Chapter 35

Ch. 35

King of Fist, Heads to the Murim Alliance 1

"The Murim Alliance has sent a summons."

Dan Wooseong received and read the letter that Lee Hwa-eon handed him. About ten days had passed since the Red Harvest Alliance was dissolved.

The letter's contents were simple.

Since they needed a direct witness regarding Gu Yangsheng whom the Emperor's Association had handed over, they requested that Dan Wooseong, who was at the center of the situation, personally appear before the Murim Alliance.

Lee Hwa-eon asked with a worried expression.

"Um, you must go, right?"

Dan Wooseong replied.

"It's right for me to go. They seem to be having difficulty with the judgment. It would be even more so because the Emperor's Association consists of three parties. However, I won't go right now."

"But it's the Murim Alliance, will that be alright?"

"Send a reply first. Say that threatening incidents have occurred at the merchant group so I cannot leave my position. Especially write that if the Gu Family comes in force, the merchant group's troops would have difficulty responding accordingly. If I must appear, tell them to send first-class martial artists from the Murim Alliance here. Then convey that I can go while the first-class martial artists guard the merchant group."

Lee Hwa-eon's expression finally brightened.

Having first-class martial artists stay couldn't stop all the masters of the martial world. However, first-class martial artists had symbolic meaning. Touching alliance members would mean becoming hostile to the Murim Alliance.

"I'll organize and send the letter."

Dan Wooseong nodded.

While the letter was delivered back to the Murim Alliance and first-class martial artists came to the Galaxy Merchant Group, Dan Wooseong planned to focus on training.

After taking the Empty Clear Stone Milk, he had repeated actual combat and training, but more time was needed.

It was gradually time to prepare for the next stage. Dan Wooseong hadn't relied solely on the White Lightning Ten-Stage Art.

To face the highest-level martial artists, he had to delve back into the supreme martial arts he had been obsessed with in his previous life. While upgrading the White Lightning Ten-Stage Art to the ninth and tenth stages, he planned to first retrain the Divided Heart Technique.

This was to deploy different martial arts with both hands.

The reason for learning the Divided Heart Technique was because of the ultimate technique called Transforming Flower Divine Art.

The core of combat was to alternately use the White Lightning Ten-Stage Art and Transforming Flower Divine Art with the Divided Heart Technique, or deploy them simultaneously.

The Transforming Flower Divine Art was a martial art derived from Transforming Flower Grafting, with not many moves but containing the mysteries of supreme ascension. Not only did it require deep inner qi, but it was more effective when used together with the White Lightning Ten-Stage Art.

Transforming Flower Grafting meant...

Taking a branch with blooming flowers and grafting it onto another tree.

The martial theory of Transforming Flower Divine Art included reversely utilizing the opponent's techniques, counterattacking, and returning their techniques back to them.

However, similar martial arts often existed in other sects and families to this extent.

The reason Dan Wooseong tried to master Transforming Flower Divine Art again was because the ultimate mystery was Vacuum Capturing.

In Transforming Flower Divine Art, this was expressed through the mystery of 'Flower Grasping,' which contained the rather peaceful meaning of 'grasping distant flowers.'

But it was supreme martial learning that required a very high level of inner qi. Moreover, it was an important ultimate technique that must be learned when competing with high-level masters who used weapons.

So the Divided Heart Technique became important again.

With his right hand, he would deploy attacks using the White Lightning Ten-Stage Art, and with his left hand, he would use Transforming Flower Divine Art to twist the trajectory of the opponent's weapons or even steal their weapons entirely.

For Dan Wooseong, such training was far more important than going to the Murim Alliance immediately.

No matter how much it was martial learning he knew from his previous life...

Dan Wooseong considered it important for his body to deploy it skillfully. Supreme martial learning obtained without feeling pain had a high possibility of making mistakes in critical moments.

Cheol Myeongho was busy, and General Manager Lee Hwa-eon would be busy too, but Dan Wooseong was also not wasting time.

