Chapter 53 The Four Seasons Orb
The boat, which had been sailing down the seemingly endless Grand Canal, finally came to a halt.
“This is Zhenjiang. It’s one of the intermediate ports where the Huaiyang Canal ends and we transfer to the Jiangnan Canal.”
To say the journey was over would be an exaggeration; the Grand Canal still stretched far into the distance. For Namgung-woo and their companions, however, this was their destination.
The long, thirty-day journey by water was finally drawing to a close.
“The regions that the Jiangnan Canal passes through are heavily influenced by the Black Martial Alliance. Zhenjiang and Changzhou are considered neutral zones thanks to Nanjing and the Maoshan Sect, but beyond that, it’s entirely the Unorthodox Faction’s domain.”
Peng Ha-ryeong proudly displayed her knowledge as she watched the boat dock at Zhenjiang’s harbor from the deck.
Not to be outdone, Yang Kwae, who had picked up a lot of information here and there, added his own comment.
“They say it’s because the Nine Dragons Association in Hangzhou is one of the Black Martial Alliance’s Seven Great Sects. Though I’m not sure if it truly counts as a sect.”
The Nine Dragons Association was a formidable power in the Unorthodox Faction Martial World, based in Hangzhou.
It was a massive allied sect, reportedly founded by three major merchant guilds that drew in six other groups. Given its origins, the Nine Dragons Association was renowned for its unique style, functioning more as a merchant guild than a traditional Martial Sect, despite being one.
