Chapter 45: Pa, Pa, Pa…

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

‘Who’s looking for me?’

Luo Feng frowned when someone knocked on his door.

He rarely had visitors, and Bing Ruolan was the only one who had been visiting him lately for practice.

A male student dressed in a Silver Moon Class uniform stood outside his courtyard.

“Chen Yan, how may I help you?” Luo Feng asked the thin teen.

Chen Yan was a Silver Moon Class student who came from a poor family. Luo Feng remembered him since he was responsible for delivering letters in the institution.

The teen’s eyes sparkled when he heard Luo Feng address him by his name.

“Senior Brother Luo Feng, a servant came to send you a letter.”

Chen Yan quickly retrieved an envelope from his bag, then handed it to Luo Feng respectfully.

The fact that Luo Feng who was a Silver Moon Class student became the champion in Roaming King Tournament, and that he defeated the challengers from the Extensive Net Institution made him famous in the Outer Institution. In fact, Chen Yan regarded him as his idol. Thus, he was surprised that Luo Feng remembered his name!

‘A letter…’

Luo Feng was startled. Judging from the vigorous calligraphy of his name, he could tell how powerful the writer was.

‘Father…’

His eyes glimmered as he recognized the writing right away. After he tore the wax seal and read the letter inside, he frowned.

“Senior Brother Luo Feng, is something wrong?”

Chen Yan could not help but ask upon seeing Luo Feng’s solemn expression.

Luo Feng shook his head while folding the letter. “Nothing.”

“Oh right, Chen Yan, I need you to do me a favor, let Mentor know that I’ll be away from the institution for some time…” He added.

“It’s an honor that I’m able to help you, I’ll deliver the message for you, Senior Brother Luo Feng!” Chen Yan nodded.

Luo Feng grinned, then gave Chen Yan 300 taels worth of silver notes. “This is your reward.”

“300 taels!”

Chen Yan gulped and shook his head. “Senior Brother Luo Feng, this is too much…”

As compared to worldly people, Chen Yan who came from a small family was considered a rich kid but was regarded as a poor student in Purple Sun Institution. Hence, he took up small tasks in the institution to gain rewards. Where he earned 10 taels of silver for delivering letters for a month, it would take him three years to earn 300 taels of silver!

“Just take it if I ask you too, you’re too wordy!” Luo Feng waved his hand.

It was a trivial amount for him since he could earn money from killing demonic beasts at Red Training Mountain Range.

Chen Han immediately shut up, then bowed at Luo Feng as he was extremely grateful. “Thank you, Senior Brother Luo Feng!”

Luo Feng exhaled once Chen Yan left.

He read the letter again when he returned to his courtyard.

The letter was simple. [Mayor Han Yulong is dead, return at once!]

“This really sounds like Father.”

Luo Feng shook his head with a smile as he looked at the writing on the letter, then tore it to pieces before throwing it aside.

“Panlong City’s number one family is Han Family, and the city’s mayor, Han Yulong is now dead. No wonder Father wrote to me.”

Afterward, he went for a trip down memory lane to recall pieces of his family.

Panlong City was a city in the south of Billow Dynasty’s Flowing Cloud Ridge and was occupied by the four great families namely Han, Li, Luo, and Feng. With their respective powers, the four great families had control over Panlong City.

Han Yulong was the landowner of Panlong City and was also the patriarch of Han Family, the head of the four great families. With the strength of Hell Boundary’s peak, he reigned supreme!

On the other hand, Luo Feng came from Luo Family, one of the four great families in Panlong City.

For tens of years, Luo Family managed the mines in Panlong Town, thus they were extremely wealthy.

“I actually haven’t returned home in two years,” Luo Feng mumbled to himself.

After his first return home during his first year in Purple Sun Institution, Luo Feng stayed in the institution for two years.

It was not because he did not think of his family, but because he dared not return home.

Coming from the four great families, Luo Feng used to be famous in Panlong City.

This only lasted until he was ten years old.

Many small families in Panlong Town tried to fawn over him, such that some families even betrothed their daughters to him before he was even ten. As a matter of fact, countless little girls were willing to be his mistress…

However, everything changed when he turned ten when it was found that he had a terrible talent in cultivation after being evaluated.

Nobody dared to ridicule Luo Feng for the sake of Luo Family which was one of the four great families, Luo Feng’s father, and Luo Hao the patriarch of Luo Family.

That being said, those who used to fawn over him eventually kept their distance, and uncertain marriage affairs also fizzled out. In addition, Luo Feng’s peers began bullying him.

