Chapter 102

One of the young men who was Chu Sajin’s friend shouted.

“There’s a limping man inside that main hall!”

Chu Hyo ground his teeth and shouted.

“Is the one inside the limping man? Yes or no?”

Wei Zong snorted in disbelief.

“Huh, this is something. It seems there’s been quite a misunderstanding…”

“Whether it’s a misunderstanding or not, we’ll know if we ask him.”

After thinking for a moment, Wei Zong raised his eyes and gestured backward.

“Bring him here!”

The poison sect members looked at Cheon Gwon.

“Ah, why are you looking at me…”

When Cheon Gwon glanced around and his eyes met Wei Zong’s as he turned back, he flinched.

“Yes! I’ll bring him!”

Cheon Gwon kicked the bleeding and staggering Jin Ja-gang, knocking him down, then grabbed his neck and dragged him to Wei Zong.

Wei Zong grabbed Jin Ja-gang’s head and lifted it up.

“Now, look. Is this the limping man that Tiger Shield Sword is looking for?”

Chu Hyo didn’t know the face of the limping man who had killed his son. Instead, he had brought someone who could confirm the face.

A young martial artist walked out from behind Chu Hyo.

It was the disciple of the martial instructor who had previously told Chu Sajin about seeing a limping man heading toward Danya Mountain.

“Look. Is that the limping man you saw?”

At Chu Hyo’s words, the young martial artist swallowed dry saliva and looked Jin Ja-gang over. Jin Ja-gang had one eye severely swollen and his face was covered in blood, making him difficult to recognize.

But the young martial artist nodded vigorously.

“That’s the one I saw!”

Wei Zong tilted his head and pushed Jin Ja-gang’s face forward again.

“This guy’s face is so messed up that even I can’t tell if this is the same guy from before… But you say this face is right?”

The young martial artist ignored Wei Zong’s words and shouted.

“After I saw him, Young Master Chu followed him and met with misfortune!”

Wei Zong made an incredulous expression.

“You really recognized this face?”

It was a face that would be impossible to recognize unless you had known from the beginning, wasn’t it?

But having received the young martial artist’s confirmation, Chu Hyo ignored Wei Zong and shouted.

“If the Valley Master has no relationship with him, there should be no problem with me interrogating him! Hand him over to this side!”

Saying that the limping man killed Chu Hyo’s son while mentioning the relationship between Wei Zong and the limping man?

When someone speaks like that, it’s obvious. They’re trying to implicate him somehow. Whether he hands over the limping man or not, they’ve already decided that Wei Zong was behind it, so nothing would change.

Wei Zong was the one who used this method best, so how could he not know!

However, Wei Zong had more than one or two things to worry about besides the sudden actions of Chu Hyo and the righteous faction members.

This was because he had just realized that the bloodbath of the poison sects that had occurred so far was not the work of the limping man alone.

On top of that, the sudden attack by the righteous faction.

Could these things really be coincidental?

Wei Zong suddenly laughed.

“Kekeke!”

Chu Hyo put strength in his eyes and glared at Wei Zong.

“Stop laughing and hand him over quickly!”

“Kekekeke! Magnificent, absolutely magnificent!”

Wei Zong laughed like a madman. He laughed so much that the watching righteous faction martial artists were about to burst with frustration.

“Kekeke… Good. Very good.”

Wei Zong even shed a tear and said.

“I’ll hand him over. When you’ve come this far to ask, I can’t pretend not to know, so I should do as you ask.”

Then suddenly, didn’t he throw Jin Ja-gang forward!

Thud, clatter.

Jin Ja-gang tumbled down below the main hall.

“There, I’ve handed him over, so whether you boil him or roast him, handle it well on your own.”

Chu Hyo and the righteous faction martial artists were somewhat bewildered, not expecting him to hand him over so readily.

But seeing Wei Zong’s expression that said this was ridiculous, it was clear he hadn’t given him up with good intentions, so they couldn’t let their guard down.

Chu Hyo gestured.

“Lift him up.”

Two righteous faction martial artists came forward to try to lift Jin Ja-gang up.

“Pine scent?”

The two martial artists who had been approaching Jin Ja-gang suddenly stepped back in surprise.

“Ugh!”

The two martial artists suddenly felt nauseous and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood each.

Why would there be a pine scent for no reason!

“He, he used poison!”

Wei Zong creates special fragrances when using poison. That’s why his nickname is Hundred Fragrances.

Chu Hyo glared at Wei Zong with wide eyes.

“Hundred Fragrances! What are you doing now…!”

“Ah, don’t get excited. That was just a simple warning.”

“What?”

“Just know this one thing.”

Chu Hyo and the righteous faction martial artists stopped moving and looked at Wei Zong.

“You are not guests invited by this valley, yet you forcibly intruded into this valley, and even disrupted this valley’s event where we were hosting precious guests.”

“We apologize for that…”

Wei Zong cut off Chu Hyo’s words with a serious expression.

“What apology? Do I look like an idiot to you?”

“Valley Master Wei! Your words are too harsh!”

“Too harsh? You’re the harsh ones. You plan to interrogate this guy and eventually implicate me.”

The atmosphere in the hall instantly became heavy.

Wei Zong’s tone changed instantly.

“If you interrogate the limping man and learn nothing.”

Wei Zong paused and glared at the righteous faction members with wide eyes.

“You will learn why righteous faction nobodies have been unable to interfere with this Poison Valley’s events for decades.”

Poison Valley, which had been Yunnan’s hegemon for decades!

The righteous faction martial artists’ eyes showed tension at the intense hostility emanating from Wei Zong, the master of that Poison Valley.

