Chapter 567: Northern Emperor (7)
Cheonggwang Plain.
A vast, flat land the color of ochre. Unlike the Guanghon Mountain Range, the terrain was closer to a desert—this was the territory of the Divine Warrior, said to have everything, yet it was such a parched and barren wilderness.
A dry gust of sandy wind, whispering faintly, tried to lift the silver mask of the Yaryul King.
Jeong Yeon-shin stared silently ahead.
He saw a familiar face.
A woman bracing herself with a sword planted into the ground.
Her body was completely rigid. There was no need to check further—she had taken massive internal injuries. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say her body had gone numb from how much stamina she had poured out.
Had she lost even the ability to maintain temporary rejuvenation? At that moment, wrinkles slowly formed across her face, though her stubborn lips held the same line as her youthful features and aged skin. Just like her martial cousin, Ma Yeon-jeok.
She might never recover.
‘Senior Geum...’
The head of Jeomchang Sect who had crossed swords with him at the Huashan Martial Summit.
Impossible to forget. She had ties with his maternal grandfather and carried the title Sword Empress. No one could forget her mysterious rejuvenation technique.