Radiant Dragon’s Otherworldly Reincarnation
Chapter 460 : Chapter 460
Vol 2 Chapter 100. The Sea I Wished For. (3)
The Sichuan Dang Clan bowed their heads.
The Qingcheng Sect burned.
Now, the only Orthodox sect left in Sichuan was the Emei Sect.
Along with Shaolin, it was a sacred place of Buddhism and a prestigious family among prestigious families that had built up a sword art that ranked within the top five of the Orthodox Faction.
A single woman was climbing up to that prestigious family.
A woman dressed in brilliant red clothes, as if she were on fire.
The tenth disciple of the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor.
The Red Robe Sword Empress, Gu Wol-hyang.
Following behind her were hundreds of disciples of the Hegemon Blade Sect.
As she climbed, she soon arrived at the mountain gate of the Emei Sect.
The disciples of the Emei Sect guarding the mountain gate of the sect saw her, and their complexions hardened.
In contrast, Gu Wol-hyang smiled brightly and said.
“Open the gate, my dears.”
At that, the other party hesitated and said.
“I must inform the Sect Master inside.”
“Oh my? So you can’t open it?”
A smile hung on Gu Wol-hyang’s lips.
Although it was a smile from a peerlessly beautiful woman, it was a smile that did not feel a single ounce of goodwill.
And right after that…
CRASH!
With a brilliant explosion, the mountain gate of the Emei Sect was shattered.
The disciples of the Emei Sect who had tried to block Gu Wol-hyang were caught in the explosion and sent flying far away.
At the same time, numerous Emei Sect disciples came running at the sound of the explosion.
However…
“Kids these days have no manners. Who do they think they’re talking to like this? Huh?”
They too, upon seeing the scene, showed more of a perplexed expression than anger, unable to do anything.
They had confirmed who the opponent was.
The Red Robe Sword Empress, Gu Wol-hyang.
A master who ranked among the top disciples of the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor.
This alone was a troublesome situation.
But there was something that made the situation even more difficult.
“Will you not stop?”
The person who appeared, letting out a roar.
The elderly nun who appeared, using a sword as a staff, was the Sect Master of the Emei Sect, Abbess Jeolsim.
At her appearance, Gu Wol-hyang smiled nonchalantly and said.
“Oh my? You’re here, Sect Master Senior Sister.”
That’s right. This was the problem.
She had just called the Sect Master of the Emei Sect, Abbess Jeolsim, Sect Master Senior Sister.
Gu Wol-hyang, a disciple of the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor and a giant of the Unorthodox Faction.
She was originally from the Emei Sect.
* * *
A moment later.
The residence of the Emei Sect Master.
In the place where the Sect Master and the elders were gathered, Gu Wol-hyang sat with them, smiling brightly.
Even amidst the gazes of her former fellow disciples from all sides, who were glaring at her as if to kill her, she was not intimidated at all.
On the contrary…
“Are you not going to serve a cup of tea to a junior sister who has come to visit after a long time?”
She seemed relaxed.
At Gu Wol-hyang’s attitude, one of the elders of the Emei Sect flared up and shouted.
“You, who already belong to an outside sect, how can you be our junior sister?!”
At that, Gu Wol-hyang shrugged and said.
“Am I not? I have never heard that I was excommunicated.”
“You are a disciple of the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor and a disciple of the Hegemon Blade Sect. With what shamelessness do you claim to be our junior sister?”
“Shamelessness…”
Gu Wol-hyang smiled coldly.
And she leaked killing intent towards the elder who had spoken and said.
“Isn’t the cause of this messed-up family tree the fact that the previous Sect Master, who knew of that shamelessness, did not excommunicate me?”
“What did you say?”
“No, that’s not right. Perhaps it was because she thought I had some use?”
At those words, the elders of the Emei Sect erupted in anger and shot up from their seats.
“How dare you?”
“Do you wish to die?”
The elders seemed ready to draw their swords at any moment.
The one who mediated the touch-and-go situation was…
“Enough.”
It was Abbess Jeolsim’s single word, which was calm yet contained dignity.
She spoke calmly to the elders.
“Everyone, sit down.”
“But, Sect Master.”
“Are you planning to disobey my words?”
“……”
Although some elders tried to protest, they could not disobey the Sect Master’s order, so they suppressed their anger and sat down.
And Abbess Jeolsim let out a faint sigh and disciplined herself inwardly.
‘It is karma. It is karma. It goes around and eventually comes back, so all of this is ultimately karma.’
