Chapter 596: Gathering the Night Sky (5)
Ming Cult Northern Branch.
Roughly four thousand li north of Guyong Pass, the Great Wall of the Ming. Located in the northern reaches of the Demonic Realm, in the great city of Seokgwon-do—now, in effect, the true headquarters of the Ming Cult.
However, most of the people of Seokgwon-do had no idea that beneath their feet lay a vast underground chamber. And it was even harder to imagine that the Ming Cult resided there.
The fact that the Northern King “Gluttony” had been slain by the Three Sovereigns of the Ming Cult was kept an absolute secret.
As was the fact that the Grand Warrior under Gluttony was defeated in a single breath by the former head of the Hwangbo Clan.
Even the existence of the mechanical pulley systems that connected Seokgwon-do to the underground chamber remained unknown.
Kugugung—
At that moment, one such pulley rose beyond the stone wall of Seokgwon-do’s outer city.
Crafted by the Iron Clan of the Ming Cult, it spanned hundreds of jang in depth, linking the surface to the subterranean.
Its mechanisms were beyond the mimicry of even the Ming nobility, let alone the Han people. It was, without a doubt, a feat of divine engineering.
Leaning against the fence surrounding the wide platform ascending toward the surface was a young-looking man. He was accompanied by five men in black, all guarding him.
“This is taking forever. Damn stifling.”