Novel Return of Mount Hua Sect Chapter 770

“What did he say?”

“He said they’re not here?”

“Hoho. He said they’re not.”

“I guess it’s not this mountain.”

“Wow, not here.
A cold sweat ran down Baek Cheon’s back. Those damned guys were all squinting and glanced at him.

“So, if they died here, it’s literally a dog’s death, right?”

“They’d become water ghosts. Ghosts, ghosts. Maybe later, Sect Leader would have come to hold a memorial.”

“Wow, that was a great plan. It’s very reliable.”

“Ey said dewn’t dew eed…”

“What did you say? I can’t hear you.”

“Gol-ah…… You’ll get hit if you do that.”

Baek Cheon clenched his teeth and trembled.

But Chung Myung’s attention had already moved away from him.

“What? Aren’t they here? Then, who is the bastard who beat our people and took the commoners away?”
“I- I’m not sure…..”

“Not sure?”

“I- I don’t know!”

“You don’t know? Is it over if you don’t know?”

Chung Myung grabbed Jo Seung’s collar and started shaking him.

“This guy is out of his mind! You dare play pirate without even knowing that much? Alright! I heard you’re such a good swimmer? Let’s see if you can escape when we tie you up and throw you in as fish bait!”

“Spa- Spare me! You said you’d spare me!”

“Did I?”

“Yes! You clearly……”

“Did I?”

“….”

Jo Seung looked at Baek Cheon and the rest of Mount Hua’s disciples with stunned eyes. However, they just looked away, each looking far away.

‘I’m sorry.’

‘Something must be done.’

‘Amitabha, may you live well in heaven.’
Wow….

It’s a dirty world.
“The-re-fo-re! You heard what I said? Clearly, with your own ears?”

“…No, I must have been mistaken.”

Jo Seung, who has endured that Barbarous Black Fish by a mere instinct, recognized what he had to say at this moment.

“So anyway… you don’t know?”

“Y- Yes.”

When Chung Myung turned around with a sullen face, Baek Cheon protested as if he was wronged.

“No, they got on the ship and searched for the Special Delivery! Even when we said we were Mount Hua, they charged at us, who would doubt?”

“…Is that so?”

“Tha- That… There was a rumor that the Special Delivery would take a ship throughout the whole Kugang, how could we not try to attack once according to the doctrine of being pirate!”

“Then why did they keep attacking even after hearing we’re of Mount Hua Sect?”

“That’s…”

Jo Seung scratched the back of his head awkwardly.

“Who would have thought that Mount Hua Sect on that far Shaanxi would really come all the way to the Yangtze River? Hahaha….”

“Hahaha!”

“Ha… hahahaha!”

“You laughing?”

Kwadeuk!

Jo Seung whose neck was twisted as if it was about to break let out a beast-like scream..

“No, why are all these bastards so tactless these days? Now even this outnumbered guy is groaning and collapsing in front of me!”

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

Jo Seung’s head turns left and right.

“Die! Die, you bastard! Die! You know nothing! And even tactless! Then you should die! Die!”

It was a strange spectacle.

The one currently being pummeled by Chung Myung is a pirate. If he had been caught by the officials, there would be no other punishment but beheading, and if he had fallen into the hands of another pirate, his neck should have been cut off in one stroke.

But Chung Myung was in the midst of displaying a miraculous ability to make that pirate, who deserved to die, look pitiful.

“Aaaah! I remember! I remember! I have a hunch!”

“Oh?”

Chung Myung stopped his fist and grinned.

“You remember?”

“Yes! Yes! I- I have a hunch!”

At that, everyone clapped silently in their hearts.

‘I heard even dried squid give water when you squeeze it enough.’
‘He’s making up an answer that doesn’t exist…’

‘Amitabha. This is too pitiful to watch.’

Now that his face was so swollen it resembled a dumpling, Jo Seung, whose face was difficult to discern its original features, opened his mouth desperately.

“I- I’ve heard that there are some suspicious pirates who’ve recently set up near Dongting Lake.”

“What are you talking about? Are you not part of the Water Fortress? But you mentioned suspicious pirates?”

“O- Our Great Whale Water Fortress is indeed one of the Water Fortress in the Yangtze River, but that doesn’t mean we control all of Yangtze River’s waterway. If that were the case, we would have to get permission from the Black Dragon King every time someone wanted to create a new Water Fortress, wouldn’t we?”

“Is that so?”

Chung Myung looks back at Im Sobyong as if to confirm the authenticity. Im Sobyong nodded his head.

“It’s true. A stronghold is created first, and when the scale of the stronghold grows, they come to find the Nokrim. Then it’s decided whether to include them in the Seventy-Two Nokrim, exclude other strongholds, or just allow them to use the name of Nokrim.”

“That sounds very complicated.”

“Sometimes, it seems like you, Chung Myung, know everything about the world, but you don’t seem to know the basic things. This is common knowledge.”

“What’s the point of knowing the common sense of bandits and pirates? Just capture and kill them.”

“….”

Speechless, Im Sobyong drooped his shoulders. Then Baek Cheon patted his shoulders as if it wasn’t his fault.

“It’s all right, it’s all right. Anyone can see that he’s the bad guy.”

“…Thank you for your words.”

Chung Myung, who created a large number of victims in that short period of time, pulled Jo Seung closer again.

“So?”

“The Water Fortress almost never uses such violent methods. It’s like killing a fisherman by destroying the fishery! If- If the commoners have been taken, it would probably be them. The newcomers don’t know better and tend to be aggressive.”

“Hmm.”

Chung Myung nodded his head as if it made sense.

