Trash of the Count's Family

People’s thoughts on Sima Pyeong were clearly split.

He is smart.

He is cunning.

He is extremely prideful.

He has no pride at all.

The records of Sima Pyeong that Cale received from the Imperial family showed numerous things that were the complete opposite of each other.

However, there was something about Sima Pyeong that was in all of the reports.

< He is strong. >

< He is someone who suits the Unorthodox faction more than anybody else. >

The Zhuge Clan, which had birthed the most Chief Advisors in the Orthodox faction throughout history due to their extraordinary minds… It was extremely rare for them to get their name out for their martial arts. Those born in the Zhuge Clan rarely had physical abilities that matched their smart brains.

The Sima Clan were their equivalents in the Unorthodox faction.

And the person who became the leader of the Divergent Coalition despite being born from that Sima Clan… That person was none other than Sima Pyeong.

‘Of course, he is known to be in a battle for power with the leader of the Green Forest right now.’

That had led to Sima Pyeong’s current evaluation being lower than before.

They were calling him a tiger without his teeth.

However, completely unrelated to that, Cale felt a mysterious sense of discomfort the moment he saw Sima Pyeong.

“Haha. Did I greet you too suddenly, sir?”

Shh.

He took a step forward to match the step Cale moved back.

No.

He took two steps forward.

“I, Sima Pyeong, have acted senselessly because I was so happy to see you like this, young master-nim. Haha!”

He took three steps forward and stopped in front of Cale.

He then reached his hand out.

The Martial Arts Alliance and the Demon Cult…

There were no leaders like this anywhere else.

Honestly speaking, he looked more like a vassal who stuck himself right next to an incompetent king continuously flattering him.

His goat beard made him seem even more like that.

“…Sir, my name is Kim Hae-il. It is an honor to meet Sima Pyeong-nim, the Divergent Coalition Leader.”

“Aigoo!”

Sima Pyeong grabbed the hand that Cale warily stuck out with both hands and shook it.

‘Is it okay for the Divergent Coalition Leader to act so lightly?’

Cale even had that kind of thought.

He did not seem to be the only one who had such a thought.

The Heavenly Demon, who had walked up next to Cale at some point, stared at Sima Pyeong with his hands behind his back.

He then nonchalantly commented.

“How peculiar.”

The Heavenly Demon was calling a person, the Divergent Coalition Leader, peculiar. The funny thing was that there was nobody saying anything against it.

“This son greets his father.”

“Father, have you been well?”

His son and daughter… Even Sima Gong and Sima Dan greeted Sima Pyeong without any other reaction.

But the mood was quite sharp.

Cale’s group had currently moved with the different major forces separated from each other.

The Orthodox faction. The Unorthodox faction. The Demon Cult. Cale’s people.

These three groups, with Cale at the center, followed without talking to each other unless it was necessary conversation for what was to happen.

This awkward confrontation continued. However, this confrontation became more tense the moment the Divergent Coalition Leader appeared.

‘It’s not the Demon Cult.’

The Sage Demon and Heavenly Demon… Pavilion Master Gong as well… These three people were looking at Sima Pyeong as if he was unbelievable.

In that case, which side was causing this tense atmosphere?

There were two sides that were giving off vicious auras.

Naturally, one of those sides was the Orthodox faction.

‘This is unexpected.’

The other side was the second in command of the Green Forest, Xia Mun.

The bastard who had acted as if he was sworn brothers with Sima Jung and Toonka was now openly showing hostility toward Sima Pyeong.

This seemed a bit weird but even Chief Advisor Zhuge Mi Ryeo was smiling but keeping a clear line between her and Sima Pyeong.

“Coalition leader. You arrived earlier than I expected.”

“Of course I had to hurry. Nice to see you after such a long time as well, Chief Advisor.”

Sima Pyeong greeted the Chief Advisor as if there were no issues.

The problem was that he was not letting go of Cale’s hand.

“Mm.”

Cale tried to pull his hand away, but…

‘Wow, young master-nim! Now that I am seeing it up close, your skin is as white as a baby and full of nobility. You must have been overflowing with nobility since birth, which only makes sense as someone who has the blood of the master of the Central Plains flowing inside of you! Haha!”

Cale had been eating and sleeping well but he did not look very good because he currently looked like a young Kim Rok Soo.

He was still a bit skinny.

