Return Of The Mount Hua Sect [EN]: Chapter 1151

“Young Lord, where are you going?”

“Hmm.”

Namgung Dowi hesitated, choosing his words carefully.

‘What should I call this? A central council? An executive meeting? A clan leader conference?’

He was on his way to where the Mount Hua Sword Saint had summoned the leaders of each sect, but he couldn’t think of a good way to explain it.

‘It’s quite a mixed bag when you think about it.’

Usually, groups like this have clear ranks. The leaders of each group are called leaders. But the people who work for the alliance are given special jobs.

Yet, strangely, the Heavenly Alliance had no such positions. This was mostly because Chung Myung liked to do things his own way, and Hyun Jong didn’t want to force rules on anyone.

‘Is it because the sect leading the alliance is Taoist?’

If Namgung Dowi’s late father, Namgung Hwang, had led the Heavenly Alliance, he would have started by organizing it. He would have created jobs for each task and then put the right people in those jobs.

‘It’s a truly unique place, the more I see it.’

“Young Lord?”

“Ah, um… Yes. Mount Hua Sword Saint is calling.”

“Ah, you’re going to the… uh… meeting of leaders.” He quickly corrected himself, looking worried.

“…What council?”

The person next to him nudged the one who had spoken. The speaker quickly shut his mouth, realizing his mistake.

“Ah, it’s nothing. Have a safe trip.”

“…”

“Have a safe trip.”

‘Oh, oh… Yes.’

As the retainers bowed, Namgung Dowi turned around as if pushed from behind.

‘Chieftain Council?’

It’s, how should I put it…

‘No. Even so, we…’

It didn’t seem like the right term for those who managed the important and small matters of an alliance…

‘Wait a minute.’

Namgung Dowi stopped, unsure if he should move forward.

So… there are many people, but their jobs aren’t clear. Everything is handled by whoever can do it, and usually, the smartest person leads the way, so that group is…

“…Bandits.”

No wonder it felt so strange but familiar! This was a bandit’s hideout!

Of course, the retainers probably didn’t call it the Chieftain Council thinking of it that way, but it was telling that they felt something similar.

‘T-This won’t do!’

Trembling, Namgung Dowi hurried towards Hyun Jong’s residence, where the meeting would be held, a fire burning in his eyes.

‘I have to change it!’

He made a firm decision.

Namgung Dowi took a deep breath, trying to stay calm. He looked around the room. “Is everyone here?” he asked, his voice a little sharper than he intended.

*This is a mess,* he thought, his eyes scanning the faces. *Even the people here are all wrong!* He believed strongly in order. Everything needed its proper place. Without rules, things fell apart. And this group… it was chaos.

Chung Myung leaned back in his chair, grinning. “Looks like most people are here, right?”

Namgung Dowi’s jaw tightened. *That man.* Chung Myung was the center of the problem. Just moments ago, Namgung Dowi had admired Chung Myung and the Five Swords. Now, he just felt a rising tide of frustration. He glared at Chung Myung, his usual friendly gaze replaced with annoyance.

‘Chung Myung Dojang is unavoidable, but frankly, aren’t the others definitely a problem?’

Misunderstandings are forbidden. It’s not that Namgung Dowi has ill feelings towards them that he thinks this way. Namgung Dowi believes that the Five Swords are fully qualified to offer opinions on the major and minor affairs of the alliance. But the problem is that some come and some don’t, as they please, without any position.

So…

“Yes, Senior Brother. It seems everyone is here.”

Even Tang Soso is here! She’s not even one of the Five Swords!

‘No, has she been called one of the Five Swords recently?’

There were signs of it before, but Chung Myung is hardly someone who can be grouped together with the other Five Swords.

Of course, the Five Swords are now people who are too impressive to be called rising stars. Hae Yeon and Namgung Dowi are the only ones who can compare to them in terms of skill at their age.

Those who were once called the Five Dragons can now be handled by Yoon Jong or Jo Gul without Baek Cheon needing to step in. No, to be blunt, they might even be handled by Tang Soso. So, the Five Swords are certainly impressive people.

But Mount Hua Sword Saint Chung Myung is not someone to be discussed at that level. If you want to discuss someone who can face Chung Myung one-on-one, you have to bring in the best of each sect, right?

‘Although, even that seems difficult.’

Anyone who watched Chung Myung fight the Demonic Cult Leader alongside Jang Ilso would have to admit that the martial prowess of Chung Myung discussed in the world is greatly underestimated compared to his actual skill.

Perhaps there are only ten people in the world who can match Chung Myung. But how can you group such a person under the name of the Five Swords?

As a result, people have gradually excluded Chung Myung from the Five Swords. And instead of calling the Five Swords the Four Swords, they often went on expeditions together, and recently, they have been subtly pushing Tang Soso, who made a name for herself in the Plum Blossom Island, but anyway, it’s not official.

‘Okay. Let’s just say that’s how it is for Mount Hua.’

“No, the Green Forest King hasn’t arrived yet.”

Then why is that man here! Namgung Dowi looked at Tang Pae with slightly distorted eyes.

In the first place, this is a meeting of sect leaders! But why is Tang Pae, the young lord of the Tang family, taking a seat as if it’s natural? Tang Gun-ak is already here!

