Book 2: Chapter 199: The trade has been established (5)

A couple of ships arrived at Hainan.

Arriving late at night, the boats stealthily arrived at shore for a person to get off and hide his identity in the darkness as he moved.

However, the people who needed to know his identity were aware of it.

That was the reason they kept quiet and did not show themselves.

“…He’s arrived?”

“Yes, Coalition leader-nim.”

The Triumvirate. The three major forces of the Martial Arts world… Sima Pyeong, the leader of the Divergent Coalition, the core of the Unorthodox faction, quietly looked out to see that it was darker than usual.

He had told his subordinates not to go outside once the sun set unless it was extremely essential to do so.

That esteemed individual made it clear that he did not want others to see him, so Sima Pyeong had no choice but to keep his subordinates in check in order to not be on that person’s bad side.

This should be the same for the Orthodox faction and the Demon Cult as well.

‘Ah…maybe the Demon Cult would be a bit different?’

Sima Pyeong continued that unnecessary thought before quietly mumbling to himself.

“I did not expect the Emperor to personally come.”

“…….”

Sima Pyeong quietly chuckled after seeing his confidant flinch at his comment. ‘Emperor.’ Seeing how his confidant became scared just hearing that word made it possible to feel the status of the Emperor.

Furthermore, Sima Pyeong did not put much meaning to mentioning the Emperor.

“It’s not like there are people spying on us. Why are you so scared?”

“Ah.”

His subordinate finally relaxed.

“Did you think I would say something like that without knowing if people were around?”

“Ah, of course not, sir.”

The subordinate subconsciously agreed. If Sima Pyeong, who was better at observing his surroundings than anybody else, casually mentioned the Emperor, it must mean that it was a safe situation to do so.

“Pfft.”

Sima Pyeong chuckled at his confidant who immediately agreed with him and looked out the window.

The moon was covered by the clouds and there were less torches than normal.

‘Both the Orthodox faction and the Demon Cult’s sides are quiet as well.’

However, there were bound to be people who were unable to fall asleep tonight.

They were probably as alert as he was, looking to gather even the slightest of information through this silence.

No.

Maybe they were chaotically busy, just as he had been, sending subordinates out of the island as soon as they heard that the Emperor was coming in order to inform their respective groups.

‘He made that merciless Emperor move.’

The Emperor was known to be extremely giving to his people, but he did not give the slightest of openings to the Martial artists. In fact, the Martial Arts World deemed him to be merciless.

Since such a person had personally left the Imperial Palace, information would be spread not just in the Martial Arts world but for all power figures in the Central Plains.

The Emperor claimed that he would come stealthily but did not hide his movements.

He was basically saying that he didn’t care if people knew.

However, it was this attitude that made the martial artists act more reserved.

“Anyway, Coalition leader-nim, what kind of person must young master Kim be?”

Was it because this person thought that there were no eyes spying on them? The confidant asked in a relaxed manner.

Sima Pyeong scowled for a moment.

The confidant flinched in response when Sima Pyeong mumbled in a casual voice.

“Someone who is the center of the Central Plains, the sun of our world, is willing to personally come meet.”

The sun, the center of the Central Plains.

These were two of the countless ways they addressed the Emperor.

Someone who could make the person with such lofty titles rush over to meet him…

Kim Hae-il.

What word could be used to describe this person?

‘There are none.’

The more he learned about this person, the less words he found to describe this person.

God?

No. He was definitely human.

In that case, was it right to call him a person?

How could they when what he had shown was beyond what a person could do?

‘Furthermore, what about his disposition?’

He was good-natured.

However, he was not always good-natured.

Then was he evil?

Sima Pyeong would answer no to that question.

‘Yes.’

However, there is one thing he could say about this person.

‘He is like the vast ocean.’

The vast ocean that stopped a big disaster.

Kim Hae-il.

The vast ocean was the only way he could describe this person.

He was not an existence that could be contained in this human world.

He was something bigger.

That was what brought a question to Sima Pyeong’s mind.

‘Is he really someone from the Imperial family?’

The rumors that young master Kim Hae-il was a member of the Imperial family…

The story that he was associated with them…

The talk about how he was an elder relative of the Emperor…

“…That does not seem to be the case.”

There were things he learned little by little while being by that person’s side.

