The Genius Youngest Disciple of the Wudang Sect

Chapter 218

"Huh? You came back sooner than I thought. What about the person you went with?"

"Yes. It was just a short visit, so he went far away again."

"Really? Would you like something to eat, senior?"

"Can you give me something with a warm broth?"

"Then I'll make you some noodles. I learned how to make them from the cook."

"Okay. Thank you."

Yeon-rang, with a grin, ran to the kitchen.

He seems to be quick-witted, but also naively innocent.

Although the Heuk-su Sect leader had died at my hands, I didn't think it was necessary to teach Yeon-rang such a reality yet, so I mumbled something, and he seemed to have passed it over without much thought.

'I'm tired today for some reason. Is it because I fought a lot?'

I sat blankly and thought about what had happened today.

In conclusion, I had killed three of the leaders of the Yellow Sea Seven Tyrants and captured one.

Although I don't know how the Jin-cheon Guild leader will come out in the future, for now, it is safe to say that all the current leaders have been dealt with.

This is an achievement that was achieved in just two days. At this rate, I also had the thought that I had done most of what I had to do here.

'The disciple of the leader of the Evil Way Alliance...'

And today, I came face to face with a disciple of the leader of the Evil Way Alliance again.

This has a greater meaning than I thought.

The Evil Way Alliance had previously tried to swallow up Wuhan through Go Mun-tak, and this time, they were trying to get their hands on Zhejiang Province through the Heuk-su Sect leader.

'Let's think about it carefully. In my previous life, the leaders were all wiped out by old man Wave Palm King. But, even after that, this Zhejiang Province, unlike other provinces, lived on with its own rules. That means... the Evil Way Alliance might have sent people again to take over this place.'

This time, I should talk to Maeng Gwang-gae well and not end it like this, but make it so that it is under the continuous management of the orthodox martial world.

Although Zhejiang Province is on the outskirts, it is not a place that can be ignored in terms of size or population.

If the money and products that come out of this place are what made the Evil Way Alliance so strong, then just by having the orthodox martial world occupy this place, it can be seen as greatly weakening their power.

'Maeng Gwang-gae will decide where to manage it... but it would be good for the Hwangbo family or the Nangong family.'

Zhejiang Province is adjacent to Anhui Province to the northwest, and it faces Shandong Province through Jiangsu Province to the north.

The closer the sect or family is, the easier it will be to send people, and the management will also be easier, so I thought it would be good for the two families to take charge.

At that time, since the successor of the Hwangbo family and the successor of the Nangong family are all here, the story could be even faster.

"Senior. The noodles are here!"

At that time, Yeon-rang, with a confident expression, brought out a bowl of steaming noodles.

I, while picking up my chopsticks, said, "It looks plausible just by looking at it."

"It's not just plausible by looking at it. Please try it."

With an expectant heart, I picked up a mouthful of noodles and slurped them down.

The broth was cooler than I thought, and the well-cooked noodles were quite good.

I said to Yeon-rang, who was watching with sparkling eyes from the side, "It's delicious."

"Really? I'm glad."

"Yes. It's quite good. Although I eat anything well, I'm a picky eater. It seems you learned properly from the cook."

"That's right... he really taught me properly..."

Suddenly, Yeon-rang's expression darkens.

As I was wondering if I had made a mistake and was thinking about what to say, Yeon-rang began to speak.

"Actually, I talked with the cook a little while ago."

"What did you talk about?"

"He said I could go if I wanted to leave here and go to the Beggars' Sect... and then he taught me these noodles. He said that if the martial world is too hard someday and I want to do something else, I should open a noodle shop with these noodles. He said that if just one kind of noodle is delicious, I won't starve to death anywhere..."

Yeon-rang said with a slightly gloomy face.

A little while ago, when we were talking, he had said that he would be happy to have one less mouth to feed and to send away a nuisance, but in fact, he also knows.

How much the cook cares for him.

"It's strange. It's a place I always wanted to leave, but when I hear that the noodles are delicious, my heart feels restless again."

"It can't be helped. You're at a crossroads in your life right now. No matter how young you are, you also know well how much your life will change with this choice."

Yeon-rang nods his head.

"A long time ago, I gave up everything and left home to follow my dream. In fact, there was nothing to give up. My home was just a third-rate martial family in some mountain valley."

Although I started talking about Unhwi from my previous life without my realizing it, Yeon-rang, as if he hadn't noticed anything strange, listened to my story attentively.

"But I hated that countryside. I also hated being from a third-rate martial family, and I always longed for the martial world. So I left home and suffered like crazy. People would ignore me, and even if I achieved the same results, I, who had no background, was bound to be ignored. After living so tenaciously, I was finally recognized to some extent later... but when I went back home, no one was living there."

"Ah..."

"In the meantime, everyone had left, and passed away, and in the end, the house had become a ruin. The sense of emptiness at that time was so great."

In fact, this is the first time I have told anyone about my home.

Because this is a story I have never told Un Gwang properly.

"Did you regret it a lot?"

"Yes. I regretted it a lot."

"I see... then you mean I shouldn't leave home and should stay with the person who values me right now?"

Yeon-rang said to me with a look of firm determination.

If I answer 'yes' here, Yeon-rang will probably give up on his martial world journey and inherit the cook's position at this inn and live as the inn's cook.

But that's not what I wanted to say.

"No? That's not what I meant."

"Yes?"

"I mean, there was no need to choose just one. In fact, even while I was wandering around the Central Plains like that, there were plenty of opportunities to visit home. But I always deliberately didn't visit home."

"Why?"

