Chapter 69 : Expelled Disciple
“Eldest Senior Brother!!”
The Mount Hua prodigies rushed out of the inn.
Yu So-dong, the waiter of Yulin Inn, had an expression that he could not understand the current situation at all.
“…Will it be alright? They are disciples of the Mount Hua Sect. Please appease your anger now.”
It is the Mount Hua Sect belonging to the Nine Sects One Gang.
We beat up the disciples of the Mount Hua Sect.
It was a statent implying whether we could handle the aftermath.
“Don't worry. It won't be a big problem.”
Not a problem?
The answer ca from the veiled woman.
Yu So-dong could not understand even more.
“…I am Yu So-dong, the waiter of Yulin Inn and the owner of this inn. I apologize, but if it is not rude, may I ask which clan you belong to?”
“It is a fringe clan called the Seol Clan.”
“…….”
He had never heard of it.
aning it is a powerless clan.
He wondered if they were too ignorant of the world.
But it was clearly not such a simple problem.
‘He misjudged for a mont. Being accompanied by the Divine Physician elder might an they are a clan with power he doesn't know. Furthermore…….’
Pause.
‘To say that, they blew away Eldest Senior Brother Un-sang at once.’
It was not a martial prowess that a re small or dium clan could show.
If so, he must diate and smooth things over even more before things get bigger.
Whether for Mount Hua or for the guests' clan.
“If you are so worried, go outside and take a look.”
It is fascinating.
‘Can they really not worry to this extent?’
It is not just anywhere else, but Mount Hua.
Even if the current Mount Hua is not as great as its past glory, it is Shaanxi's Mount Hua.
Yet they are this confident.
To be this confident while touching a figure of a huge force in the Central Plains leads to one conclusion.
Martial prowess.
Just how strong is that escort's martial prowess?
The veiled woman, the handso man, and the old man really started eating without worrying about the escort at all.
So Yu So-dong went outside.
“You bastard! What sorcery did you use on Eldest Senior Brother!”
He saw those who were once fellow disciples shouting at the Seol Clan's escort.
‘He was hit by an Empty Space Palm, but failing to notice that and dismissing it as sorcery.’
Since when did Mount Hua's integrity change like this?
‘Tsk.’
Actually, didn't he know it long ago?
Mount Hua was losing vitality and dying.
At so point, the money dried up, creating situations where they had no choice but to abandon their beliefs.
They did things they wouldn't have done before.
Receiving money from disciples entering the sect.
As a result, there are inevitably those who jump in thinking only of the na value of Mount Hua rather than its will and spirit.
And immature fellow disciples increased just as much.
It ant the will and aning Mount Hua held were being diluted.
The problem was the fact that more and more people were entering the sect like that.
“Sorcery, you say. Are you talking about this?”
Pang!
Again, an Empty Space Palm struck another Senior Brother.
“Keoheok!”
Yu So-dong, who was looking at Senior Brother Un-gang rolling on the floor, looked at the other two Senior Brothers.
“You, you bastard. If M-Mount Hua knows this fact, the aftermath……?”
“I just have to handle it.”
Puck!
“Kkeoeuk!”
As if they were not even worth drawing a sword against, the clan escort began to beat the Senior Brothers with bare hands.
Thwack!
“Kkeuak!”
It was truly ruthless violence.
“You guy… with Un-so… what relationship…….”
“A relationship seeing for the first ti.”
Thwack!
Un-gang's head turned once more.
Thud thud-
“Ouch.”
“…Guest. I think you can stop now, please.”
Seeing teeth falling out in droves, Yu So-dong approached.
At those words, my gaze headed towards another Mount Hua prodigy who was pretending to have collapsed.
“I know you are awake.”
At my single remark,
Scramble.
Un-sang, the leader of the Mount Hua thugs (?) who hurriedly raised his body, bowed his head.
“I, I have committed a sin worthy of death.”
“Owner.”
Yu So-dong looked back at as I suddenly called him.
“I happened to hear the situation. I think you did well.”
“Yes?”
“I an leaving Mount Hua.”
Yu So-dong had a bitter taste in his mouth.
Officially speaking, Yu So-dong was ‘expelled’.
I was talking as if Yu So-dong left Mount Hua on his own accord.
“…It was an unavoidable matter.”
“But you managed to get out unscathed.”
“My master was a scholar Taoist. I was under him too. And… since I didn't have the money they demanded, I was thrown out.”
At Yu So-dong's words, my expression beca serious.
***
It ant that Mount Hua demanded money and expelled a disciple for not giving that money.
