Chapter 428: Chapter 428

“So it’s a process of eventually gathering in Hunan?”

Cheon Mu-gwang took in the sight of Yueyang seen from a distance.

Blood Heaven’s attack on Yueyang was something even Cheon Mu-gwang hadn’t thought of.

In truth, Man Hu-ryang’s actions felt somewhat unexpected. Running away and promising a future day would have been considered a wise action, but to gather all the financial power of the Myriad Gold Merchant Group and all the people of Blood Heaven to strike Yueyang?

Rather than Man Hu-ryang’s idea, it seemed like a situation intended by someone else.

Because of this incident, the Hunan Dan Family received the world’s attention, and as a result, whatever they did, many people would be watching them.

Every single one of their actions would enter the ears of countless people.

‘It’s like… an illusion… that they were aiming for something like this?’

Cheon Mu-gwang narrowed his eyes sluggishly.

It was none other than the Heavenly Martial Emperor who manipulated it from behind. Since he wasn’t stupid enough not to know that, it meant that in the end, every single aspect of this whole situation played right into the Heavenly Martial Emperor’s hands.

Clicking his tongue inwardly, he turned around.

The face of one person came to his mind.

‘Where did he go?’

The Heavenly Martial Emperor’s traces disappeared.

Although he was originally someone who hid his appearance without leaving any traces, this was the first time Cheon Mu-gwang knew of him disappearing so perfectly.

Thus, useless anxiety rushed in.

Clack-!

At that time, a strange sound was heard from behind.

A stream of cold sweat formed on Cheon Mu-gwang’s forehead and flowed down.

A sharp murderous intent felt from his back.

Also, he felt a chill as if it contained ten thousand years of cold snow.

“To think I’d meet you in a place like this. Do you really have nothing to do?”

“…You.”

He gave a side glance and looked behind.

There stood Namgung Ju-ryeon with a cold expression, her sword drawn. The gaze she sent towards Cheon Mu-gwang was boundlessly cold, and the tip of the sword didn’t have even an inch of trembling, as if representing her mind.

“You’re going to do it in a place like this? The person over there won’t leave it alone?”

“I’ll kill you!”

Namgung Ju-ryeon’s anger and excitement were not something anyone could stop. He had killed Tae Gong-jin, deceived Namgung Ju-ryeon with that face, and killed one of the Eight Immortals.

Cheon Mu-gwang stepped back at the swung blade.

Sharp.

A sword clearly different from Tae Gong-jin’s.

Unlike Cheon Mu-gwang or Tae Gong-jin, since she was a woman who had followed the Martial God since childhood and watched and learned that sword, she was actually the scariest woman and the one he didn’t want to deal with.

Slash!

Feeling his clothes getting cut, Cheon Mu-gwang swallowed a groan.

‘Is it unavoidable now that it’s come to this?’

Namgung Ju-ryeon did not think about stepping back.

He felt her will to definitely cut him down even if it meant dying together. Realizing that the situation was very bad, Cheon Mu-gwang raised his demonic energy.

‘Should I kill her?’

Chill-!

It was then.

From somewhere, an aura so strong that they couldn’t even breathe pressured the two people. Not only Namgung Ju-ryeon, who was swinging her sword, but even Cheon Mu-gwang, who showed his determination and tried to see the end, stiffened their entire bodies.

“This is…!”

Cheon Mu-gwang stepped back in surprise.

An alarm bell rang in his head.

He shouldn’t be in this place.

He would definitely die.

The moment the alarm bell of life violently struck and shook his head, there was only one action Cheon Mu-gwang could take.

“I’m sorry, but let’s see each other later.”

“Where do you think you’re going!”

Slash!

The blade grazed him.

However, it narrowly missed. Even though it became a sufficient situation to counterattack, Cheon Mu-gwang did not use his hands anymore and stepped back, throwing his body.

In an instant, his body disappeared into the darkness.

“Ugh…!”

Namgung Ju-ryeon, left alone in that place, collapsed.

She missed him right in front of her eyes once again.

She had determined to definitely kill him this time, but her hands trembled without her knowing as she missed him right in front of her eyes without achieving that fruit.

Namgung Ju-ryeon caught her breath and turned her gaze.

“Funny, isn’t it?”

* * *

“Are you okay?”

“Ah… Yes, I’m… I’m okay, Young Lady.”

Yeo Eun-wol seemed at a loss for words while looking at the unbelievably vast manor.

Even though this child’s family used to live just as well for a while, the manor wasn’t this spacious.

Since she even questioned whether she could really live in this place, even anxiety was revealed on her expression.

Perhaps reading that, Dan So-mi smiled brightly and held her hands.

“I am not. Young. Lady. Dan. So-mi.”

“B… But I’m a maid who serves the Young Lady…”

“Hmm…”

Dan So-mi frowned as if she didn’t like something.

When she stared at Yeo Eun-wol’s face intently, Eun-wol hurriedly lowered her head and covered her face, perhaps because of that gaze. She didn’t want to show her ugly appearance.

“P… Please don’t look.”

“Why, you’re pretty in my eyes…”

“…Aren’t I hideous?”

“Not at all?”

Dan So-mi sent a questioning gaze as if asking what she was talking about.

Being hideous didn’t refer to something like this.

Since she knew that fine-looking people engaged in and committed worse things, those were rather the people who could truly be called hideous.

“Besides, you’re continuously receiving treatment, so you’re gradually getting better, aren’t you?”

“T… That’s true, but…”

Yeo Eun-wol nodded her head.

While coming to this place, she drank decoctions and applied medicine. It was all thanks to the grace of the person named Dan Woo-hyun, and thanks to that, her appearance was definitely getting better than at first.

