Trash of the Count's Family

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.

mana that his master, the young black Dragon, had taught him

a method

power made from the

Zhuge Mi Ryeo, Sima Pyeong could only arrive

‘Kim Hae-il.’

was a person from a

was not

“Also-”

fact that the Emperor had

“Is he leaving?”

Pyeong’s gaze

be seen in his

that such a strong person was

he could no longer learn from

“Gon.”

“Yes, Coalition leader-nim.”

that the Emperor rushed over should

do something with

“Excuse me?”

He closed the window.

Within the darkness outside…

having the same thought as him.

to the

let our benefactor leave with

Orthodox faction, Demon Cult… Just as they had their

be the Unorthodox faction but we are the best

thank his master for

will be quickly moving around

the same for the

Hae-il is definitely not a

“Mm.”

let out a

Advisor Zhuge Mi Ryeo’s statement. The power of a person who could stop a large tsunami was not something

it looks like he will be leaving

let our benefactor just leave like

her head in agreement to the

show our gratitude

“That’s right.”

his head as if that was obvious before

“…However, this is bad.”

“That is correct.”

Ryeo

Plains in this temporary office set up in

for a while once young master Kim

Elder Ho agreed.

that could have destroyed the whole Central Plains, so we will all be catching our breaths for

is catching their breaths,

heads with serious expressions on their

Chief Advisor continued with a

We have been

clenched his

overconfident. We thought ourselves to be

say

Heavenly Demon, we would not be able to defeat the Demon Cult. Furthermore, the Unorthodox faction has gotten stronger than anything we could have ever

Ryeo clenched her eyes shut

future of the Orthodox

hell to get

her. They

Saint finally started

a plan for

“Yes sir.”

Ryeo immediately answered as if she had been waiting

need to fix this arrogant

the way for the Orthodox faction to get

discussions about how to renew the Orthodox faction continued

and

the two factions

of the Demon Cult’s major figures

Demon was seated on

Tap.

an empty alcohol glass on a

as if he

truly disappointing that you

Chhh.

glass

so many things that disappoint

was the one

Demon smirked before emptying the

Tap.

placed his glass down again and

“Are you guys leaving?”

“That’s right.”

“Tomorrow?”

“Probably.”

spend your time like this right

not answer that

and figured

you came after getting

used silence to tell him

talking to the Emperor right now, ahead

asked, as if

why did you come to see

he knew that Choi Han was not someone who would have come for no

This was the truth.

like an affectionate person, but he

is something I wish to learn

“What is it?”

that had been empty this whole time.

want to know how you handled dead

Purification.

used to return jiangshis to their original

the only person who would work with

Aipotu.

that Choi Han knew how that world was, he wanted to learn that method from the Heavenly Demon in order to help

you can only use if you were poisoned by that evil aura, that

the Heavenly Demon had pushed out the majority of the dead mana in his

able to completely get rid of the dead mana in my smaller meridians, veins, and places like that. That

had hundreds of meridians and

his own ki into young master Kim’s power to help

nodded his head after hearing everything the Heavenly Demon had to say. He then nonchalantly

way, not learn it with my own

Demon’s eyes finally clouded

who can

At least

gotten permission. Cale had also said

need to be as familiar with dead mana as I am and be skilled at handling the flow of it. Furthermore,

Han thought about those two

‘Hannah.’

who controlled her own power

And the other person…

slightly under Choi Han’s level and a person who was born with even more innate

‘Clopeh Sekka.’

Hannah and Clopeh Sekka.

of those two people would manage to learn the method the Heavenly Demon used to

contact with dead mana and learn it

is not my

from the path Choi Han wanted

should be okay for him to deliver this other

don’t know about

Sekka be happy to learn

his body like a tomb bomb before his

normal after seeing the confused

out of his pocket and handed it to

“…What is this?”

“A treasure map.”

order when he told Choi

“What?”

speak as the Heavenly Demon looked at him in

of the Peerless

Central Plains was

“…….”

Heavenly Demon

me to give this to you. He also told me to tell you

“…Why?”

come when he