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Chapter 2 - As The Sun Rises

When the sun begins to rise in the east, the sect's "Walls of a Hundred Thousand Souls" begin to cast pattern-like shadows on the ground, and the mysterious patterns on these walls turn into the forgotten letters of the ancient "Danzo Kingdom" when they meet the sunlight.The first sect leader "Baek Mu-Jin" built this "Wall of a Hundred Thousand Souls" by burying his knowledge...And these inscriptions reached the fourth sect leader "Joe Hwan"...

"Leaving martial arts aside, my father began to teach me the language of the Danzo kingdom, other people only see these writings as ancient relics, because only I was asked to be able to read the language of the Danzo kingdom, through this means I can only appear to be wasting my time here, and I hope the guards think so too, I must continue to make them think so, all the teachings of the previous sect leaders are here, I will keep everything secret and wait patiently until my opportunity appears."

While Jin was watching the sun from above, he saw someone coming from a distance. This person was Mr Zheng, the only person who supported Jin.

"MR ZHENG!!!"

"Young Master... How are you young master, are you in good health?"

"How about you, Mr Zheng! How are you?"

"Me? Same as always."

He sees Jin's injured finger and asks:

"Young master...! Those bastards hurt you again?!"

Jin immediately hid his finger and replied with a false smile:

"You don't have to worry...They didn't do it, Mr Zheng, haha...It accidentally hit my finger while forging iron...Haha..."

"Huh?! No, it's definitely a lie-"

"Ah! Mr Zheng! You didn't need to bring so many provisions...You can start looking after your own life now, Mr Zheng. I'm very grateful for what you've done so far..."

"Huuf...But my heart won't allow it, young master doesn't deserve such a life..."

Jin smiled. "Not only did he bring food and medicine, he even brought me a thick quilt for the winter..."

"Huh? Why is there a stone here?"

"I found it in the South, they said it fell from the sky, a tribe worshipped it as a sacred object, but that tribe... was slaughtered, so the rock no longer had a place to belong..."

"Slaughtered...?"

"It looks like they went to war with the Cursed Sword Cheon Waa..."

....

After betraying our Sect, the "Big Five" created their own art and power in the Murim World.

The Cursed Sword "Cheon Waa" gathered other powerful swordsmen around him to form an elite group and settled in the west, now known as the "Guardians of the Cursed West".

Although Swift Storm "Kung Sae" has not done much yet, he has created a group called "Swift Storm Surge".

The Iron Monarch "Jae Shim" has built the "Steel Fortress" in the north.

The Devil Fist "Peak Woo", known for his ruthlessness and brutality, formed a group called "Crushing Devil Fists".

....

"T-That's right! Since the young master is a blacksmith, I brought some iron!"

Jin said with a laugh:

"Oh, really? Thank you, Mr Zheng. Anyway, let's go to my place, it's getting cold. It'll warm us up, and it's starting to snow..."

"I'll always be grateful for what you've done, Mr Zheng."

"Don't mention it, Young Master!"

They went to Jin's house talking.

"So, this Jin Hwan... This kid is really nothing... It's really a pity." Said the person who was listening to Jin and Zheng. It was the sect vice-captain "Hin Mi-San".

....

"Please make yourself at home, Mr Zheng."

"Young master's tea is always delicious!"

"What's going on in the world now?"

"Hmm...Let's take a look. Oh, right. Recently, all the rumours talk about a martial artist who has made a name for himself in the murim world. A martial artist named "Dam Soo-Cheon" who has challenged 100 martial artists and declared that he will win them all."

"Dam Soo-Cheon?"

....

Dam Soo-Cheon was the second son of Immortal Master "Sung Jeok-Cheon" of the Eight Heavens.At first, people laughed at him and didn't take him seriously.After all, he was just a young boy in his early teens.But whenever he challenged anyone, chaos and destruction always erupted.Now, his mere presence has become a figure that inspires both fear and admiration in the murim world.If he wins seven more challenges, he will engrave his name in murim history as a record.People have nicknamed him the "100 man challenger."

....

"Oh...and he's only 18 years old...?"

