novelraw Chapter 100 : Chapter 100
Chapter 100 : Chapter 100
Chapter 100 - Vicious
“W-woah……!!”
Solbo’s two eyes, nostrils, and mouth widened.
“Woah…….”
Even Jeong-i, who was not easily excited, had to let out a cry of admiration like a flower bud bursting open.
Who could have imagined?
That in this place, covered with snow all year round and given the nickname ‘Snow Mountain’, there would be such a green field.
“Guardian Gwangyo. Isn’t it truly beautiful?”
Gwangyo did not particularly answer Solbo’s words.
However, unlike his usual self, which was stained with madness, his eyes showed serenity.
That was quite a surprising story.
Serenity for the world’s madman, Gwangyo.
The scenery in front of them was pretty and lovely enough to accomplish that difficult feat.
“You said you were going to bring the old man Hyeokri Chong to Diancang Mountain?”
At Gwangyo’s question, Biyoung nodded.
“Yeah. I’m thinking of asking him to lend his strength to our sect’s power.”
“Hehe. I don’t know what the old man’s thoughts are, but now he’s in a situation where he has to, whether he likes it or not.”
“Probably.”
Biyoung gave a slightly bitter smile.
The formation created on Jade Dragon Snow Mountain had been completely blown away by the bombs set off by the Brown Kerchief Gang.
Now that the most certain and reliable element had disappeared, he could not hide and live here relying on just one stone gate.
Regardless of his own will, for the safety of his granddaughter, Hyeokri Chong would have no other choice.
“Uh……?”
How much time had passed?
Solbo, who was leading with light steps, flinched his shoulders.
Something unexpected had appeared before his eyes.
“Th-this is……!!”
Solbo’s pupils dilated widely and then began to shake like a pendulum.
His expression became so grim that it was pitiful for anyone to see.
“B-Biyoung!”
“What’s wrong?”
“Come here quickly and look at this!”
Judging by his trembling voice and urgent expression, something seemed to be seriously wrong.
Biyoung, with a strange expression, stood next to Solbo.
And then he looked at what Solbo was pointing at.
“……It’s a grave.”
An utterly nonchalant reaction.
It was a very businesslike answer, as if he were stating the name of the food he had eaten for breakfast.
“……???”
Solbo was dumbfounded.
It was not that rare to find a grave on a mountain.
But wasn’t this Hyeokri Chong’s hidden sanctuary, concealed by a formation and a stone gate?
Crucially, the tombstone erected in front of this grave.
On that tombstone, the three characters of Hyeokri Chong were clearly written.
The person buried here was none other than Hyeokri Chong!
“Aish, tsk. I knew he was impatient, but he couldn’t hold on and passed away.”
“You… you!”
Biyoung’s attitude was so bizarre that Solbo could not even speak properly.
“I-is that all? More than anyone else in our sect, didn’t you want to bring Elder Hyeokri Chong……!!”
“Hah. Senior Brother Solbo. They say life and death are up to heaven. How can I control a person’s life and death as I please?”
Biyoung was not just composed; he was even puffing out his chest and acting like a scholar.
Has this brat gone mad?
Or am I the strange one?
Solbo could not even make such a judgment easily.
He just blinked his large eyes ceaselessly and flared his small nose.
“As you said, Senior Brother, it is a big deal. With Grandpa Hyeokri Chong’s passing, the progress of the senior brothers’ internal energy will slow down. Now, Senior Brother Solbo. Can you handle this situation well?”
At the sudden question, Solbo wondered what this was all about.
Was it okay to move on from Hyeokri Chong’s death so quickly?
“………….”
But he soon let out a hot snort and nodded.
He had recalled the Vast Sky Eagle Body Method, which had been deliberately shown to him during the fight with Dokta.
“Yes. The death of Elder Hyeokri Chong is sad, but we cannot just sit here and do nothing. I will endure any kind of hellish training from now on, so please make us stronger. The deceased Elder Hyeokri Chong would have wanted that too.”
The sight of Solbo, carrying his sorrow on his back and vowing to persevere, was touching and quite solemn.
The problem was that the whole thing had started from a ‘scam’.
“What bullshit.”
A sharp voice came from behind Solbo.
