Chapter 107

“Confucius, what are you going to do?” Cheon Chushinui asked while looking at Seo Moon-deok’s back as he left the golden house.

He had just met and heard him talk with Seo Moon-deok, and the situation seemed much more serious than he had initially expected. He didn’t even have a clear picture of how many anti-gangsies were once mobilized in the raid.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that there was no proper attack by Bangangsi when Byeok Tae-san had been in Uichang. This was because, whenever there was an attack by Bangangsi, Byeok Tae-san ended up intervening.

Besides, he went to the place where he kept the Bangangsi and destroyed them all, so he had little experience with them.

However, this time it wasn’t. They had been very organized and attacked in a variety of ways. A huge number of Bangangshi attacked as if they were being swept away, and dozens of individuals were secretly attacked.

Anyway, that was why the damage accumulated in Homuryeon wasn’t the only thing. The damage not only from Homuryeon but also from other samurai and breakwaters located in Uichang only continued to increase.

And, the problem wasn’t just that. A really strong master had intervened there.

Perhaps the master was a member of an organization that called themselves unknown, or moved with the anti-gangsters or moved alone. The bigger problem was that there was not one such master.

In the meantime, even those who ate the blood gang went wild, and the spear became a mess. However, the damage was reduced, thanks to the countermeasures of the Jeunghyeol Group, which were made by Cheon Chushinui and Ilchimkai and delivered to Homuryeon.

However, there were limits to doing so. What Seo Mun-deok asked for was to help stop Bangangsi and to supply more black wine. Of course, he promised a sufficient reward.

All that was left was the decision of Byeok Tae-san.

“Go.”

There’re elixirs all over the river, but if one didn’t go there, where would he go?

Tae-san had already healed himself, but there was still a long way to go. From now on, one needed to build up their spiritual power in earnest.

There were many ways to build spiritual power. You could increase your spiritual power by turning the spirit magic ball inside, or you could burn the dirt on the soul of another person and suck it up. However, above all else, the best way was, by far, the elixir.

Ok Hwa, who heard of Byeok Tae-san’s decision, asked quickly. “Have you decided who you are going to take?”

This would indeed be very dangerous. But in other words, it was also an opportunity to gain great experience. People who came to Homuryeon this time would probably be able to grow rapidly.

Ok Hwa then looked at Tae-san, thinking that she was going with him, so she felt reassured. It seemed like he could survive no matter what. Byeok Tae-san was immersed in thought for a moment as he received Ok Hwa’s hopeful gaze.

“Well…”

Cheon Chushinui and Ilchimkai looked at Byeok Tae-san with their twinkling eyes. Instinctively, he realized that if he stayed here, he would have to live with the smell of medicine until Byeok Tae-san returned.

As a result, an expression with such a heart poured out of the two of them.

Byeok Tae-san saw this and smiled. “For now, I’ll have to take Cheon Kyung-wan and Yoo Seo-yeon.”

Muryangbo’s training was over, and he was now learning a new martial art, so it would definitely be a good opportunity to engrave it on his body.

“You must go too.”

At this, OK Hwa’s face turned slightly red. “Yes. I will prepare.”

They needed someone to link with Hao Mun or take overall command, but no one could do it better than Ok Hwa.

“I’m going to take a few people with me in the middle of the fight.”

Then, wouldn’t it be better to listen to Byeok Tae-san?

He wouldn’t be able to enjoy it as much as h enjoyed it at home, but he didn’t want to give up on it all.

“It doesn’t seem to matter if you take them all.”

At Ok Ha’s words, Byeok Tae-san nodded indifferently. “Do it yourself.”

Ok Hwa lowered her head slightly and then asked, “What about Nangin Market and Heukdo?”

“Tell them to practice or work hard. It still has a long way to go.”

Byeok Tae-san said this and thought for a moment before looking at her once more.

“Well, do you think this should be enough?”

“The kite saucer…”

“It is the same. Now is not the time to practice, it’s time to refine yourself.”

“All right.”

When the conversation ended like that, Cheon Chushinui and Ilchimkai looked restless. However, Byeok Tae-san waved his hand at Ok Hwa without looking at the two at all.