"At this rate, Dam Soo-Cheon will definitely become one of the imposing pillars of the murim world. Right now, many sects are uneasy because of him...Hoho!"

"He's quite impressive...Any other news?"

"Ah...Hmm...Let's see..."

They sat and chatted until evening.

....

"Mr Zheng, stay and rest for a while...."

"I'd like to stay too, but unfortunately I can't, young master."

"Okay, Mr Zheng."

After Jin saw Zheng off, he saw someone approaching him. It was Hin Mi-San.

"Ah, Master Jin! I've been looking for you. Distant guests are coming to visit you, so we're planning to repair the palace and use it as a hospitality centre."

"Do as you wish...That building has been abandoned for a long time, it doesn't really matter...If that's all you have to say, I'm leaving..."

"Huh? Ah...Um...Okay."

Jin walked away from there and went towards his house. As he entered the house, someone grabbed him from behind and threatened him with a knife.

"Who are you?"

"A woman's voice?" Jin thought to himself.

"I-I shouldn't be the one to ask..."

The woman brings the knife a little closer to Jin's throat.

"Unfortunately...I asked first."

"Agh! I-I own this place...!"

"Owner? Are you saying you're the heir to the Sect?"

"Y-Yes...Now it's my turn to ask..."

Suddenly the knife falls to the ground, Jin turns around, the woman collapses, she was unconscious, and she was covered in blood.

"H-Huh?" Jin looked at her in surprise.

"What the fuck is going on?! Is she guilty? What should I do?! Wait, I have to check if she's alive first."

Jin immediately checked her breathing.

"Still Breathing! AHHHH...!!! WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME?!"

He immediately picked her up and put her on the bed. He immediately started to check her wounds. He saw the deep wound on her neck.

"Is this poison? It looks like she was hit by the deadly Poison Qi...Ahh... Oh, that's right! I had medicine...! There was only one left...I'm making a great sacrifice by using this...Tch...Whatever!"

He immediately started injecting the medicine into the girl. Thanks to the medicine, the bleeding stopped a little bit.

....

The girl opened her eyes after a long sleep.

"W-What happened to me...? Who treated me...?"

Suddenly Jin came in.

"Ah, are you awake?"

The girl suddenly remembered what happened to her.

"Ah, so that's how it happened, this guy cured me?" she thought to herself.

"You've been asleep for three days, so at first I thought you were dead."

"HUH?! I'VE BEEN ASLEEP FOR THREE DAYS?! But wait...W-Why did someone like you cure me?"

Jin said with a calm face:

"I can't just sit and watch while someone dies in front of my eyes...At least...I don't want to see anyone else die in my house." He says and leaves the food next to the girl.

"Eat it before it gets cold, you'll feel better."

The girl didn't react at all.

"What's your name?" Jin asked.

"HUH?! Why do you want to know my name?"

Jin got angry:

"THAT'S ENOUGH! LISTEN! I NOT ONLY TREATED YOU FOR FREE. I LET YOU SLEEP AND EAT HERE! NOW YOU WANT TO STAY IN MY HOUSE! I AT LEAST HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW YOUR NAME!"

The girl blushed and replied:

"My name is Eun Ha-In..."

"I don't know if it will be the size, but I left some clothes there for you, I'll be right next door, let me know if you need anything." Jin said and walked out the door.

The girl said to herself:

"I think his name was Jin Hwan, what a strange man..."

...

The building was still being repaired for the guests, everyone was working hard, Jin was just watching them from the top of the building.

"I let her stay willingly...Am I that lonely?"

Then he smiled:

"Eun Ha-In...It's a beautiful name."

....

"She hasn't left the house for three days, is she okay?" Jin thought to himself.

Eun Ha-In was trying to remove the poison from herself by meditating.

"Jin Hwan...I don't know what you're using, but the effect is fading, it's almost over, I have to deal with it."

Trying to suppress her pain, she suddenly failed in meditation and her wound began to worsen.

"Ah... Am I going to die like this...? I couldn't even thank him properly..." and he fainted.

And suddenly a masked person came in from the roof.

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