Return of the Mount Hua Sect [EN]: Chapter 1483

This room in the tavern was hidden away, a place where even the Beggars’ Sect, with their many ears, couldn’t hear.

Lee Song-baek nodded, understanding. He slowly looked at everyone.

“I’m sorry.”

“We were wrong.”

“Sorry.”

“We deserve to die. Please, just spare us.”

Chung Myung watched the Mount Hua disciples kneeling on the floor, heads bowed low. He grumbled, his face sulky.

“No, even if they did something wrong, there’s no need to be begging so much…”

“Quiet, you!” one yelled.

“Little brat, you’ll get us in more trouble!” another shouted.

“I’ve had enough of your big mouth!”

Overwhelmed by the murderous aura, Chung Myung shrank his neck like a turtle.

Lee Song-baek sighed deeply.

“…You all have been through a lot.”

Hearing his kind words, the disciples’ eyes filled with tears. It had been so long since someone understood their hard time.

“But… even so, pretending to be disciples of another sect is a bit…”

“…We have nothing to say.”

“I wondered why the Beggars’ Sect people suddenly said they had somewhere to go with me; I thought I had done something wrong. So, this is what they were trying to confirm.”

“…We really have nothing to say…”

Baek Cheon bowed deeply again and again. He felt like his waist was bending in half.

But, to be frank, even this was not enough. If Lee Song-baek hadn’t been perceptive enough to take their side, they would now be desperately fleeing outside Kaifeng.

Lee Song-baek sighed and said.

“Actually, as a disciple of Jongnam, it’s hard for me to accept this. If I were to wear Mount Hua’s uniform and pretend to be a Mount Hua disciple…”

“We would have beaten you to death, you Jongnam bastard!” one of them snapped.

“Someone shut that brat’s mouth!”

Quick as lightning, Hye-yeon pulled off his wig and stuffed it into Chung Myung’s mouth. No one sympathized with Chung Myung. He deserved it.

“So, my position is quite difficult…”

Lee Song-baek glanced at Chung Myung, who was being beaten with his mouth stuffed, and chuckled.

“I’ll just pretend I didn’t see anything.”

“…Are you sure? Eventually…”

“Actually, I’m a little slow to understand things. So, even if I thought Baek Cheon was the leader, the problem won’t get worse. I’ll just get told off a little.”

Baek Cheon looked at Lee Song-baek with slightly bewildered eyes. But Lee Song-baek simply gave a clean smile without hesitation.

“Because I believe that what Chung Myung intends to do will not deviate from the greater good.”

“Sohyeop…!”

“…Of course, the method is a bit problematic.”

“I’m sorry!”

Watching Baek Cheon apologize again and again, looking really moved, Jo Gul whispered.

“Do you think Chung Myung will lose his mind at this rate?”

“…He probably already has. There’s no way he’s acting sensible anymore, not after everything we’ve been through.”

“Anyway.”

Lee Song-baek lightly scratched his head as if troubled.

“There are other Jongnam disciples in Kaifeng besides me, so please don’t make things get any worse. If things get bigger, I won’t be able to do anything more.”

“Y-yes, yes.”

Baek Cheon bowed repeatedly as if he would give up his liver. Lee Song-baek looked somewhat strange and embarrassed.

“…Dojang. Please stop apologizing like that. When you apologize with that face, it makes me uncomfortable.”

“…”

Leaving Baek Cheon speechless, Lee Song-baek turned his gaze to Chung Myung. Hye-yeon was busy twisting Chung Myung this way and that.

“By the way, Dojang.”

“Mph?”

“What are you going to do now? Even if you avoided the Beggars’ Sect’s eyes, you won’t be able to maintain this situation for long.”

“Mmph! Mmmph! Mmph!”

…Baek Cheon covered his face and muttered.

“Venerable monk, please take that wig out of his mouth. Let’s only do this when we’re alone.”

I can’t live with you like this, it’s too embarrassing.

“Ptooey!”

Chung Myung spat out the wig, spat a few times, shook off Hye-yeon, and shrugged.

“Ah, you don’t have to worry about that.”

Chung Myung, now full of confidence, tapped his chest. Then, Baek Ah, who had peeked his head out from under Chung Myung’s chin, quickly twitched his nose and pointed one paw to the side.

“Kiyiiiiing!”

“It seems the scent is heading somewhere in this vicinity. If it’s that way…”

Chung Myung walked to one side of the room and threw open the window.

“Wow!”

“Wow!”

At that moment, everyone involuntarily opened their mouths wide. The sun had set, and the night streets of Kaifeng glowed. Red lanterns hung everywhere, casting a warm light that made the streets look magical. The air buzzed with sounds of the city, and the sight of so many lights took their breath away.

“I found it. It’s somewhere over there!”

“Good.”

“We’re lucky, in many ways.”

“The pleasure district? It’s a bit embarrassing.”

“Then let’s go.”

Everyone, having confirmed their target, exchanged glances and were about to head out when.

“Just a moment.”

Lee Song-baek raised his hand slightly to stop them.

“Huh? Why? Do you have more to say?”

“…Are you going there now?”

“Of course, we have to go. The scent leads there, didn’t you hear anything?”

Lee Song-baek’s eyes twitched briefly.

“With… those clothes on?”

“…”

“Tonight? To the pleasure district?”

“Oh…”

Chung Myung looked back and forth between his clothes and the scenery outside.

If disciples in Jongnam robes were to stroll through that street filled with gambling dens, brothels, and all sorts of pleasures….

Chung Myung, finally fixing his gaze on Lee Song-baek, smiled brightly.

“Well, wouldn’t that be none of my business?”

“Beggars’ Sect, here are the Hwa…. Mph! Mmph!”

Baek Cheon and Hye-yeon rushed forward. In a flash, they gagged Lee Song-baek and held him down.

“Shhh!”

“Be quiet, kind sir. You’ll get hurt if you talk!”

“We have to tie him up for now.”

“Hmm! It can’t be helped.”

The Mount Hua disciples laughed weakly. They had expected things to go wrong, but they still felt terrible.

Now they were tying up and threatening disciples from the Nine Great Sects!

‘Maybe the Demonic Sects are better,’ one thought miserably. But it was too late to turn back now. Unfortunately…