Seo Mun-wang-ryang, with a narrowed brow, looked around, trying to grasp the situation.
In his eyes, there were only things that he couldn't understand.
Why were Ak Sang-gil and the Snow-Stepping Swordsman collapsed in that corner, and what were the corpses piled up on the opposite side?
As soon as he saw the corpses, the first thing that ca to his mind was, of course, that they must be the corpses of the Black Fist Gang ruffians, but he, who had been active in the martial world for more than twenty years, could tell with just a glance that they were not simple ruffians.
'Assassins?'
Judging from their attire and appearance, the word 'assassin' was the first thing that ca to mind.
But that point is even more incomprehensible. Why on earth are assassins dead here like that?
And finally, Unhwi is not visible.
The reason he ca here in person was to see the child nad Unhwi of the Wudang Sect, but the Wudang Taoist is nowhere to be seen.
"Senior Seo Mun. Don't be surprised and listen carefully. The ones who have fallen over there are assassin bastards called the Black Sand Moon."
"Black Sand Moon?"
Although the Snow-Stepping Swordsman had just told him not to be surprised, he couldn't help but be surprised.
How could he not be surprised? The Black Sand Moon were bastards who had been secretly committing killings, cleverly avoiding the eyes of the Martial Alliance.
More than anything, they were bastards who were difficult to catch because they were so skilled that they didn't leave a single trace, so their tails couldn't be caught.
"Why are the Black Sand Moon bastards dead here?"
"In fact, it seems the Black Fist Gang was the secret headquarters of the Black Sand Moon bastards. To be honest, we also ca here first and... were captured by the bastards."
He wanted to ask about that anyway.
Although Ak Sang-gil and the Snow-Stepping Swordsman are martial artists who are quite well-known in the martial world, if it were the skills of the Black Sand Moon that he guessed, it would be more than enough to subdue them.
But since the two of them are lying there like that, he was naturally thinking that the two of them had faced the Black Sand Moon.
"If you were captured by the bastards, then who saved you?"
"Yes... that was Unhwi of the Wudang Sect who saved us."
"What? Unhwi?"
He asked back as if he couldn't understand.
And for good reason.
As he heard, Unhwi is a martial artist who is even younger than his nephew.
Although his na has been heard here and there in the martial world recently, he was a person who did not overestimate his skills, thinking that rumors are always exaggerated.
But is Unhwi so strong that he can single-handedly crush the Black Sand Moon and save both Ak Sang-gil and the Snow-Stepping Swordsman?
"And senior. I think it would be better for you to get out of here for now."
"Why?"
"Taoist Unhwi didn't get a single scratch while facing those people. And now he has gone to the nearby Beggars' Sect branch to ask for the aftermath to be taken care of. In a little while, he will co here with the Beggars' Sect disciples... how are you going to explain why you are here then?"
"Hmm..."
Hearing it, it was as he said.
In fact, he wasn't very keen on coming here either.
But since his nephew, Seo Mun-jong-tak, had asked so earnestly, he had co here because he was curious about what kind of person Unhwi was.
But just from the things he has done now, he seems to know what kind of person he is.
"And as I roughly heard, it seems Unhwi ca here under a separate order from the Alliance Leader."
"From the Alliance Leader...?"
"It seems he ca here already knowing that they were the Black Sand Moon."
"No way...? This is the first I'm hearing of it."
"So it ans he's the Alliance Leader's secret squad. The Alliance Leader has a bit of that side to him, doesn't he?"
Seo Mun-wang-ryang, while frowning, couldn't help but nod his head.
Because he thought that if it were the current Martial Alliance Leader, it could be so.
He had often thought that he had no idea what the Alliance Leader was thinking.
"I'll have to... give Jong-tak a good scolding. If I had co a little earlier, or if I had really clashed with Taoist Unhwi, our Seo Mun family would not have been able to hold our heads up in the Martial Alliance."
"That's the sa for us. We will try to talk to Taoist Unhwi to have him think of this incident as the personal fault of us and the children who asked us, not as the matter of the Guangdong Jin family and the Shandong Ak family."
Seo Mun-wang-ryang, clicking his tongue, said, "Then I'll be going now. If I had co quickly, you wouldn't have had to go through such hardships."
"Not at all. If you had co early and had to cross swords with Taoist Unhwi, things would have been much more complicated."
A thought flashed through his mind that it was very fortunate that such a thing did not happen.
Interfering with a test that the Alliance Leader gave to soone who had just co to the Martial Alliance for the first ti.
And interfering with a mission received by the Alliance Leader's secret squad are, of course, worlds apart.
The forr is a matter that can be sohow smoothed over by explaining that such and such a thing happened, but the latter is a matter that could lead to being interrogated by the Martial Alliance Leader.
'Jong-tak, this bastard. To think his judgnt of people is so poor.'
He just felt pathetic for his nephew who had made him co this far.
And he began to be curious about the martial artist nad Unhwi, whose face he had not even seen once.
'Are the rumors about him not an exaggeration?'
He, after leaving words to Ak Sang-gil and the Snow-Stepping Swordsman to take care, left the manor of the Black Fist Gang.
He, who had hurriedly co out of the manor, looked around to check if anyone had seen him enter this place, and then he imdiately perford a movent technique and disappeared from that place.
'Seo Mun family... Seo Mun-wang-ryang?'
He had no idea that soone was watching him co out from a distance.
***
'Seo Mun family... Seo Mun-wang-ryang?'
