Chapter 216

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Return of The Mount Hua – Chapter 216. Did you say Mount Hua? (1)

"Can you see it?"

"Yes, Hyung-nim!"

"Look at the vast expanse of land! This place will all be your Hyung-nim's land!"

A boisterous voice spread widely.

"Of course, Hyung-nim!"

"Hahahaha! Before the end of this year, everyone here will remember the name of our Jang Ho-chae! Come on, let's go, my brothers! In the future, history will remember this place as our beginning!"

"Yes, Hyung-nim!"

"Of course, Chae-ju!" (-ju mean the head, I think. There is tanggaju)

A seething passion.

Hot loyalty.

It's history of...….

Ttaakk!

"Kereuk!"

Bang Yoga crouched with his hand on his head.

"You're thinking about something else.  You sure have much leeway, are you?"

"No! Not at all! Aigoo, Taoist-nim! Do you think I'm crazy?"

"It's not like thinking about something is crazy. You could be thinking about something else to die for."

"No! Absolutely not!"

Tears welled up around Bang Yoga's eyes.

‘I'll just go down to my hometown and live there while working on the land.'

What? The ruler of the area?

‘To hell with being a ruler! I’m going to get beaten to death.’

"Pull it like a cow! Like a cow!"

"Yes, Taoist-nim! I'll pull it like a cow! Emooooh!" (emooh kinda sound like a cow and in my local language it means don’t want, why not lol.)

Bang Yoga's eyes were filled with sad tears.

"Ugh..."

A groan leaked out of the mouth of Bang Yoga, rubbing his limbs.

Since they were caught by Chung Myung, their daily routine has become very simple. From morning to dawn, he literally pulls a cart like a horse. When the dawn became deep and they could no longer move, they helped others prepare for camp, and only then were they given a short break.

"Cha- Chaeju-nim. It's so hard."

"Oheuhuk. I really feel like I'm going to die."

"I'd rather die."

Bang Yoga's eyes were slightly teary as his skinny subordinates began to whine and lament.

'How did I end up with them...….'

They are bandits.

It was also Jang Ho-chae, who was notorious in a remote area of Sichuan.

However, Bang Yoga, the owner of Jang Ho-chae's group, was desperately realizing that the world was wide and there were other people who could be called the real 'Grim Reapers'.

"……is the youngest still out of his mind?"

"...maybe it would be unreasonable for him to return to his sanity."

Bang Yoga closed his eyes tightly as he watched the youngest member with his mouth open in a corner. Saliva flows down from the mouth of the youngest member, who looks absent-minded.

"……does he have to live his whole life as an idiot?"

"Probably..."

"Ugh."

Being young means being ambitious. However, the youngest proved his youthful ambition by confronting the young master named Chung Myung.

And the price was too great.

Seeing the spirit of Gong So who was shouting, Chung Myung Dojo smiled warmly. And he said,

- Oh, my gosh. The cow is talking.

Bang Yoga seemed to never forget that voice for the rest of his life.

With those words, Chung Myung stamped the head of Gong So with his feet without even getting up from the carriage.

Gong So has been that way ever since.

It is not clear whether he can properly scoop a spoon of rice with his own hands for the rest of his life.

Anyway, after Gong So, no one dared to say that it was difficult, even if their feet were swollen and their limbs were likely to break.

Besides...

It wasn't them who were really struggling.

Flop.

Flop!

"Ugh...…."

"……."

Bang Yoga looked at the disciples of Mount Hua who were collapsing in front of him with a tired faces.

He can't even dare to say how hard it is to see them, who have almost become rags with just one sip of training.

Then, the only person standing in Bang Yoga's eyes comes into view.

"The more you practice, the more you can endure! Why isn't there a difference in the time you hold out every time? I told you to make an effort! Work haaaaaard!

Bang Yoga's empty gaze fell on the ground and was stuck in Jo-Gol, who was twitching.

"……."

He doesn't even remember much now, but he thinks it was this young man who first beat them up like a dog...….

But now that Jo-Gol is being beaten up by that young man named Chung Myung and biting the dust.

‘What? Building up your strength on the outskirt and secure a place in Jungwon (Central Plain)?’

When he remembered Chae-ju's words, his blood pressure began to rise extremely.

Jungwon?

Jungwoooon?

'That bastard!'

How can they planning going on Jungwon that full of people like that? They’re going to lose their head before they try get to Jungwon!

