Upon hearing Yeongpung’s words, I had to furrow my brows.
“Who…?”
It was because I couldn’t understand what he had just said.
Whose successor had he become?
‘Did I hear that correctly just now?’
No matter how much I thought about it, it seemed like I must have misheard.
Then, Yeongpung spoke to me with a slightly flustered expression.
“By any chance, do you not know who the Hwasan Seongeom is?”
“No…. Well, explain it first.”
It seemed like I had heard the title correctly, at least.
I needed to check if the Hwasan Seongeom that Yeongpung was talking about matched the one I knew.
“The Hwasan Seongeom is the 8th Sect Leader of the Mount Hua Sect.”
…Oh dear.
“In the past, during the Blood Demon War, he was one of the five heroes who blocked the Blood Calamity of the Blood Demon.”
Oh dear….
“Even in the present day, when selecting the greatest swordsman of all time, he is invariably included, a revered figure of the Mount Hua Sect… Young Hero?”
“…”
Yeongpung looked at my face and cautiously called out to me.
It was because my face was crumpling more and more as I listened to the explanation.
‘It seems like it’s the same person after all.’
No matter how I listened, the Hwasan Seongeom that Yeongpung knew seemed to be the same person as the senile old man I knew.
Then.
‘But what does that mean?’
So, what on earth did those words he just uttered mean?
‘Successor?’
Yeongpung had suddenly said he was the successor of the Hwasan Seongeom.
As I listened to Yeongpung’s words,…