Chapter 254

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Return of The Mount Hua – Chapter 254. I Dug My Own Grave. (4)

Baek Chun looked sadly up at Chung Myung, who trudged into the gate.

‘He's not dead.’

Die a little, a little!

Yoo Iseol, Jo-Gol, and Yoon Jong also look at the gate as if they are full of energy.

"You will get an earful from Sect Leader."

"I don't know what you're talking about since a while ago. Why can't you be kind to someone who has been recuperating cause of internal injuries?"

"Internal injury? Internaal injuuuryy?"

Is that the color of a guy with internal injuries, you bastard? Your face is too shiny and smooth, oil will come out if one were to squeeze it!

"Anyway, it has nothing to do with me, so don't keep bothering me. If you harass me like this, I'll reach out to the elders. That Sahyung and Sasuk keep bothering people."

"……."

Who bullies whom?

Who? Who?

"Ugh, ughhh!"

"Sasuk!"

"Get a hold of yourself!"

When Baek Chun couldn't overcome his anger and grabbed his neck, Jo-Gol and Yoon Jong rushed in and stopped him.

Chung Myung just giggled and headed to Sect Leader's place.

"……Where is Mount Hua going?"

Murmured Baek Chun as he looked the back that going away.

* * *

"Right! Are you feeling better?"

"Yes!"

"Oh, that's a relief. I was worried because I heard bad news last night. I was going to ask for your whereabouts in case they were aiming for you, but seeing you so well, my heart is at ease."

"Hehe. It’s a thief. If they going after me, I will catch them in one shot."

"Yes, that's right."

Hyun Jong looked at Chung Myung with eyes of trust.

"But.. I'm ashamed of myself. I can't believe that the iron pot you worked so hard to get was stolen. It's all because of our ignorance."

"Ei. What are you talking about? I'm glad no one got hurt. It's not a big deal. I can get it again. How can mere things be more important than people?"

"Oh."

"As expected of Chung Myung."

"He is sure a Taoist. He is really a Taoist." (I don’t quite understand too. The raw is "도기로다. 과연 도기로다.")

"Hehe. Don't mention it. It's natural since I was a disciple of Mount Hua."

"That's right, that's right. There you go, our Chung Myung."

Hyun Young looked at Chung Myung with a pleased face.

But there were some people who were distraught at the sight.

Trembled.

When Baek Chun trembled, Yoon Jong quickly grabbed his thigh.

‘Sasuk. I know how you feel, but not here.'

"Ugh."

Baek Chun sighs deeply.

‘I'd rather not come! What does he want to see that he is coming all the way here just to see this?’

"But Sect Leader. It's not something to think lightly."

"Hm?"

Hyun Sang said with a stiff face.

"First of all, someone may have come to know that there is an iron pot made of Everlasting Metal in Mount Hua."

"Ugh."

Hyun Young frowned.

"Does Sahyung mean that Mount Hua's information is leaking out?"

"That's not necessarily what I meant. Maybe he just came here to spy on Mount Hua and found the pot. But that doesn't change the fact that someone climbed up this rugged Mount Hua to spy on us."

"Um."

Hyun Young nodded as if he agreed.

"That means that even outsiders are beginning to be wary of us."

"Sure enough, that’s true."

"In fact, the kids have been doing well. Mount Hua allied with the Sichuan Tang Family and started trading with the Namman Yasugung Clan. Those who are quick to understand would know Mount Hua is slowly changing."

"Since Southern Edge Sect's incident is still being talked about……."

"That's right."

Hyun Jong nodded heavily.

It's good for Mount Hua to develop, but eventually, if their position in the Murim rises, naturally there are others who have no choice but to keep them in check.

"First of all, even if the children are a little uncomfortable, we'll have to prepare them from now on." (The raw is "우선은 아이들이 조금 불편해하더라도 이제부턴 다시 번을 세우도록 해야겠구나.")

"That's a good idea. Sect Leader."

Chung Myung smiled delightedly as he listened to the Elders' conversation.

‘What are you saying?’

‘You're not at that level yet, guys.’

‘Why are you putting strength in your shoulders already?’