The memory was still vivid.
The Sect Master who was defeated by the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor.
The elders who could not even touch a single corner of his robe even when they attacked together.
On that day, the Emei Sect was thoroughly defeated by the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor.
And what caught the interest of the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor, who had won against the Emei Sect, was a small child who was trembling in Abbess Jeolsim’s arms in her younger days.
The Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor, looking at the youngest disciple of the Boja generation who was adored by everyone, spoke indifferently.
[I will take her.]
The Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor allowed the survival of the Emei Sect in exchange for taking one young disciple.
The Emei Sect had no way to refuse.
[I don’t want to. I don’t want to go.]
[Master, save me. Senior Sister, help me.]
She would probably never forget the voice of her young junior sister who cried and screamed as she was dragged away by the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor.
How could she forget?
All of the Emei Sect, who studied Buddhism and trained in sword arts to practice the compassion of Guanyin Bodhisattva, ignored the desperate cry of a single girl.
They had sacrificed a single young girl as a tribute for their own survival.
How could she forget the disastrous pain and humiliation of that day, as if insects were gnawing at her heart?
“Amitabha, Guanyin Bodhisattva…”
And now.
Before her, who was chanting Buddhist scriptures, was the pitiful and unfortunate child from that time.
With eyes completely different from those days.
Abbess Jeolsim tried hard to calm her heart and said.
“What brings you here?”
“I have some personal business, and also some official business, so I came for both.”
“……”
“Since it’s a bother, shall we start with the official business? It is the order of the second-generation Hegemon Blade Sect Leader.”
At the word ‘order,’ the elders of the Emei Sect flinched for a moment, but Gu Wol-hyang continued speaking without a care.
“Within one month, the Emei Sect must either leave Sichuan or everyone dies. Choose one of the two.”
The elders’ eyes widened.
And Gu Wol-hyang shrugged and said.
“Is what he said.”
“One month. Is that the will of the Hegemon Blade Sect?”
“Yes. That’s right.”
“……”
“Well, what will you do? Sect Master Senior Sister.”
At Gu Wol-hyang’s words, Abbess Jeolsim squeezed her eyes shut and sank into thought.
A dilemma.
For the Emei Sect to withdraw from Mount Emei was beyond shame; it was death.
In the end, even in the era of that Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor, the Emei Sect had kept a low profile but had protected Mount Emei.
Although the reason they were able to do so was because the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor completely ignored the Emei Sect, the result of them protecting Mount Emei was a fact.
But the second-generation Hegemon Blade Sect Leader seemed to have a different disposition.
It seemed he intended to erase all the Orthodox sects in this area to make Sichuan completely his territory.
‘Probably Qingcheng and Dang are also being asked to make the same choice.’
She didn’t know what choice they had made.
But one thing was certain: none of the three sects could oppose the Hegemon Blade Sect alone.
Although it might not be as much as the first-generation Hegemon Blade Sect led by the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor, the weight of the name Hegemon Blade Sect was that heavy.
‘This is why the Murim Alliance was formed…’
If the Orthodox Faction did not unite and resist, they could not stand against the Hegemon Blade Sect.
But right now, the headquarters of the Murim Alliance was far away, and the Hegemon Blade Sect was right at their doorstep.
Then what decision should she make?
Should she endure a moment’s humiliation and protect the future of the sect? Or…
“You’re overthinking it.”
Gu Wol-hyang spoke to Abbess Jeolsim, who was deep in thought.
“You can’t stand against them alone anyway, and you’ll have to gather strength with others. To do that, you’ll have to buy time.”
“……”
Abbess Jeolsim, whose heart had been struck, silently looked at Gu Wol-hyang and remained silent.
Gu Wol-hyang, as if seeing through her heart, said.
“Let me tell you. We’re not afraid at all, even if the newly formed Murim Alliance or whatever comes at us.”
“……”
“The Emei Sect has two choices. Die, or disappear from Sichuan.”
“Amitabha…”
Abbess Jeolsim bit her lip tightly.
Both were conditions that were absolutely unacceptable. The Emei Sect leaving Mount Emei.
How could she face the ancestors after committing such an atrocity?
Nor could she tell all her disciples to die to protect her pride.
Not only Abbess Jeolsim, but also the elders of the Emei Sect watching from the side were troubled by the dilemma.
In that heavy atmosphere, Gu Wol-hyang lightly opened her mouth.
“Shall I help you out a little?”
