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Chapter 258
Chapter 258. The Time the Fruit Is Borne (5)
At the sudden profanity, the people of the Asura Sect furrowed their brows.
What was so great about a mere Guest Retainer that he dared curse at them……
“Husband!”
Before the people of the Asura Sect could step forward, the middle-aged woman’s shout flew like an arrow, and the white-haired man wore an expression as if he had touched something hot.
W е ḃ.ň òv ѐ l Е̊ń u m̊ ӑ
“W-wife……”
“Did you not promise not to curse?”
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The white-haired man’s neck shrank, so much so that it was hard to believe he was the same person who had cursed with a yaksha-like face just moments ago.
“I-I am sorry…… It looked as though they were pressuring the person who welcomed us……”
However, the middle-aged woman firmly shook her head and pointed at their daughter.
“Even so, curses are the beginning of all conflict. Restrain yourself. What will Jia see and learn?”
Е̊ ń u m̊а̂ . і d
“Papa……?”
After looking once at his beloved daughter’s face, the man hurriedly cleared his throat.
“Y-yes. I understand. Ahem.”
Then he put a smile on his face and asked again in a polite voice.
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“Why are you doglike gentlemen so rude?”
“……Husband.”
E ń ŭm a. і̄ d̊
“Hm? Did I do something wrong? No matter how generously one views them, are those people not worse than Black Path thugs?”
“Even so……”
In the end, Ju Yeong-san, whose patience had run out at the couple’s comedy routine, shouted angrily.
“What are you doing right now?!”
When Ju Yeong-san shot out killing intent, the white-haired man stepped in front of the woman and child.
At that sight, Ju Yeong-san’s brow furrowed deeply.
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‘He dissolved…… my killing intent?’
One could not say he had released it with his full power, but it was not weak enough to be brushed off easily either.
Yet the woman and child standing behind the white-haired man seemed completely unaffected by the killing intent, wearing expressions that said they had no idea what was happening.
Unlike the veins bulging on his forehead, the white-haired man’s voice was still polite, perhaps because he was conscious of his daughter.
“I heard from outside that you came from the Asura Sect. Is that true?”
“That is right.”
É.n u mа̂_
However, that lasted only for a moment.
“I heard it was a sect ranked high among the One Hundred Eight Peaks. Did I hear wrong?”
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“What are you talking about?”
A growl disguised as politeness burst through the white-haired man’s teeth.
“There is no way bastards like these could belong to a sect of the One Hundred Eight Peaks.”
“Husband!”
Е nǔm̆ а.. id̃
“Ah, I am sorry.”
The woman rebuked him again, and the white-haired man took a step back.
As Ju Yeong-san glared at the two of them and gave a nod, the Tiger Fist Unit Leader, who had come as a guard, stepped forward.
Step.
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Seeing the Tiger Fist Unit Leader stretch one hand out and assume an Opening Stance, the white-haired man chuckled.
“Brat, even if I am not holding a sword, do I look so easy to you?”
Еñ u m̈ а̂
“A rice weevil like you, who only picks up grains others have dropped……”
Just as the Tiger Fist Unit Leader drew up his internal energy and prepared to strike,
A sound transmission reached him.
—Tiger Fist Unit Leader. Let him hit you.
When the Tiger Fist Unit Leader furrowed his brow in confusion, Ju Yeong-san continued speaking.
—This can become our justification.
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Understanding his Sect Leader’s intent, the Tiger Fist Unit Leader nodded and rushed forward.
“Haat!”
As the Tiger Fist Unit Leader’s vigorous punch split the air, the white-haired man lightly raised his hand and caught the fist.
“If you have no intention of doing it properly, stop.”
“……!”
The Tiger Fist Unit Leader panicked when his fist was caught far too easily, contrary to his expectations.
Wĕb́n оv̆ е̂ l .Ё n̊ ù m а
Again, a sound transmission reached his ear.
—Now!
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He was curious about the identity of the white-haired man, but the sect’s business was more important right now.
He did not avoid the incoming attack.
“Kuh!”
The Tiger Fist Unit Leader rolled across the floor.
W ĕb́ no_v е l̀ È num̂ a
“Uaaagh!”
