Return of Mount Hua Sect - Chapter 453

“Life is…….”

In the wind, Chung Myung reached out. He was holding a bottle of alcohol.

He slowly turned his head to look at the side dishes as he drank alcohol.

A smile spread across his lips as she observed the duck and the delectable pork belly given by Hyun Young after he stated that Chung Myung had a difficult time traveling a long distance.

Besides…

“I don’t think you understand now. I said I can see the legs! The legs!”

“If you have the power to swear, drag more! More!”

“Where are you staring at? I’ll squeeze your eye out!”

“…….”

Baek Sang, Yoon Jong, and Jo-Gol were wringing Mount Hua’s disciples, led by Baek Chun. They screamed while holding swords in one hand…… It’s kind of like, uh……

Chung Myung, who had been thinking for a while, quickly smiled.

‘What does matter?’

It is acceptable as long as it is efficient.

Whatever the case may be.

If the upper stream is clear, the lower stream will be clear as well, and the lovely system that grinds the upper water steam to the lower part was operating on its own.

‘Huh?’

‘You don’t use these saying at times like this?’

‘It’s none of your business!’

Chung Myung’s gaze returned to the sky. Baek-ah twitched briefly, most likely due to the pressure on his head, but quickly returned to silence.

‘I managed to get here.’

Looking back, it was a very difficult time.

It has been a long time since he was reborn as a beggar and arrived at Mount Hua.

Leading the disobedient young Sahyung with love and righteous will, and persuading the Sect Leader and Elders who doubted him several times.

After that hard and tough fight, he finally came here.

“Keuhh, this was an impossible feat, impossible feat. Isn’t that right, Cheon Mun Sahyung?”

– It takes a long time though.

“This yangban is really.”

Chung Myung gritted his teeth.

‘Oh, then you should try it yourself!’

‘I came all the way here this fast. If Cheon Mun Sahyung had been the one who had done this, I’d be playing Go with Sect Leader by now!’

“Tsk. What’s the point of saying it.”

Chung Myung, who was grumbling, soon slapped his stomach and looked back at Mount Hua with a relaxed look.

Looking at the Sahyung who trained on their own without being forced by him, and the Elders who started to do their job on their own, they now looked a bit like a proper sect.

Considering the first time he was on Mount Hua, the word “Fickleness of things (상전벽해/桑田碧海)” was a perfect fit.

It’s just…

“We still have a long way to go.”

They just barely went past the stage of finding back the old Mount Hua’s frame at most.

Mount Hua is praised by the world for beating Myriad Man House, but it’s just a self-interested assessment to emphasize that Mount Hua, who is wearing the mask of a Righteous Faction, has disgraced Myriad Man House of Evil Sect.

Mount Hua did its best to repel some of the forces of Myriad Man House.

That was the limit of the current Mount Hua Sect, to put it bluntly.

“We still have to be stronger.”

The Hancheol Sword could raise Mount Hua’s disciple’s capabilities by 30 percent, but it is still not enough. It was just that the acorn had become a slightly larger acorn.

It has yet to be a sect that is comparable to the Mount Hua Sect of the past.

“Those acorns need a little more time to get stronger… … .”

The problem was that the world wouldn’t wait for them indefinitely. What would matter if you could spend as much time as you want? But the world was not so easy.

“Cheonwumaeng is still lacking.”

It was true that the union of only three sects, namely Namman Yasugung Clan, the Sichuan Tang Family, and the Mount Hua Sect, was a bit shameful to be dubbed as an alliance.

If the Ten Great Sect, where the ten most prestigious sects in the world gathered, or Five Great Family, where five prestigious families gathered, were compared to them, it was inevitable that they would definitely lag behind.

“In the end, it’s obvious that we need to receive more sects.”

Chung Myung scratched his head.

If the quality is poor, they have no choice but to fill it with quantity. The same is true for a sect. If Mount Hua’s disciples didn’t improve, it would be a way to get more disciples and increase their power.

One way was to receive a Myung generation under the third-class disciples, and another was to accept the disciples of the subsidiary sect as their own. (means to accept disciple again. Keep in mind that Chung Myung joined the sect outside the time frame when Mount Hua accepting disciples.)

Just one thing.

“… … I wish I had more Hancheol.”

Roughly enough, he made Hancheol Sword for all the disciples. However, he wanted to make a symbolic Plum Blossom Sword for the subsidiary sect’s disciples who will come to the main mountain for training and return.

