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.

that thing called mana that his master, the young black Dragon, had

not a

made from the

rivaled Zhuge Mi Ryeo, Sima Pyeong could

‘Kim Hae-il.’

was a person

not from

“Also-”

that the Emperor

“Is he leaving?”

Pyeong’s gaze sank

be seen

that such a

that he could no longer learn from his

“Gon.”

“Yes, Coalition leader-nim.”

over should mean that they

do something

“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

to the confused

our benefactor leave with

Cult… Just as they

but we are the best

thank

Pyeong will be quickly

was the same for the other

Hae-il is definitely not a

“Mm.”

Cleave Saint let out a groan-like

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

it looks like he will be

benefactor just leave

Mi Ryeo nodded her head in agreement to the Namgung

show our gratitude as best as we

“That’s right.”

Sword Saint nodded his head as if

“…However, this is bad.”

“That is correct.”

Mi Ryeo got

was a map of the entire Central Plains in this temporary office set up in Hainan for the Orthodox

will be peaceful for a

Elder Ho agreed.

the whole Central

everybody is catching their breaths, we

on their faces at Zhuge

Advisor continued with a cold

We have been

Sword Saint clenched his eyes

overconfident. We thought ourselves

could say anything against

than anything we could have ever imagined. As

clenched her eyes shut before opening them

future of the Orthodox faction

like hell to get

to disagree with her. They all showed

Sword Saint finally started

have a

“Yes sir.”

immediately answered as if she

need to fix this

explained the way for the Orthodox faction to get

discussions about how to renew the

faction and

factions were busily

gathering of the Demon Cult’s major figures

Heavenly Demon was seated on a

Tap.

on a table on top of

spoke as

is truly disappointing that you do

Chhh.

empty glass was

many things that disappoint

the one

Heavenly Demon smirked before emptying the

Tap.

his glass down

“Are you guys leaving?”

“That’s right.”

“Tomorrow?”

“Probably.”

leisurely spend your time like

Han did not answer that

Demon chuckled and figured out his

after getting

Han used silence to tell him he was

Han had talked to Cale, who should be talking to the Emperor right now, ahead of time to come

Heavenly Demon asked, as if he

then, why did you come to

Han was not someone

This was the truth.

affectionate person, but he only

something I wish to learn

“What is it?”

had been empty this whole time. He then emptied

to know how you

Purification.

was the process Cale used to return jiangshis to their

that time, the Heavenly Demon was the only person who would work

Aipotu.

to learn

use if you were poisoned by that evil aura,

out the majority of the dead mana in his

get rid of the dead mana in

hundreds of meridians and countless numbers of blood

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

Han nodded his head after hearing everything the

the way, not learn it with my own

Demon’s eyes

someone who can learn

At least two

Cale and had gotten permission.

and be skilled at

thought about those

‘Hannah.’

master who controlled

And the other person…

skills were potentially just slightly under Choi Han’s level and a person who

‘Clopeh Sekka.’

Hannah and Clopeh Sekka.

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

with dead mana and

not

the path

it should be okay for him to deliver this other

don’t know

Sekka be happy to learn

Han thought about Clopeh Sekka who carried dead mana in his body like a

returned to normal after seeing the confused look

book out of his pocket and handed

“…What is this?”

“A treasure map.”

given Choi Han an order when he told Choi

“What?”

speak as the Heavenly Demon looked at him in

the location of the Peerless God of War’s

out of Central Plains

“…….”

Demon

He also told

“…Why?”

day might come when