Return of Mount Hua Sect - Chapter 555

”Where do you stack this?”

“Didn’t I tell you to move that this way!”

“Sasuk! I think it will be difficult to raise this higher.”

“Then you can stack it next to it!”

Under Baek Sang’s leadership, Mount Hua’s disciples carried and organized the luggage. Precious gifts from the North Sea were classified one by one and piled up.

“Hahaha.”

And the corners of Hyun Young’s mouth as he watched the scene almost touched his ears.

Although it would be better to keep his dignity since he is with disciples, but unfortunately, his facial muscles rarely moved as he thought.

“Haha. Hahaha.”

Looking at the piled-up items like mountains, he felt full even though he didn’t eat any.

Then Baek Sang, who rushed to him, opened a sack.

“Elder-nim. I have no idea what this is.”

“Huh? Let me see……. Um, this is my first time seeing this… Sodanju. Do you know what this is?”

Hwang Jong, who was climbing the mountain from Huayin Branch Eunha Merchant Guild to help with classification, looked inside the sack. He opened his eyes wide.

“I- Isn’t this True Snow Lotus (설연실(雪蓮實))?”

“Is it something precious?”

“It is! This is a precious herb only found in the North Sea! Originally, it was a precious herb because the quantity was not large, but since trade with the North Sea was cut off, the supply was dried up, and now the price has skyrocketed!”

Hyun Young’s smile grew warmer and warmer. “You mean expensive.”

‘That’s nice. That’s very great.’

‘Hohoho.’

“What a wonderful thing. Why do all the things from the North Sea seem expensive and precious?”

“It’s a matter of fact. Everything in the North Sea is different from Jungwon in everything from its environment to ecology. As a result, dozens of items are only available in the North Sea.”

Hwang Jong said while swallowing dry saliva, unable to take his eyes off the sack “Of course, if trade with the North Sea resumes from now on, the price will drop little by little, but for a while, five times… No, they are items that can be sold for ten times as expensive. Oh my god, how did they get all of these?”

“Hahaha.”

Hyun Young sat beside him with an endless benevolent face and stroked Chung Myung’s head which was inhaling sweets. “Oh, I’m a little embarrassed to say this myself, but Chung Myung actually has a knack for such a thing.”

“Hehehe!”

“I don’t know, but if he were a merchant, he would probably have been very successful.”

“Hehehehehehe!”

Jo-Gol, who overheard the conversation between the two while carrying his luggage, distorted his face.

“…Elder-nim, these are just one-sided gifts from the Ice Clan. Chung Myung didn’t pick anything!”

Hyun Young smiles when he hears it.

“Jo-Gol.”

“Yes.”

“Noisy. Just carry your luggage.”

“…….”

At the sight of Jo-Gol carrying his luggage again with his mouth pouting, Hyun Young clicked his tongue.

“Tsk tsk tsk. That guy who is the son of a merchant was so narrow-minded!”

“Sahyung is a bit like that.”

“Hngg! I should stop talking!”

It was crazy from the point of view of Jo-Gol, who listened.

But if it were about Chung Myung, who would dare to talk back to Hyun Young?

“If you want to succeed as a merchant, your vessel must be as large as our Chung Myung!

Isn’t that right, Sodanju?”

“Ha… haha. That’s right. Of course.”

Hwang Jong sweated and nodded continuously.

‘The problem is that it’s not even wrong.’

There is such a saying in the merchant world.

The hard worker cannot beat the smart one, and the smart one cannot beat the lucky one.

It sounds absurd at first glance, but it was a statement that accurately penetrated the merchant world. Success in the ascent requires perfect calculation and planning. A deal can be concluded only when it is accompanied by severe preparation and effort, and only then can a big profit be made.

But sometimes, plan or whatever, there are times when a deal that has fallen from the sky unintentionally creates a bigger profit than that. That is, if the great luck that is difficult to come several times in a lifetime overlaps.

‘But….’

Hwang Jong’s eyes turned to Chung Myung, who was still chewing on sweets without getting tired of it.

‘How did this person come to be… … .’

The great luck that a person who has been involved in the ups and downs all his life might meet once or twice was no different from everyday life to this person. In addition to the empty words, he will pack a bundle and pick up the magic pearl even if he leaves it at his feet.

