The Journey To Become The Strongest
Chapter 107 — Thano Village Investigation (4)
The morning came quickly. Lian Huanran and Long Yuan woke up together when the sun had already risen. As soon as they woke up, they saw Shui Zuo, Chao Bence and Lian Haocun who were already dressed neatly from top to bottom, thus making Lian Huanran and Long Yuan suspicious that they were just sitting on the spot and not sleeping at all.
Lian Huanran directly asked the question that appeared in his mind, “You guys don't sleep?”
Chao Bence nodded and said, “When have I ever slept? I've been keeping watch all night for you guys.”
Lian Huanran and Long Yuan, “.
While Shui Zuo responded with ‘Ya’, Lian Haocun simply nodded his head lightly.
Lian Huanran woke little Bai and Cheng who were still fast asleep. While Long Yuan tidied his clothes while yawning many times after waking up. After the two twin magical beasts woke up, Lian Huanran tidied up his clothes and asked, “Has the little boy and the village chief been up?”
Shui Zuo replied, “No.”
Right after Shui Zuo said that, the stooped and old geezer, entered the field of vision of all of them. Instantly Bai and Cheng who were rubbing their heads at Lian Huanran's feet, stopped and immediately stayed in place and looked at the old man, as if putting on a watchful attitude.
The old man smiled kindly and said, “Thank God you are awake, I am afraid that I will wake you up, but since there was a whisper, I thought you were awake.”
Lian Huanran responded, “We just woke up. By the way do you need anything until you visit us this early in the morning?”
The old grandfather said in an awkward low tone, “Ah, get caught huh... Actually I want to ask for your help.., I got news this morning from one of the villagers, if a child disappeared in the ruins near this village.”
Lian Huanran nodded and asked, “Grandfather asked us to look for him?”
The old grandfather reacted somewhat embarrassedly, thus making Chao Bence acknowledge the old man's acting ability. Then the old man said, “I beg you to look for him. The residents of our village were all busy with their own activities, while the parents of the child were dead. He also has no other relatives, I realized his loss when some villagers talked about it. This will definitely be a big trouble for you, but I beg you... After all the boy remains one of my villagers.”.
Lian Huanran felt strange and awkward, but her sympathy and empathy easily overcame the strange feelings she felt. Lian Huanran already said ‘Yes, we definitely-,'. Before it was suddenly interrupted by Lian Haocun who gave off an ice-cold aura.
Lian Haocun stepped in front of Lian Huanran. He stood face to face with the stooped and old geezer, with 1.8 meters tall Lian Haocun looking extremely intimidating. Plus the body of Lian Haocun who showed quite visible muscles, so that grandfather who looked short, weak and old felt very intimidated by the existence of Lian Haocun.
The old man looked confused, “What is this?”
Lian Haocun did not reply, but roughly lifted the old man's collar. With a face colder than usual, Lian Haocun took out the words from her vocal cords, “Why are you asking us into those ruins?”
The old grandfather who felt short of breath, could not answer Lian Haocun's question. While Lian Huanran who despite being astonished, reminded Lian Haocun, “Kak... If you don't let him down, this grandpa will really die!”
Long Yuan looked confused and astonished by this sudden incident, but his mind reflexively connected the suspicious things that had happened since he arrived at Thano Village. While Shui Zuo looked quite a relaxed one, however he had already made sure that the old geezer along with all the Thano villagers, did not have any cultivation nor elements.
Lian Haocun threw down the old man violently, the old man immediately coughed out loud. Then the old man said in a tone that was the opposite of 180° from before, “K-au! What are you doing! What a stranger now so ignorant thank you!”
Before the old geezer could continue his grievances and curses, an ice-cold gaze with a flash of Lian Haocun's killing intent, made the old geezer freeze in place. Immediately his body goosebumps and a feeling of fear permeates the body and mind of the old man.
With great emphasis in each of his words, Lian Haocun asked again, “Why are you asking us to the ruins? Answer honestly.”
The body of the old geezer who was bullied by Lian Haocun, trembled very badly, but fortunately he did not faint. The words that the old grandfather said were stammered, so that neither Lian Haocun nor the others could get any useful information, because the old man spoke so indistinctly.
Lian Haocun who had no intention of wasting time, immediately let out a pressure equivalent to Qi Refining stage 9. However, if Lian Haocun were to put out the pressure of the Golden Core Formation stage, it was certain that the old man's life would disappear instantly, and that was the most undesirable thing.
Sensing an extremely heavy pressure pressing down on his back, the old geezer quickly felt a shortness of breath. His face became extremely pale, as if no blood was flowing. Although the old man did not understand how the pressure worked, the old man knew that it must have been Lian Haocun who did it. In a pleading voice, the old man said, “I will answer! I'll answer it!”
Lian Haocun pulled back his pressure and looked back at the old man. Under a very sharp gaze, the old man said in a trembling voice, “That's it, because we found out that there are monsters! We were so scared every morning and night! And we heard that the foreigners coming from outside are very strong! Therefore, from that..”.
Lian Haocun, “Then why didn't you tell us directly?”
That's the same question as the question in the heads of the people who were in the place. The old grandfather replied, still trembling, “Because... If you're not gonna help us... Anyway you guys didn't get the advantage-,”
Out of nowhere, Hua suddenly interrupted the old man's words. With a loud voice that sounded very pitiful, Hua shouted, “You lied! You lied! You killed my father and mother by sending them to that place, you.”.
A cry that could not be held back, poured out from Hua's eye crackers. With a few words, Lian Huanran concluded that Hua must have experienced something tragic because of the old man. Liam Huanran rushed towards Hua, and calmed her down gently.
The old grandfather shouted harshly to Hua, "You! The child who does not know is lucky! You think you can still live if I don't pick up, huh!? I should have thrown you in there with your parents!"
The cry of Hua, a child who was only about six years old was increasingly becoming. Lian Huanran stared intently at the old man, intending to teach him a lesson. But Lian Haocun had already done it first.
Without a cue, Lian Haocun formed a single transparent dagger with his Spiritual Qi. Immediately, the old geezer felt a bad feeling, but he could not escape as his body seemed to be embedded in the place.
In an instant the transparent dagger shot towards the old geezer! the old man who was so scared to death, screamed in fear, but Chao Bence had already prepared a protector, so the broadcast would not be heard outside. There was a scratch wound that spewed blood on the old man's right cheek.
Lian Haocun said in a cold tone, “Don't dabble in lying to us.”