Chapter 4: The Young Lady of the Marquis's Manor

  "Sorry, Xia Lu, I don't want to take on a disciple and I'm not capable of taking one either," Lin Chen said firmly, shaking his head in refusal. What kind of joke is this? Taking on a disciple out of nowhere? What's the point of that?

  "Impossible! Judging from your ability to refine a perfect-grade tranquilizer, you are at least a perfect-grade alchemist", however Lin Chen obviously underestimated Xia Lu's dedication to alchemy.

  "A perfect-level alchemist? So what? Lin Chen's eyes flashed with a hint of disdain. Obviously, a master-level alchemist, according to the ranking, can become a supreme-level alchemist, and a mere perfect level is only three levels below his own."

  "Why won't you accept me?" Looking at Lin Chen, it's clear that he has made up his mind not to take on an apprentice. Xia Lu still wouldn't give up and asked again, her eyes fixed intently on Lin Chen, the "aggressive" gaze making him feel somewhat unnatural, causing him to look away.

  "Firstly, I'm not qualified to take on a disciple, and my alchemy skills aren't that great either. I just happen to have some experience with refining calming medicines. Secondly, I don't want to take on a disciple, it's too much trouble." Lin Chen shook his head and directly said, "I've just arrived in this world, I don't know anything, why would I want to take on a disciple?"

  "Oh, since you won't accept me as a disciple, then forget it...", with a thick layer of disappointment on her face, Xia Lu said, lowering her head. But immediately after, she seemed to have thought of something, "Then where do you live? If I don't understand some alchemy techniques, can I ask for your guidance?"

  "Where do you live? I'm a wanderer, and I don't have a place to settle down," Lin Chen shook his head and replied truthfully, but this made Xia Lu Miss lower her head in disappointment again, apparently she thought Lin Chen was just being evasive...

  "Ding ding dang... ", just as Lin Chen wanted to bid farewell and turn around to leave, suddenly, Lin Chen felt the ground tremble slightly, and some glass bottles in the room also shook, making a crisp sound.

  "What's going on? Is there going to be an earthquake?" The trembling of the ground seemed to be getting more and more intense, Lin Chen's face changed, and soon a loud rumbling sound like thunder started, it was clear that many people were riding horses at full gallop.

  "Bang, bang, bang!!!", at this time, the wooden door was also knocked urgently, and the head of the guards outside shouted loudly: "It's bad, miss, the hungry wolf thieves are rushing towards this side, it seems to be around 300-400 cavalry".

  "Three or four hundred? What's going on? If it's a robbery, just a hundred cavalry would be enough!" Hearing that the number was actually three or four hundred, Xia Lu frowned and said with an uneasy feeling on her face, then hastily opened the door of the room and walked out.

  Followed by walking out, heard the rumbling sound in my ear, and took another look, there were only fifty or sixty soldiers in a guard squad, Lin Chen secretly sighed, it's a bit troublesome.

  With the strength of these people, it's impossible to stop thieves who outnumber them several times. However, if they were to escape on their own, that might be possible, but if they wanted to help others defeat those thieves, it wouldn't be easy, after all, they're only Lv10 themselves.

  The soldiers looked serious but didn't panic, obviously a regular army, and these people's levels were all above Lv10, looks like their strength is not bad.

  However, the villagers in the small village were panicked and saw the appearance of these villagers. The head of the guards shouted loudly: "Don't panic! If they came for money! We'll break our fortune to avoid disaster!"

  "Go to the village entrance！！！", Hearing that hundreds of thieves had appeared, Xia Lu's face also became somewhat solemn, and he said in a low voice. He then led the guard team together towards the direction of the village entrance. Lin Chen hesitated for a moment before following them. It was clear that if they couldn't hold on, he would also hurry to escape.

  As they arrived at the village entrance, the sound of galloping horses grew louder and louder. Faintly, everyone could see countless cavalrymen appearing on one side of the main road, rushing towards them. At this moment, the leader of the guard also drew his long sword and shouted loudly: "Protect the young lady!"

  Forty to fifty soldiers with long guns surrounded them, protecting Xia Lu and Lin Chen, who had no combat power, in the middle. The long guns were all pointing outward, like a porcupine, warning others that they would have to think twice before making a move.

  Rumble...

  The sound of hundreds of galloping horses was like thunder, and soon, in the frightened eyes of the villagers, they arrived at the village entrance. The leader was a burly man carrying a huge axe on his back.

  Lin Chen pulled out the other's information and took a look, secretly shocked in his heart. Good fellow, it was actually a Lv46 strongman. Such a guy had actually come out to be a bandit. It seemed that there were many more strongmen in this world than he had imagined.

  Take another look at the people behind the leader of the thieves, Lin Chen's face sank even further. Those bandits were all above Lv10, and they had no advantage in terms of strength, and they were also at a disadvantage in numbers. If they really fought, these guards would be utterly defeated.

  "Oh? There's an army here too? What a coincidence! The leader of the thieves, with a hint of playfulness on his face, said as he glanced at Xia Lu, who was surrounded in the middle, standing out like a crane among chickens. His eyes lit up slightly."

  "Are you from the Hungry Wolf Bandits? You're just in it for the money, name your price," the leader of the guards asked in a deep voice.

  Although the other party is a bandit, if they really fight hard, their losses will be huge. I think everyone should just pay up and avoid disaster, maybe the other party will accept the money and let us go.

  Although soldiers and bandits are in a hostile relationship, the soldier's creed is that they absolutely cannot tolerate evil bandits, even if they know they can't win, they must fight to the death on the battlefield. However, there was no way out, for the sake of the young lady's safety, they had to compromise once.

  "If you hand over all your money and let me have a taste of that little girl, I'll let you leave...", hearing the head of the guard's words, the leader of the thieves sneered, his eyes scanning Xia Lu unceasingly, and he made his own conditions.

  "Money is no object! However, our young lady is the granddaughter of Marquis Mocha! I think you'll make an exception, won't you?" Upon hearing the condition, the leader of the guard's face darkened, and his hand gripping the long sword tightened.

  "Marquess's granddaughter? Haha! Today I'm really in luck! I've never even tasted the flavor of a marquis' young lady before!" Hearing the captain of the guard say this, the thief not only didn't show restraint but instead became even more excited.

  He directly took down the huge axe behind him, and the face of the bandit leader was full of intense threat, "Hurry up and make a decision! Are you going to agree to my terms!? Or do you want to clash head-on!?"

  "Kill!!!", hearing that the young lady was to be handed over, and it was clear that there was no room for negotiation, the leader of the guard squad glared with both eyes, opening his mouth to roar, as he spoke, the long sword in his hand shook, creating a sword aura that shot towards the bandit leader, at the same time, also opening the curtain of battle.