"Sir, Shicheng will never forget your kindness for all eternity!"
Liang Shicheng knelt respectfully on the ground and paid Wang Chen a grand salute. "I cannot repay you in this life; in the next, I shall bind grass and carry rings in my beak to repay your grace!"
Behind him, a pretty young woman and a small child were also kneeling.
Wang Chen raised a hand and lifted him through the air. Smiling, he said, "Once you return, stop wandering around everywhere. These are troubled times. Stay home peacefully and keep your family company."
Liang Shicheng wiped the sweat from his brow and said shamefully, "I shall remember your instruction well, sir!"
In truth, Wang Chen need not have reminded him. After returning to his homeland this time, he had no intention of leaving again for the rest of his life.
Otherwise, he might not be so lucky next time!
Wang Chen waved his hand. "Go."
After destroying the Azure Peak Bandits' lair and looting the wealth those brigands had accumulated over many years, he brought Liang Shicheng and his wife and child down the mountain.
Wang Chen had spared the Azure Peak Bandits' elderly, weak, women, and children, so naturally he would not lay a hand on an unlucky fellow like Liang Shicheng, who had been forced into banditry.
Since he had decided to see the good deed through to the end, he even stayed with Liang Shicheng's family of three until they found a merchant caravan heading south.
The Heavenly Road was a major route linking the north and south within Great Liang. Merchants and travelers came and went in great numbers, but for safety's sake, they generally traveled in large groups.
Under normal circumstances, passing merchant caravans would not take in unfamiliar travelers midway through a journey,