The voice was as sharp as the curses it contained.
Solbo, startled, turned around.
An old man with a small build was glaring at the group with a sullen face.
“Wh-who are you?”
“Who are you to ask that? Why have you suddenly come to someone else’s territory and just been making a ruckus like a pig being slaughtered?”
No matter how mild-mannered Solbo was, he could not help but frown at this moment.
Not only was the old man’s mouth very foul, but Solbo was currently in a state of great grief over Hyeokri Chong’s death.
“Who on earth are you to say such things? And where is there a separate owner for this large Jade Dragon Snow Mountain?”
“It’s my territory because it’s a fake grave I made. Then is it your bedroom or something?”
“Pardon?”
Solbo’s contorted eyes widened.
It was so innocent and foolish that it made Biyoung unable to bear it any longer.
“Kilkilkilkilkil.”
“……Biyoung? Why are you laughing? Do you perhaps know who this person is?”
“Keukeukeukeuk. I know. Of course, I know.”
Biyoung was even clutching his stomach and chuckling.
Solbo was still just blinking his large eyes, and Jeong-i, as if she had grasped the situation, glared daintily.
“Vicious.”
“Kilkilkilkil.”
A roar was heard again in the ears of the bewildered Solbo.
“Hey! Shouldn’t you have explained to your group before entering this place! Are you telling me to explain the same thing twice?”
Biyoung’s reply to the old man’s roar was a masterpiece.
“Because I was upset that I was the only one who fell for it back then. Grandpa.”
“You wicked brat. How dare you joke about a person’s death?”
“I don’t want to hear that from someone who made a fake grave himself.”
“Stop with the sophistry, you demonic brat. Is making something as a last resort for survival the same as you joking around?”
“W-wait.”
From Biyoung to the old man.
Again from the old man to Biyoung.
Solbo’s head moved back and forth endlessly.
“…………!”
And finally, the conclusion he reached.
At that conclusion, Solbo squeezed his eyes shut.
‘I’ve been had.’
Although Solbo was quite slow-witted, there was no way he would not realize it when given so many clues.
Biyoung.
He had been had by that damned junior brother of his……!
“So… this grave is a disguise, and this person is Elder Hyeokri Chong?”
“I’m sorry, Senior Brother. I was going to explain from the beginning, but your expression when you saw the grave was so impressive that I couldn’t help it…….”
“You damned brat. How can you joke about a person’s life? I didn’t even know and……”
“I’m sorry. But on the other hand, there was a gain.”
“A gain? What gain?”
Biyoung’s expression suddenly became solemn.
It was a look that was exactly like Solbo’s when he had made his determined vow a moment ago.
“Make us stronger! The deceased Elder Hyeokri Chong would have wanted that too! Keeyah!”
“………….”
For a moment, Solbo’s face flushed hot.
He wanted to find a hole to hide in, having said such embarrassing things without even knowing he had been thoroughly deceived.
“I never thought a Senior Brother who always ran away would say such a thing. Now that I know your loyalty to the sect, how can I say there was no gain?”
Solbo was in a complicated state of mind, not knowing whether to cry or laugh.
But at the end of his complicated emotions, the conclusion he reached was just one, to laugh.
“Hehe. Anyway, I’m glad Elder Hyeokri Chong is alive.”
The one who reacted first to those words was Hyeokri Chong.
“Hah…… To think there was such a half-wit in the Diancang Sect. You’re saying that even after being toyed with by your junior brother?”
“Joking is a trivial matter, and receiving teachings is a serious matter, that’s why.”
Even as he said that, Solbo scratched the back of his head as if embarrassed.
Hyeokri Chong clicked his tongue and looked Solbo up and down.
‘Teachings… Seeing his physique and muscles, he seems to have a specialty.’
Hyeokri Chong slowly walked and spoke to Solbo as if in passing.
“It is true that a movement technique comes from the feet, but all martial arts are only complete when the entire body is used correctly. Do not neglect your upper body training.”
Solbo asked with wide eyes.
“Pardon? How can you tell such a thing at a glance?”
“You piece of dog shit. If you’re stupid, you should at least have a good memory. Have you forgotten who I am already? I can size up brats like you with just a glance.”
