Return Of The Mount Hua Sect [EN]: Chapter 840

“You said the Four Evil Alliance?”

Hong Daeguang nodded strongly, his voice slightly worried, as he addressed Hyun Jong.

“Yes! Sect Leader. The Four Evil Alliance has declared the Unification of Evil.”

“Unification of Evil…”

A groan escaped Hyun Jong’s lips as he repeated the words.

Jo Gul, looking puzzled, turned to Yoon Jong, as if he didn’t understand.

“Hey… Senior Brother.”

“What?”

“What is the Unification of Evil?”

Yoon Jong stared at Jo Gul in surprise. Seeing the disdain in Yoon Jong’s eyes, Jo Gul protested, feeling unfairly judged.

“No, I know what it means! Doesn’t it mean they’re going to unite the Evil Sects?”

“…Yes. I’m glad you know.”

“But aren’t the Evil Sects already together? The Shinju Ohpa are united as one… Of course, there are the Green Forest Bandits, but now the Green Forest is mostly under the Cheonwoo Alliance, and they’ve almost stopped being bandits. It’s hard to call them Evil Sects now…”

Hong Daeguang turned to Jo Gul and shook his head.

“That’s partly right and partly wrong.”

“Yes?”

“It’s true that the Shinju Ohpa represent the Evil Sects. But the Shinju Ohpa are not all the Evil Sects. There are many Evil Sects in the world, aren’t there?”

“That’s right.”

Even the Galhomun that Jo Gul had fought was one of the Evil Sects.

“Now, the Four Evil Alliance has declared that they will bring all those Evil Sects under their control.”

“Yes? All the Evil Sects?”

Only then did Jo Gul understand what the Unification of Evil meant, and he was very surprised.

“Is that even possible? Even so…”

“It’s difficult. That’s what the Evil Sects are like.”

“What do you mean?”

Jo Gul looked confused, and Hong Daeguang clicked his tongue in annoyance.

“Think about it. They are the Evil Sects. They hate rules and being controlled. Would they bow their heads to someone else? Why do you think the Orthodox Sects push back the Evil Sects?”

“…Because their martial arts are weak?”

“Wrong.”

“Then?”

“Because they can’t create a large, stable group.”

Baek Cheon asked, sounding like he didn’t understand.

“But the Shinju Ohpa are huge groups, as big as the Nine Great Sects.”

“That’s right, that’s right. But that’s the limit. The Evil Sects couldn’t grow bigger than that. If they got too powerful, there would always be fighting inside if the leader couldn’t control everyone, and the groups would break apart.”

“Ah…”

“The Nine Great Sects and the Five Great Families have been around for hundreds of years. But even if the Evil Sects are big, they can’t last even a hundred years because they fall apart on their own.”

Hong Daeguang frowned.

“So think about it. It’s normal for the Evil Sects to have disagreements, so does it make sense for them to truly follow a stronger group?”

Hyun Jong, who was thinking hard, groaned and spoke.

“Branch Leader Hong.”

“Yes, Sect Leader.”

“But as far as I know, the Evil Sects also try to get close to the stronger groups, don’t they?”

“That’s a little different if you look at the details. There are groups near Hwasan that get close to Hwasan, right?”

“…”

“…Right?”

“Well… Uh…”

Then Chung Myung poked him in the side.

“Ah, there are some in Seoan now.”

“That’s right! There are! There are!”

“…”

Hong Daeguang avoided Hyun Jong’s eyes, feeling like he had said something he shouldn’t have, and continued carefully.

“Yes… Well… Anyway, just because some groups get close doesn’t mean that the main group can give orders to the smaller groups one by one. Even the most respected groups within the Orthodox Sects can’t do that, right?”

“That’s right.”

“The reason for getting close is just to get benefits. The Evil Sects are the same. But the unification that the Four Evil Alliance is talking about now is not about telling the smaller groups to get in line. It’s about controlling them and using them like their own arms and legs. It’s about gathering all the Evil Sects in the world under the name of the Four Evil Alliance. In other words…”

Hong Daeguang bit his lip and said.

“Only the Four Evil Alliance will remain in the world. The Evil Sects will become the Four Evil Alliance, and the Four Evil Alliance will become the Evil Sects.”

“What, what does that mean?”

Hyun Jong’s face turned slightly pale. Only now did he understand how huge this declaration of the Unification of Evil was.

“Is that even possible?”

“Of course, it’s impossible. If it were possible, many people would have tried it already. But…”

Hong Daeguang hesitated, and Chung Myung took over.

“It’s possible now, that impossible thing.”

“Huh?”

“Because the Four Evil Alliance has appeared, the powerful groups can’t keep an eye on each other, and the Orthodox Sects, who would normally step in, can’t get near Gangnam.”

“Ummm… That’s…”

“However.”

Chung Myung smirked.

“I thought you’d be busy fixing things inside… Are you going to attack instead? The place where you got stabbed hasn’t even healed yet. Jang Ilso, you…”

In Chung Myung’s eyes, Jang Ilso was like a pig that eats too much. No matter how strong he was, he couldn’t swallow Surochae, Heukgibo, and Haomun without any problems.

So he thought Jang Ilso would be scratching his head trying to sort things out for a while, but he was moving in the opposite direction of what Chung Myung expected.

