Book 19 Chapter 4 – Gratitude and Grudges, Passion and Enmity

Xu Ziling intentionally wore bamboo hat with muslin veil to shade his face, revealing only the lower part of his face; his mouth and lower jaw. From head to foot he exuded a strange, indescribable charisma, as he boldly walked over toward Bai Qing’er’s ship still anchored at the dock.

The pier was busy with people coming and going, loading and unloading the goods; the river traffic was even busier, with endless stream of ships and boats going on either direction.

Xu Ziling was thinking on how to proceed when from Bai Qing’er’s ship several men came out and walked down the plank.

He took a look, and cheered inwardly, because one of them was precisely the ‘Henan Mad Warrior’ Zheng Shiru. From the other three, he recognized two as ‘old acquaintances’; the ‘Gold and Silver Spears’ Ling Feng and the ‘Fat Demon’ Jin Bo, both could be considered the enemy.

The other man was about twenty-three, twenty-four, wearing expensive-looking clothes, carrying the air of the son or disciple of a prominent family. He looked somewhat familiar, perhaps it was a guy with whom Xu Ziling had predestined affinity that he caught a glimpse of him during Rong Fengxiang’s birthday party.

With his hand pressed against the saber’s hilt, Xu Ziling quickly moved forward, blocking their path.

Four pair of fierce and sharp eyes immediately fell upon him. Both parties stopped with only about two zhang distance between them.

With his hand still on the hilt, Xu Ziling pressed forward.

Four men immediately felt his deep cold and grave powerful momentum; one after another they fanned out and drew their weapons.

Ling Feng was still wielding gold and silver short spears in his left and right hands. Jin Bo’s signature weapon was a long iron stick. The young man and Zheng Shiru had swords in their hands.

When the people around saw men baring sabers and drawing swords, they promptly scatt