Chapter 74 Departure (4)
As both Jin Muwol and Gu Yangjeok seemed poised to let the matter drop without a word, Baek Danhyun urgently blurted out.
“First, haven’t you remained silent even to the Martial Alliance’s demands until now? If you send the enemy alone at this point…”
“Disciple, you speak.”
Jin Muwol turned to Gu Yangjeok and asked.
“Is there any issue with traveling outside?”
Gu Yangjie hesitated briefly before answering.
“None.”
“Or perhaps… any dishonorable matters or unresolved incidents?”
“None of those either.”
As if questioning if there were further problems, Jin Muwol turned to look at Baek Danhyun.
Baek Danhyun let out a long sigh.
“…Huh.”
He couldn’t easily accept it.
Sending Gu Yangjie to the Martial Alliance wasn’t inherently bad. It offered not only experience in the martial world but also an opportunity for late-stage cultivators to build camaraderie.
‘But this time, isn’t the situation different?’
A full twenty years ago.
After the battle with the Gu Demon Sect, the Huashan Sect had lived quietly, cultivating the Way.
They believed cultivating the Tao in the Huashan Mountains was the pure path, superior to the martial world that pursued killing.
So they lived without contact. Even when the Martial Alliance expressed disappointment, they steadfastly remained silent.
Occasionally, they attended gatherings like the Nine Dragon Assembly once or twice.
Even then, he attended not as a member of a sect belonging to the Martial Alliance, but as a guest.
