The Evil Martial God Chronicles - Chapter 138
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Legend of the Evil Martial God
Chapter 138
“Gate Master Jeok! This is unjust!”
“That’s right! We only went there to have a conversation, but they suddenly attacked us!”
“All our children have been taken prisoner. Please help us. Even at this very moment, we don’t know what hardships our children are enduring.”
“Please help us!”
The gate masters of Cheonggang Gate, Hwageom Gate, and Cheolsan Gate were sobbing and pleading before Jeok Rihyeon.
Jeok Rihyeon was troubled.
This was because the gate master of Howi Gate, whom they were cursing, had personally come to pay his respects.
Would a sect that came to greet them first really attack these people suddenly without reason?
Jeok Rihyeon thought not.
Moreover, since he knew well what kind of places Cheonggang Gate, Hwageom Gate, and Cheolsan Gate were, their words were not believable.
‘They must have gone there in a group to assert their dominance. And then got beaten up.’
He had to decide.
Would he side with these people?
Or would he join with the new Howi Gate?
His heart was greatly inclined toward Howi Gate, but he couldn’t decide based on feelings alone.
This was because he had no information about Howi Gate at all.
Since there’s no kindness without reason, he shouldn’t trust Howi Gate easily.
For now, he was trying to appease these people and send them away.
“Father. It’s your son, Jeok Wigang.”
Jeok Wigang’s appearance had never been as welcome as it was now.
“Yes! Come in.”
As the door opened and he entered, Jin Muryang could be seen behind him.
Jeok Rihyeon was flustered.
“How are you two together?”
“It seemed related to the people here, so I brought him along.”
Suddenly, Jeok Rihyeon remembered the fact that Jeok Wigang could hear from far away.
“I-Is that so?”
The three sect masters looked at Jin Muryang upon hearing that this concerned them.
“Who are you?”
“This is our first meeting?”
Jeok Wigang spoke to the tilting sect masters.
“Please introduce yourselves to each other.”
Then Jin Muryang gave a cupped fist salute and spoke.
“Nice to meet you. I am Jin Muryang, the Gate Master of the Guardian Gate Sect.”
At the mention of being the Gate Master of the Guardian Gate Sect, the three sect masters jumped up from their seats in shock.
“H-how is the Gate Master of the Guardian Gate Sect here?”
The three sect masters looked at Jeok Rihyeon with expressions asking him to explain this situation.
Jeok Rihyeon looked at Jeok Wigang.
It was a resentful glare asking how he would resolve this situation.
Jin Muryang asked the three sect masters in a heavy voice.
“I heard there was some incident with our Guardian Gate Sect. Could you tell me the detailed situation? I haven’t heard anything about it.”
At Jin Muryang’s question, the three sect masters glanced at each other and then opened their mouths.
“W-we heard news that a new sect had opened in Yullyang County and went to c-congratulate them. But there seemed to be some minor misunderstanding, and the Guardian Gate Sect attacked us. We had just gone in a group to congratulate them, but they seemed to mistake us for coming to attack.”
“That’s strange. Our children aren’t such hasty kids. Moreover… you don’t even look strong enough for our children to react that way.”
The sect masters flared up at the comment about not looking strong.
“What are you saying! We were going easy on you!”
“That’s right. Since it happened due to a misunderstanding, we just withdrew!”
“We don’t want to make this matter bigger. Just return our children who were taken hostage. Then we won’t speak of this matter anymore.”
“Hostages? Our kids took your kids hostage?”
“That’s right! That’s why we couldn’t properly use our strength and had to withdraw like this.”
“The Guardian Gate Master should know how lucky he is. If our children hadn’t been taken hostage, you would have had no home to return to.”
“So hurry up and release our children.”
Jin Muryang chuckled.
Anyone could see it was a lie.
Anyone could see these were guys with terrible skills.
At best, they’re at the upper realm of Super Peak Level.
On the other hand, the subordinates at the Guardian Gate are all at least Super Peak Level.
But still, hostages.
Were these guys bored?
Why did they pull such a pointless prank?
If they had attacked, I would have massacred them all.
Then there wouldn’t be such troublesome matters.
Just as killing intent was about to flow from Jin Muryang’s body.
Tap-.
Someone tapped his shoulder, so he turned his head to look.
Shiver-.
He saw Jeok Wigang’s eyes that had turned cold.
In an instant, Jin Muryang’s mind snapped back to clarity as if he had been doused with cold water.
– I’m sorry.
– I’d appreciate it if you were careful in front of Father and our family.
– Yes! I’ll keep that in mind.
– Still, I’m grateful that you’re following what I asked of you.
A request?
– So you just captured them because I told you not to kill carelessly in this place?
– Th, that’s right.
– Well done.
Phew.
That was almost a disaster.
The subordinates really did well.
He thought he should give them a reward when they returned.
While he was thinking such thoughts, Jeok Rihyeon’s voice was heard.
“Now, now, it seems there are misunderstandings between both sides, so let’s go to the Guardian Gate first and examine the situation. Gate Master Jin, would that be alright?”
Jin Muryang gave a cupped fist salute to Jeok Rihyeon and spoke.
“I’m sorry for creating difficulties from our first meeting. Of course it’s fine. I also hope we can clear up any misunderstandings and get along well as neighbors.”
Jeok Rihyeon smiled at Jin Muryang’s response.
But the other Gate Masters had no intention of going.
“D-do we really need to go there too? Just give the order to release them.”
“That’s right. That’s all we want.”
They had tried to drive a wedge between the two forces to make them antagonistic, but who would have thought the Howei Sect would come to greet them first.
It was unexpected.
Moreover, looking at Jeok Rihyeon’s expression, he seemed to like the Howei Gate Master.
