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Chapter 169
Chapter 169. A Sea of Blood Spreading through Sichuan (5)
‘Somehow, the atmosphere is turning strange.’
Cheol Sun-jik’s gaze lowered slightly as he watched the Victory Tiger Hall and Jin So-un.
Was it from Jingzhou onward?
Jin So-un, who had been no more than a nominal commander, was now personally commanding a unit of over one hundred before anyone realized it.
Е n̄ ùma
Gu Jeong-ryong, the Hall Master, had now stepped back and was following Jin So-un’s orders.
If one was a Murim Academy student, everyone had experience following orders while taking the Regular Exam, but what mattered was that the current personnel belonged to the Victory Tiger Hall.
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The martial organization was evaluated as the strongest in the Murim Alliance.
The Azure Dragon Pavilion.
And among them, the strike force was created solely for preemptive attacks.
The Victory Tiger Hall.
W̌ еb̀ n̆ov еl_ Eǹ ǔm а
Their ability was one thing, but due to the nature of the organization, their roughness was enough to make most wanderers step aside.
For some reason, this rough organization, where it was said even a direct disciple of Shaolin Temple entered and came out as a thug, was following Jin So-un’s orders quite obediently.
No, beyond that, the Victory Tiger Hall members were asking Jin So-un directly without going through Gu Jeong-ryong.
“Representative Jin! They say there’s a Mountain Stronghold blocking the road ahead?”
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Jin So-un also answered as though it were only natural.
“It is a Mountain Stronghold that has not been around for long. We will simply break through.”
Ë n̆ ŭm̃ а..і d
“Come on, even so, it’s still a Mountain Stronghold in its own way. We should pay the toll and pass.”
The Victory Tiger Hall, a strike force of the Murim Alliance, paying a toll…….
Since when had the Victory Tiger Hall done escort work?
The absurd words were full of intent to test Jin So-un, the commander.
“If you are scared, fall back. Our Taeul Sect will break through.”
“Now, now, if you do that, we’ll have no choice but to join in anyway, won’t we? Instead of that, how about increasing the wine you give us every night from one bottle to two?”
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Perhaps, since he had treated them with money until now, it was a natural demand.
Cheol Sun-jik knew because he had experienced the same thing.
‘That is why one should not flaunt wealth carelessly before others.’
The authority acknowledged in murim was ultimately not money, but martial strength.
To those who had risen to become members of the Murim Alliance’s Victory Tiger Hall through their own skill alone, Jin So-un, who flaunted money, could only look like an inexperienced young master from a rich family.
Moreover, had Jin So-un not been treating them through Wang Geum-san’s goodwill rather than his own wealth?
Е̊n̂ ũm̌а
To those as hardened in the Jianghu as the Victory Tiger Hall members, this entire situation must have seemed laughable.
“Bandits spotted ahead!”
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At the shout of the Victory Tiger Hall member who had gone ahead, the hall member who had been talking with Jin So-un urged him.
“What will you do? It looks like you have to decide quickly.”
The other Victory Tiger Hall members also seemed to have felt the wine had been insufficient until now, and all listened to Jin So-un and the hall member’s conversation with expectant expressions.
Jin So-un looked at the Victory Tiger Hall member and gave a faint laugh.
W_е̂ bn.o̊vе l̆ Е ǹüḿ ă
“I have treated you with great courtesy because I heard you were the strongest in the Murim Alliance, but you want to pay a toll because you are afraid of one newly formed Mountain Stronghold?”
At some point, Jin So-un’s gaze had become firm.
“From now on, we will change horses at horse stations and sleep at Murim Alliance branches.”
“Huh?”
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This was not how it was supposed to go.
Panic appeared on the hall member’s face.
Е̊ń u m̀а̀ .íd
But before he could even fix the situation, Jin So-un acted first.
“Disciples of the Taeul Sect, forward!”
“Yes, sir!”
The Gold-Silver-Copper Brothers took their places at the front, and behind them stood Hong Sa-ryeon, Namgung Seon-hwa, and Seong Mo-ran.
Jin So-un drew his sword and spoke to the Victory Tiger Hall members.
“Everyone, please absolutely do not step forward. If you step forward, I will have to let you sleep at ‘luxurious and comfortable’ inns too.”
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With those words, Jin So-un began running forward.
Then the ones who began to grow urgent were the Victory Tiger Hall members.
Curses burst out here and there.
“No, fuck! Hey, you bastard! Why did you have to run your mouth with useless nonsense!”
“That bastard’s mouth is always the problem. Someone knock that bastard’s teeth out!”
“…….”
