Sword God Reborn

Chapter 168 : A Plan to Divide the Unorthodox Alliance into Three

Neung-heo also nodded his head as he looked at the documents.

"Wow. Look at these."

"Do you see how it's going?"

At Cheon Mubaeck's question, Neung-heo nodded his head as if it were obvious.

The documents contained the recent movements of not only Fujian Province but also various influential Unorthodox Alliance sects throughout the Central Plains.

What was particularly noteworthy was the movement of the Great Strength King, that is, the Green Forest.

The Great Dragon Gang and the Green Forest had distinctly different spheres of influence. The back alleys of the city were the stage for the Great Dragon Gang, and the numerous forests were the stage for the Green Forest.

There was no reason for the two to have a dispute. Moreover, now was the time when the Black Assembly, where all the Unorthodox Alliance gathered, was being held. The Black Assembly was about pursuing the integration of the Unorthodox Alliance of the Central Plains, but they were having a conflict now?

Neung-heo sneered and said.

"As expected of the Unorthodox Alliance bastards. They're having a power struggle even in this situation."

Cheon Mubaeck's eyes shone.

"A power struggle?"

"The fact that the Black Assembly is being held means that they are trying to integrate with each other. It seems that integration is almost a given, and if a coalition is born, in the end, there can only be one leader, right?"

"That's right."

"But the Unorthodox Alliance, you see. They have a clear hierarchy. There can't be three heads."

The Great Dragon Gang leader, the Great Strength King, and Wang Jeonyu.

The three most influential figures in the current Black Assembly.

"Right now, the Great Dragon Gang, which is acting as the big brother of all the Unorthodox Alliance, has the most power, so it's highly likely that they will lead the Black Assembly and become the leader, but will the Green Forest meekly hand over that leader position?"

It was a rather sharp intuition and analysis.

Glancing over, Guk Jihum was also looking at Neung-heo with shining eyes, as if he were surprised. Cheon Mubaeck also had the same thought and looked at Neung-heo with a rather proud gaze.

At that, Neung-heo shrugged his shoulders.

"Why are you all like this? I have the head to think this much."

Cheon Mubaeck said as if it were new.

"It's strange sometimes. A guy who has rolled around in the Unorthodox Alliance his whole life knows his characters well, and he's pretty good at organizing documents."

"Even so, I went to a village school when I was young, and I was ranked fifth there."

"Were there five scholars attending the village school?"

"..."

Cheon Mubaeck, who had blocked Neung-heo's boasting in one go, looked at Guk Jihum.

He could not be satisfied with the information listed in these documents.

Wasn't he the Hao Faction leader? Simple information was just data, but if it was analyzed, dug into, and organized, it would become real information.

The meaning contained in Cheon Mubaeck's gaze as he looked at Guk Jihum was obvious.

Not just to list the facts, but to present the analyzed information.

With the title of Hao Faction leader on the line.

Only then would it be a reasonable deal, and it meant that he would hand over the verses of the Dark Truth Wisdom Sword.

'There's no easy way.'

Guk Jihum smiled bitterly and opened his mouth.

"The One-Eyed Snake's words are right. If a coalition is launched at the current Black Assembly, the Great Dragon Gang leader, the Great Strength King, and Wang Jeonyu will become the leadership. As of now, it is judged that the Great Dragon Gang leader has at least fifty percent of the influence. The Great Strength King has about thirty percent, and Wang Jeonyu has about twenty percent."

"If this continues, the Great Dragon Gang leader will become the leader?"

"But it's an ambiguous figure. Even if the Great Strength King takes away just ten percent of the Great Dragon Gang's power for himself, it will be the same."

"So the Great Strength King is trying to win over the Unorthodox Alliance that are included in the Great Dragon Gang's power?"

"Although the Great Dragon Gang is a huge Unorthodox Alliance sect, not all the sects under it thought well of it. As their power expanded, there were also sects that had no choice but to bow their heads."

"He's trying to attract as many Unorthodox Alliance forces that have a grudge against the Great Dragon Gang as possible, and the Great Dragon Gang is rebelling against that, causing a dispute."

"The Great Dragon Gang leader's original purpose is presumed to be a triumvirate."

"A triumvirate..."

"But since his influence was the strongest, he must have intended to completely take control of the coalition as time passed."

But it seemed that the Great Strength King's skill was quite great.

He was increasing his influence by stealthily swallowing up the forces that were alienated from the Great Dragon Gang.

"By the time we participate in the Black Assembly, the power struggle between the Great Dragon Gang leader and the Great Strength King will be worth watching."

Cheon Mubaeck was lost in thought.

The birth of the Unorthodox Alliance coalition.

In the long history of the Central Plains, it was an event that was less frequent than the Demonic Cult's invasion of the Central Plains.

That's how difficult it was for the Unorthodox Alliance to be unified.

