A cool twilight veil descended upon the mountain.They were near Taiyuan, in Shanxi Province. Amidst their encirclement of one of Sim Mu-ryeon’s Martial Lords, Jeong Yeon-shin, Great Master Wonjeok, Gun Yu-rin, and Jeon Baek encountered an issue.

    It was about how to deal with Bi-ik Bloodlord.

    Great Master Wonjeok was the first to consult Ma Gwang-ik, asking, "May this humble monk spare this one?"

    Jeong Yeon-shin hesitated.

    Their opponent was a killer. A man whose cruelty was evident.

    Jeong Yeon-shin had always dealt death to such men.

    The sole exception had been Cheonggirin Namgung Se-jin, and perhaps that was why his dreams remained restless.

    If he willed it, he could manifest the Imperial Sword Form even now.

    "I''m not saying he should be healed. Merely that he should not be killed. This bald bastard is a hypocrite to begin with—it''s enough for him to keep breathing on this earth while being removed from his place."

    Great Master Wonjeok spoke.

    Shaolin held the precept of non-killing. Even as a sect within the martial world, it forbade murder.

    That was the nature of Buddhist temples.

    The moment a monk took a life, he became a fallen monk.

    That was why Shaolin had developed its bare-handed martial arts, its staff techniques, and other defensive arts.

    Even when the Yuan Dynasty invaded these lands, this principle had never been broken.

    The birthplace of martial arts on the continent was Mount Song. One could call it the martial world itself. The philosophy of Shaolin had been passed down unbroken through the ages.

    Even the notoriously ruthless Namgung’s Greatest Sword had never forced a Shaolin monk to kill.

    Not when he had been part of the Namgung Clan.

    Not even when he erased his name from the family registry and joined the Thirteen Heavens’ Martial Dragon Society.

    Jeong Yeon-shin slowly opened his mouth. Below, Bi-ik Bloodlord, bruised black and blue, glared up at him with venom in his eyes. Sёarch* The N??elFirё.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    "Living as a commoner will be painful."

    The marks of Buddhist asceticism on Great Master Wonjeok’s forehead shifted slightly.

    "A commoner, you say?"

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