Fang Xingjian scanned the exterior of the house. Then with a flash, he appeared at the back door of the house as if he had teleported.
At the same time, on the third floor of the house, there were three young men and women lying on three beds. They were three apprentices whose internal organs had deteriorated and whose lives were in danger.
One of the young ladies lay on the bed with a pale face. Her eyes were tightly shut, and her face was filled with agony. Large beads of perspiration dripped down from her forehead.
Two Conferred Knights dressed in Knight attire stood at a corner of the bed. One of them, a Conferred Knight with a small mustache, threw a glance at the young lady who was gasping for breath and moaning. He shook his head and said, "The three of them probably won't be able to last till next month."
Next to him, the other blue-haired Conferred Knight said, "Their internal organs are deteriorating and rotting bit by bit. This way of dying is too painful. Let's go. Don't disturb their rest."
The two Conferred Knights both had Heaven's Perception, so it did not matter whether they were inside or outside the door. They walked out together and sat down. The small mustache asked, "Where's Madam Sally? She hasn't returned yet? "
The blue-haired man replied, "No, she's gone to investigate the situation at One Intention Dojo."
One Intention Dojo was the sword arts faction which had met with trouble this time around. It was also their Head who had gotten three of the more outstanding students in the dojo to try and learn it after reading the Rebirth Sword Technique in the Knight's handbook.
"One Intention Style. Over ten years ago, it was one of the more powerful factions in the Great Western City, right? Over the past ten years or so, it has deteriorated greatly, "the small mustache said. "But it feels a little strange for him to get three of the most outstanding students to cultivate the Rebirth Sword Technique at one go."
"What's so strange about it?" The blue-haired man said, "They've deteriorated too much. He said that if there isn't a single Knight to be born by next year, even their rights to read the Knight's handbook will be revoked. The Head must have believed in the effects of the Rebirth Sword Technique and gotten the three most outstanding students to practice it. He's planning on using the excuse of not paying the authorization fee as an excuse to wait for the three students to get good results in the Prefectural Selection next year. "
"In the end, three people just happen to be crippled?" The small mustache man's lips twitched. "They're really unlucky."
The two of them were the adjutants who had rushed over to the Great Western City together with the arbitrator, Sally. They were also people from the Knight Association and were in charge of assisting Sally in hosting the charge.
However, compared to Sally, who was not even 30 years old, both the man with the moustache and the man with the blue hair were over 40 years old. They were also level 24 Conferred Knights and were considered to be the backbone of the Conferred Knights.
Just as they were talking, a middle-aged woman came over. The woman's face was full of wrinkles and she was wearing coarse clothes. She looked uneasy under the light. She said timidly and nervously, "I … I think we'd better forget it this time. Can you stop the arbitration?"
This commoner lady was clearly the mother of one of the three apprentices. Hearing her question, the two Conferred Knights exchanged a glance. In the end, it was the man with the moustache who said, "You don't have to worry. We represent the Knight Association. No one will dare to take revenge on you."
"But... But I heard that Fang Xingjian is a genius that has not appeared in the Great Western Region for the past 1,000 years. I've even read his books. A character like this... How can we go against such a character?" The lady continued to clench her fists, and her tone became increasingly nervous and uneasy.
Seeing how the woman was behaving, the man with the moustache explained patiently, "You don't have to worry about Fang Xingjian. We're all level 24 Conferred Knights. All of us skipped over the Regional Academies and trained hard in the Knight Association in the central region. "You might have heard of our names before. I'm Heaven-Shaking Sword, Potter." He patted his back, and a Great Sword that was over two meters long let out clanking sounds.
He then pointed to the blue-haired man and said, "This is Baroque Sword, Marcus, and Fang Xingjian is just a Conferred Knight who has just transitioned not too long ago. With us around, he won't be able to do anything to you guys. You don't have to worry."
This time around, the arbitration was for the Rebirth Sword Technique, and the three arbitrators that were sent over were naturally people who cultivated sword arts.
Heaven-Shaking Sword, Potter, and Baroque Sword, Marcus, these two Conferred Knights were also people with some fame in the central region.
Heaven-Shaking Sword, Potter, and Baroque Sword, Marcus, were both Conferred Knights who had quite a bit of fame in the central region.
Or perhaps it was the Baroque Sword — Marcus had once stabbed 12005 times in ten minutes, stopping the ferocious beasts from besieging the city and saving tens of thousands of people.
Furthermore, the two of them later became the Golden Partners and had worked together to deal with many Knight cases. Three years ago, they had even worked together to capture a level 24 Conferred Knight who had defected to the north. Under the pursuit of assassins from the north, they had successfully brought the criminal back to the Imperial Capital.
Although the woman was a commoner, she had heard of their deeds. Hearing this, she finally felt a little more at ease. However, she still said with some fear, "But it's rumored that the Second Prince is backing Fang Xingjian. What if His Majesty the Second Prince gets angry at what we've done? What should we do?"
Seeing that the woman looked like she was about to cry, the blue-haired Marcus said impatiently, "Alright, don't think too much about this. Our Knight Association is very particular about enforcing the law impartially. Even if a prince were to break the law, he would be punished the same as a commoner. "If it's really proven that Fang Xingjian's Rebirth Sword Technique has caused his internal organs to deteriorate, then even the Second Prince won't be able to save him."
With that, he waved his hand and got the woman to quickly go back to rest.
After the woman left, the moustache Potter said, "Why do you have to be so crude? This woman is very worried right now. You should give her a good explanation."
The blue-haired Marcus said, "She's just a commoner. To be honest, regardless of whether she's angry, nervous, worried, or any other emotions, they won't affect the situation at all."
"Your heart is in a mess?" Heaven-Shaking Sword Potter asked.
"Aren't you in a mess?" Baroque Sword Marcus let out a breath and said, "Although Fang Xingjian's talent is very strong, it hasn't been completely converted into his battle prowess. The terrifying ones are the people standing behind him. You've sensed it during the time you've been in the Great Western City, right?"
"It's been very difficult." Heaven-Shaking Sword Potter frowned and said, "Almost every place we go and everything we do are being monitored. Even this house took us a lot of effort to get our hands on it. Putting aside the various rude treatment we've received on the way here, we haven't even been able to meet James and Governor Devitt until now.
"Moreover, don't you feel that the waters are really that deep this time around? Both you and I cultivate sword arts. At the very least, in terms of sword theories, the Rebirth Sword Technique definitely won't cause one's internal organs to deteriorate. This matter should have been kept under wraps for the time being and investigated slowly. However, with such great fanfare and almost going against the Great Western Region Regional Academy, it's clear that they want to cut the Gordian knot and get all the organizations to stop their research on the Rebirth Sword Technique. "
Saying that, Heaven-Shaking Sword Potter let out a breath and said, "Right now, the entire upper echelon of the Empire knows about the Rebirth Sword Technique. To think that only the three of us have been sent here, especially Sally … Although she's quite talented, she's too young and her experience is a little lacking."
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