Moreover, although they were of the same black color, the cases where the Green Forest and the waterway, which had different personalities, were unified were extremely rare even in Cheon Mubaeck's memory.

But even in those extremely rare cases, there was something certain.

"The power of the unified Unorthodox Alliance is more shocking and destructive than expected."

That enormous number and the boldness and decisiveness that did not care about face.

An Unorthodox Alliance united with one mind was definitely dangerous.

Moreover, the problem was whose influence had touched the birth of this Unorthodox Alliance coalition.

'Before, the Blood Demon Valley that had appeared in the Red Dragon Gang in Zhongjing had come with the introduction of the Great Dragon Gang.'

What if the Great Dragon Gang was related to the Blood Demon Valley?

What if the influence of the Blood Demon Valley had entered this Black Assembly?

'Whether the Great Dragon Gang is an ally of the Blood Demon Valley, or whether they are simply in a business relationship with each other.'

The former was dangerous, and the latter was also dangerous.

'What if the Great Dragon Gang leader takes control of the Black Assembly and becomes the leader?'

That would be a terrible thing.

The Blood Demon Valley, a Demonic Path force in the Central Plains, was already formidable. Moreover, if one considered the certain forces that had spread to the outside world, it was even more so.

And what if the Black Assembly led by the Great Dragon Gang formed an alliance?

'Terrible.'

Of course, it was still unclear what kind of relationship the Great Dragon Gang had with the Blood Demon Valley.

But at the very least, the birth of the Unorthodox Alliance coalition led by the Great Dragon Gang had to be stopped.

"Neung-heo."

"Yes."

"Would it be better to give power to the Great Strength King and let him take over the Black Assembly?"

"Uh... I don't know."

No, in fact, that was also a problem.

If the Great Dragon Gang collapsed and the Great Strength King led the Black Assembly?

Would the Blood Demon Valley just stand by?

Perhaps they would give some reward and persuade the Great Strength King.

The best way was simple.

"I'll have to recall my Gongming's plan after a long time."

"Gongming...? Gongming? Zhuge Gongming? What, are you talking about the Marquis of Wu as if he were your friend?"

"What do you mean, friend? He was my much older brother."

"What kind of nonsense are you saying in a new way?"

Cheon Mubaeck hit Neung-heo on the back of the head once and stood up from his seat.

"Now, let's get moving."

In any case, the Unorthodox Alliance becoming a coalition due to the Black Assembly was a big trend.

It was difficult to stop.

If so, he had to create a situation where no one could take the initiative.

"It's not a plan to divide the world into three, but a plan to divide the Unorthodox Alliance into three."

Cheon Mubaeck's eyes shone eerily.

* * *

Cheon Mubaeck slowly followed the walking group from the rear and thought.

'The River King's power certainly looks weak.'

How many mountains were there in the entire Central Plains, and how many Green Forest members resided in those mountains?

How many Unorthodox Alliance gangsters lived in the back alleys of each city?

On the other hand, although Wang Jeonyu had taken control of the Yangtze River, in the end, if he left the river and came on land, he was significantly inferior compared to those two forces.

It was the same for the procession of river pirates walking on the road now.

'Of course, I reduced it by more than half.'

The injured and the personnel guarding the boat.

In any case, it was clear that Wang Jeonyu's power was the weakest at the Black Assembly.

This was also the reason why Wang Jeonyu was showing deep goodwill to Neung-heo and the Black Heart Gang now.

'If this continues, far from a plan to divide into three, they'll be eaten up by one side, won't they?'

The direction of the Black Assembly was different from what he had thought.

Although he had thought that the Great Dragon Gang leader would integrate the Unorthodox Alliance with overwhelming power, the influence of the Great Strength King, who was based in the Green Forest, was also enormous, and his skill in stealthily increasing his power was amazing.

'The Great Strength King is so fierce that he's causing a noticeable conflict with the Great Dragon Gang and expanding his power.'

The leader of the unified Unorthodox Alliance coalition that had appeared after hundreds of years.

How powerful would that power and authority be?

It was worth coveting.

And desire, sometimes, calls for a bold decision.

Moreover, for the Unorthodox Alliance, whose characteristic was a recklessness that did not look back, or to put it nicely, boldness, that tendency appeared more strongly.

'Should I leave the weakest, Wang Jeonyu, alone?'

The answer was no.

What if he somehow made Wang Jeonyu surrender and took control of the Yangtze River?

Whether it was the Great Strength King or the Great Dragon Gang leader.

Whoever it was, they would completely take control of the initiative of the Black Assembly.

So Wang Jeonyu was leading the procession and moving with such a tense face.

Soon, the procession headed towards Mount Wuyi.

Since the place where the Black Assembly was held was a small city near Mount Wuyi, it was a fast way to arrive as soon as they crossed Mount Wuyi.

But the problem was that to cross Mount Wuyi, they had to pass through the Nine-Bend Stream.

