CHAPTER 513: TALE OF A WANDERING GRANDMASTER.

Hao Ren continued on his journey and most of it was very uneventful and insignificant. The young man didn’t care about the world, and nor did he wish to pay mind to the world around him. He was just focused on making random stops and leaving behind monuments in the centre of the cities he had been through.

After four months of travel he reached to the last stop before his destination, the Mirad Port city, this was the way point from where he could see the Iron Star Island. The young man looked at his horse, the thing had transformed into a complete menace now, under the nourishment of Hao Ren’s spiritual energy.

The young man smiled as he patted the horse and said, "You are free to go now. You can dwell through the lands and cultivate to grow stronger. Maybe one day we will meet again."

The horse was reluctant but it knew that Hao Ren was a monster in his own right and decided to walk away after rubbing its head on Hao Ren’s shoulder.

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While the young man was wandering all over the place, a snow tailed fox appeared inside a courtyard constructed in the mountains, surrounded by lush vegetation. The fox transformed into a young lady and greeted the people already present in the building. They all wore a red and white hanfu, the uniform of the spy crop of the Crescent Moon Empire.

She came to the room located in the central area and knocked on the door. A calm voice sounded from the inside, "Come in."

The young lady pushed open the door, she saw Ye Yue sitting behind a desk with her fingers gliding over a document. The young lady bowed and said, "Chief Yue, I have some urgent artifacts from Master Hao."

Ye Yue raised her head and asked, "What is it?"

The young lady took out three weapons and a jewelry box. She placed them all on the table gently before she said, "Master Hao wants you to send them back home. The sabre is for Young Master Yang, the sword is for Young Miss Yin, and the spear is made for Young Miss Agnee. The jewelry box is to be given to Madam Han."

Ye Yue looked at the items and said, "Fine, hand them over to Minji, she will be going tomorrow for the weekly report. So what else have you gathered, Flora."

The young lady smiled and replied, "There is a tale spreading around the lands. Many people are moving in desire to verify these claims."

Ye Yue asked, "What tale?"

Flora smiled and replied, "The tale of a wandering grandmaster. The person is moving around on the back of a horse, appearing to be aloof and elusive. However, this person has garnered great deal of respect from the people of the ten cities where he had stopped and left a trail of monuments.

These monuments are now being called the trial of a swordsman. They steles are integrated with sword techniques left behind for those who are righteous. One of the people tried to gain insights, and when he managed to gain a result he decided to kill a man and take his wife. However, his sword art failed and the Grandmaster’s phantom appeared before him, ending his life."

Ye Yue frowned and Flora said, "The techniques can only be used by the ones who use it for the welfare of the society or are focused on their own path. If they commit any evil the people will pay a far higher price."

The lady behind the table rubbed her forehead and asked, "Did you find out about the information of this so-called grandmaster?"

Flora nodded, and said, "You will be surprised, it is Master Hao. He is the one behind all this."

Ye Yue opened her eyes wide and asked, "You mean to say, that slacker of a big brother, is willing to do something like this to gain recognition from the crowd?"

Flora nodded, and Ye Yue sighed as she leaned back in the chair and said, "I have seen everything."

Flora smiled, as they continued to discuss things at length.

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Hao Ren stood at the gates of the Iron Star Island. He had flown over from the port city but now he was standing on the shores of the island. The place was covered with an array that barred flying in the region. The surroundings were covered with the walls higher than anything Hao Ren had seen before, around several dozen meters.

He then stepped forward to crease the walls and eventually stood before a platoon of burly guards. They were all holding medium level spiritual weapons. The young man took out his grandmaster badge, he didn’t want to spark any flames here, and this badge would allow him a smooth passage, and that’s what happened.

The soldiers bowed to him and then one of them said, "Greetings Esteemed Grandmaster, I am Tchala, the captain of this unit, how may we help you?"

Hao Ren nodded and said, "I wish to go inside the city."

Tchala nodded and said, "Please, this way."

He personally led Hao Ren over to a door in the distance, and completed the entry procedures to send him in. Then he let out a deep breath as he thought, ’To think a Grandmaster would appear out of nowhere. The forging council must be having something big going on.’

Hao Ren didn’t know what the man was thinking, nor did he care about his. His motive was to enter the city and that was completed. Now he had two more months before going out and finding Han Lingshi.

He looked around and found a big building standing in the western direction of the city. He turned to face the building and walked over calmly. As soon as he reached the council he heard a loud voice, "What the heck, old bastard do you know that two of the four keepsakes have been refined by a youngster? I assure you he will come here, and then we will be fucked up as well."

Hao Ren realized that the people were discussing him so he smiled and said loudly, "Hao Ren has come to visit the Forger Council, I greet the esteemed council master."