Ancient Sky Fiend - Chapter 23

Chapter 23: Ginseng Root

Translator: Henyee Translations

Editor: Henyee Translations

“I’ll make this clear beforehand: if you don’t want to follow me, leave now. But once you decide to stay, if you dare betray me, you’ll pay for it!” seriously warned Yun Shu.

“Our loyalty belongs to Senior Brother Yun! We’ll never betray Senior Brother Yun!” chanted the disciples in the cave aloud.

The vow lifted Yun Shu’s spirit considerably. In the past many years that he spent in the Fire Mystic Sect, he had always been the one bullied by Fan Wen and his men.

It never occurred to him that one day, he could also be a boss!

Likewise, the disciples felt the same way. Obviously, their new boss was more powerful than the previous one and had a much stronger background in the sect. More importantly, he was also more upright.

“What’s your name?” Yun Shu looked down at the oldest disciple on his knees.

“I’m Feng He!” answered that man.

“Take me to Chang Yu’s men. I need to ask them a few questions,” said Yun Shu.

“No problem!” Feng He stood up and led Yun Shu to the deeper part of the cave.

After they left, the rest of the disciples chatted with each other in great excitement. However, there was one person among them who couldn’t share their joy.

That person was Huang Sheng.

He had tried to make things difficult for Yun Shu before, but he had broken his arms in return. After a month, he finally recovered, but Yun Shu’s arrival today was totally out of his expectation.

At first, it was a great relief to Huang Sheng when he saw Jiang Chun push Yun Shu into the killing wind. However, he somehow escaped from death and came back again!

There was a fight between Yun Shu and Huang Sheng before, so Huang Sheng was well aware of Yun Shu’s prowess. Therefore, he remained in the shadows earlier to keep himself safe.

As he expected, in front of so many disciples, Yun Shu killed Jiang Chun and even became the new boss of this cave!

Like Yun Shu said, they could choose to stay in this cave, but Huang Sheng could not!

He had to inform the people who lived even deeper in the valley. Meanwhile, guided by Feng He, Yun Shu finally saw Chang Yu’s men in the cave.

Yun Shu gasped at the scene before him. He had taught them a good lesson earlier by breaking their legs. However, a short while later, they were now even more severely injured!

“They failed to protect Chang Yu. When they came back, Jiang Chun beat them up,” said Feng He.

From his actions so far, Yun Shu could discern that Feng He disliked Jiang Chun a lot. Groaning with pain, the several men on the ground were now on the brink of death.

Yun Shu reached his hand into his bag, pulled out a few ginseng roots, handed them to Feng He, and said, “Feed them. Also, I need to ask them a few questions.”

Feng He was struck dumb when he saw the ginseng roots. He was relatively knowledgeable, and thus, he instantly realized how precious these seemingly unassuming vegetables were.

In the Valley of Crime, there could even be a shortage of food, not to mention precious herbs!

However, Yun Shu was just carrying the ginseng roots around with him, like they were cabbages! This was totally astonishing to him!

“You sure?” Feng He asked carefully.

“Don’t waste time. Give the roots to them!” Yun Shu frowned.

“Alright!” Feng He did as Yun Shu instructed, putting a ginseng root in each of the disciple’s mouths.

Meanwhile, he couldn’t help swallowing his saliva. How he wished he could have a couple of these treasures, even if that meant he had to be severely injured as well!

Although the roots were just the tips of the top ginseng, they were still precious and worked really well.

Soon, the disciples had come back to their senses. Yet, when they saw Yun Shu standing right in front of them, they suddenly started shaking like a leaf.

Despite the unbearable pain, they forced themselves to stand up and dropped to their knees. “Please forgive us, Senior Brother Yun! Please don’t kill us!”

The fear was not fake. They thought that Yun Shu had changed his mind and decided to kill them all.

Seeing their miserable performance, Feng He scolded, “Nonsense! Senior Brother Yun is our new boss now. He just saved you all! He’s not here to take your lives!”

That was a great relief to them, but they still dared not stand up. Kneeling on the ground, their heads remained very low, almost kissing the hard floor.

“I’m here to ask you some questions,” said Yun Shu coldly. “Be honest, and I’ll consider letting things go!”

“We will!” they hurriedly said together.

Yun Shu nodded. “First, why did Chang Yu bully Su Lingwen?”

One of them hurriedly answered, “Chang Yu actually had nothing personal against Senior Sister Su. He did that because of his elder brother.”

“Chang Feng? That inner sect disciple?” Yun Shu asked.

“That’s right. But I heard that Chang Feng was doing this to please one of his Uncle-Masters.”

Yun Shu slightly squinted his eyes; the answer was just as he expected.

He had come to the cave to figure out who did these to Su Lingwen and who her real enemy was.

“One more question: what happened to Su Lingwen? Why does Chang Yu’s Uncle-Master hate her so much?”