Dokmaeuiseon - Chapter 138
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Chapter 138
A grand resonance.
At that, one Defense Leader poked his head out cautiously.
An expression full of annoyance.
“What beggar is making noise from early morning… Hup…!”
It didn’t take long for that expression to change.
The knots hanging beside him made him unable to breathe.
‘Beg, Beggar’s Sect…! Why on earth is the Beggar Sect Way here in Hangzhou!’
Even though Hangzhou was a land of Evil Sects, he knew the Beggar Sect Knots.
The more strands there were, the higher the position!
Thump thump thump.
The Defense Leader’s heart beat loudly.
The Defense Leader, startled by him, tried to compose himself and asked.
“Wh, what business do you have at our Medical Clinic?”
“A beggar came to beg, what else would I come for.”
“B, begging you say?”
“That’s right. Begging!”
Even when begging, how could he be so confident.
Even while thinking this, the Defense Leader was planning to bring him rice.
“Please wait. I’ll bring you rice shortly.”
“Why give such grand hospitality to a beggar. Just give me some jerky if you have any.”
“…”
What was he supposed to do.
‘No, what do you want me to do. You told me to come here, but now you’re complaining about being treated well.’
The Defense Leader found it difficult to grasp the situation.
“Huh. Are you ignoring me and not even answering because I’m a beggar?”
“No!”
“This beggar is so miserable I can barely live…”
“Th, that’s not it!”
The Strange Madman held on for quite a while, as if he found tormenting the Defense Leader amusing.
The Defense Leader realized belatedly.
‘He’s trying to toy with me!’
He wasn’t begging for rice.
It was clear he intended to kill time by playing with him.
The Defense Leader didn’t know how to react to this.
Though he had officially become a Defense Leader with Jung Myeong’s help and had trained.
He couldn’t see any chance of victory against the Beggar’s Sect beggar before his eyes.
As he was feeling troubled by this, a voice came from inside to stop it.
“Elder, please stop there.”
It was Jung Myeong.
“Oh! Physician!”
“Hmph…!”
At his single word, the commotion subsided.
* * *
‘You came earlier than I thought.’
The person before his eyes was the Strange Madman.
‘You really never enter quietly even once.’
This time too, he had clearly done it on purpose.
Jung Myeong quickly brought the Strange Madman inside before the Defense Leader who had been confronting him could gasp for breath.
The Strange Madman followed behind Jung Myeong who walked with large strides.
“You need to come this way.”
“Why? There are many people over there. There seems to be a lot of food too.”
“Those are patients. Would it be proper to bring a beggar to the patients?”
“Are you looking down on beggars?”
“Looking down on what. I’m taking care of the patients. Elder, please don’t look down on the patients either.”
“Hmph…!”
“Just follow me.”
Fortunately, there was a space prepared for him.
“This place is…”
“It’s still under construction. This will be used as a guest room later. You’re the first to come here, Elder.”
“It’s not because it’s not finished that I’m the first?”
“That’s half right.”
“Hmph… Not quite right then.”
A place still under construction.
He led Strange Madman to a place where patients wouldn’t come.
Though it wasn’t fully built, he seemed comfortable in such a space.
After all, Strange Madman lived a life where the sky was his ceiling and the ground his floor.
This place with at least a roof would feel like home to him.
He immediately lay down and sprawled on the floor.
‘Should I say that’s just like him? He looks quite tired.’
The energy I sense is chaotic.
He must have exerted quite a lot of effort to get here.
But I couldn’t just leave him like this.
Jung Myeong had things he needed to say.
“Elder. Why do you torment people so?”
“Hah. What torment?”
He answered while lying down, only lifting his head slightly.
“Defense Leader is also my person. You know that, right?”
“Hmph. I know. I know.”
Rather than criticizing his attitude, Jung Myeong first warned him about tormenting Defense Leader.
As he said, Defense Leader was also his person.
Strange Madman seemed quite displeased with that.
“But I know that bastard.”
“How do you know him?”
“This beggar’s ears hear things.”
Strange Madman pointed to his ears.
“That bastard was quite the scoundrel in his youth. He killed several people.”
“Which martial artist hasn’t? I’ve killed several people too.”
“Still, one must live while maintaining righteousness!”
“Righteousness? That’s good. But isn’t the reality that it’s extremely difficult to uphold?”
“You’ve upheld it, haven’t you? That righteousness.”
“I was just lucky.”
“And those bastards had no luck?”
“Yes. I believe their environment made them act that way.”
“Hmph….”
For Strange Madman, who was an Orthodox Sect member to his bones, this might be incomprehensible.
But he couldn’t leave things as they were.
‘From what I can see, it seems like he’s planning to settle down in Hangzhou now.’
If he left him as such a rigid Orthodox Sect member, trouble would break out immediately.
He needed to establish clear standards for him.
“As for me, I’ve decided to understand martial artists trying to make a living. Conflicts too. As long as they don’t touch the common people, that’s fine.”
“Good grief. You’re too soft.”
“Please understand, upright Elder.”
“Only at times like this am I upright?”
“Let’s say that’s the case. Haha.”
