Light Novel: Volume 10 Episode 20
The Iron Sword Corps sent by the Jin family promised that they would get revenge on behalf of the patrol team. So they went ahead and killed all twelve warriors of the Snow Sword Manor responsible for attacking the patrol team.
During this process, no one from the Iron Sword Corps was injured.
The Snow Sword Manor immediately reacted to this.
They declared that they would avenge the dead.
The bloody cycle of vengeance began to roll.
It didn’t matter who started the fight first. This fight was bound to happen someday anyway.
It was a battle that both the Snow Sword Manor and the Jin family could not back down from.
Furthermore, they wouldn’t have to worry about Seong-un of the Shaolin Temple, meddling and interfering with their fight, since he ended up losing his life to an assassin.
As the fierce battle between the two factions continued day after day, countless people died, and the public sentiment became vicious.
Dozens of cities have become lifeless, and people have disappeared from the streets.
The fight between the two factions became the hot topic of many strong sects.
This is because for the first time in decades, two large sects of Jianghu clashed.
In terms of scale alone, neither the Snow Sword Manor nor the Jin family could be considered as one of the great sects. But if the number of warriors who joined to support them was added, it was safe to say that they could be a small great sect.
Many sects observed the fight between the two sects since they do not know how great the repercussions and consequences the fight would cause.
The atmosphere of the Jin family has changed a lot as they clashed with the Snow Sword Manor.
The somehow relaxed atmosphere before was nowhere to be found.
The warriors of the Jin family have already gone through several fierce battles.
The experience of having to face the cold corpses of their colleagues who they were together with until yesterday turned them into savage warriors.
It was the same with the warriors who came to support the Jin family.
The fight with the Snow Sword Manor was fiercer and terrible than they expected. Because of that, they started to harbor hatred and hostility towards the Snow Sword Manor.
They have now gone beyond helping the Jin family simply because of friendship. They themselves began to empathize with the Jin family in the fight against the Snow Sword Manor.
It was no longer just the Jin family’s fight.
As if it were their own business, they did their best to fight the Snow Sword Manor.
As the fierce battle continued day after day, good news flew into the Jin manor.
The Venerable Master of Heaven and Earth1 and Master of the Changing Peak Pavilion2 joined the Jin family.
Both of them were masters of great reputations in Jianghu.
The Venerable Master of Heaven and Earth is a master rumored to be a descendant of Guanyin Temple3, that had gone extinct a long time ago, while the Master of the Changing Peak Pavilion is the current master of the sect called Changing Peak.
When the two of them joined, the Jin family’s morale greatly increased
“Waaaa! The Iron Sword Corps are back!”
“Hurry up and give way!”
The warriors of the Jin family cheered at the return of the Iron Sword Corps.
The group that had the biggest contribution in the fight against the Snow Sword Manor is the Iron Sword Corps.
They always fought at the forefront.
They do not know how many people they have harmed or killed.
In the process, they become elites whom the Jin family could trust.
Even now, they were on their way home after killing dozens of warriors in the Snow Sword Manor. Seeing them soaked in blood, the people of the Jin family cheered.
They hurriedly cleared the obstacles blocking their way.
The Jin manor is not surrounded by a high wall like a Snow Sword Manor. This is because the Jin manor is so large that it’s impossible to build a wall. This also made it impossible to build a gate. For this reason, various barriers were erected on the road at the entrance of the village to prevent unauthorized people from going in.
In addition, fortification work was being carried out around the Jin manor.
A moat was built around the village with various traps installed. This was not simply to prepare for the invasion of the Snow Sword Manor, but also to prevent the infiltration of assassins.
Bo-kyeong still hasn’t left the Jin manor.
Seong-un’s body is stored in a vessel called Ice Jade Coffin.
The Ice Jade Coffin is a coffin made out of jade that emits cold air. It’s the only one of its kind.
Bo-kyeong wanted to preserve Seong-un’s body as much as possible, so the Jin family had no choice but to give him the Ice Jade Coffin.
Bo-kyeong guarded the Ice Jade Coffin containing Seong-un’s body. He did not leave it even for a moment.
It’s been several days since the war with Snow Sword Manor broke out, and Bo-kyeong is surviving on the minimum amount of food. His appearance was so pitiful that it could bring anyone to tears.
But no one dared to comfort or even approach him.
This is because a chill as terrible as the cold air from the Ice Jade Hall radiated from his body.
Only Namgung Wol would occasionally come and give him a meal.
“Maybe my friend will be the one to fall first.”
Namgung Wol let out a deep sigh.
Bo-kyeong was unable to forgive himself.
The night Seong-un was assassinated, he was unable to protect Seong-un because he was busy spending time with Namgung Wol.
As the days went by, Bo-kyeong kept getting thinner. And there was even a murderous glint in his eyes.
Namgung Wol felt guilty about the sudden change in his friend.
All of this happened because Bo-kyeong was with him at the time of the accident.
“Hoo!”
Namgung Wol let out another deep sigh.
Until he arrived at the Jin family, he had no idea that the problem would be this serious.
He just came to help the family of his recently departed close friend, but he didn’t expect that the situation would turn out to be so complicated.
He was at a loss as to where to start unraveling the twisted thread.
At a time like this, he wanted to talk to someone.
At that time, there was someone who suddenly came to mind.
‘Pyo-wol!’
However, he had already been away for several days after Seong-un’s assassination.
Most people recognized him as just a man with a beautiful face, but those who knew even a little about his true identity suspected that he might be the assassin who killed Seong-un.
The attitude Bo-kyeong showed that day sowed the seeds of doubt in their hearts as well.
Namgung Wol and Oh Jugang thought it was impossible, but some people went around saying that Pyo-wol might be the culprit.
Maybe that’s also the reason why that at some point Pyo-wol also disappeared from the public eye.
* * *
Pyo-wol stood alone at the top of a tall tree.
The place he was stepping on was a thin branch the size of a child’s finger.
Every time the wind blew, the branches swayed and bent like they were about to break. Pyo-wol’s body shook as well. But Pyo-wol never lost his balance and fell from the branch.
When the branch swayed, he also let himself be swayed.
The wind blew his clothes and hair, but it didn’t throw him off balance.
Gggeuk!
At that time, a strange sound reached Pyo-wol’s ears.
It sounded like a big tiger scratching a tree with its claws.
The sound came from the tree trunk beneath his feet.
Something was crawling up the tree he was standing on.
Pyo-wol frowned the moment he saw it creep up little by little.
Pyo-wol was the type of person that rarely shows his emotions, but this time, he was really quite surprised.
Climbing the tree he was standing on was a doll the size of a three or four year old child.
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