“What do you think will happen?”

“Ummm.”

Lim Sobyeong, looking at Chung Myung, scratched his chin.

“Actually… this is extreme, but it also makes sense. When there’s trouble inside, creating an enemy outside is a basic move.”

“That’s right.”

“If you focus on fixing things inside, the Four Evil Alliance will eventually fight for power. But if you attack outwards, they won’t be able to fight each other for a while, whether they’re strong or weak. Maybe that’s what Jang Ilso is planning.”

Chung Myung’s eyes narrowed.

“That’s not all.”

“Yes?”

“Unification of Evil. This war is being fought in the name of the Four Evil Alliance.”

“…Isn’t that obvious?”

“In other words, those who are controlled are controlled in the name of the Four Evil Alliance.”

“Ah!”

Lim Sobyeong jumped, realizing something.

“I see. That’s how it is…”

Hyun Jong, who couldn’t understand their conversation, asked with a worried look.

“Chung Myung. What does that mean?”

“If the Shinju Ohpa control the Evil Sects in their areas, the controlled Evil Sects will be under the control of each group. But if they control them under the name of the Four Evil Alliance, they will follow the orders of the Four Evil Alliance. So…”

“…Does that mean that everyone who is controlled from now on will become Jang Ilso’s force, the leader of the Four Evil Alliance?”

“Exactly.”

Chung Myung smiled, showing his teeth.

“That crazy guy is doing things just like him.”

Everything in the world has a process. You have to go through that process because if you ignore it, there will be big problems.

You’ve only just formed a group, but you’re not fixing things inside and you’re making yourself stronger? And you’re leading the other forces of the Shinju Ohpa, who might not be completely loyal to you yet?

This is like openly challenging the other leaders of the Shinju Ohpa.

Baek Cheon asked with a serious face.

“There will be resistance, of course?”

“He must be confident that he can stop them. Because if he succeeds, the rewards will be great.”

No matter how strong the groups in the Shinju Ohpa are, if they gather all the other Evil Sects, they will be a force to be reckoned with. At least in terms of numbers, they will be stronger than the Shinju Ohpa.

If that happens, even the Black Dragon King, Cheonmyeonsusa, and Mangeumdaebu will not dare to go against Jang Ilso.

“If he fails?”

“He’ll die.”

Chung Myung chuckled.

“He’ll die a terrible death, with his body torn to pieces. He probably knows it too.”

He crushes and controls all the small and medium-sized Evil Sects that resist. At the same time, he has to watch out for the other leaders of the Shinju Ohpa, who might try to stab him in the back.

This is a very dangerous balancing act.

But now, even before the war is over, Jang Ilso has declared that he will walk that tightrope.

“What do you think? What are his chances of success?”

Chung Myung frowned at Baek Cheon’s question.

“…Forty percent. No, maybe thirty percent… Maybe it’s twenty percent.”

“Twenty percent?”

That’s more like gambling than a game of skill.

“Even for Jang Ilso?”

Baek Cheon said, unintentionally praising Jang Ilso, but there was no need to correct him.

“I’m giving him twenty percent because it’s Jang Ilso. If it were another Evil Sect, his head would have been cut off and he would have been eaten by dogs.”

Chung Myung actually thought very highly of Jang Ilso.

“Then…”

Baek Cheon swallowed hard and spoke. He hesitated to ask, but he couldn’t help it.

“…If Jang Ilso succeeds in overcoming that small chance. If he manages to achieve unification, what happens?”

“If he succeeds?”

“Yes, if he succeeds.”

Chung Myung smirked with a dark look on his face.

“It might seem like the Four Evil Alliance has united the Evil Sects, but really, it will be like Maninbang has swallowed all the Evil Sects. In other words…”

“…”

“An Evil Sect unlike anything seen before will be created.”

Goosebumps ran down Baek Cheon’s back.

“And Jang Ilso will be the only one leading the largest Evil Sect force in history. Something that has never happened before in the martial world.”

A silence fell in the room.

The words were so huge that they didn’t know how to react.

Breaking the silence, Chung Myung chuckled softly.

The others stared at Chung Myung, speechless.

“That crazy guy is doing crazy things. If he can’t have everything, he doesn’t care if he’s torn to pieces and dies?”

Jang Ilso must have been waiting for this moment.

That Jang Ilso has now started to move.

He will never stop until he swallows the whole world or burns it all down. Even if he dies from his stomach bursting from eating too much, even if he burns to death in the fire he started!

Because that’s how a man like Jang Ilso lives.

Meanwhile, Baek Cheon’s face, as he looked at Chung Myung, was very stiff.

Everyone was weighed down by what Jang Ilso had done, but Chung Myung seemed to be enjoying it.

It might just be a misunderstanding…

“I’m curious too.”

Then Chung Myung said with a strange smile.

“I want to see if Jang Ilso can really control the entire Evil Sect, or if he’s a fool who eats too much and bursts his stomach and dies.”

Chung Myung looked towards the door, or rather, to somewhere beyond it.

Until now, the world seemed to be waiting for Chung Myung to act. But now, the world had begun to overwhelm Chung Myung.

‘This is more fun.’

Chung Myung clenched his fist tightly.

“But… the result is the same anyway. I’ll prove that your mistake cannot be fixed.”