The Genius Youngest Disciple of the Wudang Sect

Chapter 216

The Baek-san Sect leader, who was completely cornered.

But he, instead of focusing on me in this situation, suddenly starts looking around.

There are quite a few members of the Baek-san Sect, Cheon-wang Sect, and Man-ho Palace around.

The Cheon-wang Sect members and the Man-ho Palace martial artists, who have already lost their sect leader and palace master, are glaring at me with bloodshot eyes.

They don't even think about what they have done, and they are only thinking of me as their enemy.

But fortunately, is it because they are afraid of my and Maeng Gwang-gae's martial arts? Or is it because they have at least a minimum of pride as martial artists? It didn't seem like they were going to rush at us right away.

'By any chance, is the Baek-san Sect leader not trying to provoke them?'

The way the Baek-san Sect leader has been glancing around since a little while ago is unusual.

If he incites them, who are already full of anger at having lost their leaders, and creates a dogfight, even Maeng Gwang-gae and I will be overwhelmed.

I also had the thought that he might be trying to sacrifice his subordinates and run away by himself.

"Don't even think of any tricks. Even if you run away, I will chase you to the ends of the Central Plains and get my revenge."

"...!"

It seems my prediction was correct.

Since the guy can't even answer and is just looking at me with that surprised expression.

But the Baek-san Sect leader did something a little different from my expectations.

As if he were glancing around again...

Thud—

He suddenly knelt down towards me.

At that sight, I, Maeng Gwang-gae who was watching the spar from behind, and the martial artists surrounding the area were all surprised.

Because we never thought that the Baek-san Sect leader would come out like this.

"I had no intention of playing any tricks. I lost. Please just spare my life."

"Huh?"

"It's true. I was just hesitating for a moment because it's shameful in front of my subordinates. I will apologize like this. For what I did to the Hwanho Sect, and for all the bad things I have done without hesitation, I apologize."

I, turning my head from the Baek-san Sect leader, looked at Maeng Gwang-gae.

Maeng Gwang-gae was so dumbfounded that he didn't even think of closing his gaping mouth.

"I don't think so. If you were going to do that, you shouldn't have created this situation in the first place, and you should have run away like the Jin-cheon Guild leader. The two you brought with you have become cold corpses, but you're trying to get out of it by yourself?"

"I made a wrong judgment. And you may not believe me, but even if we had won, I had no intention of harming the great benefactor. The plan was to spare his life and tell him to stop his revenge. I had finished talking with the two who are lying over there and gathered here, but now that the two are dead, there is no way to prove my words..."

I, with a slight frown, said to him, "Yes. I don't believe you. How can you lie like that without even batting an eye? You're a really shameless bastard, aren't you?"

"It's true, great benefactor!"

The Baek-san Sect leader, as if he thought he couldn't get through to me, quickly changed his target and said to Maeng Gwang-gae, "Elder Maeng Gwang-gae! Please save me! Four of the Yellow Sea Seven Tyrants are already dead, and one has run away to another province. Don't you need someone to manage the remaining sect members and businesses? I will faithfully carry out that role. From now on, I will never torment the common people and will become a new person, Elder!"

He said in a desperate voice.

But, Maeng Gwang-gae burst out laughing.

"I can't even count how many people have died at your hands until now. In a situation like this, with what audacity do you ask me to save you?"

"I will definitely keep my word once I have said it. Do you know how chaotic Zhejiang Province is right now? Recently, it has been really difficult to manage as people have suddenly flowed in from the outside. Not a day goes by without martial artists causing a scene and making a mess at each business establishment, so someone who knows the situation here well must manage it. Since you are in charge of information in the Beggars' Sect, don't you already know the current situation, Elder?"

The Baek-san Sect leader, without even breathing, said what he had to say in one long breath.

I saw Maeng Gwang-gae smile a very faint smile while he was talking.

Because the martial artists who were causing a scene at the business establishments after flowing in from the outside that the Baek-san Sect leader had just mentioned were the martial artists sent by Maeng Gwang-gae.

It meant that the strategy of making them busy from below and me taking care of the leaders from above had worked perfectly.

"Even without you, there are many guys who can manage. And in fact, you're not even properly dealing with the martial artists who are making a mess at your business establishments right now, are you? In such a situation, how are you going to manage?"

"Ah...! No. I was going to manage them properly from now on."

"How?"

"That's..."

The guy who had been speaking fluently until now suddenly became speechless.

At that unnatural silence, Maeng Gwang-gae and I made eye contact.

Because we had noticed that the Baek-san Sect leader had some kind of ulterior motive.

"Speak straight. What on earth were you planning to do?"

"Th-That's... I thought that if we couldn't handle it with our own strength, we could borrow the strength of another place..."

"Where?"

"I-It's the Evil Way Alliance."

"Evil Way Alliance?!!"

Maeng Gwang-gae shouted.

It's understandable. No matter how difficult it is to solve the martial artists, to think of bringing in the unorthodox faction.

It's like asking a cat to chase away a fly that has landed on a fish because you don't like the fly.

"You ignorant and foolish bastard. The Evil Way Alliance. Are you saying that the Evil Way Alliance is involved in this matter?!"

"N-Not yet! We were in the middle of negotiations, so if we stop the negotiations now, the relationship will naturally end."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. That's right. If not, why would I be telling you this now?"

"Hmph... you're lucky. I won't beat you to death right now. Since I have something to ask you about the guys from the Evil Way Alliance."

"Th-Thank you, Elder!"

At Maeng Gwang-gae's words of not killing him, his face suddenly begins to brighten.