Seeing him clutch his chest and roll on the ground as though he had suffered a serious injury, Ju Yeong-san and the Elder rushed to him as if they had been waiting.
“Yeong-gi!”
“Tiger Fist Unit Leader! Are you all right?!”
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At that moment, Wang Geum-san and Jin Tae-san opened the office door and came out, only to freeze when they saw the scene.
“What…… is this?!”
Еn̊ u m̆a
Cough.
Amid all that, the Tiger Fist Unit Leader vomited blood, and Ju Yeong-san embraced him while shouting furiously.
“Great Heaven Merchant Guild Master! Is this the will of the Great Heaven Merchant Guild?”
Wang Geum-san and Jin Tae-san looked around the scene and grasped the current situation.
It was a situation where anyone could quickly tell that a great problem had occurred.
Ju Yeong-san glared at the two men’s troubled faces, then sprang to his feet.
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“If you intend to resolve matters in this manner, the Asura Sect will not remain still!”
After leaving those words behind, the Sect Leader left the Great Heaven Merchant Guild. The Elder quickly carried the Tiger Fist Unit Leader on his back and followed after him.
“…….”
Everyone present realized that the matter had gone terribly wrong.
“I apologize……”
Baek Hae-gwang bowed deeply.
Ӗ ṅ u mа
“Those basta…… no, they seemed to be behaving rudely toward the benefactor who welcomed my family, so I could not cast off my old temper……”
Even with Baek Hae-gwang and Seop So-jeong’s sincere apologies, the atmosphere in the room was not very bright.
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“First, let us move them somewhere else.”
The first person to think of a countermeasure in this crisis was Wang Geum-san.
“No matter what the Asura Sect does, they have seized even a forced justification, so there is no way they will stay still. For now, moving these people to another region and denying involvement is the best plan.”
Jin Tae-san looked silently at Baek Hae-gwang, then shook his head.
Еn um а
“We cannot do that. I already promised So-un.”
He was talking about helping him found a sect.
Wang Geum-san struck his chest in frustration.
“My friend, if these people remain here, the problem will grow larger. I am saying that something that could be blocked with money will have to be blocked with blood.”
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At those words, Baek Hae-gwang, who had been listening quietly, also stepped in.
“In truth, I also felt it was shameless of me to receive help even with founding a sect, and I was just about to say so.”
Еn ü.ṁ å. i.d
“See?”
“We have already received more than enough grace simply from you accepting the three of us when we had nowhere to go. If we remain any longer than this, I fear we will bring harm to our benefactor.”
When even Baek Hae-gwang spoke this way, Wang Geum-san became even more active.
“I will find somewhere to send them. So there will be no need to worry at all about how they live.”
However, the worry on Jin Tae-san’s face did not disappear.
“……If we make these people alone take responsibility for the problem, will they not have to live their entire lives as fugitives?”
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“That is……”
Wang Geum-san, who had been continuing, pressed his lips shut.
No matter how unimpressive the Asura Sect’s power might be, the power of the One Hundred Eight Peaks and the Murim Alliance to which they belonged was great.
If, through this incident, the Asura Sect exerted influence on the Murim Alliance, Baek Hae-gwang and his family might have to live as fugitives for the rest of their lives.
Jin Tae-san slowly opened his mouth.
“I heard you gave So-un instruction.”
Ē nūm а̀ .ĩ d̂
“It was nothing so great. It was merely something I did not need……”
Looking at Baek Hae-gwang as he scratched his head awkwardly, Jin Tae-san’s gaze became warm.
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“He was a child who carved his own path without relying on anyone from the time his face began growing whiskers.”
A son who, in his father’s eyes, was still small.
How proud he had been watching that son stand alone, and yet how much his heart had tightened with worry.
“I know better than anyone that this was not because he had an independent nature, but because his father and teachers were unreliable.”
En ü m а. і d
Recovering the Taeul True Scripture and protecting the Taeul Sect’s honor had all been achieved by Jin So-un’s own strength.
That boy had placed even the adults behind him and faced the storm alone.
How grateful had he felt the moment he heard that such a boy called this man ‘someone like a master’?
“I thought about how much support you must have been to a boy who had gone alone to a distant land and even had to take care of his young Junior Brothers.”
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That was why he wanted to convey his heart two and three times over.
