Chronicles of the Mad Demon - Chapter 80

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Chapter 80. Owner of the Treasure (5)

“Late-Stage Expert tournament?”

“Yeah.”

“To pick who’s more of an idiot?”

“What are you talking about?”

Moyong Bi, who had been thinking of Hong In, shook his head vigorously.

“No. Just remembered some stupid bastard.”

“Is there anyone more stupid than you on this street?”

“Maybe not anymore?”

Looks like he destroyed someone else again.

What a truly terrifying pig. Somehow, everyone who gets involved with him doesn’t come out unscathed.

Seeing that, even if it’s somewhat unpleasant, blood ties might be fortunate.

“Tell me. I’ll listen while eating.”

“Just eat your food.”

“Fine.”

Moyong Bi frantically shoveled rice into his mouth.

Watching her elder brother chew rice grains like crazy, Moyong Su Hyang tilted her head.

‘What?’

Something seems a bit different?

She wasn’t sure, but he looked strangely in a bad mood.

‘Constipated?’

A moment later.

“Burp!”

“Ugh! You crazy bastard! Where are you burping!”

“Can’t help what comes out.”

“Turn your head when you do it!”

“Heh heh.”

Laughing heartily while picking up his bowl looked no different from usual.

Moyong Su Hyang frowned as much as she could and grabbed her nose, tilting her head once more.

‘Not really? Just my imagination?’

Actually, I’m in a worse mood right now. Burping in someone’s face – what kind of person has no basic manners?

“Let’s go.”

“Mmm.”

As they left the dining hall, the wind was quite sharp.

“It’s cold. I really need to put on fur clothes now. Are you okay?”

“This much is nothing.”

“You have goosebumps on your neck though?”

“Whatever, you know about the Hubei Late-Stage Expert tournament, right?”

“No.”

“You don’t know?”

“There’s no need to bother paying attention to such things, right?”

“It’s a matter involving the family’s reputation, so why wouldn’t you pay attention?”

“Huh?”

“…Don’t tell me you don’t remember Elder Sister participating in the Late-Stage Expert tournament two years ago?”

Moyong Bi scratched his head.

How could I remember when I wasn’t even here in the first place?

“Did she?”

“Sigh, I really shouldn’t bother talking.”

“But why the Late-Stage Expert tournament? Don’t tell me Elder Sister is participating this time too?”

Moyong Su Hyang clicked her tongue.

“The situation is a bit different from back then.”

“What’s different? Age?”

“The age limit is from sixteen to twenty-four. There’s no problem whether then or now.”

“Then what’s the problem? Of course, considering Elder Sister’s condition, it would be better if she didn’t participate.”

“That’s one thing… but she’s the family head.”

Moyong Bi stopped walking.

“Family head.”

“Back then, there was no one else from the main family to participate, so it couldn’t be helped. Elder Sister had just taken on the role of Family Head Deputy at the time, so she wasn’t well known either.”

“I see. What about last year?”

“Don’t you remember that either? There was no tournament last year.”

“Is it held every two years?”

“Well, it’s held according to the organizers’ whims.”

“Organizers?”

“The Wudang Sect.”

Suddenly, Moyong Bi’s eyes darkened sharply.

The change was so dramatic that even Moyong Su Hyang flinched.

“The Wudang Sect?”

“…The Wudang Sect is undoubtedly the best in Hubei. Of course, the Zhuge Family is also involved, but if we’re being precise, Wudang is the primary organizer and the Zhuge Family is secondary.”

Is that so?

‘A Late-Stage Expert tournament where the family’s reputation is at stake.’

Actually, the main purpose would be networking rather than reputation.

In the past, many sparring tournaments were truly held to boost the morale of Murim Warriors.

Murim Warriors are those who stake their lives on reputation and martial arts. Since those who participate in sparring matches are all confident in their martial arts, there’s much to learn.

Of course, since sparring is fundamentally fighting, injuries are frequent and in the worst cases, deaths occur.

Even considering this, many people participated. In tournaments held by orthodox Murim sects, experienced mid-level masters are deployed to determine victory and defeat before major accidents happen, and sometimes rules are imposed forbidding the use of real swords.

