Return of The Mount Hua – Chapter 1473. The things done become the results (3)
Editor: Hoamzz
Co-Translator: Xoxo
"...Huft."
A man filled with exhaustion raised his head to look at the scene before him. Along the not-so-wide mountain path, people were each carrying luggage, pulling carts, and hastening their steps.
"How much further do we have to go?"
"Can't you see Mount Hua over there? We’re almost there. Just a bit more, Hyung-nim.”
The man raises his head at the words heard from the side.
Beyond the small mountain they were climbing, he could see the sharply rising peaks of a towering mountain. The mountain still looked quite far away. But just from the rough terrain of the mountain, it was not difficult to recognize that the mountain was Mount Hua, one of the Five Great Mountains.
"...I feel like I've heard that before."
“Is the child alright? He should eat something at least…”
“Leave him be. Sometimes sleep does more good than any medicine.”
The man slightly turned his head to look at the child on his back. A small child, who looked to be barely five, was sleeping soundly.
The man's eyes looking at the child were filled with gentle affection.
"At least hand me that bundle you're carrying."
"It's fine. You planning to carry all my luggage too? What you're already carrying is heavier than the child."
"I'm still younger than you, Hyung-nim."
"Scrawny brat all talk. I could go another ten years like this."
"So stubborn. Then at least sister-in-law's luggage......"
“I said it’s fine. Don’t overdo it yourself. I’ve got someone to take care of me if I collapse, but you don’t, do you?”
“…Are you really worrying about me?”
"Of course."
"..."
The face of the young man who had been pestering for the luggage suddenly contorted. It was when he was just about to snap a word.
“But Dear?”
"Hm?"
The man carrying the child turned to look at his wife. The woman with a large bundle balanced on her head asked with an extremely anxious face.
"...Is it really right to go to Shaanxi?"
"..."
"I followed after listening to you and this person's words, but I'm still anxious. Going to that far and unfamiliar place, whether we can really live well......"
Just as the man was about to answer, the young man quickly cut in first.
"No! Sister-in-law, what are you saying? Whether we live well comes later. First we need to preserve our lives, don't we?"
"...They say Shaanxi is dangerous too."
“But isn’t there Heavenly Comrade Alliance in Shaanxi?”
“Shaolin came to the place where we lived too...”
"Aigoo. Sister-in-law."
The young man hit his chest as if frustrated.
"Shaolin? When has Shaolin ever spared us a glance? Have those Ten Great Sects or whatever ever brought us even a grain of rice when we were struggling to live?"
The woman nodded as if to agree with that statement.
“I saw it too. Them talking triumphantly about how they would protect Hubei. But the Hubei those bastards protect is not us. Aren't they the kind of bastards who, even if we all die out, would praise themselves for doing well after protecting the land."
“That’s right.”
The man carrying the child chimed in.
"Of course, it's true that Heavenly Comrade Alliance couldn't properly protect Sichuan. But would we put Heavenly Comrade Alliance in the same category as Ten Great Sects? When we were in difficulty, who helped us? Have you forgotten how Mount Hua and Tang Family came to Yangtze River to distribute grain and drive away bandits?"
"Of course I remember. I'm human too."
The people who received the most help from Heavenly Comrade Alliance's relief efforts were undoubtedly those living in the Yangtze River basin.
But it was not only the people of the Yangtze River who watched their actions meaningfully. The commoners of all Hubei provinces bordering the Yangtze River watched it all.
"Those Ten Great Sects bastards would sneak in about once a year to show off and then leave. What did they do for us? But Tang Family left Sichuan to settle here and help people. Truthfully, if Tang Family had remained in Sichuan, would those evil sect bastards have dared to invade?"
As the young man's voice grew louder, those walking nearby also nodded their heads. Even if they denied everything else, they could never deny Heavenly Comrade Alliance's efforts for them.
"Whether Heavenly Comrade Alliance can protect us, who knows? Who can tell? But if we have to trust one of the two, we should trust Heavenly Comrade Alliance. How can we trust those who only talk?"
“That’s right.”
"Right. Of course, we should believe Heavenly Comrade Alliance!"
Passionate voices suddenly erupted from all sides.
In the first place, these were people who had resolved to travel a long distance to entrust themselves to Heavenly Comrade Alliance. It was natural for a favorable reaction to emerge.
"My thoughts are the same."
"Dear."
"Hardship is something we can endure. Will spider webs grow over a living mouth?"
The man once again turns his head and looks at the child on his back.
"As long as we are alive, a day to return will come someday. So let's try to endure. Okay?"
The woman nodded to her husband's words. Her gaze also turned to the child on his back. For the sake of that child, would she not walk a thousand li?
“I just hope we’re not treated coldly.”
The man sighed.
He also knows that Heavenly Comrade Alliance won’t welcome them. In times of war like this, the people treated most like baggage were precisely the common folk who don't know how to fight and only consume food.
If it were a real war, they might at least conscript and use the men, but in a martial artist's war, people like them were of no use at all.
"But surely an alliance like Heavenly Comrade Alliance wouldn't drive away people who came so far? They'll at least let us spread a mat under the eaves."
"..."
"Let's somehow endure until the war ends. Then there'll be a way."
"...Yes."
It was when the man made a firm resolve.
"We're here! Just past that hill is Huayin!"
