Chapter 180: Scholar Juyul (3) - Know Your Enemy and Know Yourself (知彼知己)

#Chapter 180 Scholar Juyul (Juyul) (3) - Know Your Enemy and Know Yourself (知彼知己)

「First, one must know the enemy and know oneself.」

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In the martial world, strength was synonymous with power.

The weak were endlessly robbed by the strong, and could not even complain about what had been taken from them.

Any vice, hypocrisy, or wicked deed could be justified so long as one possessed the strength to back it up.

Because that was the world Jang Hwa-ryeong had lived in.

When she had been weak, she had wandered through back alleys with an empty stomach, had her hard-earned money stolen, and been beaten simply because her appearance was unusual.

If she had not strongly inherited the blood of her ancient ancestors, and if she had not been born with a powerful body and exceptional talent, the martial world's female master known as the Heavenly-Scale Flower Maiden would never have blossomed. She would have died as nothing more than a weed by the roadside.

Strength had been both the weapon that allowed Jang Hwa-ryeong to survive in the world and her source of pride...