“Oh oh…….”
A look of admiration appeared on Solbo’s face.
As expected of Hyeokri Chong.
He thought that the words that he was the best pill master and Medical Saint of his time were not just rumors.
“Who is this half-madman? And who is this frail young lady?”
“Kehehehe. One is a brat and the other is a young lady? If you use your mouth so spicy, you’ll be shitting blood from your mouth one day.”
“Indeed, I had a feeling from your eyes, but a crazy bastard has come.”
“Uh… uhm…….”
Although it was a dramatic meeting, the atmosphere was more hostile than expected.
From ancient times, Hyeokri Chong was as famous for his bitter mouth as he was for his miraculous spirit pills, and Gwangyo was not a normal human being who would back down easily either.
“Old man. Should I just put you in that fake grave for real?”
“Alright. Before dirt enters my eyes, I’ll gouge out your flashing eyes first!”
“Whoa. Calm down, everyone.”
After a series of terrifying words that were hard to tell if they were greetings or a declaration of war, Biyoung’s introduction was finally over.
‘Can we get along in the future……?’
Solbo, having met Hyeokri Chong, was seized by such a question.
Gwangyo was someone he would part with soon, but according to Biyoung’s words, Hyeokri Chong was a person who would have to live with them on Diancang Mountain from now on.
He felt at a loss as to how to deal with that stubborn and fierce old man in the future.
Just then,
“Grandfather!”
An impossibly cute shout tickled the group’s ears.
When everyone turned their heads, a pretty girl with skin as fair as the morning dew was running towards them.
‘Ah. That child is…….’
Solbo pulled out the memory stored in his mind.
He had heard beforehand that Hyeokri Chong had a granddaughter, so that child must be Hyeokri Hong.
“Hong-ah is coming.”
Indeed, Hyeokri Chong gave a warm smile as he looked at his granddaughter.
‘That’s a relief, at least.’
A sense of relief appeared in Solbo’s large eyes.
It was because the expression on Hyeokri Chong’s face as he looked at his granddaughter was full of benevolence.
It was the typical appearance of a grandfather who loves his grandchild.
With Hyeokri Chong alone, it might be a problem, but with that girl, life on Diancang Mountain would be fine.
It was when Solbo was just having that thought.
“Take this!”
“?!”
Suddenly, something terrifying poured out from Hyeokri Hong’s grasp.
-Kwaaaa!
Solbo, so surprised he almost fainted, crossed his hands in a cross shape.
A terrifying palm energy that was absolutely unbelievable for a young girl was unleashed.
What was even more surprising was that the palm energy was very similar to what he had seen in Simao.
‘Wing Waving Palm?????’
The Diancang Sect’s martial art, Beak Striking Palm Fist.
One of its techniques, the Wing Waving Palm, headed forward with a fierce momentum.
Kwaaaa!
Solbo flinched at the absurd power of the Wing Waving Palm, but fortunately or unfortunately, her target was not Solbo.
Kwang!!!!!
Just from the wind pressure of the colliding energy, his clothes and hair shot up into the sky.
The man who had blocked the Wing Waving Palm with one hand, far from being displeased, gave a playful smile.
“You’ve improved a bit.”
“Hehe. You came back alive and well?”
Should one say, like grandfather, like granddaughter?
The girl who had given a sharp greeting for her age smiled fiercely at Biyoung.
‘Her tone is one thing… but what kind of greeting starts with shooting palm energy?’
Solbo was suddenly seized by an ominous premonition.
A premonition that this girl named Hyeokri Hong might be a more difficult person to live with than Hyeokri Chong.
‘Not only Gwangyo, but Hyeokri Chong and his granddaughter too… How is it that every person I meet is not normal?’
As if she felt Solbo’s complicated gaze, Hyeokri Hong looked at him and then suddenly let out a cry of admiration.
“Wow. This person’s calves are really thick. Grandfather! Aren’t they as big as the turnips we grow in our garden?”
“Hong-ah. Don’t be rude to someone you’ve just met. And the turnips at our house are not that thick.”
“………….”
Solbo felt like crying as he watched Hyeokri Hong unhesitatingly feel his legs.