Chapter 86
“It’s that boy who goes by the Taoist name Hyeonmu,” Grand Elder Yunhak Jin-in clarified.
Hyun-sang Dojang could hardly believe his ears.
That boy had been so thoroughly forgotten—no one had even spoken of him in years, let alone seen him.
Why now, out of the blue, had he been ordered to check on the boy’s whereabouts?
Yunhak Jin-in watched the retreating back of his disciple with a faint furrow of concern, hoping his suspicions were baseless.
It was because of the closing lines of the Martial Alliance’s military reply.
The Demonic Alliance had mentioned a “young cave-dwelling Taoist from Mount Wudang” in their explanation to the Martial Alliance.
Wudang’s dispatched investigation team to Geyang-hyeon had been unable to uncover the full scope of the Zhengwuguan incident. All members had perished, and the Black Snake Gang—central to the conflict—had been wiped out as well.
Yet here came this sudden mention, in the Demonic Alliance’s own letter, of a cave-dwelling Taoist from Wudang. They even claimed he had displayed formidable martial prowess.
Though they gave no specifics about his level, the mere fact that they had sent the Black Execution Unit after him meant he had to be at or near the apex.
In any case, only one face surfaced in Yunhak Jin-in’s mind when thinking of a young cave-dwelling Taoist with martial prowess—and it left him no choice but to confirm.
“Of course, there is no martial cultivation in the Three Spirits Palace. It’s nonsense on its face,” he thought.