“I am the Master, and that guy Neung-heo is the Vice-Master.”

“What, you bear-like bastard? Who lived because of whom?”

Cheon Mubaeck crossed his arms and looked at the large figure in front of him.

It was the guy named Hwa-ung, whom Neung-heo had said he had to save.

“He is the captain of the Iron Tiger Unit, the most powerful martial force of the Black Heart Gang.”

“The name is grand.”

Although Cheon Mubaeck laughed as if it were absurd, he was quite surprised inwardly.

‘He’s stronger than the likes of Kang Gae. Just below the Black Heart Gang Master.’

The man named Hwa-ung had a bear-like physique and a simple impression for a black-way.

But his firmly closed mouth and unwavering pupils showed that he had a very serious personality.

In fact, during the fight with the executives, Hwa-ung had remained neutral.

He had just stood at a distance and watched the situation.

“Why should I make you, a stranger, the Master?”

Cheon Mubaeck, who had become somewhat interested, asked.

Hwa-ung answered immediately without a moment’s hesitation.

“I am stronger.”

“The leader of the black-way is not necessarily the strongest. Shouldn’t he also have a cunning side?”

“Ah, you’ve said it well. When it comes to being cunning, this Neung-heo is second to none. …Hmm. Something’s a little strange?”

“There is no authority.”

“Authority?”

“All the Black Heart Gang kids saw with their own two eyes that Neung-heo came as a subordinate of the Ghost Sword Love. It was not that Neung-heo had taken it with his own strength, but that he had brought in an external force and taken it. No matter how flashy the Black Heart Gang is on the outside and how lacking it is on the inside, at least my Iron Tiger Unit will not recognize Neung-heo’s authority.”

“Huh? Hey. Who doesn’t recognize it? Bring all the Iron Tiger Unit! Let’s have a go!”

“Really?”

“…Let me just learn one left-handed sword technique properly first.”

Cheon Mubaeck smirked and nodded his head.

Well, come to think of it, it wasn’t wrong.

Although Hwa-ung should have felt pressured by Cheon Mubaeck’s gaze, he looked at him without being intimidated.

“If that is difficult, then please ascend to the Master’s position yourself, great hero. Since you cut down the Black Heart Gang Master with a single stroke and killed Kang Gae lightly.”

But Cheon Mubaeck had no intention of ascending to the Master’s position himself, nor did he have any intention of making Neung-heo the Vice-Master.

He had learned from living through several past lives.

‘Wearing an armband is not always a good thing.’

There are many things that must be done. Of course, there are also many things to gain. How many things does power give?

But if that’s the case, it’s better to make the armband with his own hands.

“I refuse. Neung-heo is the Master, and you are the Vice-Master.”

“I understand.”

“Your acceptance is clean.”

“I am just expressing my opinion. If you order me, I will follow.”

To be honest, at that point, Cheon Mubaeck had thought about switching from Neung-heo to Hwa-ung. That’s how much he liked Hwa-ung’s words.

But Neung-heo was quick-witted.

“My lord! As I swore before, I will protect and operate the Black Heart Gang with all my life and live for my lord!”

Cheon Mubaeck, who was looking at Neung-heo who had spouted out determined words that did not suit him, smirked.

Anyway, all the Black Heart Gang executives had been dealt with.

Since the only remaining Hwa-ung had agreed, Neung-heo was now the Black Heart Gang Master.

From a mere general manager of the Lotus Pavilion to the Master, and then to the Black Heart Gang Master.

Neung-heo was proud of himself.

‘Come to think of it, although it’s a little dangerous, if I follow this guy, things seem to go smoothly.’

What solidified that thought was Cheon Mubaeck’s next action.

“Neung-heo, Escort Warrior Heo. Take these.”

What Cheon Mubaeck handed them were two pills.

The moment he opened the wooden box, a noble scent emanated, and Neung-heo instinctively realized.

It was undoubtedly the Clear Heart Pill that was said to be in the Black Heart Gang Master’s safe.

“M-My lord!”

“You are the Black Heart Gang Master, so you need to use some strength. Escort Warrior Heo, you have to protect the escort agency, so you’re not enough as you are now. You have to be at least at the level of Chief Instructor Jang. Eat it and train a little.”

Although Cheon Mubaeck said it nonchalantly, Neung-heo and Heo Seong trembled with emotion.

No matter how common an elixir is, it is treated as precious in the martial world.

Although the Clear Heart Pill was not a huge rarity, it was undoubtedly an elixir that could easily raise one’s internal energy by one level.

To give it away so generously!

“I will follow you to the end! My lord!”

