Chapter 72 : Mount Hua
I never thought I would be able to use the Divine Physician's token right away like this.
The Mount Hua Elder, Baek San, looked visibly flustered.
“Elder Divine Physician, why give that to an Ice Palace escort...”
“Isn't it because there's a reason to give it?”
“Ah, I apologize.”
“I heard that if I hand over this token, you will grant any one request I desire... is that true?”
Baek San was silent for a mont before continuing.
“That is correct. It is the second token I offered to you because I owed you a debt, no, because Mount Hua owed a debt to the Divine Physician. You have received this token twice, Elder Divine Physician.”
“Doesn't that an the connection between you, who t that much and is tough? The first ti you were indebted to was over ten years ago...? Goodness. I have aged quite a bit now too.”
“Haha, ti flies really fast.”
According to the Divine Physician, the first ti was about ten-odd years ago when the Divine Physician had just entered the Jianghu and saved Baek San when he was in critical condition.
Then what was the second ti?
Mount Hua owed a debt?
I looked at Baek San with puzzlent.
“Do you perhaps have anything you want to ask?”
Since paying off debts was better the sooner it was done, Baek San asked.
“I will tell you that when we arrive at Mount Hua.”
“…Yes, understood.”
With this, Baek San had no choice but to constantly be mindful of .
-Kukuk, what do you plan to do at Mount Hua?
The Sword Venerable asked.
‘It's simple. The goal is to change the perception that you, Sword Venerable,and the Demon Queen have built up.’
I won't be able to clear the karma accumulated by the North Sea Martial Gods all at once.
However,
‘The Nine Sects One Gang and the Five Great Clans.’
Ten sects and gangs, and five clans.
If just about eight of the total fifteen Orthodox factions change their perception, the Ice Palace might be able to confront the Demonic Cult with even the Orthodox Sects on its back.
‘The biggest obstacle is...’
It is indeed my birth.
If the news that I am the youngest son of the Demonic Cult Leader is revealed, it is certain that the Orthodox bastards will look at with colored glasses.
“Then I will head back now. Let's go, So-dong.”
“Yes, Elder.”
I smirked while watching Baek San move toward the Mount Hua Sect party with Yu So-dong.
“What do you plan to do after going to Mount Hua?”
The Divine Physician asked as if he was really curious.
“I thought of sothing I can do thanks to your token, Elder.”
“Hmm?”
“The situation is already hostile with Zhongnan. I should at least gain Mount Hua.”
If nothing else, I understood human physiology too well.
Humans had an instinct to distance themselves from beings that were not beneficial to them.
The Mount Hua Sect will definitely welco the Ice Palace.
Why?
‘Because they are hostile with Zhongnan, and it looks like if they touch the Ice Palace just a little, it will self-destruct along with Zhongnan on its own.’
Then at that ti, it was clear that Mount Hua, which had beco impoverished due to Zhongnan, could regain its past glory.
Instead, the mont that happens.
‘Mount Hua will be in the sa boat as the Ice Palace.’
I was aiming for that.
Growl-
“Oh my.”
A growling sound ca from Cheon Deung-jin’s stomach.
“Let's eat first.”
We ca out for a tour but weren't eating properly.
I thought I would treat Cheon Deung-jin and Seol Ye-rin to very delicious food when we stopped by Mount Hua.
***
Shaanxi Province, Huayin County.
As much as the Mount Hua Sect, one of the great sects of Shaanxi, was coiled up on Mount Hua.
Huayin County, the village right below Mount Hua, was bustling with crowds.
“It's the Plum Blossom Sword and the Mount Hua Five Swords.”
“What is that carriage?”
Such residents of Huayin County examined the carriage and Mount Hua martial artists entering Huayin County.
Although the population was small, if a large group passed through the street, eyes were bound to be drawn.
“Let's have Mount Hua climb up tomorrow and rest in Huayin County for today.”
I nodded at the Plum Blossom Sword, Baek San’s ssage.
Since we were together for nearly seven days, the two of us could now roughly figure out what each other was like.
When the Divine Physician directly nailed down that he was on his way to the Southern Barbarians (Namman) with the Ice Palace’s Young Palace Head, Baek San also seed to believe it.
Then, a few days ago, he also talked about the worries he had.
What was the story?
‘Zhongnan’s pressure is becoming stronger day by day.’
It was exactly what I had predicted.
If we give help to Mount Hua here, Mount Hua will turn friendly toward the Ice Palace.
‘There must be the opposite case too.’
The mont we harm Zhongnan, soone will recall the nightmare of the North Sea Martial Gods again.
I must make sure that part cannot be rembered as much as possible.
Therefore, the one stepping up this ti will be , not Seol Ye-rin.
“Ugh. Did we finally arrive?”
Riding a carriage for seven days is also hard work.
Leaving the carriage at an inn in Huayin County and securing lodging, they heard the news that the Mount Hua martial artists would continue to climb Mount Hua.
“I will remain.”
Only Yu So-dong remained with us.
“…Then I will see you tomorrow.”
We finished seeing off the Plum Blossom Sword and the Mount Hua thugs as they left for Mount Hua.
“Is it really okay to send them ahead like that?”
Plum Blossom Sword Baek San will arrive at Mount Hua and report to the Sect Leader.
