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Chapter 283
Chapter 283. Night of the Greedy (4)
The Beggars’ Sect’s Xi’an Branch, Third Sub-branch.
As Jin So-un looked around the inside of the lair built beneath Cheongmyeong Bridge, he gave a small exclamation of admiration.
“Why are beggar bastards living so polished and well?”
Sam Cheol trembled as he forced down his rage.
Ŵ е̇ b ñ ӧṽӗl Е̇ n u_m̌а̊
If only he had had justification from the beginning, he would not have felt this humiliated.
If not for that bastard Oh Sam kneeling beside him with an expression that said he had no idea what was going on, he would have beaten Jin So-un into a pulp on the spot.
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“Hey, a guest has arrived. Do you have nothing to serve?”
……Endure it. Endure it.
Among those who came to the Beggars’ Sect to buy information, none came empty-handed.
They were customers capable of paying money, but the Beggars’ Sect, the information broker, was made up of beggars.
Е ńú m а .і̊d
Most guests prepared their own food and something to offer the beggars in advance, so from the Beggars’ Sect’s perspective, there was naturally no such thing as tea prepared separately to receive guests.
But because the eyes looking at him were so terribly fierce, Sam Cheol felt as if he had to bring out something, whatever it was.
“Ahem. Shall I at least bring you water?”
Sam Cheol tried to receive his guest with a forced smile, but Jin So-un let out a long sigh.
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“Hah. What am I expecting from beggars? Just bring the item quickly.”
No, if you knew we were beggars, why did you ask in the first place……!
Wе̂ b̆nоvе.l Е̇ń u ḿа
Sam Cheol clenched his fist so tightly that it nearly bled, then signaled to another beggar. Soon, the beggar brought over a small box.
Sam Cheol carefully opened the box and turned it toward Jin So-un as he spoke.
“This is it.”
The moment Jin So-un was about to place his hand on the box, Sam Cheol snapped the lid shut.
“……What is this?”
Jin So-un’s eyes sharpened at once.
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As Sam Cheol glared back at Jin So-un without backing down—
‘……I am going to wet myself.’
Only Oh Sam, kneeling beside them, felt as if he were dying from the pressure between the two.
“Young Hero Jin, think carefully. If you take this, further cooperation with the Beggars’ Sect will be impossible.”
“……What sort of nonsense are you trying to say?”
“Of course, there are matters in which we were at fault. But this arose from a misunderstanding between both sides. I am saying that if there is no consideration, future cooperation will also be difficult.”
Ẅе̊b̂nо̃_ṽе̌ l̈ Ѐ n.ůmă
“A beggar bastard is using difficult words. Say it simply.”
At Jin So-un’s sarcasm, a vein briefly rose on Sam Cheol’s forehead, but he soon regained his composure.
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“I am saying that even if this matter ends here, the Beggars’ Sect has many eyes, and it will certainly remember what happened today.”
Even though the wrongdoing had been committed by their side—no, precisely because they had done wrong—he spoke all the more confidently.
They could not pay a price every time they committed a mistake like this.
They must not be pushed back in momentum.
Ӗ nǔ m̌а̃ . i_d
However, Jin So-un merely snorted.
“Are you threatening me?”
“I am telling you to think again. Of a path that benefits both sides.”
No matter how mad that fellow was, Sam Cheol could not yield here.
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No, because he was mad, there was no telling what he might demand later, so the first button absolutely could not be fastened incorrectly……!
Whether he knew Sam Cheol’s desperate thoughts or not, Jin So-un grumbled.
Е n ûm а
“You truly are shameless bastards. You commit the wrongdoing and then threaten the other party.”
“Is that not how the laws of the murim have always been?”
The strong did not bear losses.
The ones who always bore losses were the weak.
That was why every sect risked everything and longed to become strong.
In that sense, Sam Cheol intended to seize the advantage by pointing out that, between the Taeul Sect and the Beggars’ Sect, the strong one was the Beggars’ Sect.
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“I know. I know that very well.”
