novelraw Chapter 89 : Chapter 89
Chapter 89 : Chapter 89
Chapter 89 - He Became a Guardian?
“An assassin? Did you just say an assassin group?”
“To be precise, an assassin group based in Hunan.”
“An assassin group……”
Ji Seok-gi lowered his gaze and focused on his thoughts.
But he soon shook his head.
“It's not an area I operate in, so I don't know well.”
“Holhol. Is that so.”
“However, since Elder Jeokseo seems curious, I will look into the situation in Hunan through the Beggars' Union's organization.”
“No. I don't want to trouble you that much.”
Jeokseo waved one arm as if it was enough, but Ji Seok-gi’s will seemed quite strong.
“Elder Jeokseo. Today, I received both tolerance and consideration from the Diancang Sect. Please allow me to repay this debt.”
“We also broke your bone……”
As Biyoung acted out of turn, Eung Gajin pinched his thigh.
“Ouch! What was that for?”
“Just shut up.”
Jeokseo smiled wryly at the two men.
“That's right. Today, I was discovered spying by Young Hero Biyoung and one of my legs was broken. However, trying to carelessly grasp the internal affairs of another group is very risky. The reason a Three Knots beggar like me is sent on such a mission is because of the grave responsibility of the task.”
“Because it's a job where you must absolutely not be discovered, and even if you are, you must not be caught?”
“That's right. However, today I was discovered by your eyes. It was a good thing the Diancang Sect showed tolerance; if you had been a group from the evil or demonic sects, it would have been my neck that was broken, not my leg.”
“Holholhol. If that is the Great Master Ji’s will, then I shall make a request. Not just assassins, but if there is any group that has newly gained power in Hunan in the last ten years, please let us know.”
“I will definitely do so.”
Ji Seok-gi nodded with a pleased face.
The eyes of the Beggars' Union are rooted throughout Jianghu, so the Hunan region would be no exception.
On top of that, Ji Seok-gi’s position was a Three Knots of the Beggars' Union, and his main job was also in information gathering.
If he were to step up for the Diancang Sect, it would be an unparalleled piece of good fortune.
At this point, he felt less like a spy and more like a blessing that had rolled in.
‘It was a good thing I persuaded the prospective Sect Leader. Maybe I can solve this without lifting a finger?’
The corners of Biyoung’s mouth rose towards his ears.
Although he had recently become friendly with an information group called the Syndicate of Ten Thousand Eyes, their influence did not extend to Hunan.
But with the Beggars' Union, it was a different story.
They would gather stories from all over Hunan and bring only the necessary information.
The Diancang Sect just had to sit back and wait.
“Even if I cannot come myself, I will send someone to the Beggars' Union to deliver the information.”
“Holhol. If it is difficult to climb Diancang Mountain because of your injury, I will send the children of our sect.”
“Ah…… that's not it. I can climb Diancang Mountain even with crutches, but……”
Ji Seok-gi, who had been showing his determination with a firm face, trailed off his words this time.
“When I return to my union, there is a high probability that I will be reprimanded. It's hard to predict since I've never failed a mission before, but…… considering Guardian Gwangyo’s usual disposition, my external activities might become impossible……”
“Wait.”
Someone cut off Ji Seok-gi’s words.
It was Biyoung.
“Who? Who did you just say?”
“Are you talking about Guardian Gwangyo?”
“That bastard became a Guardian?!”
“Wh-what?!”
In an instant, the three men’s jaws dropped.
In Ji Seok-gi’s case, it was natural to be dumbfounded as he called a man who was like his master ‘that bastard,’ and as for the other two men…….
“You thunder-striking fool! No matter how rude you are, does it make sense to call a Guardian of the Beggars' Union 'that bastard'!”
“Oh? Ah, ah. Right.”
“Ah, ah. Right?”
“I was mistaken for a moment. You shouldn't take it too personally either.”
Biyoung expressed his apology to Ji Seok-gi.
‘This is the second time.’
Ji Seok-gi stared at Biyoung.
He was more puzzled than offended.
Why did that young man act as if he had more experience than him?