That the Ice Palace’s Young Palace Head has arrived in Huayin County.
What choice will the Mount Hua Sect Leader make then?
“It will be fine. Still, just in case, go around in groups of threes and fives.”
With those words, I looked for Seol Ye-rin.
Seol Ye-rin’s eyes were sparkling upon seeing an organized market street for the first ti.
“Would you like to look around the market street a bit?”
“I think that's a good idea.”
“Can I join too?”
Cheon Deung-jin’s sparkling eyes also didn't look ordinary.
“Of course. Since we are going, let's all go together!”
Seol Ye-rin readily agreed.
I started walking the market street taking those two and even the Divine Physician.
Tae Un-seo, Wi Ji-yeong, Eun Bin and Baek Mu-yong kept their distance.
Yu So-dong followed the two groups with a bit more distance.
It was partly because it was difficult for seven people to flock around as the market street wasn't big.
And because we looked like outsiders, we didn't want to raise wariness.
“Buy Tanghulu!”
Turning the corner of the market street, a girl was selling Tanghulu, red glossy hawthorn fruits skewered and hardened with sugar.
The fragrant and sweet sll tickled Seol Ye-rin’s nose, exhausted from the seven-day forced march in the carriage.
“What is that?”
Seol Ye-rin stared at the Tanghulu with eyes full of curiosity.
It was a color and sweetness that could not be experienced in the Ice Palace.
“It is a snack of the Central Plains called Tanghulu (Sugar Fruit).”
Cheon Deung-jin explained.
“They sold sothing similar near the Potala Palace, but the Central Plains definitely seems to make it better.”
Cheon Deung-jin also had no opportunity to encounter Central Plains food since she lived in the Western Regions.
“Shall we try one each?”
The girl at the street stall held out the Tanghulu without yielding, even though she flinched for a mont at the three people's extraordinary appearance and attire.
“Hawthorn fruit Tanghulu has a taste that makes affection strong, and tangerine Tanghulu has a taste that boosts energy!”
Seol Ye-rin pointed to the red shining hawthorn Tanghulu skewer.
“Please give the hawthorn fruit one.”
“ too.”
“Here it is! You are so pretty!”
The girl at the street stall was very good at social life.
The girl handed the two reddest skewers to .
After finishing the paynt, I handed one skewer to Seol Ye-rin.
Seol Ye-rin carefully bit into the Tanghulu.
Crunch!
As the thinly coated sugar broke, a sweet and sour taste spread filling her mouth.
“It's delicious!”
Cheon Deung-jin’s eyes also sparkled at the sight of Seol Ye-rin eating the Tanghulu.
“Here it is.”
“But why are there two? What about yours, Mister?”
“Ah, I...”
“Eat this.”
Seol Ye-rin held out the Tanghulu she was eating to .
I made a troubled expression but had no choice but to bite one Tanghulu.
Crunch!
“Mmm, the taste is quite good.”
Cheon Deung-jin also bit one Tanghulu.
However, for so reason, Cheon Deung-jin felt like she could taste bitterness lted into the sweetness.
“Shall I give one to the Elder Divine Physician too?”
“I'm fine.”
The Holy Hand Divine Physician clicked his tongue and said a word from behind.
“How could this old man interfere with the affection of young people?”
Seeing such a Divine Physician, I bought a tangerine Tanghulu and handed it to him.
“They say you can regain energy, so why don't you try it?”
The Divine Physician also probably hadn't relieved his travel fatigue due to the long journey.
It didn't seem bad to refresh his mood with one sweet Tanghulu like this.
As expected, the Divine Physician did not refuse my proposal.
Crunch-
The mont he ate like that.
“Mmm.”
Certainly, the sweetness spread throughout his mouth.
“…It reminds of my granddaughter.”
“I will make sure your granddaughter also eats Tanghulu.”
A promise was a promise.
“Thank you.”
While I was smiling watching them eyeing the delicious food sold in the market street rather than looking around the market street itself.
Rumble-
From far away, the Mount Hua Sect disciples were closely watching their appearance.
Mount Hua’s second-generation disciples, Cheong Pung and Cheong Geol, were watching my group.
Although Elder Baek San and the Mount Hua thugs who went up to Mount Hua didn't know, today happened to be the day Mount Hua disciples went out to Huayin County.
“Geol-a, it's the first ti in my life I've seen such a pretty woman.”
Cheong Pung spoke.
“Are you going to approach even though there are n on both sides?”
Cheong Geol looked back at Cheong Pung with an indifferent expression.
“The fact that such a beauty appeared in Huayin County and we happened to co down to Huayin County ans it is destiny to be with that woman.”
“You already decided.”
“I don't know which sect she is from, but I don't think we will be inferior?”
“That is a natural statent.”
The Great Mount Hua Sect that dominates Shaanxi Province.
A situation where they have established themselves to so extent as second-generation disciples, not third-generation disciples.
However.
It seed they didn't even have any thoughts about the fact that they thought nothing of Taoists coveting won.
This attitude of the disciples was the reality of the current Murim, the Mount Hua Sect that pursues the Righteous Path.
“Then shall we go and at least try talking to her?”
“That much is possible.”
“Let's just figure out which sect's young mistress she is.”
The two disciples of Mount Hua began to approach Seol Ye-rin.
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