W̄ е b̄ n.оv̌е̃l̆ Е ṅ ům̄ а̄
The hall member who had received the full expectations of the other Victory Tiger Hall members until just a moment ago became a traitor in an instant, and the Victory Tiger Hall members, worried they might end up sleeping at a branch, began charging at the bandits after overtaking the Taeul Sect disciples.
“Stop! This is Akju Stronghold’s terri…… Huh?”
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Panic appeared on the faces of the bandits standing in the road.
Among the Victory Tiger Hall members, there were even some who kicked off from their horses and leaped up to charge directly at the bandits because their horses could not move forward, blocked by those ahead.
“These bastards do not even know the basics of banditry!”
“You bastards! If you saw the Murim Alliance flag, you should have run away quickly! Why are you standing your ground?”
W̄.е̃b no v̂еĺ Еnú m а̃
“Hey! Leave one for me! I do not want to sleep at a branch!”
Every time the Victory Tiger Hall members displayed a move, two or three bandits collapsed.
When ten men fell to the ground in the blink of an eye, the bandits finally came to their senses and began fleeing in haste.
In the end, by the time the Taeul Sect disciples and Jin So-un arrived, the road had already been completely opened.
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“Representative Jin, we opened it up quite cleanly. Do not mind what that idiot said earlier. We will keep opening the way from now on.”
Jin So-un nodded and spoke.
Ē n ũ m̄а
“As expected, you possess skill beyond what I expected.”
“Who are we? Are we not the Victory Tiger Hall, the strongest strike force in the Murim Alliance?”
“Then it should be all right to raise our speed even more from now on, yes?”
“…….”
They were already moving at a speed where the horses would collapse from exhaustion after running for a day, and he wanted to run even faster from here?
“Or is this, after all, only about the level I thought you possessed?”
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Jin So-un’s face was full of dissatisfaction.
It was an expression that said, ‘You dared to challenge me with only this much?’
“Haha! Haha! Is that not obvious? We were already feeling frustrated because our speed has been slow until now.”
Only then did Jin So-un nod in satisfaction.
“Let us hurry. The faster you run, the more your rest time will increase, will it not?”
The Victory Tiger Hall members all glared at the hall member who had challenged Jin So-un as though they wanted to kill him.
Е̃ ṅüm̃ а̌
‘He is seasoned.’
Watching the series of events, Cheol Sun-jik inwardly let out a sigh of admiration.
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And it seemed Cheol Sun-jik was not the only one who was surprised.
Nam Hwa-seong quietly stepped forward and spoke to Cheol Sun-jik.
“Brother Cheol, does it not seem like the atmosphere is turning strange somehow?”
“……It seems he has a seasoned side that does not match his age.”
W̊е̄ b̂ nо̂ v́е̄ l Ĕn̈ uḿ.а̊
Another member of the Twelve Peak Citadels added his words.
“He is like an adult child.”
Indeed, it was hard to see him as someone who had only just passed twenty, given how seasoned he was.
After all, relationships between people were not determined only by absolute martial strength or wealth.
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The series of processes by which one saw through and grasped the opponent’s schemes, then dominated and led them, was not something one could learn through whether one’s comprehension was good or bad.
What mattered was purely experience.
Е̌ ṅ ŭ mä. їd̀
Only after experience accumulated layer by layer could true authority emerge.
In that sense, even though Jin So-un had been born in the poor environment of the Taeul Sect, for some reason, he possessed authority.
“He has excellent qualities as a puppet.”
It had been so during the Regular Exam as well, but he truly was a desirable existence.
That was why he needed the Twelve Peak Citadels.
If Jin So-un were tied to the string called the Twelve Peak Citadels and shown to the public, the people would surely cheer.
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Of course, the one moving that string would be Cheol Sun-jik himself.
By meeting a master called him, Jin So-un would be able to stand tall in the Murim Alliance beyond the position of academy representative.
Perhaps he might even become the new light of their generation, which had been overshadowed by Yong So-ah and Il-myeong…….
“Khehehe.”
Seeing Jin So-un’s unexpected true face made laughter burst out.
At that moment, Jin So-un suddenly turned his head and looked this way.
Е̃n̂ ůḿа̇ .і̀ d̂
“Academy Student Cheol Sun-jik! Is that all the speed you can make?! What are you grinning about?”
Cheol Sun-jik wiped the smile from his lips and became serious.
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He was not the only one who had been talking. It had been the entire Twelve Peak Citadels.
So why had Jin So-un picked him out alone?
Thinking that with an incredulous expression, he looked around…….
Nam Hwa-seong and the other members of the Twelve Peak Citadels were already running far ahead.
Wе_b̆n̂ o̊v éĺ Е́n̈ u m̂ а̃
What? When did they run all the way over there?
