Chapter 317
“ah. ，，
The sunlight breaks over the flickering long eyelashes. Even after waking up, Joo Hwa-ran lay on the bed and stared at the ceiling for a long time.
Last night, she and the Longfeng Pyoguo were finally able to reach Xi’an.
Heukseokchae, led by the Ministry of Heavenly Power, was the last obstacle on the way to the table.
They passed through the safe downtown area and unpacked their backpacks in an inn in the back of Xi’an. Beds, as well as hot food and bath water, were waiting for everyone in the guest cup.
Joo Hwa-ran had inspected all the targets and fell asleep.
‘I can finally see the end.’ It’s safe here. There are no bandits blocking the mountain roads, nor ronin raiding in groups hiding their identities. All you have to do is hand over the Millennium Snow Festival, which was the main purpose of this trip, to the Jong-Nam faction.
Yongbongpyogu will receive a fair reward for their efforts and everyone will return home together.
With thirty-three urns.
‘Thirty three… … :
Joo Hwa-ran’s eyes suddenly blinked faintly.
Thirty-three ashes, the faces of thirty-three people, and memories of laughing and crying with them flashed before my eyes.
“Oh, I shouldn’t be like this… …
Joo Hwa-ran, who rubbed her eyes with her sleeve, hit herself hard on both cheeks. match! With the sound of that, the disturbed mind returns a little bit.
“This is the beginning. You have to be alert.”
The travesty isn’t over yet.
There are three days left until the deadline signed with Jongnampa, and the journey is complete only when the millennium seolsam is safely delivered within that time.
“and… … It will be a new beginning.”
Joo Hwa-ran muttered in a low voice and groped for her arms. He took out the tightly sealed wooden box, checked it, put it back in, and secured it with a string.
Just that alone, the cool scent hovered at the tip of the nose and soon disappeared.
The ancient elixir, which all Murim people aspire to, was contained in the neck box.
“Let’s not get messy, coinage. It’s just one step.”
It was the time when Joo Hwa-ran made a promise to herself.
“Hwarana, are you awake?”
A familiar voice came from outside the door. Joo Hua-ran, who adjusted her dress, answered.
yes uncle huh You may come in.”
“Then excuse me for a moment.”
After a while, the door opened and the total number of votes entered
Heo Jun opened his mouth with a bright face.
“We were able to return to the target country earlier than planned.”
“That word… …
“The Jong Nam faction is waiting in Xi’an.”
“Are you Jongnam?”
“okay. I also heard that Taeeulmujeonggeom came directly, hahaha.”
Unlike Heo Jun, who was smiling, Joo Hwaran’s eyes sank deeply.
‘The Chong Nam-pa, and Taeeul Mu Jeong-geom directly to Seo-an?’
It is correct that he should be happy like Heo Jun since his return has come sooner, but the more he thinks of the arrogant and rude attitude the Jong-Nam faction has shown so far, a feeling of uneasiness creeps up deep in his heart.
“Uncle Heo, isn’t something strange?”
“huh? Strange, what do you mean?”
“There are still three days left until the due date.”
“There are only three days left. Even if you move slowly from Xian to Zhongnan Mountain, two days is enough.”
“My uncle used to do that often. There are no coincidences in Moorim. No matter what happens, Murim is a place where it is not strange.”
“Hwarana, what do you want to say?”
Joo Hwa-ran opened her mouth heavily at Heo Jun’s eyes, which seemed to be completely incomprehensible.
“Until now, Jong-Nam faction has secretly been hostile to our Yongbongpyo-guk. More than anyone else, you want this ticket to fail. That’s why I deliberately set difficult conditions.”
，，But I accepted it. You did a great job.”
The conditions demanded by Jongnam faction were difficult. To the point where even the other flag owners who flocked to him because of the name of the Chong Nam faction shook their heads and gave up the request.
If they cannot deliver the millennium snow ginseng within the requested period, the ticket will fail and they will have to pay an astronomical amount as a penalty.
There is only one reason, the flight of Yongbong
It was for above.
‘And I had to make a big sacrifice.’
Something that shouldn’t have happened happened.
It was caused by the leakage of information on the Cheonnyeonseolginseng.
Joo Hwa-ran is not an idiot. He was still lacking in experience, but he was the owner of a brilliant brain who knew how to think with all possibilities open.
