Chapter 74 : New Recruit
“Can you join forces with Mount Hua and drive away the Zhongnan Sect?”
What I wanted to say was being said beforehand at Mount Hua.
Including the backstory regarding Yu So-dong.
It was a very secular, very human story of a Taoist filled with resentnt and anger.
And even the opportunity that led to the current Mount Hua.
-Kukuk, you are lucky.
-For an Orthodox sect to reach out to the Ice Palace first like this. A lot of ti has passed indeed.
The Demon Queen seed unable to understand the words of joining forces with Mount Hua at all.
“That was also sothing we wanted to ask of Mount Hua.”
The Ice Palace also couldn't speak directly about the current situation.
So, for now, we had to put forward conditions that each other could offer and judge whether we could grant them.
“Is that true?”
“Instead.”
‘Just, one thing.’
There was one more thing to ask of Mount Hua.
“Elder Baek.”
“Yes?”
“The token.”
At the word token, Hyeon Cheon-jin-in’s eyes flashed.
“Betting on Elder Baek’s neck, I hope Mount Hua will also do its best to change the perception of the Ice Palace in the Central Plains.”
Elder Baek unknowingly stepped forward to receive the token.
“If you agree to this matter, the Ice Palace will help check Zhongnan together with Mount Hua.”
Seol Ye-rin’s voice wrapped around Baek San.
“Then will you tell us what we need to do?”
Crackle-
“Although what we are confident in is freezing things.”
At Seol Ye-rin’s overflowing confidence, Hyeon Cheon-jin-in nodded.
***
At the ti when my group was eting with the Mount Hua Sect Leader.
Mount Hua’s expelled disciple, Yu So-dong, had secretly slipped out of that place and was sitting down.
The painful story about his master's death.
The story after being kicked out by the Taoist.
His head beca complicated.
‘It is impossible to revive the inn.’
After his master died, he received help and ran the inn, but only lethargy remained.
However, to think that Mount Hua, which his master loved, was in this state.
He ca to his senses.
Money, he must earn money.
As soone who cannot emit the plum blossom scent, he must gather money to embroider flowers on Mount Hua more fiercely than anyone else.
‘I thought I was the only one who could raise the failing Mount Hua.’
Although he was the head disciple of the most renowned Scholar Taoist, he couldn't save his master, nor could he utilize his talent well for Mount Hua.
When he was educated by his master, his master used to always tell him that if he ever had to descend the mountain, he must do business.
That he had the head for it.
However, he spent ti guarding a secluded inn in an alienated place for quite a long ti.
He shouldn't have done that.
“I heard you ruined the inn and ca back?”
Mount Hua’s third-generation disciples flocked to the lodging where Yu So-dong was staying.
“Senior brothers.”
“Who is your senior brother?”
He thought they had changed a bit, but upon returning to Mount Hua, it seed Senior Brother Un-sang and the other senior brothers had returned to their original selves.
“Say whatever you want. I am tired of talking anymore.”
Yu So-dong left those words and ca outside.
“That, that bastard!”
Yu So-dong, who ca outside, began to walk aimlessly.
It clearly felt like he returned ho, but now it felt like soone else's house.
Then.
“If we leave Mount Hua, it's faster to go directly to Hubei!”
“Isn't it better to go via Sichuan?”
“To see Dongting Lake, we have to go down to Hunan through Hubei!”
He discovered the Ice Palace escorts gathered together.
“What are you doing here?”
“Ah, hello.”
It was Wi Ji-yeong, Baek Mu-yong, and Tae Un-seo who were having a conversation.
“We were discussing the next schedule.”
“By next schedule, what schedule do you an?”
“Thanks to the Elder’s invitation, we were able to stop by Mount Hua, but actually, we are out on a tour. The Young Palace Head said she wanted to see Dongting Lake.”
“Then wouldn't the path going down to Hunan through Hubei be good?”
“See!”
Wi Ji-yeong, elated by Yu So-dong’s support, put her hands on her waist.
Baek Mu-yong muttered as if regretting it for no reason.
“Ahem, I thought it would be okay to go via Sichuan.”