"Let's go after I achieve a little more. Let's go after I gain a little more fame. Let's go when I can be recognized a little more..."

"I was strangely ashamed to go back home before I had achieved something. In fact, there was no need for that..."

Yeon-rang's eyes widened as if he had realized what I was trying to say.

He's a smart kid. I, with a smile, continued, "So what I'm saying is, even if you are in the martial world, wouldn't it be okay to visit here often and maintain your relationship? Fortunately, the Beggars' Sect is the most lenient sect I know of. If you just reach a certain level, no one will say anything about you coming and going here."

"Ah... I see!"

"That's right. The regret I mentioned earlier was not that I regretted leaving home and coming to the martial world to follow my dream. It meant that I regretted giving up one of the two rabbits when I could have caught both, because of my wrong judgment."

When I had said this much, Yeon-rang, with a look of conviction, nodded his head repeatedly.

Since that was cute, I ruffled Yeon-rang's hair, and then, as if he had noticed something strange, Yeon-rang asked me, "Huh? But senior. By any chance, how old are you..."

As I was thinking about how to say it, I, in a small voice, said in Yeon-rang's ear, "That's a secret, so you can't tell anyone. In fact, I shouldn't even be telling you this, but since you're so worried right now, I'm telling you because I want to give you some advice."

"Hmph! Then by any chance, are you a rejuvenated...?"

"Shh. Don't say anything more than that. I won't answer anything. But think again about why Elder Maeng Gwang-gae is taking me around separately."

"Ah, I understand, senior! Ah! Can I still call you senior?"

No matter how smart and quick-witted he is, a child is still a child.

It is clear that he thinks I am a master of rejuvenation.

"Of course. It's okay. No matter who I am, the relationship we have formed doesn't change, does it?"

"Senior...!"

Yeon-rang, after looking at me with a moved face, said he had something to tell the cook and then went back into the kitchen, and I cleanly finished the remaining noodles and broth.

After eating deliciously, I feel a very, very slight regret.

Because I felt like I had changed the destiny of a really talented cook into a martial artist.

***

A little while passed, and as I was waiting in my room, Maeng Gwang-gae returned to the inn.

He said he was on his way after imprisoning the Baek-san Sect leader in a nearby branch.

I told him everything that had happened with the Heuk-su Sect leader.

Thanks to that, he, saying that he seemed to know why the Baek-san Sect leader had mentioned the Evil Way Alliance, said to me, "To think the Heuk-su Sect leader was a disciple of the leader of the Evil Way Alliance. I didn't know that much."

"In the first place, since the Evil Way Alliance is a place that moves so secretly. They will be trying their best not to leave any traces in the Beggars' Sect. Maybe there is someone in the Evil Way Alliance who knows a lot about the Beggars' Sect."

"Ugh... but it hurts my pride a lot that we didn't know at all. From now on, I'll have to dig into the Evil Way Alliance a little more."

In fact, until the guys from the Evil Way Alliance started to cause a ruckus in his previous life, the orthodox martial world did not even properly recognize their existence.

That's why they were hit even harder, and that's why there were more sacrifices.

But now, the situation will be a little different.

Since Maeng Gwang-gae has recognized the current situation and the existence of the Evil Way Alliance, and he has said he will dig into it even more, there will be some results before long.

"From the Four Tyrants Union of Sichuan to the Heuk-su Sect of Zhejiang Province... it's safe to say that the guys from the Evil Way Alliance are almost all over the Central Plains."

"Yes. Even sects that seemed to have nothing to do with that place could actually be sects under the Evil Way Alliance. From now on, it would be good to pay more attention to that point."

"I understand. Thanks to you, I'm learning a lot this time. As expected, I have a good eye for people."

I, who let out a small laugh at him who was praising himself even in this situation, asked him one question.

"But Elder. Then is my work done now?"

"Yes. For now, you can say it's done. Since all the leaders have been eliminated, if we just shake things up from below a little more, and the forces of the Nine Sects and One Gang or the Five Great Families push in and take over Zhejiang Province, it's over. Since the only families that are around Zhejiang Province and can dispatch many martial artists are the Nangong family and the Hwangbo family now, it will be one of the two."

It seems Maeng Gwang-gae was also thinking the same thing as me.

I, after nodding my head vigorously in agreement with his words, added, "Then can I take my senior brother and the Shaolin monks with me when the work we are doing now is over?"

"Why? Do you have to go somewhere else?"

"I have to go to Chang'an. The adoptive father of the master of the Shi-yue Pavilion, whom I formed a connection with in Wuhan last time, is Minister Jeong of Chang'an..."

I briefly told him that I had to go and help the master of the Shi-yue Pavilion.

Maeng Gwang-gae, who had heard the whole story, nodded his head and said to me, "If there is such a thing, you have to go quickly. And by any chance, if you need the help of our Beggars' Sect, go to the branch there and ask for help in my name. Since I rarely lend my name, they will surely help you."

"Thank you, Elder."

"But before that, there is someone you have to meet."

"A place I have to stop by?"

He, in a subtle voice, said to me, "The person who received the most help from this incident wants to see you."

"Who is that?"

"Who else. The Hwangbo family head, Wave Palm King."

"Old man Wave Palm King... no, Wave Palm King wants to see me?"

"Yes. He's already nearby. In fact, he's been itching to step in for a while, but since you took care of everything for him, he's probably trying to thank you."

He said with a satisfied smile.

Following Maeng Gwang-gae, even Wave Palm King. I felt that this incident was a lot of opportunities to meet with past connections.

(End of Chapter)