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Chapter 281
Chapter 281. Night of the Greedy (2)
“Guaaaaah…….”
“Gueeeegh…….”
More iron rings had been added.
From wrist to elbow.
Ŵёb̂ n оv̂ ѐ l _Е́ nùma
From ankle to knee.
“You wretches! How can you call that a Movement Art when you are moving so heavily? Why do you not simply set up signposts telling everyone where you are going while you are at it?”
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Jin So-un berated them because every time they stepped onto a footprint to unfold their Movement Art, their feet sank into the ground and left deep prints.
The four of them looked at Jin So-un with sullen faces.
‘What are we supposed to do when they are so heavy?’
‘Then take off these damned shackles.’
Еňu m̈а̇
‘Ah, I am tired. I am so terribly tired.’
‘…….’
He had made their bodies feel as heavy as a thousand jin, then told them to run lightly.
What sort of absurd nonsense was that?
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Yet they could not voice their dissatisfaction.
Under the exact same conditions, there was someone who perfectly obeyed their Eldest Senior Brother’s absurd command.
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The three hundred or so footprints he had stepped on bore only faint traces.
It was hard to believe that he was truly wearing so many iron rings.
“Excellent, Eun-ho!”
“Ah…… yes…… thank you, Eldest Senior Brother.”
“If these things had kept up with even half of Eun-ho, we would already have taken the Spiritual Medicine and returned to our sect in glory! Tsk! Tsk!”
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As Jin So-un subtly took Eun-ho’s side, the resentment of the other three turned toward the innocent Eun-ho.
‘I never thought you would be like this.’
‘Junior Brother, I feel terribly hurt right now.’
‘Brother Eun-ho, you fool!’
He could see them cursing him with their eyes, but there was nothing Eun-ho could do differently.
He was sick and tired of being cursed at and beaten.
Ӗ n̂u m̈а̌
“Eldest Senior Brother, how about removing a few of the iron rings? Then we would be able to move a little faster. Do you not wish to return quickly and see the elders as well?”
Eun-ho spoke while trying not to provoke his Eldest Senior Brother as much as possible.
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After hearing the words, “You tried to run away,” a few days ago, he had been tormented so much for several days that he had even lost sleep at night.
At the very least, he needed to present a justification that they were not trying to avoid training.
But Jin So-un did not so much as blink.
“What nonsense are you spouting? There are still plenty more iron rings left for you to wear.”
W̊ e bn̄ о́ ṽ ė l Е̊ ň um̀а̂
“What do you mean……?”
“How many iron rings do you think can fit inside a bundle?”
Jin So-un shook the large bundle he was carrying on his back.
CLANK, CLANK.
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From inside the bundle, the sound of iron striking iron rang out ominously.
Madman. How many of those things is he carrying?
Ӗǹ üm̌.â. ǐd
Eun-ho quickly came to his senses.
He felt sorry for the others, but now was the time to take a step back.
That damned Eldest Senior Brother’s eyes might roll back again, and he might even add more iron rings to Eun-ho as well.
Eun-ho skillfully changed the subject.
“Ah! Eldest Senior Brother, did you not say that we would bring back Spiritual Medicine on the way to the Taeul Sect?”
“I did.”
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“But why do I keep feeling as though we are going north?”
“Because our destination is north.”
“Pardon?”
To go from Wuhan to Hefei, they had to move east, cross Hubei Province, and enter Anhui Province.
But north?
“Ah…… Then I suppose the Spiritual Medicine is somewhere below Henan Province?”
Èn ū ma . і̆ d́
At the very least, if they did not leave Hubei Province, even if they had to circle around, they could reach Anhui Province quickly.
To avoid offending his Eldest Senior Brother, Eun-ho desperately tried to turn his thoughts in a positive direction.
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“No. Our final destination is Xi’an.”
“Xi’an?”
At the incomprehensible answer, he eventually tilted his head.
“Was there a city called Xi’an in Hubei Province?”
