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Chapter 84: The Place that the hidden message led me to (3)

Translator: hwarang

Editor: Kidyeon

I wasn’t nervous at all, despite there being a sword pointed at me.

I didn’t look at the blade, but directly looked into Sim Hw.a.n.g’s eyes.

At that point, someone entered the room and said, “You’re right. An invitation card is used to invite people.”

It was the lord of the Chu manor, Chu Do Chi. Although he’d shown his warmth and compa.s.sion in front of all those people, in this room he was showing off his coldness and sharpness. It was as if his evil twin had shown up.

“Take off your hat.”

“I don’t want to.”

Sim Hw.a.n.g flinched at what I said. He looked as if he wanted to killed me right now, but couldn’t due to lord Chu’s arrival.

He proceeded to warn me with a cold look in his eyes, “You should watch out. I’m the type of person who only gives one warning, and you used that warning when I drew my sword.”

However, Chu Do Chi stopped him. “Stand down.”

Sim Hw.a.n.g withdrew his sword, but he still seemed to have his suspicions about me.

Afterwards, Chu Do Chi proceeded to give me a warning as well, “You should be careful. You only have one chance.”

I could only smile. Who would have thought that such a situation would be awaiting me at the place that the hidden message had led me to.

“You still don’t want to show me your face? It’s not like you’re a pretty boy. You think too much of yourself.”

“It’s not like you’re hunting a pig.”

Chu Do Chi started laughing and said, “Hahaha. I guess you’re right. Alright, since you have the skills to decode the message on the invitation card, you’re already qualified. However, the original owner of that invitation card is already dead. How do you have it?”

“Because I was the one that killed him.”

“Interesting. Then who might you be?”

“Just think of me as someone who couldn’t stand the kidnapping of young girls.”

Chu Do Chi looked at me with a pair of cold eyes, but he didn’t say anything, as I was hiding my ki.

“After I killed Jo Byuk, I found this invitation card by luck, and it brought me here. Now then, let me ask you a question. What is this place?”

Chu Do Chi smiled. “As you’ve seen, we have many guests today since it’s my birthday. But you’re one of my special guests.”

“Pray tell.”

“I sent out invitations to those who shared the same ideals as me. I told them not to come if they didn’t want to. Those that are here share the same ideals as I do. Although you might have come here due to your curiosity, I have a feeling that it was the work of fate.

“How many people received this invitation?”

“Why do you ask?”

“Will you tell me how many people you invited?”

After a moment, Chu Do Chi answered, “Seven in total.”

“I’m worried about the four that aren’t present.”

Chu Do Chi smiled at my comment as if he’d expected this response from me.

“If you’re worried, why don’t you consider yourself lucky that you’re still alive?”

He said this both as an a.s.surance, as well as a warning.

“I plan to change this Kang Ho.”

“How?”

“To a Peaceful Kang Ho. To an uncorrupt Kang Ho. Thus, I’m gathering people. Not some Kang Ho ruled by the Old, but to a new Kang Ho ruled by people like you.”

I smiled.

“Why are you smiling?”

“You want to make a Kang Ho that isn’t ruled by the old, yet you don’t seem too young yourself.”

Chu Do Chi stared at me, but didn’t show his true intention. “That’s why I invited you.”

“Let’s talk for real. You want to rule the Kang Ho?”

“If you follow the lord, you’ll naturally come to understand his wish.”

“Let’s say that I come to understand your wish. What do I get out of it in the end?”

“Power.”

Receiving Chu Do Chi’s signal, one of his subordinates brought three boxes over.

There was a pill inside of each box.

“A Great Firmament Pill. You’d be able to receive thirty years of internal energy with this.”

The other two’s eyes twitched.

In times like these, where medicines such as these were rare, obtaining such medicine was definitely a blessing.

But that wasn’t all.

“I also want to gift you a high tier martial arts.”

Chu Do Chi said to the other two, “If you can kill him, you can also get his Great Firmament Pill.”

This was a world where the strongest survived. With two Great Firmament Pills, one could obtain sixty years worth of internal energy.

However, the two of them were a bit hesitant since they didn’t know my true skill. Seeing that I was talking to Chu Do Chi like it was nothing had gotten on their mind.

In the end, however, this was too great of a chance for them to give up.

One of the two moved and aimed his sword at my chest.

I easily dodged it, grabbed his wrist, and pulled him towards me. When his body got close to mine-

Sik!

I inserted a hidden weapon into his throat.

“Uaahhh!”

He collapsed after screaming.

The other man instantly said, “I’ll be content with just my own.”

The other man walked towards one of the chests and grabbed a Great Firmament Pill.

I looked at him and said, “Are you sure that that’s really the Great Firmament Pill?”

He became hesitant.

“Think about it. If you had the choice to rule the Kang Ho, but in the middle of the room are a couple of Great Firmament Pills, would you choose to eat it to raise your cultivation or would you watch others eat them?”

The man looked at me with a cautious expression.

s.h.i.+ng!

The man suddenly fell down.

Chu Do Chi held a blade that was dripping with blood.

It seems like he’s an expert who’s a level above Sim Hw.a.n.g.

“You’ve ruined today’s business. Kill him.”

As if he was waiting, Sim Hw.a.n.g and his men released their killing intent.

s.h.i.+ng!

I threw a hidden weapon at him. However, Sim Hw.a.n.g dodged easily.

But my true aim wasn’t to kill him.

Right after I threw, it I ran towards him