Chapter: 654
The man said ‘it’ but the one who was reporting understood what it was. It was referring to the treasure that was left by their founder.
“No, sir.”
The man answered and the middle-aged man banged on the desk with his fist. The fist wielded powerful energy that shattered the desk immediately. As the middle-aged man showed his discomfort for the first time, the man flinched and became afraid.
“Then you should’ve at least went down there and picked up the body!”
“I-I’m sorry, sir.”
The middle-aged man was angry at the death of the man named Yi Baek. Of course, it was because this middle-aged man was the brother of the dead Yi Baek, Yi Wook.
“We sent agents who were nearby immediately to search, but we couldn’t find the Sword Master’s body. And we didn’t find any of his soldiers’ bodies either.”
Yi Wook raised his eyebrows.
“What? The entire Sword Group squadron disappeared?”
It was a group of 150 elite warriors, with a superior master level leader. Their power was enough to make three or four clans extinct in just one night.
“Not all sir. There are 105 bodies missing, with 59 bodies that fell into the hands of the Blue Sky Brotherhood.”
“Blue Sky Brotherhood? They did this?”
Yi Wook seemed unconvinced. When Yi Baek was ordered to so go down to the Sword Creek, he had investigated the forces residing within Sword Creek already. They found out that one of their officers was staying by the hidden mansion, but other than that, they only had 40 men.
“That’s impossible. That’s not enough to defeat our entire squadron.”
“There were no other signs of any other forces from the Blue Sky Brotherhood making a move, sir. It seems someone else is involved in this.”
“Aaaaaargh! Who dares to interrupt our work!”
They had eyes on every faction of the entire Jianghu very closely. Starting with the Forces of Evil, the Demonic Cult and Yulin Forces of Justice and its secret organization Blue Sky Brotherhood were all carefully kept on watch. But none of them made any movements.
“If we didn’t even get the book, then my brother just died in vain!”
Yi Wook was more furious that his brother had died without achieving anything. If he was able to find out who was behind this, he wanted to go and rip the culprit apart to kill him. That’s when the man who was reporting pulled something out from his back.
“...I know you must be furious, but please keep calm. ‘Blade Master’ told me to give it to you.”
“What’s this?”
It was a scroll wrapped with red silk and golden dragon embroidery. Even the rope that tied the scroll was made of gold color.
“This is the letter you’ve been waiting for.”
“Ah!”
Yi Wook quickly untied the rope and opened up the scroll and checked it out. It was a letter with beautiful writing, marked with a dignified looking seal at the end.
“So, the third step of the Grand Plan will now begin.”
His eyes shook with excitement. He had been waiting for this time for so long. But it was also sad that his brother wasn’t here to walk the same path. After reading through the letter, Yi Wook frowned.
“Tonghu Bay? Isn’t this bottom of the place? Aren’t we doing it in that place?”
“I heard it’s not always there.”
“...Well, I guess we don’t need to take such risk. It doesn’t matter. Whatever the location is, the plan is always the same.”