So Yeon-Hwa turned her head toward the source of the voice. A handsome man with lily-white skin and distinctive features was smiling at her. It was quite a cheesy demeanor, but he was very handsome. To be honest, the man was superior to Baek Mu-Gun in appearance alone.

However, Yeon-Hwa wasn’t impressed by him at all. She also didn’t like the way he was looking at her for some reason.

“No, I have company, so don’t bother and go your way please.”

“Ah! You don’t have to worry about your friend. It seems like he had an urgent matter to attend to and left first.” The man shrugged and said.

Yeon-Hwa frowned. Mu-Gun obviously wouldn’t have left first. She was naïve, but she wasn’t a fool. The man’s words were proof that he would play some tricks to prevent Mu-Gun from coming back.

“I can basically guess what’s going on, but you’re making a very big mistake right now.”

“I don’t understand what you mean. Why don’t you drink with me instead of paying attention to someone so irrelevant?” The man kept flirting with her instead of heeding her warning.

“How do I address you?”

“I’m Yang So-Chu, the young leader of Shaoxing’s Black Sword Gang.” Yang So-Chu assumed a haughty attitude and introduced himself.

The Black Sword Gang was a notorious and quite powerful sect that had been spreading its influence in the Shaoxing area. Even Hangzhou’s Byeok Sword Manor,...