“To add one more thing, I was brought here as a hostage by the esteemed Underworld Blade King.”
‘!?’
For a moment, the Underworld Blade King, Son Yun’s expression stiffened. To reveal a critical weakness that could spark rumors, and with his own mouth? What in the world was he thinking?
Even if this was outside the main headquarters, this place was still the territory of the Heaven and Earth Society, and everyone here belonged to the Society.
To reveal this within the Heaven and Earth Society—who had vied with the righteous path for hegemony in the martial world for so long that calling them cat and dog was an understatement; they were mortal enemies—was a truly foolish choice. A murmur rippled through the crowd!
‘A righteous path member?’
‘Righteous path?’
Whispers spread from all corners, and the atmosphere instantly became heated. The other trainees were no different. Mu Jang-yak and Mo Ha-rang of the Ensnaring Flower Room, who had been forced to swear allegiance to Mok Gyeong-un, could not hide their shock either.
They glared at him with expressions of utter disbelief. At the very least, they had thought that even if Mok Gyeong-un was unknown, he must have come from a small or medium-sized faction under the Heaven and Earth Society. But the righteous path?