Heo Seong and Neung-heo prostrated themselves at the same time.

* * *

“The Clear Heart Pill is nothing.”

Cheon Mubaeck took out a box decorated with gold leaf from the Black Heart Gang Master’s safe.

In fact, the Clear Heart Pill was a quite excellent elixir, but it was more effective for Neung-heo and Heo Seong than for himself.

When it came to the purity of internal energy, Cheon Mubaeck was overwhelming, but the total amount was still more for Heo Seong and Neung-heo. Then they would be able to absorb all the medicinal energy of the Clear Heart Pill.

‘On the contrary, the purity of the Clear Heart Pill is significantly lower than the internal energy of Heaven-Shaking Soul Art.’

So if Cheon Mubaeck took the Clear Heart Pill, it would rather be harmful.

Because an energy of a lower quality would be combined with Cheon Mubaeck’s clean and pure internal energy.

If that’s the case, it’s better to give it to the two of them. Cheon Mubaeck had risen to the position of the strongest several times, and although he had not had many subordinates under him, he had had quite a few.

There are many ways to draw loyalty from subordinates.

Among them, the material one cannot be left out. Especially for a martial artist, there is nothing that has a better effect than an elixir.

So he had given away all the useless Clear Heart Pill.

Instead.

“The Clear Spirit Pill. You were hiding something amazing.”

Cheon Mubaeck took out a pill from the box.

How could he not know its appearance and scent?

Although it was not as good as the Great Restoration Pill Pill, the best elixir of the Shaolin Temple, it was still an elixir that could be counted on one’s fingers throughout the entire martial world.

“Although Shaolin has lost its former power, to think that they obtained the Clear Spirit Pill. Well. They fought at the very front during the righteous-demonic war and collapsed, so all their martial arts and elixirs were smuggled out.”

Although it was a pitiful thing to think about Shaolin, it was a beneficial thing for Cheon Mubaeck himself.

The purity of the internal energy contained in the Clear Spirit Pill was the best. Moreover, wasn’t it an elixir of Shaolin, which was full of the energy of subduing demons?

Although its purity was the best, since Cheon Mubaeck still had a small total amount of internal energy, the Clear Spirit Pill was undoubtedly a very big gift.

“As expected, if you live a good life, good fortune will come.”

If the original Black Heart Gang Master had heard it, he would have been punished in hell, but he swallowed the Clear Spirit Pill as it was.

* * *

Cheon Mubaeck felt troubled for the first time in a long time.

‘I thought that persuading my sister would be the most difficult task.’

There was a separate rugged mountain.

Cheon Mubaeck sighed as he looked at the sullen face of Jeombak in front of him.

“Jeombak.”

“Yes, Young Master.”

“Your lips are sticking out a mile, hey.”

“My mouth is originally a little protruding.”

“You don’t lose a single word.”

“Oh my, Young Master. Why are you trying to go?”

“It’s Shaolin. What problem would there be in going to the righteous and just Shaolin?”

At Cheon Mubaeck’s words, Jeombak beat his chest as if he were frustrated.

“Shaolin is currently detaining the Chief and all the escort warriors under him, suspecting our escort agency!”

“Right. They didn’t kill them, did they?”

“Oh my!”

When Cheon Mubaeck said it nonchalantly, Jeombak almost cried out. Cheon Mubaeck looked at Heo Seong, who was by his side, with an embarrassed face.

“Is it that dangerous to go to Shaolin now?”

“Yes. It is dangerous. Shaolin is currently detaining the Chief and all the escort warriors below him, suspecting our escort agency of a self-staged act in the failed escort mission. If the famous Shaolin is going to the extent of detaining them, it means that they are seriously suspecting us, and that the missing escort item is really important to Shaolin.”

“Even if I go?”

“…”

In an instant, Heo Seong was at a loss for words.

When he recalled the terrifying martial power he had shown at the Black Heart Gang, goosebumps rose on their own.

But now it was even more so.

He had not raised his voice, nor had he frowned.

It was just a comfortable expression and a soft voice.

‘It feels like I’m being drawn in.’

He and Neung-heo had also eaten the Clear Heart Pill and had gained a tremendous increase in internal energy.

Right now, even the escort warriors under him had a hard time dealing with Heo Seong. Hadn’t even the ever-confident Escort Warrior Jong been impressed when he felt his increased internal energy?

Cheon Mubaeck was even more so.

There was still not a single bit of internal energy felt from the outside.

The atmosphere itself was different. It was soft yet fierce, and light yet heavy.

It was a truly strange thing. To make the people around him feel all sorts of emotions with just a single look.

