Chapter 278

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Return of The Mount Hua – Chapter 278. I am the one who will become Mount Hua Sect Leader (3)

Whether it is because he has grown mentally by being placed in Taoist sect or not, he doesn't seem to be on the same level as before.

Jin Geum Ryong, listening to their conversation, is showing signs of displeasure.

'I didn't have enough eyes.'

He would have paid more attention if he had known that Baek Chun was a child who could grow this much. So that things don't come this far.

"Dongryong-ah."

"Baek Chun."

"……."

Baek Chun smiles slightly.

"I'm not Jin Dongryong, I'm Baek Chun." (Yeah, tell him that!!!.)

Chung Myung narrowed his brows sharply.

"Okay. He is calmer than I thought."

"Then what did you expect?"

"I thought he will throw a tantrum."

"No, this lunatic's making Sasuk an idiot?"

Chung Myung looked at Jo-Gol when he was rebuked.

"He has already had a match with his brother, why would it matter now?"

"……once a while, I shut my mouth to the fact that you are a Taoist."

"Agree."

"Yes, me too."

When Yoon Jong and Yoo Iseol even chimed in, Chung Myung's face was suddenly crumpled.

"There's no one else in the world who's as Taoist person as I am!"

"Where are you looking?"

"What's Tao? Isn't it the way to do what your heart wants?"

"…right?"

Chung Myung stretched his belly out triumphantly.

"Where else can you find someone who lives as they wanted as much as I do?"

"……."

‘Uh...’

‘I don't think that's what it means.….’

‘If Lao Tzu came back alive,

'This is my Tao, you son of a gun!'’

It was clear that he would hit Chung Myung on the head with the sutra of the Tao.

But despite the numerous backlash, Chung Myung ended his bragging and only listened to the conversation between Baek Chun’s family.

"Baek Chun."

Jin Cho-baek looked at Baek Chun with subdued eyes.

"That's the name Mount Hua gave you."

"Yes."

"Do you intend to bury your bones in Mount Hua?"

"Yes."

In response to the answer without even the slightest hesitation, Jin Cho-baek's expression changed for the first time. He said with a face distorted in anger.

"Come back."

"……."

"It's not yet too late. No, it may already be a little late. But I'll take care of it. As you know, I have enough power."

Baek Chun looks at Jin Cho-baek without answering.

Southern Edge Sect`s Sect Leader will not object. Man cannot live without his roots. You may not have any doubts in your heart now, but as time goes by, you will regret it. Make the right choice now."

Baek Chun, who was listening quietly, smiled.

"You haven't changed a bit."

It was Jin Cho-baek who bit his lip as if he was rather impatient at the calm voice.

"I have one question..."

Baek Chun looked straight at Jin Cho-baek and opened his mouth.

"If I hadn't grown so strong in Mount Hua, would Father look for me?"

"……."

Jin Cho-baek did not answer.

He seemed to hesitate a little, but after a moment he let out a low sigh.

"Yes. You may be right. If you hadn't shown your abilities, I might not have been looking for you. But that's what I think because you're still too young. Parents and children cannot be free from each other's abilities."

"Maybe."

"Are you going to blame this father?"

"No, Father. Don't get me wrong."

"…… hm?"

Baek Chun said with a cool smile.

"I understand Father. And I don't think Father was wrong."

"Then?"

"I just don't like it."

"……."

It was never a loud voice. But there was a strong will in that calm voice.

"You don't have to force yourself to fit something that doesn't fit."

“Are you saying you want to end the relationship?”

Baek Chun shook his head.

"I'm sure it's not me who wants to end the relationship, it’s Father. If I don't live up to Father's will, would you treat me as a child?"

"I'm……."

"You won’t."

Jin Cho-baek's eyes tremble a little.

"I had no feelings of hatred for Father. It was just that. Wherever I am, Father is Father, and Hyung-nim is Hyung-nim. I just walk a different path."

Jin Cho-baek, who was about to say something, eventually shut up.

Then he sighed deeply.

"Dongryong."

"It's Baek Chun."

"……right, Baek Chun, think carefully. This is your father's advice, and first of all, as a senior who walked the path of a martial artist.  If you stay in Mount Hua like this, you'll rot your talent."

"……."

"There won't be a problem now. But as you get older, Mount Hua will be a burden to you. It is very difficult to carry everything alone in a place where there is no one to pull you or protect you."