‘Mount Hua has fallen to that extent?’
Following the Northern Shaolin and Southern Wudang, Mount Hua's prestige was enough to be recognized even in the Orthodox Faction, enough to be called one of the Five Great Sword Sects.
Since when did the noble red plum blossom turn into a place that slls terrible like under a ginkgo tree in autumn?
However,
‘To think Mount Hua is in this state.’
Of course, money is needed to run a sect.
It is true that there are cases of receiving donations from donors or lay disciples.
But to receive money while accepting formal disciples where martial arts and talent are important, and to expel a disciple because he has no money.
The current Mount Hua seed very wrong sowhere.
‘Perhaps it might not be just Mount Hua.’
Co to think of it, the Murim Alliance might be much more corrupted than the Saphaeryeon.
“Then, the reason for expulsion? Is that really the reason?”
“Yes.”
I was lost for words.
Suddenly seeing his figure running the inn alone, I asked.
“The reason you opened an inn too…….”
“Ah, that is not it. I ca to run this place with soone's help.”
“To be kicked out of the renowned Mount Hua and beco the owner of a shabby inn, it is truly arduous.”
“Still, isn't it fortunate that I, who was driven out with no money, can make a living like this.”
I nodded.
“Then the reason these people ca?”
“That is also… because of money.”
Yu So-dong is soone who was expelled and will no longer be involved with Mount Hua.
For those who are Senior Brothers by hierarchy to co to such a person, act violently, and extort money.
They were truly close to trash.
They say whenever they lacked money, they ca from Mount Hua to Yulin City and extorted money under the pretext of protection fees.
“Truly dumbfounding.”
I wondered why Mount Hua martial artists were wandering around even in a place like this.
“Do you not feel it is unfair?”
“If you ask if it is unfair, I guess I can say it is unfair. But what can I do? I am just weaker, and although I am a powerless expelled disciple, wasn't I eventually a leaf of Mount Hua. I just endure.”
Yu So-dong sighed as if venting his grievances.
In my eyes, that appearance of Yu So-dong was quite pleasing.
I asked imdiately.
“Do you want to beco strong?”
“Yes. That is so.”
“Then you will have to earn money diligently.”
I looked at the Mount Hua thugs who were bowing their heads as if dead.
It was because it was a matter of thinking a little about how to deal with these guys.
“Are you not finished yet? Co in quickly and eat.”
Perhaps it took longer than expected, Cheon Deung-jin ca outside.
“I will go in soon.”
“P-Please forgive us just once…….”
Taking advantage of that gap, a Mount Hua thug begged for forgiveness.
“Aren't you thinking of grinding your teeth after returning to Mount Hua anyway?”
“N-Never!”
The Mount Hua thug said while begging earnestly enough to wear out his hands and feet.
It was obvious without looking.
The cleanest way to handle it is to burn them.
‘If I did that, they would definitely swarm in.’
It is a precarious situation even now, I cannot make things bigger than this.
Turning Mount Hua into an enemy right now carries too big a risk.
It would be very troubleso if I get branded as a public enemy of Murim and get chased while having to travel the Central Plains.
“These guys, what would be good to do?”
At that ti, Tae Un-seo raised his hand.
“I have a good idea.”
…….
….
.
Slurp!
I started eating the wheat noodles deliciously.
“Water here!”
“Yes! Coming!”
“The waiter's started moving.”
“It seems we are out of dishes!”
“Please give us additional dishes!”
“Additional dish here!”
“Additional here!”
Whoosh!
As orders ca in, fire started to ignite in the stove.
Inn owner, Yu So-dong started bringing out food like crazy.
The Small Snow Squad was sitting at the table waiting for the food being served.
It was because Baek Mu-yong and Tae Un-seo started ordering with the intention of emptying the inn's food.
I put down my chopsticks.
“Would it be okay not to eat more?”
“Yes, rather than that, how do the three of you think we should have dealt with them?”
“If we leave like this, the harassnt will start again. They were extorting money usually, but this ti they will do more.”
Clearly, Yu So-dong is a guy unrelated to us.
But for so reason, I felt pity.
‘Is it because he is an expelled disciple?’
-That guy cannot use magic, so shouldn't he be expelled from our school?!
mories of the past life flashed through my mind.
Hyeokryeon Yeom of the past life, who faced the crisis of being expelled even from the school as a servant of a Great Mage, tried to remain in the school sohow.
Thinking about it now, I shouldn't have been afraid of going outside.
So,
‘Rather, I should see that it turned out well for Yu So-dong now.’
A really fortunate point is that it takes quite so ti from Yulin City to Mount Hua.
