The Youngest Member of the Martial Alliance Chapter 167

Four very different people were gathered in one place.

The eunuch with a sharp impression was so thin that he looked like a green robe draped over a tree branch. He was a eunuch of the Dongchang who had co at the admiral's command.

The woman in a black silk dress with a red peony pattern was biting her lip slightly as if she had so complaint. It was Yahwa, the leader of the Beggars' Sect, who had co at Cheon Woojin's request.

"We should be able to find the Thunderclap Gate soon. But, the Dongchang and our Beggars' Sect should be enough, so was it really necessary to call that woman from the evil sect? It lowers the dignity of the place."

As the Beggar Lord said so, sparks flew from the Beggars' Sect leader's eyes. The Beggars' Sect and the Beggars' Sect were originally rivals. They were the representative organizations of the righteous and the evil that handled information, and they also had in common that they were created by people from the so-called bottom class gathering one by one.

The Beggars' Sect leader covered her red lips with her hand and said with a sneer.

"What kind of dignity does a beggar who reeks of alcohol even in a place like this care about?"

"Hoho, I'm not just a beggar, but a beggar who knows righteousness and chivalry. It's a different class from those who do anything for money like you."

The Beggars' Sect leader just looked at the Beggar Lord with a ridiculous expression and then lit a cigarette.

A verbal argunt was aningless. It was enough for the Beggars' Sect to find the Thunderclap Gate before the Beggars' Sect and the Dongchang. She was looking forward to what kind of expression that slly beggar would make then.

If that happened, from now on, Cheon Woojin would look for the Beggars' Sect before the Dongchang or the Beggars' Sect.

Of course, the other two were thinking similarly.

'To think that the Grand Tutor has been associating with such lowly things, I must show the power of the Dongchang on this occasion so that such a thing does not happen again.'

'Just because you ca from the imperial palace, you're acting so high and mighty. No matter how much you guys run wild, Woojin is closest to our Beggars' Sect.'

While such an uncomfortable silence continued for a while.

A presence was heard from outside.

"We've found it!"

The heads of the eunuch, Yahwa, and the Beggar Lord turned at the sa ti. They all desperately hoped that the person outside was their subordinate.

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Unfortunately, the information power of the three organizations was similar.

Three different pieces of information ca out.

When they were combined, they pointed to one clear area.

Cheon Woojin was satisfied, but the three were left with so regret. They had wanted to find it perfectly and show that they were superior to the other two organizations.

"You've all worked hard."

Cheon Woojin, who had said so, got up from his seat. Since he had inferred the location, all that was left was to go and have a talk with the Thunderclap Gate. It was not a very difficult mission.

The Dongchang eunuch got up and said.

"Grand Tutor, please visit the imperial palace once soon. His Majesty and the admiral often talk about you, Grand Tutor."

"Yes. At that ti, would it be okay for these two to co with ?"

The eyes of the Beggar Lord and the Beggars' Sect leader widened.

They knew well how close the Namgung family, the Mount Hua sect, and the Anhui Song family had beco to the imperial palace when Cheon Woojin had beco the Grand Tutor.

This was an opportunity.

Although the eunuch had a reluctant expression, he could not dare to object to the Grand Tutor's words, saying, 'That's a bit...'

"...Yes, please do so."

The sowhat disappointed hearts of the Beggar Lord and the Beggars' Sect leader lted like snow. Rather, their will burned even more fiercely.

If the Thunderclap Gate ran wild, the damage to the common people would be enormous. Preventing that in advance was a rather big achievent.

If they played an active role this ti, they would have one more thing to talk about when they had an audience with the emperor in the future.

Perhaps the emperor would be very pleased and would grant them a special favor or an official position!

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Xinye County, Henan Province.

Among them, a small village where only about three hundred people lived.

According to the information, the first safe house of the Thunderclap Gate was there.

Cheon Woojin entered the estate first, and the Beggars' Sect leader and the Beggar Lord followed him in turn.

"It seems they've already run away."

Cheon Woojin, who was looking around the estate, said. The two also nodded. They had been inwardly nervous, saying it was the safe house of the Thunderclap Gate. It was because the thunderclap bomb was a great device that could easily kill a master depending on its use.

The Beggars' Sect leader and the Beggar Lord, who knew this well, did not touch anything in the estate. There was a possibility that they would be caught in an explosion if they touched sothing carelessly.

Of course, there was also a person who did not worry about such a thing at all.

"What's this?"

Cheon Woojin opened a drawer, wondering if there were any traces of the Thunderclap Gate. At the sa ti, a flash of light occurred.

Bang-!

An explosion subsided. It was not a huge explosion that could destroy a building, but it was enough to blow off the face of the person who had opened the drawer.