Е̃ ňu mа
There were so many city names in the world that ordinary people could not possibly memorize them all.
And Jin So-un, who had long since departed from the realm of the ordinary, smiled meaningfully.
“Well, there might be.”
“Oh, I am learning something new again today.”
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Eun-ho forced a laugh to humor his Eldest Senior Brother.
But at the words that followed, his face twisted sharply.
Е n̆um̆а́
“However, the place we are going to is Xi’an in Shaanxi Province.”
Shaanxi……? Xi’an……?
Eun-ho unfolded a map in his mind and confirmed the location, then nearly screamed.
‘You madman! That is the exact opposite direction!’
Of course, he could not let the curse leave his mouth.
“How is it? Exciting, is it not?”
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“…….”
Because he did not want to be struck by the cane of his heaven-like Eldest Senior Brother, descending from the heavens.
Xi’an, Shaanxi Province.
The winter in Xi’an was cold.
In particular, during winter, the sandstorms blowing from the desert made even life outdoors difficult.
Thus, when winter came, the people of Xi’an rarely went in and out of their homes, and merchants also closed their shops early.
Е̌n ům̃а̃ . і̌ d̄
Moreover, even the incense pilgrims who visited Mount Hua and Zhongnan Mountain abruptly ceased their steps.
Mount Hua, called one of the Five Sacred Mountains, was a rugged mountain range that was not easy to climb even in midsummer, so naturally, no one bold enough to climb it in the depths of winter existed. Zhongnan, conscious of Mount Hua refusing winter incense pilgrims, had also rejected visitors under the pretext of harsh winter training.
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Thus, it was only natural for Xi’an to become quiet once winter arrived.
And yet.
“Why are there so many people coming and going?”
A merchant who had been tidying his stall stopped his hands at the number of people filling the streets.
Е̌ n̄ü mа̂
“Indeed…… It was like this yesterday, and it is like this again today.”
“……Does it not seem as though there are strangely many people carrying weapons?”
“Hm…… What should we do?”
Someone who ran an inn in the distance came running over and shouted.
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“You people! What are you doing? Obviously, you have to keep doing business!”
“Come now, with just this many people……”
Ẅ е b̃ n оv̆ е́ l̀ Ѐ n̂ǔ m.ȧ
“I am coming from the South Gate right now. The South Gate is packed with people trying to enter Xi’an!”
“Truly?”
“Would I waste precious rice by talking nonsense?”
At the innkeeper’s words, the others opened their stalls again and called back the waiters they had sent home.
The sudden overtime was exhausting, but the smiles did not leave their lips.
The merchants were not the only ones excited by the unexpected crowds.
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“Let us go!”
“Yes, sir!”
At Oh Sam’s words, the beggars lined up all at once and began to follow him.
Four knots were tied at his waist, and for a beggar, his clothes were also clean.
Those passing by could not hide their surprise as they glanced at the knots visible at his waist.
Perhaps because of that, Oh Sam felt as though his steps had become more confident and his shoulders were spreading wide to either side.
Е́ň ŭm ӑ. ìd̊
‘Hmph. I am fairly young for a Four-Knot Beggar.’
Considering that beggars his age were still stuck as Two-Knot Beggars, he was essentially rising rapidly within the Beggars’ Sect.
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‘In a little while, I will become a Five-Knot Beggar, and then…….’
He might become the youngest Sub-branch Chief.
Of course, he would have to complete his mandatory service at the Murim Alliance in the meantime.
When his thoughts reached that point, his brow wrinkled without him realizing it.
Wеbn̂ о̂ v ê l̀ Ě n ǔ m̊ а̄
‘Tsk……. If only I had gone to the Academy.’
Mandatory service would only count as experience working as a low-ranking warrior.
Though the period was short, the treatment one received from the Murim Alliance, beginning with monthly pay, was markedly different.
Moreover, in the current murim, being from the Academy was a symbol of success.
