

"What should I tell him? Should I go for the truth? or lie? but what if he was expecting a compliment on her? sh*t, ahh," that was what`s on Zhao Yun`s mind.

"She`s hot." two words came out from Zhao Yun`s mouth. Elder jin`s darkened face instantly bright up and he grinned. The two of them looked at each other in the eyes as if seeing a lifelong friend. They then clasped each other's hands while the word "comrade" came out of their mouth at the same time.

Zhao Yun was not yet done with his questions so he asked once more, "What about the women`s breast here? why are they all huge?"

Elder Jin leaned forward and whispered, "It`s because of the mushrooms. You haven`t seen them mushrooms yet so you wouldn`t know."

Zhao Yun was intrigued by this unknown information so he leaned closer towards Elder Jin and mumbled, "How?"

Elder JIn`s lips moved as slowly as possible, "T...h...e...y...s...u...c....c...e...m,"

Zhao Yun`s eyes widened as if learning the secrets about the Bermuda Triangle.

Once more, they clasped hands and started shouting, " comrade".

Then the door opened and Elder Bu along with two other people entered.

"As expected, I was right," Elder Bu remarked

"I assume you`re enjoying Elder Jin`s company, benefactor," a man with a muscular build smiled and bow, "This humble one is Elder Ma, one of the three elders of Mushroom Village. I presume Elder Jin already introduced us."

"Ah yes, Elder Jin already did. I believed the woman beside you is Jiang Shi, the healer." Zhao Yun uttered.

"Indeed I am, a pleasure to meet you," Jiang Shi expressed with no expression.

"Ahem, this may seem rude for you since you just woke up, but I wanted to discuss how we should share the wolf`s materials. We`ve stored the wolf`s materials, and it`s been three days since then. I`m afraid if we stall any longer, the material will be damaged." Elder Ma explained the situation to Zhao Yun.

"We don`t need to share it, you can have it all Elder Ma," Zhao Yun declared

Everyone was shocked to hear this, "But it`s a Silver Wolf, that`s a 3-star beast class monster, not just anyone can hunt those. Its price in the market when sold is at least 1 silver coin, we can`t just take all that." Elder Ma opposed the idea.

"Just think of it as me paying for staying here indefinitely," Zhao Yun proposed

"But-"

"Just let it go Elder Ma, Zhao Yun has already decided about this," Elder Jin interjected.

"Elder Jin is right, any gifts we get should be accepted gratefully," Elder Bu added

"Alright then," Elder Ma conceded with the help of the two Elders.

"By the way Elder Ma, If I remembered correctly you were the one who was sent flying by the wolf right, did you receive any fatal wounds?" Zhao Yun catechized

"Oh, there`s nothing to worry about, I am already at 3rd stage body refinement after all, so it`s going to take more than that to kill me, HAHAHA. Thanks for the worry." Elder Ma responded

"Please forgive this rudeness but we will be leaving right now to attend the village`s needs," Elder Bu announced

"Please do," Zhao Yun replied

The four of them bowed towards Zhao Yun then left.

"That Jiang Shi sure is tight-lipped, she never said a word after introducing herself. Well, that`s another charm of her." Zhao Yun thought