After making love all night, Baek Mu-Gun and Namgung Hyun-Ah returned to the Wuchang Sword Sect early in the morning. Mu-Gun then sent Hyun-Ah on her way and returned to his room. Rather than going to sleep, he circulated his qi to recover the stamina he had exhausted while making love with Hyun-Ah.

When the sun rose, Mu-Gunate ate breakfast with Hwang Rei and the Six White wolves, then prepared to leave the Wuchang Sword Sect. They planned to stay in Wuchang for a few more days, but he would feel bad troubling the Wuchang Sword Sect when the other three great families would already be leaving. Hence, he wanted to get accommodations in an inn instead.

The three great families, including the Great Namgung Family, were preparing to leave Wuchang. The Hebei Peng Family and the Great Huangfu Family planned to return home by land, and the Great Namgung Family decided to take the same route they did to get here. They would head to Tongling through the Changjiang River, then make the trip to Hefei on land. The Hebei Peng Family and the Great Huangfu Family left first, and the Great Namgung Family followed not long after.

Mu-Gun went to Wuchang Port and saw the Great Namgung Family’s group off. Hyun-Ah found it a shame to be away from Mu-Gun, but she wanted to return home first and convey her will to her father, Namgung Jo, before deciding what to do next. Namgung Ho had already noticed that the relationship between the two had deepened when he saw...