"Dragon Lord. It seems Han Cheong-yu and Ju-hyeong are joining hands to stir up trouble."
When Hyeon-gu reported the two's movements, Jaekyung paid it no mind. He trusted that neither of them were foolish enough to do something reckless. Before long, that trust proved well-founded.
As usual, when he checked the spirit stones they had sent, the amount was more than half again what it had been before. Whatever those two were up to, it seemed to be going quite well.
"Ju-hyeong and Han Cheong-yu have teamed up to plunder the sects and cultivator families of the Southern Region water territory."
Through Hyeon-gu's report, Jaekyung got a rough picture of what they were doing. Han Cheong-yu provided detailed information from within, and Ju-hyeong acted on that intel. They robbed merchant ships and transport vessels, of course, and sometimes even landed on islands to raid market squares.
In the past, even with inside information, it would have been impossible for a mere water bandit like Ju-hyeong to cause such a large stir. But now, times were special. The conflict between the two Golden Core sects had shaken powers and mountain sects everywhere, leading to unrest across the human territories, and public order was extremely unstable.