Three days before his marriage, Baek Mu-Gun was still strengthening the forces of the Baek Sword Sect and the Zhejiang Martial Alliance. It had been ten days since Namgung Hyun-Ah, the Great Namgung Family’s marriage delegation, and the Baek Sword Sect members departed for Wenzhou from Nanjing. If no particular issues surfaced, they would arrive in a day or two.1

As the Baek Sword Sect prepared for the upcoming marriage, the Patriarchs of the Ten Clans of Zhejiang visited the Baek Sword Sect to congratulate them. The fact that the Patriarchs themselves would be personally attending Mu-Gun’s marriage—the Baek Sword Sect’s marriage—was proof that the Baek Sword Sect’s status had increased. With great hospitality, the Baek Sword Sect welcomed the Patriarchs and the other guests who came to celebrate the marriage.0

The Baek Sword Sect spent quite a fortune to serve their guests, but they did not find it a waste at all. After all, their generosity impressed their guests and showed them the Baek Sword Sect’s status first-hand. In the midst of it all, they received news about the Great Namgung Family’s marriage delegation reaching Wenzhou Port. Mu-Gun personally went to Wenzhou Port to greet them.0

Fifteen minutes after Mu-Gun arrived, the ship carrying Hyun-Ah and the Great Namgung Family’s marriage delegation entered Wenzhou Port. He greeted the delegation, which was led by Divine Wind Sword Saint Namgung Ho, as soon as they disembarked. Mu-Gun knew him quite...0