If she received treatment for a few more months like this, making the skin disease disappear wouldn’t even be an issue.

“I, I consider it gratefully.”

“Eung… I didn’t mean to hear those words…”

“Y… Young Lady… It’s time for you to train now, so…”

“Ah, yes, I get it.”

Dan So-mi nodded slightly.

Yeo Eun-wol was different from the other people living here.

For four hours a day, she received teachings from many people, including Dan Woo-hyun. She couldn’t know why she was learning such things, but she couldn’t dare to interfere with that time.

“It seems martial arts are fun…”

Dan So-mi, who was left alone, muttered.

For a time, while coming to this place, she had seen the sight of Yeo Eun-wol receiving training, and despite falling and bleeding, her gaze was so sharp and fierce that she couldn’t dare to tell her to stop.

That small child stood up.

Even when she was hit by the adults’ bloody wooden swords and swallowed groans and screamed, her eyes shone with the will to definitely become stronger.

From Dan So-mi’s perspective, she couldn’t understand it a bit.

“Is it strange?”

“Oh my, you startled me-!”

Dan So-mi, who was engrossed in thought, was startled and turned her head. There she saw Dan Woo-hyun standing absentmindedly and smiling, though she didn’t know since when he was there.

Dan So-mi, sweeping her startled chest, sent a sharp gaze.

“Please make some presence when moving around…”

“Haha, you speak like So-hye.”

“Hehehe.”

Dan So-mi, smiling brightly, dug into Dan Woo-hyun’s embrace. Whatever was so good about her father’s scent, she acted cute while sniffing like a puppy.

The unique scent and warmth felt from Dan Woo-hyun seemed to bring great relief to Dan So-mi.

“Why is Eun-wol trying to learn martial arts?”

“Because she wants to become stronger.”

“…?”

At the words of becoming stronger, Dan So-mi tilted her head as if puzzled. Dan So-mi also learned martial arts from Dan Woo-hyun sometimes, but whenever she did, she found it hard and whined.

She couldn’t understand why she wanted to become stronger to that extent.

“It’s because there are things she never wants to lose or be taken away again.”

“Things she doesn’t want to lose…”

Dan So-mi quietly stared at Dan Woo-hyun.

For this small child, what she didn’t want to lose the most was none other than Dan Woo-hyun. If something like what happened in the past were to happen again, she would never be able to endure it.

If so, was it the same for Yeo Eun-wol?

Dan So-mi tightly clenched her fists.

“Then I… want to become stronger too!”

“Haha! All of a sudden?”

“Strong enough to protect Dad…! I’ll become stronger!”

Dan So-mi was speaking sincerely.

The thought of wanting to become stronger and protect Dan Woo-hyun entered her mind. That was exactly the way not to repeat the events of the past, and it was also something she could do for Dan Woo-hyun, who always devoted everything for Dan So-mi.

Looking at that gaze, Dan Woo-hyun smiled without realizing it.

He reached out his hand and stroked her head.

“Alright, I’ll give everything of mine to you.”

“Yes! I’ll do my best!”

Because Dan So-mi was young, she didn’t know.

Just how incredible Dan Woo-hyun’s single word was.

An unparalleled person who would never exist again in the world.

A person followed by the words Number One in the World and Number One in All Ages.

If such a person was giving everything, it meant that Dan So-mi would inherit the true legacy of the Martial God.

If people who knew the Martial God a thousand years ago had heard this story, they would have been so surprised that they would lose their minds.

At that time, a fierce wind rushed around Dan Woo-hyun.

It seemed as if an aura bursting from somewhere turned into a wind and fluttered.

Dan Woo-hyun turned his head.

And then quietly stared somewhere.

Even though it was clearly a place where nothing could be seen, he gradually opened his eyes sluggishly.

Eventually, his aura burst out.

Dan So-mi seemed not to feel anything, but a mighty aura spread out to the point where everyone inside the manor would be terrified.

Sa Do-hak, who was drinking alcohol with Mu Cheon-pung, sprang up from his seat, and Mu Cheon-pung couldn’t stand up, perhaps having lost strength in his legs.

Jang Sam-tae dropped the bowl he was holding, and Mae Hyang trembled violently.

“Huh? Dad?”

At that time, Dan So-mi, who knew nothing, felt a sense of emptiness. She noticed that the collar of Dan Woo-hyun’s clothes she had been holding in her hand had disappeared.

Feeling that emptiness, she unknowingly turned her head and looked, but Dan Woo-hyun’s figure could not be seen anywhere.

As if he soared into the sky or sank into the ground.

Dan So-mi opened her eyes wide.

Since Dan Woo-hyun, who had been right in front of her eyes, suddenly disappeared, it was natural to be surprised.

“Really…”

However, she soon regained her composure.

She shrugged her shoulders with an unconcerned expression, as if seeing this wasn’t just once or twice.

She had a worried thought of whether something had happened somewhere again, but since it was none other than Dan Woo-hyun, he would be fine no matter what happened.

Dan So-mi, feeling relaxed, let out a small sigh and turned her steps.

Since Dan Woo-hyun disappeared, should she ask Sa Do-hak to play with her?

If not that, should she ask Jang Sam-tae to take her to Yueyang?

At the end of Dan So-mi’s gaze, who was having such thoughts, the figure of the White Tiger sleeping soundly was seen.

Perhaps feeling Dan So-mi’s gaze, the White Tiger stealthily opened its eyes. Upon confirming Dan So-mi’s playful eyes, it got up from its spot.

The moment it was about to hurriedly run away!

Dan So-mi, who had approached before it knew it, rushed in and embraced it in her arms.

“Where are you trying to go? Hehehe!”

The White Tiger, which wanted to sleep comfortably, made a sound like a cat and put on a crying face.

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