Guarding the City

Xiao Chen could see Fang An getting furious hearing this story. For Fang An, who has a high sense of justice, of course, the actions of this band of robbers cannot be accepted.

"What about the government? They didn't send anyone?"

Fang An realized that not all sects had a solid foundation, there were also many small sects that only had third class and second class warriors so maybe their strength wasn't enough to deal with robbers with high knowledge.

It was just that as long as the government intervened, then robbers definitely couldn't do as they pleased because the Han Empire cooperated a lot with the major sects.

Usually, when there is an incident like this, the sects will receive a mission from the government with a reward according to the level of difficulty of the mission.

"I heard that this gang of robbers can act as they please since there are people in the government too, not only this city but several towns and villages around us are also experiencing the same problem." Answer the middle-aged woman.

Fang An clenched his fists tightly while Xiao Chen let out a long breath. Xiao Chen already suspected that there was interference from the government and nobility.

Apart from the five noble families of the Han Empire, there were also several minor noble families as well as conglomerate families. These families had a need for slaves in large numbers, even though slaves were hard to come by in a time without war like this, so there were groups like this trying to meet this need.

"There are not many bands of robbers who have high skills and can cooperate with the government, do they have any special marks?" Fang An tried to control his emotions and inquired further.

"I never dared to deal with them, but I heard they carried a flag with a red scorpion on it…" replied the middle-aged woman.

Fang An and Xiao Chen's expressions became serious. The flag is the symbol of the Red Scorpion Gang, one of the three biggest robber groups in the Han Empire.

Several years ago, not long after Fang An met Xiao Chen, the two of them dealt with the group for helping Lin Fan, one of Peach Blossom Mountain's strongest heroes.

The Red Scorpion Group was able to have great influence because it was formed by four brothers who were all titled warriors. Their strength had diminished greatly because the two leaders who were summoned by the Red Scorpion General had died at Lin Fan's hands.

Xiao Chen pondered, all of these circumstances happened to be related to him. In the previous life, the Red Scorpion Guild had disbanded at this time because all four of its leaders died at the hands of Lin Fan during the battle at the inn, of course at the cost of Lin Fan being seriously injured and never recovering.

Due to the presence of Fang An and Xiao Chen helping Lin Fan back then, the two remaining leaders chose to run away rather than fight to the death. Xiao Chen thought Lin Fan would hunt down the Red Scorpion group again after escorting his granddaughter Qiao Yu back to Peach Blossom Mountain.

"It seems that there was something Senior Lin couldn't finish them off for the past three years…" Xiao Chen pondered.

In other words the suffering of the residents of this town as well as the surrounding towns and villages had to do with the changes Xiao Chen made.

"Master, Aren't they the group that Grandpa Lin dealt with a few years ago? Their leader was on par with Master at that time, If the two of them came together…" Xiao Chen knew Fang An had made great progress over the past three years and his internal injuries were slightly better but facing two titled warrior was no easy matter.

Over the past three years, it is certain that the two remaining leaders of the Red Scorpion Group have also not relaxed because they are aware of the threats that are targeting them from various sides.

"As long as the two Generals of the Red Scorpion group don't come together, Master thinks he can handle it." Fang An was quite confident in his abilities.

The middle-aged woman was obviously surprised to hear Fang An's statement, she didn't really understand the martial world but she knew that the leader of the robbers threatening their city was very strong.

"Master Warrior please help us!" The woman begged.

Fang An nodded slowly, he explained for this woman not to tell anyone about their intention to help her. Fang An had to first study the situation and also devise the right strategy to solve the problem.

After eating the meal, Fang An returned to his room to recover. Fang An thought that maybe he would have to face warriors who had the ability to match him, so Fang An had to keep his body in top shape as much as possible.

Xiao Chen returned to his room as well and started swallowing the Water Ginseng to strengthen himself. Xiao Chen might not be able to help Fang An to deal with the General of the Red Scorpion Group with his current abilities but he could at least reduce Fang An's burden by eliminating as many robbers with first-rate warrior skills and below.

The storm really came, rain came down heavily accompanied by strong winds and thunder. The storm lasted for two days non-stop. The advantage of this storm was that the Red Scorpion group had yet to show themselves, it must be difficult for them to travel in this bad weather.

Fang An had recovered to his prime after last encountering the catfish demon. After that Fang An focused his attention on increasing his inner strength. Apart from going out to eat and bathe, Fang An shut himself in his room.

Xiao Chen acted similarly, apart from eating and cleaning himself, he shut himself in his room and continued to consume Water Ginseng.

Usually Xiao Chen only consumed one or two Water Ginsengs per day but the past two days he had been consuming at least ten ginsengs per day.

Xiao Chen's physical strength had greatly improved in these two days to the point where he could barely control his own strength, when that happened Xiao Chen stopped consuming ginseng and began to stabilize his body's condition.

"If my strength addition continues like this then when I reach Iron Tiger Bone, my strength will match that of a skilled warrior even though I don't have any inner strength…" Xiao Chen was excited to feel his new power.

Xiao Chen had indeed heard that there had been quite a few warriors in history who were able to reach the pinnacle of the martial world purely by relying purely on their physical strength without the aid of internal energy. Actually Xiao Chen felt it was impossible but now he could see for himself that it was possible.

The difference was that the warriors in this legend spent tens of years to make their bodies so strong while Xiao Chen in three years had already exceeded the average first class warrior and most importantly he had not even reached 10 years old!

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