Wei Zong waved his hand.

About a hundred warriors who had been outside the main hall surrounded the righteous faction martial artists in an encircling formation, raising their weapons under the command of Poison Valley’s masters.

Clank! Clatter!

The righteous faction martial artists also drew their weapons and faced off.

The two martial artists who had tried to lift Jin Ja-gang looked back at Chu Hyo as if asking what to do.

Chu Hyo glared back at Wei Zong and stepped forward with a deeply furrowed brow.

“I’ll interrogate him myself!”

Since Chu Hyo was the one who had gathered the people, the responsibility also lay with him.

Chu Hyo drew up his internal energy to prepare for poison and approached the fallen Jin Ja-gang.

Chu Hyo’s face was filled with indescribable killing intent. He bared his teeth as if he would devour Jin Ja-gang at any moment.

Jin Ja-gang looked up at such a Chu Hyo with blood-stained eyes.

Chu Hyo didn’t ask at length.

“Did you kill my son Chu Sajin?”

Jin Ja-gang just stared at Chu Hyo without giving any answer.

Chu Hyo’s eyebrows twitched.

“It looks like you were just about to be silenced. If you tell the truth…”

Chu Hyo stopped speaking and gulped. Saying he would spare his life was difficult even as a lie. His current feeling was that even tearing this guy apart right now wouldn’t be enough.

But he had to say it.

To not let Chu Sajin’s death become a meaningless dog’s death.

For revenge for Chu Sajin, his daughter-in-law, and his grandson who died without even being born.

Chu Hyo forced out his voice and said.

“…I’ll spare your life.”

Jin Ja-gang looked at Chu Hyo expressionlessly.

What was this person talking about right now?

He remembered who Chu Sajin was. He also knew that Chu Sajin had died later.

So he understood why they were interrogating him. He understood their desire to kill him.

But…

But what were all these people?

The righteous faction members gathered here…?

Was Chu Sajin’s death something that warranted all of them gathering and coming to Poison Valley?

Were Yunnan’s righteous factions such chivalrous sects?

Jin Ja-gang became confused.

These people were not righteous.

That’s why eight years ago, when the Medicine Sect people were dying one after another, these people didn’t step forward.

They were all the ones who kept their mouths shut.

Such people had risen up in anger over Chu Sajin’s death?

Moreover, there was no evidence anywhere that Jin Ja-gang had done it. The only fact was that he had acted in a way that could cause misunderstanding.

In the end, they had come all the way here relying only on Jin Ja-gang’s testimony…

Did that even make sense!

No matter how much he thought about it, Jin Ja-gang found it difficult to easily accept the current situation.

Jin Ja-gang slowly looked around at the righteous faction martial artists who had gathered.

Though they were surrounded by Poison Valley’s warriors, there was no fear in the righteous faction martial artists’ eyes.

Rather, they seemed eager for the other side to make the first move, showing murderous determination.

And at first glance, there was also a confident greed subtly hidden in their eyes.

Ah! That’s it.

Only then did Jin Ja-gang realize.

These people hadn’t gathered here for Chu Hyo’s son Chu Sajin from the beginning.

They had looked down on the weakened poison sect forces due to the destruction of the Four Great Poison Sects and flocked here like hyenas smelling blood.

To devour the poison sects.

The talk about Chu Sajin was just an excuse to attack the poison sects.

That’s also why Wei Zong’s rough tone mocking the righteous faction was like that.

Because he had known from the beginning the purpose of the righteous faction martial artists who had flocked here.

Since they were people who had come to devour his sect, his attitude had to be crooked.

Those who defend and those who would steal.

Haha.

Understanding the situation, Jin Ja-gang found it absurd. Of course, he didn’t open his mouth to laugh.

Only a hint of laughter appeared in his expression.

Misunderstanding Jin Ja-gang’s smile, Chu Hyo said in a small voice.

“Speak. Who ordered you to kill my son? If you just say that, you can live. Do you understand?”

Jin Ja-gang looked straight into Chu Hyo’s eyes. Chu Hyo’s eyes were burning fiercely. He said he would spare his life, but there was no sign he would actually spare him.

Chu Hyo whispered with a demonic face.

“I promise. If you don’t give me the answer I want, I guarantee that you will die in the most horrible way you’ve ever experienced in your life.”

Jin Ja-gang said nothing. Chu Hyo’s threatening voice also echoed hollowly only in his ears.

Chu Hyo’s threats posed no threat at all. He had already heard such talk several times from the poison sect people, even if not from Chu Hyo.

“Come on, quickly…”

Chu Hyo brought his face close as if he would devour Jin Ja-gang.

Then.

Drop.

A water droplet fell on Chu Hyo’s nose bridge.

Jin Ja-gang looked at the sky.

Drop, patter.

Water droplets also fell on Jin Ja-gang’s face.

Rain.

It’s raining…

Rain.

The rain Jin Ja-gang had been waiting for so long!

Finally!

Jin Ja-gang’s pupils filled with joy at seeing the raindrops falling from the sky.

But no one except Jin Ja-gang welcomed the rain.

No, the others barely paid attention to the rain falling in the first place. After all, rain wasn’t such a big deal.

Jin Ja-gang moved his body. His arms and legs, which had been paralyzed by the poison, finally had some strength in them.

He slowly got up and caught his breath for a moment.

Then Jin Ja-gang staggered back toward the main hall.

“Hmm?”

No one had expected such behavior from Jin Ja-gang.

Shuffle, shuffle.

Jin Ja-gang limped back toward the main hall.

“What is this guy doing…?”