Chapter 97 : Diancang
After the trip to Namman was decided and before departing from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan, to Namman.
Since Seong Sang-ah had only just woken up, she needed to restore her health.
Samchil Ogolgye-tang (Three-Seven Black Chicken Soup), a health food made by boiling black chicken thoroughly with Sanqi, a special dicinal herb of Yunnan, began to boil in the inn.
Soon, the black chicken soup was served to each table.
"I will eat well."
"Thank you for the food!"
The black chicken soup was a dish I specially requested from the inn owner.
Isn't this the charm of travel?
Traveling to each region, stopping by famous restaurants, and eating the local specialties.
This too was a part of life.
Bubble bubble.
"It's hot, so please eat carefully."
"I... understand."
Sniff sniff.
Unable to endure the fragrant sll any longer, Mu-yeong scooped up a whole black chicken along with the broth and put it in his mouth.
"Aho-a-"
"It's hot, right?"
"It's... delish."
"That's a relief."
Wi Ji-yeong stuck close to Mu-yeong and started eating the black chicken soup with the Small Snow Squad mbers.
"How is it? Does it suit your taste?"
"Thank you. It's so delicious."
"I think I can sweat it all out. Thank you."
Seong Sang-ah and Seong I-han also ate the black chicken soup deliciously.
"Are you not eating?"
"I think it will be slightly hot."
"Shall I cool it down for you?"
When Seol Ye-rin slightly touched the black chicken soup, with a chiiik sound, the soup was seen cooling down in an instant.
"Huh? Didn't you cool it down too much?"
Cheon Deung-jin saw that and spoke.
"Then I can just boil it again."
As I touched it, it started boiling again.
"Please don't play with food!"
Han Seol-bi shouted.
"You two look very good together."
Seeing that sight, Seong Sang-ah spoke.
"Haha, is that so?"
Unlike , who accepted it calmly, Seol Ye-rin buried her face in the black chicken soup and didn't say anything.
"I think it will be perfect if we eat this and depart."
Having decided to strike the Poison Palace of the Southern Barbarians, we talked a lot with the Divine Physician and Miss Seong all night long.
The climate of Namman, the military power of the Poison Palace, etc.
We also talked about tactics when the few face the many.
Thinking about that.
'It's not like we're the only ones who need to attack the Poison Palace.'
We witnessed firsthand that the Poison Palace moved to work on Guizhou.
And Guizhou is a place one can only reach by passing through Yunnan.
That ans the Poison Palace's poison n might already be spread all over Yunnan.
If that really is the situation.
'There is one sect that wouldn't be pleased with this situation right now.'
Diancang Sect.
Although it is not a sect included in the Nine Sects One Gang, I knew that at least in Yunnan, the Diancang Sect's influence was strong.
I thought it would be necessary to investigate what happened.
Slurp!
First, completely empty the black chicken soup.
While we were all enjoying lunch deliciously like that.
"Welco!"
Guests entered the inn.
"Huh?"
Speak of the tiger and it appears.
Martial artists of the Diancang Sect, wearing martial arts uniforms with 'Diancang' clearly engraved on them, visited the inn.
***
"Welco. You must be from Diancang. You can sit wherever you want!"
As they entered the inn, the waiter welcod the disciples of Diancang.
"Eldest Senior Brother, where would you like to sit?"
"Let's sit in a corner seat."
"Yes."
Baek Ri-geuk, the Eldest Senior Brother of the Diancang Sect's second-generation disciples, scanned the faces of the custors eating inside the inn and took a seat at a corner table.
Centering on Baek Ri-geuk, three disciples sat around in a circle.
"Junior Brother, did you see just now?"
"Yes, I saw."
"What did you see?"
"I saw incredible beauty."
"Right, no, not that!"
"Quiet."
Eldest Senior Brother Baek Ri-geuk sent telepathy to the Diancang second-generation disciples, Yu Bi, Seok Jeong, and Dan Cheong respectively.
–I see suspicious guys eating in a group.
–Shall I find out who they are?
–They don't seem like Poison Palace bastards.
–It is strange for outsiders to visit Yunnan in a situation like now.
–Didn't everyone cross over to Hubei because the Murim Tournant is being held right now?
The disciples' words are correct.
There are more than one or two suspicious points.
First.
'Why are there so many won?'
It's absolutely not because I'm envious.
At the table where they were eating with an old man with a white beard, except for two handso n, one with a slender build and one with a sturdy build, all the mbers looked like won.
The person sitting at the next table explaining how to eat black chicken soup to a child was also a woman.
–Shall we check?
–How?
–Wouldn't we get the answer right away if we ask the waiter?
–That is true.
When the Elder Brother's permission fell, the Diancang second-generation disciple, Yu Bi, called the waiter.
"Waiter."
"Yes."
"Have you not seen any suspicious people in this vicinity?"
"If you say suspicious people..."
"Like poison n from the Poison Palace."
"Or, like those people..."
As the Diancang Sect disciples pointed to the table where I was eating.
"Ah, those people are not suspicious people."
The waiter waved his hand.
