Chapter 109. Everythings Going According to the Plan

ED: Chrysanthemum

Gongs Ahri spoke asshe pet the white rabbit onher lap.

Where were you all this time? I was worried.

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The rabbit, whowas currently sleeping with its belly exposed, was Maksu.

Gongson Ahri rubbed Maksus cheeks, then discovered thatthere was a tiny leaf poking out of its belly andpoked it.

Twitch-

The leaf moved away from Gongson Ahris hand asifit was alive.

WhenGorgon Ahri made a surprised face, Maksu suddenly stood up from his spot.

What is it, Maksu?

Maksu straightened his ears to listen fora bit, then sniffed the air a few times.

Afterthis, he leaned left andright a few times, turned around, andbegan to run.

Eh? Whereare you going, Maksu?

WhenGongson Ahri followed Maksu, she realized they had arrived atthe place whereCho Ryu Hyang was.

The drill hall of the Sichuan Branch.

Onceshe arrived there, Gongson Ahri paused fora bit.

Thatwas becausethat child was there.

Cho Ryu Hyang

Maksu ran towards Cho Ryu Hyang whileGongson Ahri hesitated.

Gongson Ahri turned the other way whenshe saw Cho Ryu Hyang.

How strange.

She didnt know why, butshe felt the need to look atCho Ryu Hyang, buther feelings were conflicting.

She felt good whentheir eyes met, buther chest hurt atthe same time.

Why?

The reason was simple.

She liked the child.

Gongson Ahris face reddened onceshe thought thatmuch.

She was feeling embarrassed.

Whilethat was going on, Maksu had already reached Cho Ryu Hyang.

Gongson Ahri saw this butwas unable to move.

What shall I do?

She wanted to talk to Cho Ryu Hyang by using Maksu asan excuse, butshe couldnt really do thatnowadays.

Cho Ryu Hyang had become noticeably colder to her.

He just nodded whenshe said hello, andhe always acted asifhe was busy.

Thatmade Gongson Ahri feel sad.

Gongson Ahri looked down ather clothes andsighed.

I shouldve come out inbetter clothes

She hadnt thought much about her clothing becauseof Maksu.

Andthere was one butperson whowas watching all this.

It was Sunwu Cho Rin.

Cho Ryu Hyang

There was Cho Ryu Hyang atthe end of Gongson Ahris gaze.

Just what did she like about thatchild?

Sunwu Cho Rin looked atGongson Ahri with a complicated face, then turned around.

Focus.

She needed to focus ather task inhand.

Sunwu Cho Rin tried her best to wait forthe change thatCho Ryu Hyang had mentioned.

[What the hell did you do?]

Cho Ryu Hyang turned whenhe heard a voice next to him.

He knew thatMaksu had come here from the start.

He just didnt bother to talk to him.

Cant you tell?

[Why do you think Im asking?]

Maksu frowned andlooked atthe formation infront of Cho Ryu Hyang with strange eyes.

[Where did you learn this sort of thing? A formation thatcontrols formations..?]

Maksu asked Cho Ryu Hyang a question with a shocked voice, butthe boy chose to ignore the rabbit.

It would just be a waste of time to try andexplain things now.

Lets talk later.

Cho Ryu Hyang waved the rabbit away andfocused onhis formation onceagain.

Maksu looked atthis dumbly, then turned to the formation aswell.

Is this how he looks atthe bigger formation?

Butno matter how much he tried to look, he was unable to see anything.

He decided to step inout of curiosity.

Then

Vuun-

Eh?

He could see.

He was able to see multitudes of dots flowing infront of him

WhenMaksu made a surprised face, Cho Ryu Hyang pulled the rabbit back with a frown.

Dont watch without permission.

[You Just that Were those dots all human?]

Cho Ryu Hyang paused whenhe heard this.

He brought the rabbit to his eyes andspoke.

You could see those?

[I managed to see dots, arrogant human.]

Cho Ryu Hyang looked atMaksu with an annoyed face.

So he really is special?

A being thatwas not human.

This rabbit really must have something special going forhim.

There was no way one could see dots inside the formation with normal eyes.

EvenCho Ryu Hyang had to use his Godly Eyes to see inthe formation.

Maksu seemed to possess an ability to see things like this oninstinct.

He isnt normal, is it?

Cho Ryu Hyang looked atMaksu with a curious gaze.

Maksu began to twist andshake asifhe was getting tired of being hung inmidair by Cho Ryu Hyang. The boy put the rabbit down carefully.

Maksu huffed andpuffed angrily oncehe was put down.

[Do not treat me lightly, human. Do you evenknow what position I have inheaven? I may look like this now, butonce I ascend, all beings will look atme venerably.]

The rabbit spoke arrogantly out of anger.

Looking atthis, Cho Ryu Hyang smirked.

Cute.

[!]

WhenCho Ryu Hyang said this andturned away, Maksu began to shout inoutrage.

Butthe boy just decided to ignore all this.

The reason whyhe had turned away wasnt becauseof Maksu, though.

Gongson Ahri

He had felt her standing far behind him.

The moment he saw her, he turned away.

Why?

He asked himself whyhe was like this, buthe didnt really have an answer to it.