Although Biyoung’s talent was outstanding, it seemed he had no experience of venturing into Jianghu.
And yet, he said he had seen many people faster than him, a Flying Beggar, and he spoke as if he knew Guardian Gwangyo well.
Just by his actions, he seemed like someone who had wandered Jianghu for decades.
‘Looking at his face, he seemed to be sincere…….’
“Right! That's it!”
“?”
Suddenly, Biyoung clapped his hands and smiled triumphantly.
Eung Gajin asked with an anxious face.
“What are you up to again? Please just stay still until the Sect Leader’s inauguration ceremony.”
“I can't do that. It's none other than Gwangyo…… no, Guardian Gwangyo who is there.”
“Holholhol. Do you know him well?”
Judging by his expression, Jeokseo also seemed quite curious.
“I haven't met him directly. But I know well the promise that Guardian Gwangyo made.”
“???”
Large question marks popped up above the men’s heads.
That was no exception for Ji Seok-gi, who belonged to the same Beggars' Union.
***
“I'll be back!”
Biyoung raised one arm high and waved.
He was so happy about something that he looked like someone going on a picnic.
However, the expressions of the Diancang Sect members looking at him were not very bright.
‘Please just come back without causing any strange trouble.’
‘Surely he’ll be back before the inauguration ceremony, right?’
‘Does he get hives if he stays at the main mountain?’
‘He looks unusually happy.’
“Holholhol. Have a safe trip. I also wish for Great Master Ji's speedy recovery.”
“Thank you for the hospitality. I will check on the matter you mentioned as soon as possible.”
“I'm counting on you.”
“Enough with the greetings, get on my back. We have to be back in a day.”
At Biyoung’s words, Ji Seok-gi’s earlobes turned red.
Unlike when he was carried by Uma the previous day, there were more than one or two pairs of eyes watching them.
A Flying Beggar being carried down on someone’s back.
However, Ji Seok-gi had no other choice.
“Excuse me.”
As Ji Seok-gi got on his back, Biyoung kicked off the ground without any delay.
“Then let's go!”
Pabababababak!
The two men disappeared as if they had never been there.
“E-euaaaaaah!”
A scream was heard.
And that scream quickly disappeared again.
At this rate, isn't it faster than the speed of sound?
It was a ridiculously absurd movement technique that made one think so.
“Wow…… he’s really fast.”
“Did anyone see Biyoung’s legs just now?”
“Is that a speed at which one can run while carrying a person?”
Even the senior brothers who knew Biyoung’s skills looked at each other and clicked their tongues.
-Aaaaaaaah……!!
In the midst of it all, Ji Seok-gi’s scream was getting farther and farther away.
***
Vast Sky Eagle Body Method.
A qinggong art that could be said to be the fastest in the Diancang Sect, no, in the entire Jianghu Murim.
It was a movement technique that had not appeared in the world for more than ten years since the Diancang Sect was annihilated.
And now.
Ji Seok-gi was having a very rare experience.
It was a difficult thing to even see the Vast Sky Eagle Body Method, yet he was riding on top of that movement technique.
“Euaaaaaaaah!”
However, even for Ji Seok-gi, who was called the Flying Beggar, the Vast Sky Eagle Body Method was ridiculously fast.
He was not one to be surprised by ordinary speeds, but he couldn't help but be surprised by Biyoung’s movement technique as he ran down the mountain.
Surprised?
No.
The expression 'frightened' would be more fitting.
Trees and grass rushed past his ears like rays of light.
The scenery that passed by his eyes changed so quickly that his head was spinning.
Belying his nickname, Ji Seok-gi was frightened by the speed.
“Euaaaaaaaah!”
“Aish! Stop screaming in my ear!”
As Biyoung shouted in anger, Ji Seok-gi clamped his mouth shut with a hap!
However, it wasn't long before his efforts were in vain.
The speed of the Vast Sky Eagle Body Method felt while hanging on his back was like riding on a soaring blue dragon.
“E-euaaaaaah!”
“Hey! To think the Flying Beggar was such a coward!”
“Th-that's not it……!!”