Leave alone those who haven’t harmed common people.
This standard seemed quite displeasing to Geol Gae’s mind.
But since he wasn’t resisting further, he had clearly accepted it for now.
‘I’ve drawn a line for him, so he’s not one to cross it.’
After all, Geol Gae must have prepared himself inwardly when coming to Hangzhou.
There was such a thing as reality. There wasn’t a single Unorthodox Sect member who hadn’t killed people.
If he came to such a place and picked fights with everyone just because they were Unorthodox Sect members, it would be Strange Madman who would meet a violent death.
For his sake too, it was necessary to be moderate.
Jung Myeong had firmly established that line for him.
When Strange Madman seemed to acknowledge this, only then did he ask.
“So why did such a busy person come all the way here?”
“Have you forgotten the promise you made with me before?”
“Ah… Is it time for that now?”
“Hehe. Yes. It’s time for that.”
The answer to his question.
That was quite a troublesome matter.
“You said you would enter Hangzhou, but I never thought it would happen within just a few months?”
“Did you think it would take several years?”
“Yes. Honestly, that’s what I thought.”
The Beggar’s Sect’s advance into Hangzhou. He had heard about this beforehand.
It was something that would happen eventually.
The problem was the timing.
‘I didn’t expect it to be now.’
Wasn’t this faster than expected?
‘Strange Madman Elder couldn’t have decided to establish a branch in Hangzhou alone. The Guild Leader must have made the move… but this fast?’
This was proof that the Beggar’s Sect was paying quite serious attention to Hangzhou.
Strange Madman was leading the way. Many Beggar Sect Members would follow behind him.
‘Perhaps Geol Gae will come looking too.’
Geol Gae, who had been raising his reputation since meeting Jung Myeong.
That man who called himself a beggar might show his face again too.
‘The Namgung Family is already gradually entering through Baekyang Escort Agency. And now the Beggar’s Sect following right after…’
It wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.
There was no need to stop it.
‘At times like this, letting only one force enter would actually be a loss!’
Mixing and blending various forces was beneficial to him.
Even so, did he think Jung Myeong would refuse?
“Why? Is there a problem?”
For some reason, Strange Madman was looking at him with apparent anxiety.
He had come hoping for Jung Myeong’s help.
If Jung Myeong were to refuse here, things would become complicated.
With his personality, he would have boasted loudly to the Guild Leader before coming.
If things went wrong here, it would be a big problem for Strange Madman.
‘Seeing what he did to the Defense Leader earlier, I do want to be mischievous.’
Unfortunately, he couldn’t be petty any longer here.
First, Jung Myeong spoke readily.
“The promise we made back then. I clearly remember it.”
“As expected!”
“I should roll up my sleeves to help the World-Renowned Beggar’s Sect establish itself in This Place!”
“!!!!”
At his definitive answer, Strange Madman’s eyes widened greatly.
“As expected! As expected, it’s you!”
Strange Madman approached excitedly, as if he would embrace Jung Myeong right then and there.
“Oh my!”
Jung Myeong moved his feet and smoothly avoided him.
“Are you looking down on a beggar!”
“It’s because I need to see patients. Ahem…”
“Kuk… This guy, whenever he’s about to say something, he takes patients hostage!”
“Isn’t it the truth?”
“Hmph… How petty.”
Strange Madman looked at him as if feeling disappointed.
Since his playful personality wasn’t being received well, he seemed ready to sulk greatly.
Was there any need to let that continue?
Jung Myeong always advocated one principle for such situations.
The so-called swift resolution!
‘For the patients’ sake too, I can’t let him stay here any longer.’
Jung Myeong threw out words that would excite the disappointed Strange Madman.
“Follow me. I’ve scouted out The Site.”
“The Site?”
“Yes. The Site. I’ve already looked into a place suitable for the Beggar’s Sect to establish itself.”
“Ooooh…!”
That was The Site. A site suitable for the Beggar Sect Way to create a new Branch Office.
Upon hearing those words, Strange Madman became excited like a child.
He inwardly shouted with great joy.
‘What! I thought I’d just get a little help, but he’s even giving me a site? Hah… This Strange Madman’s eyes weren’t wrong! My ability to judge people is still intact!’
He thought things had become much easier.
It was a reasonable thought.
When it came to establishing a branch office, the site was more important than anything else.
Since that had been taken care of in advance, he couldn’t help but be delighted.
“Where is it? Where should I go?”
“Haha. Please follow me.”
The two stepped outside with joyful faces.
And so they arrived at the site.
Strange Madman, who had gone there, asked.
“Th-this site…!?”
For some reason, his voice trembled and Strange Madman looked quite troubled.
* * *
‘Th-this bastard…! To pull such a trick on me!’
Indeed, Strange Madman was greatly troubled.
It had been over fifty years since he began his journey through Jianghu.
The long journey from starting as a beggar to rising to the position of Elder.
He prided himself on having experienced all kinds of hardships during that time.
With such experience, his perspective was bound to be extraordinary.
It meant he could understand ten things by seeing just one.
In Strange Madman’s view, the place before his eyes was best described in one word.
“Such a white elephant…!”
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