Return of Mount Hua Sect - Chapter 427
Guest Hall of Sichun Tang Family.
“…….”
Tang Gun-ak made a complex, subtle face at Tang So-so.
Tang So-so’s eyes twinkled as she looked at her father.
Tang Gun-ak tightly closed his eyes.
‘It’s not wrong.’
It’s not really wrong.
Tang So-so is now a Mount Hua disciple and a competent martial artist. As a result, the current appearance can be described as much more natural.
Tang Gun-ak, who remembers his daughter like a flower in the past, couldn’t help but notice that she looked a little strange now. Even though it wasn’t the first time she’d seen her daughter since entering Mount Hua.
Her hair was braided in two different styles.
Unlike what she used to wear at the Tang, she doesn’t appear to be overly comfortable.
And healthy-looking copper skin!
‘It’s fine.’
‘OK, this is fine!’
‘To be honest, who cares?’ ‘My daughter is in excellent health!’
Tang Gun-ak’s face was bright with joy.
“You must have had a hard time coming here!”
“No, Father!”
Tang So-so answered loudly.
“……you can speak a little quieter.”
“Yes!”
“…….”
Tang Gun-ak’s glum expression shifted to Chung Myung. Chung Myung tilted his head and opened his eyes wide.
“What?”
“…….”
‘This bastard make a bandit of someone else’s daughter…….’
‘No, it’s fine being a bandit or whatever, as long as she is healthy…….’
As his thoughts began to collide, Tang Gun-ak’s lips trembled slightly. He can’t organize his stance at all, at all!
“Yes. It’s nice to see you home after a long time.”
“Yes! I like it, too.”
“…….”
‘So-so.’
‘Please speak to this father as comfortably as you used to.’
‘Please.’
Tang Gun-ak’s shoulders shivered in the inevitable sorrow.
But the shock Tang Gun-ak had was nothing compared to what Tang Pae had.
“……So-so.”
“Yes?”
“That…….Uh… Yo- You’ve changed a lot.”
“What? I’m still the same.”
“…….”
‘Right. If you say so, so be it.’
‘Hahaha.’
Tang Pae glanced away at Tang So-so with an awkward face. And spoke to Chung Myung in a much more awkward voice.
“……have you been in good spirits? Chung Myung Dojang.”
“Yes!”
“…….”
Tang Pae’s face was full of humility at the lively answer.
In the past, he threw a dagger at the back of Chung Myung, who sparred with Tang Gun-ak. It has pushed him out of his position as Sogaju and he is now in a position to compete with Tang Zhan.
Of course, he has nothing against Chung Myung because of it. It’s something he should never do as Martial Artist, and even at this moment, he felt sorry for Chung Myung.
And Tang Pae is now admiring Chung Myung.
‘You are so bold.’
Chung Myung already accepted his greeting with a bright smile as if he didn’t care about such a thing.
‘This is the difference between the vessel.’
When they first met, Chung Myung was just one of Mount Hua’s Taoists. However, now, he has become one of the greatest figures in the world to the extent that cannot be explained with words.
So Tang Pae was surprised by Chung Myung’s vessel. Tang Pae’s voice, while bowing and greeting him, was humble.
“Thank you.”
“Yes? What?”
“For forgetting my mistake…….”
He muttered a little, then took a deep breath and opened his mouth again.
“I was foolish at the time. Please forgive me for not making a proper apology.”
“…what?”
However, Chung Myung tilted his head as if he didn’t know what he was saying.
When Tang Pae had a little doubt, Baek Chun poked Chung Myung in the ribs and whispered in his ear.
“That’s the man who used to stab you.”
“What? Is that him?”
“…….”
As if when the sun was clear, Chung Myung opened his eyes wide and looked at Tang Pae.
Baek Chun covered his face and sighed.
Come to think of it, Chung Myung has hardly ever seen Tang Pae. After sneaking a peek at Tang Pae who followed Tang Gun-ak, he fell down with a dagger. After that, Tang Pae was locked in a prison, so there was no chance for the two to meet.
“No! You are really crazy! How dare you show your face? I’ll stick a sword in your back…….”
“He’s Sogaju.”
“…or I might to, I guess. Hehe. Let’s forget about the past and get along well.”
“…….”