“So you no longer need to lower your head. Nor do you have any reason to become fugitives because of us.”
En̂ūmа̄. і̂d
Wang Geum-san stamped his foot in frustration.
“Tae-san, my friend!”
“…….”
However, Jin Tae-san raised one hand to stop him and spoke firmly.
“For the past five hundred years, the Taeul Sect has never once turned its back on grace. Even when it lost everything, it continued to uphold trust and loyalty, and it will continue to do so in the future.”
“…….”
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“Please do not worry about anything. In the first place, this merchant guild was created by that son of mine. If it can become a good foundation for the master who gave that boy a place to lean on, could there be any better use for it?”
Jin Tae-san shifted his gaze to Baek Hae-gwang.
“Even if the guild collapses, I will help you found your sect. So……”
Then the father cupped his fist toward his son’s master.
“I ask that you continue to give my son good teachings in the future.”
Even with a giant merchant guild on the verge of being swallowed whole by the enemy’s maw, Jin Tae-san lowered his own head.
Ẇ_ё b n о́v е̊l Е̌ n̈ u ma
Baek Hae-gwang’s body trembled as he looked at him.
Seop So-jeong’s eyes, too, became moist as she watched.
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“Husband……”
Baek Hae-gwang bit his lip hard and cupped his fist in return.
“First, I want to apologize. If I decided to walk a new path, my conduct should have followed that path as well. Yet it seems I still have not properly shaken off the shadow of the past. It may not be proper to say this in compensation, but would you allow me to resolve this matter?”
“What do you mean……”
Ẅеb̈ ń оv̈ еl. Е n̄ ŭ m.ă
Before anyone knew it, a resolute light had appeared in his eyes.
“I mean exactly what I said. Please permit me to face the Asura Sect on behalf of the Great Heaven Merchant Guild.”
“…….”
“…….”
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Jin Tae-san and Wang Geum-san were left speechless.
They could not help wondering whether this man named Baek Hae-gwang was in his right mind.
Е n̊ùm̄ å . іd̄
This was the Asura Sect.
It had the support of Shaolin Temple and held an upper rank among the One Hundred Eight Peaks.
It was a sect that even the Iron Sword Sect could not easily face……
“I will return everything to the beginning and start again.”
Baek Hae-gwang bowed his head once more.
Following him, his wife Seop So-jeong also bowed her head, and Jia, who had been wearing an innocent smile, clumsily bent at the waist along with them.
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Wang Geum-san and Jin Tae-san exchanged complicated looks.
‘That is truly fortunate.’
Ju Yeong-san let out a long sigh.
It was not that he believed the ridiculous story Jin Tae-san had told him.
Even so, just in case, he had urgently sent someone to the Metropolitan Temple, but the only answer that came back was to wait until word arrived from the main temple.
After four days passed like that, Ju Yeong-san became certain.
Е́nü m̄ ӓ. ïd
‘To think that damned bastard’s words were true…….’
For some reason, Shaolin Temple did not wish to step forward in this matter.
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Until recently, they had been concerned about the expansion of the Great Heaven Merchant Guild and had urged the Asura Sect on, yet now they were withdrawing.
Even so, Ju Yeong-san had no intention of stopping the foot he had already set forward.
The vast distribution network of the Great Heaven Merchant Guild that he had learned about during his investigation.
In particular, by establishing Branches around Mount Tianmu and increasing its control there, it had already completed preparations to advance into Hangzhou.
W̌ еbn.о̄ v̂ é l Е̄ nu m̂a
It was truly a goose that laid golden eggs.
If any sect knew that such an incredible merchant guild was in the hands of the Taeul Sect, they would covet it and then some.
If they simply sat by and it fell into the hands of a Black Path sect expanding its influence……
It might be only natural for the influence of the Orthodox Path within Anhui Province to shrink.
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‘Yes, this is all for justice!’
At that moment, the Tiger Fist Unit Leader, fully armed, entered with disciplined movements.
Ẇ е b̀n o vе̃ l̆ Е́ nu ḿa
“Preparations are complete, Sect Leader!”
The foremost contributor who had achieved the greatest merit in this matter.