“Oh! I’m a bit late.”

“Ahem. Hello.”

Namgung Dowi’s cheeks twitched.

His gaze this time was fixed on Cheolsinjang Beon Chung, who followed the Green Forest King. Until now, he had only admired the appearance of that incarnation of Zhang Fei, but once he started to find fault, everything started to bother him.

‘In the first place, that person isn’t even an elder!’

If you’re going to bring someone to assist, there’s that First Elder or whatever, so why bring that person to the meeting? He’s clearly not the kind of person needed for a meeting that requires thinking!

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“…It’s nothing.”

A sigh escaped from Namgung Dowi’s mouth as he turned his head away. His gaze was now fixed on the root of all evil.

“Is everyone here?”

That man. That man is the root of all evil!

Namgung Dowi glared at Chung Myung, who spoke in an indifferent tone, with a fierce look.

Everything in the world has a cause. In the first place, all of this happened because of that man who leads the meeting without a proper position with the ridiculous status of a third-generation disciple of Mount Hua.

Tang Pae, the Five Swords, even Beon Chung!

Even if you object to their presence, wouldn’t it all be refuted with one sentence: ‘The third-generation disciple of Mount Hua is coming in, so why are you picking on me?’

‘Something is wrong.’

The alliance will have to go through more things in the future. So, it’s necessary to set up a good system now. For the sake of the Heavenly Alliance.

“The reason I called everyone here today is that we need to talk about what to do next.”

Chung Myung looked around at everyone and continued.

“Since most of the big problems seem to be over, I think we should talk together about what to focus on from now on.”

“Hmm.”

Tang Gun-ak nodded.

“In your opinion, is the issue of training the alliance members primarily over?”

“Yes.”

“…That day is finally coming.”

At those words, everyone sighed at the same time. It was like finally seeing light at the end of a long, dark tunnel.

“But what do you mean by discussing?”

“Just what it sounds like.”

Chung Myung shrugged.

“Until now, we’ve been doing what we had to do, of course. It was also a bit urgent.”

“That’s right.”

Even those who were suspicious when Chung Myung pushed things forward now agree that it was necessary.

The Green Forest and Namgung, the martial artists from beyond the border and the people of the Central Plains, who should never have mixed, have recently been getting along, right?

‘Although there are too few barriers, which is a problem.’

Anyway, it was a good thing that everyone was getting along. What if they had gone to battle without this?

‘Just imagining it is terrible.’

Tang Gun-ak shook his head.

He had seen the chaos that different groups could create on Plum Blossom Island. If the Tang family hadn’t supported Mount Hua, or if Mount Hua hadn’t protected the Tang family, the battle would have been very different.

The training wasn’t just to get along, but it was also needed for the future. Even if it was hard.

“Now that we’ve taken care of the urgent stuff, we need to think about what to do next.”

“Hmm, indeed.”

The reactions were mixed.

Some admired, ‘The Heavenly Alliance talks about these things together.’ These were mostly people who hadn’t spent much time with Mount Hua, like the Ice Palace or the Beast Palace.

The others were…

“Why even have a meeting! You’re just going to do what you want anyway!”

These were people like the Five Swords who didn’t trust Chung Myung’s meetings.

“When did I ever do that?”

“When? When? When did you say that now?”

“Tsk tsk tsk. You short-sighted fools! I’ve been getting everyone’s opinions through meetings!”

“Sasuk.”

“Huh?”

“Is the prejudice that I know and the prejudice that that bastard is talking about different?”

“You’re right. The only thing that Chung Myung says that means the same thing as us is ‘I’m going to smash that bastard’s head in’.”

“Ah, I understand a little now.”

“But really, these bastards?”

When Chung Myung got angry, Hyun Jong grabbed the back of his neck, stopping him.

“I also think the same way.”

Even those who didn’t care about Chung Myung’s words calmed down when Hyun Jong spoke.

“Speak, Sect Leader!”

“No! Look at the different attitude! Are you treating people differently?”

“…Isn’t that what we should be doing?”

“Huh? Oh… That’s right. Oh, that’s right. We should treat people differently.”

No matter what, I shouldn’t be treated the same as the Sect Leader. Of course, that’s right.

Everyone sighed as they watched Chung Myung, who nodded in agreement. When will that guy ever grow up?

Hyun Jong smiled gently and said.

“Everyone has worked hard so far.”

“It’s nothing, Alliance Leader!”

“Everyone has been so busy that we haven’t been able to do what the Heavenly Alliance should be doing. Let’s talk about the problems that everyone has been thinking about. Let’s talk about how the Heavenly Alliance can improve.”

“As for things to fix…”

“I think we just need to fix one person?”

“But that troublemaker?”

“I didn’t say who. Why, are you feeling guilty?”

“Come out!”

Inside the residence, which was quickly becoming chaotic, Namgung Dowi raised his hand.

Hyun Jong nodded.

“Speak, Young Lord.”

Namgung Dowi spoke firmly.

“First of all! I think we need to reorganize the Heavenly Alliance and create proper positions!”

He looked around at everyone and said.

“Even to organize the chaos we have now.”