Chapter 106
“Who are you?”
*Is he insane?*
To suddenly appear in a situation like this and say he’s here to buy an Ice Phoenix Herb?
He was clearly a man who couldn’t read the room.
While everyone was stunned by the sudden appearance, one of the subordinates who had followed the Shooting Flying Twin Swords to the North Sea scowled and approached Yeo Un-hwi.
He then looked Yeo Un-hwi up and down and growled.
“Where did this scrawny, beggar-like punk come from?”
At his words, Yeo Un-hwi smirked and retorted.
It was only natural, as the man was far scrawnier and more pathetic-looking than Yeo Un-hwi.
“Aren’t you talking about yourself? Your face looks exactly like 'a scrawny, beggar-like punk'!”
“What did you say?! You bastard!”
Provoked by Yeo Un-hwi’s accurate observation, the scowling man threw a punch at him.
“Tsk, tsk. What a rude fellow.”
Yeo Un-hwi easily dodged the punch and chopped the man’s neck with the side of his hand.
Then, the man who had charged in so fiercely simply collapsed to the floor.
Everyone wore surprised expressions at the unexpected sight.
“Ha. Look at that.”
The Shooting Flying Twin Swords looked amused.
The man who had just fallen was one of his more skilled subordinates.
To think he would be subdued so easily.
He soon gestured with his head, and a dozen of his subordinates drew their weapons and rushed toward Yeo Un-hwi.
“Seriously, I just came to buy one herb. Why is everyone attacking me?”
Yeo Un-hwi clicked his tongue and strode toward the charging group without the slightest hesitation.
*Swoosh.*
Countless blades flew toward Yeo Un-hwi’s neck.
The subordinates of the Shooting Flying Twin Swords executed a very skillful combined attack.
But Yeo Un-hwi walked through the storm of viciously flying blades as if on a leisurely stroll.
And then,
*Tuk. Tuk.*
He hit them. No, it would be more accurate to say he lightly touched them.
But with just that, the subordinates of the Shooting Flying Twin Swords all fell to the ground.
It happens far too easily, like puppets with their strings cut.
To an onlooker, it would have looked staged.
The face of the Shooting Flying Twin Swords twitched.
It seemed this man was a far greater master than he had thought.
These were men he had carefully selected, yet they had fallen so easily?
The Shooting Flying Twin Swords were dumbfounded.
But even so, he’s no match for me.
After all, he was a man destined to have his name listed among the Ten Great Masters in the near future.
No, he would kill Seol Ja-gang here today and take his place among the Ten Great Masters.
He was not foolish enough to let the opportunity before him slip away.
It had been a month since he came to the North Sea at Seol Ja-gyun’s request.
He wanted to finish this job quickly, get paid, and leave this godforsaken place to return to the Central Plains.
And then a guy like this had to show up.
*Interesting.*
The Shooting Flying Twin Swords felt both annoyed and pleased at the same time.
Killing the dying Seol Ja-gang wasn’t going to be fun anyway, so he thought this was a welcome development.
At last, the Shooting Flying Twin Swords stepped forward.
“I was disappointed I couldn’t fight the Ice Palace Lord, so this is perfect. I welcome anyone who can entertain me for a while. I’ve been cooped up in this North Sea for so long; my body is getting stiff.”
“Hmm? Come to think of it, you don’t look like you’re from around here.”
The men he had just defeated were the same.
The Shooting Flying Twin Swords smirked at Yeo Un-hwi, who was tilting his head.
“As you can see, I’m here to do a job for money.”
“Looks like you can’t find much work. It's a shame to come all the way here to do this kind of crap.”
At Yeo Un-hwi’s words, the Shooting Flying Twin Swords’ faces crumpled.
What an insolent bastard.
Had anyone spoken to him so carelessly recently?
His eyes gleamed as he spoke to Yeo Un-hwi.
“Do you know who I am—the Shooting Flying Twin Swords! You insolen-
“Shooting Flying Twin Swords? Never heard of you. Why are you saying it so proudly? Ah, you want me to recognize your little famous name? Are you a child? Pfft, how childish.”
