Return of The
Mount Hua – Chapter 240. This is Hell
(5)
Caw! Caw! Caw!
Hyun Jong frowned.
‘In such early morning, the crow...….'
Of course, he doesn't really hate crows.
How can one call themselves a Taoist if they think it's black on the inside when it’s black on the outside? Crows are just one kind of bird, no less than others.
However, the problem was that the crow's cry sounded ominous today.
'Haha. Is it just my mind?'
The sound of birds is no different than usual, and if it sounds especially ominous, it means that the listener is not comfortable.
Hyun Jong closed his eyes and calmly controlled his mind...….
It's messy.
"……."
Hyun Jong looked down slightly. The old teacup in his hand was cracked.
"Hum…."
‘This is also a coincidence, right?’
Yes, there are days when crows
cry, and days when teacups crack. There was a day when the two coincidentally
overlapped...….
Tuk!
Hyun Jong's face trembled a little.
Hanging on the wall, a scroll was written “Shàngshànruòshuǐ (상선약수(上善若水) / The
highest good is like water)” fell to the floor.
(Water is good at helping all
things rather than contending with them. It stays where people don't like
it, so it's close to the Tao. From baidu with machine translator.)
"……."
At this point, Tae Sang-no was about to turn his body, saying, "Today is
not the day."
'That's weird, isn't it?'
What the hell are these ominous signs happening one after another in the
morning?
Hyun Jong put down his teacup and took a deep breath.
'It's up to the heart. Everything depends on the heart... … .'
Caw! Caaaw! Caaawww!
"Eiit!"
Hyun Jong, who failed to control his mind, sprang up from his seat.
"Early in the morning, these guys!"
Hyun Jong, who sprinted through his door and pointed at the crow, suddenly felt
his gaze on him. And he gently lowered his hand.
"……."
"……."
Hyun Young, standing in the yard, shakes his head.
"What are you doing?"
"…And you?"
"I couldn't sleep well today, so I came out early to clean up."
"...Is that so?"
Hyun Jong coughed a couple of times and then slipped his hand behind him.
"I'm just, um...…."
"You must be restless."
Hyun Jong slightly distorted his face.
The older you get and the more disciplined you are, the softer you should be,
but Hyun Young seems to be getting cranky day by day.
It was when Hyun Jong sighed and was about to say a word.
"Sect Leader! Sect Leader!"
‘What else?’
Hyun Jong turned his head with a sour face. Hyun Sang was rushing to his
direction.
"What's all the fuss about in the morning?"
"Pi- Pigeon! Carrier Pigeon!"
"Huh?"
When Hyun Sang arrived in front of him, he gasped and shouted.
"Ca- Carrier Pigeon arrived from Huayin city! The children arrived at
Huayin city and are climbing the mountain now!"
"What!"
Hyun Jong shouted in surprise.
"Right now……?"
"The Carrier Pigeon arrived a little faster, but they will be here
soon!"
"Yes! Yes, I suppose so!"
Hyun Jong, who responded first, panicked and turned around.
"This is not the time for
it!"
Then he began to dart towards Mount Hua's gate. Hyun Young also threw away the
broom and followed him.
"Le- Let’s go together, Sect Leader!"
Hyun Sang hurriedly follows Hyun Jong's footsteps.
Hyun Jong, who ran straight to the gate, reached out his hands and pushed the
heavy wooden door.
Then he walked out slowly and stood facing the last hill to Mount Hua.
He is a little short of
breath.
He doesn't know how long it's been since he ran so fast. That's how excited his
heart was.
His mind is not as calm as when he entered Mount Hua and received the sword for
the first time.
"Here they come."
"They'll come."
The soft conversation between Hyun Young and Hyun Sang penetrates into Hyun
Jong's ears.
‘They'll be here anytime now.'
Hyun Jong looked at the hill with slightly dim eyes.
‘Those punk.’
They should at least give them a message in advance. Then he wouldn't have
waited for this nervously.
"They must have had a hard time."
"Of course. Where is Yunnan? How hard it must have been to such a distant
place?"
"In the meantime, haven't they formed an alliance with Sichuan Tang
Family? Those brats!"
The tone that came out slightly violently contained gratitude, apologies, and
even sorrow.
They are sorry to have entrusted them with what they were supposed to have
done. And proud of them for doing it so well. And… … Above all, happy.
Hyun Jong looked at the mountain peak with slightly wet eyes.
'Still, I have something to say to the ancestors.'
