Chapter 132

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Return of The Mount Hua –Chapter 132. My Work is Only Starting (2)

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"Sahyung. Are you awake?"

Jin Hyun slowly opened his eyes.

Jin Mu's face and the dark night sky behind him were captured in a blurry vision. Jin Hyun frowned.

"Whe- where is...."

"We are on our way back to Wudang. We haven't gotten off the mountain path yet."

Jin Hyun jumped to his feet when he heard that.

"Ugh."

"The wound is deep. You must be careful, Sahyung."

"...My wounds?"

Jin Hyun's eyes shook.

Plum blossom petals flying toward him pass through his mind.

'I lost.'

It didn't take long to accept the situation. It is too vivid to deny what he saw with his own eyes.

"……What happened to the rest?"

"Sahyung has fallen and everyone else has lost. So I admitted defeat and stepped down."

Jin Hyun glared at Jin Mu with terrifying eyes.

But after a while, he loosens up.

'It couldn't be helped.'

He also wanted to blame him for not fighting to the end, but that was just Jin Hyun's stubbornness. If he and the other disciple had been defeated, the result would have been obvious even if the rest rushed in.

Rather, it is wiser for them to retreat without further injury.

"……You did well."

"I'm sorry, Sahyung."

"No, it's not your fault. It's all because of me… I'm lacking."

Jin Hyun bit his lips.

A perfect defeat.

The inevitable sense of defeat began to weigh heavily on Jin Hyun. What made Jin Hyun more painful was that the defeat was never due to a mistake.

'I didn't even see properly what the sword was until the end.'

He lost by skill.

To Righteous Sword, who was considered beneath Mount Hua Divine Dragon.

That fact made Jin Hyun unbearable.

‘The fact that all disciples were defeated means that their strength was never limited to Righteous Sword only.'

Mount Hua's best disciples is stronger than Wudang's best disciples.

‘Do you want me to believe this absurd fact?’

"……What happened to Jongdo-gwan?"

"For now, I asked Jongdo-gwan leader to empty their place until tomorrow morning. Because Righteous Sword mentioned Sahyung’s name and demanded it...…."

Jin Hyun closed his eyes.

Certainly, he promised on his honour that if Wudang lost to Mount Hua, he would leave Namyung with Jongdo-gwan. The promise that he uttered without much thought is now become a restraint to Wudang.

'I have disgraced Wudang's name.'

They are not the only ones who have seen the fight between Wudang and Mount Hua. As long as they have eyes and mouths, this will spread further beyond Namyung.

Just as Mount Hua made its name known to the world again by feeding on Southern Edge Sect's name, Wudang's name is now bound to be firewood that enhances Mount Hua's reputation.

'No, that’s a secondary problem.'

Reputation doesn't matter now. Whether it's Jongdo-gwan or Huayin Sect, it doesn’t matter. The reason they wanted to take over Namyung wasn't that trivial.

Jin Hyun, who bit his lips tightly, said with strength.

"Jin Mu."

"Yes, Sahyung!"

"You must return to the main sect right now. Let them know what's going on here."

"Yes!"

"The others are to heal their injuries here and wait for instructions from the main sect. This is not a situation to return recklessly."

"I will obey Sahyung’s word."

Jin Hyun's face has hardened to the fullest.

'I kept my promise to leave Namyung. I keep my promise to not get involved in Huayin Sect. But I didn't say we will return to Wudang.'

Jin Hyun bit his lips.

He knows it was thick faces conduct.

It is absolutely disgraceful to break a promise made under one’s own name, but sometimes you have to sacrifice yourself for a cause.

"Jin Mu, go ahead."

"Yes, Sahyung!"

It was then.

"You don't have to."

Everyone's turned to one place at once. The bushes were shaking, and one person walked out slowly.

"Sa- Sasuk!

"How is Sasuk...…."

Everyone was astonished.

It was a face they knew so well that has appeared before the bushes.

The person who appears looks at Jin Hyun and frowns.

"Did you succeed?"

Jin Hyun bit his lips.

"……I apologize."

"Have you lost? I guess the number of people from Mount Hua was higher than you thought? If not, was there any support from another sect?"

"……."

Jin Hyun couldn't say anything.

It's inevitable.

