The Next Defender

After listening this he was about to collapse, Qi Jian could see his hesitation, he got off his horse, a pouch filled with gold coin handed to inn owner and said, "Please show us the rooms."

They don't have choice to find another inn.

"Indeed there are four rooms let me show you air," he was in urgent need of these gold coins. He showed them rooms, they were satisfied, and rooms were small and ordinary but acceptable.

He served food on tables in small open place, they ate and two guards divided their duties during night.

Jen was little restless from the tense expressions of inn owner, if this inn was house before and for some reason converted inn, there must be his family helping him but he was doing everything himself where was his family then?

He was waiting for the night fall, few days ago a bandit group found out that he had beautiful daughter, they wanted to collect some money but he was out of money because crops were not ready yet so they made hostage his family saying that if he could arrange money he could get his family back unharmed before fortnight but if he failed, they would play with his daughter and slaughter his family.

His hands were sweating thinking all this.

Jen was on Fifth Level Insights and she could easily understand small changes in reactions and behavior.

She ate her food but did not go in her room instead called the inn owner when they finished meal, "Where is your family?" nobody could tell the reason of her question.

This was his limit, tears started streaming down endlessly, and Qi Jian was stunned to see his reaction.

He thought that everything was normal but this reaction for simple question.

"My family is taken by group of bandits, if I did not deliver these gold coins to them, then my daughter…my daughter…" he could not say next sentence.

This was the first time that Qi Jian witness strong flashes of anger on Jen Ming face; he understood now the severity of situation.

"Show us the way to bandit group, we will save your family."

Two assistants were left behind, they walked past few twists and turns and then started uneven pathway.

When they reached close to big cave he pointed, sky was now completely covered with clouds.

"It's already fortnight and your father is nowhere to be seen, it seems that he does not care for his beautiful daughter," wile appearance tattered clothe bandit was caressing her cheeks, she was standing against the wall, trembling in fear of this man.

Her amber jade eyes were looking toward the entrance of cave in hope and fear.

He mother and small sibling was tied in ropes.

They charge in like a wave and the neck of wile appearance bandit fell on the ground with a thud, few dribs of blood stink on her fair face.

She was in comma for few minutes until her father came rushing toward and secured her in embrace, hiding her eyes from the scene.


Within half incense of time forty people of bandit group were slaughtered.

Jen helped other family members and they were baffled to see their saviors, heaven sent them to rescue this poor family.

Jen brought family out of cave immediately, inside cave guards pile up corpses, Qi Jian finished slaughtering and came out, and now guards would clean up this mess.

Farmer's daughter was still trembling; Jen came looked at her eyes, "Listen to your big sister, nothing will happen to you, you need to be more courageous," dropping her fears farmer girl embraced Jen, "Thank you big sister."