Apart from other things, there’s a tendency among Murim Warriors living in the turbulent Jianghu to consider fearing injury itself shameful.

Participating in a sparring tournament that everyone watches also means having confidence, so everyone keeps some degree of injury in mind.

‘This is quite interesting.’

Honestly, from Moyong Bi’s perspective, he had no interest in tournaments where brats competed over who was stronger.

But.

‘Right, it’s organized by the Wudang Sect.’

The Wudang Sect.

The sect that helped the current Moyong bloodline establish themselves in Wuhan.

‘Including Myeongjin Hall, this is quite entangled.’

While hearing about Su Jeong from Guo Lao, he could also learn about Myeongjin Hall.

Myeongjin Hall is a medical hall under the Wudang Sect that focuses on internal energy treatment centered on energy manipulation arts.

Of course, they also treat illnesses with acupuncture and medicine, and furthermore, they accept talented individuals as medical attendants and teach them for several years.

Moyong Bi recalled Guo Lao’s words.

‘Young Master received a Myeongjin Entrance Token from some Taoist. Amazingly, it was genuine, so fortunately Eldest Miss could enter Myeongjin Hall immediately.’

‘Really?’

‘Young Master was fourteen years old at the time.’

Suddenly, his chest ached.

‘You also cared a lot for your sister.’

He had thought this guy caused every possible trouble, but that wasn’t the case.

In his childhood, Moyong Bi was a good child who knew how to care for his siblings and had his own sense of responsibility. The fact that he thought of shouldering the family’s burden alone at the age of fourteen was itself surprising.

‘So that’s why Su Jeong felt sorry toward me.’

Knowing the inside story, he could understand Su Jeong’s feelings too.

While suffering from Nine Yin Severed Meridians, the family clan is in this state.

She must have wanted to escape from the ruined family and freely display her innate talent. In the midst of it all, she was fortunately able to enter the medical hall under the Wudang Sect, so she must have thought heaven’s fortune was with her.

‘Heaven’s fortune… Yes, if Bi Ah was lucky enough to obtain that, it truly could be called heaven’s fortune.’

The face of Su Jeong from that time, which he had never seen, came to mind.

‘She must have been very excited.’p>

At a young, no, at a child’s age, she couldn’t help but be thrilled.

Even if family is precious and beloved, it’s an age when you want to do something for yourself. How many people make cold choices for their own future path even when they’re ten or twenty years older than that.

‘That’s not selfish or anything. It’s just natural.’

She had even contracted an incurable disease.

Rather, the fact that she came back to the family clan with the intention of reviving the household should be considered admirable.

Moyong Bi felt bitterness.

‘They are Elder Brother’s bloodline. They’re Dae Ho and Sister-in-law’s children. Of course they can’t help but be good.’

Thinking of those good children struggling to do something after their parents died made his heart break.

Moyong Bi looked at Moyong Su Hyang.

“Su Hyang.”

“Hm?”

Moyong Su Hyang was flustered. Because suddenly her Elder Brother’s gaze looking at her had become too affectionate.

What strange thing is he going to say again?

“Why are you acting like that again.”

“You’ve had a lot of hardships.”

“Suddenly?”

“I just wanted to say this.”

Suddenly Elder Brother’s words came to mind.

‘You fool, if it’s hard, say it’s hard. Don’t I also whine often?’

‘How can I say such embarrassing things?’

‘We’re family. If you don’t say it, I won’t know.’

‘You don’t need to know such things. And well, it’s not that hard anyway.’

‘Don’t you know well how complicated my heart feels when I see a family member’s face saying it’s not hard when it is hard?’

‘…’

‘You have to say it. That’s how it should be between family.’

Moyong Bi placed his hand on Moyong Su Hyang’s shoulder.

Normally she would have snapped at him to remove it, but Moyong Su Hyang couldn’t do that.

Because he wasn’t trying to tease her, but her Elder Brother’s eyes truly looked sad and affectionate.

“I was too late.”

“…What was.”

“I should have apologized to you first.”

“…”

“There are so many things to apologize for. So many it’s hard to count them one by one. If I had known that, I should have apologized to you even sooner. But I couldn’t do that.”

“…”

“I’m really sorry.”

This suddenness was truly more than a bolt from the blue sky.