"This is a secret. Those people are from the Ice Palace."
"Ice Palace?"
"So they are suspicious people."
"Ah, no. They did shout 'Down with the Poison Palace' yesterday, but they don't look like suspicious people."
"Down with the Poison Palace?"
"...They shouted that?"
"Yes. They shouted it on the second floor, but it could be heard down to the first floor."
"And as you can see, from a grandfather to a child, everyone is there, so they don't look suspicious, do they?"
That point is the most suspicious.
From old tis, there was such a maxim in Murim.
Beware of old n, children, and won.
–There is an old man, a child, and won all together!
–Very suspicious!
–If it's the Ice Palace, it ans they ca from the Outer Regions; are they planning sothing in Yunnan in cahoots with the Poison Palace of the Southern Barbarians...
"Hello?"
"Ah, yes?"
The Diancang Sect disciples, who were having a heated discussion via telepathy without even ordering food, were flustered by the sudden greeting of the black-haired man.
"It seems you haven't eaten yet. We asked the inn to boil black chicken soup earlier; if you are hungry, order four bowls of black chicken soup. We will cover the cost. You look like martial artists of Diancang; I heard that if one visits Yunnan, one must stop by the Diancang Sect."
"Ah, yes."
"It's not just 'yes'!"
Baek Ri-geuk hurriedly stood up and clasped his hands towards the man.
"I am Baek Ri-geuk, the Eldest Senior Brother of the Diancang Sect's second-generation disciples. We will eat the food you treated us to well!"
"Thank you for the food!"
At the Eldest Senior Brother's action, the other disciples also hurriedly clasped their hands.
"By the way, who told you such a thing?"
Baek Ri-geuk's eyes sharply scanned the black-haired man.
The man smiled and said.
"I heard it from the Mount Hua Sect."
"Ah! From Mount Hua... are you saying?"
"Yes, I am Hyeokryeon Yeom of the Ice Palace. By chance opportunity, I ford a good connection with Elder Baek San, the Plum Blossom Sword of Mount Hua, and he said it would be good to stop by Diancang while traveling. However, seeing people from Diancang just in ti, I ca to greet you despite my shalessness."
"Ah- so you have a connection with the Master Plum Blossom Sword."
Baek Ri-geuk started rolling his eyes.
Because there was a significant difference in seniority.
He didn't know what position Hyeokryeon Yeom held in the Ice Palace, but if he was on brotherly terms with an Elder, they couldn't say anything.
–Eldest Senior Brother, Poison Palace! Ask about the Poison Palace!
At that mont, Yu Bi sent a telepathic ssage.
It was very good advice as he had nothing to say just then.
"Excuse for asking, but while stopping by for a al during our patrol, we heard sothing strange from the waiter. He said you shouted 'Down with the Poison Palace'... Could you explain the circumstances?"
***
'They took the bait.'
The mont the Diancang second-generation disciples entered the inn, I decided to use three tricks.
The first was sending a telepathic ssage to the waiter.
I would provide a small reward, so if the Diancang martial artists asked about us, tell them we are from the Ice Palace and shouted 'Down with the Poison Palace'.
The waiter nodded quickly, catching on.
If this happens, they will show interest in us through the information received from the waiter.
Then, if I use the second trick, the ga is over; we could beco guanxi.
That second trick is precisely.
'Free food.'
There is no one who dislikes free food.
Furthermore, Yunnan is a border region.
Where would a border sect have financial leeway?
A bowl of black chicken soup that they couldn't usually eat would be enough.
"Thank you for the food!"
The gaze looking at a suspicious person changed to a favorable one.
Plus, as the finishing touch.
"Ford a connection with the Plum Blossom Sword."
By highlighting the point that I am a guanxi of a guanxi called the Mount Hua Sect, we have now completely beco the sa side.
"...He said you shouted 'Down with the Poison Palace'... Could you explain the circumstances?"
Explaining the circumstances wasn't difficult.
Because I aid for this from the start.
I told Diancang about what happened to the Divine Physician and his granddaughter, completely leaving out what happened in Guizhou.
A situation where I had already sought the understanding of the two people.
–Elder Divine Physician, is there anyone in Diancang who received a token?
–There is one, but he won't be much help.
–Who is it?
–You just have to say Azure Mountain Gentleman.
"Oh my... you must have suffered a lot of heartache."
"So that was why you said you would overthrow the Poison Palace..."
"Diancang also suffered so damage because of the Poison Palace, right?"
"That is..."
Just as Baek Ri-geuk was speaking, the disciple introduced as Yu Bi changed the subject.
"The black chicken soup seems to be cooling down."
"Ah, please have your al."
It felt like he cut him off to prevent him from saying things that shouldn't be said.
Then this is really the last one.
"Is the Azure Mountain Gentleman currently in Diancang by any chance?"
"H-how does the Young Master know our Sect Leader's forr alias...?"
"Ah, so it was the current Sect Leader's forr alias."
Glancing back at the Divine Physician, it seed he didn't know either.
As expected, it was good to ask.
If the owner of the token is the current Sect Leader of Diancang.
'I hit the jackpot.'
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