It was very difficult to expose his shame to the person who appeared now. Because he is his Sasuk, Mu Jin.

Mu Jin.

Anyone who knows the name will think of a title.

Wudang's Three Sword.

A first-class disciple that is Wudang’s actual force.

And one of the three swordsmen known to be the strongest among them.

That Mu Jin appeared right here.

"Sect Leader told me to go because he was uneasy about it. From what I see, it seems that Sect Leader's insight was not wrong, Jin Hyun."

"……Yes, Sasuk."

"Tell it with your own mouth. What happened in Namyung?"

Jin Mu, who had been watching Jin Hyun and Mu Jin quietly, took a step forward.

"Sasuk, let me tell you...…."

"Don't step up recklessly, Jin Mu."

"……Understood."

Jin Hyun, who looked at the situation silently, eventually opened his mouth with a serious face.

"Let me explain, Sasuk."

"Umu."

Jin Mu brushed his beard quietly.

According to Jin Hyun, none of Wudang’s disciples could defeat Mount Hua’s disciples. This is a much more serious situation than Jin Hyun’s loss.

"Do you mean Mount Hua has become so strong?"

It's conceptually impossible.

Martial Art is a method passed down from generation to generation. If the top is strong, the bottom is strong, and if the top is weak, the bottom is bound to be weak. Occasionally, anomalies do occur, but it doesn't happen to the whole generation.

Mount Hua was a fallen sect. Therefore, it is clear that the martial art of Mount Hua’s senior now will be insignificant. But does it make sense that their disciple are stronger than the disciples of Wudang?

"Hmm."

Mu Jin, who was thinking while tilting his head slightly, looked at Jin Hyun and nodded heavily.

‘There's no way this child would lie to me.'

"Jin Hyun."

"Yes, Sasuk."

"Did you make a promise under your name?"

"……Yes. But something like my honor is...."

"This guy!"

Mu Jin whispered lowly.

"It may not be a big deal for your name to be tarnished. But do you realize what your name is associated with? If you do something ugly, the world will speak ill of Wudang, not you. Do you understand that it's a disgrace to Wudang's name!"

"……I'm sorry."

Mu Jin raised his eyebrow with a look of displeasure.

"The words that come out of the swordsman's mouth are not light. That means your honor mustn't be so light."

"……Yes."

"We will give it up."

"Sasuk?"

"Namyung is just a place we wanted to get so that we wouldn't stand out from others anyway. If this was the case, I would rather jump over Namyung and head straight to Sword Gun (Tomb of sword/Sword’s Grave)."

"But we haven't pinpointed the location yet, right? Isn't that why we need Namyung?"

"There is nothing to worry about. We have deciphered the location of Sword Gun in the main sect."

"Ah!"

Jin Hyun's eyes shook.

If so, there is no need to take time in Namyung. They can excavate Sword Gun right away.

"It's a shame to lose to Mount Hua. But compared to what we have to do now, such a thing is trivial. You'll have plenty of chances to avenge yourself, so pull yourself together."

"Yes, Sasuk!"

Jin Hyun's eyes, which had been sinking the whole time, lit up.

'If the Sword Gun can be opened, I can redeem myself for this disgrace.'

"Those who are seriously injured, return to the sect. Support will come from the main sect soon, there is no need to overdo it. Only those who still fit can come with me."

Mu Jin frowned when the second-class disciples, who were naturally willing to go together, hesitated.

"I've told you over and over again that a martial artists should judge themselves calmly. Are you going to be a burden to your brother disciples?"

Only then did the three people step forward and lower their heads.

"I'm sorry, Sasuk."

"There is nothing to be ashamed of. How can you say that being injured is something to be ashamed of? Return to the main sect and get treatment. I'll take care of the rest. Don't tell me you don't believe this Mu Jin?"

"Of course, we believe in Sasuk."

"That's enough."

Mu Jin grinned.

"Go and wait. Tell them what happened in Namyung and that I led the child straight to the Sword Gun."

"Yes!"

Jin Mu looked back at Jin Hyun as the disciples ran to the forest path quickly.

"Can you go?"

"It will never be a nuisance."

"Hm."

Jin Mu nodded his head.

"Well then. Follow me..."

At that time, Mu Jin's head turns to one side.

