Isabella and Feicui Long leave the tent, while the same man waits outside very worried, He runs at full speed just to hug his daughter or his "son".
Because of the mask Isabella puts on, her face undergoes a slight change, but it is enough that many people can't see the difference, even those close to her, like family and friends.
Seeing Isabella's face, Feicui Long thinks about this artifact, which is called Swap Faces Mask, although the one Isabella has is only a low-level version, it is enough to deceive many people, this artifact can be made in different ways and from various materials.
But it is usually made from being skilled in illusions, but in his opinion is better to make it them from shape-changing creatures, such as Doppelgängers or Changelings.
By the way, although Isabella's mask is low-level, its craftmanship is pretty good. Furthermore, it is made from a shape-changing creature. The advantage of making the mask from one of these creatures is the change is physical, unlike of illusions which can be noticed by skills like the Third Eye or even people with high mental power, spiritual power or soul power.
That is why nobody here, except for the guards and Isabella's dad, is able to tell that she is a woman.
While Feicui Long is admiring the work of the refiner-smith, Isabella whispers everything to her dad as Feicui Long has instructed her and even gives him the letter.
Isabella's dad opens his eyes and quickly makes a sign, which immediately brings one of the guards to his side. He explains everything to the guard and gives him orders along with the letter.
The guard starts running swiftly; he knows there is no time to lose.
Then, Isabella's dad approaches Feicui Long and places his hand on Feicui Long's shoulder, saying: "Thank you, Doctor. This is your reward. I, Johan Lindberg, will always be grateful for this favor."
He accepts the reward, which is contained in a spatial bag. He checks it immediately and finds it to be a really good reward. It contains around 100 energy stones, 5 platinum coins, 10 energy crystals, an artifact sword, and other things.
The sword is probably included because he saw Feicui Long's steel sword, which Feicui Long bought in Vienna shortly after recovering his memories.
So, he gives him a better one, and Feicui Long appreciates the gesture.
After a moment of silence, Feicui Long says: "It's nothing. This is just my job. It's better to be grateful to the Supreme Goddess of Fate and Reincarnation, because your son only managed to survive by sheer luck."
Johan laughs out loud: " Hahahahaha! You're right. This son of mine has so much luck, because otherwise, a traveling doctor capable to treating him wouldn't have come to this town"
Feicui Long nods, seeing Isabella, and asks: "By any chance, is there a market in this town that sells materials for alchemy?"
After stopping laughing, Johan points in a direction and answers Feicui Long's question: "Yes, there's a big market in that direction."
...
Feicui Long passes by the market and buys many ingredients, almost filling all the spatial bags he carries with him.
Now, he dismantles his tent, to begin the journey back home. Of course. He has sold all of his medicines, which is why the sunset is approaching.
Returning to his carriage, he notices that he is being followed by someone, he knows who they are, but he pretends not to notice them.
That's when he turns a corner and enters a dimly lit, deserted street. Then, nine or ten armed men jump from the shadows. Surrounding him, the close in on Feicui Long, who had been calmly waiting for this. He says: "So, are you all really this stupid?"
The leader of yesterday's group replies sarcastically: "A dead man trying to be funny? what a pitiful display."
Feicui Long, shaking his head, says: "What a bad joke. Mere mortals trying to defy a cultivator."
Then Feicui Long draws his new sword from his waist and also takes out his halberd.
The ten men quickly approach him with their weapons, starting the fight.
Feicui Long agilely rejects an attack coming from behind rotating in circles around his halberd, next, deflects an attack from his left side.
After that he stomps the ground with his leg injecting elemental energy, causing spikes to emerge from the ground around him, with only that he kills one man.
Swiftly, with his sword full of energy cuts the closest man on his left side, slashing him in half, without losing a single second, thrusts his halberd forward, piercing the chest of one man that was distracted by his friend's death.
All the men become enraged and try to kill him, but Feicui Long smiling recites a spell: "Let my feet be touched by the wind, making them like a mere breeze. Light Feet!"
