Return Of The Mount Hua Sect [EN]: Chapter 1636

“Huuuh!”

“Please, slow down!”

“We haven’t a moment to lose!”

Namgung Dowi didn’t even look back as he ran forward. Tang Soso chased after him, shaking her head in disbelief.

‘How can someone be so clueless?’ Tang Soso thought. She thought Chung Myung and Jo Gul were the most clueless people, but maybe not.

He was pushing himself too hard. His outside wounds were better, but inside he was still hurt. If he kept running like this, something bad could happen.

Tang Soso was a healer. She couldn’t let a patient be so reckless.

Suddenly, a bandage flew from behind and wrapped around Namgung Dowi’s arm.

“No more. Slow down.”

“But, Miss Dang. This is……”

“Not Miss, Healer!”

“Ah… I apologize, Healer. In any case, time is very important……”

“Yes, time is very important. But if you keep running like that, you’ll end up dying!”

“……”

“Slow down. This is coming from a healer.”

“……Understood.”

Maybe it was the word ‘healer,’ but Namgung Dowi slowed down. Sweat streamed down his face, like a heavy rain.

“Really……”

Tang Soso looked at Namgung Dowi as if he was impossible to deal with and scowled.

“Is it the end of the world if the Young Lord arrives a little late? That’s why you sent the Elder ahead in the first place, isn’t it?”

Namgung Dowi wiped the sweat from his face and nodded.

“Indeed, my uncle is far more capable of handling things wisely than I am.”

“You know it well. So why are you acting so rushed? Anyone would think the Namgung Clan would collapse without the Young Lord. You have a very high opinion of yourself.”

Namgung Dowi smiled slightly, but it wasn’t a happy smile.

“You have a very high opinion of yourself, you say……”

“Well, that’s a characteristic of the Namgung Clan, after all.”

Namgung Dowi shook his head.

“It’s true the Namgung Clan can be like that, but that’s not why I’m rushing.”

“Then what is it?”

“It’s not that I think things will go wrong because I’m not there, but I’m worried about what might be happening while I’m not there.”

Tang Soso tilted her head.

Isn’t that the same thing?

“Even if I’m not there, Chung Myung and his fellow disciples will handle anything. They are strong and won’t lose easily. Even if their opponent is that Tyrant.”

“……”

There was clear trust in Namgung Dowi’s voice. It was more than just polite words.

Is it really possible to feel such trust in someone from another clan, who isn’t even from the same sect? Especially towards those who aren’t that much older than him?

“……Then isn’t that alright? Your fellow disciples will take care of it anyway.”

“Of course, it is. But that’s why I feel wronged.”

“Huh?”

Namgung Dowi chuckled.

“It’s frustrating and hurts my pride. The fact that it’s something that can be resolved without me means that I’m not important.”

“……”

Tang Soso stared at Namgung Dowi, shocked and confused. What kind of logic was this?

But Namgung Dowi, with a very serious expression, hardened his face and said,

“I can’t stand it. The thought that I am just a helper in their success. Not as the Young Lord of the Namgung Clan, but as Namgung Dowi, a swordsman.”

“……You’re saying it in a complicated way, but you can’t stand being a supporting character.”

“That’s right.”

Namgung Dowi smiled brightly.

“But isn’t it alright to have that much ambition? For a swordsman?”

Tang Soso shook her head again. Anyway, the people of the Five Great Clans were all a bit strange. Well, she, being from one of the Five Great Clans and a disciple of Mount Hua, wasn’t exactly one to talk.

“I thought you weren’t interested in such things?”

“I wasn’t. Until I beheaded the Black Dragon King.”

“……”

“But now my revenge is over. So, I have to look to the future. I’m worried I’ll be left behind.”

Tang Soso sighed.

Like Chung Myung, once he does something, he always wants to do more.

People of this kind never stop until their strength is exhausted and they collapse.

“And aren’t you curious?”

“About what?”

“About Chung Myung.”

A little bit of excitement showed in Namgung Dowi’s eyes as he spoke of Chung Myung. He usually looked serious, so this was different.

“That person must have already caused some problems by now. Something I can’t even imagine. He always goes too far.”

“……”

Tang Soso couldn’t deny this. She couldn’t imagine that Chung Myung would quietly keep his mouth shut for several days. He must be doing something that will cause trouble and worry.

“He’s doing something crazy, but in a way that makes sense to him, like a bull that is charging. I have to know what it is.”

“Then shouldn’t you wait a little longer and leave after hearing some news? The world calls that the smart thing to do.”

“You know that we don’t have time for that.”

Tang Soso sighed as if there was no hope.

‘Even if a person changes, they should change a little bit at a time.’

Of course, it wasn’t that the old, annoying and too proud Namgung Dowi was better, but the current direction was also a bit… Couldn’t they find a middle ground?

“Then that’s fortunate.”

“What do you mean?”

“You’ll find out soon enough. There, that’s Hwayeom.”

“Ah.”

Namgung Dowi raised his head and looked ahead. In the distance, he saw Hwayeom, which they had built with such care.

“……This might sound a bit funny.”

“Yes?”