In that moment, the eyes of the elders of the Emei Sect flashed open.
Gu Wol-hyang, with a relaxed attitude, fiddled with her nails and said.
“I am also a disciple of the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor and hold a position in the Hegemon Blade Sect, so if I earnestly request it, the Sect Leader might pretend not to be able to win and grant it.”
At that, the elders stirred.
If what she said came true, it was the best way out in the current situation.
However…
“Why would you help our Emei Sect?”
One of the elders said suspiciously.
At that, Gu Wol-hyang, as if wondering what the problem was, said.
“As I said before, I’m not an outsider, am I?”
“You are not a member of this sect.”
“I’m telling you I’ve never been officially excommunicated.”
“……”
Gu Wol-hyang wiped her moist eyes with her sleeve and said.
“Still, you are my sect and my fellow disciples. Seeing my senior sisters so troubled by this difficult problem makes me feel very pitiful.”
“……”
“So I’m just trying to help you out a little. It’s simple, right?”
“……”
A drowning person will clutch at a straw.
To the elders who were struggling in an impossible dilemma, Gu Wol-hyang’s whisper was too sweet.
Just as the elders’ lips were about to open…
“Stop.”
Abbess Jeolsim spoke first.
She looked intently at Gu Wol-hyang with her half-opened eyes and said.
“You wouldn’t be helping for free. Isn’t that right?”
“Well, of course.”
“……”
“I also need some grounds to persuade the Sect Leader, don’t I?”
At Gu Wol-hyang’s words, everyone bit their lips tightly.
As expected, there is no such thing as a free lunch in the world.
One of the elders said.
“What is it that you want?”
“The Sect Leader said he wished there were no Orthodox sects in Sichuan Province.”
“……?”
The word ‘could it be’ flashed through everyone’s minds.
And the words that came out of Gu Wol-hyang’s mouth were exactly as everyone had expected.
“So, if the Emei Sect denies being an Orthodox sect and claims to be Unorthodox from now on, wouldn’t I be able to plead with the Sect Leader?”
At that, the mouths of the elders from all sides dropped open.
It was so absurd that their minds went blank before they could feel anger.
To declare themselves an Unorthodox sect?
The Emei Sect, of all sects?
They would rather be annihilated than even think of such a thing.
“Do you think we would accept such a ridiculous proposal?”
“How dare you, where do you think you are?!”
“Get out now!”
As the emptiness disappeared and anger welled up, voices criticizing Gu Wol-hyang poured out from all sides.
There were even elders who put their hands on their sword hilts.
But Gu Wol-hyang said without batting an eye.
“If you don’t want to, you don’t have to.”
And she looked around coldly and said.
“In that case, you will just have to choose between leaving Sichuan or everyone dying.”
“……”
“……”
In the end, what awaited them was a brutally harsh reality.
Gu Wol-hyang sneered at them once and then said.
“My official business is done here. Shall I take care of my personal business now?”
“What here…”
“My daughter.”
Gu Wol-hyang said with a cold expression.
“Where is she? Why is her mother here, and she doesn’t even come to greet me?”
“……”
The atmosphere changed.
Gu Wol-hyang, who had been showing a relaxed attitude with a loose atmosphere until now, began to openly reveal her killing intent.
“Sect Master Senior Sister, I think you need to explain why my daughter is not even coming to greet her mother when she has come to visit.”
At that, Abbess Jeolsim looked intently at Gu Wol-hyang and said.
“That child is not in the sect right now.”
“Then where is she?”
“I don’t know. She volunteered for the armed unit created by the Murim Alliance and enlisted…”
CRAAAAASH!
Before Abbess Jeolsim could finish her words, the entire pavilion of the Emei Sect Master’s residence was blown away.
“Keuk…”
“Is everyone alright?”
“Yes. I’m fine, Senior Sister.”
Although the pavilion was destroyed, the elders of the Emei Sect were able to escape outside safely.
But that was only possible because they were not the main targets of the attack.
The target of Gu Wol-hyang’s attack was Abbess Jeolsim, and her condition was…
“Cough…. Keuk…”
It did not look good.
And Gu Wol-hyang said coldly to Abbess Jeolsim.
“Sect Master Senior Sister, I think…”
“……”
“Today will be the day of your death.”
At those words, Abbess Jeolsim used her sword as a staff to force herself to her feet.
And she wiped the blood from her mouth with her sleeve and said.
“Yes…. It is what I have wished for.”
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