Chapter 189. Grudge (1)

After finishing breakfast, we left the Potala Palace.

A few days of moving while retracing the path we came. We left Tibet and entered Yunnan again.

From the time we entered Yunnan, the Tang guy started to exhibit eccentric behavior.

He was stuffing grass, bugs, snakes, whatever he saw into his mouth.

Did he feel his companions’ gazes?

The Tang guy, who was dismantling the carcass of a poisonous insect bought at a village pharmacy, asked Nam Geon.

“Would Brother Nam like to eat some too?”

“I-it looks tasteless. I-I won’t eat.”

It was indeed a hideous appearance enough for Nam Geon to refuse food.

“Is it that tasty?”

To my question, the Tang guy crumpled his face severely.

“Do you think I eat because I like it?”

“……You didn’t?”

“Haa. I poured out almost all the poison energy when blocking the Potala Palace monks.”

According to the Tang guy, it was a drawback of the Poison Art.

Generally, internal energy could be recovered by taking a breathing exercise after using it once.

But poison energy wouldn’t be flowing in the atmosphere.

To fill the dantian with the energy of Poison Art again, he had to eat poison indiscriminately like that or something.

“Well, since it’s me, I can fill it quickly in this way. When first training the Poison Art, one has to pick and choose poisons to eat.”

He said that as the realm of Poison Art increases, the dantian grows and resistance to poison becomes stronger, making it much easier to refill poison.

When a beginner, it’s easy to die eating any poison, and even if it’s poison one can absorb, one has to eat only a little and filter the poison energy while absorbing.

It was a fairly reasonable explanation.

Poison Art was a martial art that could easily kill masters a few levels higher if utilized well.

Even that guy subdued dozens of Lama monks alone for a moment.

It could be called a distinctive strength of the Poison Art.

Since everything has pros and cons, I thought maybe it was a minor drawback hidden by that overwhelming strength.

That one has to restore consumed poison energy one by one in that way.

“You seem serious about revenge.”

The Tang guy snorted and answered.

“Stating the obvious. It’s an opportunity to take revenge on the guy who murdered my grandparents and chased my mother. Shouldn’t I be fully prepared?”

Nam Geon also nodded roughly as if agreeing with the Tang guy.

“I, I will prepare too! I-I will beat Danmok Hwan!”

The Tang guy trained Poison Art concentrating on bizarre food, and Nam Geon and we continued moving while training martial arts.

And a few days later, we arrived in Chuxiong.

In that village that engaged in human sacrifice deceived by the Aenoe Sect Taoist bastards.

“Hmm.”

The atmosphere there had changed a little.

Immediately after realizing the truth, the village residents were engulfed in shock and exuding a very depressed atmosphere.

Even now, it wasn’t a boisterous atmosphere, but a calm energy hung somewhere.

A modest altar was built near the Yongcheon River where human sacrifice took place, and a few residents were bowing there.

It wasn’t offering prayers to the Dragon King of the Yongcheon River again.

It was an altar for the girls used in human sacrifice deceived by the Aenoe Sect Taoists.

A Diancang Sect Taoist was residing there and teaching the residents about proper ritual methods.

I approached that Taoist and asked about Taoist Cheongheo.

Then the Taoist answered by chanting a Taoist name.

“Oh, Primordial Lord of Heaven. Senior Brother Cheongheo headed to the Central Plains to meet the person called Teacher Sama.”

Fortunately, the Diancang Sect also seemed to think positively about cooperation with the Twin Heroes Alliance.

After finishing a short conversation with that Taoist. We spent a night in Chuxiong.

Looking roughly, it seemed the Diancang Sect Taoists weren’t doing anything foolish.

Since I confirmed the Diancang Sect was doing properly, there was no more business here.

Leaving Chuxiong the next morning, we continued to move east.

And a few days later, near the border crossing from Yunnan to Guizhou, we encountered unexpected people.

“Brother Jin! I never thought we would meet here like this!”

“It seems the Primordial Lord of Heaven led us this way. Hahaha.”

Teacher Sama and Taoist Cheongheo greeted us with fist and palm salutes.

Even about ten figures were with them like guards.

“Sister!”

