Chapter 04 Acquaintance

A small ship carried ten fishermen and twenty passengers in the open waters. A young man dressed in light green and white clothes stood at the front of the ship, hugging the blowing wind with his eyes closed. His slim fingers clasped the wooden railing tightly, and his long black hair was dancing with the wind.

Then a fisherman was pushed hard towards at the young man. As soon as the young man turned around, he saw five people holding swords, shouting at the passengers to go to the open deck. Nine fishermen and fourteen people began to enter the open deck.

Li Jian shouted, "Don't be afraid, I hope you will cooperate. If you are willing to cooperate, we will not harm you." He smiled at the frightened passengers. "Now, please remove all your jewelries and money bag. These kind brothers will come and collect it. If I find out that some of you hide something, I won't be as good as I am now."

The passengers began to take off their jewelry and put them into Li Jin's bag. Li Jin walked to the light green and white youth.

Li Jin said sharply, "Remove your silver bracelet and your money bag."

The youth looked at Li Jin with a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes. He whispered, "You can't have this. My da-shixiong gave it to me." He reached out and picked up his money bag, and handed it to Li Jin.

Li Jin looked at the young man with soft, white skin and long silky hair. His face is very soft and very handsome. Li Jin took a sip of water. He grabbed the money bag, but deliberately grabbed the young man's hand. Li Jin felt the softness of the young man's hand which caused him to have ill thoughts. The young man quickly withdrew his hand. Li Jin walked to Li Jian.

Li Jin, "Ge, I know that you say we never kill whiling robbing anyone, but I want to take someone back with us."

Li Jian, "No, we rob only."

Li Jin pointed to the handsome young man not far from them. He said, "Look over there." Li Jian followed Li Jin's finger. "Is he breathtaking?" He felt his heart beating faster.

Li Jian saw a very handsome young man standing among the ordinary passengers on the ship. He agreed with Li Jin's statement. The young man is indeed really handsome. He sighed and said, "Ah Jin, even if he is handsome, kidnapping is against our rules." He thought for a while. "The guy is really handsome."

A bandit said, "Boss, I have heard of a man named Mu Dishi. They said this man is very handsome. He doesn't talk much, but his killing string is deadly."

Li Jian has heard of Mu Dishi, but has never seen this person. He looked at Li Jin and asked, "What did he say when you took the money bag from him?"

Li Jin said, "He gave it to me willingly. "

Li Jian walked to the young man and asked, "Are you Mu Dishi?"

The young man replied, "It doesn't matter if I am or not. It has nothing to do with you."

The bandit whispered, "Boss, Mu Dishi is a very cold man."

Li Jian knew that they would go ashore at any time. He said, "Ah Jin, return brother Mu's bag back him."

Li Jin reached into the big bag and returned the young man's money bag to him.

The young man smiled and said, "Da ge, can you return everyone's money bags. I know that being a robber is for survival, but these people are not rich."

Li Jin smiled and said, "Mu-xiong, I will do as you wish." He looked at Li Jin. "Ah Jin, return everyone's money bag back to them."

The young man smiled and said, "Everyone, since they returned your money bags to you, please do not notify the authorities." The passengers nodded. He turned to Li Jin and Li Jian and smiled at them. "Thank you, Xiongtai."

When the ship approached the dock, no matter how Li Jin look at the young man, he wanted this young man to go with him. Just as the young man was about to disembark, he came to the wooded planks. He grabbed the young man's right arm.

Lin Jin said, "You stay by my side. I don't care if you are the fearsome Mu Dishi or not."

The young man suddenly pulled his hand away from Li Jin. Lin Jin stretched out his arm and grabbed the young man's arm again, but the young man kicked his right foot towards Li Jin. The young man jumped over the ship rail into the men who are carrying rice sac walking toward another ship. Li Jin quickly followed the young man. The young man stepped on the rice sac, and Li Jin kicked two rice sacs flying at the young man.

The young man flew twisting backward in midair, he drew his sword out of its sheath, and chopped the two rice sacs into pieces. Then Li Jiang flew over and began attacking the young man with Li Jin. It is difficult for the young man to protect himself from the two skilled pirates. He keeps backing away. Then the young man back into a worker at the dock. He lost his balance and sprained his left ankle. He fell into the arms of the young dirty wandering Taoist.

Li Jiang and Li Jin noticed that they had the upper hand. The person who fought them was not Mu Dishi. The brothers hurriedly pounced on the young man and the dirty Taoist. The dirty Taoist held the younger man into his arms and he knocked away the swords from the hands of the brothers. The Li brothers once again sprinted at the dirty Taoist. The dirty Taoist turned around using his body to shield the young man from the Li brothers' fists. Their fists hit the Taoist on his back. The dirty Taoist used his own internal strength to force the Li brothers towards the ship.

Twenty people ran to the dock. A passenger on the ship shouted at twenty people, "They are the ones who robbed us."

Li Jiang and Li Jin knew that they are out number, and they could not defeat the unknown dirty Taoist. They flew back to the ship, cut the two ropes holding the sinker, and the ship slowly left the dock.

The dirty Taoist put the young man on the steps. Dirty Taoist said, "Try moving your feet."

The young man twisted twice on his left foot, his left ankle could move, but it was still very painful. He said, "I might have a sprain it."

The dirty Taoist said, "If your left ankle is sprained, it will take at least five days to fully heal."

The young man frowned sadly, "Ah...that's a pity. I want to go to Tianshan quickly." The young man laughed when he heard the belly of the dirty Taoist groaning. "Should we eat noodles?"

The two sat at the table and began to eat. The filthy Taoist ate five bowls of noodle soup and finally got full.

The dirty Taoist said, "Sorry, I haven't eaten for four days."

The young man smiled and said, "What's your name?"

The dirty Taoist said, "Yongzheng."

The young man smiled and said, "My name is Xue Horan. I am looking for my da shixiong, Rao Zhengsheng. Do you know him?"

Yongzheng said, "I don't know him. Since it is fate, I will accompany you to find your da shixiong. The road to Tianshan is also my way home. I live in the north."

Xue Horan asked, "If you live in the north, why are you here?"

Yongzheng, "I went to help some people at the request of Master, but I was drifted away by the water and finally came here. I didn't have enough money to go home, so I worked. I just saved enough money."

Xue Horan asked, "How long have you been here?"

Yongzheng, "It's been two years."

Xue Horan, "What?"

Vendor owner said, "Yongzheng is very kind, all the money he earned has been donated, so there has not been enough money for him to go home."

Xue Horan smiled and said, "Then let go together. This is the first time I have been away from home."

Yongzheng asked, "Where do you live?"

Xue Horan, "I live on a small island called Butterfly Island." He looked at Yongzheng. "I ran away from home."

Yongzheng said, "Let's rest, and we will travel when you get better."

Yongzheng helped Xue Horan and the two new acquaintances walked towards an old abandon temple on the outskirts of the town.