“Go and get ready.”

“Yes.”

Ok Hwa bowed politely and then backed away. The mouths of Cheon Chushinui and Ilchimkai opened wide, and his eyes fluttered violently.

“Oh, Confucius. Are you going to throw it away?”

That was the first remark that came out of Cheon Chushinui’s mouth.

“Confucius, for such a task, a competent member of the legislature is absolutely necessary. Especially! Trauma treatment is important. Wouldn’t it be obvious? It’s not a fight.”

Hearing those words, the gangster, who understood the atmosphere, looked at Cheon Chushinui with an expression of both absurdity and astonishment. He stepped out as if he couldn’t be defeated.

“The trauma is important. However, in battles of advanced players who use a little bit of inner strength, inner wounds are much more important. Moreover, my needles are fast and accurate. Since ancient times, I have been told not to play with the level of applying gold spear medicine or rubbing it.”

“Oh, who cares about the golden potion? And you said you didn’t? So yesterday I went to Yonghwaru with… Oops!” Cheon Chushinui was unable to continue his words because of Ilchimkai, who suddenly closed his mouth in a tight manner.

“Why are you saying that here? You really want to die together, is that it? Whoa!”

When Chushinui bit his hand, Ilchimkai was forced to let go of him. The former hurriedly spoke up. “So, I mean, it would be good to bring in a talented person who can be used in a variety of ways like me, and let my brother here use his talents to keep making medicines.”

Cheon Chushinui, who said that, grinned with a sense of accomplishment as if he had done it. Ilchimkai clenched his fists with a reddish-brown hued expression, but now was not the time to worry about that.

This was an important moment in deciding whether to go to Homuryeon or to stay here and craft more medicine.

“Okay, both of you get ready to go to Homuryeon. The more members, the better.”

After saying that, Byeok Tae-san turned around and went inside. Cheon Chushinui and Ilchimkai looked blankly at Tae-san’s back. “Brother, you know for sure that you are following this because of me.”

“What? Why is this madman suddenly talking shit?”

“It’s not that Confucius’s heart has changed because I preached hard about the need for a member of parliament. Originally, both of us should have stayed here and ground herbs.”

The scoundrel laughed bitterly. “Do you think I won’t hit you with that? Where do you sell drugs?”

As soon as the monster said that and clenched his fists, Cheon Chushinui was running away in the distance. “You ignorant bastard, aren’t you standing there?”

As the Invaders chased after them, Cheon Chushinui ran away even faster. “Am I the only one who has no loyalty? Who was the first to curse at the level of applying gold spear medicine?”

“Shut up and stand there!”

“Did you turn?”

“What?  Hey! Just stand there!”

An intense chase followed for a while.

Meanwhile, the others quickly finished preparing to depart for Homuryeon.

* * *

With a serious expression, Cho Seo-ran looked at the members of the Cheon Yakbang who were working hard in various places in the vacant lot.

She was evidently in deep thought. In fact, the purpose of coming to Wuhan had now been accomplished.

The purpose was to find a way to push through Byeok Tae-san and destroy Bangangsi through it.

The problem was that nothing had been gained. In the eyes of Cho Seo-ran, Byeok Tae-san was an ordinary person, one of the most common people she had ever met. However, Byeok Tae-san had said he was a gosu. Those were the words of two lawmakers who had been sent to Homuryeon and brought here and were working hard.

Those two lawmakers accompanied Byeok Tae-san from Homu-ryeon to Wuhan. In the meantime, he also fought with a group of people who practiced anti-gang poetry. She didn’t see Byeok Tae-san fighting from the side, but she was able to infer just how strong Byeok Tae-san really was from the results.

In their view, Byeok Tae-san was a master who she could not even dare to estimate. Because of this, Cho Seo-ran was confused.

A pulse could reveal several things. One of them was the presence or absence of internal air. Byeok Tae-san did not exist as much as a nail in the inner hole.

However, he was an expert.

How could you accept this? Even Cho Seo-ran knew that because he had learned martial arts.

How big of a difference did the presence or absence of an interior make? And so, the pulse was repeated three times, and yet they all got the same result.

Because of this, it was natural to be confused.