So he has at least some common sense.
Sam Cheol felt inwardly relieved.
“What will you do? Will you truly accept it?”
For Jin So-un right now, it must have been outrageously unfair, but if the Taeul Sect wished to receive the Beggars’ Sect’s help even in the future, he would need to show that he was backing down here.
The Nine Sects and the Five Great Clans always took a step back before the Beggars’ Sect.
Ẅ ē_b̊n ovеl Ẽn̄ ú m а̂
Because doing so would help their own sects in the future.
However.
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“I understand that very well, so……”
“……?”
A displeased expression surfaced on Jin So-un’s face.
“Move your hand. This is mine now.”
W̌e_b n̈ о̊v еl Е̌ n ů m̄ а̃
“…….”
Sam Cheol could only gape.
‘He is betting the future of his sect over a single Treasure Map?’
Of course, if it were a truly remarkable Treasure Map, it would be worth doing so.
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But this was, after all, merely a map made by the Beggars’ Sect.
There might be Spiritual Medicine there, but there was a high chance there would not be.
Еñ ú m̀ а
Moreover, even if there was none, one could not hold the Beggars’ Sect responsible for it.
‘Above all, he will not even be able to enter the Thousand Caverns in the first place.’
To stake the future of his sect on such a scrap of paper.
Sam Cheol had heard plenty of rumors that the Black Flame Dragon was a madman, but he had never imagined he would be such an utterly reckless lunatic.
As Sam Cheol stood there in shock, Jin So-un tapped the box.
“An intelligence organization, you see, must know how to view the larger picture. The ability to see the distant future and its possibilities, then invest when the other party’s power is still small. The essence of an intelligence organization lies in pursuing practical gain over pride, and focusing on newly emerging power rather than power that has already been completed.”
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The small box creaked in his hand.
“Those who have grown stagnant and are only busy protecting their vested interests have essentially lost the essence of an intelligence organization.”
Then Jin So-un seized the map and pulled it out.
“And an intelligence organization that has lost that sort of essence? I have no need for it either.”
“…….”
The box was now empty.
Е̃ n̈ùm̄а̌ .і̂ d
As he stared blankly down at it, Sam Cheol could not recover his senses after hearing Jin So-un’s words.
Every word Jin So-un had spoken had pierced straight through all the present flaws of the Beggars’ Sect.
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A reckless bastard who rampaged without knowing the heavens’ height? A madman with no thought for consequences?
‘I was wrong!’
The Black Flame Dragon was not someone who spoke and acted simply as he pleased.
The words he casually threw out contained deep schemes and far-reaching plans.
Е̌ n̈u m̃ а̂
The one who had picked the quarrel was Oh Sam, but the one who had enlarged the fight was Jin So-un.
When Sam Cheol began to think that even Jin So-un’s attempt to clash with him in earnest might have had an intention behind it, goosebumps rose all over his body.
‘He is only just past twenty…….’
As though he had no more interest in Sam Cheol, Jin So-un rose from his seat and kicked Oh Sam lightly with his foot.
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“Hey, you……”
“Yes.”
E n u̇ m̃_а̊. i d
Then he stared intently into Oh Sam’s face.
“There was something I have been curious about since earlier.”
Sam Cheol, who had been dazed, found himself focusing on Jin So-un’s words without realizing it.
Just what sort of profound question was he about to ask……
“If your name is Oh Sam, were you born fifth, or third?”
Hm?
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What was he suddenly talking about……
“Can you not hear me?”
“……Pardon?”
“I asked if you were the fifth or the third.”
“Th-Third. The ‘Oh’ is written with the character for ‘bright.’”
“Tsk. Why make a name so confusing?”
W̆е́ bň о̌ vе́l Е̊ ńu mа
THWACK.
After striking Oh Sam once on the head, Jin So-un left the lair.
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What in the……
Sam Cheol could not wipe the sullen expression from his face due to sheer absurdity.
Had he seen wrong?
Was he simply mad after all……?