Of course, it would be impossible to make a sword mixed with a lot of Hancheol as used by the disciples of the main mountain, but he wanted to give them a sword that proudly shines, saying, ‘I’ve mixed with Hancheol!’….

“Damn, why is there so little Hancheol?”

Chung Myung recalled the conversation he had with Tang Gun-ak while taking out beef jerky and chewing it.

– But in the end, it’s metal. Does it make sense that everything else comes out, but only his particular type of metal disappears?

– I’ve said it before but, when did Hancheol rare to be seen anymore?

– About a hundred years ago?

– Do you know where Everlasting Metal Hancheol comes from?

– It comes off the ground.

– …… Ten Thousand Years Cold Iron (만년한철(萬年寒鐵)). It is Hancheol that has changed its properties after receiving extreme yin for 10,000 years. Then, where would they come from?

– North Sea?

– Yes, Hancheol is a specialty of the North Sea. However, the trade between Jungwon and the North Sea was cut off due to the last war.

– …….

– That’s why it’s no longer available.

“Ugh.”

Chung Myung washed his face dry.

“I should have buried them all back then!”

Even after the war has ended, it hurts present-day Chung Myung. If he could go back to the old days, he would twist all their head.

“Ei. If I don’t have it, I have to live without it!”

It was not a human thing to go all the way to the North Sea to obtain it.

Chung Myung, who shook his head, reached for his bottle.

‘Huh?’

However, no matter how much he groped, he could not catch the bottle.

‘Where’s the bottle….’

“Wargh! You surprised me!”

Chung Myung was startled and twisted his body. Yoo Iseol, who came up to the eaves before he knew it, stole the bottle and was staring at him.

“W- Why! Why are you acting like a ghost again, it’s killing me!”

“No alcohol.”

“Why?”

“Elder Hyun Young is looking for you. Something’s come up.”

“Huh?”

Chung Myung tilted his head at the sudden news.

“What’s going on all of a sudden?”

Then he jumped off the roof.

“…none?”

At Chung Myung’s stunning question, Hwang Jong nodded with a humble face.

“……I’m sorry, but it is.”

“No, why?”

“The stuff has dried out.”

‘Uh…’

‘I’ve heard this somewhere.’

Chung Myung scratched his head.

“No, I’m sure you said you could get everything except for the Jamokcha last time.”

“It certainly was, back then.”

Hwang Jong sighed deeply as if he was frustrated.

“But Dojang. As you know, the supply of goods varies from time to time. That’s why the price changes.”

“I can pay as much as I want. Mount Hua is rich now!”

Chung Myung stretched his belly out.

But Hwang Jong just smiled bitterly.

“I know. No one besides me understands the most just how rich Mount Hua is. The problem is, if we can get it by paying it a billion, we will try to get it, but right now, the item itself isn’t present.”

“…….”

“I’m sorry, Dojang.”

“Wa- Wait a minute.”

Chung Myung’s eyes trembled.

“Why are the overflowing Ice Crystals (빙정(氷精)) suddenly disappearing?”

“……it hasn’t been overflowing before. It was just that it was easy to get it if you paid a lot of money.”

“In any case, it was there.”

Hwang Jong scratches his head as if he’s sorry.

“As you know, Ice Crystals are from the North Sea. It’s something that only comes from the North Sea. In the past, trade between the North Sea and Jungwon was banned, but goods were still secretly circulating. In order for the barren North Sea to make a living, they have no choice but to sell goods in Jungwon.”

“That’s right.”

Even though Hancheol wasn’t being sold, they still sold Ice Crystal. That’s why they were able to obtain some Ice Crystal. Wasn’t Jasodan made from that Ice Crystal?

“By the way, I don’t know if you’ve heard it, but the atmosphere in the North Sea has been unusual recently. Perhaps that’s why they’re suddenly locking all the gates and strictly banning Jungwon people from entering.”

“Uh…”

‘I heard this from Shaolin.’

“And the North Sea people are not coming out of the North Sea at all. As a result, we did not know what was going on as the trade was cut off.”

Chung Myung’s eyes widened.

“So what you’re saying is…”

“Yes.”

Hwang Jong nodded his head.

“Unless the North Sea Ice Clan resumes the entry and exit of Jungwon people, we can’t get you any more items.”

“…….”

Chung Myung looked vacantly at the air.

“… … I can’t… … . So I can’t make it?”

He decided to give Jasodan to King Nokrim. The problem is that there is no single Jasodan left in Mount Hua now.

