"What are you all talking about?"
Gao Lin stepped into the Dining Hall and found the disciples paying no attention to their food. Instead, they were all talking over one another, saying baffling things like, "That Blazing Blade Swordsman has gall enough to swallow the heavens," "That beast has struck again," and "If only I knew who he was."
Zhu Yuan said, "You haven't heard yet, Senior Brother Gao? That Blazing Blade Swordsman struck again last night. He plundered the Liu Family Pharmacy's money and spirit herbs, and even killed Elder Liu Qingyuan's son, Liu Xunfeng."
Gao Lin was startled. That Blazing Blade Swordsman really did have gall enough to swallow the heavens. He had even dared to kill Elder Liu Qingyuan's son.
The man was utterly deranged. After his last raid on the Su Family, that great household had been torn apart. Who would have thought he would appear again after vanishing for over a year?
"I heard Elder Liu Qingyuan has put out a bounty. Anyone who can provide information on the Blazing Blade Swordsman's identity will receive ten thousand taels of silver, a spirit herb, and a favor from Elder Liu." Zhu Yuan looked sorely tempted.
The Blazing Blade Swordsman had committed so many crimes that Liu Qingyuan was far from the only one offering a reward. Many of his victims had posted bounties too, bringing the total to fifty or sixty thousand taels. Unfortunately, no one yet knew his true identity.
"I'm afraid it'll be just like before. No matter how big the bounty, it won't do any good," Gao Lin said with a smile.
The bounty tempted him too, but no one had any idea who the Blazing Blade Swordsman was. Even that name had been coined from the characteristics of his cultivation technique. "He's