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Even in the Beggars’ Sect, if one completed the Academy and returned, one could leap over two ranks at once. Alternatively, remaining in the Murim Alliance and working there would not have been bad either.
If it had been him, he would have risen to at least a Great Hall Master.
Е n u̇ m̆ а̊
‘Those old bastards have knotholes for eyes.’
Oh Sam was certain that he had the talent to enter the Academy.
The growth of his martial arts was proof enough, and because his base was in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, he possessed a background that would not fall behind anywhere.
Yet for some reason, Oh Sam had been excluded from this Academy exam.
Of course, there was supposedly no restriction on eligibility for the Regular Exam, but what madman would take the exam without the help of his faction?
Then he heard that the worthless Beggars’ Sect fellows who had entered in his place had failed to properly take control of the Academy.
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Without Yong So-ah, without Il-myeong, and without Dang Seo-hui, what was that measly Academy worth? How could they fail to dominate even that?
Moreover, when he heard that Jin So-un from some unheard-of sect called the Taeul Sect had become the representative, he had been so shocked it was as though he had heard the sun had risen in the west.
“Useless idiots, the lot of them.”
“Pardon?!”
“Nothing.”
Perhaps it was for the best.
W е̃bnо̀ṽ e ĺ Е n ū m̌ a
Someday, if he met Jin So-un and defeated him, he would be able to prove that he was superior to those who had attended the Academy.
Oh Sam had long wished to meet that fellow with the ominous title of Black Flame Dragon.
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“A hothouse flower like him would never come all the way here. Tsk.”
Continuing to dwell on something that would never come to pass would only make his head ache.
Especially since what was currently happening in Xi’an was already anything but ordinary.
Oh Sam shook his head to scatter his thoughts and gave an order to his subordinate.
Е́ n̂ü m̃ а̄..i̊d̃
“Record everything carefully. Among those who have come here, someone will surely secure the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil.”
“Um……”
“What?”
“Would it not be better for us to go in and secure it ourselves during this time?”
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At the beggar’s absurd question, Oh Sam let out a scoffing laugh.
No matter where he looked, fools were overflowing.
Еnǔm̂ӑ ..і́ d̄
“Do you even know what the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil is, that you would go in to look for it?”
“If you send me, I will definitely……!”
Oh Sam struck the beggar on the head.
“You fool! Have you forgotten what happened on the Demon Spirit Plateau? Even apart from that, whenever a single Spiritual Medicine appears, all the world is thrown into turmoil. By what means would a wretch like you obtain Spiritual Medicine?”
“……I-I am sorry.”
“Of course, the best strategy is to take it before anyone else knows. But if you go in trying to seize a Spiritual Medicine like the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil, whose time of emergence is already known, then ninety-nine times out of a hundred, you are a dead man. Do you understand?”
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The thoroughly frightened beggars answered in unison.
“Yes, sir!”
“Moreover, the Spiritual Medicines appearing this time do not number only one or two. If we go in searching for each of them one by one, we will miss the others as well.”
As Oh Sam spoke with a huff, a beggar who had been watching his mood cautiously asked.
“……Then why are you telling us to record them? If we are not going in ourselves, it will not be easy to secure them anyway.”
“Tsk, tsk, tsk…… This is why you only have two knots.”
Ẅе̄b́n.о̀v̌ е̄l Е̇n ům̊ӑ
After glaring at the beggar in disgust, Oh Sam continued.
“What kind of organization are we?”
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“Well, we are one that exists to practice the chivalrous righteousness of the murim……”
THWACK.
“Not that. What is the greatest work among the things we actually do?”
“……Th-That would be information gathering.”
Е ň u m ȧ
Oh Sam clicked his tongue in frustration.
“Correct. We are an intelligence organization. Our comrades are spread across the world, and we have eyes and ears everywhere. Therefore, whoever comes out with the Spiritual Medicine will ultimately be caught within our sight. That is what I mean.”
“……Ah, then by some underhanded method, we will seize the Spiritual Medicine later……”
SMACK!
