New quest

Returning from the city two hours later. Si Zhang entered the house after having placed his new horse in the clan's stable. "Little Zhang, have you had a good time?"

"Yes master, I even bought a horse. But the city has many..... Crazy people" Si Zhang began recounting how he met with mister Bai and the woman who invited him for a good time. Thirty minutes past like this.

"I am happy that you had a good time but now we must focus on your training. You told me that you bought a horse, right?" Si Zhang nodded to master Si's question.

"good timing, the disciples of the fifth and sixth elder have asked for assistance in guarding the border of the northern province"

Ding! "new quest has been added"

"assist Si Guang and Si Chen in guarding the northern province from intruders"

"reward: 100 000 xp and 100 gold coins"

Finally a quest! "you will depart tommorow"

"master, how far is the border from Si city?

"It is five hundred kilometers south from Si city. now go to bed and rest, you will need it.

Bowing to Master Si, Si Zhang made his way to his room. Undressing himself and laying on the bed he was curious on how strong the two disciples were. To guard the border by themselves is an impressive feat.

Waking up in the morning, Si Zhang followed the same routine. Today was a special day, he would travel alone for the first time. Mounting on his horse he looked at Master Si.

"Little Zhang, do not forget that if you encounter danger, face it head on. Only if victory is impossible, you have my permission to retreat"

"you shall assist them until you are called back to Si city.

"Yes, Master. Hiaa! " signaling his horse to advance, Si Zhang made his way out of Si city and headed south, to assist his two elder brothers.

Galloping and galloping, the horse would not tire. "a very fine horse indeed" they were on the road 30 minutes already. But a horse does not have infinite stamina. Si Zhang decided to take a little break by the river.

"drink the water of the river. You have no name, how should I call you?" difficult, so difficult, Si Zhang was struggling to find a suiting name.

"mmmm how about yandan, no. What about Lin. I'm not so sure about that" as he was talking to himself, the horse began making some noises as if he wanted to alert Si Zhang of something.

"calm down, calm down, don't worry I will find a better name for you" mounting on his horse and resuming the travel, Si Zhang did not notice the huge predator who was observing him from the bushes.

And so they continued for 10 hours straight, they had parcoured 150 kilometers. Normally they would arrive at the border within two to three days.

"let's rest in this cave for tonight" entering the cave and satiating his hunger with bread, Si Zhang was unaware that the predator who was observing them in the morning had followed them all this way.

"Stay put, okay I'm gonna take a piss" leaving the horse alone in the cave, Si Zhang did not forget to take his sword. Taking his donger out and whistling at the same time, he was letting out all he had contained.

But in the darkness of night everything could be lurking around. At this moment the predator approached slowly but surely.

Rejoicing on the feast to come, it lost its attention and stepped on a branch "tik!"

Hearing this sound, Si Zhang turned his head to see this enormous tiger lunging towards him

Turning around and pissing at the same time. Si Zhang went for the eyes. "take this, vile tiger!" getting pissed in the eyes is not something pleasant.

The tiger's vision got blurry and he failed on striking his target. "hahahahaha! You really thought that, you! A mere ant, could ambush yours truly?!"

Hearing the tiger roar, Si Zhang shut his mouth and jumped from fright. Taking his sword, he prepared himself to face a second charge. The tiger charged a second time.

Seeing this, Si Zhang did not wait and began using the footstep technique. Avoiding the tiger's attack, he proceeded in slashing diagonally two times.

Blood splattered and the tiger was heavily wounded. Two large diagonal cuts could be seen on its body. The tiger retreated slowly, it had chosen the wrong target.

"I will not let you go anywhere, Die!" using his sword to stab the tiger's heart, Si Zhang was victorious.

Ding! +10 000xp (great tiger killed)

The next day Si Zhang encountered no dangers, he had parcoured a total of three hundred kilometers. Tommorow he would arrive.

Today was the third and final day of travel. So Si Zhang made his horse gallop as fast as he could. Four hours later they arrived at a large field, filled with lupine flowers. "What a beautiful sight" a beautiful sight indeed but he had to advance.

The border was one kilometer away. Finally reaching it, it ressembled to the large field he saw. The only difference was that their was a mountain range that could be considered a natural border.

Only the east side of the border had to truly be guarded. "I suppose that they are this way then" going east, he galloped until he saw two young powerful looking warriors.

"brother Guang look, what is this clan member doing here?" looking at Si Zhang, he could only see a little boy with no presence.

If he was the one who the clan send to assist them, they would be in trouble. "come brother Chen, let's go and meet him"

Seeing the two horseman approach, Si Zhang clasped his fists and greeted them. "Si Zhang greets uuuhh..." he had read their names on the system notification, but he forgot them.

"be at ease junior brother Zhang. My name is Si Guang, disciple of the fifth elder and this is Si Chen disciple of the sixth elder"

Si Guang was a handsome young man and he looked very amiable, this, Si Zhang could not deny it. On the other hand Si Chen gave a complete other feeling, The feeling of repulsiveness and savagery.

With his short muscular body and his long dishevelled hair, he looked like a Savage who had recently come out of its cage. Scary! Truly scary!

"Nice to meet you elder brother Guang, nice to meet you elder brother Chen"

What an awkward moment.