Chapter 117

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Return of The Mount Hua – Episode/Chapter 117. One day, plum blossoms will bloom under the sky  (2)

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Chung Myung climbed Yeonhwabong peak and looked up at the sky.

There is no need to hide his martial arts anymore, but he feels comfortable when climbing Yeonhwabong, perhaps because training there has become a habit.

Chung Myung, who had been looking up at the sky for a while, turned his head and looked down at Mount Hua beneath his feet.

"Hmmm."

‘I've crossed the hurdle.’

‘But I'm not satisfied at all yet.’

"There's still a long way to go."

Even though he know impatience can cause anger, he was slightly impatient.

The progress of third-class disciples is not slow now. At this rate, one day they will become masters that no one in the world dares ignore.

But it's a thing of the distant future.

Right now, Mount Hua is still nothing more than a weak, unattractive sect.

"This is what it feels like to lead"

It felt like a heavy load was on his shoulders. Now, whenever something happens, the disciples instinctively look back at Chung Myung. The same thing happened countless times in the past, but there was a clear difference between the eyes sent by the sahyung at that time and the eyes of the current sahyung.

"Sahyung Jang Moon must have it tough too."

It's not hard to push a leader's back. But even if someone supports them, it was extremely difficult to lead everyone.

In the past, Chung Myung thought he was leading Mount Hua.

The most well-known name from Mount Hua was Plum Blossom Sword Saint, no matter what anyone said, and it was also the presence of Plum Blossom Sword Saint that created Mount Hua's prestige.

Then did Chung Myung really lead Mount Hua?

'That can't be true.'

His chest aches slightly.

Had he known what he now knew then, perhaps Mount Hua's fate would have changed. It may not have been the case for not only Mount Hua's descendants, but also Jang Moon  Sahyung.

Those who walked calmly even though they knew where they were going were the destruction.

"It’s just a miscellaneous thought." (It’s like “Experience is that marvelous thing that enables us to recognize a mistake when we make it again.” - Wolfgang)

Chung Myung soon shook his head.

It's just a past that's already gone. The important thing is not to get caught up in the past, but to live in the present by using the past as fertilizer. And moving toward a better future.

To do that...….

"More than anything else, I have to be stronger."

That's the only way not to lose everything as in the past.

Chung Myung knows.

Murim is a heartless place.

Righteousness? Of course, it exists. Justice? Of course, there is that. However, righteousness and justice are only power of the strong to give to the weak. Those without strength do not have the opportunity to utter righteousness, nor dare to discuss justice.

The disciples of Mount Hua would think they had already suffered that heartlessness. They might think that they suffered more in the course of Mount Hua's fall.

‘I don't think so.’

Sooner or later they will know. They were protected by this rugged Mount Hua, and by what it had done.

But that's the end of it, too.

Sooner or later, Mount Hua has to move on to the world stage. Then, they will face the heartlessness of the strong they have never seen before.

'I have no intention of carrying it around in my arms.'

Then he has to create a place to believe and rely on. Whether it's Chung Myung or Mount Hua.

Chung Myung sat cross-legged on the spot. He closed his eyes and watched his inner realm.

‘I can see it.’

The Dantian inside him had now grown to the size of small fruit. Compared to his previous strength, it was still insignificant.

But it's growing.

Slow but certain, step by step as he wanted.

Mount Hua's martial arts is an orthodox martial art.

It is an honest martial art that can only reach the top by climbing up a steep mountain with two feet.

There is no such thing as a shortcut. It's just one step at a time without taking a break.

'I'm getting stronger.'

As Chung Myung, not the Plum Blossoms Sword Saint of the past.

He will become stronger and stronger.

And one day even surpasses 'he', the Heavenly Demon (Chunma).

An endless journey towards the perfection of martial art.

Chung Myung quietly raised his head and looked up at the distant sky.

- Did your plum blossoms bloom?

Chung Myung's mouth corners roll up.

"Not yet."

But...

"One day, it will bloom."

One day when Chung Myung's plum blossoms at the tip of his sword.

Not only Mount Hua, but the whole world will be covered with a deep plum blossom scent.

Chung Myung jumped up from his seat.

"There's nothing to worry about. Jang Moon Sahyung."

Chung Myung smiles.

"I'm Chung Myung."

It was like a commitment to oneself.

Chung Myung slowly goes down the mountain.

"Hmm?"

Chung Myung, who was going down the mountain, smiled slightly as he smelled the plum blossoms from somewhere.

"It's spring."

Plum blossoms bloom.

At the scent of plum blossoms passing through the tip of the nose, Chung Myung descended the mountain with a slightly lighter step. And that Chung Myung's back looks down silently on Mount Hua.

Time just flew indifferently, as Mount Hua, who embraced Chung Myung, embarks on a new change.

Bloom and wither, bloom and wither again.

Let the plum bloom and wither.

Time just passed and passed like running water.

* * *

Shaanxi Province, Huayin city. (The city mount hua located at. I don’t remember what name is it. If you know it, please tell me)

Among the crowds, a man with a load of luggage entered the entrance of Huayin.

"……is this Huayin?"

A man.

No, he still looks more like a boy than a man. He looked around with a slightly embarrassed face.

"I think this is the right place."

The appearance is so different from the one in the vague memory.

The Huayin he saw in the past was on the border between small villages and cities. Although it was busy in its own way, it was not enough to be called prosperous, but it also cannot be said that it was underdeveloped.