In fact, Ji Seok-gi also had something to say for himself.
Even at the same speed, running on two legs and being carried by someone else feel different.
Furthermore, wasn't he now feeling the speed of the Vast Sky Eagle Body Method while being carried?
If he were an ordinary person, it wouldn't be strange to faint right away.
“If you're that scared, just close your eyes!”
“E-eyes?”
Close my eyes?
He didn't know the reason, but Ji Seok-gi closed his eyes with a half-believing, half-doubting heart.
“Ah……!”
Then, this time, a sound of admiration burst out instead of a scream.
‘How can it be this stable……?!’
His heart had dropped when he had run down the mountain without any warning.
It was so fast that his surrounding vision was blurred.
If he were to fall from this young man’s back, it wouldn't be his leg, but his spine that would break in two.
But as Biyoung said, when he closed his eyes, he began to feel the things he hadn't noticed because he was scared.
Pabababat!
An inhuman speed.
But the balance was constantly maintained in the center.
It was a scene that revealed the importance of the center of gravity that he had talked about when teaching the Flying Eagle Steps to his senior brothers.
‘This…… I can't fall even if I want to……!!’
The sound of the air cutting past his ears was still the same.
But Ji Seok-gi was no longer anxious.
Biyoung’s back was much smaller than Uma’s back, on which he had been carried the night before.
But he felt an incomparable sense of stability.
Fast.
And yet, light.
The energy was incredibly powerful.
If one were to shorten it, could it not be called 'swift'?
It was just when Ji Seok-gi was getting used to the Vast Sky Eagle Body Method.
An unbelievable sound reached his ears.
“We're here!”
“?!”
Biyoung’s figure had already stopped, and a village came into his view.
“No way……”
Ji Seok-gi had to rub his eyes and check again.
It hadn't been long since they left Diancang Mountain, but they had already arrived at Yiliang County?
It was a distance that even Murim people with light footwork would have to run for half a day.
Ji Seok-gi felt as if he had been on a journey through time.
“What are you doing? Not getting down?”
“……Oops!”
He was so surprised that he even forgot to get off his back.
“I am much in your debt.”
“I also broke your leg, so don't mention it.”
After arriving in Yiliang County, Ji Seok-gi walked in front.
Although it had the grand name of a branch, it was still a beggar's den.
Instead of a decent pavilion, there was only a ceiling covered with patched-up straw mats and household goods that others had used and thrown away.
While walking together, Ji Seok-gi casually asked Biyoung.
“Excuse me…… may I ask what the movement technique you just showed me was?”
“Vast Sky Eagle Body Method. Pretty fast, right?”
“It's not just pretty fast…… I've never seen such a movement technique in my life. Compared to Young Hero Biyoung’s movement technique, my Footless Movement Technique feels like a child's baby steps.”
As if recalling the scene that had just passed, Ji Seok-gi shook his head.
“That's why you shouldn't get drunk on your name. There are plenty of people in Jianghu who are faster than you, Brother Ji. You don't have to look far; the Guardian Gwangyo of the past was also faster than the current Brother Ji.”
“The Guardian, you say?”
Ji Seok-gi’s eyes widened as if in surprise.
Come to think of it, he had rarely seen Gwangyo perform his movement technique.
He had only seen him catching Murim people like rats, using his specialty day in and day out.
Four Knots.
The position of a Guardian was on par with the top-tier masters of the prestigious orthodox sects.
“Wait.”
Suddenly recalling Gwangyo’s martial arts and hot-tempered personality, Ji Seok-gi stopped walking and gave Biyoung a firm warning.
“Ahead is the Yiliang County branch. I'm telling you in advance, you must absolutely not be rude to Guardian Gwangyo. In particular, using the word 'friend' is taboo. I don't know the reason, but dozens of people have been folded in half for mentioning that word……”
However.
Before his words could finish, Biyoung kicked a broken gourd and shouted.
“Hey!! Gwangyo!! Your friend is here, you punk!!”
“………….”
I should have just fainted when I was on his back earlier.
It was Ji Seok-gi, filled with belated regret.