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

is not a method

power made from

that rivaled Zhuge Mi Ryeo, Sima Pyeong could only arrive at one

‘Kim Hae-il.’

was a person from

was not from

“Also-”

that the

“Is he leaving?”

gaze

be seen

a strong person was

he could no longer

“Gon.”

“Yes, Coalition leader-nim.”

that the Emperor rushed over should mean

something with

“Excuse me?”

He closed the window.

Within the darkness outside…

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

nonchalantly commented to the confused

can’t let our benefactor leave with

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

the Unorthodox faction but we are

way to thank his

will be

was the same for the

Hae-il is definitely not a person of

“Mm.”

Saint let out a groan-like

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

he will be leaving

can’t let our benefactor just leave

Mi Ryeo nodded her head in agreement

to show our gratitude as

“That’s right.”

head as if that was obvious before his

“…However, this is bad.”

“That is correct.”

Mi Ryeo

map of the entire Central Plains in this temporary office set up

a while

Elder Ho agreed.

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

catching their breaths, we

their heads with serious expressions on their faces at Zhuge Mi

Advisor continued with a cold look on

arrogant. We have been

Saint clenched

been overconfident. We thought ourselves to

could say

Cult. Furthermore, the Unorthodox faction has gotten stronger than anything we could have ever imagined. As

Ryeo clenched her eyes shut

the Orthodox faction

why we need to work like hell to get stronger. Otherwise, we will

to disagree with her. They all showed their

Sword Saint

you have a plan for

“Yes sir.”

if she had been waiting

need to fix this arrogant attitude

the way for the Orthodox faction to

renew the Orthodox faction continued deep into the

Orthodox faction and the

factions

Demon Cult’s

was seated on a wide rock in the

Tap.

glass on a

as if he was

is truly disappointing that you do not

Chhh.

empty glass was

have so many things

one

Heavenly Demon smirked before emptying the glass once

Tap.

his glass down again and nonchalantly

“Are you guys leaving?”

“That’s right.”

“Tomorrow?”

“Probably.”

can leisurely spend your time like this right

Han did not answer

chuckled and

after getting

to

Cale, who should be talking to the Emperor right now, ahead

asked, as if

why did you come to see

Choi Han was not someone who

This was the truth.

Han looked like an affectionate person, but he only cared for his

something I wish to learn

“What is it?”

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

know how you handled

Purification.

process Cale used to return jiangshis to

only person who would work with Cale and be

Aipotu.

was, he wanted to

something that you can only use if you were poisoned by

of the dead mana in his body.

able to completely get rid of the dead mana in my smaller meridians,

body had hundreds of meridians and

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

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

I wanted to learn the way, not learn it with my

eyes finally clouded

who can learn

least

thought to Cale and had gotten permission. Cale had

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

thought about those

‘Hannah.’

who

And the other person…

Han’s level and a person who

‘Clopeh Sekka.’

Hannah and Clopeh Sekka.

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

Han could come into contact with dead

not

the path Choi Han wanted

for him to deliver this other

know about

Clopeh Sekka be

Han thought about Clopeh Sekka who carried dead mana in his body like a tomb bomb before his expression

face quickly returned to normal after seeing

book out of his pocket

“…What is this?”

“A treasure map.”

when he told Choi

“What?”

as the Heavenly Demon looked at

of the Peerless God

basically ripped out of Central Plains was delivered to the

“…….”

Heavenly Demon became

me to give this to you. He

“…Why?”

come when