Novel Return of Mount Hua Sect Chapter 557

”Maninbang?”

Chung Myung gritted his teeth.

“What about those bastards again?”

When the name “Maninbang” came out, his momentum changed. It was as if the wind of the North Sea was blowing…….

“Chung Myung-ah.”

“What?”

“Don’t sneak up and sit down. Go over there and raise your hand again.”

“…… Well, this doesn’t work.”

“Tsk.”

The sullen Chung Myung pouted and trudged into the corner once again. Then he fell on his knees and raised his hand.

When Im Sobyong looked at the figure with puzzled eyes, Chung squinted his eyes.

“What are you looking at, sir!”

“This guy is still!”

However, when Hyun Jong shouted, he flinched and slightly turned his head.

“Don’t mind him.”

“……Yes, Sect Leader.”

Im Sobyong smiled awkwardly and nodded.

It seemed that there was a distance between the Mount Hua Sect he had been thinking of and the actual Mount Hua Sect with its name spread across Jungwon.

“Keuhum, then…….”

He clears his throat several times to clear the atmosphere. Usually, those who hear the name Nokrim King will have the atmosphere set on its own, but since there are people here who consider the weight of the name as much as the dirt on the soles of their feet, the atmosphere didn’t set up as it usually has.

Hyun Jong asked if he knew about his hardships and offered help.

“Then, what is Maninbang up to?”

“I don’t know exactly what they’re after. But what’s certain is that they’re definitely plotting something right now.”

“May I ask why you think so? Or are Maninbang making suspicious moves?”

“No, it’s rather the opposite.”

“Hm?”

Hyun Jong, who didn’t understand Im Sobyong’s words, asked back with a puzzled look.

“What do you mean? What do you mean by the opposite?”

“Right now, Maninbang is doing nothing. Even in the places where they confronted our Nokrim, they all withdrew, and the businesses they were doing are being sorted out one by one.” Hyun Jong frowned. Hyun Young, who was next to him, asked in turn.

“But what’s wrong with that? Wouldn’t it be a welcome thing that they close their business and can avoid war?”

“In general, yes. If the other sects showed such movement, I would have thought like Elder-nim. But…… Not Maninbang.”

Im Sobyong’s eyes glowed cold.

“Jang Ilso, Inbang-ju (Because Maninbang-ju is too long), has never given up on anything in his life and has never stepped down from a fight. He may forget grace but doesn’t know how to forget resentment.”

Hyun Jong gulped dry saliva.

Mount Hua also has its own enmity to Maninbang, but it is already a famous story for Kangho that Nokrim has had a long-standing relationship with Maninbang.

As such, Nokrim probably knows more about Maninbang and Jang Ilso than Mount Hua.

“There’s only one reason why Jang Ilso is abandoning these thing.”

Hyun Young said with a faint groan.

“Are you saying they’ve found something bigger than the benefits of winning the business they’re doing or the war against Nokrim?”

“Yes, that is correct.”

“Heumm.”

Hyun Young began to think deeply about something.

Hyun Jong, holding a teacup, said while feeling the scent of tea spreading in his mouth.

“Jang Ilso…….”

It was not long before his gaze turned to Im Sobyong.

“The series of events is also related to Mount Hua. Are you saying this?”

“Sect Leader.”

Im Sobong coughed several times, looked Hyun Jong in the eye and answered.

“Maninbang has suffered a loss against Mount Hua Sect.”

“…….”

“Jang Ilso is someone who is more hung up on new grudges than old ones. The old resentment happened while he was still young, but the new resentment is because the other person underestimates the current Maninbang.”

Im Sobyong’s face was more determined than ever.

“If Jang Ilso hasn’t changed much in this short time, the movement of Maninbang must have something to do with Mount Hua.”

Hyun Jong closed his eyes slightly.

Jang Ilso. And Maninbang.

It was something that he had put off for a while.

However, the weight of the names Jang Ilso and Mannibang could not be ignored forever.

“Chung Myung-ah.”

“Yes!”

Chung Myung lowered his arm and came near, and sat down.

“……I didn’t tell you to come.”

