“Then, Huayin Munju, I look forward to your kind cooperation.”
“Elder…. Must you leave? Huayin Sect still needs Elder’s guidance.”
“Hoho.”
Hyun Young smiled and put a hand on Huayin Munju Wei Lishan’s shoulder.
“Humility is beneficial, but too much humility is detrimental. When it comes to running a subsidiary sect, where can I compare myself to Munju’s ability?”
“But….”
“There’s nothing to worry about.”
Hyun Young’s soft smile reassured Wei Lishan.
“Is there a long way from Xian to Mount Hua? If anything happens to Huayin Sect, we will definitely come.”
“Elder, thank you very much for saying so.”
“I should be the one to thank you, this man.”
Hyun Young patted Wei Lishan on the shoulder once more.
“Since there are many disciples here and no one to compete with, wouldn’t Huayin Sect thrive?”
“Yes! Of course.”
“Let’s talk about opening an additional subsidiary sect shortly.”
“Yes, there are some of our somewhat older disciples. They will also be good enough to build a sect.”
“Haha, that’s a good thing. That’s a good thing. Then….”
Squeeze.
Hyun Young’s grip on Wei Lishan’s shoulder became stronger.
“Let’s send the tribute through Eunha Merchant Guild.”
“…Yes.”
“Hoho, I don’t mean to burden you, but…….”
Hyun Young checked the number of disciples standing behind the Wei Lishan with sharp eyes.
“Seems like a lot would come in.”
“…I will continue to increase the number of disciples.”
“Hoho. This guy. What if your body gets damaged? Hahaha.”
‘Elder….’
‘I think you need to clarify whether you want me to reduce the disciple because I’m sick or if you want me to receive more disciples even if I’m sick…’.
‘You look so happy you could die… … .’
Wei Lishan took a step back from Hyun Young. And he looked at the disciples of Mount Hua, who surrounded the luggage.
“Dojang, you didn’t even get a good rest…..”
“Hehe. It’s okay.”
Chung Myung shrugged.
“Actually, I can stay a little longer, but it seems that Sahyung is getting a little bit relaxed now that we’re here. We don’t have enough time to train.”
“…you did that much and not enough?”
“That demon…….”
A vicious rant came from behind, but Chung Myung ignored their complaints.
“And the best way to help the subsidiary sect is to strengthen the Main Sect. Don’t worry about it. I’ll do anything to help! At all costs! Very! I’ll help you perfectly.”
‘No… well… To that extent….’
Wei Lishan couldn’t bear to answer and looked at Chung Myung with a slightly weary face. Wei So-haeng, who was guarding him at the time, stepped up instead and bowed his head.
“Thank you very much, Dojang.”
“Ah, yes. But what happened? You…”
Chung Myung tilted his head.
“Didn’t you say you wanted to train in the main sect?”
“Am I?”
“Yes, I’m sure you…….”
“When?”
“That last time…….”
“Am I?”
“….”
“When?”
Wei So-haeng stared confidently at Chung Myung with a straight face.
“… you’re going to be a big guy.”
Right.
In the past, Wei So-haeng wanted to train in the main sect.
He can’t be a disciple of Mount Hua because he had to continue Huayin Sect, but if he wants to at least be proud of himself as a subsidiary sect of Mount Hua, shouldn’t he stay in Mount Hua at least once?
But….
‘I won’t go even if I die!’
He will die.
Chung Myung…. No, the training method that Mount Hua passed on to Huayin Sect was so radical that the disciples of the Huayin Sect were wailing.
Wei Lishan, the head of the sect, truly regrets that Mount Hua is leaving, but the disciples of the Huayin Sect, who they train, have completely different thoughts.
‘Please go away.’
‘Please don’t do that, Munju-nim. What if they really don’t go and stay longer?’
‘The legs I trained yesterday are shaking. But if I show a weak side, they’ll try to train it again.’
For only a month or so, the Huayin’s disciples became only skin and bones, making them look like they had not eaten a bowl of porridge.
Even though the amount of training was only one-fifth of Mount Hua’s disciples.
But what?
Do you want to train in the main sect?
“Dojang!”
“What?”
“I want to help my father! I’m supposed to be the successor of the Huayin Sect!”
“Oh, really?”
Chung Myung meekly nodded his head. And he looked at Wei Lishan and said,
“Munju-nim.”
“Yes?”
“Send him to Mount Hua when Huayin Sect is properly organized.”
“….”
“I’ll send him back to you as the perfect successor to Huayin Sect.”
“…I will.”
“Fa- Father?”
Wei So-haeng opened his eyes wide, but Wei Lishan neatly turned away from his son’s gaze. Then he looked toward Chung Myung and added another punch.
“If he were to continue Mount Hua’s subsidiary sect, he would have to train in the main sect.”
‘Wait a minute?’
‘Father has never been trained either…….’