By the ti the Mount Hua thugs arrive at Mount Hua, we would have already left Shaanxi.
Making them experience inn work once was on the level of letting them know a little about how hard-earned the money they looted was.
Yu So-dong, who found the Senior Brothers difficult at first, started to work the Senior Brothers like crazy after so ti passed.
‘Maybe it is not sothing to worry about greatly as I thought.’
Yu So-dong's knack and talent for working with the Senior Brothers was extraordinary.
If he had stayed in Mount Hua, he showed enough acun that he might have taken charge of a small unit and moved.
With that level of acun, I had a thought that he would live well enough here.
“You seem a bit satisfied now.”
“Yes?”
“You know you had a very serious expression until just a while ago?”
Seol Ye-rin spoke to .
“It is the first ti I saw soone who not only bestows kindness on others in tis like these days but even worries about the future.”
“Because he looks like .”
“Yes? You… Captain?”
“Yes. I also had a ti when I struggled alone like that once. But it was very hard. To the extent that I thought it would be good if soone was by my side.”
“Hmm, you had such tis too. Still, you have now.”
At Seol Ye-rin's words, I smiled.
Correct. Now I have Seol Ye-rin.
It is good because we are together, because there are many things we can do together.
‘Maybe through that expelled disciple, we might influence Mount Hua.’
Since I knew that the Mount Hua Sect has beco rotten water, I thought I could do this much.
Even if Yu So-dong is of no help to us.
Thanks to that.
‘We earned ti to rest fully enough and move.’
That was enough.
We spent two whole days at Yulin Inn.
Thinking that the fatigue of the journey seed to be fully relieved, I gave instructions to the Small Snow Squad to slowly prepare for departure again.
***
At that ti.
Near Yulin Inn.
The Zhongnan Sect Elder, Byeok Ra-jung, found Yulin Inn with Zhongnan Sect disciples.
“Surely… you an over there?”
“Yes, that is right.”
“I didn't know Mount Hua Sect bastards would do business here.”
“Isn't it that Mount Hua is also at its end? An inn that won't even do business in such a remote place.”
A young disciple of the Zhongnan Sect said while looking around the inn at Byeok Ra-jung's words.
The relationship between the current Mount Hua Sect and Zhongnan Sect was not good.
In the period when the previous Demonic Cult erged or the War of Orthodox and Unorthodox occurred, the Mount Hua Sect and Zhongnan Sect were the sword and shield protecting Shaanxi.
But too long a ti has passed since Murim beca stable and peaceful.
The seniors of the old Murim have long disappeared, and those who occupy the high seats of the current Murim forces had no choice but to be busy fattening themselves in peace.
Boredom and excessive peace invite enemies from within.
It was exactly because of this that the forces of the Mount Hua Sect and Zhongnan Sect, who were absolute allies, started to split from each other.
Therefore, the Zhongnan Sect tried to thoroughly protect their force and territory, and Mount Hua was the sa.
Just, the Zhongnan Sect was severe in degree, and they found out the fact that there is an inn set up by an expelled disciple of the Mount Hua Sect not far from their territory.
Even if it is not a direct territory, the Zhongnan Sect could not leave this alone.
“We must never hand this place over to Mount Hua. It must be a place of the Zhongnan Sect.”
The eyes of the Zhongnan Sect disciples twinkled.
“What is the reason!”
“What is the reason Kunlun is considered important?”
“It would be the first gateway to deal with the Demonic Cult.”
“It is the sa story. This Shaanxi is also the region that first touches when the Ice Palace, which is further above Inner Mongolia where horse bandits swarm, invades.”
“Ice Palace… Actually, rumors were heard that the Ice Palace Young Palace Head and the Demonic Cult Young Cult Leader got engaged.”
The Ice Palace and the Demonic Cult joined forces.
Then what would be the thing they do next.
“They will co down.”
The era of peace is gone, and now perhaps the War of Orthodox and Demonic or War of Orthodox and Ice will break out again.
This atmosphere was spreading throughout Murim.
“Shaanxi must be Zhongnan's. That ans the sword protecting Shaanxi must be Zhongnan, and to stop the invasion of the Ice Palace, it ans we must step forward and raise honor in the Orthodox Jianghu.”
Byeok Ra-jung said while looking around the inn.
“Coincidentally, this place looks just right as that strategic point. Do you understand what I an?”
“Yes!”
“In that sense…….”
Rustle.
“I will erase that shabby inn and erect Zhongnan's shield.”
The martial artists of the Zhongnan Sect began to approach Yulin Inn.
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