The Beggar Lord and the Beggars' Sect leader looked at Cheon Woojin with surprised eyes.

"..."

Cheon Woojin stood still for a mont, still holding the drawer. Since he had put up his protective ki at the sa ti as the explosion, there was no damage. But he felt strange to have a fla and gunpowder suddenly hit his face.

"It seems there are thunderclap bombs installed everywhere."

Saying so, he closed the drawer, and bang.

Cheon Woojin indifferently took the explosion to his face again.

"..."

Cheon Woojin's expression was the sa as usual. He did not say anything and just started looking for more traces.

But the two leaders, who were very quick-witted, noticed that Cheon Woojin's mood had beco sowhat uncomfortable.

The Beggar Lord added.

"The Thunderclap Gate are guys who are crazy about gunpowder and explosions. Be careful."

"Yes."

Cheon Woojin nodded. In any case, there were traces of them having stayed here and there until recently. It seed that they had noticed sothing strange and had moved their safe house again.

By the ti he was thinking so, a small letter on the tea table suddenly caught his eye.

It was written there.

- Stop the pursuit.

It was a letter left in anticipation that the Martial Alliance would chase them.

"Look at this."

It was when Cheon Woojin picked up the letter to show it to the Beggar Lord and the Beggars' Sect leader.

Bang, another explosion occurred.

The two who had turned their heads, saying look at this, flinched as they saw Cheon Woojin being engulfed in the explosion.

"A-are you okay?"

"Young Master Cheon, you should stop touching things now..."

Soon, Cheon Woojin put down the letter and said.

"You two, please go outside for a mont."

Since his voice was so cool, the two left the estate without a word.

Soon, Cheon Woojin, who was left alone, raised his dark ki. He released his energy in all directions to stimulate the thunderclap bombs that might be hidden everywhere.

Pabeobeobeobeong-!

Mirrors, tea tables, teacups, drawers...

Explosions occurred simultaneously from all sorts of places.

The explosions gathered together and created a huge fla.

The hall, which could not withstand the explosion, collapsed entirely.

While the mouths of the Beggar Lord and the Beggars' Sect leader were wide open, Cheon Woojin walked out of the wreckage calmly.

"It seems there's nothing here."

"...I-it seems so."

The villagers, who were surprised by the commotion, gathered.

Among them, a middle-aged man in a red and yellow robe ca forward and acknowledged them.

"Beggar Lord, it's been a while. It's my first ti eting the Emotionless Guest."

Cheon Woojin, seeing him greeting politely, could tell at once. The nature of his energy was very fierce and flickered like a fla. He was a person of the Thunderclap Gate.

"I am Byeok Ilso, the third fire of the Thunderclap Gate."

He bowed his head and greeted. He looked like a person who was barely suppressing his explosive temperant.

He seed to know why the Chief Strategist was wary of the Thunderclap Gate. They had many similarities in temperant to the people of the Demonic Cult or the Unorthodox Path rather than the Orthodox Path.

"Where have the others gone?"

Cheon Woojin asked calmly.

Byeok Ilso looked at such a Cheon Woojin for a mont and then smacked his lips and answered.

"If it were you, would you tell ?"

"Then why did you show yourself?"

"I'm here to warn you. Don't chase us anymore. We are just people who gather with those who have similar tastes to study and research. We have no reason to get involved in a war between the demonic and the righteous."

"Did you just say a war between the demonic and the righteous?"

Byeok Ilso shut his mouth. He didn't know if it was a real slip of the tongue or if it was to show how angry they were.

However, one thing was certain: the Thunderclap Gate was now saying that they would stand against the Martial Alliance, not side by side with it.

"Anyway, I've warned you. If you really don't want to see sothing you'll regret, neither the Emotionless Guest, nor the Beggar Lord, nor anyone from the Martial Alliance should look for us."

Although his tone was polite, his gaze was provocative.

He, whose temperant was originally as hot as a thunderclap bomb, was barely suppressing his emotions and was doing his duty.

"Good. However, hand over all the thunderclap bombs and gunpowder. The Chief Strategist said he would return them after the war is over."

"The thunderclap bomb is our everything. How can we hand it over? It seems you're not getting the ssage..."

"Is that so?"

Soon, Cheon Woojin extended his hand. The distance between the two was more than ten steps. But Byeok Ilso suddenly felt that he could not control his own body.

Byeok Ilso's body floated in the air. He was being sucked into Cheon Woojin's hand in an instant.

Byeok Ilso, who had never thought that he could be pulled like this by telekinesis, was inwardly surprised. Nevertheless, as befitting the head of a sect, he responded calmly.

Byeok Ilso, who was being pulled towards Cheon Woojin, used that speed to his advantage and shot a fast finger wind.