“What! You dog-like bastard. You must really want to die!”
He had tried to intimidate him, but was met with ridicule instead.
It was truly infuriating.
The more they talked, the more twisted the Shooting Flying Twin Swords felt.
*Clang. Clang.*
Unable to stand Yeo Un-hwi’s provocations any longer, the Shooting Flying Twin Swords stopped talking and drew his twin swords once more.
As he drew his swords, the killing intent on his face grew even thicker.
“You’ll soon be crying for me to spare you. Not that it’ll do you any good. Heh heh.”
But Yeo Un-hwi, this time too, showed not a hint of fear and instead clicked his tongue.
“Seriously, why do guys like you always say the exact same thing? If you want to fight, just fight! Must all of you run your mouth before we trade swords?”
“You rotten bastard! Die!”
Yeo Un-hwi was still treating the Shooting Flying Twin Swords like a common street thug.
Provoked by Yeo Un-hwi, the Shooting Flying Twin Swords charged at him with their faces full of anger.
*Swoooosh!*
His movements were indeed on a different level from those of his subordinates.
The unpredictable attacks of his twin swords were also truly formidable.
But no matter how he swung his swords, his attacks didn’t come close to reaching Yeo Un-hwi.
“Hah, hah!”
Before he knew it, the Shooting Flying Twin Swords were out of breath from trying to keep up with Yeo Un-hwi’s movements.
*How can this be!*
The fact that not a single attack had landed, even after all this, was an immense shock to him.
“This can’t be. I am destined to become one of the Ten Great Masters!”
“Really? The Ten Great Masters don’t seem like much, so why is everyone so obsessed with them?”
*Wh-what?!*
“How dare you! What do you know! You mock me to the very end! I don’t know about anything else, but I will kill you for sure!”
Soon, enraged to his limits, he gathered all the internal energy in his body, crossed his twin swords, and brought out his ultimate technique.
[Sky-Shattering Sun-Shooting Sword]
The countless sword energies created by his twin swords flew at once toward Yeo Un-hwi.
It was a tremendous sword force befitting his reputation.
But,
“I told you it won’t work.”
*Tung, tung, tung, tung.*
Yeo Un-hwi’s rapidly fired Striking Kill Finger canceled out all the sword energies.
And then he sank into the ground and instantly appeared right behind the Shooting Flying Twin Swords.
“Wh-what?!”
“Time for you to exit the stage.”
Yeo Un-hwi then chopped the neck of the Shooting Flying Twin Swords with the side of his hand.
His end was no different from that of the other thugs.
“You damn… bastard. To the very end, you…”
*Thud.*
The Shooting Flying Twin Swords collapsed.
A silence fell over the Palace Lord’s Hall.
It was unbelievable.
But among them, the most shocked person was none other than Seol Ja-gyun, the instigator of the rebellion.
He was standing there with his mouth agape, utterly bewildered.
*He defeated the great Shooting Flying Twin Swords so easily?*
For a moment, Seol Ja-gyun wondered if he had been scammed.
By a fake who was using the name of the Shooting Flying Twin Swords.
Otherwise, how was this possible?
But until then, the aura he had felt from the Shooting Flying Twin Swords was formidable, befitting his reputation.
Then how?
Seol Ja-gyun’s gaze turned to Yeo Un-hwi.
*Is that man… that much stronger?*
A young man like that?
This made no sense at all.
At this moment, everyone was thinking the same thing as Seol Ja-gyun.
The martial prowess Yeo Un-hwi had displayed was that shocking.
“Hah, honestly. I didn’t come here to fight.”
But regardless of the people’s stares, Yeo Un-hwi dusted off his clothes without a care.
Then, as if nothing had happened, he looked around.
“The Ice Phoenix Herb. I heard it was here. Who do I buy it from?”
At Yeo Un-hwi’s words, Seol Ja-gyun quickly raised his hand.
“I, I’ll sell it!”
Suddenly cornered, Seol Ja-gyun darted his eyes around.
The Ice Phoenix Herb. That man’s only goal seemed to be the Ice Phoenix Herb.
If that was the case, what was there to hesitate about?