Junior Sister Choyeon’s younger sister approached Junior Sister Choyeon with a bright face.

Junior Sister Choyeon had a seemingly indifferent face, but now I could tell.

“Have you been well?”

Junior Sister Choyeon was catching up with her younger sister with a gently smiling face.

Besides Junior Sister Choyeon’s younger sister, a few children rescued from Red Moon Falling Flowers were together.

In addition, the siblings of the Pyo Clan were also together, and a few young people I saw for the first time were mixed in. It seemed they were people belonging to the Twin Heroes Alliance.

After examining them for a moment, I spoke to Teacher Sama and Taoist Cheongheo.

“It seems the conversation went well.”

Teacher Sama smiled gently, and Taoist Cheongheo nodded largely.

“Taoism and Confucianism have different goals, but at least Teacher Sama was a man with much to learn from. truly thank you for introducing such an excellent teacher.”

Taoist Cheongheo thanked me again, and Teacher Sama smiled sheepishly.

“I was the one who could learn many things from the Taoist.”

Teacher Sama, who expressed modesty, asked me.

“But seeing you here, it seems you plan to return to the Central Plains now?”

“We roughly achieved the purpose of visiting here. Ah, did you perhaps hear anything from the Beggar’s Gang side?”

” regarding those three places, it seems they haven’t found any special traces yet.”

It was regrettable news.

“So I ask, where do you plan to head now?”

“First, we plan to visit the Danmok Clan in Anhui.”

“……The Danmok Clan?”

Teacher Sama made a puzzled expression.

Indeed, the Danmok Clan was acting as an upright famous clan at least on the surface.

Since I, who went around looking for trash every other day, was visiting there, it was natural for a puzzled reaction to come out.

But Teacher Sama didn’t ask the reason for going there one by one.

“Then I will inform you of a few regions where branches of the Beggar’s Gang are located, including Anhui. I hope you stop by the branches there occasionally on your way to check for news.”

It didn’t just mean to get news about the Thunder Disaster, Teaching Demon, and Demonic Cult. Those three places.

Perhaps, it meant to share my location consistently.

“I will do so.”

At my answer, Teacher Sama smiled faintly and wrote something down on paper.

It was the locations of the Beggar’s Gang branches.

After giving me that paper, for some reason, Teacher Sama looked at the Tang guy.

“If you have time, please visit the Seomoon Clan once on your way to Anhui. Young Mistress Yeo is waiting for news.”

Then the Tang guy’s face turned bright red.

It was a serious level enough to wonder if Qi Deviation occurred due to hurriedly picking up and eating poison.

“Ahem. I will do so.”

“Ah, and Blacksmith Yeo is also waiting.”

Teacher Sama smiled mischievously unlike him.

“He looked very displeased saying how dare you make his daughter wait.”

Then this time, the Tang guy’s face turned pale white.

It seemed Qi Deviation was correct.

***

Leaving Yunnan, we passed through Guizhou and Hunan and headed to Hubei.

Since Hubei where the Seomoon Clan was located and Anhui where the Danmok Clan was located were adjacent, it wasn’t much of a detour.

When we arrived at the Seomoon Clan, the Clan Head welcomed us.

“Hahaha. Heroes who will be responsible for the future of the Kangho have visited.”

“You flatter us.”

“What is there to flatter. I already heard the news that you cut down the Unwol Sect Leader with a single slash.”

It wasn’t a single slash. But it was funny to nitpick that.

Then the children of the Seomoon Clan who came together asked me.

“Come to think of it, I heard you headed to Yunnan after disposing of the Unwol Sect Leader.”

“Actually, a person called Taoist Cheongheo visited Teacher Sama a while ago. I heard stories about the Aenoe Sect roughly from Taoist Cheongheo, but could you tell us in detail?”

Faces dying to hear stories about chivalrous acts.

Even though they were people with accumulated experience among the prodigies leading the Twin Heroes Alliance, there was a strangely childish corner.

“In a place called Chuxiong, Taoists of the Aenoe Sect were leading human sacrifice. Thus, we rounded up the Aenoe Sect Taoists.”