With a sudden change of attitude, Tang Pae’s back was full of cold sweat.
‘It’s a big vessel in a different meaning.’
In a very different way.
Tang Gun-ak, who looked at the process, smiled delightedly.
‘Did I do a good job of allying with these guys?’
‘Uh…’
‘I feel a little, a little bit regretful…’
“Hmm.”
Tang Gun-ak coughed loudly as if to blow his regrets away.
“Anyway, you had a hard time coming. Really……. Yes, you look like you’re going through a lot.”
How hard must it have been for a man to pull a cart?
Chung Myung who ordered it was very Chung Myung-like, but he couldn’t understand the disciples who were told to do so and still doing it anyway.
“Yes, I heard you were coming, but what the hell is going on?”
“Huh? Haven’t you seen it?”
“What are you mean?”
“The ones in the cart.”
“I saw something wrapped up.”
“Ah. It was wrapped up because it was raining, so you haven’t checked it yet.”
“The letter I received also said to listen to your explanation.”
“Oh, it’s nothing. I’m going to make some swords, so we brought the materials.”
“Materials?”
“Yes, Everlasting Metal.” (Everlasting Metal = Everlasting Iron)
“Oh, what did you say? Metal….. What? Everlasting Metal?!”
Tang Gun-ak freaked out and screamed.
“Are you sure it’s Everlasting Metal? That all?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“I- It’s not something that comes out when you dig, where the hell did all those Everlasting Metal come from?”
“It was buried in Mount Hua.”
“…….”
Tang Gun-ak’s body quickly lost its vitality.
It took him longer than expected for him to regain consciousness.
In the midst of this, there was an angry sound, “What are the Tang Family’s ancestors doing? Why did they settle on the ground that didn’t even have Hancheol?” However, the Tang Family’s member tablemates quietly erased the words from their minds. (Hancheol is the highest-grade metal. Everlasting Metal is one of them, idk.)
“He- Here’s cold water. Father.”
“Ughh.”
Tang Gun-ak, who gulped down the cold water that Tang Zhan gave out, moved in an unusual hurry.
“First, I’ll have to check it out. I wonder if it’s really Everlasting Metal.”
“Yes, let’s go.”
As Tang Gun-ak quickly moved his feet and left the Guest Hall, his family members and Mount Hua’s disciples followed.
Almost running, Yoon Jong asked Baek Chun gently.
“By the way, Sasuk.”
“Yes?”
“Is Everlasting Metal such a precious thing? No, I thought it was precious, but Gaju-nim’s reaction was so…….”
“……what do I know?”
“…….”
‘I guess that’s just how it is.’
Then Tang Gun-ak stopped, shook his head, and found the Chief.
“Chief! Chieeef!” (I guess Chief here is like Chancellor.)
“Yes, Gaju-nim!”
Tang Sangsu panicked and ran out. Tang Gun-ak isn’t the kind of person who would scream as such for simple things so he can’t help but be surprised.
“Wha- What happened?”
“Where’s the cart from Mount Hua!”
“Oh, that cart?”
Tang Sangsu answered calmly, as if it was such a fuss.
“The wheel was broken so I left it in front of the workshop to repair it.”
“What’s on it?”
“I brought it with the thing still on…….”
“Get out of my way!”
“Aaaaakh!”
Tang Gun-ak, who almost pushed Tang Sangsu away that blocked the front, ran toward the workshop at a formidable speed.
Indeed, in front of it was a cart that had become scrap metal. The things on it were also clearly visible.
“Stra- Straw mat…….. Keukk.”
Tang Gun-ak grabbed his chest. He was shocked to see it wrapped in dirty cloth.
“You… you heinous bastards! You know what this is, yet this is how you take care of it! Things to be punished by Heaven!”
Eventually, he pulled a dagger from his sleeve and threw it at the disciples of Mount Hua.
“N- No, why is this yangban suddenly being like this?!”
A little bewildered by Tang Gun-ak’s attitude, Chung Myung quickly pulled out his sword and slashed the flying dagger.
In the meantime, it was ridiculous that no single dagger was flying toward Tang So-so.
Tang Gun-ak, who was huffing as if his anger hadn’t gone away, soon peeled off the cloth on the cart with his trembling hands.
Then a metal full of old dirt finally emerged. At first, it seemed to have been smelted well, but now it was difficult to grasp the material of this metal only by its appearance.
