After admiring the Sword Demon Mountain for a while, the prince moved his gaze down.
He immediately walked toward the village chief and clasped his hands: "Apologies for barging in on your village, but we would like to you the outside of your village for our men to rest for a while."
The village chief looked at the prince as he also clasped his hands: "Don't worry, our village is always open, but you wouldn't be able to fit everyone inside."
Some of the loyal subordinates of the prince felt angered, the village chief didn't even bow their heads, they were about to rebuke, yet, Sun Meng prevented them immediately.
With a glare, Sun Meng whispered; 'The prince didn't even take it into consideration, yet, all of you are ready to devour them.'
All those experts bowed, yet, they still wanted to deal with the villagers in some way, but the Prince's next words explained the reason to them indirectly.
"Leave that problem to us, my subordinates can handle such an easy task without a sweat." He paused for a bit before continuing.
"We are the ones coming in without an invitation, that's the least we could do."
The prince smiled, he then started to look around and couldn't help but wonder.
[Most of the villagers are female.]
The village chief noticed his gaze and immediately spoke: "The males of the village are always hunting, some of them wouldn't manage to return sometimes."
The village chief only said those words, yet, everyone can already imagine their situation.
The prince nodded his head and replied: "Don't worry, we will secure your food for as long as we are here."
"Then, I can only thank you." The village chief replied as all of them immediately entered the village.
One of the females asked the village chief: "Chief, why does sh-"
But before she could finish her words, the village chief shook his head and replied: "We do not meddle into the affairs of others."
"Yes." Everyone nodded as they went back to each of their chores.
Meanwhile, the prince called Sun Meng and spoke: "Gather all your trusted men, divide them into four groups and make all of them search for demonic beasts as our source of food, also, discreetly eliminate the other spies."
"Yes." Sun Meng nodded as he and his men immediately departed.
The prince immediately went and entered the village to follow the village chief.
"Oh, do you have anything else?" As soon as the village chief spotted the prince, he immediately asked.
The Prince shook his head and replied: "Nothing, I would just like to go around the Sword Demon Mountain, I've always admired it from the stories passed down every generation."
The prince paused as he looked at the chief and spoke: "Apologies for the late introduction, my name is Si Shen"
The village chief nodded and replied: "My name is Ma Dong."
He spoke with pride, the prince became shocked, the confidence and pride that emitted from the old man astounded even he, who has grown around arrogant and confident people, he had never seen someone like this before.
"There seemed to be a story behind your name." Si Shen spoke with a smile on his lips.
With a smile on his face, Ma Dong nodded as he continued walking; "This village, has a history of so many years, the first village chief of this village is named Sui Meina, a woman that fell in love with the Sword Demon Mountain tale's expert's subordinate."
Si Shen opened his eyes widely as he spoke: "That... I wish to know more."
The illustrious expression on Si Shen vanished as he looked at Ma Dong in anticipation.
Seeing this, Ma Dong couldn't help but shook his head. He now looks like an expert showing off his magnificence to a child.
The both of them continued walking as Ma Dong spoke: "That expert's subordinate fell deeply in love with the first village chief, who's at that time was no one but a normal lady.
The Expert's subordinate thought her all sorts of way in how to cultivate, then, after a few whiles, through the effort of that expert's subordinate, the two of them fell in love."
Ma Dong looked prideful as he told this story, yet, his eyes held a slight sympathetic glow in it; "To be precise, the first chief didn't know that the one she fell in love with is, that expert's subordinate."
"Oh, then, is there any sort of problem?" Si Shen asked.
Ma Dong could only shook his head and replied: "He came back when the fight with the demon has ended and that is also the time that the first village chief knew of his background."
Si Shen couldn't help but question: "Then, shouldn't that be a great news?"
Ma Dong couldn't help but chuckle as he replied: "It should have been a great news, but what came back is... is that expert's right hand man, he is carrying our village chief's first love back to this exact location with his bloodied body, and that man is none other than our village chief's father in law."
Ma Dong and Si Shen stopped at the location in the middle of the village, there, Si Shen saw a statue of a man and a woman standing side by side looking as dignified as the two can get.
"Do not forget the sacrifices of this man, as this is one of the few that had their lives taken in order to prevent the chaos from descending to our World.
-The Founding Chief."
Si Shen couldn't help but had eyes ablur.
Ma Dong smiled as he nodded in approval; "The statue of the man is none other than our founding chief's husband, and you can already guess who the woman is."