‘No matter how luck Heaven gave to him…….’

‘Isn’t that a little too much for one person?’

“Ugh! Why is this so heavy!”

“Elder-nim, where should I put the Hancheol?”

Just as Hyun Young was about to open his mouth, Chung Myung spoke in an apathetic tone.

“Put it aside. It’s for sale at the Tang Family.”

“Where?”

“Just stack it up in front of you.”

“Yes, I understand. Stack it up here in the front! Here!”

“Yes!”

Those who heard Baek Sang’s instructions began to throw and pile them up.

Watching all this, the nape of Hwang Jong’s neck was already in a cold sweat.

‘As if they’re piling a scrap of 10,000 years iron…….’

Hancheol can change one’s fortune by selling only one piece. But now, the sacks filled with precious Hancheol are piled up roughly like scraps that have been picked up.

Hwang Jong, who remembers Mount Hua in the past, couldn’t help but remember the idiom ‘The mulberry field became the blue sea’.

“Hahaha. The Leader of the Ice Clan really cared about you. So you don’t have to pay for these because they’re all gifts, huh?”

“Yes, I heard so.”

“Keueue, Ice Clan’s kindness is sky-high!”

Hyun Young laughed and tapped Chung Myung’s back.

“Argh! It hurts!”

“Hey, you pretty boy!”

Hyun Young, who looked at Chung Myung’s grumble (?) as if he were watching a talent show, said while looking at Hwang Jong.

“How is it, Sodanju? Can you dispose of all these items?” “Where would you claim to be a merchant if you couldn’t sell your belongings? I will sell them all within ten days!”

“Ho? Then the fee is…….”

“Hohoho. A fee between us? What are you saying?”

“Ei. But the merchants will suffer like this, so I can’t ask them for free, can I?”

“Elder-nim, if you say so, I’ll be disappointed. How can we discuss things like this when Mount Hua and Eunha Merchant Guild aren’t even strangers?”

Hyun Young smiled with a happy face at Hwang Jong’s words. Then, Hwang Jong approached closer, looked at Hyun Young and Chung Myung, and whispered quietly.

“I’m not sure if I can say this as a substitute, but…….”

“Tell me.”

“If you could use a little effort so that Eunha Merchant Guild can lead the trade with the North Sea… … .”

With a slight blur at the end of his words, he took out a bunch of slips from his sleeves and poked them into Hyun Young’s arms like lightning.

“Huh?”

But no matter how fast you fly, you can’t avoid Chung Myung’s eyes!

Just as Chung Myung was about to frown, another bunch of slips dug into Chung Myung’s arms.

The Tang Family member could not help but wonder how good he was at taking out the slip and digging it in.

But at that moment.

Paaat!

A cold chill came out of Chung Myung’s eyes.

“What does this mean?”

Seeing his cold eyes, Hwang Jong shuddered. In an instant, a cold sweat ran down his spine.

‘Th-This… Chung Myung Dojang is nevertheless a Taoist.’

He made a mistake trying to entice him with money…….

Then Chung Myung whispered very quietly. “I think the bundle of slips from earlier is bigger than mine?”

“…….”

“Haa, that’s a shame. I’m disappointed. It wasn’t this cold even when the cold wind hit me in the North Sea.”

“…….”

Without saying a word, Hwang Jong took out another bunch of slip and poked it into Chung Myung’s arms.

Then Chung Myung’s face, frozen like ice, melted away like snow in the sun.

“Keueueu! As expected, it’s warm in Jungwon. Oh, it’s so warm.”

“…….”

‘He’s not a Taoist.’

‘This bastard…’

“Hahaha!”

Hyun Young laughed loudly and tapped Hwang Jong on the shoulder.

“Keuhum, if we are not strangers, is there any need to talk like that? Of course, Eunha Merchant Guild should be in charge of trade with the North Sea!”

“Hehe. That’s right. It’s Eunha Merchant Guild.”

Hwang Jong, who instantly captured the two people who could be called the backbone of Mount Hua’s wealth (?), blinked his eyes.

‘Monopoly!’

An exclusive right.

What an ecstatic thing to say.

The dream of every merchant who deals with logistics and trades is an exclusive supply.