When Cheol Sun-jik looked at Jin So-un with a flustered expression.
“Yes! I am talking about you, Cheol Sun-jik! Are you not going to speed up quickly? Do you want to sleep at a branch?”
“…….”
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At that moment, Nam Hwa-seong added his words.
“Brother Cheol! Run a bit faster. We keep getting cursed at because of you, Brother Cheol.”
Е̌ n̄_ümа̄ .і̇ d
“…….”
No, were you not the one who spoke first!
“……Grit.”
Cheol Sun-jik clenched his teeth and pulled the reins even harder.
‘I was the idiot for having expectations.’
The groups divided into five all went through Mount Emei and looked around Mount Ming and Mount Qingcheng. There was even a group that stopped by Nine Dragons Valley before moving.
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Their number was smaller than in my past life, yet they had still spread in every direction.
Since they were composed only of disciples of the Nine Sects and One Gang and the disciples of their subordinate sects, their speed was also absurdly fast. By the time the information sent by Hao Gate arrived, their locations had already changed again, so the information was all over the place.
Since they had stirred up Sichuan like this, there was no way the Corpse Mountain Blood Cult bastards, who had set up a spiderweb, could fail to notice.
It was truly a situation where the trap that swallowed people might activate at any moment.
“We run faster!”
“Huff! Huff! Huff!”
W еb̄n̈оv̆ е l̇ Е̂ n u ḿ а̃
“Eldest Senior Brother, we have to stop soon. At this rate, everyone will die……!”
“The Victory Tiger Hall people have not said a word for several hours now either.”
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I had tried to come without exhausting them as much as possible, but because we had moved so quickly, everyone was filled with fatigue.
Setting my party and the Twelve Peak Citadels aside, the Victory Tiger Hall became tired more easily than the others because they basically carried battle supplies and provisions with them.
To begin with, if it had not been for the Victory Tiger Hall, moving safely itself would have been impossible.
“Chengdu, Sichuan, is soon. Let us go a little more slowly.”
Ên̄_ǔḿ a. ї d̊_
When even Namgung Seon-hwa said that with a worried face, I could not drive them any harder.
‘What should I do?’
Considering the time, no matter how quickly we ran from here, some of the groups would end up encountering the Corpse Mountain Blood Cult.
If we all moved together, we might fail to properly prevent damage that could have been prevented.
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In the end, the only path I could choose here was for us to move like they had.
“The Victory Tiger Hall should finish reorganizing in Chengdu, then move.”
Е̇ n̆_ú mã
If the Victory Tiger Hall, which had to execute the Mantongbu’s order, collapsed one after another in front of the Elder Council, let alone the Corpse Mountain Blood Cult, then there would have been no point dragging them all the way here.
“I thought I might die if we kept going like this.”
“This is the first time in my life I have moved this hard.”
“My backside is completely chafed.”
The Victory Tiger Hall members each took a breath.
I looked at my party and Cheol Sun-jik and spoke.
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“While the Victory Tiger Hall reorganizes, the Twelve Peak Citadels and we will divide into five groups and move by confirming the Righteous Path Association’s personnel while exchanging messages.”
At my explanation, Cheol Sun-jik tilted his head.
“Representative Jin, what exactly is the purpose of this event?”
“To stop the event and have them return to Chengdu.”
“With only us?”
Right now, Elders were accompanying the Righteous Path Association’s event.
Е n ũm а́
Unless someone on the level of the Victory Tiger Hall stepped forward, they would not move easily.
“In that case, would it not be better for us to move together with the Victory Tiger Hall?”
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Cheol Sun-jik subtly furrowed his brow and continued speaking.
“What use is there in going ahead by ourselves and delivering an order that will not be carried out anyway?”
“If the Righteous Path Association refuses to listen until the end, we will have only two people return.”
At my words, the faces of Cheol Sun-jik and the other Twelve Peak Citadels members stiffened.
Ŵ е̃ b̃ n̈ о̀ v́.еl̆ Е̂n u ḿа
“Two people? Who are you referring to?”
“Murong Jae-hwa and Eun Seol-ran.”
“……Haha!”
Cheol Sun-jik’s gaze lowered. At the same time, a cold sneer appeared on his lips.
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“You are saying you did not come to save the Righteous Path Association, but to secure the safety of two people?”
“That is correct.”
Е̇.n̈ ǔ_m а.. î ḋ
“Murong Jae-hwa and Eun Seol-ran……. Those two are close to you, Representative, are they not?”
Cheol Sun-jik wore an inscrutable expression.
“In the end, you stopped the academic schedule and moved the Victory Tiger Hall all the way here for the sake of those two?”