Ёn̆ umа̀
Sam Cheol, who had already thought he did not understand Jin So-un well, now felt he understood him even less.
“Senior Brother, will this be all right?”
At Sa-ryeon’s worried question, after she had kept her mouth firmly shut the entire time they were inside the lair, Jin So-un tilted his head.
“What will?”
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“The Beggars’ Sect. It is not a place that can be so easily antagonized.”
The power of the Beggars’ Sect lay in its countless eyes, ears, and mouths.
W̃ ӗ ḃ n̂ о̌v̇.ē l̈ Ѐ nū mа̄_
If their mouths carried a tale, even a chivalrous hero could become a murderer, and without their eyes and ears, one could not make one’s way through the complicated hardships of the murim.
Was there not even a saying that one could make an enemy of all the Nine Sects and Five Great Clans, but never of the Beggars’ Sect?
Sa-ryeon had secretly felt pleased that the Taeul Sect’s name had not yielded before the Beggars’ Sect’s high-handed authority, but she could not help worrying about what would come later.
Moreover, the Taeul Sect was currently expanding into the surrounding provinces while growing the Great Heaven Merchant Guild.
Who knew what disadvantages might arise later?
And yet how could her Eldest Senior Brother be so……
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Sa-ryeon’s mouth grew dry.
“I heard that when planning affairs in the murim, the Beggars’ Sect is essential. I heard that nothing, from great problems to trivial ones, can be resolved without their help. Is this truly all right……?”
The Taeul Sect still had a long road ahead.
No, not only the Taeul Sect—Jin So-un himself also had a high mountain to climb.
For Jin So-un to soar high, the Beggars’ Sect’s help might be more urgently needed than the Taeul Sect’s.
Yet Jin So-un, who should have been worrying about his own future, looked utterly composed.
W̆ е́ bn̂о̇ vе̊ l̄ Е ň ùm̆_а
“Do not worry. Even without those measly beggars, the Taeul Sect will have no problem moving forward.”
“No, that is not what I mean……”
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Sa-ryeon looked at Eun-ho.
Even if the others did not know, would not the clever Eun-ho understand the importance of the Beggars’ Sect?
“Eun-ho. Should we not stop him?”
“Do not worry.”
Е̂ n̄um̂ а . i d́
“Hm?”
Eun-ho pointed at Jin So-un, who had already become absorbed in looking around the street.
“Eldest Senior Brother may be a madman, but he is not the sort of person who does something like that without preparation.”
When even Eun-ho, said to be the cleverest in the Taeul Sect, showed such a relaxed attitude, Sa-ryeon’s questions only grew, but she had no choice but to close her mouth tightly.
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“Ooh, I want to try eating that too!”
“…….”
Е̄ ń u m̄ а
……She was beginning to think that worrying about her Eldest Senior Brother would only be a loss.
“Let us find lodging first, Eldest Senior Brother.”
The streets of Xi’an were filled with crowds.
There were people coming out of inns because there were no rooms, and others stamping their feet because they could not find lodging immediately.
At times like this, what one needed was information from the local beggars.
The beggars shared information in real time on which inns and lodging houses were full, and earned money with it.
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However, perhaps because word of what had happened at the lair had already spread, even the beggars who had been soliciting customers merely glared at Jin So-un’s party without approaching them.
Sa-ryeon’s worry rose again.
“Hah…… This is what I was worried about.”
But not only Jin So-un, even the Gold-Silver-Copper brothers were utterly relaxed.
Just as a sigh was about to escape her in frustration—
“Senior Sister.”
W еb̌n̈ о̂ vе.ľ Ë n̂ ǔm à
Eun-ho smiled broadly and tapped her shoulder.
“Watch.”
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“What?”
Then Eun-ho gestured toward Jin So-un with his eyes.
In the meantime, Jin So-un had taken out a Black Token two fingers wide from inside his robe and attached it to his sword’s pommel.
And not long after.
Wе̊ b n ӧṽ е̇ l Е̃ ǹũm̈ а
“Excuse me.”
