Merchant

The Alliance Leader looked at the Golden Buddha Statue and let out a thoughtful hum. “Mm… so that is why you brought two statues.” “That is correct.” “Then who prepared the fake statue?” At that, I raised my hand and said, “I prepared it. I asked the Baekyeom Merchant Group to make it.” “It is…

The ship we were riding gradually began to slow. Just then, the captain approached and spoke. “We’ll be in Luoyang in one hour.” He was letting us know in advance, which also meant we should start gathering our things. If we waited until the ship was about to dock and rushed to pack, we might…

The Sect Leader looked startled by my question. “Huh! Are you saying that Golden Buddha Statue is fake? Hahaha! How could something like this happen!” “Sect Leader, you really shouldn’t try acting in front of anyone.” “…Thank you for the advice.” The Sect Leader accepted my words without protest, glanced back over his shoulder, then…

That reaction… He knows, then. He knows the people who tried to harm him last time belonged to the Baekcheon Merchant Group under the Murim Alliance. He must have investigated based on the hints I casually gave him and figured it out himself. As expected of a merchant group with a firm grip on the…

Team Leader Won Eop asked at my words. “Th-That’s really true?” “Yes.” “What exactly is this antidote method?” “Well…” When I hesitated instead of answering, he asked urgently. “What is it? Why start talking and then stop?” “The antidote method is a little… difficult to explain. It is the proper way to detoxify you, but…

The next day. I was in the Carriage Yard, preparing to leave. “Are you leaving now?” I looked up and saw Brother Jeong-ho. “Yeah.” “Good grief. How many days has it even been since I shouted that I was finally free? And now you’re leaving again?” “I don’t want to go either. But what am…

Palgap’s words left me with no choice but to tense. “What? The Murim Alliance?” “Yes. That’s right, sir. They’re in the reception room right now, sir.” I tried to calm myself as I headed for the reception room. The other side was the culprit that had annihilated Snow Wind Palace. And considering how careful and…

I smiled as I looked at the Eunhae Merchant Group’s Beijing Branch in the distance. “We’re finally here.” “Are you pleased, Young Master?” At Palgap’s question, I readily nodded. “Of course. It means the journey’s over.” “That it does, sir.” “Of course, once I’m back, I’m sure there’ll be a mountain of things waiting for…

We had left the Zhuge Clan with Young Lord Zhuge Cheon-du in tow, which meant we couldn’t afford to pick up the pace. Because of that, the distance we had covered in a single day on the way there took us almost three days on the way back. “We’ll likely have to camp here for…

The Grand Clan Lord answered my question with one of his own. “Didn’t anything ever strike you as strange?” “Pardon?” “From the very first time you and Brother Yu came here, I showed open hatred toward the Murim Alliance.” Now that he mentioned it, he had. Even though Inner Chief Administrator Yu So-ak, who wasn’t…