However, the sight he could see now was no different from that of a bustling city.

Of course, in terms of its scale, it is not comparable to the real big cities. However, the word 'prefecture' is meaningless when you look at the newly built buildings lined up on the left and right of the main street or densely packed stores without empty spaces.

‘Did I come to the wrong place?'

The man looked around and talked to the passerby.

"Hey, is this Huayin?"

"First time?"

"No, it's not my first time. I stopped by once about a decade ago, but I think it's so different from then."

The person who answered holds the complaint.

"If it's been more than a decade, it's understandable. Those who left Huayin two years ago also surprised."

"Oh, so this is Huayin."

"Yes, it's strange that it's changed so much, but this is the Huayin you know."

"Thank you, by the way…… Why did it change so much here?"

"Why? Because of Mount Hua."

"Yes?"

"Mount Hua, don't you know? Mount Hua, that Mount Hua!"

"Oh, no. I know. Of course I know."

The man, Wiso Haeng nodded quickly. (In chinese, Wei Xiaoxing)

If you tell people in Huayin that you don't know Mount Hua, you won’t be treated like a human being. For the people here, Mount Hua was not just a sect located next to them.

It was their pride, like their family member.

"I'm actually here to visit Mount Hua sect."

"Oh, is that so? You were a guest then. Come on. If you have any questions, ask me. I'll answer them all."

The old man's face glows as soon as he is told that Wiso Haeng is about to visit Mount Hua.

"What do you mean when you say that Huayin developed because of Mount Hua?"

"That's obvious. These days, the momentum of Mount Hua is rising to the sky! Don't you know that they spread its reputation all over the world?"

‘No. I know it because I'm a traveler, but it's not to that extent.‘

‘But I couldn't bring myself to say that in front of this guy. His eyes look like he's going to blow my chin off if I say anything that undermines Mount Hua.’

"That, that's right."

"That's why there's a lot of people coming to Mount Hua these days. As more people visit Mount Hua, of course, more people visit Huayin, and as you can see, isn't it crowded?"

"That's right."

"Where people gather, money is bound to circulate. That's why Huayin naturally changed like this."

"……it's very dramatic."

"Hahaha, isn't that all thanks to the Mount Hua people? You know that, don't you? Two years ago at the Conference, Mount Hua crushed those rotten Southern Edge guys' noses."

"Of course."

It was a story that everyone in the world knew now.

Known to have fallen...…. No, now even that memory has faded and Mount Hua, which had been forgotten in people's minds, has completely destroyed Southern Edge Sect, who had been shaking the world.

A man basically enjoys the misfortune of others. There was no reason not to chew, bite, and taste because the sect, who was doing well, was humiliated.

As a horse without feet travels a thousand miles, what happened at the Conference quickly spread to the world. Now, even the children who play in the neighborhood know about it. ( Rumors spread fast. 말 means both words and a horse, and this expression says that even though 말 has no feet, it will travel a thousand 리 (a measure of distance, similar to thousand mile.)

Would there have been people who called that Land of fallen dragons because the dragon that ascended through the Conference in the past had fallen to the ground?

"It's Southern Edge Sect, not anywhere else. How high would Mount Hua's reputation be for giving such an end to such sect? I don't know how many people have been looking for Mount Hua since then. There's no end to those who want to be introduced."

"I see."

Wiso Haeng nodded.

No one understands these words better than Wiso Haeng now. Because he visited this place because of the changed status of Mount Hua.

If the rumors of the Conference had not circulated, Wiso Haeng would not have even thought of visiting this place.

"But it's a bit of a shame."

"Yes?"

The old man looked at Mount Hua with a slightly displeased look.

"Nothing has happened for two years since then. I think it's time to do something."

"Oh...."

"Well, A dragon doesn't move so easily. Isn't it said that a dragon can travel a thousand miles with a single flap of its wings after curling up for a thousand years? I'm sure Mount Hua are like that. It must be." (It is originally Daebung. A mythical chinese bird, changed to dragon)

It was a word of unquestionable pride toward Mount Hua.

Wiso Haeng saw it and thought a lot had changed.

It is not just the appearance that has changed.

When he visited here in the past, it was difficult to find vitality in the village. But now he can feel the vitality of the people in Huayin.

"If you're going to visit Mount Hua, try to find an inn first. The sun will set soon. If you climb now, you will end up at night while climbing Mount Hua. It would be better to climb tomorrow morning."

"Yes, thank you for your words."

"Sure."

As the old man waved away, Wiso Haeng looked around and opened his mouth slightly.

'It changes so much.'

Just because a sect gained a little bit of fame, a village was in turmoil.

Whether it was a person or a sect’s disciple, he could see why they risked their lives for their names.

Wiso Haeng raised his head and looked at Mount Hua.

Looking at the completely changed Huayin, the long-awaited mind becomes clear. Mount Hua is different from Mount Hua of the past that he knew. So...

‘Somehow, we must ask for the cooperation of Mount Hua.'

Wiso Haeng looked at Mount Hua with determined eyes. At the top of that rugged Mount Hua is the Mount Hua sect.

- Mount Hua will definitely help us. Go to Mount Hua and ask for help.

‘I hope my father's judgment is not wrong.'

With his lips tightened, Wiso Haeng soon turned around and headed into Mount Hua.

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