Chapter 49
All told, nearly two months had passed before he finally returned to the clan.
Even after traveling such a long road and sleeping under the open sky, Yang-hwi found himself dragged straight into a council of the family elders.
‘Ugh, my whole body is itching. I wanted to take a bath first and see how much my little brothers have grown.’
Yet there was no helping it. The moment Manager Han heard the words “twenty thousand taels,” his eyes had practically turned into gold coins, and he had scooped Yang-hwi up and bolted straight to the family head’s office.
“Family Head! Young Master Hwi has brought back a fortune once again!”
“Hwi, you’ve returned.”
Yang-hwi looked at his father, his eyes widening slightly.
He had assumed his father was still in closed-door cultivation, but was he out already?
Come to think of it, his father’s presence was extraordinary. While the quantity of his stored internal energy had not surged dramatically, there was an unmistakable transformation in its quality.
‘He has broken through to the First-rate Realm.’
Indeed, he had. Baek Mu-ryang had long ago shattered the limits of the clan’s Third-rate martial arts to step into the Second-Rate Realm, only to languish in stagnation for years. Now, at last, he had become a master of the First-rate Realm.
“Congratulations on your achievement, Father!”
“Haha, you recognize it at a glance, as always.”
A proud smile spread across Baek Mu-ryang’s face as he spoke.
