“Brother Woo-chi. Let’s meet in the Western Regions.”

“Alright. Don’t overdo it. You promised, right? If you think it’s dangerous, don’t step forward.”

“Yes!”

“You’re good at answering.”

“Aigo! Stop nagging.”

“Alright, alright. As soon as I arrive at the main office, I’ll gather the personnel and go to the Western Regions, so let’s meet there.”

“Okay, brother.”

So-ah and Jeon Woo-chi’s farewell was simple.

They would meet again in the Western Regions soon anyway, and to keep up with So-ah’s speed, Jeon Woo-chi also needed to move quickly.

Thus, Jeon Woo-chi left the Manchu Pharmacopoeia first…

So-ah, who was tilting a teacup with Chairman Yeon, asked.

“Chairman Yeon… are there any good weapon smiths in Qinghai?”

“A weapon smith… do you need a sword? If so, I have a quite well-made treasured sword and treasured sword at my home, so I’ll give you one as a gift.”

At Chairman Yeon’s words, So-ah shook his head with a gentle smile.

“I’m a brawler. Where would I use a sword?”

“Then?”

“I’m thinking of getting a pair of fist gloves.”

“Aha! Then let’s go to the ironworks where the best blacksmith in Qinghai, the blacksmith, stays. The quality of the ironworks’ goods is so good that sometimes customers even come from as far as Hainan.”

“The blacksmith’s shop is fine. No matter how good the skills are, it will take at least five days to make a decent pair of fist gloves.”

“You can’t even spare that much time? Jeon Woo-chi has just left, so won’t it take a long time for the Martial Alliance to reach the Western Regions?”

At that, So-ah shook his head again.

“How fast is Brother Woo-chi’s flying art? He’ll probably arrive at the main office in a day if he runs at full speed.”

“Hah… a day, you say?”

“Yes. He’s crazy. It’s not a lie, he’s faster than a flying bird, faster than a bird. I don’t know if Brother Woo-chi has gained enlightenment, but his magical power has increased by leaps and bounds, and he can now perform spells freely.”

At the unbelievable words, Chairman Yeon’s complexion turned to astonishment.

‘What on earth are these people… what kind of people are they?’

Although Chairman Yeon was closer to an orthodox doctor, he was still a martial artist who was part of the martial world.

He had seen various strange people in his life, but he had never seen such amazing ability users as So-ah or Jeon Woo-chi.

“Phew… Young Hero Jin or Jeon Woo-chi. Both of you are scary. Anyway, then you’re looking for a merchant who can sell weapons right away, not a blacksmith’s shop?”

“Yes, Chairman Yeon. Because I don’t have time to make weapons.”

“Hmm… if it’s a pair of fist gloves that a peerless master like Young Hero Jin will use, it shouldn’t be just a high-quality product, but the best product in the world.”

Chairman Yeon looked up at the empty air and stroked his beard.

Then, as if he had remembered something, he opened his mouth.

“Look for the Jang family’s shop in Qinghai Lake. They will surely have a pair of fist gloves that will suit Young Hero Jin.”

“The Jang family’s shop in Qinghai Lake…”

“Instead, you’ll have to pay a considerable price. The owner of the Jang family’s shop, Jang Gu-jin, is a great ‘treasure collector’, so he won’t even snort at a small amount of money.”

“Don’t worry about that, Chairman Yeon.”

“Huh?!”

In an instant, Chairman Yeon doubted his ears, wondering if he had heard wrong.

Chairman Yeon knew So-ah well.

The So-ah he knew was a person who couldn’t get enough of money.

No!

That expression was not enough.

Wasn’t he a person who would do anything for money, a person who lived and died for money (?)…

So-ah was boasting that he shouldn’t worry about money like a chaebol, so he was dumbfounded.

But how could he have known?

That in the ‘divine skill wooden box’ in So-ah’s arms, there were treasures, gold ingots, and bills worth a fortune.

“Ta-da!”

As expected, So-ah took out large gold nuggets from the divine skill wooden box and showed them to Chairman Yeon as if he was boasting.

“Young Hero Jin. That’s not a gold nugget. Where on earth did you get that?”

“Haha. It’s a secret. And please accept this as the treatment fee for treating me.”