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Dan Wooseong only set out toward the Murim Alliance after two months had passed.

The person accompanying him was just one.

A man named Bai Han-qing who belonged to the Murim Alliance. The man had only revealed his name to Dan Wooseong, and didn't tell him about his affiliated organization or position.

Of course, according to Dan Wooseong's request, masters from the Murim Alliance were staying at the Galaxy Merchant Group as if they were on a dispatch mission. They had also readily accepted Dan Wooseong's request, judging that attacks from the Gu Family might occur.

Dan Wooseong didn't talk much, and Bai Han-qing was also a man of extremely few words, so the two continued their silent martial arts journey.

The conversations they shared were at most...

"Let's eat before we go."

"Let's do that."

"Let's depart."

Only these three phrases were repeated. In a way, the man called Bai Han-qing could also be said to be quite peculiar. He wasn't particularly curious about the young master of the merchant group defeating Gu Yangsheng, the family head of a great clan.

He was just a blunt man faithful to his mission.

Since they had to take a boat, they didn't use horses, but there was also no urging to hurry by deploying lightness techniques.

However, Bai Han-qing was a man who constantly guarded and observed the surroundings even while returning. As if he had often been attacked.

Dan Wooseong just quietly watched even Bai Han-qing's way of guarding the surroundings.

The change in the mostly quiet martial arts journey of the two men came on the third day at broad daylight.

Bai Han-qing, who had been walking down an ordinary street, suddenly stopped and narrowed his brow while watching someone passing by.

"Lustful Guest?"

He was staring intently at a man walking with ordinary steps.

Bai Han-qing had necessarily memorized the physical descriptions and characteristics of criminals.

Dan Wooseong also followed Bai Han-qing's gaze and memorized the characteristics of the man who had turned his back. Then suddenly, Bai Han-qing's back also came into view.

The character for Alliance (盟) was written in bold calligraphy. Walking around with his identity exposed was also a declaration that those who were hostile to the Murim Alliance could attack anytime.

Bai Han-qing, who had been watching the man, spoke at length to Dan Wooseong for the first time.

"Stay nearby. I seem to have seen a wanted figure from the martial world criminals list. I'll either kill him or capture him."

Dan Wooseong asked.

"A demon path heretic?"

"That's right, but it's a guess. If he starts running when I follow him, he'll definitely be a criminal. I confirmed his uncomfortable expression when he passed by. He's a criminal with the alias Lustful Guest."

Then Dan Wooseong didn't need to stay still either.

"I'll chase after him."

At these words, Bai Han-qing looked at Dan Wooseong steadily.

"Do as you wish. I can't guarantee safety. Work comes first."

Dan Wooseong nodded.

Bai Han-qing suddenly shot up into the air and instantly stretched forward, stepping on building walls. Then the man who had been walking quite far away turned his head once and immediately fled.

Both the one fleeing and the one chasing were quite fast.

The martial world criminals list wasn't compiled primarily by the Murim Alliance, but other organizations could also send crime records and physical descriptions requesting registration. After investigators went out to verify, once registered as a Murim Alliance criminal, they could be executed on sight at any location.

Bai Han-qing didn't rule out the possibility of a trap, considering that the opponent wasn't wearing a human skin mask and had deliberately shown an uncomfortable expression. As the Murim Alliance handled matters more ruthlessly, the opposition's responses were also becoming more ruthless, and there were quite many demon path heretics who took pride in capturing and killing alliance members.

Nevertheless, Bai Han-qing didn't reduce his speed.

If the fleeing one was Lustful Guest, he had no intention of giving up. Several of Bai Han-qing's junior colleagues from the Murim Alliance had recently fallen victim as well. Having quickly left the busy thoroughfare, Bai Han-qing stopped his lightness technique himself.

This was because Lustful Guest, who had been fleeing for a while, turned around as if he had been waiting.

