Return of Mount Hua Sect - Chapter 581
”Failure?”
Mad Ox Sword Go Hong’s eyes were horribly distorted.
At the same time, everyone in front shook and bowed their heads.
The reason why Go Hong is called Mad Ox Sword is not that he is always violent.
He was, by nature, a man of reason. But when he was angry, the story was different. He was ‘Mad Ox Sword’ because he ran rampant like a mad ox when he was angry.
“You mean that Dong Wong failed?”
“I- I think so, Chaeju!”
Go Hong looked at the person reporting silently.
The color disappeared from the Bitter Fox (고호리(苦狐狸)) Li Jeobang’s face (이정방(李正方)).
“He led the entire Yachadang, but he still failed? Then how much damage has he done to them? I’m Sobyong, what happened to that rat?”
“That, that’s…….”
When Li Jeobang hesitated, Go Hong jumped up from his seat.
“Tell me right now before I rip your mouth apart!”
“H- Hiik! Yes! Yes! I’ll report! The enemy, there seems to be no damage from Mount Hua Sect.”
“…Jonmu?” (전무/Lit. Executive director)
“…….”
Go Hong tilted his head sideways as if doubting his own ears.
“The whole Yachadang went, and they couldn’t even do the slightest damage?”
“I beg your pardon… Yes…….”
“Hahaha.”
At the return reply, Go Hong laughed as if it was absurd.
“Am I dreaming right now?”
“…….”
“Are Yachadang weaker than I thought? Or are those Mount Hua Sects much stronger than I’ve ever heard?”
Li Jeobang quickly curled up and answered.
“Mo- Mount Hua is not a negligible sect. They’ve already defeated the armed forces of Myriad Man House…..”
Kwaaang!
But even before the word was finished, there was a loud blast, and dust was scattered.
Jureuk.
Li Jeobang’s face was dripping with cold sweat. Slowly turning his head, the spear behind the throne was already stuck beside him.
He would have been well-grounded meat if it had flown one inch to the side.
“So what?”
“Chae- Chaeju…….”
“Are you saying that I, who will rise to the throne of Nokrim King, should be wary of such kids? A sect that can’t even get into the Ten Great Sect?”
Li Jeobang couldn’t get any words out of his mouth.
Mount Hua is not a member of the Ten Great Sect, but they are a sect that should never be ignored. However, telling Go Hong that right now was no different from begging him to clean and cut his throat.
“How dare you compare them to the majesty of this Chaeju! That’s an absurd remark!”
Li Jeobang lowered his posture, lying flat to the limit, but Go Hong’s face was not loosened at all.
“These useless things!”
Go Hong, who sprang up from his seat, soon burst and shouted throughout the Stronghold.
“Get everyone ready! I’ll go myself!”
“You, you need to calm down, Chaeju!”
“Calm down? Do I look calm now? Do you see that I’ve been humiliated? What would other Chaeju think of me?”
It is true that Daebyeolchae and other Stronghold worked together to occupy the Nokchae.
However, which of them will be crowned as the Nokrim King has yet to be decided.
As they discuss it, they will lose their strength, and it will eventually strengthen Im Sobyong’s dominance.
However, with this great humiliation on him, it was clear that everyone would nitpick at him and blame him for not being qualified as the Nokrim King.
“More so Chaeju needs to calm down! Wouldn’t we just lose power if we were to deal with Mount Hua like this? If we do, those other Strongholds could get a bigger fish.”
“… Fish… No, what do they get?”
“Who’s gonna like it if our power was cut? We’ve already been damaged, and if we use our power again to deal with other Stronghold, Daebyeolchae will be ruined! Those guys will take advantage of that time and run like wolves! Please calm down!”
Go Hong’s face is distorted.
“I will personally defeat Mount Hua Sect, so why am I taking a loss!”
At this point, Li Jeobang’s face is also horribly distorted.
‘You don’t understand what I’m saying.’
If he had a little head to support that power of heaven, he would have become the Nokrim King already.
“Im Sobyong and Mount Hua Sect will definitely come here!”
“Do you want me to wait for them! This me?”
“Chaeju! Think about it. Aren’t there other Stronghold already located on the way here?”
“Hm?”
“So they’re going to walk past it and, of course, use their power. Then we can devour them after they get weakened.”
