Chapter 751

Chapter 751

“Uh...”

The Chung disciples in the White Plum Blossom hall sat wide-eyed.

“... I cannot eat.”

“My indigestion is severe.”

“I have been having nightmares for three days now, and I cannot even sleep....”

They looked at each other’s faces and sighed in unison.

“How... why are they doing this?”

“Isn’t that insane?”

“It is, but he has always been insane.”

“But....”

No, the problem wasn’t that he was insane, but because he wasn’t insane now. And he wasn’t insane, so now it felt like he was really insane.

“So that crazy bastard... no, what is that normal guy doing?”

“Sweeping, cleaning the ancestral hall.”

“Ancestral hall?”

“Yes. You know... the foundation of the sect is that, so he said that the sect isn’t taking proper care of it or respecting the ancestor’s right, so he will clean it up and...”

Yang Ho looked like he was tearing down his face.

“No, why is he saying the right things... why!”

After suffering for a moment, his shoulders slumped. More people began to pitch in.

“I am getting goosebumps. I was watching from the side while he was cleaning, and I was wondering what he was doing alone....”

“Sect leader sahyung? Was he talking about Baek Sasuk, maybe? No, the title of Sect leader sahyung is used by the sajaes of the same class. If not the elders, there would be no one using that title right now.”

“How can I know what is inside? He seems to be entirely out of his mind.”

“I am going to turn away from this. Really...”

They felt goosebumps rise on their bodies at the image of Chung Myung frantically sweeping and wiping the hall, speaking incomprehensible words.

At that time, Kwak Ho glanced around and cautiously said,

“But sahyungs and sajaes.”

“Uh?”

“If you calmly think about it, it isn’t that bad. It’s strange to look at and hard to accept, but if we think, hasn’t Chung Myung turned into a good person now?”

“... That is the problem.”

“No. I get the problem is that...”

Kwak Ho spoke firmly.

“Wouldn’t it be a good thing if we just get used to this? Do you like the good Chung Myung? Or the insane Chung Myung?”

“Are you even asking that, you brat!”

Yang Ho suddenly shouted like he didn’t have to think.

“It is better to be insane!”

“Uh?”

Gwak Hoe flinched at the unexpected reaction and asked back. But the others all shook their heads as if they agreed with Yang Ho.

“If it is Chung Myung, he has to be insane.”

“At least, I am used to that.”

“Right.”

Kwak Ho’s eyes shook.

No, that...

When he listened to them, it did seem like the right one, but... uh...

“If everyone leaves and keeps looking at him like that, everyone’s minds will explode.”

“That’s what I mean too!”

“Oh, heavenly Buddha! Why are you subjecting us to such trying times?”

The Chung disciples sighed with despair-filled faces.

“... But we can also do this, right?”

“Do you know how many days it has been? When it comes to acting, I doubt anyone would do it for this long.”

“Then you are saying he is going to be like this?”

“No way...”

Everyone shuddered and looked at one place at the same time. It was in the direction of the Ancestral Hall, where Chung Myung was cleaning.

Duudud!

Druuk!

One side of the Jade Emperor statue was now shining brightly. It was polished so smoothly that it looked like a newly made one and was neatly oiled.

Pop! Pop!

“D-disciple! I found the disciple who went missing during the package delivery.”

Hyun Jong’s eyes widened.

“H-he is alive?”

“Yes! Fortunately, it seems like the child has been saved. The child somehow managed to send a letter...”

“Yes.”

“It is the pirates. It is said that he was attacked and fell into the Yangtze River but survived.”

Before they knew it, the faces of everyone who heard this went stiff.

“Um. But that is bad news, right? We already expected it.”

“But what comes next is important.”

“Uh?”

Do Un-Chan took a deep breath and gulped.

“It is said that the pirates who attacked him kidnapped everyone on the ship to prevent the news from reaching Mount Hua.”

“...Kidnap? Did you just say kidnap?”

“Yes, Sect Leader! There is no doubt about it.”

“...What is this...!”

Hyun Jong’s face turned cold.

“What are they planning to do by kidnapping innocent civilians?”

“I heard that the pirates are taking them and selling them as slaves to foreign nations...”

“What insane people!”

Curses came from the mouth of Hyun Jong, who rarely uttered such harsh words.

Committing evil deeds against someone strong and messing with common innocent people were two different things.

And...

‘If a rumor spreads that all this happened because of Mount Hua, how would the world look at us?’

Of course, Mount Hua had no part in this. Starting a business wasn’t a sin.

But public sentiment could not be predicted, and it didn’t follow common sense. If word spread that civilians suffered due to Mount Hua’s business, the name of Mount Hua would crumble.

“Sect Leader, shouldn’t we take action quickly?”

Hyun Young spoke in a serious voice, quite unlike him. There was no way he didn’t understand the seriousness of the situation.

“Hmm. We need to rescue them as quickly as possible.”

Hyun Jong nodded resolutely.

“If we miss the timing and the civilians get sold off as slaves, rescuing them will become difficult...”

But no matter how quickly they send people, it will take time to reach them.

‘Even if I send a letter to Baek Cheon... dealing with the pirates alone would be difficult...’

After all, there was nothing else to do....

After much thought, Hyun Jong made up his mind and shouted.

“Chung Myung!”

“Uh?”

Hyun Jong watched as Chung Myung suddenly approached and answered.

Right.

This look was better, rather than seeing him as normal.

“I think you need to head to the Yangtze River first. I will send other disciples through Un Geom, so you go first and stop the pirates from selling civilians into slavery.”

Even though it would be impossible to destroy the pirates, it would be possible if Chung Myung were there.

And then, the reinforcements from Mount Hua would arrive, and the pirates could be swept away. It was a time when Hyun Jong was praising himself for what he thought was a fairly perfect calculation.

“Me?”

“Yes!”

“Me?”

“Yes, you...”

Wait.

Did this guy just ask him?

Hyun Jong, who had been reflecting on the words Chung Myung would never say, looked at Chung Myung, who had a blank expression.

And at that moment, Hyun Jong saw.

Chung Myung’s face, which had always had a gentle and calm look for the past few days, now held grumpiness. Even the sight of his head tilting to the side.

“Why me?”

“...”

Ah...

This damned situation...