Surviving as a Genius on Borrowed Time

Chapter 397

A moment of silence flowed around the low wooden tea table. Brief yet calm.

“……”

The two sect masters possessed profound cultivation.

There was a distinct aura of clarity about those who had trained in temples and monastic grounds. Even the grand inner chamber—where the Great Patriarch of the Amya Battlefront had once stayed—felt like nothing more than a modest guest hall in their presence.

At this moment, the faint wisps of steam rising from their teacups seemed to be offering silent consideration to the young supreme martial artist who was hearing stories about his grandfather from others.

Baekyak Satae’s gaze, filled with gentle benevolence, turned toward Jeong Yeon-shin.

“If we are to be precise, the Beggars’ Sect leader was the one who first provoked the dispute. Of course, quite ironically, he never ended up forming a sworn brotherhood with Mount Hua in the end…”

She spoke.

It was a tale of young geniuses.

Those who distanced themselves from the worldly great sects like the Eight Great Clans and the Thirteen Heavens, wandering the martial world purely as wandering ascetics.

The Seven Prodigies of the Nine Schools and Sects had always been lofty figures. Even then, their skills were already at a level where they could each have established their own martial lineage.

Brilliant stars, no matter how far apart, can still be seen in the same sky. The meeting between them and Ma Yeon-jeok was inevitable.

Hwaeum County.

In an inn at the base of Mount Hua, a true gathering of dragons and phoenixes took place.

The young beggar—who was, at the time, the Hu Gae of the Beggars’ Sect—abruptly stopped eating his meal and challenged Ma Yeon-jeok to a duel.

Encounters and clashes between young martial artists traveling the land were as commonplace then as they are now. However, the event that unfolded that day was something extraordinary.

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