Chapter 188: Who is the Bigger Villain (2)
Emei’s living space was largely divided into four areas, and access to areas was limited depending on the navigation.
In the case of Shaolin Temple, there was a separate area provided for diners, but Emei, which was relatively closed, does not have such provisions.
Therefore, the space allowed to So-so was the same as that of the three great disciples.
“Youngyoung, aren’t you hungry?”
So-so patted his stomach and pretended to be dying. I didn’t eat anything today.
At that time, Yeongyeong, who was watching from the side, shouted happily.
“Then do you want to go eat with us?”
“Yeah! Let’s go quickly. I feel like I’m going to collapse.”
Emei’s meals were limited to once a day for his practice, and he can eat freely between five o’clock and one o’clock.
Youngyoung took the lead and moved to the restaurant. It was a hall with a signboard saying, “Official Hall.”
There were stone steps beneath the open door, and young nuns were coming and going here and there.
“So-so, wait a minute…”
Yeongyeong hid in the corner of another nearby pavilion and began spying on the official pavilion.
It was just a place to eat, but I couldn’t understand what they were doing.
“Youngyoung? I’m hungry.”
After checking all the people inside, Yeongyeong signaled to So-so.
“I think we can go and eat now. Let’s eat quickly.”
There was something unnatural about Youngyoung rushing in like a stray cat. But it was not the time to worry about this or that. The skin of my stomach stuck to my back and I couldn’t come to my senses.
Inside, about twenty nuns were sitting together at a long table. Most of them looked three or four years older than Youngyoung.
As So-so entered the entrance, he picked up a rice bowl and spoon carved from wood.
At a glance, it wasn’t much different from the way I ate with my uncles at the military camp.
“You can eat as much as you want, right?”
“huh.”
So-so put a bowl full of rice and piled a lot of side dishes on top.
Most of them were wild vegetables and mushrooms. There wasn’t a single meat I liked, but whatever. First of all, it was important to fill my stomach.
“It looks delicious~ Let’s eat it quickly.”
The two went to the most corner and sat side by side.
Youngyeong, who was looking at So-so’s food bowl, opened her eyes wide and blinked.
“So-so, can you eat all of this? You can’t leave any food here….”
At Amifa, the rule was not to leave any food behind.
In any case, it was none of So-so’s business. He was constantly moving the chopsticks he was already holding.
Judging by the cheeks filling his mouth, it seemed like he was very hungry.
“My dear.”
“Let’s eat quickly and then go out.”
Even while eating, Youngyoung kept looking around and observing.
“What’s wrong, Youngyoung?”
Youngyoung had no answer. He simply turned pale and lowered his head.
So-so felt something strange and looked at the entrance.
Fifteen nuns were coming inside. At the center was a female monk called Hwaryeong.
The once bustling restaurant suddenly became quiet and a chill lingered in the air.
After a while, Hwaryeong sat in the center, and the remaining nuns sat around her as if to guard her.
Hwaryeong, who had been silently moving her chopsticks a few times, stopped and muttered.
“Fuck, the food tastes bad.”
At that moment, the nun sitting to Hwaryeong’s right looked at her with venomous eyes.
“Youngyoung, I told you to turn your face when you eat and eat with your face down, right?”
A face distorted as if it had been burned. The nuns were looking at this portrait with disgust.
Youngyoung, who became sullen, turned his upper body and lowered his head. The sight of him covering his face and slowly wiping his chopsticks looked pitiful.
Hwaryeong curled one corner of her mouth as if she was satisfied and moved her chopsticks again.
Then he uttered one word.
“If you raise your head, you will be beaten.”
It was then. Suddenly, So-so’s eyebrows narrowed and he drew a picture of my river.
Taang-!
So-so stood up and screamed, slamming his hand on the table.
“You can just turn your head and eat it!”
The nuns sitting in the corner were astonished. As for Hwaryeong and her group, weren’t they a gang that even the first disciples couldn’t mess with?
A child I see for the first time. Among the three great disciples, a person of the same age as Youngyoung, the youngest, took on the challenge.
Youngyoung, whose complexion became pale, pulled So-so’s collar.
“It’s okay, So-so. I….”
Hwaryeong let out a laugh and asked the nuns around her.
“What is he?”
A nun whispered something into Hwaryeong’s ear.
“Sikgaek? …Jang Mun-in himself?”
“Yes, don’t touch it. I said I would excommunicate you.”
Hwaryeong snorted with an expression of bewilderment.
“I’m playing.”
Apparently, this group had received separate information about So-so. Contrary to what he said, he didn’t argue anymore.
“Hurry up and eat, Youngyoung.”
It was the moment when So-so and Yeongyeong grabbed their chopsticks again.
“Hey, kid.”
When I looked to the side, I saw stiff chopsticks shooting out.
Wasn’t he So-so who had mastered the Demonic Cult’s strongest cancer technique, Demonic Secret? It was clearly visible where it was aimed. Judging from the fact that it was approaching over my shoulder, it seemed like it was trying to scare me.
In a split second, So-so’s little fingers snatched it.
Up!
At that moment, an interesting expression appeared on Hwaryeong’s face. It was a chopstick filled with his inner strength. He snatched it lightly.
“I know how to do it too, right?”
There was no need to start eating formly. The chopsticks that shot out from So-so’s small hand traced a half moon and traveled at high speed.
Is it because it only contains Hal’s power? Hwaryeong’s hand seemed to stretch, and before she knew it, she was grasping it.
“Look at this?”
Hwaryeong, who had no idea that there was going to be a counterattack, made a bewildered expression. When a child who looked much younger than you appeared, you cannot help but feel uncomfortable.
“What are you looking at?”
Hwaryeong pointed to the nun next to her and muttered.