“Hehe. That’s what you’re about to say, anyway. Isn’t it the right attitude for Mount Hua’s disciple to guess and act according to the Sect Leader’s mind?”

“If only you can’t speak…….”

It will take less than a day for the far and far north sea to prevent the crisis of Kangho, raise the status of Mount Hua Sect, and disappear without leaving a single hair behind.

“What do you think?”

“What?”

“Maninbang.”

“Oh, Maninbang?”

Hyun Jong sighed with a slightly darkened face.

“From what Nokrim King said, it doesn’t seem ordinary. Do you have any thoughts about this?”

Then Chung Myung smirked and answered in a nonchalant way.

“Well…… It’s all good, except just one thing.”

“Yes.”

“I can’t believe what the bandit is saying. He’s a yangban with a serpent in his stomach, so we should be able to know what he’s scheming.”

“Cough!”

Im Sobyong coughed blood at Chung Myung’s words.

“He…… In front of the guest…….”

“Even Sect Leader is bewildered right now. If some hairy bandit, not this yangban, had come to sit here with his big sword, half of you wouldn’t believe me even if both said the same thing”

“…….”

Hyun Jong’s eyes twitched slightly.

Of course, it is not something to say as a Taoist, but it wasn’t so wrong after hearing it.

Im Sobyong’s figure is upright, but isn’t his essence actually of a bandit leader? It was unbelievable to trust the words of such a person. “Tsk tsk tsk. He is a yangban who should have been a swindler, not a bandit.”

“You’re the one who cheated, but why are you saying that to me, Mount Hua Divine Dragon!”

“Oh, I’m giving it to you! Why won’t I? You’re making a big deal out of just one elixir!”

“Keu…. M- My heart…….”

Im Sobyong crouched and grabbed his chest, but Chung Myung didn’t even look at him and said to Hyun Jong.

“First of all, even if Sapa guys say that tofu is made from soybeans, we should still be suspicious of them.”

Hyun Jong smiled delightedly as he heard the sharp words.

‘How could his personality be so messed up?’

Of course, that’s not entirely wrong. But still, Chung Myung would be the only person in the world who could say such a thing in front of the involved party.

‘I’m very proud. Very.’

“Then do you mean we must have to take measures?”

“The important thing is.”

Chung Myung said firmly.

“We have no idea whether this yangban is telling the truth or lying.”

“Hm?”

As Chung Myung’s tone became more serious, Hyun Jong’s eyes narrowed.

“Mount Hua is too vulnerable to information outside of Mount Hua.”

“Yes.”

Chung Myung nodded quietly. Now, Hyun Jong is cal, and understands everything he says.

“Of course, we’re getting some information from the beggar old man, but…… it is a fact that we have only him as the source, which is disturbing.”

“I can’t be confident that I have a perfect eye for people, but Hong Buntaju doesn’t look like someone who can fool us.”

“Yes, of course, I don’t think Hong Dae-gwang would be such a person. He doesn’t have the ability to do that.”

“…….”

‘I don’t think you need to add the last word.’

“But the problem is, in the end, old man Hong is of Ten Great Sect and Beggar Union.”

A bitter smile crept across Chung Myung’s mouth.

“Would Beggar Union be willing to give us the right information?”

Hyun Jong’s face has hardened slightly.

“Of course, old man Hong might think of us. However, the information we ask old man Hong for is not the information on the risk of selling his footing (Position) in the end. If Beggar Union decide to leak false information through old man Hong, we have no choice but to eat it up and suffer.”

“Umm…….”

“There’s no one in the world to trust! How can I trust Ten Great Sect?”

In Chung Myung’s words, groaning Im Sobyong cheered with delight.

“Keueu! That’s so true, Mount Hua Divine Dragon! Aah! Oh my god, no scammers are as good as Ten Great Sect!”

“Right?”

“Of course! Hahahaha!”

Im Sobyong and Chung Myung began to hurl abuse at Ten Great Sect with their arms around each other amicably.

Hyun Jong smiled softly.

‘Now he’s on good terms with the bandit boss.’

A guy who is a disciple of the Righteous Faction is swearing at the Ten Great Sect with the same spirit as the Nokrim people.