Everything he came up with seemed no more thana poor excuse.

How annoying.

He felt annoyed whenhe thought thathe was just being an idiot by himself.

Gongson Ahri was acting normal to him, buthe wasnt.

Cho Ryu Hyang cursed his own cowardliness andwent back to work.

He was afraid thathis thoughts would begin turning into audible words otherwise.

Gu Hui made an astounded face whenhe saw the ocean infront of him.

Chuaa-

The waves struck the coast andcreated white bubbles.

Atthe same time, a salty smell struck Gu Huis nose.

Wait.

Gu Hui looked forward afterspeaking to his subordinates.

Right now, he was extremely confused.

From what he knew, there werent supposed to be formations thatchanged sodrastically like this.

This was whyhe did not know what he was to do asof yet.

There is no weak point?

The only reason whyhe was able to pass the first change soeasily was becausethere was a weak point inthe formation.

Butthings were different now.

There was no weak point.

Gu Hui slowly moved along the coastline andtried moving his toes ina certain way.

Afterdoing so, he frowned.

This isnt it either?

Normally, a formation would reveal a part of its true form oncea person used either the Mountain King Steps orthe Heavenly Master Steps.

These two steps were two of the many techniques to destroy a formation. Gu Hui tried using other techniques, buthe didnt get anything.

The formation refused to react.

Not reacting

This was strange.

Gu Hui looked forward atthe sea with squinted eyes.

This formation was indeed very powerful.

Butit didnt evenharm anyone.

What is their plan?

Gu Hui would be the one to benefit the more time was spent.

This should be something the creator of the formation should know better thananyone

Did he have a different plan?

AsGu Hui andJuk Hyul Myung thought this to themselves,

The experts of the Alliance were being slowly disintegrated by Cho Ryu Hyangs trap.

The woman whoseemed to be a leader amongst a group of female experts spoke oncea red light flashed ahead.

Put them in.

With the command, the 20-30 experts inthe group inserted the nets intheir hands deep inside.

They seemed to be trying to catch something inmidair.

A few people brightened oncethey seemed to have caught something.

Got them.

What are you doing, then? Pull it up?

The experts quickly pulled up their nets.

Something big seemed to come out with a little bit of resistance.

It really worked?

This was something thateventhe commander was unsure of.

What these experts were catching with their nets werent fish.

They were humans.

The commanders quickly brought the shocked subordinates back to their senses.

Subdue them andkeep capturing more.

Understood!

The subordinates seemed much more lively thanbefore.

This was becausethey nowunderstood what the heirs commands meant.

A fisher whofishes men

This was what the heir called this tactic.

Becauseof the strange name, Sunwu Cho Rin smiled.

She hadnt realized what the heir was talking about back then.

No, the tactic was soobvious thatshe didnt know what it was.

To think I would actually end up fishing people

Sunwu Cho Rin could only be astounded whenshe saw enemies being dragged out andbeing suppressed immediately.

Just how would a formation have to work inorder to make something sostrange like this happen?

Against experts atthat

Not evenshe had expected to be able to take down experts aseasily asthis.

Butas time passed, problems began to arise.

Did the heir expect something like this to happen aswell?

Sunwu Cho Rin clicked her tongue atthe experts thatbegan to resist.

The heir most definitely expected this aswell.

Do not look down onthe Alliance!

It was Qing Song Ja.

Evenwhen exhausted, he was able to fight like a peak expert.

Andbecauseof that, several experts were able to come under his wings to fight.

Did he send me here to fight people like that?

Indeed, the heir was smart.

Sunwu Cho Rin had to admit that.

Her job was to take care of experts like those.

Butas she ran towards Qing Song Ja, she paused fora second.

Wouldnt it be easier to kill everyone using the formation, not them?

Wouldnt thatcost less people andbe easier aswell?

Did the heir just not think thatfar?

For now

Sunwu Cho Rin quickly shook her head whensuspicion rose up inher head.

Fornow, getting rid of the old expert was the most important.

She shouldnt get the order mixed up.

Aftertaking a deep breath, Sunwu Cho Rin tightened the grip onher whip andnarrowed her eyes.

Then she carefully looked atQing Song Ja, whowas spraying sword qi everywhere.

Ina few moments, Sunwu Cho Rins eyes widened.

Atthe same time, a mad smile appeared onher face.

Sunwu Cho Rin moved like lightning.

Ill take you out with a single blow, old man.

She needed to beat him asfast aspossible.

Afterall, the other side was asstrong asher.

Sunwu Cho Rins smile deepened asshe neared the old expert.

Her murderous aura got stronger aswell.

Shuiiii-!

Qing Song Ja began to shoot out sword qi ather ashe began to feel danger.

But

Too late.

Chuaa-!

The whip inSunwu Cho Rins hands dodged the sword qi andpenetrated towards Qing Song Ja.

It was a perfect attack executed atthe perfect time.

Stab-

The tip penetrated itself deeply inside Qing Song Ja.

K, kuh!

Qing Song Ja looked atthe whip incredulously.

Andas he tried to grab onto the whip.

Chuaa-!

Sunwu Cho Rin took it out with a grin.

There was some blood, butshe didnt care.

This is the beginning.

This was only the beginning.