“Ah… no! I didn’t do it for the money…”

“Ah! Chairman Yeon. You’re doing it again. Let’s not be like this between us. You have to accept it so I can owe you a favor next time. If you don’t accept it, I’ll feel burdened, so how can I come and visit the Manchu Pharmacopoeia again? I have a lot of money~ so please accept it, Chairman Yeon. I’m begging you.”

So-ah put the gold nugget in Chairman Yeon’s hand, who was waving his hands in refusal.

Although So-ah was a person who would jump up in his sleep for money, he was not stingy or a miser, so he wanted to repay the kindness.

Of course.

‘Young Hero Jin… did he hit the jackpot somewhere…’

Chairman Yeon’s question of how So-ah could donate such a large amount of money was never resolved.

‘It’s a bit much to say that I robbed the property of Eunuch Han, the White Lotus Cult’s Sichuan cult branch, and the gangsters, right? Phew!’

Even So-ah was not shameless enough to say that he had obtained a huge amount of wealth by extorting others, so he kept his mouth shut.

After all, So-ah was the great disciple of one of the five great families of the martial world.

***

So-ah, who had been able to gather the scattered power in his body and convert it into Supreme Meridian Energy with the <Myriad Streams Returning to One Divine Core>, deliberately performed his lightness skill with all his might.

As a result…

‘…Is this for real?’

So-ah was performing a crazy feat that he himself could not believe.

His speed was enough to surpass Jeon Woo-chi’s flying art, and his internal energy showed no signs of drying up no matter how much he used it.

Moreover, when compared to before, even if he released the same amount of internal energy, the efficiency applied to his body was maximized due to the change in the subtlety of its operation.

Since he first entered the martial world at the age of fifteen, So-ah had experienced several major growths.

But he can say with certainty that there has never been a time when the improvement of his skills was so palpable.

In a word, it meant that So-ah was feeling the biggest development of his life.

‘Even if it’s not the Blood Demon, but the Blood Demon’s grandfather, I can now take his head and still have some left over!’

A confident smile appeared on So-ah’s face.

Perhaps.

‘Before the subjugation force of the main office arrives. I might be able to chew up the remnants of the Western Regions by myself.’

Unprecedented in the history of the martial world.

A legend of a single person that was truly unprecedented.

While thinking that he might be writing a myth that would be brilliantly remembered by future generations even after time passed.

Thus, in less than half a day after leaving the Manchu Pharmacopoeia, So-ah was able to arrive at the ‘Jang family’s shop’ in Qinghai Lake.

***

“Hah! Really… are you the great disciple of the Moyong family, the great hero Jin So-ah?”

“A great hero… haha. I’m embarrassed, owner.”

So-ah was secretly worried.

Because he had no information about the owner of the Jang family’s shop, Jang Gu-jin.

Especially, the words of Chairman Yeon, who had said that he would not even bat an eye at a small amount of money, came to mind.

Fortunately, that worry seemed to be unfounded.

As soon as So-ah revealed his identity, Jang Gu-jin was so pleased that he was ready to give him his liver.

“No. If the great disciple of the Moyong family, who is famous as one of the ten great masters of the Orthodox Path and a hero of the world, is not a great hero, then who is a great hero? You are being too humble!”

‘What’s with this old man? Why is he so kind? It’s burdensome. How much is he going to haggle over the price?’

But So-ah suspected Jang Gu-jin’s attitude.

Of course, this was also a useless worry.

In the past year or two, So-ah’s fame was incomparable to before.

Among them, there were not a few who guessed that So-ah was actually the strongest in the Orthodox Path, and the story of him not only recruiting the helpers of the court (Bao Qingtian and his own brother, the head of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Jin Won-tak) to wipe out the White Lotus Cult, but also leading the alliance with the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, was spreading widely in Qinghai. (Since Aheladaheze Mountain, the headquarters of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, was in Qinghai, it was natural.)

Therefore, for Jang Gu-jin, a native of Qinghai, he had no choice but to be extremely polite to So-ah.

Also.

‘What a great person. From his thick and dark eyebrows and the space between them, I can see his principles. His nose, which is neither high nor low, shows his upright and benevolent character, which is strong against the strong and weak against the weak. From his thick and well-defined lips, I can see his philanthropy and gentleness. Above all, his two eyes, which are so bright that they seem to light up the darkness, are like seeing a great tiger of the mountains!’

