Ak Su-rim smiled brightly."I''m going to cut off the head of the Zhuge Clan Leader."


    The gray stone walls of Wonpyeong Ilgeomjang trembled with an eerie echo.


    Her cheerful voice carried the weight of thunder. A supreme master known as the Reborn Hidden Dragon. He had been exiled, but he was still one of the Eight Clan Leaders.


    As an absolute force of the martial world, his name had resounded for decades.


    Jeong Yeon-shin asked, almost reflexively.


    "The Zhuge Clan Leader?"


    "Yes."


    "Why?"


    "Seems like he''s trying to establish a new sect. Quite the heresy. And far too discreet about it." She tilted her head slightly. "You''ve heard the rumors that Yeoryeong is trying to unify the Thirteen Heavens, haven''t you? Looks like the Zhuge Clan Leader has one foot in that mess. A massive threat."


    "How did you find out?"


    "White-level intelligence from the Myeongryu Corps. They’re from a ruined noble house, so they''ve seen the highs and lows of the world." She tapped her temple. "There are no major sects worth keeping an eye on in Shanxi, so we had a lone agent stationed there under an assumed identity."


    "Assumed identity?"


    "A tutor from the Gongya Family. Currently teaching their eldest daughter as a part of a secondary objective." Sёar?h the ηovelFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.


    "Gongya… There''s one in Ma Gwang-ik too."


    "You mean Gongya Mi-ryeong of the Deep Chivalrous Fist? Yeah, I know. They''re sixth cousins. Not particularly relevant. The martial world is big enough to make you cough up blood, yet still small in strange ways. Even more so among the upper class."


    Ak Su-rim shook her head and continued.


    "If you win at the Shanxi Martial Arts Tournament, you get recognized as a joint successor of both the Zhuge Clan Leader and the First Fist of the Eon Clan."


    Jeong Yeon-shin frowned. "That''s not something just anyone can claim."


    "Exactly. The rumors are only circulating among a select few local landowners. But the Total Command Bureau has already cross-verified it through several sources. They say it''s pretty reliable."


    "I thought the intelligence network in Bonseong had fallen behind significantly."


    "The Zhuge Clan Leader recently surfaced in Shanxi for a brief moment. We don’t know what he''s scheming yet, but..."


    Ak Su-rim stretched, letting out a low groan before flashing a crooked grin.


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