It feels like the doubts that I had only kept in my mind until now are gradually becoming tangible. Joo Hwa-ran quietly opened her mouth.
“Perhaps, perhaps, the sectarian group…”
“stop.”
Interrupting Joo Hwa-ran’s words, Heo Jun’s face hardened.
“Stop it. It’s not that I don’t know what you’re thinking, but anything more is absurd. No, it’s even dangerous.”
“but.”
“I am well aware of the rumors about Jongnam faction. It is also true that they are holding us in check to further their mark. But now, Hwaran, what you’re trying to say… … It’s a dangerous guess.”
“Uncle Heo… … 「
“As your uncle, as the general leader of the Yongbong Flag Bureau, I ask you. Do not put yourself and the mark in danger.”
Although he is not related by blood, he is a step-uncle who has always treated her warmly since childhood.
When he poured out words with a hard face as if he was determined, Joo Hwa-ran could not continue to speak about Jong Nam-pa.
“Whoa,
Joo Hwa-ran let out a small sigh, and Heo Jun warmly wrapped his arms around her shoulders.
，，I’m sorry if I was harsh.”
“no. I guess I was a bit oversensitive.”
“Even so, h)g. Because I did something that Jongnampa didn’t do. I never thought I would send Taeeulmu Jeonggeom, who is not the head of the party or the governor.”
One of the two death sentences of Jang Moon-in of the Jongnam faction.
The reason why people always remember Taeeulmoo Jeonggeom for a long time, staying at the main mountain and going out of doors, was simple.
‘Jongnam First Sword (綜南第一劍)
The transcendent masters produced by the sectarian faction. Taeeulmujeonggeom was the owner of the terrifying swordsmith known to have accomplished the ultimate feat of the Thirty-six Swords under Heaven.
It must have been of great significance for a great figure comparable to the long-time scholar Poongwoon Swordsman to directly step forward.
For Joo Hwa-ran, that was the most questionable.
“Why on earth is it Taeeulmu Jeonggeom?”
“I must be in a hurry. The reason why Jong-nam spent a thousand gold to find the millennium seolsam was because of the internal injuries of the old swordsman. There is only one death penalty, so how sad is it?”
At first glance, it makes sense.
However, Joo Hwa-ran clearly remembered what her father, Joo-ho, had told her many years ago.
‘He said he was a scary person.’
Her father was a benevolent man to the point of being called the Gunjageom. If Juho-gun, who had a generous eye for people, could say that, Taeeulmoojeonggeom must have been as sharp as his swordsman.
‘Let’s stay vigilant until the end.’
Joo Hwa-ran, having organized her thoughts, asked Heo Jun.
It was a question directed at one person who still bothered me.
“How was Song Pyo-du?”
“Ah, that’s it.”
After hesitating for a moment, Heo Jun answered.
“I ordered reliable markers to secretly watch it day and night, but as you know, the tension was relaxed last night… …
“You took your eyes off it.”
“You have no face. It’s my fault for not paying more attention.”
Joo Hwa-ran let out a small sigh at the sight of Heo Jun shyly avoiding his gaze.
“ha… … /
Songil Island, whose place of origin is not clear and public evaluation is not good, was the main target of surveillance.
In particular, right after meeting Jin Tae-kyung, suspicions against him were growing.
‘I asked you to keep an eye on it.’ Heo Jun is definitely a good person. He served in Yongbong Pyoguk for more than thirty years and prayed for a close relationship with Hogun Joo and Hyeonghoje.
However, like now, the lax sides that I often show have brought about big and small mistakes.
‘I can only hope that this time it won’t happen.’
Water already spilled. Anyway, the third millennium is in her arms.
Joo Hwa-ran hid her disappointment and opened her mouth.
“Where did the Jong-Nam faction ask to meet?”
“They asked to meet at the tea tower called Tengwangru at the western end of Xi’an until noon.”
When it comes to Tengwangru, Juhwaran is also a famous treat that I stopped by occasionally.
There are many eyes to see and the atmosphere is quiet, so it was a perfect place to wrap up the trip.
“We will leave in an hour, so please prepare.”
* * *
Baek Moo-seong came to Xi’an Lu when he was packing his things.
“Are you really leaving right away?”
“I would like to stay a few more days, but as you know, the schedule is a bit tight.”
“Sorry. If possible, I wanted to enshrine them in the main mountain.”