This increases his speed, allowing him to swiftly evade all attacks, after that he stores for a moment his halberd and, with his right arm, makes a grabbing motion, lifting a fat man.
Then, with the same arm, he appears to throw something against a very skinny man. The fat man is sent flying in that direction at high speed. The other man tries to dodge, but it's too late, the fat man hits the skinny man, killing him in the act.
Feicui Long doesn't stop here, in his fingers accumulates spiritual energy and proceeds to snap his fingers, sending a spiritual attack that causes all of them fall in their knees for a moment.
Thereafter he takes out again his halberd and, in an impulse, cuts off three heads. One them is the fat man, who has been lying on the ground in pain.
There are only three men left, but not for long, Feicui Long, with his right arm, throws his halberd at the one who manages to get up, killing him.
Subsequently, Feicui Long approaches the leader and grabs him for the neck and says: "I genuinely don't wanna kill anybody. All of these meaningless deaths could be avoided, if your ego and greedy mind didn't occupy half of your little brain. So, there's my advice for you, in another life, don't try be a good person, perhaps you could live a little longer."
Feicui Long puts force on his hand crushing his neck, after seeing this the last surviving man tries to run, but Feicui Long takes out his energy rifle and shoots it killing him.
After that a voice of a woman reaches to Feicui Long's ears: "Is it really necessary to be this cruel? I said there's no need to kill a retreating opponent, besides you could only teach a lesson with that great battle experience."
Feicui Long direct his gaze toward the woman with red hair and replies: "I'm cruel? Girl, you could stop this madness with your strength, you're in the middle of mystic realm, you literally could knock all of these clowns. But you didn't, I'm a cultivator but I only can win to many opponents because I have plenty experience in battle."
Feicui Long stops for a moment to take air and continues: "But what if it were another cultivator in the elemental realm, grade 1? are you going to stand still and watch as he gets killed?"
The red-haired woman, although is a little annoyed by Feicui Long's sermon, stays quiet.
Feicui Long concludes his argument, saying: "When you have the strength to stop a bad act and do nothing, you're just the same. Because inaction is just as bad as doing the bad action, because at that moment is a conscious election, and you simply choose to ignore it."
After saying that, he takes his halberd and continues on his way.
...
Feicui Long then gets up in his carriage and starts the journey, at least that's what he thinks, since at the town entrance there's a party of five people blocking his path.
The leader of this group is a gorgeous "man" and there's four women, one human with extremely big attributes, a dwarf woman, an elf, and greater beastwoman.
Usually, Feicui Long can ask who they are and why are blocking his path, but this time he can't, since the leader of this group is actually Isabella.
Isabella says: "Sorry, honey, I really wanted to come alone, but they followed me before I could realize."
Feicui Long sighs heavily and replies: "I understand, all of you can get up."
Isabella and her party all get into the carriage. Feicui Long can finally return home now.
...
A few hours later.
Feicui Long sets up the camp to spend the night and starts preparing the food over the bonfire.
Isabella and her party are all sitting watching how Feicui Long cooks, talking among themselves.
When Feicui Long finishes cooking, says: "Everyone can come over"
Everyone comes closer and Feicui Long begins giving each one a portion, after distributing the food, Feicui Long sits beside Isabella and says: "I would like to introduce myself. I am Feicui Long, a doctor and an alchemist. Now, who are you all?"
The first to introduce is the elf woman: "I am Caroline Desertspirit, a markswoman and specialist in hunting, also an adventurer."
Next is the human woman, shaking a slightly saying: "I am Andrea Martinez, an archer and adventurer.
The dwarf woman continues: "I am Arianne Zauber, a mage, scribe, apprentice of inscriptions, who wants become a true master of inscription and adventurer."
Lastly, the beast woman with her mace strikes the ground and says: "I am Freja Silfvermåne, a warrior priestess of the supreme goddess of order and the order clan and, of course, also an adventurer."
Feicui Long wants to say something, but this woman has been staring at him aggressively with hate and fury since they left the town, he can't recall doing anything to her.
This only makes him think this is going to be a long journey...