“Are there any other Water Fortresses around here?”

“The- The area around Kugang is held tightly by the Great Whale Water Fortress….”

“You guys aren’t that strong, though?”

“….”

Tears streamed down from Jo Seung’s eyes.

‘You’re the monster, you bastard!’

The sound of his heart, which he could never speak out of his mouth, rang desperately.

“Tsk.”

Chung Myung stared at the Five Swords in front of him with a look of disapproval. And the Five Swords only kicked the ground underneath them helplessly.

“That….”

“….”

“That….”

“….”

“Ei, forget it. Let’s not talk.”

“Swear at him! You bastard!”

“Get angry!”

“Oh, I’m sorry!”

Eventually, everyone who couldn’t bear it showed a violent reaction. However, Chung Myung clicked his tongue and turned his head away.

Isn’t the saddest thing is indifference? Mount Hua’s disciples suddenly felt terribly sad.

But it is true that they would have died without Chung Myung, so there was no excuse to make.

“Well, it’s okay. You did quite well given the circumstances.”

“…Really?”

“Who could have imagined that they’d bring the entire ship? It can’t be helped.”

Why is he acting like this?

Normally, he would have been unable to control his anger and would have rolled around on the ground.

“However.”

Chung Myung looked at Baek Cheon and the group with slightly chill eyes.

“If you could do anything with just willpower, it wouldn’t be Kangho.”

“…I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay if you know.”

At the end of the remark, Chung Myung nodded lightly. An awkward silence came and went for a moment.
Basically, Five Swords has nothing to say because they’re sorry, and Chung Myung is a human who usually bites but never comforts anyone. So they can’t help but have nothing to say to each other.

Im Sobyong broke the awkward atmosphere.

“So what are you going to do now, Mount Hua Divine Dragon? What about the Water Fortress?

As he tried to subtly change the subject, Chung Myung pretended not to notice and moved on.

“What do you mean what am I going to do? We have to smash them!”

“First, we sent some of our captured pirates to another Water Fortress nearby. I want you to see if there is a place where they caught the commoners.”

“…Will they listen to you?”

“Of course not. We poisoned them. We told them that if they didn’t return in five hours, their intestines would melt and they would die, and they went off looking terrified.”

“….”

Chung Myung, who had been preparing to say ‘It’s easier to work with a smart guy.’ quietly closed his mouth.

He sometimes forgets that that bastard is a bandit.

“Anyway, it seems that the act of capturing the commoners was not done by the pirates we caught.”

“I guess so. Well, there’s nothing we can do. Ei, I’ve wasted my time.”

Yoon Jong listened to the conversation and thought, ‘Then why did these pirates get hit out of nowhere?’ but he didn’t say it out loud.

Actually, it’s not like they need a reason to beat up bandits.

The problem is that the ones saying this are bandits and Taoist who are worse than bandits.

“When we thoroughly examined the information of the bandits, it seems that they were using an island as their base.”

“Island? What do you mean island?”

When Chung Myung tilted his head as if he didn’t understand, Im Sobyong explained what he had heard step by step.

“So….”

Listening to Im Sobyong’s explanation, Chung Myung said as if it was ridiculous.

“Since the Yangtze River is so wide, there are islands in the middle like the sea, and they are using those places as a base to increase their power?”

“That’s what it seems like.”

“…There are all sorts of weirdos in the world.”

“What are you going to do?”

“Do what?”

Im Sobyong shrugged.

“Honestly, I don’t really recommend invading the island. We are bandits, not pirates. There’s nothing to be afraid of when our feet touch the ground, but fighting on the ship is too much. None of us know how to sail.”

“You worry about everything.”

“Huh?”

“There’s a lot of them out there, people who can sail.”

Chung Myung pointed to the tied-up pirates with his chin.

“You can’t possibly……”

Im Sobyong’s eyes twitched slightly.

“It’s basic to use pirates to deal with pirates! This is ‘Using barbarian to control barbarian’!”

In the end, the Five Swords, who had been holding back, murmured.

“He really likes that ‘Using barbarian to control barbarian’ saying.”

“Let him be. It’s one of the few literature he knows.”

Regardless, Chung Myung gritted his teeth vigorously, looking back at the Yangtze River.

“Island or whatever, if you touch Mount Hua, we’ll have to chase them to hell and break their heads! Tell them to sail! We’re departing now!”

“…No, my opinion-….”

As Im Sobyong was about to say something, Chung Myung suddenly put his arm around his shoulder.

“Why are you acting like this? We’re riding on the same boat.”

“…… I’m acting like this because we really might get on the same boat at this rate, you know? I get seasick easily.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. I’ll take care of everything. Don’t you trust me?”

“Can I speak honestly?”

“No.”

“…Yes.”

Im Sobyong, who had been observing Chung Myung’s face, said softly.

“No…… I don’t intend to oppose it at this point, but if you’re going to do it, why not wait for the support of Mount Hua Sect to arrive and go together? It would make things easier.”
“Ei. That’s not gonna work.”

“Why?”

Chung Myung rebuked Im Sobyong as if he had heard the most ridiculous question in the world.

“What if by any chance the ship sinks and our guys fall into the water? You’re talking nonsense.”

“…Then aren’t we human?”

“Can I answer that honestly?”

“……Please don’t.”

“Hurry up and prepare, quickly. I’m a busy person.”

“….”

Im Sobyong’s choice wasn’t that wrong. He just missed one thing.

In the world, there are not only racehorses that run fast on the set path, but also racehorses that sometimes deviate from the path and kick people.

Sadly, that is.