Chapter 112 The Truth (1)
Even before Jie Shang began speaking, Gu Yang Jie reflexively activated the Zha Ha Xing Gong.
Partly to monitor his surroundings, but also because he still didn’t know what thoughts Jie Shang harbored.
He might launch a surprise attack while Gu Yangji was focused on the story.
‘With Jie Shang’s skill, it would be entirely possible.’
The wariness that flashed through Gu Yangji’s mind sharpened his senses.
A bitter expression flickered across Jie Shang’s face as he sensed this change.
But it couldn’t be helped.
To Gu Yangji, the Taishan Sword Sect was an untrustworthy outsider and a remote sect he’d never heard of.
‘When did things become like this?’
The lament sank deep into his wrinkles, hardening and drying.
His gaze sank inward.
When had it started?
The reason the once-glorious Taishan Sword Sect had been pushed into decline in just twenty years, forgotten even among fellow righteous sects.
Jie Shang’s lips began to move again.
* * *
‘Finally…!’
A Taoist, clad in a dust-whitened robe, gazed skyward with a look of profound emotion.
A full half-year.
That was the time the united alliance of great sects had spent battling the Demon Sect.
During that time, much blood had flowed, and many precious lives had been lost.
The Taoist recalled his deceased senior and junior brothers, yet he did not despair. He lifted his head resolutely.
“Was it Baek Dan-hyeon?”
At those words, the Taoist, Baek Dan-hyeon, turned his head to the right.