A single finger wind rushed in at a trendous speed.

Cheon Woojin turned his head slightly to the side without blinking an eye. The finger wind grazed past his right ear.

Even though the finger wind had missed, Byeok Ilso smiled.

Soon, Cheon Woojin grabbed his neck, and Byeok Ilso was smiling with a satisfied face.

In an instant, a huge explosion occurred behind Cheon Woojin.

The finger wind was not aid at Cheon Woojin in the first place. It was aid at a certain point in the building behind him.

The explosion caused a bigger explosion. It seed that the Thunderclap Gate had installed a huge amount of thunderclap bombs throughout the village. It seed to be designed to explode in a chain reaction when certain points were hit.

The small village was instantly engulfed in flas and a flash of light.

The pupils of the Beggars' Sect leader, who was facing the explosion right in front of her, reflected the red flas. She knew almost no martial arts. She could never survive an explosion of this magnitude.

At that ti, the Beggar Lord flew his body and saved the Beggars' Sect leader. He hurriedly spread his protective ki and protected his and her entire body.

Although he despised the Beggars' Sect as a rchant of the evil sect, he could not let her die like this. He thought that a person should et a death that suited their station, and in the Beggar Lord's view, the Beggars' Sect leader was definitely not a person who would die like this.

The Beggars' Sect leader, who had saved her life under the Beggar Lord's protection, looked at the villagers in the anti. To think that she would witness the deaths of hundreds of people in a place she had followed with a light heart.

There was no possibility that the common people, who knew no martial arts at all, would survive in such an explosion.

It was then.

Cheon Woojin twisted the neck of the third fire and killed him. At the sa ti, he spread his energy wide and tried to block the explosive force. He tried to condense the explosive force and scatter it, but the range was too wide, so it was impossible.

In a short mont, Cheon Woojin made a decision. He withdrew his energy and swung his Crane Feather Fan. The white whirlwind that started from there spread in all directions, pushing away all the flas and energy.

It was sothing that had happened in that short mont, where ti was split, split, and split again.

As a result, the huge explosion was pushed out of the village before it could exert its full force. Thanks to that, the mountains surrounding the village began to catch fire, but the village was fine.

The closer people were to Cheon Woojin, the safer they were from the influence of the explosion. However, among those at the edge of the village, so had their skin burned and suffered burns.

It was a blessing in disguise that they had saved their lives, but in any case, it was a bolt from the blue for them.

Cheon Woojin's gaze, which was looking at the body of the third fire, sank low like a deep lake.

"...They'd go this far."

The Beggars' Sect leader, who had approached, caught her breath and said.

"This is a warning. A warning that if you keep chasing them, you don't know what they'll do next."

If they were crazy guys who would cause such an explosion in the middle of a village where common people lived, next ti they could throw a thunderclap bomb at a bigger city or even the Martial Alliance or the imperial palace.

"Then we have to catch them even more. If such guys fight on the side of the Demonic Cult, there will be great damage."

Cheon Woojin, who had said so, approached the Beggar Lord, who was looking after the injured common people.

"They blew up a thunderclap bomb in a perfectly fine village and injured many people. Perhaps everyone who was here could have died. Beggar Lord, please go to the Alliance at once and put the Thunderclap Gate on the list of public enemies of the martial world. I will take care of the Thunderclap Gate."

The Beggar Lord looked at such a Cheon Woojin for a mont and then nodded. Although he was sowhat worried, if it was the Cheon Woojin he had shown so far, he was not a person who would be defeated by the likes of the Thunderclap Gate.

"I understand. Just as I put the Poisonous Hand on the list of public enemies, I will do the sa for the Thunderclap Gate."

Soon, the Beggar Lord perford his movent technique and left for the Martial Alliance. If the Thunderclap Gate beca a public enemy of the martial world, from now on, Cheon Woojin's actions would not be a massacre, but a just subjugation.

"Are you really going to face the Thunderclap Gate alone? Seeing them now, they are crazier than I imagined, so I'm a little worried. And seeing that they said a war between the demonic and the righteous, there's a possibility that they have already joined hands with the Demonic Cult. Perhaps the masters of the Demonic Cult are waiting for Young Master Cheon."

"It won't take long."

Cheon Woojin said nonchalantly.

At that sight, the Beggars' Sect leader recalled soone she was familiar with.

"To be honest, I'm scared, so I don't have the confidence to go with you. I almost died just now."

"Yes, seeing what they do, it seems better to be alone."

Cheon Woojin, who had said so, took a step.

One step, two steps...

He stopped in his place before he could even take three steps.

Cheon Woojin turned around and asked.

"But where should I go?"

"...Let's just go together."

The Beggars' Sect leader let out a deep sigh.

(End of Chapter)