Jin Cho-baek looked straight at Baek Chun.

"But Southern Edge Sect is different. Southern Edge Sect will actively support and help you if you come. Then, the position of the strongest person in the world wouldn't be a dream..."

"Father."

But Baek Chun cut off Jin Cho-baek with a firm voice.

There was not even the slightest tremor in his face as he met his father's gaze.

"I'm going to be Mount Hua's Sect Leader."

"……."

"You said I had no one who pull and that protect me?"

Baek Chun suddenly laughed low.

‘You really don't know anything.’

‘It's in Mount Hua.’

‘It's in Mount Hua, not anywhere else.’

‘Those who will pull me and protect me.’

‘And…….’

"Even if that were the case, it wouldn't make any difference. Because..."

Baek Chun smiles beautifully.

"The person I really want to resemble is already on that path. But I can't cry, can I?"

"……."

Jin Cho-baek glared at Baek Chun with his cold, hard eyes.

"Are you really going to choose that path? In front of this father?"

"I'm sorry, Father."

Baek Chun bows his head slightly. But there was not a hint of sorry on his face.

"But this is my path. It's the path I want to walk. I'm not happy even if Southern Edge Sect can make me the strongest person in the world. My hope is that I will not be the first in the world, but that Mount Hua will be the first in the world."

"…...what a fool."

Jin Cho-baek, who had his teeth slightly grated, raised his head and looked up at the sky.

And he said.

"Come out."

At the sudden remark, Baek Chun looked around in a little surprise.

Jin Cho-baek spoke coldly once again.

"I told you to come out. Since when did Mount Hua become a place to hide like a rat and listen to other people's stories?"

"……I got caught."

"We’ve been caught.”

"He got us."

"……."

Chung Myung flinched at the pouring eyes of criticism.

‘I can't believe it.'

Does that mean that the yangban named Jin Cho-baek is much more powerful than he thinks?

'Wow, it's really Dongryong's dad! He is a master who can see through my hiding.'

Chung Myung slid his butt out with half admiration and half embarrassment.

"What should we do?"

"What do you mean? If you're caught, you should go out."

Chung Myung rose from his seat with a sigh.

Then Jin Cho-baek's angry voice rang again.

"You mean you won't come out, huh?"

Chung Myung spoke nervously.

"Oh, I am……."

"Get out now!"

"……Eh?"

Everyone tilted their heads in bewilderment.

However, there was no turning back because he had already risen up and half out of the bushes.

The crowd protruding from the other side met Chung Myung's eyes.

Chung Myung's cheeks trembled slightly.

"Sect Leader?"

"Elders?"

Yoon Jong, Jo-Gol, and Yoo Iseol, who followed Chung Myung out of the bushes, were also startled.

Hyun Jong, Hyun Young, and Hyun Sang, who had hardened their face as jumped out of the bushes on the other side met their eyes.

"……."

"……."

The Sect Leader and the Elders were also confused, so they did not say anything.

"No. Why are the Sect Leader and Elders here?"

"No, why are you guys coming out of there?"

"We here to listen."

"Us, too."

"……."

"……."

Looking at the two awkward groups, Baek Chun wrapped his heated face and held it.

"Please……."

"Heum."

"Heuahahha!"

‘I'm doomed.’

‘This sect is already ruined.’

Jin Cho-baek, who was looking around both sides in the middle, sighed as the ground blew out.

"Mount Hua seems to like to overhear others, I guess they are not a prestigious sect after all."

Hyun Jong's face turned slightly red.

He has nothing to say because he was caught eavesdropping like a thief.

"I'm sorry, but I have nothing to say."

Jin Cho-baek looked at Hyun Jong quietly and pay courtesy for now.

"Southern Edge Sect's Jin Cho-baek greets Mount Hua Sect Leader."

"Nice to meet you, Elder Jin."

Due to the situation, Hyun Jong, who was being greeted, looked embarrassed.

But Jin Cho-baek's words are not over.

"But…."

As if he had to say something because he had already shown respect, he began to push Hyun Jong.

"I didn't expect Sect Leader to do this. Don't you think it's beneath your dignity?"

"Of course, it's beneath my dignity. It's just that…."

Hyun Jong looked at Baek Chun with a bitter smile. The smile contained all the complicated feelings.