By being beaten by a Guest Retainer of the Great Heaven Merchant Guild and bringing them justification, he had given the Asura Sect an excellent opportunity to strike the Great Heaven Merchant Guild.
“The Wang Estate may step forward. However, we absolutely will not deal with them. We will quickly subdue only the personnel of the Great Heaven Merchant Guild and make them stamp the contract. Understood?”
“Yes! I have conveyed it to everyone.”
The Asura Sect Leader, who had shouted of justice, had eyes gleaming with greed.
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“Then let us go.”
Ju Yeong-san, wearing his beloved weapons, the ‘Iron Gauntlets,’ on both hands, took the lead. Behind him, the disciples of the Asura Sect wearing wrist guards formed a long line.
“Listen, Great Heaven Merchant Guild! Through sinister schemes and ambush, you have left our sect’s Tiger Fist Unit Leader with a deep wound from which he cannot recover. Therefore, hand over the criminal who carried out the ambush and provide compensation for damages!”
The reason he shouted loudly enough to make the surrounding area ring was because it was certain that the fight would spread greatly anyway.
A ‘Guest Retainer’ was an exceedingly important guest even within that group.
Carelessly handing an honored guest over to the enemy would cause a great decline in that group’s credibility.
Е̃nu m̈ а
There were times when honor was more important than money or martial force.
A group that sacrificed a guest because it feared an enemy could not avoid the world’s scorn.
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If so, the only remaining method was to have the guest escape.
In that case, the Asura Sect’s attack would instead gain legitimate justification.
‘Keuheuheu. Truly, they are surrounded on all sides with no path of escape.’
While the Asura Sect Leader smiled triumphantly at the thought of swallowing the goose that laid golden eggs,
Ё n̈ü m а
The Tiger Fist Unit Leader, who had suffered a deep and unrecoverable wound from an ambush, shouted for the final time.
He was following the custom of acting after shouting three times.
“Listen, Great Heaven Merchant Guild! Through sinister schemes and ambush, you have left our sect’s Tiger Fist Unit Leader with a deep wound from which he cannot recover. Therefore, hand over the criminal who carried out the ambush and provide compensation for damages……”
At that moment,
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Creak.
The firmly closed gate opened, and a white-haired man trudged out.
Еn̊ uṁ а̄
“……Ahem, khm. Goodness, this is so embarrassing I could die.”
……It was Baek Hae-gwang, the very person who had left the Tiger Fist Unit Leader with a deep and unrecoverable wound.
The disciples of the Asura Sect, who had been about to charge into the Great Heaven Merchant Guild at any moment, stared at him in disbelief.
Baek Hae-gwang, who had become the center of attention, scratched his cheek shyly and shouted loudly.
“This sovereign…… Ah, no. I, I am the S-sect leader of the White Sword Sect. Ahem. I am called…… no, my name is Baek Hae-gwang.”
To think he would behave so awkwardly and without tension in such a grave atmosphere.
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“Th-that, what was it? I believe my actions the other day were rash, and I wish to apologize.”
At the sudden apology, the Tiger Fist Unit Leader wore a blank expression.
Regardless, Baek Hae-gwang cupped his fist and lowered his head to the Tiger Fist Unit Leader.
“So I would be grateful if you would return now.”
After finishing his words, Baek Hae-gwang trembled as though his whole body itched.
After a brief silence,
Ẇ е̂ b̄ n ò v е l Е n ü m̃а̄
The Asura Sect Leader and his disciples, who had been staring at Baek Hae-gwang in disbelief, burst into wild laughter all at once.
Some even mocked him with tears in their eyes.
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“Kuhahahahaha!”
“Now I have seen every kind of madman!”
“Have you heard of a sect called the White Sword Sect?”
“I have never heard such a name in my life. But just from the name, I can tell it must be a third-rate sect!”
Ѐ n̆ǔ m̊а́ .i̊ ḋ
Even amid the people’s laughter, contempt, and mockery, Baek Hae-gwang’s expression remained calm.
Then Ju Yeong-san took one step forward.
“Why is the Great Heaven Merchant Guild not stepping forward?”
Baek Hae-gwang lightly shrugged.
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“I said I would resolve what I caused.”
“Hah…… So they abandoned their guest, a Guest Retainer?”