Luo Feng remembered clearly that the young masters from Li Family and Han Family often sought trouble with him. At times when Luo Feng fought back, he always ended up being beaten up since Li Family’s young master was a genius in cultivation.

The last time Luo Feng returned home, his maid, Zi Ling, cried for the whole night because Li Family’s young master kept mocking them when she and Luo Feng walked on the streets.

In the end, Luo Feng did not return home for two years.

“It’s time for me to go home.”

Luo Feng took a deep breath, then sneered when he pictured two figures in his mind.

“Li Tianyang 1, Han Ji, I really want to see you looking at me from the ground, let’s see if you can be as arrogant as you used to be…”

Since Luo Feng did not have much to pack, he left the institution with his Tiger Essence Saber in no time and headed to Green Edge Town.

Purple Sun Institution was situated in the center of Flowing Cloud Ridge, while Panlong City was located far in the south. It was evident that Luo Feng could not travel on foot, thus he decided to look for a horse in Green Edge Town.

As soon as Luo Feng left the institution, three people gathered at the forest opposite Purple Sun Institution.

Among them were two middle-aged martial artists with built bodies, dark skin, and hideous looks. They carried sabers with them and were clearly evil.

“Boss, that fella left to Green Edge Town! I think he’s going to travel far since he left with his baggage,” one of the middle-aged martial artists said to the green-clothed martial artist.

The green-clothed martial artist was a tall man in his thirties who was seen carrying a foot-long bag. He emitted a threatening aura and had a remarkable cultivation base.

“Very well! We’ll make our move once he leaves Green Edge Town, lest we expose our identities! We previously failed because we were too careless, we mustn’t make any mistakes, and must kill him this time!”

The green-clothed martial artist had a strong killing intent!

Luo Feng found a horse station at Green Edge Town, where he spent 2,000 taels of silver for a fine black-maned horse.

Black-maned horses were not exceptionally fast, and could only travel a few hundred miles, but were suitable for long journeys due to their high endurance.

After spending on the horse, Luo Feng also spent a few hundred taels on food supplies. With that, he spent all of the 3,200 taels of silver he earned from hunting at Red Training Mountain Range.

“Spending money is easy, but earning money is hard, it’s the same for everyone….”

Luo Feng sighed as he led his black-maned horse.

Neigh…

The black-maned horse neighed excitedly.

“Do you understand me?” Luo Feng was stunned for a while, and was secretly happy that he acquired a horse that understood him for just 2,000 taels!

However, the black-maned horse continued to dance happily. When Luo Feng finally realized that something was off, he turned to look, and his face instantly turned dark.

It turned out that his black-maned horse had been staring at the arses of female horses in a small racecourse beside them.

“F*ck!” Luo Feng was furious as his horse was actually in a rut!

He decided to teach it a lesson, so he hopped onto it.

“Haiya!”

The black-maned horse neighed again when Luo Feng whipped it, then it galloped away with him.

They were greeted with a vast view after going around the forest outside Green Edge Town, where a boundless mainland could be seen.

The sky was blue and cloudy, the weather was great, the grass was green, and the flat land was simply boundless!

Luo Feng enjoyed the beautiful view very much.

Halfway through, he suddenly had the enthusiasm to shout at the sky.

Swoosh!

Subsequently, the black-maned horse sped up so much that Luo Feng heard the whistles of the wind. He felt like he was soaring into the sky.

“Hahaha… This feels awesome! I wonder when I’ll be able to soar into the sky…”

Luo Feng laughed out loud and wondered as he looked at the floating clouds. “Riding a horse feels great, but I’m still tied to the Earth, I’m not really free! I wonder when I’ll be able to fly and roam the world without being restricted by anything!”

He soon shook his head and smiled bitterly.

A powerhouse in Heaven Boundary could not even fly in the sky, thus it was more than just wishful thinking that Luo Feng actually thought about achieving it.

Pa, pa, pa…”How dare a martial artist like you think about flying in the sky when you’re only in Iron Bone Boundary’s later phase? I can’t believe that our target’s a bold fella. Unfortunately, you won’t ever get to fulfill your dream, because you’ll die today!”

A sinister laugh was suddenly heard.

Neigh…

Luo Feng who was shocked quickly stopped his black-maned horse, then looked toward the voice source.

A rather thin green-clothed martial artist was seen standing two hundred meters to his left. Due to his bony physique, the man looked like a crow waiting for its food.

“Who are you!”

Luo Feng yelled at the man coldly.

Footnotes:

Ch 45 Footnote 1

A different character from Purple Sun Institution’s Li Tianyang who was beaten to half-dead by Luo Feng during Roaming King Tournament. The background of this new character will be revealed soon