“It feels like I’ve returned to my hometown. And I just came from Anhui.”

Namgung Dowi chuckled, finding it funny himself.

“Let’s go. Whether it’s a hometown or not, it’s enough if it feels familiar.”

Namgung Dowi left Tang Soso behind and ran towards Hwayeom.

“The atmosphere seems a bit chaotic.”

“It does, doesn’t it?”

“Something must have happened again.”

“Could you please not say that as if it’s amusing? My stomach already hurts.”

“It will be a good thing in the end. You know that too, don’t you?”

“……I suppose so. It just takes a long way around to get to a good result.”

Namgung Dowi gave a small smile, as if he couldn’t deny those words. Certainly, everything Chung Myung did had that way of doing things.

“Anyway, we need to find out what’s going on first……”

“Young Lord!”

It was at that moment.

“Huh?”

“Young Lord! You’ve arrived!”

Namgung Dowi narrowed his eyes. The swordsmen of the Namgung Clan, who had headed to Hwayeom following Namgung Myung, were running towards him.

“……It seems there’s no need to look for trouble.”

That was Namgung Dowi’s thought upon seeing the serious expressions on their faces.

“Breaking up the clan… and making everyone join a group?”

“Yes!”

One of the Namgung Clan’s swordsmen spoke with a grim face.

“And Elder Namgung Myung has approved this instead of you.”

“……”

Namgung Dowi scratched his cheek a couple of times.

“……I expected him to do something hard to believe, but this is beyond anything I could have imagined.”

This was even crazier than he expected. Who would dare to plan and carry out such a crazy thing?

“Did the other sects approve it too?”

“Yes, they did.”

“Hmm.”

Namgung Dowi nodded.

He would have to hear how this situation came about, but it didn’t seem like a completely crazy plan. No, of course not. Otherwise, the sects that didn’t like Mount Hua wouldn’t have agreed.

‘No… If it’s that person, he would have made them agree in the end, even if they didn’t want to.’

He acted like he was listening to everyone, but he really just did what he wanted. This was the method Chung Myung had shown Namgung Dowi so far, with a little bit of threat and scaring people mixed in.

“Young Lord.”

“Hmm?”

“Even now, you must punish Elder Namgung Myung for being so reckless and stop all of this.”

“……”

Namgung Dowi looked at the Namgung Clan’s swordsman as if asking what he was talking about.

“For an Elder to decide on such a matter is doing something he shouldn’t.”

“Yes, that’s right, Young Lord. And breaking up the clan? How can those with Namgung blood receive orders from others? The only person who can give orders to the Namgung is the Young Lord!”

“The other sects are the same. I don’t know what the leaders are thinking, but most of those who actually fight don’t like it. They don’t understand why they have to risk their lives for the orders of people they don’t even know.”

Namgung Dowi’s expression became very serious and angry upon hearing those words.

“What people think is not good?”

“Yes.”

Namgung Dowi sensed that others around them were focusing on them. Seeing that no one was stopping them, it seemed that the people lower down are unhappy.

“What about you? Do you think the same way?”

“Yes, we do.”

“The reason?”

“Because it’s a matter of life and death.”

“……More details.”

One of the Namgung swordsmen continued with a serious face.

“We don’t value our lives too much. We can throw away our lives for the glory of the Namgung. But if this happens, won’t the Alliance and Mount Hua get all the praise for what we do? Why should we risk our lives to make them famous and important?”

Some people nodded.

“Getting rid of the clan borders sounds good, but in the end, doesn’t it mean they’ll use the power of other clans however they want? Even if we win like that, what will be left for us?”

“……”

“I think the Young Lord should step forward. The Namgung shines brightest under the name of Namgung……”

“Enough.”

“Young Lord. The Namgung……”

“I said shut your mouth.”

The person who was speaking flinched and looked at Namgung Dowi.

A very angry voice. But what was even more surprising was the harsh way of speaking. He had never heard Namgung Dowi use such a tone before.

“Yo… Young Lord?”

Namgung Dowi glared at the person with angry eyes.

“The glory of the Namgung? Are you saying those words now?”

The swordsman backed away in fear at the angry voice. No one here had ever seen Namgung Dowi so angry. Not even when he faced the Black Dragon King had he shown so much anger.

His anger was so cold and strong that even Tang Soso flinched and stepped back.

“When you were dying in Plum Blossom Island, you were begging for someone to help you…… Now that you’re doing better, you dare to talk about glory?”

“Yo, Young Lord.”

“People are naturally clever and selfish. I know that much……”

Namgung Dowi gritted his teeth.

“But I never imagined that someone using the Namgung name would say such ungrateful words and are not thankful.”

“……”

Overwhelmed by his anger, those who were standing there couldn’t even look Namgung Dowi in the eye and lowered their heads.

“I was wondering what I should do, but thanks to you, I know the answer.”

Namgung Dowi gripped his sword.

This is something Mount Hua cannot do. If they did it, it would become force. That’s why Namgung Dowi knew what he had to do.

“Those who are unhappy with what the Alliance is doing, step forward. I will show you that you have had too much freedom and taken it for granted.”