Then Chung Myung turned his head.

"Oh, you still have the power to look here."

The bandits quickly lowered their eyes.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. They're people too huh."

Chung Myung clicked his tongue and walked somewhere. It was not long before Mount Hua's disciples, who were lying on the ground, struggled to raise themselves.

"Ugh..."

Jo-Gol shakes his body.

"What is that ghost doing! I'm not going to catch him!"

"……I'm sure ghosts are scared of him too."

"Phew!"

Jo-Gol sighs deeply and raises Yoon Jong.

"Sahyung, wake up."

"Whe- Where are we?"

"……no. Just go to sleep."

It is Jo-Gol who was sparing his Sahyung.

Baek Chun sighs and opens his mouth.

"Let's wash and tidy up quickly. That way, we can sleep even a little."

"I'm going to organize a little bit more of what I've been training for today."

"Will you be okay?"

"I can sleep on the wagon during the day. I feel sorry for the horses, but I don't feel sorry for them."

"Hmm. Come to think of it."

The disciples of Mount Hua glance at the bandits.

Bang Yoga closed his eyes without realizing it.

‘Things that even dogs won't bite.' (The raw is 저 개도 안 물어 갈 것들)

The disciples of Mount Hua are arguing with each other and moving away to one side. The bandits who were watching the scene sighed in unison.

"Hyung-nim."

"Why?"

"If we come back alive, let's not even pee in Jungwon again."

"……let's make sure we don’t."

Even now, those who are younger and stronger than them are trained enough to vomit blood, just what can they do?

‘Is Jungwon full of monsters like that?'

It was the disciples of Mount Hua that gave birth to a strange misunderstanding.

"Keueung."

"Koooo……."

"Ugh...."

A human-drawn wagon continued on its way.

And all the people watching the scene had no choice but to tilt their heads.

"What, why is a man pulling a wagon? Why does the horse just follow?"

"Huh. I live to see all sorts of strange things."

"It looks like they're from Sichuan."

Bang Yoga closed his eyes tightly.

As they went deeper into Yunnan beyond the border area, they often encountered people. And all the people they encountered gathered around them, expressing curiosity.

'What's so funny?'

Bang Yoga glared without realizing it.

In the past, he couldn't help but get angry when everyone gathered together as if they were watching something strange.

And, of course,

Ttakk!

Chung Myung couldn't help but punish such a man.

"Ugh!"

Bang Yoga's eyes pop out from the rod that flew into his head.

"How dare a cow glare at people?"

"……ugh."

"Tsk tsk. I've become mellowed too. In the old days, people like you would have been cut up as soon as they saw it."

The problem is that it doesn't sound like a joke.

Chung Myung clicks his tongue and glances around. Back Chun, who was riding in the wagon behind him, quietly opened his mouth.

"Now we are completely in Yunnan."

"Yes."

Chung Myung nodded.

"Is there always this many mountains here?"

The first thing that those who entered Yunnan felt was that this place was more barren than expected.

"The only thing I see is mountains and fields. I can see why the government doesn't care about Yunnan."

Baek Chun frowned.

"And yet we haven’t see Namman Yasugung people yet."

"Even if they're Shaolin, they won't be able to protect all of Yunnan."

Baek Chun nodded.

Since he had heard that Yunnan was ruled by Namman Yasugung Clan, he thought that as soon as they entered Yunnan, they would be checked by Namman Yasugung Clan.

But thinking about it, however, it was unlikely that Namman Yasugung Clan deep in Yunnan would come out to protect the outskirt.

Gwak Haengsu, who was listening to the conversation between the two, hinted.

"The place they manage themselves is the Kunming side, where the tea trade takes place. Other than that, they patrol occasionally, but I don't see them often."

"But for that, aren't you being too wary?"

"We need to."

Gwak Haengsu slightly lowered his voice.

"The influence of Namman Yasugung Clan in Yunnan exceeds that of the Tang family in Sichuan. In other words, everyone I meet now can be an informant to Namman Yasugung Clan. The fact that we entered Yunnan must have been passed on to Namman Yasugung Clan."

Baek Chun narrowed his brows and looked around.

The thought that everyone who gathers here can become the eyes and ears of Namman Yasugung Clan gives birth to a new sense of caution.

"People don't look so good, do they?"

Chung Myung added to Baek Chun.

