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.

called mana that his master, the young black

a method

a power made from

Mi Ryeo, Sima Pyeong could

‘Kim Hae-il.’

a person from a different

not

“Also-”

the

“Is he leaving?”

gaze sank

seen in his

that such a

could no longer learn

“Gon.”

“Yes, Coalition leader-nim.”

over should mean that they would

something with

“Excuse me?”

He closed the window.

Within the darkness outside…

probably quite a lot of people having the same thought as him. He

to the confused

let our benefactor leave with

Cult… Just

we are the best when it comes

to thank his master

Pyeong will be quickly moving around

same

Kim Hae-il is definitely not

“Mm.”

let out a

against Chief Advisor Zhuge Mi Ryeo’s statement. The power of a person who could stop a large tsunami

like he will be

let our benefactor just leave like

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

our gratitude as best as we

“That’s right.”

Saint nodded his head as if

“…However, this is bad.”

“That is correct.”

Mi Ryeo

entire Central Plains in this temporary

peaceful for a while once young master Kim

Elder Ho agreed.

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

their breaths, we need to run

expressions on

continued with a cold look on

We have been

Saint clenched his

Orthodox faction has been overconfident.

say

stronger than anything we could have ever imagined. As for their Coalition leader, he

her eyes shut before opening them

the

to work like hell to get

her. They all showed their agreement through

Saint finally started

a

“Yes sir.”

as if she had been

fix

soon explained the way for the Orthodox faction to get

renew the Orthodox faction

and

two factions were

the Demon Cult’s major

on a wide rock in

Tap.

placed an empty alcohol glass on a table on top

then spoke as if

is truly disappointing that you

Chhh.

empty glass

many

Han was the one to fill

Heavenly Demon smirked before

Tap.

glass down

“Are you guys leaving?”

“That’s right.”

“Tomorrow?”

“Probably.”

leisurely spend your time

Han did not answer that

chuckled and figured out

after

to tell him he

be talking to the Emperor right now, ahead of time

as if he

did you

knew that Choi Han was not someone who would have

This was the truth.

person, but

wish to learn from

“What is it?”

poured some alcohol in his own glass that had been empty this whole time. He then

know how

Purification.

process Cale used to return jiangshis to their

was the only person who would work with Cale

Aipotu.

wanted to learn that method from

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

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

of the dead mana in

meridians and countless numbers of blood

within them, which allowed the Heavenly Demon to put his own ki into young master Kim’s

his head after hearing everything the Heavenly Demon had to

I wanted to learn the way, not

Demon’s eyes finally clouded

there someone who can

least

Cale and had gotten permission. Cale had also

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

Han thought about

‘Hannah.’

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

And the other person…

whose skills were potentially just slightly under Choi Han’s level and a person who was born with even more

‘Clopeh Sekka.’

Hannah and Clopeh Sekka.

those two people would manage to learn

come into contact with dead mana and learn it as well,

not

path

be okay for him to deliver this

know about

Sekka be happy to

in his body like a tomb bomb before his expression

face quickly returned to normal after seeing the confused look on the Heavenly Demon’s

pocket

“…What is this?”

“A treasure map.”

given Choi Han an order when he told Choi Han to meet the Heavenly

“What?”

the Heavenly Demon

the Peerless God

Central Plains was delivered to

“…….”

Demon

this to you. He also told me to tell

“…Why?”

might come when