Jang Gu-jin was not as good as Jeon Woo-chi or Baek In-hwa, but he was a versatile person in various personal matters, so he had a good eye for faces.

The So-ah he saw was by far the best of all the faces he had seen in his life.

Moreover, since So-ah had a natural nobility to his famous reputation that would shake the world, he could not help but look even greater…

But So-ah, who had no way of knowing Jang Gu-jin’s heart, was secretly calculating on his abacus.

‘No matter how I think about it, he’s definitely laying the groundwork to haggle over the price. No way, you cunning old man!’

So-ah twisted the corners of his lips slightly.

“Hahaha. Owner. Stop gilding my face. Let’s get down to business between us pros!”

***

Jang Gu-jin was bewildered by the sudden mention of ‘business’, but he soon smiled after hearing So-ah’s words.

“Haha… so you’ve come to buy weapons from me?”

“That’s right.”

“That’s great. Because I just got my hands on a very excellent pair of fist gloves.”

As he said that, Jang Gu-jin left for a moment and soon came back with a pair of fist gloves.

“Young Hero Jin. What do you think?”

“My goodness…”

The fist gloves that Jang Gu-jin handed over immediately caught So-ah’s eye.

“Is it made of Vajra Heavenly Silkworm Silk?”

“The Vajra Heavenly Silkworm Silk is just a secondary material. Black steel, the sacred object of the Botaam of the South Sea, the thunderbolt tree, and diamonds have also been added.”

“Wow! There’s a blacksmith’s shop that makes such amazing things?”

“There’s only one in the world. Kehkeh!”

“By any chance… is it the Noh family of Gwangju?”

“That’s right.”

So-ah nodded as if he had expected it.

The Noh family of Gwangju was a sacred place for blacksmiths who had the best skills in the world, so much so that they made the treasured sword that symbolized the Alliance Leader every time a new Alliance Leader of the Martial Alliance was elected.

If it was that place, it would not be impossible to make such a pair of fist gloves.

But the problem was.

‘It’s hard to haggle over such a precious thing. It’s probably worth whatever they ask for.’

At a glance, it was a treasure among treasures, and the price of the fist gloves, which seemed to be able to tear even steel like paper, seemed to be at least the price of a mansion like a palace in Beijing.

‘Alright. Let’s just give him what he asks for. What’s the use of saving it? The most important thing is to take the Blood Demon’s head.’

So-ah made a brave decision.

Money could be earned again.

But the opportunity to buy such a good item would not come again.

In the end…

“The owner of the Jang family’s shop, the great hero Jang Gu-jin. No! Master Jang Gu-jin! I, Jin So-ah, have decided to risk my life for the subjugation of the White Lotus Cult, the public enemy of the martial world. But their leader, the Blood Demon, is a man who is not human, and his martial arts are at a level that can shake the heavens and the earth, and the spells he possesses are at a level that can turn the world upside down. Therefore, I almost died at his hands. Master Jang. These fist gloves are desperate for me. If I can punish the evil of the martial world through this, won’t Master Jang also be doing a favor to the entire martial world?”

He began to perform his acting skills for the first time in a while.

Very tragically.

But not too heavily.

Long-winded but not rambling.

Above all, with a very reliable look and voice, So-ah’s acting skills, which put forward the great cause.

‘S-Suddenly?!’

Jang Gu-jin could not help but be bewildered.

And what about the title?

Suddenly calling him Master Jang.

‘Really… kehkehkeh! Young Hero Jin is a really funny person!!’

Soon, Jang Gu-jin’s bewilderment turned into amusement.

“Young Hero Jin. There is no need to add such words to me.”

“…Owner Jang.”

“Who else in the world can wear such a pair of fist gloves if not Young Hero Jin?”

“Yes?”

At the same time.

Jang Gu-jin, with a bright smile on his face, handed over the fist gloves.

“Please use it to save the world. Let’s just say that these fist gloves are a gift from me, Jang-mo, to the hero, Young Hero Jin.”

‘What is this again…’

Even a fateful opportunity has to be moderate.

That’s how the probability is established.

But my fateful opportunity has no probability.

Everywhere I go is mine.

Everywhere I go are my people.

And the life of a person who is followed by money…

In front of the dizzying luck, So-ah unknowingly put his hand on his forehead.

‘Aww! I don’t know anymore, I don’t know. Kekekeke!!’

(End of Chapter)

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