“You fool! What will you do if other Stronghold catches the Nokrim King first?
Won’t we be like a dog chasing the chicken that climbed the roof?” “The dog can’t climb the roof, but Chaeju can climb, can you?”
“…… Huh?”
“If they catch Im Sobyong, we can hit them and take Im Sobyong away. Isn’t that the law of Nokrim?”
Go Hong finally showed signs of hesitation.
“So…….”
“Yes, Chaeju, when the others fight against each other and lose power, we can wipe them all out! Then no one will object to Chaeju becoming the Nokrim King.”
“So that’s how it is! Kekekek. That’s my advisor!”
Compliments poured out, but Li Jeobang lowered his head and sighed secretly.
‘What the hell is going to happen to Nokrim….?’
Since he was already tied to Daebyeolchae, there was no other way but to follow Go Hong.
However, what would happen if Go Hong ascended to the position of Nokrim King and ruled Nokrim was very clear. It was obvious without having to count long. It was no different from driving Nokrim to their deathbeds.
‘If only Im Sobyong were healthy.’
‘What a perfect Nokrim King he would be.’
‘I felt sorry, but what can I do? Nokrim is a place dominated by the Law of Jungle.
“Then, as you said, I’ll put up with it for once. But if things don’t work out as you say, you’ll have to be prepared to roll around the Hyung Mountains!”
“Yes! Chaeju.”
* * * “Hmm.”
Chwak.
“Hmmmmm.”
Kkuuk. Kkuk.
“…….”
In the midst of the busy hands, Baek Cheon’s eyes trembled slightly. His eyes stared grimly at those who clung to him.
Baek Cheon, who had endured for a while longer, eventually opened his mouth.
“This…….”
“Ah, don’t move! You’re straightening out your wrinkles!”
“…….”
‘Guys, don’t my clothes usually don’t have wrinkles?’
“Here’s dust!”
“Shake it! Shake it!”
Baek Cheon closed his eyes as he watched his Sahyung, which had been attached to him for a while, and groomed him with a rough touch.
“…Please stop it.”
“No, Chung Myung told me to make it shiny without blemishes.”
“Do you raise horses?”
‘Huh? Am I a white horse?’
“That’s a lot of talks.”
Then Chung Myung walked slowly and checked Baek Cheon back and forth. Then he said.
“Think about it, Sasuk.”
“Yes?”
“How did you feel when you saw Southern Edge Sect in the past?”
“How do I feel?”
“No resentment, just feelings.”
“Well…….”
Tall, handsome…… honestly, they looked enviable. Chung Myung, who read the answer from Baek Cheon’s expression, asked again.
“Do you know why?”
“Yes?”
“It’s Jin Geum Ryong who’s standing before them.”
“…….”
“Look, the guy who in front looked like a rock and a lump was the one who pushed Southern Edge Sect’s great disciples. Who’s gonna think it’s great?”
“…….”
It seemed like something to refute as a Taoist and a human being, but Baek Cheon, who recalled the scene Chung Myung said, could not find anything to refute.
“How do people who have never held a sword in their lives know whether we are great or idiots when they see us? I’m saying that if you’re not going to dance with the sword, you’ll have to look great first! So stop talking and stay still.”
Baek Cheon forcibly held back his tears.
It wasn’t that he didn’t understand what Chung Myung was saying.
‘But there’s a time and place for that, too!’
‘I’m going out to fight against the Nokrim. But does adorning me like flowers make sense, you crazy bastard!’
Im Sobyong clapped his hands as he approached.
“Hahaha. It’s very nice to see. Certainly, Baek Cheon Dojang is a peerless handsome man, so he doesn’t lack anything.”
“Hey, half beggar.”
“… Me?”
“You go to the back. No, just bury yourself in the middle so someone can’t see you at all.”
“…….”
“I’m trying to put a face in front of others that seems like we haven’t been in a bloodbath.
Can’t you just disappear?”
Im Sobyong, who slanted his shoulders at Chung Myung’s fierce remarks, dug in between the disciples of Mount Hua. Watching the scene, the Dark Night and Bonchung swallowed their tears.
‘Oh great Nokrim King.’
‘These guys are crazy.’
Where in the world would Nokrim King be treated like that? Although he’s half kicked out now, he’s still Nokrim King.
But Chung Myung’s sparks also hit them.
“Hey, you, too.”
