What happened on Kang Yoon-ho and Murong Sang-a’s wedding night?
Why on earth is Kang Yoon-ho, who should have died, alive and fighting against the Demonic Cult? His family was destroyed because of his wife, so why is he cooperating with her?
Is there a hidden secret?
What is the truth behind that blood-stained wedding night that is often talked about among the people of the martial world?
“So you two had a thing, huh? After tying the knot, did you feel pity for your wife? Sure, the look of that Assassins’ Spider chick is more powerful than any martial arts, but you’ve definitely lost your senses in love!”
That’s what they say.
Murong Sang-a is beautiful. Not just beautiful, but the most stunning in the martial arts world. Even Baek Myeon-ho-ri, while looking at me in disbelief, seemed to understand it.
“I think you might be under some strange delusion.”
“Delusion? Heheh! Do you think I wouldn’t know you’ve been doing something similar to me?”
“No…”
I didn’t even know that was the case. What on earth do you know?
“Do you think I wouldn’t notice that you faked your death, handed over assets to your nothingness of a wife under the guise of inheritance, and set up this whole plan to create a force to help her?”
I had such grand plans? I had no idea.
“What nonsense are you talking about?”
“The best move that girl could make, with her mere handful of supporters at the time, was you. Since she was being watched, she sent you, her husband, to secretly gather allies!”
Wow. That’s the deal.
Murong Sang-a believed in her husband’s abilities and sent Kang Yoon-ho out to the martial world to avoid being watched. There was a reason she bore the stigma of being an Assassins’ Spider.
Should I jot this down for the future? I felt like applauding.
“I escaped by my own strength. She has nothing to do with it.”
I couldn’t help but admire how Murong Sang-a’s excuses were coming together in real time, but I had to correct the misunderstanding.
Heheh. If you’re going to lie, you should learn to manage your expressions first.”
Baek Myeon-ho-ri scoffed at my words, as if finding them ridiculous.
“What?”
“If it’s true that you made a clever escape, you wouldn’t have asked me about the Assassins’ Spider with such a worried look on your face.”
“……”
Did I really have such an expression? I surprised myself, touching my face.
Heheh. Doing all this for your beloved wife, huh? Looks like the Assassins’ Spider girl may have her husband’s luck!”
Baek Myeon-ho-ri seemed to take pleasure in landing a solid hit with his words.
Did my emotions show when I asked about Murong Sang-a? It seems that due to my expression and circumstantial evidence, Baek Myeon-ho-ri has drawn an odd conclusion.
No matter how much I deny it, can I do anything about it?
A woman who’s been single-handedly fighting against the Demonic Cult for years.
Murong Sang-a.
The husband who was thought to be dead was found in Hubei Province. Shattering the Demonic Cult’s schemes, he was now boldly occupying the power they desperately wanted in two factions.
Could it really be that the repeated sabotage was just coincidence? Or is this the couple’s scheme against the Demonic Cult?
Anyone would conclude it’s the latter.
Should I reluctantly play along for a bit?
Maybe I could get more information on the Demonic Cult. Plus, I might end up hearing news about her.
I deliberately lowered my head in defeat.
“You weren’t called Baek Myeon-ho-ri for nothing.”
The only little problem is whether they’ll believe I change my attitude just like that.
“I knew it would be like this! Heheh! Cough! I’ve indeed fallen into your couple’s scheme…!”
He immediately bought it.
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“How on earth could you know our plan?”
Because I’m a genius.
Whenever I try to declare a new heroine as mine, you guys pop up like those love and truth-darkness generators. I use all the information I have, even the useless ones, to find out.
I couldn’t bring myself to say it.
How should I say it? Considering the purpose of our conversation, how do I bolster his deduction? I need to create misunderstandings and extract additional information from him.
“Making someone secretly join the cause isn’t just your expertise.”
You love using evidence and circumstances to deduce, so let’s throw some bait your way.
Subtly. Ambiguously. While subtly poking at his anxiety and empathy.
“Was the Assassins’ Spider girl placing spies near Murong Bi all along?”
Exactly. That’s right. This guy has a well-structured imagination.
I should pluck the best card from the certain information I have.
“Seems like the head of the Murong family is having quite a tough time. As things aren’t progressing, his worries are piling up while his tongue is getting lighter.”
I point out the head of guards who’s struggling because of Murong Bi from the original. It’s known that mid-level managers have their fair share of struggles.
“I knew it! That useless guy! I told him countless times never to trust others while sneaking in!”
“The capable Baek Myeon-ho-ri also goes alone for fear of making mistakes; what would that incompetent head of guards know? Thanks to that, we’ve learned a lot.”