Si Shen nodded as he smiled at Ma Dong; "Thanks."
Si Shen was about to head back, but Ma Dong spoke first: "Do you want to see one of our village's myth?"
"Yes." Ma Dong replied as he continued moving forward.
Curiousity struck Si Shen and immediately followed, he is a man that deeply loved the folklore after all.
After a while, they stopped in front of a cave's entrance.
Ma Dong smiled as he spoke: "The leader of the experts once told us, that we can either wait here forever for the arrival of a supreme expert or we can test ourselves here, those two options made us stay here for so many years that we have already forgotten the faces of the other village chiefs."
Si Shen couldn't help but ask: "How many village chief had already past?"
"We don't really know, but maybe hundreds, or thousands, or ten thousands?" Ma dong replied casually.
Just with these words, Si Shen couldn't even believe and became shock.
[Even if they change their village chief yearly, their village is so much more older than even our kingdom! How old is this village actually?]
Ma Dong smiled and spoke: "For so many years that had passed, there are already countless people that tried to enter, sadly, they couldn't even reach the end of it.
They brought so many food, the farthest that someone had gone into might have only reached half the distance of the cave, hence, we gave up all hope and had decided to just wait for the expert of the prophecy to come."
Si Shen couldn't help but be bewildered, even he, as a folklore fanatic wouldn't wait so long for the arrival of an expert that he don't even know if it's true or not, why wait?
"What will be the benifit of waiting for that expert?" He asked out of curiousity.
Ma Dong didn't even hesitate to speak: "To bring us out of this acursed land."
Si Shen frowned: "Acursed land? You mean to tell me that you village couldn't get out of this place?"
Ma Dong shook his head, and in reply: "No, not this land, but somewhere else, that supreme will lead us to prosperity."
Si Shen nodded, they had a tradition to hold, whether they choose to or not, he wouldn't be able to change their minds that easily.
"I understa-" Si Shen was about to speak, but before he could finish his words, something happened.
Ma Dong is looking at the cave with eyes wide open, Si Shen couldn't help but move her gaze, and immediately saw a man wearing elegant black robes, undescribable charms, a face, more handsome than his with black long hair.
"The... The Myth?"
After admiring the Sword Demon Mountain for a while, the prince moved his gaze down.
He immediately walked toward the village chief and clasped his hands: "Apologies for barging in on your village, but we would like to you the outside of your village for our men to rest for a while."
The village chief looked at the prince as he also clasped his hands: "Don't worry, our village is always open, but you wouldn't be able to fit everyone inside."
Some of the loyal subordinates of the prince felt angered, the village chief didn't even bow their heads, they were about to rebuke, yet, Sun Meng prevented them immediately.
With a glare, Sun Meng whispered; 'The prince didn't even take it into consideration, yet, all of you are ready to devour them.'
All those experts bowed, yet, they still wanted to deal with the villagers in some way, but the Prince's next words explained the reason to them indirectly.
"Leave that problem to us, my subordinates can handle such an easy task without a sweat." He paused for a bit before continuing.
"We are the ones coming in without an invitation, that's the least we could do."
The prince smiled, he then started to look around and couldn't help but wonder.
[Most of the villagers are female.]
The village chief noticed his gaze and immediately spoke: "The males of the village are always hunting, some of them wouldn't manage to return sometimes."
The village chief only said those words, yet, everyone can already imagine their situation.
The prince nodded his head and replied: "Don't worry, we will secure your food for as long as we are here."
"Then, I can only thank you." The village chief replied as all of them immediately entered the village.
One of the females asked the village chief: "Chief, why does sh-"
But before she could finish her words, the village chief shook his head and replied: "We do not meddle into the affairs of others."
"Yes." Everyone nodded as they went back to each of their chores.
Meanwhile, the prince called Sun Meng and spoke: "Gather all your trusted men, divide them into four groups and make all of them search for demonic beasts as our source of food, also, discreetly eliminate the other spies."
"Yes." Sun Meng nodded as he and his men immediately departed.
The prince immediately went and entered the village to follow the village chief.
"Oh, do you have anything else?" As soon as the village chief spotted the prince, he immediately asked.
The Prince shook his head and replied: "Nothing, I would just like to go around the Sword Demon Mountain, I've always admired it from the stories passed down every generation."
The prince paused as he looked at the chief and spoke: "Apologies for the late introduction, my name is Si Shen"
The village chief nodded and replied: "My name is Ma Dong."