“Right!”
Chung Myung and Wei Lishan held each other’s hands tightly together.
Wei So-haeng, watching the old-fashioned party in real-time right in front of his eyes was amazing, but what could he do?
He has no power to oppose this.
“Then I’ll see you next time.”
“Y- You leaving already?”
“We have to hurry to get back to Mount Hua.”
Wei Lishan smacked his lips with regret.
After coming to Xian, they experienced such stormy things that the past time felt so short.
“Munju-nim.”
“Yes, Sodojang.”
“I look forward to your kind cooperation.”
He’s not asking Wei Lishan to lead Huayin Sect, he’s asking him to lead Xian well.
‘Please.’
It was.
It meant that Wei Lishan was not just a Munju of a subsidiary sect, but a colleague to take charge of an area.
The meaning was not clear, but at least that’s what Wei Lishan took.
“Don’t worry, Sodojang. Huayin Sect is Mount Hua’s subsidiary sect. I will make Huayin’s name shine as a proud sect that will not shame Mount Hua anywhere.”
Chung Myung grinned.
“Hehe. We’d appreciate that.”
Wei Lishan looked at him still and smiled.
‘Indeed… … .’
He still hasn’t forgotten.
– Mount Hua will remember.
What Chung Myung said to him in the past.
– Mount Hua never forgets grace. Munju’s devotion to Mount Hua over the past few decades will surely be rewarded.
Wei Lishan lowered her head slightly, pressing the corners of his sour eyes.
‘What a strange man he is.’
The world has changed, the status of Mount Hua has changed, and so has Wei Lishan. But Chung Myung is no different from when he walked into Hauyin Sect in the past.
Oh, of course, for other people, it’s not necessarily a good thing, but…….
Nevertheless.
“Sodojang.”
“What?”
“…Thank you.”
Chung Myung smiled at Wei Lishan’s words.
With that warm smile, Wei Lishan’s heart is warmed as well… … .
“Then raise the tribute amount. Mount Hua finances are stagnant these days.”
It wasn’t….
“…No! You made a lot of money!”
“Even if we earn much money, it’s not enough!”
“Take the liver out of the flea and eat it!” (Idiom for calling someone so greedy.)
“I don’t think it’s a flea anymore.”
“You’re a lost cause.”
Wei Lishan smirked.
“Let’s talk about it when Huayin Sect is a little bigger.”
“Then I’ll have to work hard to grow it more.”
Laughing Chung Myung finally turned around. There is no end to this conversation. They are making unnecessary talk because it is a little regrettable that Chung Myung had to leave this place.
“Munju-nim.”
“Yes, Elder.”
“If there’s a problem when we’re not around, the first talk to the Eunha Merchant Guild. I’ve spoken to the superior there.”
“Yes! I will.”
“Then.”
Hyun Young glanced back. Confirming that all of Mount Hua’s disciples were ready, he nodded loudly.
“Let’s go.”
“Yes!”
Soon after, they left Huayin Sect with their disciple seeing them off.
“Dojang, be careful on your way home!”
“Thank you!”
“Peace on your way!”
“Don’t ever come back!”
There seemed to be something intervening at the end, but no one dared to ask.
“I’ll see you all next time.”
Mount Hua’s disciples waved their hands, and Huayin’s disciples waved fiercely to see them off.
“Go! Go!”
“Hahaha. It was too long.”
“They’re not coming back, are they?”
“It’s liberation! It’s liberation! Hahaha!”
Even if the lost country is recovered, there will not be such an enthusiastic response.
Listening to the disciples’ voices behind his back, Wei Lishan distorted his face.
‘These rotten ones.’
And from tomorrow, he vowed to train these guys more aggressively than the Mount Hua disciples used to train them.
He waved for a very long time at the leaving Mount Hua’s disciples.
“…Thank you.”
A mixed words of regret and gratitude flowed out unknowingly.
“Can we go like this?”
“What?”
Chung Myung tilted his head at Baek Chun’s questions. Baek Chun hesitated for a moment and said.
“…I feel like we’re just working a little bit.”
“It’s not going to last for a thousand years in the first place.”
Chung Myung had a bitter smile.
Of course, he knew what Baek Chun was saying. In order to make sure the work is done, teaching more of Huayin Sect’s disciples and guiding the disciple below them should also be done a little more.
But….
“Huayin Sect is Huayin Sect. They’ve been running the sect well even when Mount Hua wasn’t very good. In hindsight, they are a better sect than Mount Hua.”
“Well, that’s true.”
“It’s presumptuous for us to interfere further. Huayin Sect does the Huayin Sect’s work. Mount Hua’s subsidiary sect is not a place that replaces Mount Hua’s work in the distance. It’s a place that supports Mount Hua as a single sect by itself. ”
Chung Myung turned his head slightly and looked at Huayin Sect, which was now far away.
