Chaos, Part One

Within the gorge, Lin Xin slowly made his way forward step by step through the uneven boulders. Before long, he saw a group of red-clad people searching everywhere for manpower ahead.

Two of the red-clad men seemed to have spotted him, their expressions immediately turning wary.

"Who goes there!"

This was not a place ordinary people could reach. Without some skill in lightness arts, one might not even be able to find the entrance.

Flower Drum Village was actually a crevice-like gorge situated amid mountain peaks. There were no obvious entrances or exits around it; only at the front and back stood two cliff faces like broken walls, allowing people to pass through.

Ordinary people simply could not get up here, and even ordinary martial artists who could would not come running to such a place out of boredom.

Lin Xin smiled faintly.

"Who are you people? From the Radiance Society?"

The expressions of those two red-clad men sharpened, and they immediately sensed something was wrong.

"Are you here to help the Radiance Society, or to help our Red Robe Sect?"

One of them demanded sternly.

"Red Robe Sect..." Lin Xin pondered slightly, his gaze shifting as a smile that was not quite a smile touched his lips. "What a pity..."

His body suddenly shot forward. In the blink of an eye, he had crossed more than a hundred meters, leaving behind a long string of afterimages as he flashed between the two men.

Sshk.

The long blades at their waists had only been drawn a third of the way when their eyes widened. A bloody red line appeared across their necks, the mark widening and widening until, at last, their heads dropped down as though something utterly ordinary had fallen.

Lin Xin's Red Flower Sword remained sheathed. He merely