“If you wanted to eat Sichuan cuisine, I will make it for you.”
When Tae Un-seo added a word.
“Ah, no. I think it would be okay to just go via Hubei.”
Baek Mu-yong expressed disapproval.
“A tour... I envy you. If such a large group moves, the expenses won't be easy, but does the Ice Palace have a lot of money?”
“Pardon?”
At Yu So-dong’s question, Wi Ji-yeong looked around.
“This is a secret.”
“Hmm?”
“Our Young Master is very rich.”
“Rich...? Not the Young Palace Head?”
“Yes.”
“Wi Ji-yeong, you shouldn't boast about money.”
“Ah.”
At Baek Mu-yong’s pointing out, Wi Ji-yeong shut her mouth.
“Please pretend you didn't hear what was just said.”
Yu So-dong, who pondered for a mont, looked at Tae Un-seo who was sharpening a kitchen knife.
“By the way, is that young hero a chef?”
“That's right. Since we are traveling, there are quite a lot of occasions where we have to cook and eat.”
“What about you, Young Mistress?”
“I was originally the Young Master’s maid.”
Yu So-dong had witnessed all three people using martial arts.
A maid origin who handles daggers well.
An escort who cuts enemies and cooks with a kitchen knife.
Even a build that looks like he could block with his body to protect the Young Palace Head.
Furthermore.
‘The bald Vice Captain was a master of stealth.’
Yu So-dong, who pondered for a mont, spoke.
“Do you perhaps not need a waiter who is good at cleaning, laundry, and other things?”
“Pardon?”
At Yu So-dong’s one word, the three people who were listening quietly opened their eyes wide.
***
At the ti when my group was having a conversation with the Sect Leader at Mount Hua.
Shaanxi Province, Mount Zhongnan.
The Zhongnan Sect Leader, Jeon Si-hwan, realized the fact that the Elder, Byeok Ra-jung, who went to occupy Yulin City, had been out of contact for a few days.
And,
Flutter-
A carrier pigeon flew in.
Jeon Si-hwan, who checked that carrier pigeon, hardened his expression.
“…Annihilation?”
It doesn't make sense.
Judging that Mount Hua couldn't possibly have that much potential left, he read further down the carrier pigeon.
“Ah.”
As expected.
“Ice Palace.”
It says they discovered disciples turned into ice statues.
It is news that they were defeated by the North Sea Ice Palace.
The inn is also in a semi-destroyed state.
They couldn't catch Mount Hua, but instead, they harvested sothing else.
“The Ice Palace has infiltrated Shaanxi.”
The mont this fact is conveyed to the Murim Alliance, Shaanxi will turn into a strategic key point, and they will receive various support from the Alliance.
“Right now, even that support is a necessary situation.”
Thinking that the Orthodox-Unorthodox Great War with the Saphaeryeon might break out, too much of the sect's money was invested into the Alliance.
In return, the sect mbers living in the Alliance were affluent, but the sects that were not had to tighten their belts.
“Wait.”
Thinking about it, it seed if he wove this well, he could make the Zhongnan Sect the sole hegemon of Shaanxi.
The fact that the personnel including the Zhongnan Elder were caught attacking the Yulin Inn ant he also had to consider the opposite case.
“It will be a fight of who attacks the opponent faster, General Manager!”
“Yes, Sect Leader!”
“Right now, dispatch martial artists to Mount Hua!”
“Pardon? To Mount Hua?”
“It is war! We must sohow drive the narrative that the Ice Palace joined forces with Mount Hua and struck Zhongnan!”
The Zhongnan Sect began to get busy.
***
The talk went smoothly.
I, Seol Ye-rin, Cheon Deung-jin, and the Divine Physician shared a bit more conversation regarding Zhongnan and ca out of the Sect Leader's office.
“It seems we deviated from the originally intended purpose of the tour, but.”
“I support the Third Young Master’s opinion. Since we are going to the Southern Barbarians anyway, wouldn't it be good to create sects friendly to the Ice Palace?”
“Since it was a bit awkward to talk about Potala Palace, I didn't ntion it.”
“You did well. Because there is no need to necessarily inform them that the Outer Region Murim is coming deep into the Central Plains.”