I, who had stopped by the Beggars' Sect and was returning to the manor of the Black Fist Gang bastards, reflexively hid in the nearby bushes when the gate of the Black Fist Gang manor suddenly opened.
And from there, I saw a person I had seen a few tis in my past life co out, look around at the entrance of the manor, and then perform a movent technique sowhere.
Originally, when you go to call the Beggars' Sect disciples, it is common to return with them, but since I was worried about the Snow-Stepping Swordsman and Ak Sang-gil, I had returned here first, so I was able to see them a little while ago.
'Those bastards yesterday were also three. I was wondering if Seo Mun-jong-tak hadn't done this childish thing... as expected, it was as I thought.'
I don't know if the story didn't match, or if Seo Mun-wang-ryang was originally supposed to co at this ti, but if Seo Mun-wang-ryang had co here first, the atmosphere would have been strange.
Seo Mun-wang-ryang is a master who is counted among the best in the Seo Mun family.
He is a person whose victory I cannot guarantee even if I fight seriously now, and more than anything, if it is the skill of Seo Mun-wang-ryang, he would be able to handle the Black Sand Moon enough.
So if he had co first, Ak Sang-gil and the Snow-Stepping Swordsman would not have been captured by the Black Sand Moon bastards.
'Then Seo Mun-wang-ryang must know roughly what happened here.'
If he had entered the manor, he would have seen the injured Ak Sang-gil and the Snow-Stepping Swordsman, and the fact that he ran away so hastily for fear of being seen by soone ans it's highly likely that he heard about what happened here from them.
I, after thinking for a mont about what to do with him, opened the manor gate and went inside.
As I entered, the Snow-Stepping Swordsman and Ak Sang-gil welcod .
"You've co? The Beggars' Sect disciples...?"
"I was worried about you two, so I told them to prepare and co, and I ca first."
"I see."
A strange sense of relief was visible on Ak Sang-gil's face.
He probably thinks that if I had co a little earlier, I would have run into Seo Mun-wang-ryang, but that he had exquisitely avoided it.
So I decided to strike first.
"I've been thinking a bit while going back and forth to the Beggars' Sect."
"What... did you think about?"
"Leaving this and that aside, I am your life's savior, right?"
"Th-That's right."
"But this incident happened because of Young Master Ak's younger brother and Senior Snow-Stepping Swordsman's sworn nephew."
The two of them nodded their heads at the sa ti.
To be honest, it would have been fine if they hadn't granted the bastards' childish request, but right now, they seem to be trying hard to think that they are not at fault.
"So when you two go back, please arrange a place for to have a duel with those who asked you to scold ."
"Arrange a duel...?"
"Yes. And not a private duel, but a public duel so that anyone who wants to see can see."
"No. No matter what, that's..."
Ak Sang-gil reflexively shook his head.
Because he had seen my skills a little while ago, he would know that it would be a duel with no match.
"Young Master Unhwi. My sworn nephew and Young Master Unhwi will be no match for each other, so what's the point of having such a duel?"
"I'm doing it because they're no match. I have to teach them a lesson so that they know their place and don't try to harm anyone."
"......"
"I'm asking you this, holding back the urge to go to them right now and beat them until they can't use martial arts again. At least in a place where many people are watching, I won't be able to cripple them. You two know well that even if I go and kill them separately right now, you have nothing to say, don't you?"
The two martial artists' expressions hardened.
They seem to have finally realized that what I just said also applies to them.
"And if you grant my request, I'm thinking of not ntioning why you two were captured here to the Martial Alliance Leader... how about I tell him all the details of the reason?"
The two of them's faces turned pale.
Because they know well that they have committed an act they are not proud of, it would be sothing they would hate as much as death for this story to enter the ears of the Martial Alliance Leader.
"A-Alright. I'll try to arrange a place."
"I will also do it together. But... please don't be too harsh."
"Don't worry about that. And one more thing."
I said in a colder voice.
"This wasn't just a plan between the two of them, was it?"
"W-What do you an by that?"
"It wasn't a plan between the two of them...?"
"There's no one in this Kaifeng who doesn't know that Seo Mun-jong-tak is the one who is practically leading Ak Sang-cheol and Jin Seol-woo, so it's no use pretending you don't know."
"......"
"......"
"Seo Mun-jong-tak will also have to go up to that duel stage. The three of them having a duel with in a public place. That is the condition for to save you two from here."
The two of them looked at each other once and then hurriedly opened their mouths.
"How can we put the scion of the Seo Mun family on the duel stage?"
"It is beyond our authority, Young Master!"
I, with a bitter smile, imdiately answered, "Shouldn't you two be thinking about that thod now? Whether you kidnap Seo Mun-jong-tak and put him on the duel stage, or you grab the pants of soone with a considerable position within the Seo Mun family, like Seo Mun-wang-ryang."
"......!"
"......!"
When the na Seo Mun-wang-ryang ca out of my mouth, the two of them's eyes widened.
They must not be sure if I'm saying that knowing sothing.
Think. Think more.
I'm not going to say any more here.
The content I haven't said can only be filled with their imagination.
My skills that they have seen with their own eyes, and my bluff that I am related to the Martial Alliance Leader. And if my current confident attitude is achieved, it is highly likely to bring the result I want.
'I'm not planning to leave you two alone either.'
And there are plenty of opportunities to deal with these two later.
I was like that in my past life, but in this life as well, I have no intention of leaving those who bite alone.
(End of Chapter)
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