Since he was suddenly acting like this, goosebumps rose. Her spine felt so chilly that for a moment it felt like her bladder was crying out.

But why?

Her mouth wouldn’t open easily.

Normally she would just grumble and scold him saying not to talk nonsense, asking why he didn’t do it earlier, and that would be enough.

But such words didn’t come out of her mouth.

She became even more flustered seeing herself acting differently than usual. She already couldn’t speak, but now she truly didn’t know what to do.

Moyong Bi felt complexity.

‘She’s a kind and tender child.’

On the outside she grumbles and often gets angry, but when you know her, she’s as kind as her Elder Sister and much more tender. So much so that she doesn’t know how to react in a situation like this.

It would be better if she got angry and snapped at him asking why he’s only apologizing now, telling him to live in guilt for the rest of his life.

Su Hyang couldn’t even do that. Rather, she couldn’t handle her Elder Brother’s apology and was even sweating profusely, unable to properly meet his eyes.

After patting her shoulder a few times, Moyong Bi sighed.

“It was a bit sudden, wasn’t it?”

“Huh? Oh, well, a little.”

“If not now, I felt like I’d forget again. You know I’m a bit stupid, right?”

At that comfortable tone, Moyong Su Hyang finally responded.

“You’re finally admitting it?”

“That’s right.”

Since he admitted it like that again, she had nothing to say.

Seeing Moyong Su Hyang become hesitant again, Moyong Bi thought.

‘There will be a chance to talk more deeply later.’

If they talked more, it seemed like Su Hyang would only become more troubled.

Maybe that’s also a wrong answer that came from only considering my own position. Still, seeing Su Hyang like this was pitiful, so it was hard to become more serious.

Moyong Bi asked in a much more refreshed voice.

“By the way, a sparring match tournament?”

“Huh? Oh, right. A sparring match tournament.”

“You just need to participate in that, so what’s the problem? But don’t winners get some kind of reward?”

“Reward? Oh, that’s…”

She still hadn’t escaped from her confusion.

Moyong Su Hyang groaned and pressed her head with her finger. Her appearance trying to remember quickly was both funny and pitiful.

“Ah! Right, I remembered. Money. They said they’d give money.”

“Money? How much are they giving? Those Wudang Sect guys act like Taoists but they’ll be stingy.”

“One hundred thousand nyang.”

Moyong Bi’s face completely hardened.

“…How much?”

“One hundred thousand nyang. Right, two years ago it was one hundred thousand nyang.”

“…?!”

“Since two years have passed, this year they might not give as much…”

“Hey, you fool! Why are you only telling me this now!”

He had tried to become cheerful, but an incredibly serious story popped out.

“I’m going to Elder Sister!”

Whoosh!

How far is the distance that he’s even using lightness skill.

Moyong Su Hyang, who blinked several times from the sudden gust of wind, stood there dazed for a while.

Only after almost half an hour had passed did she come to her senses.

“…What’s with that guy?”

He suddenly became serious and apologized, then as soon as he heard about money, he became like a wild boar and ran off.

It was hard to follow the terrifying emotional gap he showed in such a short time.

As more time passed, this thought suddenly occurred to her.

‘Is that crazy guy trying to pioneer a new realm of teasing?’

Of course, that probably wasn’t it.

At least she was quite sensitive in noticing the emotions her Elder Brother showed.

Moyong Su Hyang, who had been quietly looking toward the Family Head’s Office, suddenly remembered Seok Woong’s words.

‘Sometimes there are times when you have to wait even though you know it’s a problem. It’s not that they don’t share because they don’t want to talk about it.’

‘But what choice do we have but to wait? If we carelessly touch it wrong and the accumulated resentment becomes infected and festers, then we’ll have no choice but to burst it.’

She had waited for him, but it burst before it could even become a joke.

Even though it burst, she didn’t feel sad or angry.

At the same time, she didn’t even know what had burst. Her thoughts and feelings were all jumbled up.

In the end, Moyong Su Hyang interpreted the current situation in the most characteristic way for her.

“That crazy bastard did something crazy again, that’s what.”

She snorted dismissively and walked toward the training ground.

Her flushed red face wouldn’t cool down easily, even in the cold wind.

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