They fed most Jasodan to disciples because it would only lose effectiveness as time went on, and all the remaining were used for treatment when Myriad Man House invaded.

The reason why he didn’t worry was that he met Maeng So, the head of Namman Yasugung Clan, and received more Jamokcha.

He thought that he could make any number of Jasodan or Honwondan as long as he had Jamokcha.

But…….

“Wouldn’t this be a disaster?”

Chung Myung’s eyes shook violently.

‘King Nokrim?’

‘No, Im Sobyong doesn’t matter right now!’

Im Sobyong or whatever, if the Ice Crystal is no longer in supply, they cannot create additional Jasodan. How hard did Chung Myung struggle to get the recipe for the damn Jasodan?

But it will end with just making it once?

“What kind of damned joke is this!?”

‘No!’

‘My Jasodan!’

Hyun Young, who was listening to the conversation, asked.

“Is there really no way?”

“Yes, Elder. I’m sorry, but it’s too much for our Merchant Guild. None. no one other than us will be able to obtain the Ice Crystals. I’m just checking to see if those who bought Ice Crystals have any intention of reselling them, just in case… … .”

“It doesn’t solve the problem if we gather them little by little like that.”

“That’s right, and I’m sure the price will go through the roof, so I haven’t made any inquirement yet.”

“Damn hoarders!”

Chung Myung glared his eyes.

“In any case, there is no way. Of course, if you are not from the North Sea, just stepping into the North Sea right now will get your throat cut.”

“…I guess so.”

The disciple of Shaolin also returned as a corpse while investigating the North Sea, what else can he say?

Then.

Baek Chun, who was listening quietly to the conversation, opened his mouth.

“But we can go.”

“Huh?”

“Did you forget? Yasugungju told you what he had said to other Clans? To not be harsh with us.”

“…….”

When Hyun Young heard it for the first time, he was surprised and asked Chung Myung.

“Is it true?”

“Uh…… I heard something like that… … .”

Then Yoon Jong looked up at the ceiling with sad eyes.

“Again…… We’ll have to go in person.”

Jo-Gol clasped his head.

“It’s winter soon! If we go to the North Sea, our bones will freeze.”

But Baek Chun shook his head calmly and said.

“There’s nothing we can do about it. It is what it is.”

The two, who were in despair, eventually nodded. They seemed to have accepted the fate that lay ahead.

But.

There was one person who seemed to be in a slightly different position.

“I disagree.”

Everyone’s head turned to one place at a time.

Hyun Jong was shaking his head with a dissatisfied expression on his face.

“This is too risky.”

“But in Yunnan…….”

“It’s not the same. Yunnan and the North Sea are different situations.”

It was nothing but a natural response. Hyun Jong has already heard Bop Jeong, the leader of Shaolin’s word.

“Magyo.”

Although it is not yet certain, the trace of Magyo was found on the body of Shaolin’s disciple transported from the North Sea. This means that there is a high probability that the North Sea is intertwined with Magyo.

“Of course, it is important to make Jasodan. But that’s not so important that you have to risk your lives.”

Hyun Jong said firmly.

“I am the Sect Leader of Mount Hua, and I cannot allow you to go to the North Sea.”

It was a firm voice. Everyone sitting there didn’t dare to contradict.

There was a moment of silence.

But then.

“Se- Sect Leader!”

Someone knocked violently on the door of the Reception Hall. Hyun Jong asked with a slight frown.

“What happened?”

“I- I think Sect Leader should come out! He’s in the gate now!”

“Hm?”

Everyone felt something unusual and jumped to their feet at the voice that was really urgent.

‘Enemy?’

‘An intruder?’

Perhaps because they got attacked by Myriad Man House in the past, actions came out before their words. Mount Hua’s disciples, including Chung Myung, stormed out the door in unison.

It was not long before the people who stood at the gate caught their eye.

“……Huh?”

Everyone paused and turned their heads in bewilderment.

“That…….”

Chung Myung blinked his eyes.

The dark yellow robe and the shiny head above it sparkled in the sun.

Chung Myung, who was staring blankly at the man standing in the gate, groaned.

“…Why is he coming here?”

“I know right?”

Everyone looked blankly at the scene, not knowing the situation. When the man found them, he approached with a smile while assuming Bangzhang stance.

“Long time no see, Mount Hua Divine Dragon.”

Bop Jeong, Shaolin’s Sect Leader, greeted him with a bright smile.