Lustful Guest had such disgustingly large eyes that it would be harder not to recognize his face.

Confirming that Lustful Guest's expression was calm, Bai Han-qing silently drew his sword while surveying the surroundings. The great young master of the Galaxy Merchant Group was nowhere to be seen, and One-Armed Middle-aged Blade Artists were approaching from the right and left sides.

As soon as Bai Han-qing saw the one-armed men, the situation became clearly understood.

The current Murim Alliance Lord had an eccentricity since his youth, preferring to cut off arms rather than kill opponents. There was never any detailed explanation about such eccentricity.

Judging by the quite advanced age of the middle-aged blade artists, it would be an old grudge. It wasn't anything new.

Bai Han-qing raised his sword vertically and said.

"Seniors, have you been well? If you're still breathing, you should rechallenge the Alliance Lord, so what is this pathetic display against a junior? Moreover, even the disgraceful act of using a martial world criminal as bait... In a way, it's natural that I don't know your renowned names."

It was sarcasm that their names weren't widely known because they lived in such a manner.

One of the one-armed blade artists smiled and replied.

"Cutting arms is the Alliance Lord's hobby, and sending the severed heads of alliance members to the Alliance Lord is also our hobby."

At that moment, these words flowed from a place a little distant from where the four people were confronting each other.

"Nice hobby."

Bai Han-qing looked at Dan Wooseong with somewhat widened eyes.

'Hm?'

He could understand immediately chasing after, but walking from the completely opposite direction was hard to understand. In an instant, Bai Han-qing and Dan Wooseong came to stand in a formation surrounding the three people.

The blade artist asked.

"Who are you? You don't seem to be an alliance member."

Could the question "Who are you?" be this welcome?

Dan Wooseong couldn't help but smile.

In the past, the masters of the martial world would have recognized the King of Fist first and either knelt down or fled immediately. But now, there was no way they would recognize some young great master of the Galaxy Merchant Group first.

Dan Wooseong replied in a calm tone.

"Someone whose hobby is beating you guys up."

Lustful Guest brought his hand to his mouth and stifled his laughter.

"Pfft... Ah, sorry. In front of the seniors..."

Lustful Guest bowed his head slightly to the two blade artists.

It seemed that Lustful Guest, who had accepted the one-armed blade artists' request, had lured the Murim Alliance member. However, Lustful Guest was subtly showing that he didn't fear anyone present here.

Lustful Guest smiled slyly and provoked the blade artists.

"Well, what trouble could there be with one more person added? I know the seniors' skills. Then, you four can amicably determine superiority and inferiority, and I have urgent business so I'll be going now."

When Lustful Guest tried to flee using the lightness technique he usually boasted about, Dan Wooseong suddenly asked this.

"Lustful Guest, are you going to masturbate?"

Lustful Guest's expression immediately contorted.

"What?"

Masturbation meant physical self-comfort. Since the alias Lustful Guest was infamy gained in relation to women, the question of whether he was going to masturbate was strangely unpleasant to hear.

Dan Wooseong said.

"Why are you getting so worked up? Never mind if not. A healthy man could do that."

Dan Wooseong was very skilled at handling demon path heretics.

Lustful Guest forced a smile and said.

"One Hand Twin Blade seniors, please give me this guy. He doesn't seem to be a Murim Alliance member anyway."

The blade artist replied.

"Do as you wish. And our alias isn't One Hand Twin Blade."

To this, Lustful Guest replied in a truly rude manner.

"I'm not interested in that."

"This impudent brat."

"Is that important right now?"

As Lustful Guest and One Hand Twin Blade moved as if taking positions, formations of two-on-one and one-on-one were created.

Bai Han-qing, who was tensely focused on capturing the demon path heretic, suddenly noticed Dan Wooseong's expression.

He always had a blunt expression, but now he was smiling with one corner of his mouth raised. It was the first smile he'd seen in three days.

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