But Tang Gun-ak could tell exactly what the metal was.
“Huuk! Huuk!”
Breathing deeply over and over again, he touched the surface of the metal. A cold chill surged through his fingertips. His eyes grew big.
“Tha- That’s right. It’s really Hancheol!”
That was also the best product among the products.
Tang Gun-ak hurriedly peeled off all the cloth. Then he looked at the Hancheol with eyes mixed with surprise and excitement and breathed heavily.
“So- So many Everlasting Metal……!”
“Hehe. Right?”
Chung Myung slowly approached him and poked his head out. Then Tang Gun-ak’s head turned as if it was about to break and was fixed toward Chung Myung.
Chung Myung asked, slightly frowning.
“…… Isn’t it? Is it right? No, I think it’s right.”
“…Hey, you……!”
Tang Gun-ak snatched Chung Myung and threw him away.
“Do you know what this is? It is a hundred times more expensive than gold for the same weight. No, what about a hundred times. Now that we can’t get it, it is now priceless!”
Chung Myung, who had flown away, returned to his place casually and tilted his head.
“What? Is that so? I don’t think it used to be that bad.”
“No, when the hell are you talking about? It has already been a hundred years since the price of Everlasting Metal soared. Hancheol has dried up since the war against the Magyo!”
“Oh, no wonder.”
‘Well, that makes sense…….’
“With this amount, even if you sell all of Mount Hua’s possessions, you still can’t get them! But you roll it up in a cloth and put it on the cart like this? Is your liver made from metal!”
“No, it’s just a lump of metal.”
At the sight of Chung Myung pouting his mouth, Tang Gun-ak staggered in front of his eyes for a moment and grabbed the cart.
‘A lump of metal?’
‘A lump of metaaaaal?’
If one of the Tang family members had said such a thing, he would have put charcoal in his mouth and sewed the mouth.
However, his opponent was a swordsman who didn’t even know how precious Hancheol was.
‘Let’s not expect anything.’
‘Right, what’s the point of getting angry? That’s the kind of guy this man is.’
“Huu, okay……. So why on earth did you carry Hancheol all the way here?”
“I’m going to make a sword.”
“……Sword?”
“Yes, Plum Sword.”
“…….”
Tang Gun-ak’s eyes twitched.
“You’re making a sword out of this?”
“Yes.”
His face, which had been calm for a moment, turned red again.
However, he soon regained his composure as the head of the Tang Family.
‘No, no. Don’t get carried away for now.’
Taking a deep breath, he looked directly at Chung Myung and asked.
“Are you planning to make a Divine Weapon of the sect?”
“No, I’m just going to make Plum Swords. I’ll give it to Sahyung.”
“…Are you crazy?”
“Why?”
Tang Gun-ak, who finally couldn’t hold back his harsh words, spewed fire from his mouth.
“Why? I’d rather make a sword out of gold. No, gold is better! If you make a sword out of it, you could buy a manor with just one sword, but when did Mount Hua become such a wealthy sect?”
“Hehe. You don’t seem to know.”
“……Huh?”
Chung Myung stretched his belly out.
“I have a lot of money.”
“…….”
Tang Gun-ak eventually collapsed on the spot.
Even if he combined all the shouts he had made in his life, it couldn’t be as much as he did today.
“…… You’re out of your mind.”
Of course, he knew Chung Myung was, but he believed Chung Myung was at least half-sane.
“You can make it, right?”
“…….”
“I brought it because I thought Tang Family could make it, but if you can’t, I’ll look elsewhere.”
Tang Gun-ak’s head twitched quickly.
Soon after he cleared his mind, he got rid of all his excitement, stood up, and nodded seriously.
“Of course we can. If it’s the smelting technique of the Sichuan Tang Family, it’s not that hard to make a sword out of Everlasting Metal.”
“Oh! Then…….”
“Instead, there’s a condition.”
“What?”
Tang Gun-ak radiated light from both eyes.
“Can I take a bit of it?”
“…….”
“I won’t ask for much, so give me a little. This is what friends are for! Hahaha!”
Tang So-so, who was watching the situation blankly from the back, turned her head gently.
His father, whom she was always proud of… … Strangely, she was a little embarrassed today.