Chapter 82 Martial Alliance (4)
“When did you finish your drink?”
Namgoong Cheon calmed his agitated heart and asked with pure curiosity.
He had thought everything within his range, from the faintly settling intangible energy to Gu Yangjeok’s slightest movements.
But what was this now-empty cup?
It was something he hadn’t anticipated, just like a moment ago.
This time, however, surprise and admiration outweighed his anger.
As Namgoong Cheon watched with a curious gaze, Gu Yangjeok was lost in other thoughts.
‘…Still, he won’t accept it. A man like that.’
Though they had only met briefly, Gu Yangjeok could already discern something of Namgoong Cheon’s character.
Not someone fixated on minor details like pure martial arts or scholarship, but one who surveyed the grand chessboard.
In that sense, Huashan was a sect burdensome to admit into the alliance.
Admitting them now would be like stamping mud on the carefully constructed structure of the newly formed Martial Alliance – hardly something to welcome.
They could be treated with respect, but given no real say.
That must have been the admission proposal Namgoong Cheon had presented.
Thus, Gu Yangji made his choice.
To shatter the board.
To shave one face of the dice, transforming a six-sided die into a seven-sided one.
If that failed, he intended to put on a show of strength, exaggerating non-existent merits.
In that process, Gu Yangji gained Zhuge Xian’s favor and, coincidentally, fought against the provoking enemy Shi Shaoheng.
