Heroes of the Fantasy World

Chapter 635 A new legend
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Receiving the secret order from the prince is like help from heaven.

However, everything that is happening now is irrelevant to Bai Feng. No matter how dynasties change or how the times change, he will not care.

The so-called divine help only allows the stage that is destined to come to be unveiled ahead of time, and various heroes on the stage will compete again. But above them, there are only two people who can truly decide the overall situation.

As long as Murong Yan and Sima Tu do not kill each other, the current situation will not really change - the Taiping Dao will still pursue immortality, and Murong Yan and her clan will probably be wiped out.

The only person who can break the current deadlock chooses to quietly return to Yuyi Town at this moment when no one cares about him.

Bai Feng looked calmly at the people who were walking in the opposite direction of her. They were all going to the town center to listen to Yu Wenxuan display his eloquent skills.

"The prince of Zhou wants to join hands with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to punish the traitor? This is too incredible."

"Really! This is absolutely true. Didn't you see that the general tacitly allowed Prince Zhou to recruit soldiers everywhere?!"

"The general must have received a secret order to purge the emperor's entourage and punish the traitors! If we become heroes who protect our country, our ancestors' graves will be filled with smoke."

Everyone has their own reasons for making choices, and Bai Feng sometimes wonders why he embarks on the journey again.

——Don’t want to see the world suffering anymore?

Great idea, but not realistic.

—Is it to take revenge on those who left scars on his wife’s body?
This is a good enough reason, but something is missing.
At this moment, a group of beggars gradually blocked Bai Feng in the alley. An old man with a hunched body, ugly face and hoarse voice walked between them.

"Master Bai," he asked, "You haven't caught up with the old hunchback for so long. Did you forget about your old friend after you got promoted and made a fortune?"

Bai Feng said: "Rat hunchback, you are not dead!"

"This 'turtle shell' of the old hunchback is very hard. It's not that easy for him to die." The rat hunchback proudly showed his back. The iron plates deeply embedded in the skin formed a reliable armor. It looked a little scary, but it was indeed the proudest work of this tramp.

"It's absolutely impossible for someone to stab me in the back!" Shu Hunchback limped and asked the servant to make way for him. He said to Bai Feng, "Master Bai, would you like to have a drink with us some time?"

Bai Feng cupped his hands and said, "I have something important to attend to."

"At that time, I risked my life to give you a good horse to help you escape the pursuit of the Zhao family. Why did you come back again?" The Rat Hunchback asked, "Didn't I tell you that living well is the best reward for me? Now you come back and put yourself in danger again. You really don't learn from your mistakes."

Bai Feng said: "There are some things that I must do."

"Why should I ask you to do it?" The hunchback said sarcastically, "You are a good person, a very stupid good person, but you, a fool, almost drove those people who claim to be born noble into a dead end. This shows that you are not stupid at all, but you are still doing stupid things. Mr. Bai, you owe me a favor, and I am afraid that you will never be able to repay it after you go."

Bai Feng's heart softened and she accepted the kindness and followed the Rat Hunchback into his "rat hole".

The so-called Rat Hole is an underground pub called "Rat Hole". Not only is it located underground, but all the liquor is bootleg.

"Since the Zhao family disappeared and the imperial court took over again, my bootleg liquor business has grown again. This group of self-righteous nobles can hardly afford to eat, and they have to ask the old hunchback for help." The rat hunchback chuckled, looking like a smug villain: "You said you wanted to save the country, but what's there to save in a country like this?"

Bai Feng sat at the wine table and replied, "Old Senior, you know very well that I don't want to save Qi or Zhou at all."

"I know, I know. You're not talking about Yu Wenxuan, who makes a lot of noise on the street every day and makes people feel annoyed!" The hunchback poured a glass of wine for Bai Feng, and a servant brought a dish of snacks.

The dish is a milky white soy product that looks like fish, but it is not as soft and delicious as tofu. Instead, it is a peculiar dish with a firm and chewy texture and a slightly spicy taste.