“I’ll stop by on my way back. angry then
Please let me see the mountain.”
“Haha, don’t worry. I will take responsibility and show you properly.”
came out again full course speech
In fact, I don’t even expect a full course. The next time we meet, I just hope that I won’t be fighting with someone as fiercely as this time.
Then, suddenly, I thought while staring at Baek Moo-seong’s face with a hearty smile.
‘Should I take the words out? Regarding the Yongbong-pyo country and Jongnam faction.’
After thinking about it for a while, Baek Moo-seong asked while groping his face.
“Why are you doing that? Even if something gets on my face.”
“Jin Sohyup?”
“Oh, no. I just thought of something else for a moment.”
Sibal, I don’t know.
Anyway, if you look closely at Jongnam or Yongbong, they are just raw men to me. No matter what the dispute is, it is a problem that they have to solve among themselves.
Now that I have a three-dimensional nose, it is futile to worry about such a problem.
‘Because this is Murim.’
I muttered in my heart as I sat Jeokcheongang on the bench. Then he picked up the fur and began to place it on it one by one.
Even in the midst of that, I don’t know why I think of juhwaran.
There was also a guy named Song Il-seom who passed by as if he was passing by.
‘Now that I think about it, he was a suspicious guy. It smells more stinking than the gunggi room.’
Knowing the relationship between Yongbongpyoguk and Jongnam faction
That makes me curious about the true identity of him.
His level is a whopping 110. At this level, he is capable of slicing down the Ten Bongryong to the bone.
Looking at her face, she looked like she was in her early to mid-thirties at most… … Who is from which clan?
‘Are you the assassin sent by Jongnam faction? No, that went too far.’
Was he the guy who fell in love with Joo Hwa-ran’s beauty?
No, if that’s the case, there’s no reason to hide your skills. The protagonist hides his powers. What is it? Does Chinta, who hides his power, look cooler if he saves him?
‘What is coinage? He didn’t say a few words, but he seemed nice. I want a cool way of speaking.’
At that age, he is so good at martial arts that he has learned martial arts to the peak.
And again, again… … okay. The dimples that go in when you smile are pretty. Eyes bent like half moon.
Now that I think about it, it looks like a cat. I’ve always liked cats the most among animals.
“Hey, captain?”
，，Uh, huh?’,
When I turned my head, Hyuk Moo-jin was looking at me with strange eyes.
No, not only him, but also Gunggibang, Cheongpung, and even Baekmuseong.
“What, why are you all staring at me like that?”
“hmm. That’s it.”
Hyuk Mu-jin carefully pointed to the fork with his hand.
“In my short opinion, the enemy Daehyeop will suffocate if he does that.”
“omg! ，，
Before I knew it, I quickly threw away the pile of furs.
Jeokcheongang, who was about to go to see him in a coma, was breathing thinly.
“Oh, benefactor! Just like me!”
“Are you insulting me now?”
“oh. iced coffee. It’s not like that… … :
Ignoring the blue wind, which quickly became sullen, I piled up the fur again. The dwarf enemy Cheon Kang’s figure is quickly hidden.
I put the weight on my back only after confirming that the wind was flowing properly.
“Okay, when you’re ready, let’s get going.”
We went out, receiving a warm welcome from Xi’an Lu.
A busy street in Xi’an, crowded with people. In the midst of the loud noise, Baek Moo-sung opened his mouth.
“I’d like to see you off, but won’t you allow it?”
It’s a face you’ll see in Najeung anyway, what?”
“haha. I knew it. Then only this. Hello Cheongpung Sasuk”
“Goodbye, Baeksajil!”
In the end, I can’t even get the words out. ok, that’s it
It was the time when I was about to take a step back in a warm atmosphere, with a heavy heart.
“Did you hear that? They say the Taeeulmu Sword of the Chong Nam Sect is in Xi’an.”
“what? Taeeul Mujeonggeom? What kind of fuel is it?”
“I know. There are people who saw it going to Tengwang Tower in the west. I heard that I will meet Yongbong Pyoguk… … Not sure.”
The whispering voice slowly fades away.
I asked Cheongpung.
“The Qing Dynasty.”
You], benefactor.”
“Have you had tea?”
Yes, I did!”
“no. You haven’t had tea yet.”
If I am, so be it.
Geun-in Moorim