‘Aigoo, these cute things.’

He thought about telling them the reality for a moment, but he decided to let it go because what they do is cute.

It's not a bad thing to be vigilant for now. Even if not now, Mount Hua will soon be the subject of vigilance for other sects.

"That's why this is all the more important."

Hyun Sang turned his head and looked at Chung Myung.

"Chung Myung-ah. Did you say that your body is all healed?"

"Yes."

"Then can you really cut Hancheol?"

"Yes, of course."

"Um."

Hyun Sang's face showed a sense of pride that could not be hidden.

‘I knew that Chung Myung was strong.'

In the first place, Mount Hua's Elders had long given up on understanding Chung Myung's talent.

Chung Myung unilaterally defeated Jin Geum Ryong, the best rising star in Southern Edge Sect, half a year after entering Mount Hua.

And a year after he entered the sect, he was told by Un Gum, the head of the White Plum Dormitory.

‘I can't teach him. If we leave him alone, he will be strong on his own. Let him be, he will teach himself.'

He's the one who came up with the word.

More than two years later, he fought with Wudang's elder, and then he had a spar with Tang Ga-ju, and even defeated Tang Wei, the Elder of the Tang Family.

Is there anyone among the Elders of Mount Hua confident that they can win a fight against Tang Wei?

In other words, that means that the best master of Mount Hua now is Chung Myung, no matter what anyone says.

"Your martial art is so terrifying."

"It's thanks to the teachings of Mount Hua."

"Haha. You are humble, too."

Chung Myung grinned.

‘I didn't lie, I really didn't!’

The reason Chung Myung is strong is that he learned it from Mount Hua. Of course not the current Mount Hua.

Chung Myung's speech, which seemed to gently scratch their itch whenever he answered, kept the smile on the faces of the Elders.

"Sect Leader, shouldn't we check it out now?"

"I guess so."

Hyun Jong hesitated a little.

This is a remark that burned his heart because he couldn't open it until now.

How many days was he shed tears in front of that safe every time Mount Hua fell into the abyss?

However, he never dreamed of inviting a master who could cut the safe. If the master became greedy about the stuff inside, then Mount Hua doesn't have the power to stop them.

Rice cake in the picture. (Something you desire, but can't have or afford.)

The treasure that can only be seen in dreams was Mount Hua's Safe.

However, when he can finally open the safe, he was more scared than happy. It's because he is afraid there isn't anything they want in it.

But Hyun Sang did not take Hyun Jong's feelings into account.

"Right. Then can you do it now?"

"Of course."

"Yes, let's do that. Sect Leader!"

"Um! I see!"

It's a sign.

Hyun Jong sprang up from his seat. He went to one side of the room and pulled the scroll hanging from the wall, then he pushed the wall slightly.

Keururuk.

With a sound of friction, the part that Hyun Jong's touch is pushed inside.

"I-Is it fine to show us all that?"

"The Safe, whatever is in it, we will bring it all.  Then what is the significance of a place called Safe? And I don't want to make any more secrets from you all." (Now it was more make sense to call it secret vault. The rice has become porridge, I doubt it will come again so yeah, hehe sorry.)

"Sect Leader……."

Hyun Jong pulled the handle of the mechanism without delay.

Then, with a creaking sound, the floor was pushed aside, revealing an entrance large enough for a person to fit in.

"Come on, let's go."

"Yes."

The people in the room all got up in unison.

But only Baek Chun’s group hesitated to follow suit.

"Come here."

"Sect Leader. We...…."

"Didn't I say it? I don't want to make secrets from anyone in Mount Hua anymore. Let's go."

Baek Chun, who guessed Sect Leader’s thought, nodded quietly after much consideration.

"Understood, Sect Leader."

As they went down through the entrance, there was a fairly spacious hallway, unlike the entrance.

'That's the one I saw last time.'

Chung Myung glances upward. It hurts to see a hole as big as a fist.

"It's very dark."

"……There were originally several Luminous Pearl stuck in this hallway."

"Where'd they go?"

"Sometimes you need money, don't you?"

"……."