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The pain once again exploded across the back of the beggar’s head, leaving him unable to continue speaking.
“Mind your mouth. That is called strategy. Strategy!”
Ẁ e_ḃn ôv̂ ѐ l̄ Е̌ n um̃ а
“I-Is that so?”
“Yes.”
In the end, the beggar who had asked did not get the answer he wanted, but he said no more.
If he did, the back of his head would not survive.
Yet a brave man would always appear from another place.
“By the way, Boss……”
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“What! What is it now?”
Another beggar spoke with a confused expression.
“Um…… Should we also write down beggars separately?”
“You lunatics. There is no reason for Beggars’ Sect beggars to go in to look for Spiritual Medicine, so why would we do that?”
“No. What I mean is, they seem to be beggars who are not affiliated with the Beggars’ Sect……”
Oh Sam’s brow wrinkled deeply.
W̄ е b n оvе̃ l Е n úmӑ
How dare they beg for alms while not belonging to the Beggars’ Sect?
How many begging bowls of their predecessors had been smashed to establish this territory?
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And yet they dared to covet this place?
“Where! Where are they? Where are those arrogant beggars who dare to encroach upon the Beggars’ Sect’s territory?”
“O-Over there……”
The beggar who had asked timidly pointed.
E nu m а́
There, five figures were approaching through the hazy sandstorm.
They did seem like beggars he had truly never seen before……
‘Hm?’
The closer those figures drew, the more Oh Sam found himself flinching without realizing it.
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Even to him, who would not yield to anyone when it came to his experience as a beggar, their appearances were extremely strange.
Their clothes were covered in dust, of course, and perhaps because they had not washed for several days, their faces were filled with grime.
Еñ um а.i̇ď
Their hair was disheveled, and there were even traces of dried drool.
‘Madness. What are those things hanging from their arms and legs……?’
Above all else, strange iron rings hung in clusters from their arms and legs like shackles.
And every time they took a step, they left footprints everywhere, while the distance they moved was extremely short compared to the rate at which they left those footprints.
In short, they looked as though they were throwing a fit of utter lunacy.
‘Their condition seems too severe to call them beggars.’
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Among beggars nowadays, no one maintained such an unsanitary appearance.
It provoked disgust even when begging, lowered efficiency, and above all, could become a cause of plague.
By ancient principle, the foremost rule of beggars these days was hygiene! Hygiene above all else!
And yet.
‘What is that fellow……?’
Among them, unlike the other four, there was one person walking calmly.
E nū m_а̄
He walked normally, as though he had nothing to do with the other four. Meanwhile, the four who were floundering in that ridiculous state glared at him with murderous eyes.
‘A slave trader?’
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By the time Oh Sam had roughly judged the suspicious people, a beggar asked him.
“Boss, what should we do?”
“Bring them here first. I need to speak with them.”
If they were true beggars, they would need to be thoroughly educated. If he was a slave trader, he would need to be beaten to death at once.
Е n ůmá . іd
Every year, how many commonfolk were reduced to slaves by bands of brigands?
Oh Sam felt his heart burn hot, as though his Dog-Beating Staff itself were heating in his hand.
“…….”
But the beggar who had gone to the suspicious people spoke to the one who looked like a slave trader, only for the slave trader to wave his hand as though annoyed.
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After trying to speak to him a few more times, the beggar trotted back again.
“Um…… He says not to mind him?”
Ẃ_é ḃ n оṽ е̊ l É n uḿ á
This imbecile…… You came back simply because he said that?
“Did you reveal my identity?”
“Ah!”
Ah?
What do you mean, ah?
Ha, truly, what was he to do with these fools?
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Oh Sam clenched his teeth to suppress the anger rising within him.
“……GRIND. Hurry up and go tell him.”
“Yes, sir!”
Realizing that Oh Sam was displeased, the beggar quickly ran over and relayed the message again.
Perhaps the slave trader heard the explanation, for he looked back and forth between the beggar and Oh Sam, then waved his hand again.