Bai Feng took a sip of the liquor and stuffed something that looked like fish into his mouth. He thought it was tofu or fish and did not chew it carefully.

The food got stuck in his throat and was very hard to swallow, but he swallowed it down with some strong liquor because he wanted to leave quickly.

"That's his job as a politician." Bai Feng said incoherently, and stood up to bow and say goodbye, but the hunchback suddenly asked: "Then why did you get involved in this mess? If you die because of this, the old hunchback will hate you for the rest of your life. I saved your life with great difficulty!"

Bai Feng showed a surprised expression. Shu Hunzi inadvertently guessed what was on his mind. He drank three cups in a row and replied when he felt relieved: "It's only because I'm a 'chivalrous disciple'. If I don't do anything, what's the difference between being alive and being dead?"

He was muttering something in his mind.

——I am a person who should be dead.

"Mr. Bai?" asked the hunchback.

Bai Feng continued, "Because I met you all, I am still alive today. So now, just think of it as me doing these things for you all."

"As expected of a knight-errant, both the master and the disciple are the same." The Rat Hunchback said, "I don't understand what you are doing, but it doesn't affect my admiration for you. Let me give you another horse, Master Bai. The army of Beizhen is short of horses now, and you don't have the Zhao family as your backing, so it must be difficult to find a suitable horse for the journey."

Bai Feng was speechless, just looking surprised.

"What? Are you afraid that you'll owe me a favor again?" Rat Hunchback laughed: "As long as Mr. Bai comes back alive this time, all our old debts will be written off."

Bai Feng bowed and said, "Old senior, thank you for your kindness."

"Whenever you need a horse, I will send someone to deliver it to you in time." The hunchback used his crutches to personally escort Bai Feng to the entrance of the mouse hole. Unexpectedly, Zhao Xiaomei was waiting outside.

"Mr. Bai, I saw that you were late, so I asked someone to come look for you." Although Zhao Xiaomei looked and dressed much more mature, once she stood in front of Bai Feng, she felt as excited as when she first met him.

"Miss Zhao, why don't you come into our shop and sit down?" The hunchback joked, but was politely declined by Zhao, and then he walked away tactfully.

Bai Feng and Zhao Xiaomei were walking and talking when they found that more and more people were walking towards the town center, including the disciples of Yuyi Academy. They would still greet Zhao Xiaomei when they passed by her, but they still didn't understand who the man next to Zhao Xiaomei was.

New legends have replaced old ones.

Bai Feng smiled calmly.

"Mr. Bai, you're smiling?" Zhao Xiaomei asked ambiguously, "Are you thinking of something happy?"

Bai Feng had no intention of delving into the topic in her mind, so she casually replied, "Perhaps because you met my younger sister, you have really become the head of the family now?"

"That's right!" Zhao Xiaomei said, "I heard everything that Mr. Bai and Shu Tuozi said just now. Mr. Bai is worthy of being Mr. Bai. Even people like that can admire you so much."

Bai Feng changed the subject and asked, "How is it? Did you get what I wanted?"

"Ah?! Oh." Zhao Xiaomei reluctantly took out a letter. She seemed to already know the content, so she didn't want to tell the other party in person: "Please take a look, Mr. Bai."

Bai Feng took a look and gradually became happy: "Did Yan'er send it?"

"Yes." Zhao Xiaomei's mood became more and more depressed as she spoke: "Sister Murong has reorganized the sect and has already set out. She asked Master Bai to meet up with her as soon as possible."

Bai Feng caught a glimpse of the subtle change in the other party's mood, but deliberately went further: "Miss Zhao has managed everything in order now. In time, the Zhao family will surely restore its former prosperity."

"Are you leaving?" Zhao Xiaomei asked, "Will you come back?"

Bai Feng said: "I don't know, so I hope Miss Zhao can forget all of us."

"How can this be?" Zhao Xiaomei lowered her head and sobbed for a moment, and a breeze followed the end of her words and took away all the sound.

When she raised her eyes, Bai Feng had already left her.

Legends will eventually fade away, but the roads under our feet will never fade away, and these roads constitute our journey.