“Wei Munju is a great Munju. He’ll do well.”
Baek Chun looked at him with a new look.
In fact, it was unusual for Chung Myung to think so highly of someone. So, in the end, he had no choice but to shake his head.
“If you say so, so be it.”
Chung Myung shrugged.
“And Yuryong Sect?”
“I told him to come to Mount Hua, so he’ll come to us. This is something we need to report to Sect Leader.”
“Well.”
Baek Chun smiles strangely.
‘Thorough in strange places.’
Usually, Chung Myung takes care of things however he wants, but he doesn’t cross the line regarding the authority of the Sect Leader.
Of course, it’s a very natural thing, but Baek Chun was just amazed that Chung Myung was sticking to that line.
“So now, all we have to do is go to Mount Hua.”
“Yes, but…….”
Chung Myung pointed to the person standing blocking the group with a chin gesture.
“I guess there’s still one left.”
“Eum.”
Baek Chun narrowed his eyes and looked at the man who blocked Mount Hua’s group.
Nam Jamyong.
He, who was the Munju of West Moon Sect and the representative of Southern Edge Sect’s subsidiary sect, was waiting for Mount Hua’s disciples, standing on the border of Xian.
Hyun Young quietly opened his mouth while watching Nam Jamyong.
“What’s going on? Nam Munju?”
“…I heard you’re leaving.”
“That’s what happened.”
Nam Jamyong bit his lips and stared at Hyun Young and the disciples.
“It’s true that I’ve been ugly.”
“….”
“And it is also true that I have shown embarrassment.”
“So?”
“But.”
Nam Jamyong said firmly.
“Don’t think it’s over. Southern Edge Sect’s subsidiary sect does not collapse as it is. I don’t know how long it’ll take, but we’ll definitely get what we lost.”
Hyun Young, who was listening to the words, grinned.
“That’s a good word.”
“…Are you ignoring me?”
“No way.”
Hyun Young shook his head and said,
“What you have lost is the people of Xian. In order to regain the public sentiment in Xian, shouldn’t you have to carry out Justice with a low attitude? Then Xian will be a better place to live, so it’s a good thing.”
“….”
“And… remember one thing. Mount Hua never ignores other sects. It’s been a long time and the pain we’ve suffered has been too great for that. Nam Munju will understand what I mean.”
Nam Jamyong nodded unconsciously. Hyun Young went on.
“Flower at eleventh day, it means everything will wither someday. But is there any way to end just because it fades? When winter comes, flowers always bloom again.”
Nam Jamyong, who was looking quietly at Hyun Young, slowly stepped aside and opened the way. And he quietly gives a greet towards them.
“Good luck.”
It would have been the utmost courtesy on his part.
Hyun Young gave him a light hand, smiled and moved his steps.
“Let’s go.”
“Yes.”
Nam Jamyong did not release his stance until they were completely out of the line of sight.
It wasn’t until he looked so small that Baek Chun opened his mouth to Chung Myung.
“That’s amazing.”
“What?”
“I thought Nam Munju was the most terrible person among the people who lived in Southern Edge Sect.”
“I thought Sasuk was the worst second-class disciple.”
“….”
“But it’s true.”
“Hey!”
Chung Myung grinned at Baek Chun, who was furious at the joke.
“People change depending on their situation. To truly know who he is, you have to look at him at his lowest.”
“….. then that man is a martial artist only when he’s at his lowest it seems ?”
“Maybe.”
Baek Chun nodded his head.
“Then, wouldn’t that person be a threat to Huayin Sect someday? If Southern Edge Sect undoes the Bongmun, Southern Edge Sect’s subsidiary sect will be able to gain strength again.”
“Well, that’s possible. But….”
Chung Myung glanced back.
“What’s stagnant is bound to rot one day. No matter how much Huayin Sect is, if they stay comfortably in Xian, they wouldn’t change and become dull someday.”
“Is it better to be strong together than to be dull?”
“Yes, it would be better than nothing.”
Chung Myung’s eyes turned to the sky.
In the past, Cheon Mun had told him.
– Getting rid of something you don’t like is not good. If you turn on the water path because it is in the way, flood damage will occur someday. And if the forest is set on fire because it gets in the way, one day it becomes an uninhabitable place. Just leave it as it is. That’s what living is about. That’s the Tao, that’s life.
‘I don’t know yet, Sahyung.’
Although he imitates the words clumsily, he has yet to reach the Tao where Cheon Mun has reached.
But.
These days, words that used to feel like floating clouds have begun to be understood little by little by little.
So one day…….
Chung Myung’s footsteps stopped.
His gaze chased a faint peak that seemed far, far away.
“Let’s go back, to Mount Hua.”
“Yes!”
“Yes!”
Mount Hua’s disciples hurried their steps.
And at that time.
The disciples at this time had no idea that others were also looking at the peaks of Mount Hua.
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