"Lady Shangguan! I am Huangfu Sheng of the Great Huangfu Family. I came at the request of Master Shangguan, your father. Stop this childish elope and return to the Shandong Merchant Association with us."

Baek Mu-Gun could roughly guess the situation when he heard the Great Huangfu Family and Lady Shangguan being mentioned. The crossdressing woman they referred to as Lady Shangguan was most probably Shangguan Bihe.

She likely refused the marriage proposals of the Great Huangfu Family and the Qingdao Sect because of the man she loved.

On the other hand, her father would have tried to form a connection through marriage with the Great Huangfu Family or the Qingdao Sect for the sake of the Shandong Merchant Association's growth.

Just like what one of the merchants from before said, it seemed that the Great Huangfu Family was the final choice. With her father’s coercion putting her in a position where she had to marry someone she didn’t want to, Bihe was eventually forced to elope to this place with her loved one. However, the martial artists of the Great Huangfu Family had caught up to her.

The Great Huangfu Family’s arrival reminded Mu-Gun of the grudge from his previous life. He was about to stand up but managed to calm himself down. Sticking his nose in other people's affairs in murim would do him no good. Moreover, he was on his way to the Medicine King Family. It would be problematic if he caused them harm by getting involved with the Great Huangfu Family.

"No, I have no intention of returning, so please go back," Bihe replied with a determined voice.

"If you keep acting like this, the person in front of you may get hurt, Lady Shangguan."

"If you think your threats would scare me and make me step down, you're greatly mistaken. You will never be able to take Lady Shangguan with you without my permission,” the man with Bihe said firmly.

"Kuhaha, did you just say ‘permission’? That's big talk coming from a guy who can't even take one of...