Chapter 107 Prelude
It was about half a shichen before Gakwon entered and announced the start of the Martial Alliance Assembly.
Peng Ja-ryeong, who had arrived early and taken his seat in the Muwon Hall conference room, exchanged brief greetings with those he knew.
Peng Ja-ryeong rarely participated in external events, so more than half of the attendees were strangers to him. Still, he recognized almost everyone from the Seven Great Clans.
‘The Xuanyuan Clan sent their Third Elder again, just like last time. They’re still as uninterested in the Martial Alliance as the Maoshan Sect. The Tang Clan is similar. Did the Ak Clan Head come personally?’
Peng Ja-ryeong’s gaze drifted towards a person in a unique scholar’s robe amidst the sea of martial robes and long robes in the conference room.
‘Is the Zhuge Clan busy cleaning up after the last war? They sent someone I’ve never seen before.’
It wasn’t the Clan Head, nor the Chief Steward who was the Clan Head’s younger brother, nor the Commander of the Soaring Cloud Unit, their primary martial force.
They could have sent one of the Clan Elders, yet they sent someone around Peng Ja-ryeong’s age. What’s more, he wasn’t even a direct bloodline member. Peng Ja-ryeong had met the direct bloodline members of the Zhuge Clan before. While faces could change in five years, for this much of a difference, they would have had to use a Disguise Technique.
‘And Murong…’