Whenever I briefly told the stories that happened in Yunnan and Tibet, for some reason, Junior Sister Baek Hyang often added explanations.

“They were truly extremely wicked people. They bewitched people and drove innocent young girls to death. Naturally, Senior Brother did not leave them alone. When Senior Brother drew his sword, Sword Qi hard to follow with eyes…….”

Since Junior Sister kept flattering me, I got goosebumps slightly from discomfort.

“Ahem. I think that explanation is e-enough.”

While I was harassed by Junior Sister and the Seomoon Clan people. The Tang guy was also being harassed by Young Mistress Yeo and Blacksmith Yeo.

“What brings you here?”

At the cold question of Young Mistress Yeo, the Tang guy was completely terrified.

“Ahem. I, I am sorry for being late. Young Mistress Yeo. Th, that Jin bastard over there dragged me forcefully.”

“It is fine. Since Young Master Tang harbored a great will in his heart, I understand everything. You wouldn’t have had the leisure to think of me.”

“W, what does that mean!? O, of course I was thinking of you.”

But that was also brief.

“Rather than that, how was that item father sent?”

“Ah. This one?”

Before anyone knew, they started exchanging stories about hidden weapons exuding a quite serious atmosphere.

It was a strange scene.

Hidden weapons were items made to kill people secretly.

But to them, that hidden weapon seemed to be a thread of connection.

***

The next morning, we left the Seomoon Clan.

“Definitely! Once I take revenge on the Black Heart Ghost Claw, I will definitely visit again!”

“It is fine. Young Master Tang!”

“I am a man who keeps my promise!”

Dragging the nape of the Tang guy who was spitting out empty words to Young Mistress Yeo.

A few days of moving east leaving the Seomoon Clan.

We finally arrived at Lu’an in Anhui, our destination.

Entering Lu’an, we headed to the market street.

Then the Tang guy asked.

“Where are we going?”

“We plan to get an inn first.”

“Weren’t we going there immediately?”

“No.”

“What’s the occasion? With your temper, I thought you would barge in and kill everyone from the start.”

I feel it occasionally, but this guy seemed to consider me in the same class as the Blood Disaster.

“I always checked if they were trash first before killing.”

“I know that, but isn’t he Brother Nam’s enemy anyway?”

“That is true, but aren’t they hypocrites acting like an Orthodox Faction on the surface? I’m thinking of finding a moderately useful justification.”

It was because of the Twin Heroes Alliance and Teacher Sama.

The prodigies of the Twin Heroes Alliance were guys who talked about me wherever they went as if they collectively hit their heads hard.

In other words, if I killed someone innocent, even they would be lumped together and have problems.

Of course, the Danmok Clan had sins.

Only those sins weren’t known.

So I intended to find a useful crime name.

“Well, if I really can’t find one, I plan to just barge in. So Nam Geon. Endure just a few days.”

“I, I am best at enduring. I, I am fine.”

At that moment, Junior Sister Baek Hyang looked around and opened her mouth.

“The village atmosphere seems quite lively. Is there some festival?”

It was as Junior Sister said.

Should I say chaotic, or active. It was exuding a somewhat busy atmosphere.

“If we go back and forth between the market street and the inn, we might pick up something.”

If it really didn’t work, visiting a nearby Beggar’s Gang branch to ask seemed okay too.

With that mindset, we picked an appropriate inn and entered.

While waiting after ordering enough food for Nam Geon to eat his fill.

The sound of heavily drunk men chattering came from the side.

“Keuh. A marriage between the Danmok Clan and the Great Cloud Merchant Group. Isn’t this adding wings to a tiger’s back.”

“Hahaha. The name of the Danmok Clan will spread even wider throughout the Central Plains now.”

Thanks to their conversation, I realized why it was so chaotic.

It seemed a wedding was scheduled to be held at the Danmok Clan.

Since the current Young Master Danmok Hwan was already middle-aged, it wouldn’t be his wedding.

One of Danmok Hwan’s children. Perhaps the future Young Master who made my arm a cripple. It might be Danmok Cheong’s wedding.

I thought I could crash that wedding, but there was something else bothering me more.

“Great Cloud Merchant Group.”

I felt like I heard that name in my past life for some reason.

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