Although he didn't lead Mount Hua.
Mount Hua found the children that will lead.
Isn't that enough?
"Sect Leader, here comes the children."
"Umm…….hum, yes."
Hyun Jong stole a glance around the eyes. They said you get sentimental when
you get older, but that's exactly what it looks like.
They are children returning from home for a long time, so they should welcome
them with a smile.
Tap. Tap. Tap.
Shortly after, there was a small sound of footsteps. The footsteps, which had
never been quick, seemed to be getting louder, but soon they were as vivid as
they could reach their ears.
Hyun Jong clasped his fist tightly.
He can see it now.
The dignified children of this Mount Hua.
The children who will lead Mount Hua...…. (The raw is 화산을 이끌어 반석에 올릴 동량…….)
The…….
"……."
Hyun Jong's eyes trembled.
The children who climbed the hill appeared.
A bold step!
The messy hair!
The uniform has almost turned brown due to the passage of time!
A face twisted like a ghost...….
‘What?’
Didn't they go to Yunnan?
Did they stop by hell on the way here?
Seeing the children trudging up the mountain with a face that is determined to
beat everything that gets in the way makes them feel chill in their spine.
"Mount Hua……."
"It's Mount Hua…"…."
"Mount Hua…….it’s Mount Hua. Mount Hua."
"……."
When the Elders saw the disciples staring into their eyes as a group, they
flinched and took a step back.
"Damn it. Leaving home is hard work."
"I'm not going to take a step out of Mount Hua anymore."
"At least I'm not going out with him!"
"Bath! Bath!
Baaath!"
Yoo Esul cries out for a bath as if she has lost his mind.
The faces of the elders were slightly crumpled with the frightening sight.
No, What the hell have they been through on this journey? They look so
fresh when they go out.….
Baek Chun, who was at the forefront, looked at Mount Hua with sparkling eyes,
then lowered his gaze a little to find the Sect Leader.
"Sect Leader!"
"……."
‘Hey, what's wrong with you…?’
Baek Chun, who walked to the front of the flinching Sect Leader, retrieved both
hands and greeted fiercely.
"Baek Chun, the second-class disciple who left on a mission, has back to
Mount Hua after finishing the mission!"
"Uh... uh, umm. Yeah."
‘Uh...’
‘This isn't it.’
They were supposed to greet each other with tears.
What's wrong with the atmosphere?
Seeing Hyun Jong in confusion, Baek Chun seemed to remember something and
shouted!
"Sect Leader!"
"Y- Yes?"
"Jamokcha! I've obtained them. Jamokcha! Chung Myung...…."
Chung Myung slapped Baek Chun's hand with all his might and glared his
eyes.
"Don't touch it! Hands off!"
"...that crazy bastard."
"Medicine Hall! We have to go to Medicine Hall!"
Chung Myung ran inside without even looking at the Sect Leader.
"Oh, bath. I'm going to wash up. I'm definitely going to wash up."
"Rice... Is there any rice left in the kitchen? I've been starving for
three days and I feel like I'm going to die."
"……."
It feels like the baby tigers, who were meowing, left home and lived for a
while and came back as beasts with some scar marks.
"That, uh..."
At that time, Hyun Young stepped forward with a determined look.
"Yes! Let's wash up and eat first! What's so important about what happened
in Yunnan! You must be tired of the long trip."
"But the report...…."
Baek Chun, who was the only one holding his mind, had kept his manners. But
Hyun Young snorted back.
"To hell with the report! Who cares if we succeed or if we don't?
What important is that you went there and worked hard!"
"No... it was a success..."
"Okay! Okay! Let's go inside!"
Hyun Young pushed Baek Chun on
the back.
"Oh, no. It's...…."
"It’s fine, you punk!
Let's talk again after eating! You fine with it, Sect Leader?"
"Huh? Uh... Yeah. That's right. Rice is important."
"Go wash up and come back! I'll talk to the kitchen and prepare dinner
right away!"
Jo-Gol and Yoon Jong's eyes were wide open at the words.
"It's food!"
"Ugh! I ate only dry food while coming here from Yunnan..."
"It's better than hay."
"Ugh, that's true."
‘Hay?’
‘What the hell is this about?’
Hyun Jong looked at the disciples walking inside.
That…….
"Do you think the kids have gotten a little weird?"
"A little?"
"……."
* * *
Hyun Jong looked at the neat students of Mount Hua with a sour face.