Seeing Seol Ja-gyun with his hand raised, Yeo Un-hwi looked pleased.
“Oh? Really?”
“Yes. I’ll give you as much of the Ice Phoenix Herb as you want. So please, help me!”
“No, I only need one. And what do you mean, help you? I told you I came to buy it.”
Anyway, just as Yeo Un-hwi was about to approach Seol Ja-gyun to hear more,
“Don’t be fooled!”
The Young Palace Lord of the North Sea Ice Palace, Seol Jong-woo interrupted.
As Yeo Un-hwi turned his head to look at him, Yeo Un-hwi said.
“The Ice Phoenix Herb belongs only to the Palace Lord of the North Sea Ice Palace! That man’s words are a lie!”
Seol Jong-woo glared at Seol Ja-gyun with burning eyes and shouted.
“How can someone who isn’t the Palace Lord give away the Ice Phoenix Herb?”
“He has a point.”
When Yeo Un-hwi looked at Seol Ja-gyun as if asking what was going on, he too raised his voice shamelessly.
“I’ll be the Palace Lord soon, so that doesn’t matter!”
“Aren’t you afraid of Heaven's retribution?!”
“Shut up! You bastard!”
At Seol Jong-woo’s words, Seol Ja-gyun spat out a curse in a fit of rage.
Yeo Un-hwi looked at the two of them with a face that said he wanted to avoid getting involved in troublesome things.
“Ah. Ah. Look, I’m honestly not interested in these things. I just want to get the Ice Phoenix Herb quickly and go back.”
Seol Jong-woo looked at Yeo Un-hwi and pleaded.
“I don’t know who you are, but please help us. No, you must help us. Those men are traitors who have started a rebellion.”
He was an unknown outsider, but a great master who had defeated the Shooting Flying Twin Swords.
Funnily enough, he, who had no connection to the Ice Palace, now held all the cards.
But Yeo Un-hwi’s head tilted to the side at Seol Jong-woo’s words.
And he asked.
“Why?”
“Pardon?”
“Why should I help you?”
At the unexpected words, Seol Jong-woo was momentarily at a loss for words.
“Pardon? Well, that’s…”
“So you’re trying to say you guys are the good side and they’re the bad side?”
Yeo Un-hwi smirked.
“That’s your standard. Besides, maybe you guys did so many wrong things that they couldn’t take it anymore and started this? Right?”
“Th-that’s.”
“That’s right! You’ve seen it perfectly! Haha!”
Seol Ja-gyun, who had been watching their conversation, jumped in at the opportunity.
He had thought the situation was turning against him, but now it isn’t.
It was a great relief for him.
Seol Jong-woo, who had been speechless at Yeo Un-hwi’s words, screamed as if in a fit of rage at the sight of Seol Ja-gyun’s laughter.
“But! That man poisoned his own brother, my father. Would righteous people do such a thing?”
“Shut up! That was unavoidable!”
“Hmm? Poison?”
Only then did Yeo Un-hwi’s gaze fall on the pale-faced man behind Seol Jong-woo.
*‘Hmm? Is that?’*
As if he had discovered something, Yeo Un-hwi’s brow furrowed.
Yeo Un-hwi stopped talking and strode toward Seol Ja-gang.
Startled, the warriors, despite their own sorry state, tried to protect their Palace Lord, Seol Ja-gang.
They were truly loyal.
Yeo Un-hwi smiled slightly and said.
“If I wanted to harm him, I would have done it already. Read the room and get out of the way. I’m just going to check his condition.”
At his words, the hesitant warriors looked at Seol Jong-woo.
As he said, if Yeo Un-hwi had made up his mind, they would all be dead already.
Seol Jong-woo nodded, and they all stepped aside.
Yeo Un-hwi approached Seol Ja-gang and examined him closely.
And not long after, a hollow laugh escaped his lips.
“Yeah. It is. That poison... I thought it might be.”
Yeo Un-hwi then got up and glared at Seol Ja-gyun with cold eyes and asked.
“You bastard. What is your relationship with Tang Guhwi?”
This was the poison of Tang Guhwi, the one who killed Peng Seo-yeon before his own return.