Dokmaeuiseon - Chapter 157
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Chapter 157
At this, Heon-ang Sword’s eyes widened remarkably.
‘It worked!’
Seeing this, the Beggar cheered with delight.
Judging by Heon-ang Sword’s expression, it seemed he would act according to his wishes.
“Where do they say those people are moving to?”
“There’s only one place, isn’t there?”
“The Medical Clinic!”
“That’s right.”
“Huh… At a time when my younger brother is away!”
Jung Myeong’s absence from the Medical Clinic was no secret to the Orthodox Sect Members.
In fact, since he was leading quite a number of Martial Artists, it was impossible to hide.
“What shall we do?”
“Even sworn brothers are still brothers, aren’t they?”
“You’re going?”
“Shouldn’t we?”
“We might not be welcomed.”
“…What do you mean?”
“Our Beggar’s Sect would welcome it, but the Jegal family, who left Baekyang not long ago, might dislike it. I’m saying your coming might be problematic for the Medical Clinic.”
“Do you really think that would happen?”
“Hmm?”
“I don’t know about other places, but going to help the Medical Clinic wouldn’t be viewed that way. Not if it’s that Jegal.”
“That’s interesting.”
“There are good reasons for it.”
“Anyway, if the Jegal family won’t oppose it, they’ll come out to help too.”
“Of course!”
“Good.”
In any case, it was good news for the Beggar.
‘Namgung plus the Jegal family too. The situation looks good. Isn’t it most ideal for the Orthodox Sect to help that Physician Sage? Haha.’
In the scheme he was drawing in his mind, the more people helping Jung Myeong the Physician Sage, the better!
‘This is all for the common good.’
Though he spoke of it being for the common good.
He knew very well that all of this was a scheme to use this opportunity to put the Physician Sage in his debt.
He was merely smiling outwardly while wearing a plausible mask.
“Then I’ll go ahead first.”
“Where to?”
“I must go to Elder Goe-gwang. I should have sent him a signal, but shouldn’t I go directly to speak with the Elder?”
“Huh. You came here first before even going to the Elder?”
“Sa-hae is closer, isn’t it?”
He took this opportunity to put Heon-ang Sword in his debt as well.
“…Thank you.”
“If you’re grateful, when I come begging later, just give me some rice.”
“I’ll remember.”
Though he called it begging, they both knew well that it was a debt.
The Beggar’s eyes gleamed as he stood up.
‘Now that I’ve laid out such a grand scheme, it should work out well. All of this is for the Orthodox Sect!’
He thought himself far-sighted.
Without thinking at all about what lay immediately ahead of him.
* * *
In truth, the Beggar should have reported immediately.
How could Strange Madman not know that he hadn’t done so?
“You stupid fool! Why did you go to Baekyang!”
Strange Madman bursting into angry roars wasn’t particularly unusual.
“It was for everyone’s sake.”
“For everyone’s sake, my foot! It was for your own selfish desires.”
“Elder! I don’t move for my own selfish desires. Only for everyone’s sake…”
“Isn’t your greed greatly mixed into that ‘for everyone’s sake’?”
Strange Madman was no fool.
He struck right at the core.
“That’s…”
“What? Do you think even that is for the Beggar’s Sect?”
“That’s right. The Successor Candidate was just decided not long ago. For that child’s sake, I created this scheme this time…”
“Huh… How stupid! Why are you the one weaving that scheme? Do you think if you get attention like that, the Successor Candidate position you missed will come back to you! Il-seong!”
“…”
The Beggar, whose name Il-seong was called for the first time.
Only then did he bow his head.
As if not satisfied even seeing this, Strange Madman didn’t stop and burst into angry roars again.
“That’s why you couldn’t become the Successor Candidate. Successor Candidate!”
“…Elder, your words are too harsh.”
“I could say even harsher things! You fool! You moved stupidly, you should have come straight to me instead!”
He was truly greatly disappointed in Il-seong.
Because he could see the scheming Il-seong was trying to pull.
‘That bastard Geol Gae saw the Physician Sage and awakened to claim the position of Successor Candidate. This bastard has the potential to become an Elder even if he can’t become a Successor Candidate, and yet he’s doing this!’
He should be supporting the Successor Candidate well from behind.
And yet he’s already pulling these tricks.
For Strange Madman, it was a moment when he worried about the future of the Beggar’s Sect.
However, worry was worry and reality was reality.
“You should know how greatly that brief moment you spent on tricks will come back to haunt you. How important the order of things is!”
“What exactly changes so much here?”
“You’ll see when you look! You’ll see!”
“I really don’t understand.”
“You should have gone to the Medical Clinic first, not the Escort Agency, don’t you understand this yet?”
“Yes. I really don’t understand.”
“Good grief…! My insides are bursting! My insides are bursting! Fine. This will also become experience in the end. You’ll understand when you see. You’ll understand later!”
