Feng Hua San Shi (Forty-Eight)

Looking at the other party's expectant gaze, Lin Hao Tian pondered for a moment. Just as they had guessed, he already knew their identities. As a righteous hero who roamed the martial world, he looked down on crooked practices like robbing graves and looting tombs, and would never associate with such people. However, they had saved his life, so he could hardly treat them coldly.

Seeing Lin Hao Tian remain silent in thought, the three of them had evidently guessed what he was thinking as well. The mixed-race girl's eyes reddened, and tears welled up in them, giving her a particularly pitiful, lovable appearance. Without waiting for Lin Hao Tian to ask, the girl explained their identities and their purpose for coming here.

The girl was named Ta Ji Gu Li. Her father was a merchant from the Western Regions who traveled between Great Qing and the Western Regions. Her mother was a Huaxia Clan courtesan who had later been bought out by her father and taken as a concubine. She had then given birth to Ta Ji Gu Li. Last year, she and her half-brother had accompanied their father to Great Qing on business, only to be ambushed by bandits halfway there. Her father and all his attendants had been killed, while she and her second brother had escaped by pretending to be dead. However, it was their first time traveling with their father, and they had no idea of the way. All their valuables had also been looted, and after wandering around the unfamiliar region for several days, they still had not found a village or city.

Just as the two were about to starve to death, they encountered the Old Man before them. The Old Man had no name, but people in the martial world called him