After taking over the Black Heart Gang, Cheon Mubaeck felt as if he had become even higher, to the point where it was difficult to deal with him.

“Of course, things might change if my lord goes. But this is a matter of asserting innocence, and that is not easy.”

Cheon Mubaeck slowly nodded his head.

‘I realized it too late.’

The information obtained by releasing Yuk Seong’s restriction with the White Demon Eye.

It was information related to the Blood Ghost Valley, to be precise, the people in it.

But it wasn’t certain.

‘The ones who planned it were the Blood Ghost Valley guys… the Blood Demon Sect was just used for that matter for a moment.’

Cheon Mubaeck’s eyes narrowed.

The Azure Star Escort Agency had started to shake before Cheon Mubaeck had fallen ill with a fever.

That is, before Cheon Mubaeck had realized his past lives.

The Pine Truth Sect, a secular branch of Shaolin, had requested an escort mission from the escort agency. To the Shaolin Temple, which was still in seclusion.

It must have been a quite important escort item, as the Pine Truth Sect had had their own martial artists participate in the escort mission.

The problem occurred here. They were attacked. The martial artists of the Pine Truth Sect were all killed and the escort item was stolen. The problem was that only the escort warriors of the Azure Star Escort Agency had survived.

Naturally, the Pine Truth Sect suspected a self-staged act by the Azure Star Escort Agency. As for the Azure Star Escort Agency, it was a situation where they were going crazy.

“Anyone can see that they’re trying to frame us!”

“Right.”

To deliberately aim for the Azure Star Escort Agency?

Cheon Mubaeck shook his head. In fact, although the Azure Star Escort Agency was a quite good escort agency with a considerable scale in Henan and had accumulated enough trust, it was not a place that would have a huge grudge to the point of being framed for a crime they didn’t commit.

‘It’s just a scapegoat.’

Anyone can see that the Azure Star Escort Agency is in a suspicious situation.

Since all the Pine Truth Sect martial artists had died and only the Azure Star Escort Agency’s escort warriors had survived.

‘The problem is that escort item.’

This is where the Blood Ghost Valley comes in.

As a result of investigating Yuk Seong. It came out that the Blood Ghost Valley had stolen the escort item, and that they had used the Blood Demon Sect for that matter.

Yuk Seong also did not know what the escort item was. Because the Blood Ghost Valley had hidden it.

It must have been an important escort item, as the Shaolin Temple, which had been in seclusion, had unusually revealed itself.

Even though they had the face of a leader of a prestigious orthodox sect, they had detained Cheon Mungyeong and the escort warriors who had gone to investigate.

‘If time passes, the innocence will be revealed.’

The Shaolin that Cheon Mubaeck knew was still Shaolin.

From the time of its inception for hundreds of years.

Even if it had gone through decline and prosperity in every past life, even if it was sometimes arrogant, in the end, the root had not changed.

Shaolin is Shaolin.

They would eventually find out the innocence of the Azure Star Escort Agency.

The problem was that during that time, the real culprit, the Blood Ghost Valley, would escape.

In the end, there would be no problem if Cheon Mubaeck waited.

But where is life ever that easy?

“All the escort mission requests have been cut off. The Hwang Family and the Lee Family, who had regularly entrusted us with security, have also notified us that they will entrust their security work to other escort agencies.”

It was trust.

The sect master had been detained by none other than Shaolin.

Where would the credibility of the Azure Star Escort Agency go?

If Cheon Mubaeck hadn’t gotten his hands on the Lotus Pavilion, the escort agency’s source of funds would have already dried up and more.

Even if their innocence was revealed later and Cheon Mungyeong and the escort warriors returned, it would be difficult for the escort agency to even maintain its sign.

‘Once you enter, you keep falling into a quagmire.’

It was always like that.

The martial world was a series of incidents and accidents, and the more you entered, the more it was like falling into a quagmire.

But even so, Cheon Mubaeck had never stopped his life in the martial world in every past life.

The sword does not rust if you throw your body into the storms of the martial world.

So, he had to go.

Wasn’t the act of Cheon Mubaeck taking over the Lotus Pavilion and making the Black Heart Gang a fence ultimately to protect the Azure Star Escort Agency, a stable foundation that would not be shaken in any hardship?

The path to the Sword Kiuk is lonely. It is extremely lonely. Cheon Mubaeck, who had lived through numerous lives, knew well the hardship and loneliness that would come from there. So as he steadily advanced, when he wanted to rest because he lacked strength, the Azure Star Escort Agency, where he could lean on and rest, had to stand tall.

“I’m going. To Shaolin.”

(End of Chapter)

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