"Sasuk?"

Mu Jin looks at one side of the bushes and frowns.

"Who is it?"

"Yes?"

Jin Hyun's and other disciple’s gaze followed Mu Jin.

Rustle.

With the sound of stepping on the grass, a man in black clothes slowly walks out of the darkness.

‘Black?’

Black clothes. And a black mask.

A person with a strange color, no matter who looked at it, calmly walked out and stood in front of them. Then he casually ignores the mask and opens his mouth.

"I'm just a passing-by robber. Let me ask you a question. What's with that Sword Gun?"

"……."

"……."

‘A passing-by robber?’

‘Did he just say a passing-by robber?’

Jin Mu's eyes shook.

'In my life...….'

Jin Mu is proud to have experienced quite a bit of nonsense in his life, but this is the first time in his life. What kind of robber identifies himself as a robber?

On top of it, in front of Wudang disciple?

"A robber roams this remote mountain pass?"

"……Uh."

The masked man was slightly startled.

"Then a bandit?"

'Is he crazy?'

It was Mu Jin who thought the same thing as Jin Hyun did just a day ago.

And Jin Hyun, who had the same thought a day earlier, felt a strange sense of incongruity in the tone and body shape of the mysterious man.

'That, maybe?'

Words come out first even before his thoughts are sorted up.

"Mount Hua Divine Dragon?"

"……."

The masked man's head is tilted.

"……No, I didn't do anything to make it...…. No, I'm not that person."

Jin Hyun's face is distorted.

‘It's so obvious! Dude!’

"Still, as a disciple of Mount Hua, I thought that he would have the least honor, but hiding his face and committing robbery! Don't you know what shame is?"

The masked man in front of Jin Hyun...…. No, Chung Myung shrugged.

"Because it's not me. That's right."

"That's dirty!”

"Well, you don't seem to understand."

"Hmm?"

"Soon you'll admit that I'm not who I am. That's how it usually works."

A lot of people have experienced it with their bodies.

"Even if you make fun of people, there is...…."

Jin Hyun's eyes are about to vomit out anger when Mu Jin's hand is raised slightly. Jin Hyun then shut his mouth still.

"Sure."

Mu Jin smiles brightly.

"You're not a disciple of Mount Hua, but a robber."

"Oh, at last, I find someone who I can communicate with."

"Yes, you are never a disciple of Mount Hua."

"Huh?"

Mu Jin gently held out the sword that was wrapped around his waist.

"I'm just cutting off a robber here. Mount Hua's disciple was never here in the first place. Don't you think so?"

"Whoa?"

Chung Myung exclaimed.

‘He's smart.’

"If you take off your mask and apologize now, I might be able to finish it in moderation. But if you keep fooling around until the end, you'll see just how heartless my sword is."

"Oh, really?"

Chung Myung grinned and said.

"Then let me tell you this in advance. If you tell me what the Sword Gun is, hand over the information. I'll let you off for good."

"……."

"Otherwise you won't be able to go back on foot. I assure you."

A smile grew on Mu Jin's lips.

"I heard Mount Hua has gotten stronger."

"What an embarrassing thing to say."

‘……You shouldn't admit it, man. At least try to hide your identity!’

"There's a saying that Mount Hua Divine Dragon is the best."

"Hahaha, I'm flattered."

Now Jin Hyun has given up too. That man is impossible to interpret with common sense.

"Then how about this?"

Mu Jin slowly drew his sword.

"Let's take a look at the great sword of Mount Hua Divine Dragon."

"You don't understand what you're saying. I'm not of Mount Hua."

Chung Myung pulled out a sword from his waist.

"Is that a plum pattern engraved on the sword?"

"……Oh, stop changing the topic."

Chung Myung winks with one eye.

"Pretend you didn't see it. With courtesy."

Mu Jin's smile deepened.

"I will."

His eyes vomit blue light.

"That way, even if you're seriously injured, you'll have nothing to say. Be prepared."

"Wudang hasn't changed over the years."

Chung Myung raised his sword and aimed at Mu Jin.

"Can I say one more thing?"

"……What is it?"

Chung Myung smiles and says.

"You'd better watch your head. Get your manners straight."

The smile disappeared from Mu Jin's face.

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