He looked stiff and disrespectful more than noble.

– Human. This Divergent Coalition Leader really knows how to accurately judge a person.

He ignored Raon’s serious comment.

“I am truly happy to meet you as well, Divergent Coalition Leader-nim. We just arrived from the Demon Cult; may we chat in a little bit?”

Cale slowly pulled his hand again.

However, he failed.

some rest at a

Pyeong pointed to

toward the village opposite

purchased the best house in the village.

‘Hmm?’

there so please dine there and release the fatigue from your travels. No matter how important and urgent a matter may be, people have to get some rest as they

‘Hmm?

guy seems

like Toonka’s friend’s dad

one ear and

and approached the Heavenly Demon before offering his

the hand with his hands still behind his back and Sima

generation’s Heavenly Demon was unbelievably high but to be

bastard will easily defeat the crown

oil on his tongue, his tongue

of the Demon Cult as well, so please come this

‘Oh.’

was a bit

matter how quickly Sima Pyeong would have arrived here, it would have been yesterday at the earliest. But for him to have purchased a house that could fit not just Cale but the members of the Demon Cult as

“Ahem.”

Sect Leader stepped forward at

is a guest of our Sect so I believe it is only proper for us

“Haha!”

laughed and grabbed the Kunlun Sect Leader’s

leader

for esteemed guests from the Kunlun Sect as well!

“…Ours as well?”

Pyeong answered as if it was obvious when the Sect

faction. Would Kunlun be

Sima Pyeong asked with a smile on

with an odd look on

“How entertaining.”

Heavenly Demon seemed amused. Cale watched as the Chief Advisor smiled and stepped in between the Sect leader and Sima

there a room

would have no

speaking so highly of Cale that it seemed almost exaggerated. Cale stared at him before he

– Hmm?

It was Raon.

this Divergent Coalition

and

“Hoohoo.”

with Durst… He repeated breathing and breathing out to show that the

no living

Leader was

“Young master-nim.”

gently spoke to

us to stay with the Divergent

“Hooo.”

while Sima Pyeong stared at the Chief Advisor for a moment before smiling as

Advisor had tied young master Kim and the

who would usually grind his teeth when the Unorthodox faction was mentioned, looking at him. Cale pretended not to

us do

great! Please come this way!

laughed frivolously and led

Heavenly Demon walked up next to him and sent a sound

Leader is moving around on

Pyeong had been moving on his own since the beginning. There was not a single subordinate hiding

Cale’s

‘How entertaining.’

quite entertaining

reached the Profound Realm. The Cleave Saint, one of the Five Saints. And the Fist King who resides

group whose

was at the main gate of the Kunlun Sect. He flattered this group of people without blinking an eye despite the fact that there were numerous members of the Kunlun Sect staring daggers at him

entertaining but did not take him

would be wary

‘Let’s just go first.’

followed behind Sima Pyeong with relaxed steps. Everybody other than people heading to Kunlun followed behind

– Something is weird.

just ignored Raon’s voice he heard in

* * *

“Looks nice.”

Cale looked around.

he had purchased was quite nice compared to

not that the house was dazzling but that it was easy to defend and located a bit away

“Young master-nim.”

started talking to him. The Fist King

he made

think we will need to chat a bit with the

he was going

“Please go ahead, sir.”

left and the Heavenly

going to move after purifying the living

casually answered back

deal with the ones on

we will immediately head toward Yunnan and

“That’s right.”

the Blood Cult would have to appear in the Central Plains to figure out what was going on

path

Demon nonchalantly responded before turning his head

you the Sword

looked toward Cale. Cale nodded his

“Hi?”

greeted the

stupid greeting but

(TL: This is

up with these two

then turned his gaze to Choi Han, who was standing next to Choi Jung

Jung Soo were standing

looked at Choi

you believe in the

‘What is going on?’

you believe in Daoism?’ Those religious

Han responding with an innocent

“I do not, sir.”

don’t know about

a

is

him. The Heavenly

don’t we spar

“Sure.”

‘Hmm?’

of them casually promised to fight each other. It was at

“Young master-nim~”

heard an

It was Sima Pyeong.

we have a

requested a private conversation

Heavenly Demon moved away without any issues. The

I

Raon was

Pyeong. Sima Pyeong boiled some tea and served Cale as if it

Gong told me everything just now, young

Chhh-

as the tea poured