If he were in the same situation as So Gyeoksan, he would have acted exactly the same.

Suddenly, Hong Yushin�s gaze landed on Pyo-wol�s arm.

More precisely, he was looking at Gwiya, the small snake coiled around Pyo-wol�s arm.

At first, he had mistaken it for a tattoo or a red string wound around Pyo-wol�s arm.

When he found out that it was actually a tiny snake, he couldn�t hide his surprise.

The red snake coiled around Pyo-wol�s arms had used its tiny mouth to bite So Gyeoksan.

To Hong Yushin�s surprise, the little snake actually sucked in the Demonic Soul-Exchange Poison. It seemed as though the snake was drinking water from the straw with how it meticulously filtered out and consumed only the poison from So Gyeoksan�s body.

After gorging out on the potent poison after a long time, Gwiya flicked its tiny red tongue as if incredibly satisfied.

The poison that humans had worked so hard to create was just a delicious meal for the little snake, Gwiya.

Pyo-wol stroked Gwiya�s head with his finger. Gwiya, in turn, closed its eyes, enjoying Pyo-wol�s touch.

Soon enough, Pyo-wol and Hong Yushin arrived at the iron gate located in the innermost part of the cave.�

The chamber they went into was located even deeper than where So Gyeoksan had been locked up.

That meant that someone important was being held captive inside.�

It had to be.

After all, the person confined in this room was the one who had been in the box that So Gyeoksan brought from Runan.

So Gyeoksan knew the person�s identity, but he didn�t tell Pyo-wol outright, telling him to check the person out for himself.

As soon as So Gyeoksan was captured and brought into the Prison of No Return, the person placed inside the box was immediately imprisoned here.

Screech!

Pyo-wol opened the iron gate.

Inside the iron gate, a man was sitting with his back against the wall.

His hair and beard had grown long, making it impossible to see his face clearly, but his eyes still shone sharply.

The man reeked of the Demonic Soul-Exchange Poison. Its distinctive scent could be smelled on his breath.

But even then, he showed no signs of having lost his reason nor being eaten by madness, indicating that his mind was strong enough for him to be able to keep his sanity.�

The man looked at Pyo-wol and opened his mouth,�

�Who are you?�

�Pyo-wol. And, you are?�

�Yu Suhwan. A disciple of Jeon Mu-ok, the former sect leader of the Martial Sword Alliance.�

One of the Three Clans and the overlord of the South Sea, the Martial Sword Alliance.

Jeon Mu-ok, the Sword King of the Sea,1 was the sect leader of the Martial Sword Alliance and the strongest martial artist in the South Sea.

He had as many as ten disciples. JrNovels.com