There are so many advantages of a monopoly that it hurts to explain, but the most important of them is that one side can set the quantity and price to be supplied unilaterally.

If the quantity and price can be controlled well, leaving a huge profit is not a big job.

‘What’s more, an exclusive deal with the North Sea!’

It is a deal that guarantees huge profits that any merchant in Jungwon can turn their eyes and rush into.

Of course, most of the profit will be eaten by Mount Hua, and they will only be able to receive and eat the bean curd that falls in moderation, but if the rice cake is as big as a mountain, even the falling bean curd will form a desert!

‘This will make Eunha Merchant Guild leap once again!’

Hwang Jong realized again how good the foresight of Hwang Munnyak, who made a deal with Mount Hua was.

“Then sort the goods well…….”

It was then.

Tutuduk!

The bottom of the sack that one of the disciples was carrying was torn off. And blue jewels poured out from the inside.

Seeing this, Hwang Jong’s eyes popped out.

“Thi- This…!”

“Be careful with that. It’s expensive.”

“I- Ice Crystals……!”

‘No, these crazy guys put Ice Crystals in a bag like potatoes…..’

But regardless of whether Hwang Jong is shocked or not, Hyun Young asked Chung Myung with a sour face.

“Are you going to sell those Ice Crystals, too?”

“No, there’s a separate place to use that.”

“Hmm, yes. Let us use it.”

Hwang Jong forced his mouth to shut as if he were about to fall out. And he forced his gaze away from the roughly piled Ice Crystals. He felt like his life would be reduced if he kept looking.

But then, the warehouse door burst open.

“Elder-nim! Chung Myung!”

“Yes?”

Baek Cheon said as he stepped in with a dismal face. “I think you should come and see this for yourself. We have a guest.”

“Guest?”

Chung Myung tilted his head and stood up.

‘A guest in Mount Hua?’

“Who is this leisure guy that climbs this steep mountain?”

“You’ll know when you see it.”

“Tsk.”

Chung Myung grumbled and trudged out of the warehouse.

“…….”

“…….”

Their gazes met in the air.

A Taoist that is unbecoming of his Taoist uniform.

A bandit dressed not like a bandit.

“…Damn….!”

Of the two who had been staring at each other for a while, the first to open their mouths was the bandit in a scholar uniform.

“……Damn nice to meet you!”

“Keuhum.”

Then the world-famous Chung Myung coughed awkwardly.

“I’m afraid that if you wait for it, we will take care of it ourselves. Did you come all the way here to get something else to eat?”

“… You’re going to take care of it?”

The bandit in scholar clothes turned his head crooked at the voice of Chung Myung.

“You speak a little differently than the people I know. He said he would let me go as soon as I returned, but he went all the way to the North Sea.”

“I’m here, that’s fine.”

“…… Please, Dojang. Please!” Chung Myung shook his head and clicked his tongue.

“Your guts are big. How dare a bandit come all the way here?”

“I look like going to die right now, am I in a position to cover this and that? In the meantime, the Two and Half Yin Severed Meridian have developed into Three Yin Severed Meridian. I stay awake because it’s cold these days even when I’m sleeping!”

A man in scholar clothes.

Im Sobyong, the Nokrim King, said while taking off his crane and said in disgust.

“This is the first time I’ve ever seen someone commit fraud against bandits in my life!

Human beings won’t do that!”

“What do you mean fraud! These twisted things!”

“…… Your Sahyung behind Dojang doesn’t seem to think so?”

“…….”

Standing behind, Baek Cheon and Chung Myung peeked around the group and coughed loudly. Then he pointed inward and said.

“Now that you’re here, please come in first.”

“…Please give me something warm. What mountain is this steep? Aigoo… This is why people have to live on a flat ground.”

“Is that what mountain bandit is saying?”

“Aren’t bandits a human?”

As the two men grumbled inward, Mount Hua’s disciples murmured quietly.

“By the way, Sasuk.”

“What?”

“Is it really okay for a bandit to enter Mount Hua?”

“…….”

Baek Cheon chuckled.

“What are you arguing with me now?”

“… That’s right.”

At the same time, they sighed deeply and immediately shook their heads and followed them inside.