Chapter 295: Chapter 295

Jeok Mu-seong flinched.

That was because Dan Woo-hyun’s gaze was that fierce.

Furthermore, beside Dan Woo-hyun stood Namgung Cheon and Sado Hak, those staying in this family residence, and sharp gazes were fixed upon him as if he were being interrogated.

It was a tremendous burden for Jeok Mu-seong.

Since Dan Woo-hyun alone was not enough and even Namgung Cheon and Sado Hak kept their places, it was unavoidable for him to feel intimidated for no reason.

Although they were fellow Five Emperors, Jeok Mu-seong knew best himself that his skill fell short of Namgung Cheon or Sado Hak.

In addition, fighting them in a situation where his internal energy was depleted was truly equivalent to committing suicide.

Therefore, Jeok Mu-seong had no choice but to be tense.

“So what is the reason you came to this place?”

Finally breaking the long silence, Dan Woo-hyun spoke.

Simultaneously, an overwhelming energy assaulted his entire body.

A pain as if squeezing his entire body was felt strongly, and his head became all jumbled up.

Frowning at the pain without realizing, he composed his breathing.

“That… I do not… really know either…”

“You fellow, have you lost your mind? What do you mean you do not know when you came here on your own two feet?”

Sado Hak pressed him with an incredulous expression.

Jeok Mu-seong was someone already declared dead by the world. There was no one who did not know of the rebellion of the Unorthodox Faction, and neither were there those who believed he was alive.

That such a person was alive and well was also surprising, and it had to be seen that there was a special reason for his coming to the Hunan Dan Family of all places.

Wondering if he was drawing something bad to the family residence, Namgung Cheon and Sado Hak looked at Jeok Mu-seong with wary expressions.

“I… I really do not know. I just moved because I felt like I blindly had to come here.”

At that single statement, Dan Woo-hyun frowned.

Although his expression looked as if he had already realized something, he did not reveal it outwardly, only letting out a sigh and shaking his head.

In his expression that he tried to hide, it was clear that something was not to his liking.

“Tell me what happened.”

The moment Dan Woo-hyun’s voice dug into his ears, Jeok Mu-seong’s pupils blurred briefly and then returned to their original form.

Noticing that, Sado Hak watched Jeok Mu-seong with a peculiar expression.

“They were a bizarre group. They were people who appeared wearing blood-red robes. They suddenly infiltrated the interior of the Martial Emperor Castle and began to kill people indiscriminately.”

Recalling the events of that time, Jeok Mu-seong trembled all over. At first, he thought it was just fearless punks running amok.

Because they were wearing clothes he had never seen before, and their number could not be said to be that large either.

However, from some point, the martial artists of the Unorthodox Faction began to betray, and in the end, their number multiplied several times over.

The entire situation was as if it had been planned from the start.

Since there was no way the high-level executives of the Unorthodox Faction would suddenly betray.

Among them, there were those who stood out exceptionally: ten ghosts wearing red long robes.

They every single one of them possessed martial arts that surpassed Jeok Mu-seong.

“There are ten of such monsters?!”

Startled, Sado Hak sprang up from his seat and shouted.

Jeok Mu-seong nodded with a small groan.

As if he did not want to recall the nightmare-like time of that day, his face was pale.

“So you ran away instead of dying proudly…”

Dan Woo-hyun looked at Jeok Mu-seong with an incredulous expression. The fact that there were ten people comparable to the Five Emperors was indeed surprising.

If there were those with such overwhelming strength, overturning the Martial Emperor Castle would have been extremely easy. Especially since there were even those who helped from the inside.

From Jeok Mu-seong’s perspective, it must have been unavoidable.

“But surviving is not necessarily a disgrace.”

Subsequently, Dan Woo-hyun smirked and muttered.

In this Martial World, the survivor was the victor.

Although the unidentified figures had achieved their goal, in the end, it was equivalent to having left behind a spark like Jeok Mu-seong.

“Be that as it may, the situation itself seems somewhat serious. Ten people comparable to the Five Emperors…?”

Namgung Cheon groaned and muttered.

The Five Emperors meant the absolute masters counted in the Central Plains. Since masters of their level had not existed until now, that balance had not been broken, but the appearance of as many as ten absolute masters was indeed a shocking situation.

Where on earth did so many people spring up from?

Namgung Cheon’s eyes grew increasingly deep.

“I will verify as quickly as possible.”

Zhuge Un quickly bowed his head and moved.

This matter was not limited simply to the Unorthodox Faction. The appearance of such a large number of absolute masters in force meant that a crisis might come to the entire Martial World, including the Orthodox, Unorthodox, and Demonic factions.

“Blood-red robes… blood-red robes…”

Just then, Jang Sam-tae muttered as if pondering something. Although it was a small sound, it was not to the extent of being inaudible, and people’s gazes turned toward him.

“Are they people you know?”

The first to ask was none other than Namgung Cheon.

Since this happened when the situation of the Orthodox Faction was already bad, from his perspective as a former Martial Alliance Leader, it was quite a concerning matter.

However, Jang Sam-tae shook his head vigorously with a startled expression.

“N… No, sir. How could I know such a thing? Ha. Ha.”