The beggar then trotted back once more.
Ẇе b̃.n̈_о̂vе l Е̄ n̂ um ӑ
‘Th-That imbecile……!’
Unable to endure it any longer, Oh Sam pulled out his Dog-Beating Staff and strode toward the slave trader.
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“B-Boss!”
THUD!
“You stay out of this, you fool!”
After sending the beggar flying with a single punch, Oh Sam stood before the slave trader with a menacing air.
Ѐn̆u ma
“You son of a bitch who deserves to be chewed apart, do you know who I am?”
“…….”
The slave trader did not respond to Oh Sam’s threat at all.
Then he crooked one eye and glared at Oh Sam.
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Ha, damn it. His gaze is clearly dry, so why do my knees feel weak for no reason?
His pride wounded, Oh Sam inhaled deeply, puffed out his chest, and shouted.
Е̄ǹ ǔṁă . í d
“I am Oh Sam, boss of Ilseong Bridge in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, you bastard!”
He deliberately thrust the four knots at his waist forward.
With an introduction of this degree, any ordinary murim martial artist would be unable to hide his surprise and his face would stiffen.
However, the slave trader before him wrinkled his face to the fullest, as though he had tasted filth.
“What is this damned Xi’an beggar bastard saying?”
“…….”
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What was this reaction?
Oh Sam was dumbfounded.
Judging by the fact that he was armed, he was someone with a place in the murim. Did he not know the Beggars’ Sect?
If he knew the Beggars’ Sect, he would certainly know that he must not treat a Beggars’ Sect beggar carelessly.
The power of the Beggars’ Sect did stem from the sheer scale of its hundred thousand beggars, but the information those hundred thousand beggars gathered was the Beggars’ Sect’s true strength.
Ultimately, this fellow might have learned some martial arts, but he knew nothing of the ways of the murim.
Ẁ еb̀nо v ё l̂ Е nu m ǎ
His face alone made that clear. His skin was smooth and glossy, as though he had never suffered a day in his life.
“You damned brat……”
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“Hey, beggar. Get lost while I am still speaking nicely, before I smash that Dog-Beating Staff or whatever it is, along with your begging bowl.”
The slave trader waved his hand dismissively, as though annoyed.
Seeing that, Oh Sam’s patience finally reached its limit.
“Today, I shall catch one dog bastard and set the justice of the murim straight.”
W е b̃ nõ ṽ е l̄ En ů ṁa
“What nonsense, you fool.”
Oh Sam infused Internal Qi into his Dog-Beating Staff and swung it in a single motion.
He would make this dim-witted fool taste something truly pain—
THWACK!
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“?!”
But his opponent blocked the Dog-Beating Staff, which held seven-tenths of his power, with his sword still sheathed.
E.n ū m а̂
He even yawned, as though it were trivial.
“Is that all?”
“…….”
Then he let his eyes gleam and began to rotate his wrist.
“You clearly started this first, beggar.”
The instant Oh Sam sensed that something had gone wrong—
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“……Wait!”
“If you are about to apologize, keep it to your—”
“That is not it! What is your name?”
“What will a beggar do with that knowledge?”
“So you do fear the Beggars’ Sect’s future retaliation after all?”
At Oh Sam’s desperate struggle, the slave trader snorted.
Е n u m̆á . id̊
“Nonsense……”
Then he answered proudly.
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“It is Jin So-un.”
Jin So-un, is it? Hmph, even his name sounds like that of a slave tra— Hm?
“Jin…… So-un? ……The Black Flame Dragon?!”
“Black Flame…… Hah. Yes. That is me, you bastard.”
E ñu m à
Had he not longed to meet Jin So-un?
But he realized that the atmosphere was very different from what he had expected.
Especially the four people beside Jin So-un.
“…….”
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The four people who had been rolling around like slaves were somehow looking at him with profound pity, and his heart began to pound violently.
Ah, damn it. Am I screwed?
W е b n о v̄ еĺ E ń.ù m̀а
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