It's not that it's bad, but it's clear that everyone he encounter is starving.

The complexion was shabby, and the body revealed through the clothes was skin and bones.

"By nature, Yunnan is a place where food production is not so good. Basically, there is not much land for farming. Did you see the rice fields carved out of mountains on your way here?"

"Yes."

"There are many places where farming is done in that way because there is not much farmland. But I heard that the situation is worse because of the recent drought."

Gwak Haengsu shook his head and clicked his tongue.

"In the past, the money earned from the tea trade was considerable and it was worth a living, but now that tea trade is prohibited...…, if the farming doesn't go well, they'll all starve to death."

Baek Chun tilted his head while hearing that.

"Didn't you say they were dealing with the West?"

"In fact, Westerners don't enjoy tea very much. There is no other place that loves tea as much as Jungwon. Besides, the type of tea that Westerners enjoy is different from Yunnan's."

Baek Chun nodded as if he understood it only then.

"In the end, cutting deals with Jungwon didn't work well for Yunnan."

"Is it just Yunnan? Sichuan is also grunting right now. The merchant of Sichuan, which used to be second to none to the merchant of Jungwon, are now powerless. Tea doesn't have much to do with eating and buying, so so they just end up getting starvation." (The raw is 그나마 차는 먹고사는 것과는 크게 관련이 없어서 배는 곯지 않는 것뿐입니다.)

"Well."

Baek Chun looked at the people with complicated eyes.

“We will be arriving in Kunming soon. If we can get there without any problem, we've done our duty."

Baek Chun saluted Gwak Haengsu.

"Thank you again."

"We will receive your thanks after we arrive safely."

Gwak Haengsu gave a nice smile.

Then the journey continued, and as Gwak Haengsu said, Mount Hua's disciples kept their guard and looked around.

All they can see in front of them is rough roads and barren land, and nothing serious has happened.

"Euraaaaaaa!"

"Euaaaaa!"

And thanks to the human horse pulling the wagon with all their might, the group was able to arrive three times faster than scheduled.

"That's Kunming."

Chung Myung frowned at the old castle wall.

"It's more like a village than a castle."

"In Yunnan, there is no concept of a high wall, such as Jungwon. It's because there's not enough food to live in a small land."

"Aha."

Chung Myung nods his head.

"Thank you anyway. Thanks to you, we made it here."

"Don't mention it."

Mount Hua's disciples bid goodbye to the Peace Merchant Association group, which would move to buy tea leaves. Gwak Haengsu made a few requests and hurried off the road.

Chung Myung mumbled, spinning back.

"Now these are the problems."

As soon as the eyes meet, the bandits wince and bow their heads.

'Nice face. Nice face!'

'The most pitiful face.'

Chung Myung glanced at Baek Chun. Then Baek Chun opened his mouth as if he was contemplating for a moment.

"Wouldn't it be better to let them go?"

"Huh? You want me to let them go?"

"Yeah. It's true that they committed a crime, but they suffered hard while coming here... and they seem to be reflecting on themselves, so it doesn't look bad to release them."

Chung Myung nodded loudly.

"Keuh, you're asking for mercy. This is why I like Sasuk."

"……Don't say weird things."

Chung Myung smiled and turned to the bandits.

"Release them."

"Thank you! Thank you so much!"

"I'll live a good life now! Hehehehe!"

"I'll never be bandits again."

Chung Myung grinned.

"But you know what?"

"……Yes?"

“When people do it, they want to do it the other way around.”."

"……."

In an instant, Chung Myung's hand moved like lightning.

Tatatatat!

His hand accurately hit the bandits's Dantian.

"Gasp!"

"Argh!"

The bandits who were beaten in the lower abdomen rolled on the ground. Chung Myung smiles at them.

"I'll let you go. Have fun here. I have imposed restrictions on your Dantian, so there will be no way to regain martial arts unless I come back."

"……."

"Or run away and live as a good citizen.  Do as you please."

Chung Myung turned around.

And he walked towards Kunming without any regrets.

Yoon Jong follows next to him.

"Why did you hold them?"

"Who's pulling the wagon back?"

"……."

"They're better than horses."

"……."

Chung Myung shrugs.

"And on our way back, I'm going to rob the mountain where they were. I think they've collected a lot."

It was Yoon Jong who vowed never to lose to Chung Myung in his life.

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