Ĕ n̂u mа̊
“They did not abandon me. I said I would resolve……”
Ju Yeong-san deliberately sighed even more loudly and raised his voice.
“What sect or group under Heaven abandons a guest?! Moreover, is the Great Heaven Merchant Guild not a place operated by the Taeul Sect?!”
“……Whether Black Path or Orthodox Path, it seems no one listens properly.”
Then Ju Yeong-san glared at Baek Hae-gwang in indignation.
“Hah. Will you resolve it alone? What exactly will you resolve? Do you intend to offer up your neck?!”
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“Good grief. It was only one hit, so why would I offer up my life……”
“Then what? Are you saying you will fight us?”
Even under that cold threat, Baek Hae-gwang seemed not the slightest bit tense and merely smacked his lips.
“……I was trying to apologize……”
“You fool! Do you not know the saying of Jianghu that blood must be paid with blood?!”
“I have suffered that a great deal myself, so I know. It is not a particularly good……”
Е.n u m а
“Shut up! If you say you will take responsibility, then pay with blood!”
“Good grief, you keep interrupting people. You damned basta…… Ahem, no, Asura Sect Leader?”
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Baek Hae-gwang glanced behind him once, scratched his head, then nodded.
“To tell the truth, this side is more comfortable for me too.”
Then he drew the sword he had borrowed from a guild warrior.
Shrrng.
W̊ ӗ b n̊ô v еl Е̇n u ma
“Since a commotion might cause harm to those nearby, hmm…… will you all come at once?”
“Hah…… Hahaha……”
Ju Yeong-san was stunned by Baek Hae-gwang’s behavior, as though the man had lost all sense of fear.
The Tiger Fist Unit Leader also asked with a dumbfounded expression,
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“Sect Leader, what should we do?”
There were a full hundred of them.
Еǹ ūmа.і́ d̄
He had brought only the elite among the first- and second-generation disciples of the Asura Sect.
To say he would face alone personnel who would not be pushed back even if they went to war against a mid-sized or small sect.
He was certainly deeply insane.
“Kill him. After today, not a single person in this world will trust the Great Heaven Merchant Guild of the Taeul Sect.”
Once it became known that a Guest Retainer had died, no one would try to trade with the Great Heaven Merchant Guild.
Furthermore, the Murim Alliance might raise this incident as a problem.
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“Strike!”
“Yes!”
At the Tiger Fist Unit Leader’s command, five disciples clenched their fists and charged out vigorously.
“I told you to come all at once……”
The five disciples who rushed forward were elites among elites.
Therefore, that fearless white-haired man should have had his crude sword broken on the first move, his posture broken on the second move, his vital point struck and his Qi and Blood twisted on the third move, vomited blood on the fourth move, and died on the fifth move.
Ė n̊ǔ ṁ а̀
No, that was certainly what should have happened……
Thud, thud, thud.
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The five disciples who had rushed at Baek Hae-gwang were rolling across the ground like puppets whose strings had been cut.
“Wh-what is this……”
Into Ju Yeong-san’s widened ears came Baek Hae-gwang’s calm voice.
“Ah, do not worry. I only knocked them unconscious……”
W е b̃ n̊.оv́ еl Ē ñūṁ ã
“Impossible……”
“Ha, you keep interrupting me, you damned ba…… Ahem. In any case, if you will not come, then I will.”
Soon after, Baek Hae-gwang took a sword-drawing stance seriously for the first time.
Step.
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In that instant, along with an unknown sense of unease,
“Wh-what is this……”
Еňù ṁа
In Ju Yeong-san’s eyes, a giant red evil spirit began appearing behind Baek Hae-gwang.
Ju Yeong-san was not the only one who sensed danger.
The Asura Sect disciples also sensed the crisis as they saw their fellow disciples collapsing.
At the same moment they thought they had to charge together in a joint attack, they leaped toward Baek Hae-gwang.
However,
“R-run……”
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Ju Yeong-san tried to shout and stop his foolish disciples, but it was already too late.
Three Forms of the White Moon Governing Heaven.
First Form.
‘Extreme Swiftness.’
PING—
The sound of air being split swallowed all of the Asura Sect disciples.
W̃е̃b̆nо̊ v_е l Е̌ n.u.m а̄
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