Going to the Howei Sect in the current situation would be like showing Jeok Rihyeon what they had done.
Jeok Wigang chuckled at the sight of the three troubled Gate Masters.
– Father. Looking at the situation, it seems those people came here to drive a wedge between you and the Howei Sect.
– What? Drive a wedge? Why?
– It’s obvious. Since they couldn’t do it with their own power, they tried to use the Jin Mu Sect for revenge. And it would be even better if the two sects clashed and weakened the Jin Mu Sect’s power.
After hearing Jeok Wigang’s words, Jeok Rihyeon roughly understood the situation.
He was outraged.
He had tried to help them out of goodwill, but they were trying to use that goodwill to drive a wedge.
– Would you like to leave it to me and go inside to rest?
– You’ll handle it?
– Yes.
Jeok Rihyeon thought for a moment, then nodded.
– Alright. You would be better at handling this kind of matter. I’ll leave it to you.
Having made his decision, Jeok Rihyeon gave a cupped fist salute to the Gate Masters present and spoke.
“I apologize. I have something urgent I need to handle that I forgot about. For now, my son here will accompany you to assess the situation. How about we continue our discussion after that?”
“N-no. We really don’t need to do that.”
“Gate Master Jin here just needs to give the order to release the kids.”
“I’m busy right now, so I’ll give my son full authority for now. Discuss the rest with my son.”
After leaving those words, Jeok Rihyeon hurriedly left the area.
As Jeok Rihyeon disappeared, Jeok Wigang stepped forward.
“Now, now, it’s best to verify this kind of matter thoroughly. We need to clearly determine right from wrong so such misunderstandings don’t arise in the future.”
“This isn’t your place to interfere.”
“Didn’t you just hear? He said he’s giving me full authority. So now it has become my place to interfere.”
The three Gate Masters glared menacingly at Jeok Wigang.
“Why are you looking at me like that? I’m doing this to help you Gate Masters right now. Is there some reason we shouldn’t go to the Howi Sect?”
“Ah, there’s no reason we shouldn’t!”
“It’s just that we’re anxious because you’re young and inexperienced, yet you’re saying you’ll mediate.”
“Ah! I see. Please trust me and leave it to me. I’m also full of enthusiasm since Father is entrusting me with this kind of task for the first time. Come on, let’s go.”
The three Gate Masters’ expressions twisted.
I had no choice but to go to the escort gate again.
They recalled the words about not letting them off easy if they showed their faces again.
“I, I won’t go.”
“I also don’t want to go to that place.”
“We’ll stay behind, so you go and assess the situation and safely send our children back to us.”
“We’ll be waiting back there, so you go check the situation and safely send our children back to us.”
Seeing them trying to back out, Jeok Wigang smiled coldly and spoke.
“That won’t do. We need to go together and resolve this. I just told you. We need to make sure so there won’t be any misunderstandings like this in the future.”
“Muryang.”
“Yes!”
“Immeasurable.”
“Understood.”
“Just knock them out.”
The three Gate Masters were startled.
Jeok Wigang was naturally speaking down to the Howi Gate Master and giving him orders, which he was accepting as a matter of course.
The three sect leaders were startled.
“Were you two working together?”
“What, what are you?”
The flustered three Gate Masters hurriedly tried to escape from that place.
However, the three Gate Masters were no match for Jin Muryang.
“D-did the Jinmu Gate deceive us?”
“Let’s go.”
However, the three sect leaders were no match for Jin Muryang.
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“Let’s go.”
They discovered themselves tied up while sitting in chairs on the platform.
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The three sect leaders came to their senses at the commotion.
They found themselves tied up while sitting on chairs on the platform.
“W-what is this?”
A familiar face appeared before the three startled Gate Masters.
“I’m pretty sure I told you we shouldn’t meet again. Yet here we are, meeting once more.”
His tone and expression were gentle, but somehow it gave them chills.
“N-no, that’s… W-we didn’t come back here by choice.”
“That’s right! We passed out and when we woke up, we were here. This is truly unfair.”
The man nodded at the Gate Masters’ words.
“I understand. I get it. Living in this world, sometimes things proceed even when we don’t want them to. Due to forces beyond our control.”
“E-exactly that. Forces beyond our control.”
“But in the end, it all turns out to be the karma you created coming back to you later. What kind of karma did our Gate Masters create to end up back here?”
As the man asked with a bright smile, another man nearby approached and whispered in his ear.
The man who heard something smiled wickedly and spoke.
“Ah! How about that… I sent you away to live quietly in retirement, but you were thinking of driving a wedge between us and the Jin Mu Sect? Impressive.”
“It’s a misunderstanding!”
“That’s right! We just thought if we asked the Jin Mu Sect for help, maybe we could get our subordinates back…”
“You wanted your subordinates back? Hmm. Fine. Then shall we ask the subordinates? Whether they want to go back?”
The three Gate Masters nodded.
“They say a second meeting is fate. Let me introduce myself. I’m Mujin, Chief Steward of the Howi Gate. Ah! You don’t need to introduce yourselves, Gate Masters. I already know who you are.”
Mujin said what he wanted to say and then ordered the man beside him.
“Gather all the newly recruited ones in one place.”
“Understood.”
As the man disappeared, Mujin smiled and said.
“Could you wait just a moment? Let’s gather them quickly and listen to their opinions together.”
A short while later.
The martial artists from the three sects gathered in one place.
Even though the Gate Masters they once served were standing before them, the martial artists’ gazes were cold.
The atmosphere was such that it seemed unnecessary to ask, but he asked anyway.
“Now, anyone who wants to return to their former sect, raise your hand.”
No one raised their hand.
“Really no one? This is your last chance. I won’t hold you back or cause you any harm. If you want to leave, I’ll just let you go, so raise your hand.”
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