Chapter 148 : Chapter 148
Chapter 148 Wind and Cloud Sword Demon (1)
An old beggar with seven knots tied messily at his waist was sprawled in front of the main gate of the Beggar’s Gang Headquarters.
“Haam-”
Opening his mouth wide and yawning…….
“Kkeung.”
Scratching his head vigorously as if itchy…….
“Sniff sniff.”
Smelling…….
“Ouek.”
He retched.
It was proven that even a beggar with a strong stomach finds it difficult to endure the smell of his own crown.
Anyway…….
Looking at his conduct or behavior, the old man had the appearance of a perfect beggar without fail.
Although the existence of a beggar sprawled on the street is like the providence of nature, it was hard to think of this as an ordinary scene.
As said, the knots tied at the old man’s waist were seven.
Seven-Knot Elder of the Beggar’s Gang, Chwipung-gae, was exactly that protagonist.
Seven Knots, seven knots.
The only existence allowed to tie seven knots in the Beggar’s Gang is the Elder.
Even becoming an elder of just a mediocre small-to-medium sect would allow one to live with shoulders squared, but an Elder of the Beggar’s Gang, one of the Nine Sects One Gang, would be a master residing at the top of the Jianghu Murim in name and reality, so it would be right to refuse comparison with just a mediocre beggar.
It was also the reason why no one could stop him even though an old beggar was sprawled right in front of the Beggar’s Gang Headquarters.
“Haa-am.”
Chwipung-gae, who became an Elder of the Beggar’s Gang with such good prestige, was feeling boredom recently.
The reason being, it was because he had achieved his lifelong cherished desire.
Chwipung-gae was inherently a person with little material greed.
Although he threw himself into the Beggar’s Gang to achieve the goal of revenge, it was clear that his temperamental tendency also helped him adapt quite well to the life of a Beggar’s Gang disciple.
Leaving aside adapting well or not, Chwipung-gae belonged to the side of super-fast promotion even among Beggar’s Gang disciples.
Reasons could be found in various places.
First, it would be because the achievement of martial arts Chwipung-gae attained was profound. Since a master of the Harmony Realm is a war power treated extremely importantly even in the Nine Sects One Gang.
Additionally, it might be because his temperament and conduct were truly beggar-like. According to the rules of the Beggar’s Gang, isn't it that only a beggar-like beggar can surpass Three Knots?
Recalling the fact that countless masters who threw themselves into the Beggar’s Gang aiming for the Elder position of the Nine Sects One Gang failed to surpass Three Knots and left the gang, Chwipung-gae’s nature should be rightly seen as a huge advantage.
To give a slightly more worldly reason, the incident where Chwipung-gae saved Musan-gae when the current Dragon Head Clan Leader Musan-gae was the Successor Beggar might have played a big role.
But it was correct to see that the biggest reason was because Chwipung-gae had lived the life of a Beggar’s Gang disciple more diligently than anyone else.
Because the Beggar’s Gang is such an organization.
Wouldn't it be difficult for solicitation or corruption to exist in an organization where only guys who became beggars by their own wish gathered?
A beggar who dedicates hard goes up, and a beggar-like beggar goes up.
“Hm. What should I do…….”
Looking back, it was due to revenge.
Even if weathered, it was because that intense emotion stuck in the heart like a brand became Chwipung-gae’s driving force.
But Elder Chwipung-gae finally achieved revenge.
Strictly counting the order, he rose to Elder after achieving revenge, but that point would not be important.
-Peo-eok!
-Sp…… Spare me…….
-Peo-eok!
-Plea…….
Yin Blood Divine Demon Goru Gwang.
The sensation of the hand smashing the skull of that villain he missed all his life was still vivid.
-You were such a wretched human being.
His own voice left behind like ridicule behind the guy’s corpse was also vivid.
It was the moment when Chwipung-gae, who lived his whole life for revenge, finally achieved his wish.
Chwipung-gae was the one who always defended the entrance of the Headquarters to acquire information on the Yin Blood Divine Demon faster than anyone.
If there is a reason for guarding the entrance of the Headquarters even now that revenge is achieved, it was just the reason of inertia.