Of course, these were things that only Sima Pyeong, Zhuge Mi Ryeo, and the Heavenly Demon, the ones who had been by young master Kim and his people’s side on the battlefield, could feel, but…

‘They’re different.’

Kim Hae-il and his people…

For some reason, it felt as if they were not from the Central Plains.

In that case, were they from a country outside the Central Plains?

‘…That does not seem to be the case either.’

Sima Pyeong observed the inside of his body.

He took a deep breath at the same time.

his master, the young black Dragon, had

not a method of this

from the laws of

Mi Ryeo, Sima Pyeong could only arrive at one

‘Kim Hae-il.’

person from a

not

“Also-”

that the Emperor had

“Is he leaving?”

gaze sank

be seen

that such a

he could no longer

“Gon.”

“Yes, Coalition leader-nim.”

over should mean that

something with

“Excuse me?”

He closed the window.

Within the darkness outside…

a lot of people having

nonchalantly commented to the

benefactor leave with

Orthodox faction, Demon Cult… Just as they had their respective

be the Unorthodox faction but we are the best when

thank his master for his

be quickly

was the same for

master Kim Hae-il is definitely not a person of this

“Mm.”

Saint let out

Ryeo’s statement. The power of a person who could stop a large tsunami was not something that could be understood by the martial arts

like he will be leaving

can’t let our benefactor just leave like

Ryeo nodded her head in agreement to the Namgung Clan’s Sword Saint’s

gratitude

“That’s right.”

as if that was

“…However, this is bad.”

“That is correct.”

Ryeo

Plains in this temporary office set up in Hainan for the Orthodox

be peaceful for a while once young

Elder Ho agreed.

large disaster that could have destroyed the whole Central Plains, so we will all be

catching their breaths, we need

nodded their heads with serious expressions on their faces at Zhuge Mi Ryeo’s

a cold look on

We have been too

Saint clenched his eyes

faction has been overconfident.

could say anything against

Unorthodox faction has gotten stronger than anything we could have ever

clenched her eyes shut before

of the

is why we need to work like hell to get

anything to disagree with her.

Sword Saint finally

have a

“Yes sir.”

as if she had been

we need to fix this arrogant

for the Orthodox

the Orthodox faction continued deep into the

and the Unorthodox

two factions were busily

Demon Cult’s major figures was

on a wide rock in

Tap.

alcohol glass on a

spoke as

truly disappointing that you do

Chhh.

empty glass

have so many things that disappoint

Han was the one to fill

smirked before emptying the glass

Tap.

his glass down again

“Are you guys leaving?”

“That’s right.”

“Tomorrow?”

“Probably.”

spend your

not answer

chuckled and figured out

came after getting

used silence to tell him he

Cale, who should be talking to the Emperor right now, ahead of time to come meet with

as if

you come to see

he knew that Choi Han was not someone who would have

This was the truth.

Han looked like an affectionate person,

is something I wish

“What is it?”

glass that had been empty this whole time. He then emptied

how

Purification.

used to return jiangshis to their

the Heavenly Demon was the only

Aipotu.

wanted to learn that method from the Heavenly Demon

use if you were poisoned by that evil aura, that thing

mana in his body. He had completely gotten rid of it in

have not been able to completely get rid of the dead mana in my smaller

body had hundreds of meridians and countless

of dead mana still left within them, which allowed the Heavenly Demon to put his

everything the Heavenly

learn the way, not learn it with

Heavenly Demon’s eyes

someone who

At least two

this thought to Cale and had gotten permission. Cale had also said it was

as familiar with dead mana as I am and be skilled at handling the

Han thought about

‘Hannah.’

and a sword master who controlled her own power in addition to

And the other person…

potentially just slightly under Choi Han’s level

‘Clopeh Sekka.’

Hannah and Clopeh Sekka.

was predicting that one of those two people would manage to learn the method the Heavenly Demon

course, Choi Han could come into contact with dead mana and

is not

the path

should be okay for him to deliver this

know

be happy

who carried dead mana in his body like a tomb bomb before his expression

to normal after seeing the confused look on the

his pocket

“…What is this?”

“A treasure map.”

had given Choi Han an order when he

“What?”

the Heavenly Demon

is the location of the Peerless God

out of Central Plains was delivered

“…….”

Demon became

you. He also told me to

“…Why?”

day might come when he

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