Chapter 60: Divine Sword Of King Shura (2/2)

“It wasn’t Ma Bong Gi but Sa Ma Chun. It seems that he sent some people to Ghostly Eye Palace, and The Thousand Crossroads Guild as well.”

“So he wants to make us compete with one another.”

“That’s what it seems like.”

“Scheming rats, like master like servant. I am worried about the future of Kang Ho.” Elder Bing made an exhausted expression.

The Heavenly Net Guild, The Ghostly Eye palace, and the Thousand Crossroad guilds were the three largest information guilds in all of Kang Ho. Since these three guilds controlled most of the information in Kang Ho they were one of the major powers of Kang Ho.

When Chun Ha Jin was still alive, he would always give them face and summon all three of them at once. Most of the agreements would take place after various talks with the members of the True Heart Sect, then move up to Chancellor Kal, and then finally to the mengju.

Now however, they were just being directly summoned without any choice. They were not getting the respect that they once received.

Staring down at the tea cup, Ban Suh Jung's eyes were lonely as ever.

“Have you heard any news about that person?”

Ban Suh Jung looked up curiously, but she already knew who he was referring to.

Elder Bing said it as he if she didn’t already know, “About the previous chancellor.”

“I heard that he was demoted to a regular advisor.”

She said it as if that was all she knew, but she knew much more. Since she had close ties with the people of True Heart Sect she knew that he was being hara.s.sed by Sa Ma Chun, and that Sa Ma Chun was looking for the King Shura’s Divine Sword.

“He will… endure it well. Since he is a strong person.”

She already knew that Kal Sa Ryang had feelings for her and she didn’t hate it. However, Kal Sa Ryang never truly opened his heart to her. Would the situation be different if he confessed his feelings for her? It could be.

Elder Bing knew the feelings that these two had for each other. ‘This frustrating pair!’

However, he knew that he couldn’t get involved with their affairs.

Then one of their subordinates came in disguised as a customer, “It seems like you have to go to headquarters right now.”

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After about an hour of waiting at the headquarters, a woman appeared with an elderly man.

I knew who it was, it was the manager of the Heavenly Net Guild.

“I heard that you are here to sell some very important information?”

Although she sounded and looked different from normal I knew that she was the manager, but she didn’t know who I was. I applied a new face-alteration mask and changed my voice.

“Yes I am.”

Although information merchants usually sold information, there were occasions where they would also buy information.

“So this information is something that the late Mengju left behind?”

“Yes. A piece of writing that had never been revealed.”

This was the reason why she personally came here.

I took out the paper.

“It’s the previous Mengju, Chun Ha Jin’s writing.

“How do you know it belonged to Chun Ha Jin?”

“I am sure that you would know if it was his writing.”

“Can you allow us to verify it?”

“Of course.”

An elderly man entered the room.

I folded the paper and only showed the first few lines. The old man brought a magnifying lens and compared his note with mine.

After some time, the old man nodded and retreated. This meant that it was Chun Ha Jin’s writing.

Of course it would be. Since I personally wrote it and brought it here. I just made some alterations so that it looked old.

“I must see it to see how much it is worth. Will you allow me to see it?”

“Yes. I trust the Heavenly Net Guild. I am sure you will not try to betray my trust.”

“Don’t worry.”

I gave the paper to the old man. Then he put the paper on a tray and gave it to the manager. After reading the paper she was surprised.

I put something related to martial arts. It wasn’t anything important. It was just a piece of my Ashura Soul Chasing Sword Art that I changed so that it was irrelevant.

But the important part was this.

…I was unable to achieve my life goal, the Spirit Sword State. Now I am going to get rid of my friend, the King Shura’s Divine Sword, that has accompanied me for countless years so that I can find a new approach to reach the Spirit Sword State. I am leaving everything to fate. The reason why I am leaving this note behind is because this marks the end of a chapter of my life…

I wrote about how I got rid of King Shura’s Divine Sword. I knew that Kal Sa Ryang had feelings for Ban Suh Jung, and that was the reason why I visited the store ran by her. Since I believed she had feelings for him as well, I a.s.sumed that she knew what was happening with Kal Sa Ryang.

Thus, I will leave this piece of information with her so that she could somehow give pa.s.s it along to Sa Ma Chun, so that it can be used to get Kal Sa Ryang out of his bind. Since she already had the paper it was their information now.

Even if she didn’t do what I expected, it wouldn’t matter since I will pa.s.s this to Sa Ma Chun as well.

“How much will you buy this information for?”

“Ten thousand nyang”

She didn’t ask where I got this from. Since that was part of their code.

I really didn’t want her money, rather, I wanted to give her money. However I could not make it too obvious.

“No, give me fifteen thousand nyang.”

“This information is worth ten thousand nyang.”

I tried all sort of acts to try bargain with them but in the end, I gave up.

“Alright, I’ll sell it for ten thousand.”

“Thank you for being considerate.”

Sometime later, a man gave me a bag full of money. Just like the Shrouded City Merchants everything was done through traceless bank notes.

I didn’t know what she was going to do with it. All that I could hope for was her to pa.s.s along the information.

If Sa Ma Chun received information like this now, his suspicions could rise. However, since it was personally written by the previous mengju he would have to accept it. If he did that then Baek Pyo would be cleared of all suspicion and wouldn’t be bothered.

There could be some other variables that might come into play; however, this was the best solution that I thought of.

All I could do was throw it into the Heavenly Net Guild and hope that nothing bad will happen.

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