Chapter 537: Register of the Martial World (3)
The clearing was silent.
Not only the hundred Wudang masters who had encircled and isolated the pair of riders, but even Bukdo, who would occasionally mutter incomprehensible things, merely looked down from atop his horse.
“......”
The raggedly robed old Daoist and the peerlessly handsome youth. The deputy of the Divine Sword Hall silently waited for the Wudang Head Master, who had first spoken of rest.
There had been a similar moment in the distant past.
The former Head Master and the story of the unruly hero Ma Yeon-jeok. Among the great sects’ warriors, not one in the martial world was unaware of that incident.
Whenever people of such status clashed, the incident would inevitably become widespread, and the disciples of Wudang, who could be considered the parties involved, couldn’t help but recall the Taiji in this moment.
And now, after so many twists and turns—
To many, Jeong Yeon-shin was the true master of the Divine Sword Hall. Merely calling him a deputy was no longer fitting. He had the strength to stand in place of the greatest authority in the martial world.
Phurrrrk—
The snort of a massive warhorse rang out eerily.
The gaze of the northern martial world made a sound of its own. Though the Wudang disciples, who had already formed a sword formation, did not avert their eyes from Bukdo, it was clear that most of their spiritual perception was drawn to Jeong Yeon-shin and Hyun Gong.