It’s not your fault for messing up; it’s due to someone else’s incompetence. I feign mockery while subtly lifting Baek Myeon-ho-ri’s spirits.
“You make a good point. Heheh! Cough! Of course, that’s how the plan leaked.”
It becomes hard to doubt that the head of guards was the informant.
“News has been coming in, but I was dying from not being able to grasp how the great Baek Myeon-ho-ri could devise a plan.”
While I chat casually, I resolve Baek Myeon-ho-ri’s suspicions.
What you know, I also know. So why not share what you know? Let’s create a comfortable atmosphere.
“I finally understand how you noticed me. Yes, that girl. She recognized me immediately.”
Unexpected information spilled from Baek Myeon-ho-ri’s mouth.
“You met her?”
“Didn’t you hear? Heheh. You were worried about her as a husband. So yes, I approached her while disguised.”
“Were you trying to assassinate her?”
My emotions slipped into my voice involuntarily.
Heheh. Cough! I barely got close. Suddenly, she looked directly at me from afar. It felt like my heart would stop for the first time ever. I instinctively knew I’d been caught. I ran away right away.”
She recognized him. How? Baek Myeon-ho-ri’s disguise should have made it hard to spot him.
Wait. What if…
“Didn’t she clutch her left hand at that time?”
A long-forgotten item flashed through my mind.
“How do you know…?”
Zhangbai Silver.
Was she wearing the wedding ring I gave her?
That tingling sensation starting from my chest dug deeper into my heart.
A little trick to escape on our wedding night. But I thought it could be useful for her later, so I kept the item.
It seems like that wedding ring helped her. I barely held my smile back.
“The Assassins’ Spider girl! Still a thorn in our side! How dare you try to steal the teachings!”
“Why? Did you think we would just take it lying down?”
“From where did you two start your infiltration?”
From where would I even start?
I need to make him suspicious of the plan from beginning to end. He should deduce and confirm one by one to extract information.
From the escape on our wedding night, we were waiting for the right moment to strike back. So where shall I begin? The answer was clear.
“Gathering the Hao Sect and seizing control of the Man Geum Battlefield. What do you think the best steed (大馬) I could have to accomplish that is?”
“Im Ha-yeon…!”
Exactly. Let’s begin from there.
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All the circumstances and clues were laid before Baek Myeon-ho-ri.
“Did info leak about securing the pink-haired girl? So, you were the one who moved first to secure her!”
Regrettably, every bit of it was false information.
Listening to Baek Myeon-ho-ri’s brain heating up was quite amusing.
“There’s a lot that can be done with a great steed (大馬).”
With a relaxed smile, I turned his shock into conviction.
“So it wasn’t just a coincidence that you brought down the Dead Arm Ghost with the help of Im Ha-yeon and rallied the Hao Sect…?”
“Who knows?”
“No matter how much I checked, it was strange for some nobody with black hair to suddenly appear as a successor candidate for the Man Geum Battlefield. No matter how I thought about it, it seemed weird. From the beginning, you and the Assassins’ Spider were plotting together.”
Honestly, all the children of Zhangno are useless, and that’s how I got dragged in.
I just kept quiet.
“You escaped from the Murong family and were just waiting for the day of the successor trials at the Man Geum Battlefield.”
The secret behind Kang Yoon-ho and Murong Sang-a’s wedding night.
“Yeah. With the help of the Murong family and the Hao Sect, passing the trial would be a piece of cake.”
I appeared in Wuhan, resolving the Hao Sect’s problems, and taking over the Man Geum Battlefield.
“You captured Im Ha-yeon, made her your woman, rose to power with the Hao Sect, charmed the youngest daughter of the Ge Gals, and got the qualifications as a successor to the Man Geum Battlefield!”
Whoa, that’s not it.
While it may be technically correct, why does it feel so wrong? If someone hears it, they’d think I committed marriage fraud and succeeded!
Hehe! Cough! Did I end up being played from start to finish?
A perfectly crafted story with numerous pieces of evidence and circumstances.
It’s not that Baek Myeon-ho-ri was incompetent.
How would he have known a guy with information about the original would pop up out of nowhere? So what he could only do was reflect on the reasons behind his failure through all the circumstances and clues.
“Could it be that the guy only assigned to the Shadowless Thief case investigated Ma Yang-baek’s corpse to find me?”
Kang Yoon-ho and Murong Sang-a, the couple waiting for a moment to retaliate, had meticulously planned this incident from start to finish, and Baek Myeon-ho-ri’s deductions were truly impeccable.
At the same time.
“Your couple’s scheme has completely ruined the teachings of the Demonic Cult!”
That was a perfectly wrong answer.