Jang Sam-tae denied it in an awkward tone as if watching someone’s reaction. However, that rather seemed to stimulate others’ suspicion.

‘Could it be…’

Soon, something flashed through people’s minds.

Everyone’s gazes turned to Dan Woo-hyun in an instant.

Although he did not utter a single word, they thought that perhaps he was involved.

Dan Woo-hyun indifferently received all the gazes with a calm face.

“What?”

“You, by any chance, the excursion you went on last time. When the two of you went together…”

Namgung Cheon wore a suspicious expression.

He stared at Dan Woo-hyun, sending a look full of doubt.

“What is it?”

“Where did you go?”

“Mount Changbai.”

“Wh… What did you do there?”

Dan Woo-hyun looked at Namgung Cheon. He smirked as if he had grasped the intention of his question to some extent.

“I did nothing.”

“…”

At the boldly spat out words, Jang Sam-tae shut his mouth tightly.

‘What do you mean you did nothing…’

From the perspective of Jang Sam-tae, who had never seen such a sight in his life, it was a statement so absurd it made him snort.

‘Besides, if they are blood-red robes, they are the ones who ran away back then.’

When they roamed around searching Mount Changbai, countless people screamed and fled from the place Dan Woo-hyun had smashed.

He suspected that they were probably the culprits behind this attack on the Martial Emperor Castle.

‘If I speak… I will die, right?’

Believing that if he rained on his parade while he was lying so boldly it would not end well, Jang Sam-tae shut his mouth tightly.

“Is it perhaps your doing?”

As even Sado Hak wore a peculiar expression, Dan Woo-hyun smirked.

Setting down the teacup he had brought to his lips, he stood up.

“I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.”

Dan Woo-hyun slowly began to move toward his quarters, still playing innocent. His back looked quite composed, but his slightly quickened steps made it look as if he were fleeing.

Everyone stared at Dan Woo-hyun and then looked at Jang Sam-tae.

‘It seems like it is that fellow?’

‘Undoubtedly…’

‘Is it indeed the Dan Family Head’s doing.’

Gazes full of certainty were sent from here and there. That was how bizarre Dan Woo-hyun’s behavior was.

Zhuge Un held his head and sighed.

He wondered if this family residence was indeed the center of all troublesome matters.

Just then, Jang Sam-tae quietly checked the mood and stood up.

“Hehehe, this servant will take his leave. Since there are things left to clean…”

Jang Sam-tae thought he must leave this place immediately. Because if he happened to mention what had occurred there, it would not end well.

“Wait a moment.”

Flinch!

Jang Sam-tae trembled and turned his head.

He saw Sado Hak with his eyes raised. He was projecting intense pressure to make him spill everything that had happened.

“W… Why are you doing this, sir?”

“Sit down.”

“Hehe, this servant has work to…”

“Sit.”

“I refuse, sir.”

Jang Sam-tae was filled with the thought that he must never remain in this spot. For he was the one who knew everything Dan Woo-hyun had done that day.

If Sado Hak and Namgung Cheon made up their minds to make him open his mouth, he would be forced to tell everything in full.

He absolutely wanted to avoid that.

“Hahaha, why act like that? We are just asking you to sit and chat a bit.”

“Hehe, please share a lot of conversation. This servant knows nothing.”

Sado Hak’s and Namgung Cheon’s eyes sparkled.

Jang Sam-tae, who was breaking into a cold sweat, was undoubtedly hiding something.

A circumstance sufficient to think that what occurred at the Martial Emperor Castle was the aftermath of Dan Woo-hyun’s actions.

However, besides that, Jang Sam-tae seemed to know something.

They would pry it out of him.

The gazes of the two shone coldly.

“Follow me for a moment.”

Just then, Sado Hak stood up.

Simultaneously, Jang Sam-tae swiftly performed lightness art and fled.

“Look at this fellow?”

Sado Hak and Namgung Cheon pursued Jang Sam-tae at the same time.

* * *

The expression of the one looking down at the assembly was not good.

Although he sat in the highest seat of honor, his strength was miserably weak compared to others.

There was no dignity of a ruler nor the momentum of a conqueror.

Yet everyone was sitting kneeling at his feet.

Without exception, they were those possessing power that could pierce the heavens.

The true power of the Blood Demon that had been spread all over the Central Plains.

Their gazes somehow looked vacant, and they lowered themselves even further with bowed heads as if pledging absolute loyalty to the person in front of them.

The man sitting in the seat of honor swallowed saliva and adjusted his breathing.

‘I…’

His lord whom he could no longer find or see.

Those who had originally knelt before him were now kneeling before himself, pledging absolute loyalty.

Since he was Man Hu-ryang, who did not know a single thing about martial arts, this situation was extremely uncomfortable.

[Shall I let you seek revenge?]

It was still vivid in his ears.

He remembered clearly that someone had whispered those words to him.

However, who it was or what they looked like did not come to his mind in the least.

Man Hu-ryang frowned.

The more he thought, the more his head ached.

‘However…’

There was no need to think badly of it.

He had gained power and would achieve his lord’s revenge.

With only that, Man Hu-ryang was satisfied and could smile.

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