“Yes?”
“Don’t show your ugly faces and make the onlookers disturbed. Mix in the middle and keep your head down quietly.”
“…Yes, Hyung-nim.”
“Understood.”
Chung Myung, who removed all the ugly (?) things, frowned as he looked around the rest of the group.
“Hey! Baldie!”
“Don’t say that, you punk!”
“Don’t you have any conscience! What are you doing to monk Hye Yeon!”
“This isn’t it, this!”
“Ugh.”
Hye Yeon’s face……. No, his whole head is red. Chung Myung looked disapprovingly at his sparkling head and nodded as if he couldn’t help it.
“Well, there’s nothing I can do about it. You’re just right up front.”
“……Thank you, Siju.”
However, Hye Yeon assumed Banzhang’s stance as if he was lucky not to go hiding.
Hyun Sang who couldn’t bear to see the scene anymore asked Chung Myung.
“Chung Myung-ah.”
“Yes?”
“But do you have to go this far?”
“Elder will find out soon.”
Chung Myung looked toward the door. Just then, the door opened slightly and Yoo Iseol came inside.
“It seems like everyone has gathered.”
Chung Myung nodded neatly and looked back at everyone.
“Everyone, straighten your shoulders and get out.”
“Huh?”
“You’ll find out now. What kind of eyes will we get from now on? Sahyung should all get used to it.”
However, those who had not realized it yet whispered with a disinterested faces.
“What’s he talking about?”
“Leave it alone. It’s not like he’s saying something we don’t know once or twice.”
Chung Myung clicked his tongue as if they didn’t know anything. Then he swirled to the door.
“Come on, let’s go!”
Soon the door opened wide.
The light poured in and the scene outside the door unfolded. Baek Cheon, who was at the forefront, slightly widened his eyes.
“Whoaaaaaa!”
‘What?’
There was a dense crowd of people around the road that stretched out the door. Those who stood at such a density that they would be crushed to death at any moment cheered loudly and shouted.
“They are the heroes of Mount Hua!”
“Mount Hua’s going to subdue the bandits!”
“Wooooaaaaahhh!”
It was a deafening scream. Chung Myung said nonchalantly.
“What are you doing?”
“Yes?”
“Go.”
“… Got it.” Baek Cheon let out a small breath and began to move his feet. Then the disciples of Mount Hua followed him. Everyone seemed dumbfounded.
Of course, it is not very unexpected either.
Having already prevented the bandits once, they thought they would be looked at with a mixture of goodwill. However, they never thought that people would gather and cheer for them as soon as they were around.
Mount Hua’s disciples came out on the main road headed for the city gate by walking down the road packed with people on both sides.
“Please destroy the bandits!”
“Don’t get hurt!”
“Long live Mount Hua Sect!”
Cheering, and concern followed every step. Mount Hua’s disciples whispered among themselves with embarrassed faces.
“Wow, is it supposed to be like this?”
“I don’t know. How do I know? It’s my first time.”
“Do all the other sects get this cheer?”
“Tsk.”
At that time, Chung Myung looked back at the whispers while frowning.
“I- I’m sorry….”
“Shoulders!”
“Huh?”
“Stretch your shoulders!”
At the scolding, Mount Hua’s disciples unknowingly stretched their shoulders.
“They’re cheering for what Sahyung has done. Strecth your shoulders and accept it. We will go through a lot of this in the future.”
Listening to Chung Myung, their shoulders began to get tenser and tenser.
An awkward but confident expression.
Chung Myung smirked. ‘You must be proud.’
In the past, Mount Hua faced this scene as if it were a daily occurrence. People gathered like clouds when word went that Mount Hua’s disciples came out of Xian.
However, it would have been unfamiliar and awkward for them.
‘But now you have to get used to it.’
This is one of the many things that Mount Hua lost.
Lost reputation and lost evaluation.
Chung Myung now intended to regain Mount Hua’s reputation.
‘First of all, those bandits bastard.’
His gaze turned to the faraway Hyung mountain.
“It’s not enough to get it back.”
‘I’ll make Mount Hua’s reputation resonate throughout the whole Jungwon! More than in the past!’
‘This is good right, Cheon Mun Sahyung?’
– It’s been a while since you said the right thing.
‘What are you talking about? I always say the right thing every day.’
Kikikik.