Inside the wooden house where the high-ranking members of the Shentian Family were gathered.
Beside the elder Shentian Daiben, there was a middle-aged man dressed in samurai clothes with alternating black and white patterns.
The man sat kneeling with his eyes closed, and an old-looking samurai long sword lay across his knees.
Despite the man's disheveled and downcast appearance, no one present dared to underestimate him.
For he was Ishibashi Ryouei, the most renowned Sword Dao Master on Beichen Island, and ranked fifth among Japan's ten great Sword Saints.
His teacher was even the number one Onmyoji in Japan.
It was precisely because of him that the Shentian Family had been able to securely hold their position as the leading family of Beichen Island, ascending into the ranks of Japan's top noble families.
"Fukutake Chiwei did well. Issue the order that he must bring that criminal back. If he dares to resist, then just bring back the body," Shentian Daiben spoke slowly.
