Chapter 62: The Inauspicious Name

  After listening to Xie Pu finish telling the legend of the swordsmith, Leiga smiled lightly and said: "It would be better if Red Roland hadn't run away. That way I could ask her about the origin of this sword. However, from my brief contact with her, her identity seems quite unusual."

  Xie Pu said confidently: "Hong Luolan has never been to the Violent Crow Tavern, otherwise I would have been able to get her true identity out of her."

  Lei Ga's heart skipped a beat as he said meaningfully: "She said she was here to find her father."

  "Come to Wuya Ridge to find his father?"

  Xie Pu burst out laughing, "Looks like her father isn't a good guy."

  Lei gazed at Xie Pu with a meaningful look in his eyes, without saying a word.

  Xie Pu furrowed his brow, "What are you looking at me for? I am an assassin of the Balanced Sect, and our commandments are to not take a wife, not own land, not have children, not wear noble family crests, and not contend for royal power or honor. How could I possibly have a daughter? What a joke!"

  "Boss, I didn't say anything just now."

  Lei's mouth corners hung with a shallow smile, "You recite the precepts so loudly, is there something in your heart that you can't tell others?"

  "No!"

  Xie Pu's face suddenly turned pale, and he hastily picked up his wine cup and took a big gulp to cover up his expression.

  "There's something I've always been puzzled about."

  Lei Ga's sly smile, "If you're saying you're escaping the Holy Light Sisterhood, then you can return to the Shadowlands on the other side of the Quiet Ocean. With your ability to shuttle through the void shadows and instantly kill Hero-level undead, the Balance Sect should be delighted for your return. But instead, you chose to become a small tavern owner in Crow Ridge, as if self-exiling yourself. What exactly did you do wrong? Or are you escaping from some girl?"

  "I..."

  Xie Pu's hands suddenly didn't know where to put them, he hastily stiffened his face and said, "I'm not exiling myself, I just want to live a simple life! I..."

  He suddenly stopped, sighed, and said with a serious expression: "Lei Ga, I don't want to lie to you, but there are some things I'm not ready to tell you yet. Let's stop here for now, it's getting late, hurry up and finish eating, get ready to open the door and start work. As for this sword—"

  Xie Pu put the black giant sword back beside Le Ga, "Although it's not a legendary sword, it's very likely that it was forged by the only legendary swordsmith who forged Dragon Steel New Sword. I suggest you give it a name, maybe there really is such thing as a sword spirit. Didn't the swordsmith's will say that one day people would understand he didn't fail?"

  Lei looked down at the black giant sword, hesitated for a moment, and replied: "Then let's call it Crow. When Doudon was about to kill me, it was the crow that protected me, and here is also Crow Ridge, and there are a group of villagers who don't know the truth shouting me as the Crow Lord, I really have a fate with the crow, plus this sword is so black, let's just call it Crow."

  "Raven isn't a good name."

  Xie Pu crossed his arms in front of his chest and gently shook his head. "I suggest you take a more auspicious..."

  "Wow!"

  A raven beside him lifted his head and let out a discontented cry.

  "Alright, alright."

  Xie Pu raised his hand in defeat, "Your sword, you decide. Perhaps someone like you who doesn't smile much will be even more intimidating to your enemies with an ominous sword name."

  "En, it's decided then, let's call it Crow Sword."

  Lei Ga gently placed his hand on the hilt of the Crow Sword, carefully feeling for any possible response that might come back, but unfortunately everything was normal, and the Crow Sword was just like the ordinary iron piece he had seen at first, without changing anything because of a story or a new name.

  Lei Ga didn't think much of it, after all, a sword that had been abandoned for three thousand years, its historical halo had long since faded, and now it was just an ordinary weapon.

  He put away the Crow Sword and turned his head to Xie Pu, saying: "Boss, I still have a few questions..."

  Xie Pu furrowed his brow, "You can only ask one question a day, I've already said too much today. Whatever questions you have, ask them tomorrow. First, hurry up and finish the meat, drink the wine too."

  "Yes, boss."

  A large bowl of venison was quickly devoured, and Rega didn't feel the slightest bit full, instead feeling invigorated and bursting with energy. He picked up his wine cup, just about to take a sip, but cautiously put it down, "Boss, what kind of wine is this?"

  Deer Blood Wine.

  As if to prove that the wine was fine, Shep poured himself another glass and downed it in one gulp.

  Lei Ga took a look at the bright red liquid in his cup and asked cautiously: "There's no Luo Wei in here, is there?"

  The previous Luobian wine was indeed very effective, but at some times it made him very embarrassed.

  Xie Pu snorted at Le Ga's tense attitude, "This is a mother deer! Where did the deer whip come from?"

  Lei let out a breath and downed the deer blood wine in one gulp. The deer blood wine had a sticky texture, not as spicy as other wines, but with an additional special bloody flavor.

  "Do you like drinking?"

  "Hmm...not bad."

  Xie poured him a full cup again with a sly smile.

  "If you like it, drink a bit more, don't waste the tiger whip I soaked in it."

  "Tora no muchi!?"

  Lei Ga suddenly felt a surge of blood rushing to his head, "Boss, didn't you say——"

  "I'm just saying there's no deer whip."

  Xie Pu shrugged innocently and said with a serious face: "This cup of wine has been poured out, you can't waste it."