I, who was listening to the three people’s conversation, spoke.
“I think there are pros and cons. We cannot say that Mount Hua turned to our side due to this matter because, in the end, Mount Hua is a sect representing the Jianghu.”
“That is true.”
“They will be able to discard us anyti if they have justification. And the fact that we arrived in Shaanxi will now be conveyed to the Murim Alliance too.”
It is true that the burden of risk has increased.
Because if rumors spread that the North Sea Ice Palace Young Palace Head is touring the Jianghu, there was a possibility that those holding grudges against the Ice Palace and those wanting to see the Young Palace Head would flock in.
“Even so, the Captain must have thought this thod was the safest, right?”
“Of course. We will be visiting places where Orthodox sects are a bit more in the future, and at that ti, we beca able to sell Mount Hua’s na, haven't we?”
While traveling without hiding our identity, if we wanted to travel confidently, we needed to make many friendly sects.
“Is Zhongnan… completely excluded?”
“I think we already crossed an irreversible river.”
“That is true, but.”
“Where did the Small Snow Squad go?”
At my one word,
“It is over there.”
Eun Bin, who was in stealth, revealed himself.
Eun Bin was protecting the Young Palace Head as if he was Seol Ye-rin’s personal escort.
“Guide us. It seems we need to discuss the future schedule.”
“Captain. However, a special matter has arisen.”
“Special matter?”
Moving while receiving Eun Bin’s report, we could discover Yu So-dong with the Small Snow Squad.
“Why is the owner of Yulin Inn here?”
“That...”
“Hello, Young Palace Head. I am Mount Hua’s expelled disciple, Yu So-dong.”
“Ah, yes.”
At Yu So-dong’s appearance suddenly introducing himself to the Young Palace Head, everyone tilted their heads.
“I want to enlist in the Small Snow Squad.”
“......Yes?”
Naturally, Seol Ye-rin’s gaze turned to .
And I turned my gaze to Wi Ji-yeong.
“That… Young Palace Head. Do you perhaps not need a person who is good at cleaning and laundry?”
“…Did you volunteer to enlist even knowing we are from the Ice Palace?”
“Yes, that is correct.”
Because of what?
My gaze turned to Wi Ji-yeong.
-I'm sorry. When I told Young Hero Yu that the Young Master has a lot of money...
I, having heard Wi Ji-yeong’s telepathic ssage, began to examine Yu So-dong.
I don't know well about Yu So-dong except that he is from the Mount Hua Sect disciples, can run an inn, and is bright with calculations.
However,
‘If I take Yu So-dong along, I can show off my friendship with Mount Hua.’
The problem is the fact that the Small Snow Squad is a unit escorting the Young Palace Head, Seol Ye-rin.
I couldn't accept him as a Small Snow Squad mber simply because he was good at cleaning and laundry.
I, who slowly approached Yu So-dong, began to examine Yu So-dong’s muscles and bones.
“Hmm?”
Then I discovered a peculiar point.
“Are you perhaps not free in the operation of your inner qi?”
“Pardon? How did you...”
“…Do you often hear that you are weak usually?”
“…That is correct.”
Why didn't I recognize this from the beginning?
‘Elders, did you know?’
-Hmm?
-Are you asking if we knew he was a child suffering from Severed ridians?
The Demon Queen seed to have known.
‘Yes.’
-It is the Three Yin Severed ridians. I thought you had noticed. Kukuk, did you not know?
I felt that my observational skills were still very lacking.
I, having confird that Yu So-dong had the Three Yin Severed ridians, looked back at Seol Ye-rin.
“New recruit, may I hire him, Young Palace Head?”
“That is up to the Captain’s discretion.”
“Are, are you really doing that for !”
At Yu So-dong’s appearance making a moved expression, I smiled.
I didn't expect to et a possessor of the Three Yin Severed ridians in a place like this.
Although he wouldn't be able to unfold martial arts properly right now.
‘If the Severed ridians is cured, he will be reborn as an excellent recruit.’
A talent to be in charge of the Small Snow Squad’s cleaning and laundry had newly entered.
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