“It won't do like this.”
And just now, Chwipung-gae was realizing the fact that his inertia was wrong.
Since Chwipung-gae knew well the fact that the proposition ‘beggars are lazy’ is exactly a sample of wrong information, it was not difficult to realize the wrong point of his conduct.
Chwipung-gae, who was sprawled idly, sat upright.
Indeed there is the posture of a rising master, so just sitting upright made the person’s appearance look different.
“Hm.”
Scratching his matted hair again, Chwipung-gae began to ponder.
Since he killed the Yin Blood Divine Demon, revenge is over.
In other words, it means the driving force that constantly made Chwipung-gae struggle disappeared.
There was absolutely no emptiness or regret remaining at the end of revenge as people say.
Nevertheless, there is a fact to admit.
Now that the intense goal disappeared, Chwipung-gae’s life lost power and became dry.
“What should I do.”
He had no intention of spending the rest of his life wretchedly just because he achieved revenge.
If so, wouldn't he have no face to see his wife and child who returned to heaven first?
Following the spirit of the Beggar’s Gang, Chwipung-gae intended to return to heaven when the mandate of heaven arrives after constantly practicing chivalry.
Therefore, Chwipung-gae needed a new driving force for life.
Since Chwipung-gae was a keen person, he could derive a conclusion without difficulty.
“Is it only repaying kindness?”
If his past life was dotted with revenge, the remaining life would have to be lived for repaying kindness.
Since the grace Chwipung-gae received is truly immense, it would be difficult to fully repay even spending a lifetime, so he cannot delay.
“Eut-cha.”
Chwipung-gae raised his body with agile movement.
Thud thud.
The place he headed with a truly beggar-like splayed walk was the Medicine Hall of the Headquarters.
“Uisaeng-gae-ya.”
Chwipung-gae looked for Medicine Hall Lord Uisaeng-gae.
“Get lost.”
Beggar Uisaeng-gae, who possessed the impression of a good scholar, was not there.
Just a beggar with a rough and sunken impression, as if he stayed up seven days and nights, had blood vessels standing in his eyes.
If it weren't for Chwipung-gae’s keen discernment, he wouldn't have caught the fact that that beggar was that Uisaeng-gae.
“No…….”
“I said get lost.”
Uisaeng-gae’s conduct was like a fierce tiger growling.
“Okay. Work hard.”
Since Chwipung-gae was not a tactless beggar, he quickly turned his body.
“So, when is the Emerald Rescue Pill completed?”
Of course, he didn't forget the purpose of visiting the Medicine Hall.
“Kuaaak-”
As Uisaeng-gae started a seizure, Chwipung-gae quickly left the Headquarters with movement arts.
He decided to pretend not to know Uisaeng-gae’s ghost wailing sound heard faintly from behind.
“Chwipung-gae- You beggar-like bastard-!”
It would be right to pretend not to hear those words insulting an elder today as well.
In the first place, it is ambiguous whether the words ‘beggar-like bastard’ can be used as an insult in the Beggar’s Gang.
Since he pecked asking when the Emerald Rescue Pill would be completed every single day meanwhile, it might be something to be called karmic retribution.
‘Still…….’
Since he pecked once today as well, surely the completion of the Emerald Rescue Pill would have been advanced by a day.
This also would be repaying kindness for the benefactor.
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The self-proclaimed and recognized best information sect in Murim, the Beggar’s Gang.
Isn't the figure who walks around with shoulders squared there exactly Chwipung-gae?
It means he can get desired information immediately in most cases.
Information regarding the whereabouts of a Five-Knot Honorary Hall Leader also could not escape Chwipung-gae’s ears.
“What? Jilin?”
“Yes sir.”
At Chwipung-gae’s counter-question, the Hall Leader of the Headquarters’ Rumor Pavilion answered with a sullen voice.
It was due to the disaster of using a Five-Knot Hall Leader of the Headquarters as merely an information messenger, but Chwipung-gae didn't care.
Isn't a Seven-Knot Elder a higher position than a Five-Knot Hall Leader?
If he finds it displeasing, that guy can also just become a Seven-Knot Elder quickly.
“Why did he go there?”
