Book 6 Chapter 8

Hong (紅)!

Behind the curtain,

It was a deep and eerie night where the moon floated leisurely among the starlight.

The leisurely but weak moonlight

Was insufficient to dispel the darkness,

And the surroundings were filled with silence.

Everyone from Cheonmu Academy should have been asleep. It was long past bedtime, yet there was a place, besides the night duty room, where the lights were still on. However, because it was a place too high for anyone to dare approach and tell them to turn off the lights and go to sleep as the night was deep, no one dared to enter.

"You want to follow those children?"

"Yes!"

The voice came from behind the curtain. Who could stand behind the back of Jin Gyeomcheol, the head of Cheonmu Academy, without revealing themselves?

"Is it really necessary for you to follow those children? I'm just saying, do you really need to go to such trouble?"

"I have judged it to be absolutely necessary."

His words, existing in the darkness behind the curtain, were utterly resolute.

"Then there's nothing I can do. No, it would be useless to stop you. Who would dare to stop you if you are going? Even I cannot dare to stop you. This time again, I will trust your judgment, Hong (紅)!"

The trust that Jin Gyeomcheol, the head of Cheonmu Academy, placed in the man called Hong (紅) was immense. It was by no means easy to receive such wholehearted trust from Jin Gyeomcheol, one of the pillars of the righteous martial arts world. Those at the pinnacle of an organization always exercise extreme caution when choosing individuals to place their trust in.

"Yes! Please just leave it to me."

"When will you depart?"

"In one week from now."

"Understood. I will take the necessary measures."

"Thank you!"

"Do your best!"

There was no reply. Only silence answered. He had already vanished. However, he did not blame the impoliteness of disappearing without a greeting. Thus, one more person was added to the party heading towards Wudang Mountain.