He spoke with pride, the prince became shocked, the confidence and pride that emitted from the old man astounded even he, who has grown around arrogant and confident people, he had never seen someone like this before.
"There seemed to be a story behind your name." Si Shen spoke with a smile on his lips.
With a smile on his face, Ma Dong nodded as he continued walking; "This village, has a history of so many years, the first village chief of this village is named Sui Meina, a woman that fell in love with the Sword Demon Mountain tale's expert's subordinate."
Si Shen opened his eyes widely as he spoke: "That... I wish to know more."
The illustrious expression on Si Shen vanished as he looked at Ma Dong in anticipation.
Seeing this, Ma Dong couldn't help but shook his head. He now looks like an expert showing off his magnificence to a child.
The both of them continued walking as Ma Dong spoke: "That expert's subordinate fell deeply in love with the first village chief, who's at that time was no one but a normal lady.
The Expert's subordinate thought her all sorts of way in how to cultivate, then, after a few whiles, through the effort of that expert's subordinate, the two of them fell in love."
Ma Dong looked prideful as he told this story, yet, his eyes held a slight sympathetic glow in it; "To be precise, the first chief didn't know that the one she fell in love with is, that expert's subordinate."
"Oh, then, is there any sort of problem?" Si Shen asked.
Ma Dong could only shook his head and replied: "He came back when the fight with the demon has ended and that is also the time that the first village chief knew of his background."
Si Shen couldn't help but question: "Then, shouldn't that be a great news?"
Ma Dong couldn't help but chuckle as he replied: "It should have been a great news, but what came back is... is that expert's right hand man, he is carrying our village chief's first love back to this exact location with his bloodied body, and that man is none other than our village chief's father in law."
Ma Dong and Si Shen stopped at the location in the middle of the village, there, Si Shen saw a statue of a man and a woman standing side by side looking as dignified as the two can get.
"Do not forget the sacrifices of this man, as this is one of the few that had their lives taken in order to prevent the chaos from descending to our World.
-The Founding Chief."
Si Shen couldn't help but had eyes ablur.
Ma Dong smiled as he nodded in approval; "The statue of the man is none other than our founding chief's husband, and you can already guess who the woman is."
Si Shen nodded as he smiled at Ma Dong; "Thanks."
Si Shen was about to head back, but Ma Dong spoke first: "Do you want to see one of our village's myth?"
"Yes." Ma Dong replied as he continued moving forward.
Curiousity struck Si Shen and immediately followed, he is a man that deeply loved the folklore after all.
After a while, they stopped in front of a cave's entrance.
Ma Dong smiled as he spoke: "The leader of the experts once told us, that we can either wait here forever for the arrival of a supreme expert or we can test ourselves here, those two options made us stay here for so many years that we have already forgotten the faces of the other village chiefs."
Si Shen couldn't help but ask: "How many village chief had already past?"
"We don't really know, but maybe hundreds, or thousands, or ten thousands?" Ma dong replied casually.
Just with these words, Si Shen couldn't even believe and became shock.
[Even if they change their village chief yearly, their village is so much more older than even our kingdom! How old is this village actually?]
Ma Dong smiled and spoke: "For so many years that had passed, there are already countless people that tried to enter, sadly, they couldn't even reach the end of it.
They brought so many food, the farthest that someone had gone into might have only reached half the distance of the cave, hence, we gave up all hope and had decided to just wait for the expert of the prophecy to come."
Si Shen couldn't help but be bewildered, even he, as a folklore fanatic wouldn't wait so long for the arrival of an expert that he don't even know if it's true or not, why wait?
"What will be the benifit of waiting for that expert?" He asked out of curiousity.
Ma Dong didn't even hesitate to speak: "To bring us out of this acursed land."
Si Shen frowned: "Acursed land? You mean to tell me that you village couldn't get out of this place?"
Ma Dong shook his head, and in reply: "No, not this land, but somewhere else, that supreme will lead us to prosperity."
Si Shen nodded, they had a tradition to hold, whether they choose to or not, he wouldn't be able to change their minds that easily.
"I understa-" Si Shen was about to speak, but before he could finish his words, something happened.
Ma Dong is looking at the cave with eyes wide open, Si Shen couldn't help but move her gaze, and immediately saw a man wearing elegant black robes, undescribable charms, a face, more handsome than his with black long hair.
"The... The Myth?"