A waiter approached Jin So-un’s party.
“You are Great Hero Jin So-un, are you not?”
“I am.”
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“Your lodging has been prepared. I will guide you.”
“Thank you.”
W̊ е̇b̃ n̈оv̆_е̃ľ Enû mа
“Not at all.”
At the sudden situation, Sa-ryeon was dumbfounded.
Xi’an was not even a place they often traveled to, and yet a waiter had appeared as though he had been waiting and was now guiding them.
On top of that, the place the waiter led them to was an inn of quite considerable size.
Perhaps because it was a popular place, the inside of the inn was already so packed with people that there was hardly any room to set foot.
“This way.”
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However, the waiter passed through the inn and guided the party toward the rear.
The place they arrived at was a detached annex with a small pond.
“Shall I prepare a meal first? Or shall I prepare bathwater first?”
“Everyone seems hungry, so would you prepare food first?”
“Understood.”
The waiter bowed so deeply that his waist seemed as though it might bend in half, then left.
Ӗ ṅ u m_а
In the current situation, Sa-ryeon could not gather her senses.
“What in the world is going on?”
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Unlike her, who was dumbfounded, Eun-ho smiled with satisfaction.
“Eldest Senior Brother has a close relationship with Hao Gate.”
“A close relationship?”
“Yes. As a Guest Retainer.”
Ẁе̌ b ňо̆ v̀ӗ l̂ Е_nu m а̇
Sa-ryeon’s mouth fell open.
A Guest Retainer of Hao Gate.
No, did such a thing even exist in the first place……?
And her Eldest Senior Brother had that qualification?
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‘What exactly is he?’
While Sa-ryeon was mulling over the identity of her mysterious Eldest Senior Brother, the excited Eun-ho approached Jin So-un.
Е̇ n̄ um̀ a .іd
“Eldest Senior Brother, we could have obtained a small room, but the reason you specifically got a detached annex must be because you had the profound intention of letting us fully enjoy the feeling of a vacation, correct?”
“Hm?”
Jin So-un stopped taking items out of his bundle and looked at Eun-ho.
“What are you talking about?”
“Pardon? Then why did you specifically come to a detached annex……”
“Heave-ho!”
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Before answering, Jin So-un pulled iron rings out of his bundle.
No, why are you taking those out again here……?
“Because if you train in a guest room, you will be a nuisance to others.”
“…….”
“If it is a detached annex, no matter what sounds arise, there will not be much of a problem.”
You clearly said we would only train until we reached Xi’an!
W̆ ё ḃ n̊о̌ v̌ ѐ l̈ Е n um.ӑ
You deceived us again!
Their dissatisfaction surged like an active volcano, but the four of them clamped their mouths shut, worried that even more iron rings might be added.
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Leaving behind my useless junior disciples, who had flopped down on their backs and declared that they could no longer move a finger, I came out onto the streets of Xi’an. Though the sun had already set, the streets were still full of people.
‘More have gathered than were recorded.’
It seemed a larger crowd had gathered than had been written in the report of the Murim Alliance Xi’an Branch in my previous life.
But that was to be expected. There was no need to include useless records in a report in the first place.
W е̂b̊ ń о̂v е́ l̊ Еn̊ u m̊а̂
Those who had smelled the arrival of the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil, appearing for the fourth time in Xi’an on a sixty-year cycle, had gathered here.
Because of those who had assembled to seize the fourth appearance of the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil, Xi’an was filled with tighter tension than ever before.
‘There are particularly many of them.’
In particular, there were many disciples of the Zhongnan Sect, who should not have been visible in winter.
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The Zhongnan Sect disciples were leading people who appeared to be from Lay-Affiliated Martial Sects as they walked through the streets.
As though showing who the master of Shaanxi was.
Ënu m̀ a .і d̈
At that moment.
“What did you say?! What did you just say?”
A loud voice suddenly rang out from the street.
Passersby began turning their heads one by one, and some even wore expectant expressions, wondering if a fight had broken out.
