Lord of the Court

In the city of Red Fragrance

In the center of the city sits the headquarters of the Red Tiger Sect, a massive red building with three surrounding towers to represent the three tiger lairs.

At the top of the middle tower is the room of the Tiger Sect Master, Shen Shen. The room is simple, with a tiger head hanging from the wall and a simple table in front of the Sect Master's silver chair.

Shen Shen is a man with masculine features, a tiger scar on his face, and a blind left eye. He wears a tiger fur covering his back, revealing his chest, which bears a deep black sword scar.

Zhao Nan enters the room and greets the Sect Master.

"Zhao Nan's squad leader greets the Great Sect Master..."

Shen Shen raises his head and looks at Zhao, then raises his hand slightly in return.

Zhao continues, "Sir, something happened on our way back from the Lotus City of Love. On our way, we encountered the daughter of a Lady of Lust with a maidservant."

Shen Shen is surprised.

"The daughter of a Lady of Lust...?"

Zhao continues, "Yes, a sect master. We tried to capture her, but we were obstructed by an unknown young man in elegant clothing." Shen Shen sighs, then with a simple wave of his hand, as if lazily imitating a real tiger claw strike, a red aura appears around his hand. Three red lines shoot out toward Zhao, tearing at his clothes, cutting into his chest, and sending him crashing into the wall. Zhao clings to the half-destroyed wall and looks at his master, who he finds standing before him. Shen Shen says in a serious, calm tone, but filled with anger: "You idiot! Did you think just because we joined the Murim Alliance, we could do something great like kidnap the daughter of one of the Four Evils? Are you planning to exterminate us, you bastard..." Shen Shen turns back to his chair. Zhan stands with difficulty, apologizes to his master, and tries to leave the room. Before leaving, his master says: "You said a young man stopped you. Were there other people with him?" Zhao answers with difficulty. "Huh... yes, sir. There was a strange young man wearing a white mask with a golden line."

At that moment, the Shen Shen Sect Master's face is filled with panic, and his initially calm expression disappears. Then he puts his head on his lap and thinks.

"A white mask? A golden line? ... Is that an old man who came back again? No, no, that's impossible. That old man should be dead by now. It's impossible for him to be over 130 years old, right?! He's human, right?! ... Right?!"

Zhao is surprised by his master's reaction, then says in a tone of surprise:

"Are you okay, sir...?"

" Shen Shen sighs and says, "I want you to keep an eye on that person and follow him to the farthest reaches of the earth so that he doesn't escape your sight. Come back if you don't find anything strange. But if you do... well, I don't think you can come back, but do your best."

Zhao quickly and confusedly greets his master, then thinks to himself, "What is Master talking about? Is that person really dangerous...?"

On the road to the Union of the Central Plains and the South, next to the Great War Forests, we see Fan with his usual aura and clothes, and Hao Lin, who repeatedly brags about his family in front of Fan, who is already starting to get annoyed. Then Fan interrupts Hao Lin's words and asks, "Hao, if you're so fond of your family, why did you come to the court?"

Hao falls silent, his tone disappearing from playful and arrogant. Then he turns serious, and Hao says with a sad, longing tone, "Huh? Actually... you could say I didn't find anything interesting there. I didn't feel like I was in a place..." "It suits me at all. Everyone is interested in power, reputation, status, and money. They are looking for more and more power. They repeat slogans of righteousness and goodness. They buy slaves and shout at servants and say that the Black Alliance is evil. I honestly don't see any difference..." Van replies sarcastically. "So you're saying that you're just a stupid teenager who ran away because there are some evil people in your community?" "

Then Fan looks at the horizon and says, "I believe that all evil people and all good people exist. There are those whose evil is killing and enslavement, those whose evil is throwing garbage in a public place, those whose good is sacrificing themselves and putting others before themselves, and those whose good is carrying an old woman's belongings."

Hao Lin looks at Fan in mild surprise and then says with a warm smile, "You sometimes say profound things, sir..."

After a while, Hao Lin says, "Ah, sir, we will soon reach the city of the Green Sword. We can see it after crossing this simple plateau."

Then he continues, "The Green Sword City is the main city of one of the Nine Powers of the Murim Alliance, the Namjong Family. It is the place where I was raised."

After crossing the plateau, Fan sees a great city in front of him, surrounded by giant walls, with some small villages scattered around.

Fan stands as a cold breeze blows from under his mask. For the first time, he experiences the meaning of human habitation.

He sees one of the largest and greatest cities in The world of Saif City, the home of Saif Saleh.

Fan says in a simple sentence:

"Beautiful... Something in my heart holds a longing, a hatred, and even a love for this place, as if I've lived here for decades..."

Then Hao Lin replies in a sarcastic tone:

"Huh... Sir, please don't try to sound so cool. This is really annoying."

Fan looks at Hao Lin.

Then the scene shifts to Fan sitting on a rock and Hao Lin being punished. He sits there with his hands raised to the sky. Hao Lin says:

"Sorry, sir. I didn't mean to say anything wrong. You just know me. I'm really talkative..."

Fan replies, wiping his mask with a white towel.

"I think I should demote your position to Judge Seven. You really need to be rehabilitated..."

Hao Lin cries, then walks over to his master and grabs his leg, saying:

"Ah, please, sir. It was hard for me to get to this position. Ah..."

Fan gets upset and kicks Hao Lin away from him.

Then suddenly, a voice sounds. Carriages and horses coming from the forest. Hao Lin and Fan look towards the sound. Two carts pull two horses each, and 10 guards dressed in blue and white. One prominent guard among them is a large, strong-built man with a spear on his back, sharp eyes, a black beard with a white line in the middle, and the emblem of the Murim Alliance in the middle of their chest. They are surrounded by carts. The first cart has a combination of white and red colors, with an emblem in the middle that says Nuwa. Behind it is a green cart with luxurious white, looking more expensive than Nuwa's cart. Above it is a green banner with a white thread that says Namjong. Hao Lin says, as if he's just realized it. "Ah, that's my family's cart." Fan looks at him with even more annoyance. Two carts stop, and a girl steps out of the Namjong cart. She's wearing an old white Chinese dress with green flowers adorning it, dark black hair tied with a green bow, long green earrings, dark black eyes, and a tender smile.

Until Hao Lin was surprised and smiled widely and cried out in laughter, "Hahaha... Sister!! It's really been a long time haha...!"