The Nine-Bend Stream, which was a long and winding valley, was a very narrow path.

So the procession had no choice but to walk in a long, single file.

Once, Cheon Mubaeck had come here.

In his many past lives, he had had a big fight here.

'It's a perfect place to ambush people.'

A perfect place to crouch in the bushes on both sides of the road and ambush.

When Cheon Mubaeck glanced over, Neung-heo and Guk Jihum also had unusual expressions.

And Wang Jeonyu, who was at the front of the procession, also had a stiff face and a tense expression.

On the other hand, the river pirates under him had expressions that did not care much.

Well. What was the absolute premise of the river pirates? To fight only on the river, and not to fight on land. They had not even guessed that there would be an ambush here.

But for Wang Jeonyu, who had lived on a boat his whole life, to be so tense, it must have been that his martial artist's sense was warning him.

"Neung-heo."

"Yes, Lord."

"What do you think we should do?"

"We should send someone to check if there's an ambush. This is a perfect place to get hit from behind if we just go. Moreover, we've received such information through the Hao Faction."

"You go and talk to him."

Neung-heo soon approached Wang Jeonyu and said, To send out scouts.

Wang Jeonyu also seemed to think it was reasonable, and soon sent out the river pirates under him as scouts to check the road.

But not long after, the river pirates returned with indifferent faces and reported.

"No matter how thoroughly we searched, we couldn't see a single bug."

"Is that so? Hmm. We should get out of the valley before it gets darker."

Since the scouts had said so, what could Wang Jeonyu do?

But Cheon Mubaeck shook his head.

'Will the guys who have been fighting on the water their whole lives easily find an ambush hidden in the mountains?'

Cheon Mubaeck clicked his tongue.

An ambush in the mountains was really exquisite, and it was difficult to find unless one opened one's eyes wide and looked carefully.

Because there were often cases where one passed by it right in front of one's nose.

And what if the ambushing opponent was a Green Forest member who had been born and raised in the mountains his whole life?

If that Green Forest member was determined to ambush, could a river pirate find him?

Cheon Mubaeck focused on the extrasensory perception that was piercing his whole body.

'There is an ambush.'

Although they had completely killed their presence, Cheon Mubae-ck's extrasensory perception did not miss it.

'I would welcome it if the Unorthodox Alliance fought among themselves and self-destructed.'

Cheon Mubaeck's brows furrowed slightly.

If both the Green Forest and the river pirates collapsed in a mutually destructive way, there would be no problem.

But if that happened, the Great Dragon Gang would gain power, so that was also a problem, and if Wang Jeonyu collapsed, the Green Forest's power would become stronger, so the Great Dragon Gang could be eaten up.

Neung-heo also spoke to Wang Jeonyu with a slightly stiff expression.

"Something is not right. There must be an ambush."

"Hmm, gang leader. I also think it's unusual. But who would attack us? There are no decent Orthodox Path guys in Fujian. It's just the Green Forest and the Unorthodox Alliance. We're going to the Black Assembly to become brothers, not to fight."

It seemed that he did not think that they would go so far as to attack and aim for their lives.

He was just thinking of it as a power struggle with some nerve-wracking.

At that, Cheon Mubaeck, who had been quiet until now, stepped up.

"If you're not going to offer up the entire waterway you've built up until now to the Green Forest, you should change your direction now."

"...!"

In an instant, Wang Jeonyu glared at Cheon Mubaeck with a cold face.

A sense of tension lingered in the crowd for a moment.

"Where does a guard interfere?"

"It's just funny to see you trying to rationalize and deny what even a guard knows."

As if it were an unexpected answer, Wang Jeonyu's mouth was agape as he looked at Neung-heo.

Neung-heo also didn't know that Cheon Mubaeck would suddenly come out like that, and he made an awkward expression, not knowing what to do.

'No. If he's suddenly acting like that, it means he has a thought.'

Thinking so, Neung-heo was silent.

Wang Jeonyu said with a dumbfounded tone.

"Gang leader, no matter how much your guard is like your nephew, you need to educate him properly."

"Well..."

"It is said that bitter words to the ear are loyal advice. Leader. Look around you. If arrows and swords pour out from both sides right now, we'll all die. Moreover, if they are river pirates on land, not on a boat."

At Cheon Mubaeck's added words, Wang Jeonyu also seemed to have felt something and turned his gaze with a rather serious face.

A terrible silence fell for a moment.

Was it because he had heard Cheon Mubaeck's words? Wang Jeonyu, who was looking around, felt a sense of disharmony for some reason.

And he soon noticed where that sense of disharmony was coming from.

"...The scout said he didn't even see a bug."

Wang Jeonyu's eyes shone eerily.

He couldn't even hear the sound of bugs.

What that meant was...

Just then, a faint figure slowly appeared from the opposite side.

(End of Chapter)