Mount Hua is doomed.

No matter how one looks at it, it’s ruined now.

“I’m not joking.”

At one point, Chung Myung said with a straight face and shoved Im Sobyong away.

“So far, it would have been to the extent of not giving proper information simply because of bad feelings against Mount Hua, but now it’s a different story.”

“You mean the Heavenly Comrade Alliance?”

“Yes.”

Chung Myung nodded loudly.

“If the alliance is established, it is certain that it will lose ground to the forces centred on the Ten Great Sect. No matter how much Shaolin recognized us, it’s one thing to have official approval and to have a friendship. If those who would not give them even a single grain of rice in their hand interfered, there was no way they would help us.”

“Hmm.”

Only then did Hyun Jong understand the seriousness of the situation.

Meanwhile, Mount Hua has relied on Beggar Union for much of its outside information.

However, as Chung Myung said if Heavenly Comrade Alliance were to be established officially, the truth of the information coming from Beggar Union would have to be questioned first.

The situation in which Magyo rises in the North Sea, and Maninbang in the southern part of Jungwon faces Mount Hua Sect.

Mount Hua’s focus is getting wider and wider, and it was clear that they would one day have their stomach deeply wrecked if their intelligence power was reduced.

“Expansion of information network is urgent.”

“Yes.”

Hyun Jong closed his eyes quietly. After organizing his thoughts for a moment, he opened his eyes again and opened his mouth.

“I’m afraid I’ll have to see Tang Gaju.”

“Tang Family?”

“The problem you’re talking about is not just limited to Mount Hua. It would be the same for the Sichuan Tang Family in that they also rely on information from Beggar Union. This seems like something we should discuss at the level of the Heavenly Comrade Alliance, not Mount Hua.”

“Humm, that’s not bad. To discuss the official ceremony.”

“Well, then let’s go to the Tang Family and…….”

“No, Sect Leader.”

“Hng, what are you talking about!”

Hyun Sang and Hyun Young shouted almost at the same time.

“…… What is it again?”

Hyun Young distorted his face when he saw Hyun Jong, who didn’t know the situation.

“Sect Leader is the one who will be the alliance’s leader. No matter how much you say you haven’t risen to the position yet, where in the world is there a case where the would-be leader meets his subordinates?”

“For the sake of the authority of the alliance leader, we should call them to Mount Hua.”

“Hmm. Is that so?”

Hyun Jong sighed.

But then.

“Sect Leader.”

Im Sobyong, who had been watching the situation silently from the middle, opened his mouth.

“Tell me.”

“That information network.”

A soft smile spread around his mouth.

“I think we can solve this for you.”

“Nokrim?”

“Yes.”

Im Sobyong spread the fan in his hand and covered his mouth.

“When it comes to the information networks, Nokrim is no better than anywhere else in the world. If you want, we can provide that information to Mount Hua and the Heavenly Comrade Alliance instead of Beggar Union.”

“I haven’t heard of Nokrim’s information network, though?”

“That’s because Nokrim doesn’t communicate much with the outside world. Think about it.

The reason why the information network of Beggar Union is outstanding is not that they have great abilities. It’s just that there’s no place without beggars everywhere. Isn’t Haomun the same?”

“Umm…. That’s right.”

“Think about it. Is there any place in the world where there are no bandits?”

“…….”

“We can prove it to you. I will never let Sect Leader down.”

Hyun Jong squinted his eyes.

“I understood what Nokrim King said. But… everything in the world has a price. What would you like to receive in exchange for providing such information to Mount Hua?”

“It is simple.”

Im Sobyong, the Nokrim King, straightened his posture and said as if declaring.

“In the name of Nokrim King, who oversees Seventy Two Stronghold (녹림칠십이채(綠林七十二寨)) in the world, I request Nokrim to be included as one of the Heavenly Comrade Alliance.”

In an instant, everyone in the hall opened their mouths wide.

The heavy silence passed for a long time.

Finally, a person’s voice came out breaking the silence.

“What are you saying, you bandit bastard.”

“…….”

It was Chung Myung’s voice that represented everyone’s feelings.