Martial Peak

Eventually, Yang Kai walked back from the site with a solemn look.

“How is it?” The Madam inquired with an intense look.

“Everyone is dead,” Yang Kai muttered while shaking his head. Zhang Ding and his group were definitely through. The people who died in their sleep were struck at their vital points, and the people who died fighting laid maimed and similarly lifeless.

Of the entire convoy, only Yang Kai and three women were alive.

The young lady sobbed from inside the carriage. Cui Er’s eyes were red and swollen, and her tears showed no sign of stopping. She kept rubbing her eyes. The Madam had seen many great storms, so though she grieved heavily in her heart, she suppressed her tears.

“Birds die in pursuit of food…” The Madam whispered. She seemed to be taunting, ridiculing and reprimanding someone softly.

Yang Kai watched the three women wallow in their misery, but he interrupted by asking, “So, what are you going to do now? Do you still want to go to Sea City?”

The Madam regained her focus and gave a slight nod. She looked at Yang Kai hopefully and requested, ”Young Hero, can you please escort us through the wild to the city?”

All around them was wilderness and outside of the reach of the law of any country; after experiencing such trauma, how would they dare to continue travelling without the escorts?

Cui Er wrapped her hands around Yang Kai’s arm and pitifully asked, “Little Beggar, you have no other choice, you have to be responsible for us.”

“Cui Er,” The Madam reproached. “You should not be so impolite.”

Before they knew Yang Kai was no little beggar but an expert in fighting, they paid little heed to him. Now that Yang Kai became their benefactor, their impoliteness has faded.

Yang Kai glanced at Cui Er and agreed, “Since it’s only about a day away from where we are, I will escort you.”

“Many thanks, Young Hero,” The Madam huffed in relief.

“I knew you wouldn’t abandon us!” Cui Er thanked enthusiastically, compared to the madam who picked her words carefully.

The Young Lady whom at this point had not yet spoken a word suddenly opened her mouth to express her gratitude in a high, sharp voice, “The smell of blood is filling the air. This will attract many monsters. It would be best if we were to depart as soon as possible. We should arrive at Sea City by tomorrow evening.

The Madam hesitated, but she asked anyway, “Young Hero, could I trouble you with something?”

“What is it?” Yang Kai probed, looking at her.

“Many people who died here tonight lost their lives protecting us, and I don’t want their corpses to be violated by animals, monsters or the weather…”

She hadn’t finished speaking when Yang Kai’s face showed clear disagreement. He could kill anyone at a moment’s notice, but it’s a pain to bury corpses, especially since there were many of them here. It would take quite a while to finish burying them.

The Madam is a knowledgeable person. She can distinguish a person’s answer by his expression. She forced a smile and continued, ”If you don’t want to, I understand. There is no need for the Young Hero to exhaust his strength. Cui Er and Young Lady, come with me. We need to bury Old Man Wu. As for the others… let’s just leave them as they are.”

“Okay,” Cui Er nods and looks at Yang Kai fearlessly and waves a fist at him.

three

the Young lady came out of the carriage and uneasily looked at the corpses. With white faces, they gathered swords from the corpses. Then, each holding the sword with both hands, they sought for a suitable place

Wu must have been cherished by them, otherwise, the

females began to dig. Yang Kai moved towards the bodies and started

Lady were high-society women, and right now they were reduced to digging. They did not have the proper tools to

watched them

this place. If they turn up, we won’t be able to

Lady listened and their

the broadsword and stomped in front of Yang Kai, then with her two small fists she began to

Yang Kai, a long, eerie howl came from between the trees. The howl petrified not only the Madam and the Young Lady, but Cui Er as

up the precious

to bury Old Man Wu, Yang Kai wouldn’t have declined. After all, in the few days they spent together he was always his side. It’s embarrassing to take back words that have been said, however, but he was able to find the

took the Young Lady and Cui Er to the second carriage to reorganise

a proper hole and buried Old Man Wu’s

the three females have also tidied up, and the precious things that they didn’t have space for can only be thrown away, to be found by

carriage, and proceeded to take Old Man Wu’s seat on the driver’s, taking his horsewhip in hand and memorised the track and direction in which they had been moving. He then cracked the whip and ushered

night, they distanced themselves from the

The horsewhip had traces of Old Man Wu’s martial arts skills that Yang Kai could detect. Slowly, he began to sense the martial art. His understanding started to become more and more profound. As

for a break from inside the carriage. Yang Kai listened and stopped the carriage at an

removed any sense of security they had. They were restless the entire night, unable to even get a wink of sleep.

she sat beside Yang Kai and looked at him

got the better of her and she asked,

I’m not,” Yang

a young master of some aristocratic family running away from a marriage. You ran away

laughed, “Did you listen to these types of

I listened to the Young Lady mentioning these incidents frequently and they are frankly quite amusing. A Young Master running away from home because of marriage and roams the world,

finished speaking, the Madam coughed from inside

stuck out her tongue

and cracked the

vigilant and asked suddenly, “Some people are

Madam suggested in a surprised voice, “Perhaps they are from

Young Lady and the Miao Family Young Master were betrothed to each other when they were babies. After the Master died, The Madam led the Young Lady to Sea City; firstly to seek asylum, and secondly to marry

of your pending arrival?” Yang Kai

“Mhm.”

arrived at your destination, I no longer need to

“Little Beggar, are you

me up?” Yang Kai teased, turning to Cui

[The Madam and the Young Lady are sitting in the back

you will not reveal last night’s

request, but she remembered Cui Er’s bold speculation. Was he really a young master of

nodded, “Young hero, you don’t need to worry. We