Return of the Mount Hua Sect [EN]: Chapter 1306

What the Hell is He? (6)

Jo Gul looked ahead, worried. His eyes showed he was afraid.

“Senior Brother…”

“Shhh.”

But Yoon Jong stopped him as soon as he started to speak.

Yoon Jong’s face became serious as he watched the scene through the thick bushes.

It was a narrow crack in the rocks.

It was more like a crack in the rocks than a valley, and it was full of people. They felt the strong energy even from far away.

“Let’s go back.”

“Yes.”

Yoon Jong and Jo Gul carefully turned around.

The bushes rustled as they moved. It was a quiet sound, but it bothered them, like nails scratching.

The two moved carefully, bending low to avoid the bushes. As soon as they reached the back of the mountain, they stood up and ran.

After running for a while, they entered a deep forest at the entrance to the mountain. As they stepped into the dark forest, where sunlight barely reached, they felt a sudden wave of deadly anger.

“It’s me!”

Jo Gul shouted, and the deadly anger disappeared. Jo Gul, jumping over bushes, looked at those sitting before him.

The Hainan disciples were resting, slumped on the ground.

‘…Quite a few have been lost.’

Jo Gul’s face darkened slightly.

After being away for a short time, the situation seemed clearer. There were fewer disciples than when they had arrived at the coast.

It wasn’t just the numbers that were down. Their energy had also changed a lot.

When the Hainan swordsmen looked at Jo Gul, their eyes were cold and full of anger.

It wasn’t that they were angry at Jo Gul. It was that, even after resting, the tension and anger from the battle hadn’t gone away.

Their clothes were covered in sweat and dirt, and it was hard to tell what color they were before. Their faces were covered in dried blood and dirt.

Their lips were dry and cracked, and the dark circles under their eyes made them look tired. They looked more like tired soldiers than fighters.

Jo Gul realized how much they had changed. If he hadn’t traveled with them, he wouldn’t have believed that the people he had seen in Hainan and those now exhausted were the same.

‘And it’s only been a few days.’

Of course, Jo Gul understood them.

They had gone through more in the past few days than most people would in years.

If Jo Gul hadn’t met Chung Myung and grown slowly, but had been suddenly thrown into battle like them, he would have been the same. Maybe even worse.

Or maybe he wouldn’t have survived this far.

As Jo Gul walked, he felt something under his foot and quickly moved it.

“Ah… I’m sorry!”

He had stepped on a sword that a Hainan disciple had put on the ground. It would be more accurate to say it had been thrown down or left there.

Touching someone’s sword was rude. Fights could start if you just touched someone’s sword. And he had stepped on it…

But the Hainan disciple didn’t say anything. He just looked at Jo Gul and dragged the sword in front of him. He didn’t even wipe the mud off the blade.

Just then, Yoon Jong came and told him to move on.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes, Senior Brother.”

Jo Gul nodded and followed Yoon Jong. He felt uneasy about what he had just seen.

‘Even so, it’s his sword.’

As a Mount Hua disciple, Jo Gul had been taught to cherish his sword. Learning was like ink slowly soaking into cloth. If you hear something again and again, you start to believe it.

Hainan, a well-known group, would have had even stricter training than Mount Hua. But a Hainan disciple was treating his sword like a wooden stick.

Were they so tired that they didn’t care about their swords? Or did it mean that life itself was not important here?

Jo Gul shook his head and cleared his mind. These were useless thoughts and worries.

The two stopped when they reached the Cheonwoo Alliance members.

“Uncle.”

Yoon Jong called out, and Baek Cheon, who had been talking to Im So-byeong, looked over.

“You’re back?”

“Yes, Uncle.”

“What’s the situation?”

“It’s not good.”

Yoon Jong explained with a serious face.

“The crack in the rocks is much narrower than we thought.”

“How does it compare to where the Black Dragon group was last time?”

“It seems even narrower.”

Baek Cheon’s face darkened. The valley to the Black Dragon group was already high and hard to defend. If this place is even narrower, it’s even more dangerous because there’s nowhere to run.

“What about the enemies?”

“They’re blocking it. The crack is narrow, so it didn’t seem like there were many from the outside, but they could be lined up further back. And if they have a wide group at the exit… there must be at least five hundred of them.”

“…Five hundred.”

Baek Cheon repeated calmly. But he felt uneasy.

‘There’s no end to this.’

He couldn’t even count the enemies he had fought. He had killed more in the past few days than in his entire life.

But there were always more enemies coming. Now, he felt hopeless.

“Can we climb over the mountain instead of going through the crack?”

“The mountain is very steep. We might be able to, but I don’t know if the Hainan disciples can follow…”

“…There would be ambushes, too.”

“Yes. I felt anger.”

Baek Cheon nodded. It might not be certain if it were Jo Gul, but it was true if Yoon Jong said so.

Mount Hua disciples were not afraid of enemies on cliffs. For them, it might even be easier than fighting on flat land.

But not everyone here was a Mount Hua disciple.