Hyun Young became a mute who has eaten honey. (Someone who does not say anything.)

‘Ah… … . That's the money from selling the Luminous Pearl here. Had I known that I would have saved a little more?’

"There it is."

After walking for a while, a large iron door appeared before them.

"This place?"

"Yes, this is the safe of the Sect Leader of Mount Hua, that has been handed down from generation to generation."

"Oh……."

Hyun Young looked at the door as if he was moved. The door with the messy lines drawn on it gives a strange feeling.

"This door, how do you open it?"

"Well, I think, maybe you can open it by mastering the special martial arts that are only passed on to the Sect Leader of Mount Hua."

"……it must have been put into practice then."

"I don't know. It could be in there."

As soon as the word ends, everyone's eyes are on Chung Myung.

They can't open that door anyway. It's all in the hands of Chung Myung now.

"It's embarrassing if you look at me like that."

Chung Myung, who was rambling with inappropriate words unlike him, slowly drew his sword.

"Huuh."

Chung Myung, who took a deep breath, raises his sword and pointed at the door.

‘Should I act like I'm having a hard time?'

He can cut it off at once if he wants to, but if he does, they will expect too much again, right? Then he has to cut it several times while pretending to be moderately tough.

‘Hahat!’ (Could be an sfx, the raw is 히힛)

"Stand back."

"All right!"

"Please!"

As the Elders rushed back, Chung Myung aimed at the door with subdued eyes.

'Those lines might be useful later, so let's leave them. I’ll cut around it.'

Chung Myung smiled and performed Geomgang.

"Oh!"

"It's Geomgang!"

"Good job! Good job!”

Without delay, Chung Myung hurled a sword covered with Sword Energy toward the door.

First, cut it vertically!

Kkagang!

"Huh?"

Kkagang?

It's not Seoguk, but Kkagang?

Chung Myung opened his eyes wide and looked forward. His sword was hung tight to the door.

"Huh?"

Why isn't it cut?

As he pulled out his sword with a grunt, he approached closer and looked into the cracks. Soon his pupils shook violently.

"......No! This man! Why did you make the door so thick?"

"What?"

"N-No. Nothing...….it’s fine."

Chung Myung's face was distorted.

‘The walls and the bottom are so thin but the doors are so thick? You shallow people!’

In fact, the front of the safe had to be thick because of the mechanism, but now Chung Myung had no time to think about it. (The hallway lead to there is only one.)

'If you dig the side, you can enter in an instant.'

‘If I had known this would happen, I would have come alone!’

There are a lot of eyes on the back.

"Is it hard?"

Hyun Jong asked with a dying face. Chung Myung couldn't do anything but make a pained sound.

"Ugh……. No. I can do it!"

"Yes, Chung Myung-ah! Be strong!"

Eventually, he sighed deeply and grabbed the sword again. His eyes sparkled.

"Hah! Seriously!"

‘There's nothing easy going on! What the!’

"Eurachaaa!"

Kaang!

"Euaaaaaa!"

Kaaaang!

"Oh, it’s so frustrating.”

Kang! Kang! Kang! Kang! Kaaang! Kaaaaang!

Chung Myung began swinging the sword at random. If he can't cut it at once, he can cut it dozens and hundreds of times. Of course, it can't be easy to wield a sword hundreds of times while using Geomgang.

"Nothing's helping! d*mn it, lads!

‘Let's see the man that made this. I'll catch you! I will! What? I can't get into your realm? I'll get you out of hell!’

Fire blazed in his eyes and mouth and he swung the sword at random.

Just a little bit of that.

"Gasp……."

Thud.

Kkkiiing!

As soon as Chung Myung fell to the side, the door was cut into squares and collapsed on the opposite side.

Bam!

"Ohhhhh!"

"It's open!"

"Chung Myung, you did a great job! You've worked so hard!"

Drenched in sweat, Chung Myung muttered as looking at the dark cave ceiling. His gasps echoed in the hallway.

"Guh... this is how you get your revenge."

‘Cheon Mun Sahyung, you bastard.’

-  Kekeke.

‘Oh, don't laugh!’

‘Don’t! ‘

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