  "Boss, you..."

  Lei Ga clenched his teeth in distress and downed the Deer Blood Tiger Whip wine with a heart that was as bitter as poison.

  "Haha, bullying colleagues is really one of the greatest joys of being a boss."

  Xie Pu took a sip of wine, and with a satisfied smack of his lips said, "Hey, hey, cheer up! With that long face of yours, how can we do business?"

  "Yes, boss, I'm going to work." Lai Ga stood up numbly and walked towards the tavern hall.

  "Wait a minute—"

  As he walked to the door, Xie Pu suddenly stopped him, looking like he wanted to say something but hesitated.

  "Boss, is there something you want to ask me?" Leiga asked with a hint of intuition.

  Shepard hesitated for a long time and said with difficulty: "I really want to know this, but I don't want to ask you because I'm afraid you'll think too much."

  Lei Ga said calmly: "Since you find it hard to decide, don't ask then, just listen to my answer."

  Xie Pu said in surprise: "Do you know what I want to ask?"

  Lei Ga replied: "Whatever your question is, my answer is: Hong Luolan wears a veil, her methods are ruthless, and she looks like she's seventeen or eighteen."

  Xie Pu's tense face relaxed a bit, and he said with a cover-up tone: "Seventeen or eighteen years old, haha. Actually, I didn't want to ask that kind of question at all..."

  "But—"

  Lei Ga's mouth corners rose with a vengeful smile, "When she took off her mask, the real age was no more than fifteen years old."

  "Fifteen..."

  Xie Pu was immediately struck like lightning, his body completely stiffened in his seat. "She's fifteen... coming to Crow Ridge to find her father? And with an unusual identity?"

  Yes.

  "Looks like her father wasn't a good guy."

  A hint of guilt flashed across Shep's face, and he immediately lowered his head, muttering: "This can't be, can't be, can't be..."

  "Boss, you think slowly, I'll go open the door and get to work."

  After finishing speaking, Leiga turned around and walked out of the kitchen.

  As for whether Red Roland is Sheph's daughter, Rega really didn't have any confidence in that. After all, he knew very little about Sheph and only felt that the two were vaguely connected.

  Lei Ga naturally hoped that Xie Pu had a daughter, but if it was really Hong Luo Lan, then how would they interact in the future, especially since something like that had happened between them...

  Shaking off his miscellaneous thoughts, Lei Jia walked into the tavern's main hall, opened the door to let in the morning sunlight, stretched out his body comfortably, then picked up a rag and got down on his hands and knees to start scrubbing the floor seriously.

  Although he had pretended to be a nobleman in front of the villagers of Dusty Village, mediating disputes and giving stern orders to the villagers of Dusk Village, commanding them to fight against the stitched monsters, and even going alone to the cemetery to engage in a fierce battle with the undead corpse woman, as soon as he returned to the Raven's Wine Tavern, Leiga was still willing to be just an ordinary employee.

  Nothing makes him feel more fulfilled than doing chores for Xie Pu. Moreover, he has long understood that wiping the tables and chairs is not Xie Pu's true intention, but a way of ascetic practice. Last time, due to Xu Lingtian's arrival, he didn't actually complete 100 times, this time he wants to make up for all the ones he missed last time.

  His physical condition is quite good, from getting out of bed to now, he still feels that this body is not his own at all. The Moon Flower's Heart of the Moon Demon Grass has obviously played a role in transforming his body, but he didn't think about what the light was that gushed out of his chest cavity and illuminated the night sky.

  After carefully wiping all the tables and chairs one hundred times, Leiga found that he was still relaxed and not a single drop of sweat had fallen. He stared blankly at the tables and chairs that he had wiped to a shine, hardly daring to believe that he could do it so perfectly without any effort.

  He felt a sudden movement in his mind, stretched out his hand and condensed the aura within his body, wanting to see if his aura cultivation had improved.

  Before he could even start to concentrate, a noisy footsteps echoed from the doorway.

  Lei Ga looked up and saw the three strong robbers who had not eaten here a few days ago, standing at the door with an unfriendly face, blocking the sunlight.

  "Lei Ga! Do you still recognize us brothers?"

  "Of course."

  Ley worked hard to put on a welcoming smile, "Welcome back to the Black Crow Tavern, what can I get for you three this time? The usual?"

  "Less of him and more of us, just like old times!"

  The leader of the bandits, a mercenary, sneered and changed his previous fearful expression. He said in a rude tone: "For the past few days, Dusty Village and Dusk Village have been spreading rumors about you. One moment they say you're a young noble master, the next they say you're the Crow Lord, but we brothers know you're just a tavern servant! Want to be a noble lord? First get past us three!"

  Lei Ga blinked his eyes and asked calmly: "Are you three here just for this matter?"

  Another bandit mercenary sneered and replied, "That's not all! We also heard that you actually only have fourth-stage Dou Qi strength! If we had known earlier, we wouldn't have been cheated out of ninety silver coins by you last time!"

  Lei Ga suddenly enlightened, a faint smile, "So the three of you understood my strength and came to save face. Unfortunately, it's impossible to return the money, or else you can come in and eat some more?"

  "It's okay if you don't give me money!"

  The third mercenary pointed at Lega's nose with his finger and said loudly, "If you have the guts, come out and fight us one on three!"