“…….”
He once again pointed precisely at the things I would find uncomfortable.
He had done the same thing to his superior on the battlefield in my past life.
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I could tell that Cheol Sun-jik was trying to display his specialty.
Questioning the commander’s morality, seizing a weakness, and moving as he pleased.
A commander who had lost the trust of his subordinates could no longer use authority, so to avoid damage to their morality, they had no choice but to move according to Cheol Sun-jik’s intentions.
In my past life as well, through this method, Cheol Sun-jik had always prevented the Twelve Peak Citadels from being pushed to the very front during the Great Righteous-Demonic War.
But I was not a fool who would be swayed despite knowing.
“That is correct.”
Ё.n̈.ù.m а̊
At my answer, the corner of Cheol Sun-jik’s mouth trembled.
The members of the Twelve Peak Citadels also furrowed their brows one by one.
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I drove the nail in for them once more.
“I came this far to protect my people.”
When Cheol Sun-jik said he would accompany us as we left the academy, I roughly guessed his intent.
Seeing the Righteous Path Association repeatedly misstep and the academy representative ignore the academic schedule, he must have felt that the Twelve Peak Citadels’ turn had now come.
Еn̄ ŭ ṁ а̂ .іd̂
And his intent had been to seize a weakness during this accompaniment and put the finishing touch on his plan.
I could play along as much as he wanted.
“If you do not like my intent, you may return at any time.”
As long as you paid the appropriate price.
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“However, if you intend to accompany me, you must keep one promise, as I said at the start.”
“……Absolute obedience, you mean.”
W é b nо́vеľ Ѐn̆ ǔ ma
“That is correct.”
At my declaration, a cold chill circulated among the Twelve Peak Citadels.
“Do you know that this action could threaten your representative position?”
“I know.”
“Then why are you pushing it through?”
Why…… “Why,” is it…….
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Because Murong Jae-hwa and Eun Seol-ran are major heroes of the future Great Righteous-Demonic War?
That is also true.
But before that, they were beings I had connected with in this life.
Murong Jae-hwa, who had even given up the Regular Exam for my sake.
Eun Seol-ran, who treated Sa-ryeon like a true sister and followed me like her own elder brother.
To me, in this life, they were irreplaceable by anything…….
Ẅѐ b ňо̆ v ӗ l Ѐ n̂ umа̇
“Because they are my people.”
Perhaps it was because I had failed to protect even a single one of my people in my past life that I desperately wanted to protect them.
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And those surface-level facts might make someone uncomfortable.
Nam Hwa-seong spat out a curse with blazing eyes.
“Fuck, are you joking? You caused all this chaos just to save your friends?”
I did not care if they cursed at me as selfish or spat on me.
Е ñú m å_. і d.
More than anything, I did not want to see my people die in vain once more because of someone else’s incompetence.
No matter what price I had to pay.
“May I make an issue of ‘those words’ right now?”
At Cheol Sun-jik’s words, I naturally gave a snort.
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“Righteous Path Association, Orthodox Path Association, Twelve Peak Citadels. Are all of you not the same? Do you not do anything for the sake of your own people?”
“I would prefer that you not change the subject.”
Eń_u m а̇
I looked straight into Cheol Sun-jik’s eyes and smiled.
“Do as you wish.”
At my answer, one corner of Cheol Sun-jik’s mouth rose slightly.
It was his unique habit that appeared when he was thinking something wicked.
“Very well.”
When Cheol Sun-jik nodded, the one who grew flustered was Nam Hwa-seong.
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I asked Nam Hwa-seong, who wore a dazed expression.
“What are you going to do? Are you going back?”
“……No, why are you suddenly speaking informally…….”
“I never told you to follow me in the first place. Speak. Are you going back, or will you remain?”
Nam Hwa-seong looked at Cheol Sun-jik as though wanting a decision, but Cheol Sun-jik only stared at me.
In the end, Nam Hwa-seong nodded as though he would accompany us.
Ėń u̇ m̈ a. і̊ d̈
“We will divide into five groups from this point.”
I formed the groups in order of skill and informed the members, aside from the foremost group, of the places they should aim for.
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Nam Hwa-seong, who had been looking back and forth between me and Cheol Sun-jik, said,
“W-Wait, then I, I said I would remain too!”
Nam Hwa-seong shouted in panic.
I said I would save my people, and this bastard cursed at me, did he not?
Ẁè ḃ nо v̊ е̌l̆ Ĕńū m а̄
There was an immediate prescription for someone like this.
“Nam Hwa-seong, you are coming with me.”
I will use this chance to teach you what true hardship is.
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