“You go and close the door.”
It seemed like a plan to close the door and carry out the work in secret. Although it was a place where the youngest members of the class gathered to eat, sometimes the elders of Emei would visit and eat together.
The nun who walked to the entrance stopped before closing the door.
“What are you doing?”
“Tae, Elder Mount Taig is coming….”
Elder Mount Taig was a title referring to Geumhye Sae-tae within the sect.
The atmosphere quickly changed as if it had never happened before.
Isn’t Hwaryeong, who was frowning a moment ago, smiling?
“Elder, are you here?”
Geum Hye-sae nodded and glanced at the disciples. Immediately, he smiled happily and looked at Hwaryeong again.
“Hwaryeong was here too. You may have heard about this, but there is a child here who will be staying with our clan for a while. Think of him as your younger brother and take good care of him.”
“Don’t worry, Elder. I will take care of you.”
“Um, yes. Have you been reading the Diamond Sutra these days?”
Hwaryeong smiled brightly and took out a book from her pocket.
“I carry it with me and look at it whenever I have time. I am happiest when I gain enlightenment from the words of Buddha.”
“Yeah, yeah. You’re doing great. You should keep doing that.”
“Yes, Elder.”
The smile on Geumhyesae’s face never ceased. She looked at So-so again and said.
“Looks like you’ve already made a friend.”
“yes…….”
It was a timid voice. Geumhyesae sat next to So-so and patted her back.
“If you get to know them, they are all good sisters, so there is nothing to be afraid of. After eating, why don’t you come somewhere with me? I’ll show you around this place.”
“…Can’t Youngyoung go with you too?”
“That’s a good idea. Let’s do it.”
After a while, Geum Hye-sae, who had finished eating, took So-so and Yeong-yeong outside.
At that moment, the atmosphere in the hall changed again.
The nuns around Hwaryeong were watching and whispering constantly.
“What is he?”
“Where did you come from, kid? It looks like you don’t know anything yet. You’re going to die.”
“Should we just wait and see that magnificent thing?”
Hwaryeong’s eyebrows twitched. At the same time, his lips trembled and a word that gave him goosebumps was uttered.
“Everyone, just shut up. Before I kill you.”
A chill as cold as frost dominated the hall.
It was hard to believe that these words were spoken by a young nun in her early teens.
Moreover, the deadly force was so thick that it took your breath away. No one could open their mouths.
Hwaryeong, who was clasping her hands together, was past half-width and let out a cold word.
“Youngyoung will catch you when you are alone.”
Somewhere in a rugged mountainous area, about 20 zhang away from Janganseong.
An old woman was sitting cross-legged under the waterfall.
The face with a hooked nose, one eye missing, and the only right arm were finely split and shiny like the scales of a white snake. It was truly a sight that couldn’t be any more vicious.
Eunhwapapa’s face was full of grumpiness. Even though I sat like this for five days, there was no gain.
Finally, he shouted in frustration at the cliff.
“Didn’t you say it would be caught within two days?”
The answer came from inside the cliff.
“So, didn’t you say that you had to catch the daughter first? Who came empty-handed without being able to catch even a small child?”
A cave in a cliff hidden by Gimunjin. There, a woman with flowing white hair was making eye contact with Eunhwapapa. It was Baek Myo-jin, the Heavenly Sword Witch.
The old woman’s low voice began to prick her ears like an awl.
“…Do you think it’s funny that Nobu talks so casually? Try saying it one more time.”
Until recently, the Eunhwa faction, which was an orthodox faction, was the equivalent of an enemy of the Divine Demon. After being attacked by So-mu and Yeonseonghwa, he gave up his pride and converted to revenge. For that reason, they were not high in rank because they had not yet gained the trust of the church.
Baek Myo-jin, who was currently higher in rank, had no reason to step down. Moreover, aren’t there two guardians behind him? They were the elders of the Divine Demon and the masters of extreme demons who had achieved the return to truth.
“I saved them all from dying and let them join our school, but what happened…?”
Baek Myo-jin stopped, unable to continue speaking. This was because the old woman full of wrinkles glared at herself with a frown like that of a yaksha.
“Look down. Before I tear it out.”
“…….”
Baek Myo-jin was embarrassed and could not close his mouth.
Although the current situation was absurd, I did not have the confidence to push the old woman down. Moreover, even the guardians were ignoring the situation.
After hesitating for a moment, she turned her head halfway and avoided eye contact.
“Stop being angry and calm down. He might notice when he’s coming.”
It was Baek Myo-jin who had suddenly become friendly.
“Who says they don’t know that? But seeing as they haven’t shown any signs for five days, it means they have no intention of coming!”
“If he doesn’t come even if I wait until today, I will prepare the next best solution. All you have to do is wait, Papa.”
Eunhwapapa’s face, which was slowly smiling, looked very creepy.
“This bitch is the real deal.”
“You will soon be able to take revenge. And me too…”
They were people who had a bloody grudge against So-mu and Yeon Seo-hwa.
The two sharpened their swords in unison and waited for the right moment.
It was after the time had passed for that to happen.
Baek Myo-jin, who had been sitting cross-legged, suddenly stood up. The guarded also seemed nervous and grabbed their weapons.
At the same time, an telepathic message was heard in Eunhwapapa’s ears.
– I’m here. He was now walking towards Papa, so get ready.
Baek Myo-jin was hiding in Gimunjin and looking outside, so he could see So-mu approaching.
On the other hand, Papa Eunhwa was sitting cross-legged with his back turned, so he couldn’t look behind him. Moreover, it was an opponent whose presence could not be detected unless it was close range.
‘I’ve been waiting for this day.’
Papa Eunhwa’s teeth chattered. At the same time, his only eye was consumed by anger and became red and bloodshot.