“It is probably because the sect of Wanderer Lee Chun-baek, who travels with him, is there.”
Whether he knew that fact, while not relaxing his sullen expression, the Rumor Hall Leader answered faithfully.
“Was there a sect in Jilin too?”
“It is because it is a Mysterious Sect.”
“Oho. Was the guy a descendant of a Mysterious Sect?”
“It is confidential.”
In Chwipung-gae’s head, Lee Chun-baek’s fluttering sword play was naturally replayed.
He was extraordinary for a wanderer, so if he is a successor of a Mysterious Sect, it was understandable.
“I see. Thanks for the information.”
Indeed, it was worth calling the Rumor Pavilion Lord.
Surely beggars with short knots wouldn't have known the secrets of the Jianghu Murim in that much detail?
“Can I go?”
As Chwipung-gae waved his hand shooing, the Rumor Hall Leader disappeared flutteringly.
A Five-Knot Hall Leader disappearing without greeting a Seven-Knot Elder, indeed it was beggar-like of the Beggar’s Gang with no high and low.
“Shall I go to Jilin.”
Since the Headquarters in Kaifeng is in Tianjin City of Hebei Province, Jilin Province was not that far a journey.
Isn't Chwipung-gae the one who frequently traveled even to Kunlun in Qinghai Province during his young beggar days?
Since it is a path going to help the benefactor, it would be a journey safe to view as short.
Chwipung-gae started towards Jilin with light steps.
Since it is a path going to see the benefactor he felt affection for somehow, his steps were truly light.
But Chwipung-gae was not alone.
“Sigh.”
As the Elder moves to Jilin, it was because naturally beggars of the Beggar’s Gang followed in droves.
“You rascals! Even though I told you not to follow!”
“Yes sir, yes sir. We understand.”
Although Chwipung-gae threatened not to follow, isn't the Beggar’s Gang originally a group of rude bastards with no high and low?
The beggar bastards who said they understood only in words stealthily continued to track Chwipung-gae’s footprints.
Like inevitability, the military force of the Beggar’s Gang began to head towards Jilin Province.
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-You rascal, the breed called informants must always be able to hide their expressions.
Suddenly Chwipung-gae’s voice came to mind.
It wasn't that I suddenly missed him, but because just now I acted forgetting the iron rule he taught me after a truly long time.
It means I failed in expression management because I faced a truly unexpected situation.
“Khm.”
I quickly composed my expression, but it might be already too late.
“You seem to know who I am.”
Brother Chun-baek’s master, in other words, the contemporary successor of the Mysterious Sect asked me.
Wouldn't it be close to impossible for a master of that level to miss the change in my expression that openly showed it?
“I think I know. Probably.”
It would not be right to hide it now. It is because I know the fact that unnecessary secrets become seeds of distrust.
If I hadn't shown it in the first place, maybe, but if the water is already spilt, it would be correct to handle it properly rather than pretending it didn't happen.
I captured Brother Chun-baek’s master’s face in my gaze again.
As expected, it is the face I know.
I said probably, but I am certain.
It is because I am not just a mediocre fellow of the Jianghu, but skilled informant Myeong-gae.
“Who am I?”
The master’s expression asking so was quite familiar. Brother Chun-baek’s playfulness must probably resemble the master.
“Wouldn't you be the Wind and Cloud Sword Immortal…….”
I put into the name that alias which those who traverse the Jianghu Murim cannot be ignorant of.
Since it is an alias as famous as Emperor Breaker Yeom Gi-ha, I am certain that the majority of martial artists know the alias even if they don't know his face.
“Hoho. Sword Immortal my foot, call me Sword Demon. The young friend has good discernment.”
Brother Chun-baek’s master smiled as if pleased.
Wind and Cloud Sword Demon.
It is the alias of an absolute master who made his existence widely known by succeeding in the Limitless Martial Arts Travel before Emperor Breaker Yeom Gi-ha.
Additionally, he was also a mysterious master who qualified to compete for the name of Number One Under Heaven but suddenly disappeared without a trace.
Calling him differently, a living legend of the Jianghu Murim.
He was exactly Brother Chun-baek’s master.