Strange Madman nagged again while his body moved quickly.
He sent hand signals to call in the scattered Beggar Sect Members.
As soon as they arrived, he organized them into groups.
This was to form a Combined Formation that could respond immediately even if combat broke out.
Meanwhile, he also sent someone to the Medical Clinic.
This was to remedy the delay caused by Il-seong.
While handling multiple tasks at once.
Hu Gae-do, who had heard the news, also arrived belatedly.
“Why are you so late again!”
“I was sending a Messenger Pigeon. Shouldn’t we inform the Physician Sage as well?”
“Good grief. But you did well with that.”
“I am the Successor Candidate, you know…”
“Be quiet, you bastard.”
When he learned that Hu Gae-do had properly handled the task, Strange Madman finally relaxed his expression.
“Let’s go, you bastards!”
“Yes!”
“…Understood.”
As soon as all preparations were finished, he led the Beggar Sect Members toward the Medical Clinic.
* * *
“Let’s go! You damn bastards!”
The Vice Guild Master also left Geumho Guild.
Those who followed behind him.
They possessed an uncharacteristic free-spirited nature.
“Hehe. If we’re ruined, won’t Elder Brother be ruined too?”
“Don’t talk nonsense. Only you will die.”
The one walking with his sword not even sheathed, slung over his shoulder, even threw jokes at the Vice Guild Master.
“There, breaking morale even before we set out.”
“Tsk. Let’s go!”
“Elder Brother has nothing to say either, right? Right?”
“Be quiet! You’re old enough, why are you still like this.”
A sight hard to imagine as being before a war expedition.
However, no one criticized him for it.
“But he’s at Peak Level, isn’t he?”
“Damn bastard. That’s why I keep him around!”
“Kekekekek…”
Anyway, those the Vice Guild Master brought were recognized in Hangzhou for their skills.
Behind the Vice Guild Master, those brought by the Guild Leader filled the ranks.
“…”
“…”
Unlike those led by the Vice Guild Master, these maintained silence.
For Evil Sect Martial Artists, they were greatly disciplined.
There was one reason why they were like this.
‘Tsk. I really don’t like this. Acting like that all the time is why you can’t advance beyond the Vice Guild Master position.’
Because it was the Guild Leader who was leading them.
The gaze he shot forward was sharp as a sword. As if he would cut down anyone if an enemy was brought before him.
Whether that gaze was directed toward Jung Myeong’s Medical Clinic.
Or toward the Vice Guild Master and his subordinates right in front of him was unknown.
“…”
He who made his subordinates maintain silence was also maintaining silence himself.
* * *
One side busy giggling and laughing.
The other side maintaining only silence – a strange procession.
That procession was heading toward Jung Myeong’s Medical Clinic.
-Oh my. What’s that.
-Eek…!
-Is another big incident about to happen!?
The Common People watching this were busy fleeing in surprise.
Their surprise was greater than usual.
It had been a long time since Geumho Guild marched like this, and hadn’t Hangzhou been quiet thanks to Jung Myeong’s Medical Clinic being there?
‘It had been quiet for a while…’
‘Is Hangzhou going to become noisy again?’
The peacefulness that had settled in after so long had lasted quite a while.
And he had grown accustomed to it long ago.
Watching that peacefulness shatter, he couldn’t help but be more shocked than before.
“Hmph… why are you looking at me like you’ve seen a ghost?”
“Because you are a ghost. Aren’t you?”
“These days you haven’t been going around like a scoundrel!”
“So you’re saying you used to go around like one before?”
“Tsk…”
Though they were joking among themselves while looking at him.
There was no way the atmosphere would lighten.
The common people who could flee were each busy trying to escape.
Those who couldn’t were sitting still, trembling violently.
“Tsk. Let’s just pick up the pace.”
Seeing this, the Vice Guild Master didn’t add any more words.
It would be useless, and he had no intention whatsoever of causing a disturbance here.
He simply gave a quiet signal to one of his subordinates.
[Look, it seems the government forces are moving too, so you follow along.]
[What should I do when I get there?]
He told him to go to the government forces.
[Feed them some money. Take them to a pleasure house or something!]
[Ah… I’ll go and come back.]
[Good. Thanks for your trouble.]
[Hehe. Of course I have to work hard. Well then!]
Even if there was no need to do anything about the common people.
It seemed he intended to somehow take care of the government forces.
‘That physician bastard may have been in cahoots with the government forces… but still, where is there anyone who dislikes bribes?’
Whether things would go according to the Vice Guild Master’s thinking was uncertain.
But his subordinates did move busily according to his orders.
The procession of the Geumho Guild setting out like this seemed like it would face no obstacles at all.
“Hey, where are you rushing off to when it’s almost time for dinner?”
Until one old man stepped forward.
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