Cho Seo-ran had a determined expression on her face. ‘I’ll have to wait a little longer.’

She couldn’t just give up like this. Now that she had confirmed that there was nothing that could be detected by the true pulse, she needed to find another way.

‘But if it’s not your constitution, not your internal organs, or because of your heart failure, what is it?’

The only way to find out was to see it with your own eyes.

Cho Seo-ran recalled the story of the visit of Homuryeon’s patrol leader, Seo Mun-deok. Byeok Tae-san must have met Seo Mun-deok by now. No, maybe it was already all over.

‘Are you sure you’re going to Uichang?’

That was probably the case.

When he heard the story of Ban Jiangxi earlier, he was constantly watching the figure of Byeok Tae-san, and there was clearly a reaction.

Cho Seo-ran jumped up from her seat. Once a goal was set, she was a person who rushed to the front and back.

She glanced at the members of the Thousand Pharmacy Cho Seo-ran.

‘I’m going to suffer a little bit more,’ she muttered to herself, then quickly set out to find Byeok Tae-san.

* * *

Preparations to leave for Uichang were over in an instant. As the ten people decided to fight and move, the preparations were finished without the other people having time to use their hands.

Moreover, since all of the ten quarrels were learning martial arts, there was no need for help from men. Cheon Chushinui and Ilchimkai went and prepared plenty of medicines to use.

Still, there were a lot of medicines that he had made so far, so even after he had packed a lot, there was a lot of medicine left. He handed over the huge amount of medicine to Yuk Tae-gu and Jang Gak-woo.

One never knew what might happen to them, but the training method was indeed very intense, so if one were to get hurt, one would have to treat it right away.

In addition to this, when Cho Seo-ran joined the party, the nine members of Cheon Yakbang had to remain in the golden house.

They decided to make preparations for the future until the party were to return. He couldn’t disclose all the secrets of how to make medicine, so he had no choice but to do so.

In the end, this was a situation where Cheon Chushinui and Ilchimkai had to finish everything. And so, all preparations went smoothly.

Finally, the morning after Seo Mun-deok came to Byeok Tae-san, the latter’s group left the golden house.

At the front door of the golden house, Yeon Ha-rin, who heard the news late last night, was looking at Byeok Tae-san and the rest of the party with a mixture of absurdity, resentment, sadness, and anxiety. Then, she zeroed in on Cho Seo-ran.

“Are you meeting anyone else?”

Saying that, Yeon Ha-rin turned her head and looked at Cheon Chushinui. Chushinui was startled and avoided Yeon Ha-rin’s gaze.

“But, as I heard, you are very pretty. Yes?” Cheon Chushinui said hurriedly.

“I am not.”

“Yes? What isn’t it?”

Cheon Chushinui looked at Ilchimkai. “It’s not me, it’s my brother. I didn’t know either, but did you two know each other?”

When Cheon Chushinui slipped one step away, Ilchimkai was found to be bewildered. All of a sudden, Yeon Ha-rin’s gaze rested on Ilchimkai.

“No, what… Hey, you bastard! You told me to do it!” The chimpanzee looked at the Cheon Chushinui as he shouted, but he was no longer there.

He hid behind the gathered quarrels. While they were doing this, Cho Seo-ran couldn’t pay attention to anything else as he endured the stinging gazes pouring over his body. Nine lawmakers from a thousand drugstores who came up to her here were looking at her, hoping to see her off.

It would have been more comfortable if she had resented her and swore at her, but the guilt pierced her heart as she looked at herself with her pitiful eyes.

“Moonju… We will work harder. please… Get what you want…”

Cho Seo-ran’s body shook.

‘Isn’t that what they’re doing on purpose?’

Byeok Tae-san, who had been watching the whole situation, turned around with a slight frown.

Everyone was startled as Cho Seo-ran followed after him. The poison slowly began to rise in Yeon Ha-rin’s eyes at the sight of Tae-san turning his back on her.

All of this happened because she was weak. To do that, she had to practice harder than she was now.

With this thought in mind, Yeon Ha-rin turned around to go to the dance hall and entered the golden house, all with the solid resolve that she would never ever fall off Tae-san’s side the same way again.[