But Maeng Gwang-gae, with a cold face, continued, "But don't think that just because you're alive, it's unconditionally better than death."

"Hmph...!"

He, surprised by Maeng Gwang-gae's words, took a sharp breath, and Maeng Gwang-gae, who had approached him in an instant by stepping on his lightness skill, hit his acupoint and knocked him out.

And looking around at the crowd, he shouted with his voice full of internal energy so that it would ring, "The show is over now! I'll give you exactly one week. Go back to your respective sects and take everything you can. And then leave. It would be good if you leave Zhejiang Province, and even if you stay, you should be careful not to be seen by me again!"

But the martial artists of the three sects did not even flinch at Maeng Gwang-gae's story.

It's not that they are ignoring Maeng Gwang-gae's words, but it seems they haven't properly understood his words yet.

But a little while later.

"You have to go a little earlier to get even one more thing!"

"Get out of the way. Get out of the way! I'm first!"

"Don't push. Do you all want to die!"

A scene of utter chaos began to unfold.

In the first place, they are guys who gathered and used their strength for money, not for loyalty or trust in the organization.

So they are doing that to take even one more thing and leave this place.

"Tsk. To think that such dregs were trying to challenge the Nine Sects and One Gang and the prestigious families. This is really... the dignity of the Nine Sects and One Gang is not what it used to be."

"They've been too isolated for too long, so they're acting without knowing their place. But is it really okay to let them all live?"

"Yes. Even just the ones gathered here are in the hundreds. If we take care of all of them, what would that be but a murderer."

"That's true."

"And look at how the guys are acting now. It's clear that there will be a knife fight among themselves even if we don't step in and clean it up. In the first place, their only purpose was money. Even though their leaders are dead, there isn't a single guy who is expressing his condolences."

He, after clicking his tongue, lifted the Baek-san Sect leader who was lying on the floor and said to me, "I'll take this guy and go to our branch, so you go to the inn."

"Aren't you going with me? I'll carry the Baek-san Sect leader. He's heavy."

"Hehe. It's okay. I'm not old enough to need the help of a young guy for something like this."

He, as if he were very pleased that I had asked again, looked at me with a look of 'good boy' and then continued, "On your way, check carefully to see if there are any tails, and if there are any ambushes. In the first place, the Heuk-su Sect leader is a guy who enjoys doing such things, and although the Jin-cheong Guild leader has run away, he is a cunning guy by nature. I don't know how he will come out."

"Yes. I'll be careful."

Maeng Gwang-gae, after looking at the exit, which was still in a state of chaos, with a click of his tongue, jumped over the wall with him on his back and soon disappeared from sight.

And I also, after performing my lightness skill and jumping over the wall, came out of the Baek-san Sect and began to head to the inn.

***

Fortunately, there was nothing special on the way back to the inn.

It was also because I had gone around the way to the inn, and because I hadn't used much strength in the fight earlier, I had performed my lightness skill with all my might.

Although it's still far, I think you have to be at least at the level of an elder of the Nine Sects and One Gang to follow my lightness skill now.

Until recently, the growth of my internal energy had been stagnant, but it was thanks to the Great Return Pill that the great master Gak-il had given me that had played a big role in my growth.

"Senior. You're here?"

When I arrived at the inn, Yeon-rang greeted me.

"Was there nothing special?"

"Yes. Since we're not accepting customers, a day is too comfortable."

"If you really want to become a martial artist, build up your body in that time."

"My body?"

"Do you know how important physical strength is in learning martial arts? I think the beginning and end of martial arts is ultimately your body."

"Ah...! How do you build up your body?"

I, with a small laugh, answered, "What's so special about building up your body? Running, lifting heavy things, doing the horse stance... there are countless ways to push your body to its limits."

"Ah... running!"

"If you really start to train martial arts, and you don't have the basic physical strength, a hell gate will literally open."

"I'll keep that in mind. Thank you, senior!"

I, after ruffling the hair of Yeon-rang who was bowing his head in greeting, went up to my room.

Although I haven't done much, I feel tired when I go out and come back.

"My senior brother is not here today either."

Since Senior Brother Un Cheol had gone out to do another mission that old man Maeng Gwang-gae had ordered, there was no one in the room.

No, I thought there was no one.

"You came back sooner than I thought. I heard your martial arts are quite outstanding, but you're better than I expected."

At the voice, I, startled, turned my head, and there was a man in a black martial arts uniform sitting leisurely on my bed.

He even smiled at me.

"Who are you?"

"Me?"

He, getting up from the bed, walked towards me and said, "You guys probably know me as the Heuk-su Sect leader."

"Heuk-su Sect leader?"

I, surprised by his identity, lowered my stance and began to be wary of him.

Since he was sitting so boldly on my bed, I thought someone had let him in, but it seems he came in secretly.

Since he is the master of an assassin sect. It seems he lives up to his name.

"But to be honest, that Heuk-su Sect? The Yellow Sea Seven Tyrants? I don't care about such things."

"What did you say?"

"My only interest right now is you. My junior brothers talked a lot about you. That you are young and talented."

"Junior brothers...?"

"Will you understand if I say Dokgo Jugwak and Go Mun-tak?"

"The Four Tyrants Union leader, Dokgo Jugwak!"

Even at my shout, he does not lose his leisurely smile.

But, right now, I could not hide the astonishment on my face.

Because since he said he was the senior brother of Dokgo Jugwak and Go Mun-tak, it is no different from him telling me that he is a disciple of the leader of the Evil Way Alliance.

(End of Chapter)