“I believe making the disciples patrol all night like this is a meaningless waste of stamina. It would be better to rest for a while and then near the Thousand Caverns……”
SLAP—
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With a sharp sound, the head of the one who had raised the objection snapped to the side.
“Insolent wretch.”
The one who struck and the one who had been struck were clearly wearing different martial robes, yet the one who had been struck did not resist as he naturally should have.
At a glance, the picture was clear.
“How dare someone from a mere lay affiliation wag his tongue so insolently!”
“…….”
Ẃе́ b̂ nо̌v еl̊ Е nu.m̄_а̊
“You need only do as we tell you! Do not roll that worthless head of yours!”
Tsk. Of course. They truly were experts at drawing lines between ranks.
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The old man who had slapped him sharply turned and walked away, and the group looked at the one who had been struck for a moment before following after the old man.
But.
‘Why does he look familiar?’
As I stared at the struck man’s profile, he turned his head, and our eyes met.
Ӗ n̆ûma. i d̈
“Hm?”
He was none other than Cheol Sun-jik.
“Tsk.”
I was about to acknowledge him, but hurriedly lowered my hand.
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Since I had not known how far Zhongnan’s influence over the Bamboo String Gang extended, the sight was shocking.
At the very least, the Cheol Sun-jik I knew was not someone who would quietly accept such treatment.
E n̂ ům̂а̌. їd
‘But he likely cannot help it either.’
If he acted according to his feelings, he would cause harm to others.
Because Cheol Sun-jik cherished his sect above all else, he had no choice but to endure such a position.
I turned my head, pretending as much as possible that I had not seen it, and began walking down the street again.
By the time I had imprinted into my eyes the people I needed to be careful of inside the Thousand Caverns and recorded their faces in my mind—
“Hm?”
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Cheol Sun-jik, whom I had passed earlier, was suddenly standing before my eyes again.
“…….”
Considering what had happened earlier, and since neither of us seemed in the mood for a scuffle, I was about to simply pass by.
Then Cheol Sun-jik asked quietly.
“Representative Jin.”
“Have you decided to call me ‘Representative Jin’ again now?”
Е̇nu.m å
I tried to act as though nothing had happened and as though I had not seen him earlier, but—
“……You saw it just now, did you not?”
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Tsk. Did he come all the way here just to ask that?
I answered as calmly as I could.
“I did not see it.”
“……I did not even ask what you saw.”
W̌.ë b̂ n ӧ vе́l̃ Ѐn ům̊ а̂
Damn it. I should not have seen that scene at all.
“If I say I saw it, will anything change?”
Cheol Sun-jik’s present was no different from my past.
That discomfort was the greatest reason I had avoided that place earlier.
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Cheol Sun-jik’s current appearance summoned my past.
When I lowered my gaze, I saw both of his clenched fists trembling faintly.
Ẅ е̌b̌ n ō v̄ӗ l Е n uṁ а̌
It was surely not only because of the cold wind.
“Do I look pitiful to you? Or laughable?”
In the icy winter weather, white breath puffed out each time he spoke.
And Cheol Sun-jik’s eyes, colder than even that, seemed deeper than ever.
I looked at him for a moment, then shook my head.
“You look neither.”
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“…….”
Because I knew what feelings he had endured it with, and because I knew what state of mind he must be in.
Understanding his heart, I spoke.
“You merely look like someone who almost stumbled over a loose stone for a moment.”
Cheol Sun-jik’s gaze shook greatly for an instant.
“Representative Jin, you truly……”
Wèb.nо vе ĺ Е n u m̄ а̇
After hesitating for a long while, he opened his mouth again.
“Have you come to find the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil?”
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Since it would have been absurd for me, who lived in Hefei, to claim I had come to Xi’an for some other reason, I answered honestly.
“Why else would I have come to Xi’an?”
“Then it would be better for you to simply return.”
“……?”
Е ñũ m а̂ .іd̃
Cheol Sun-jik continued calmly.
“The Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil is already an item whose owner has been decided.”
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