"How can I save face in looking after the descendants of my sect? If that's why even if it hurt my honor, there's no reason to hesitate."

"Hoo."

Jin Cho-baek stared at Hyun Jong as if he was dumbfounded.

Baek Chun and Hyun Jong had strange ways of thinking.

‘Is this the changed Mount Hua?

Mount Hua wasn't like this not so long ago, so how did they change?

“What will happen to the sect if the Sect Leader does not keep his face?”

"Yes, it may not be good for the sect."

Hyun Jong nodded politely.

"But Baek Chun is a thousand times more important to me than the sect and my face. Why would I care about my face first?"

"……."

It was a bold and resolute statement.

Jin Cho-baek, who was looking at Hyun Jong quietly, bit his lips slightly.

"It would have been better. Now that it has come to this, I'll ask Sect Leader. Does Sect Leader really want Dongryoh to abandon his filial piety and become a disciple of Mount Hua?"

"It's impossible to forsake filial piety."

"I knew you'd say that...…."

"But."

Hyun Jong shakes his head.

"Just because Baek Chun is the Sect Leader of Mount Hua doesn't mean he's abandoning filial piety. Fate is meant to be and Tao is the Tao."

"……."

"And above all, I don't want to lose a talent named Baek Chun as the Sect Leader for Mount Hua. This is the man who will be the pillar that leads Mount Hua."

Jin Cho-baek's face twitched. Anger flashed in his piercing eyes.

But Hyun Jong was adamant.

"I won’t give Baek Chun to Southern Edge Sect. If necessary, we will protect Baek Chun, at least by fighting until one last Mount Hua's disciples left. That's Mount Hua, and that's what sect does." 

In every of Hyun Jong's words, there was a great affection.

It was at the moment when Baek Chun was about to speak in lowered and turbulent emotion.

"No, I don't think that's...…."

"Oh, come on, shut up!"

"The Sect Leader is talking, man!"

"No, it's true, but..."

"Noisy!

Baek Chun sighed as he watched Chung Myung, who was subjected to all kinds of abuse by his Sahyung.

‘Anyway, that punk.’

The surrounding area quickly became noisy.

Meanwhile, Jin Cho-baek closed his eyes slightly.

'This is it.'

In fact, any warning from Hyun Jong meant nothing to Jin Cho-baek.

What really made him throbbing was the eyes of Baek Chun, who looked at Mount Hua’s disciples.

'Your family is here.'

A small amount of remorse came in. But Jin Cho-baek did not give himself up to the sentiment.

He looked at Baek Chun and said,

"I understand what you mean. If that's the case, then I can now..."

"Don't say that you're breaking the bond between parents and children."

"……."

"I don't want to sever it. It took me quite a while to know that, too."

Jin Cho-baek's mouth was slightly shaken.

Isn't this make him more like a father than a son?

"I see."

Jin Cho-baek nodded and turned to Hyun Jong.

"Sect Leader, forgive me for the lot of rudeness."

"This one too."

"Of course."

Jin Cho-baek made a slight salute and gave Baek Chun a glance.

"You should stop by the house sometime."

"Yes, Father."

"Then."

And they went away without looking back.

But Jin Geum Ryong did not follow his father and stood still, staring at Chung Myung and Baek Chun.

"It would be nice if you could become Mount Hua's Sect Leader."

A chill flows out of him.

"If there's a place called Mount Hua left until then."

Baek Chun sighed as he watched Jin Geum Ryong.

"Hyung-nim, don't lose yourself."

"You’re arrogant."

The eyes were bloodshot.

"I will repay the humiliation of the Conference here. Mount Hua's disciple who meets me should not think hard about going down."

"That's a lot of talks."

Jin Geum Ryong's head turned to Chung Myung.

"Huh? A match then?"

Jin Geum Ryong smiled coldly at Chung Myung, who stretched out his belly.

"There is no meaning here. I'll destroy Mount Hua with my hands in front of everyone."

At the end of the remark, Jin Geum Ryong turned away.

Baek Chun looking until the back disappeared and sighs deeply.

"Chung Myung, I'm……."

"There is only one way to correct a crooked family."

"……Huh?"

"Knock it down."

"……."

"You know, to pulp. People need to be beaten to get their act together."

At the sincere advice, Baek Chun smiled.

"I'm glad you don't have a family."

‘I mean it.’

‘Really.’

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