Hainan was out of the question. Even Namgung Dowi and Tang Pae couldn’t fight even half as well on a cliff. Im So-byeong, who knew the mountains well, might be different.

Baek Cheon looked at one person differently.

Chung Myung was leaning against a tree with his eyes closed. Baek Cheon’s eyebrows twitched.

When that rascal made the Mount Hua disciples hang off cliffs and jump into water, he had thought he was just finding ways to make them suffer. But now, he realized something.

All those training sessions had a purpose.

Of course, those sessions would have been useless in a peaceful time. But in a war, where people were always killing and being killed, those experiences could save their lives.

‘Did that rascal see all of this coming?’

He didn’t know. And he couldn’t ask.

Since the battle started, Chung Myung had hardly spoken. And when they rested, he would close his eyes, focusing on getting his strength back.

As if that was the only way he could fight longer.

Baek Cheon knew it too. That was the right thing to do. Half of the talks they had were meaningless.

Maybe they were just talking to make sure they weren’t making mistakes, and to hide their fear.

But Chung Myung was just doing what needed to be done, like he had no feelings. Baek Cheon wondered if that rascal was really the Chung Myung he knew.

“Uncle?”

Baek Cheon took a deep breath and looked away.

“Green Forest King.”

“Yes.”

Im So-byeong, scratching his head with his fan, said.

“Going around would be the smartest thing… but in war, you can’t always do what’s smart.”

Baek Cheon nodded.

Going around would just take longer. If the enemies were coming faster than they could be defeated, they would face even more enemies.

“The rear…”

“I wouldn’t think about it.”

Im So-byeong shrugged and joked.

“Thinking about it won’t help. We should just focus on moving ahead.”

That was true.

But as Im So-byeong had said, it was hard to do what was right. Even as he tried not to think about it, he kept thinking about the Ten Thousand People Clan following them.

‘They’re probably close.’

How far away were they?

Two hours? Or one hour?

Since they had stopped here, the enemies would be within an hour.

“So, we have to break through.”

Baek Cheon looked at the Hainan disciples on the ground.

Could they fight in their tired state?

From yesterday until today, they had only rested for fifteen minutes. They couldn’t even close their eyes, and it wasn’t enough time to get their energy back.

They were already tired from training, but they had to fight for their lives for days. Could they handle this battle?

“…Let’s think about going around.”

“Acting Leader.”

“We’re not running away. We need to be realistic. Yoon Jong, what were the enemies like?”

Yoon Jong spoke calmly with a serious face.

“It’s not certain, but there seemed to be some from the Four Evil Sects. I felt a cold energy.”

Baek Cheon said to Im So-byeong again.

“Even if we break through, it’s pointless if we lose too many people. And even if we don’t, if we use up all our energy, we’ll just be chased to our deaths.”

“Hmm.”

“We need to avoid more trouble. Just getting through there won’t solve everything.”

Baek Cheon’s words made sense. Im So-byeong frowned and thought.

At that moment, another voice spoke.

“Go to the crack.”

Baek Cheon turned quickly. Chung Myung, who had opened his eyes, was putting on his sword.

“Chung Myung-ah.”

“We just need to get past there.”

“…Chung Myung-ah. You can do it, but those people…”

“Uncle.”

Baek Cheon closed his mouth.

“We just need to get past there.”

Baek Cheon hesitated, then nodded. Chung Myung always had a reason. Wasn’t it Chung Myung who had chosen this path?

Baek Cheon said.

“Let’s do that. But we have to remember that it’s pointless if we lose too many people.”

“Damage?”

Chung Myung laughed as if it were silly. His teeth, white and sharp, looked scary.

“You need to see the situation clearly, you book-smart people.”

“…What are you talking about?”

“Even if there was a way around, I would have taken it.”

Baek Cheon stared, and Chung Myung spat out.

“You can’t be surrounded on a narrow path. You only have to deal with the enemies in front of you, right?”

Baek Cheon’s hand shook. But Chung Myung just laughed coldly.

“Whether there are a hundred or a thousand enemies, we can make a path by fighting through them. What better way is there?”

Baek Cheon ignored the fear and sighed.

“…Departure?”

“Now.”

Chung Myung’s eyes were cold.

“But tell them to be ready. It’s going to be worse than they think.”

Everyone nodded with serious faces.

Return of the Mount Hua Sect [EN]

Return of the Mount Hua Sect [EN]

Status: Ongoing Author: Released: 2019 Native Language: Korean
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[English Translation] Chung Myung, the legendary Plum Blossom Swordmaster of Mount Hua, awakens after a hundred years of slumber only to find his once-mighty sect reduced to ruins. With unwavering determination, he disguises himself as a young disciple and embarks on a mission to restore Mount Hua to its former glory. From training new disciples to facing lifelong enemies, Chung Myung must revive the sect while uncovering dark conspiracies that threaten the martial world. "Return of Mount Hua Sect" is an epic tale of resurgence, sacrifice, and fierce battles that will shake the world!

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