Looking at the smooth return, they seemed to be the disciples of Mount Hua he
knew, but...….
'The atmosphere is....'
Should he say that there's a bit of spite that wasn't there before?
Or should he say that they are more relaxed?
It's hard to judge exactly, but if he had to put it in one word…….
‘They have grown.’
It seems that the saying that travel trains people is true.
But if there's a problem...….
"Aghh. My back…."
Chung Myung was leaning against the wall like a full puppy lying in a warm
place.
‘Isn't that more of an old man than a grown man?'
It's like he is about to recite a poem. (The raw is 조금 있으면 시도 한 수 읊을 기세다.)
Of course, Chung Myung was usually acting strange, but now the elders seem to
be able to call him a brother.
"Ri- Right, did you all have a good trip?"
"Yes, Sect Leader!"
Let's see. Baek Chun is still
Baek Chun.
Before other disciples, he recovered his original attitude and received Hyun
Jong’s word with a neat posture.
"Thanks to your concern, we were able to get Jamokcha from Yunnan safely.
There were a few other incidents. Only……."
But he suddenly fell flat on his face.
"No, why are you doing
this?"
"I beg for the crime of not asking for the permission of Sect Leader and
abusing the authority given to me."
"Get up."
"But, Sect Leader."
"What is the reason why I left the authority to you? Outside, you are the
Sect Leader of Mount Hua. Your choice is mine, so you don't have to ask for
punishment."
"Sect Leader."
"Get up and sit down."
At the stern words, Baek Chun unwittingly lifted his back.
Hyun Jong, who pressed Baek
Chun sternly with force like frost, showed a gentle face again as if he had
never done so.
"Yes, can you hear what happened now?"
"Yes, but before that, I'd like to ask you a question. Has the head of the
Tang Family visited?"
"Yes, I have heard it roughly at that time, but I want to hear it from
your side again."
"Yes, then I will explain what happened in Sichuan first."
Baek Chun began to lay out his past journey calmly in front of the Sect Leader
and Elders. In between, Jo-Gol, Yoon Jong, and Yoo Esul came forward to make up
for what he missed.
Of course, Chung Myung started dozing off in the background, but no one paid
attention to him because there was such an interesting story.
As the story progressed, Hyun Jong's mouth slowly opened.
And when Baek Chun finally finished the whole story, he couldn't take his eyes
off the returned disciples, with his mouths wide open, it is the same with the
other Elders and the first-class disciple. (Was supposed to be Un surname but
isn’t they first-class disciple? So I changed it.)
“…Go to Sichuan and form an
alliance with the Tang family.”
"Yes."
"And, in the meantime, defeated the elders of the Tang Family?"
"Chung Myung did it."
Hyun Jong looked at the sleeping Chung Myung with trembling eyes.
"The- Then you went to Yunnan, fight the band of bandits, and form an
alliance with Namman Yasugung Clan?"
"I think the alliance that you think is a little different from the
alliance that we think it is, but the meaning is roughly the same. Now, Mount
Hua's disciples has the right to be treated the same as Yunnan’s people in
there."
"But on top of that...…."
Uh, there.... Uh...
“Yo- You’ve even received an exclusive right trade for Yunnan tea?”
There is a person better suited to answer this question. Baek Chun glanced back
at Jo-Gol.
Then he fell on his face and answered.
"The situation in Yunnan is so bad. Without asking for the permission of
the Sect Leader, I first pointed out the merchant association of my family as a
representative to carry grain in the name of Mount Hua. I beg for my
sins."
"Sin?"
‘Sin?’
‘What sin, man?’
"Thi- This whole thing...…."
Hyun Jong stuttered as if he couldn't believe it.
"In just over a month's journey, you said you did all of this? This?"
What are all these things?
At this point, it was more ridiculous than pleasant.
"Uh... that..."
They had to react, but they couldn't say anything. Hyun Young grabbed Hyun
Jong's shoulder, which was speechless due to absurdity, wonder, and
overwhelmingness.
"Sect Leader."
"Yes?"
Hyun Young opened his mouth with a very serious face.
"Do you happen to have any work in the North Sea or the Seojang side (One
of Five Great Clan, 포달랍궁(布達拉宮))?"
"Huh? What do you mean...…."
Then, he glanced at Chung Myung, who was sleeping and whispered quietly.
"Let's send them one more time, Sect Leader. Who knows? Maybe he'll bring
a phoenix this time."
"……."
It was Hyun Jong, who was mesmerized for a moment.
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