A person from Thousand Yang Sect who had tagged along claiming to escort them shouted loudly. Those who heard that voice squeezed out their strength and climbed the hill.
And.
"Huh?"
"...Huh?"
Those who reached the hilltop blinked rapidly.
"...Didn't they say Huayin was not such a large village?"
“I- I heard that too?”
There were two reasons they came to Huayin. One was that Huayin was where Mount Hua was located. The other was that in order to get to Xi’an, the largest city in Shaanxi, they had to pass through Huayin anyway.
Even if Hwaeum with Mount Hua was too small to properly accommodate them, they could just continue on to Xi'an.
But the Huayin now spread before their eyes was completely different from what they had heard. The small village they had heard of was nowhere to be seen, and a large city with buildings lined up like a Go board was spread out.
"I- It seems bigger than Gyunhyeon?"
“Eii. As if it could be bigger than Gyunhyeon. No matter how much...”
"No. Even if that's an exaggeration, this isn't small, is it?"
“…That’s true?”
Those who had reached the hilltop blinked their eyes, forgetting even the fatigue of climbing.
"This place... Was it originally like this?"
“That can’t be... Ah! Jongmyeong! Didn’t you come around here not long ago? Was it like this back then too?”
"Wh- When I came two years ago, it was a really small village?”
"Really?”
The man stared dumbfounded at the city again.
"That means they built this in just a few years... Then it seems Heavenly Comrade Alliance is a much greater place than the world said. If not that, then Mount Hua is great."
Several people nodded in agreement at his words.
"It seems the rumor that Heavenly Comrade Alliance's headquarters would be established here was true."
“Looks that way.”
"Let's go. People are crowding behind us."
“Let’s.”
The man nodded and took his steps again.
A small glimmer of hope flickered in his eyes as he still gazed, half-entranced, at the city.
‘If they were capable of building a city like this, they wouldn’t treat us coldly.’
Strength entered the hands carrying the child.
***
"This way!"
"Hey! Up ahead! You dropped your luggage!"
"Watch the cart! Cart! There, there! You're bumping into people!"
The not-so-wide road leading into Huayin was packed with countless people.
"Go to the back, next!"
The man carrying the child swallowed dry saliva and approached the tables lined up as if blocking the path at the village entrance.
"Um... what should I do..."
Everyone else had lined up on their own, so he had simply lined up too, but even he didn’t know what he was supposed to do here. He had just come forward when it was his turn.
At his words, the seated person sharply looked up at him.
"Where are you from?"
"Pardon? W- We came from Hubei..."
"Hubei. How many?"
"...Myself and my wife. And one young child."
"One male, one female, one child."
The person quickly scribbled on a register with a fine brush, then wrote something hastily on a prepared wooden tag and stamped it down hard before handing it over to the man.
"Here."
"Yes? What is this...?"
"It is a tag that proves you are people who have come for refuge. You’ll need it to receive rations, so make sure not to lose it. If it goes missing, come to the Eunha Merchant Guild.”
“...Huh? Rations? You said rations?"
The seated person scratched his head at the man's question.
"You'll understand when you go inside. There are many people waiting, so please go in for now."
"Yes? Ah, yes!"
"Take one more thing here! Family of three!"
No sooner had the sitting person shouted than one of those waiting behind came rushing over.
"Is it shared lodging?"
“There’s a child in the family! Separate lodging!”
"Yes! Please come this way."
"Ah! Yes!"
The man follows the one leading the way with dumbfounded eyes, but he holds his wife's hand tightly with one hand.
"Dear. What in the world is happening?"
"Don't be scared. It doesn't seem malicious."
"...Okay."
Since these were people who had planned to roughly spread out somewhere suitable and rest when they entered the village, they couldn't help but be flustered by the succession of events.
And that flustered feeling became a little more severe as time went on.
'The street...'
The stone-paved streets were so perfectly constructed than anything he had ever seen, flanked by massive buildings on both sides.
Since the pavilions had no lacquer and no decorations, their appearance felt all the more threatening.
'This is Huayin...'
It was when the man resolved that he had to pull himself together.
"This way, please come this way."
"Yes."
The person leading the way turned a corner and entered a road slightly smaller than the main street. On both sides of this road, somewhat smaller buildings were situated instead of the large pavilions they had seen before.
But they were only somewhat smaller compared to the buildings they had seen earlier. They still looked magnificent to their eyes.
“Um… where are you taking us?”
"Right here!"
"What?"
At the place the man arrived, a few groups that looked like families had already arrived.
"Let me see. The current order is uh... Ah! It's here. This is the house."
"Yes? House?"
"Yes. You can use the lower floor here. If you go in and wait, someone will soon go and give you guidance, so please rest for now."
"W- Wait a moment. Lower floor, what does that mean?"
“Please give me the plaque you received.”
"Yes? He- Here."
“I thought you received one more besides this one?”
"It's here."
The one who received the large plaque that was handed over went to the front and stuck that tag right into the door of the lodging.
"Now this is your assigned quarters. Please rest for now."
“Yo- You...going?”
The man gaped his mouth wide open and stared at the building in front of them.
A three-story wooden building.
"Good.... heavens...."
For them, who had even resolved to dig a hole and live while enduring wind and rain, it was a magnificent lodging that had suddenly fallen upon them.
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