Chapter 449: Chapter 449
“This damn…”
“…”
“Hmm…”
Dan Woo-hyun and Jang Sam-tae, who were leaving Hunan and heading for Zhejiang, encountered familiar faces around the time they passed Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi.
A woman who frowned at the same time she looked at them.
It was Tang Mun-hye.
Whether she came out for work, there were two men with sharp impressions around her, and judging by the embroidery engraved on their chests, they seemed to be people from the Heavenly Dao Society rather than the Sichuan Dang Family.
“I didn’t expect to see you in a place like this.”
“Then go on your way.”
“…”
At Jang Sam-tae’s sharp remark, Tang Mun-hye frowned her beautiful eyebrows even more. Where would she have gone to hear such words?
From the fact that she was a person of the world’s Sichuan Dang Family, there would be no one who treated her carelessly.
But Jang Sam-tae didn’t care.
Because with Dan Woo-hyun by his side, there was nothing to fear, and he was sick and tired of the Sichuan Dang Family.
Didn’t he even have a huge fight with the Head of the Dang Family?
Because of those events, he was even more reluctant if it was someone from the Dang Family.
Tang Mun-hye ignored Jang Sam-tae and glanced at Dan Woo-hyun.
‘The World’s Greatest Person…’
It was what countless people spat out toward Dan Woo-hyun.
In fact, if one saw that power in front of their eyes, it was martial arts so intense that no one would refute that title. It shut the mouths of countless Blood Heaven people, and it was practically the opportunity that instantly raised the momentum of the Righteous-Demonic Alliance.
Tang Mun-hye, facing such a person, calmed her mind and opened her mouth.
“The others aren’t here today.”
“Don’t worry about it.”
“I wasn’t talking to you.”
Tang Mun-hye glared sharply at Jang Sam-tae.
She wanted to hear Dan Woo-hyun’s words, but it was because of his action of constantly interrupting.
But even receiving that gaze, Jang Sam-tae was confident.
As if protecting Dan Woo-hyun, he stepped forward and blocked the space between her and him.
“If you have no business, get out of the way! Because we have to go!”
“…May I ask where you are going?”
“Don’t ask.”
“…”
Tang Mun-hye frowned.
Jang Sam-tae’s continuous interference was reaching the point of gradually becoming annoying. Even so, she couldn’t just smack him and become enemies with the Hunan Dan Family, so she stamped her feet and continuously racked her brain.
It was right then that Dan Woo-hyun’s voice was heard.
“The Heavenly Dao Society seems to have a lot of free time. Seeing you in a place like this.”
“Ah, free time. It’s because the vicinity has been unsettled recently that we came to investigate it.”
“Unsettled?”
As Dan Woo-hyun showed somewhat of an interest, Tang Mun-hye’s eyes sparkled. It would be the best thing if she could lead the conversation like this and have them join.
Perhaps she might be able to create an opportunity to resolve the discord that arose with the Sichuan Dang Family at once.
“Even so, isn’t it the remnants of Blood Heaven?”
“No. It’s not that… It’s a funny story though…”
“What is it?”
Tang Mun-hye mumbled and couldn’t speak properly.
She racked her brain for a long time on how it would be best to explain this, but nothing in particular came to mind.
Eventually letting out a long sigh, she opened her mouth.
“They said they saw a monster…”
“Puhahahaha!”
“You’re saying something funny.”
Jang Sam-tae laughed like crazy holding his belly button.
He laughed so frantically that he rolled on the bare ground. It seemed the word monster itself was a quite shocking story to him.
“…”
Tang Mun-hye watched that quietly.
The reason she blushed bright red was because it was an embarrassing story even for herself. That was why she had tried hard to hide it and one of the reasons she wanted to change the subject somehow.
Smack!
“Keok!”
Unconsciously, she extended her foot and struck the abdomen of Jang Sam-tae, who was rolling on the ground.
Looking at his state of trembling with a Keok! sound, she felt a sense of relief in her heart for no reason.
“Ah…”
“Hic…!”
“Wh… What are you doing…”
Then she realized in an instant.
Exactly who the person next to Jang Sam-tae was.
Tang Mun-hye, realizing her mistake, looked at Dan Woo-hyun with startled eyes. This was the same for the two men beside her. Turning pale with horrified eyes, they trembled uncontrollably.
The World’s Number One Family.
The World’s Greatest Person.
In front of Dan Woo-hyun, who held all such titles, she had kicked towards his subordinate, so a huge disaster might break out.
“Excuse me, this is! That’s not it…!”
“It’s fine. He’s originally a guy who lives being beaten, so that much won’t even hurt.”
“It hurts!”
Jang Sam-tae shouted, springing up from his seat.
Perhaps the beaten abdomen hurt a lot, he grabbed his stomach. Soon, as he glared sharply at Tang Mun-hye, he saw her avoiding meeting his gaze.
Tang Mun-hye also didn’t like Jang Sam-tae, but she didn’t have the slightest thought of wanting to fight.
“Anyway, I heard an interesting story. A monster? Haha.”
“Even if you say that, we are also looking, thinking it’s the remnants of Blood Heaven. Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense, a monster…”
“What did they say it looked like?”
Going Hmm-, Tang Mun-hye pondered for a moment.
She didn’t remember the details because it went in one ear and out the other. But when she recalled the words of the people who had actually seen it, there were things that generally matched.
“They said its back was hunched and its nails were long. Also, its face was pure white like a blank sheet of paper and its lips were red as if soaked in blood.”
“It looks like some kind of ghost.”
Jang Sam-tae muttered with a dumbfounded expression.
Just hearing the story, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it a ghost. Of course, given that a ghost or a monster was only a paper-thin difference, it couldn’t be said to be that wrong.
“Manor Lord, let’s not drag out time in a place like this and hurry up and go! We have a long way to go!”
“No, this should be fun.”
“Eh?!”
Jang Sam-tae looked at Dan Woo-hyun with a blank expression.
He was someone whose expression didn’t show well usually, but it was different when his interest was piqued. As his previously apathetic eyes were sparkling, Jang Sam-tae realized his mistake and touched his forehead.
“What on earth is supposed to be fun?!”
“Whether it’s a monster or a human, if it looks like that, aren’t you naturally curious?”
“Absolutely not! I’m saying no!”
Jang Sam-tae shook his head vigorously.
Of course, he had some interest too. If a person actually looked like that, he was curious about what on earth the reason was or what they were doing.
Also, since a monster was something that only popped out from the babbling mouths of gossips, he did have a bit of a desire to see it if it actually existed.
But this wasn’t it.
The way to go was ninety thousand miles and he didn’t want to waste time on a useless matter.
Moreover, since this matter was helping the Heavenly Dao Society, and furthermore the Sichuan Dang Family, Jang Sam-tae absolutely didn’t feel the slightest desire to do it.
“Isn’t it good. We can see something new… I suppose we can go together?”
“If it’s someone from the Hunan Dan Family… you are very welcome.”
Tang Mun-hye smiled brightly.
She had heard many stories about this incident, but the more she heard, the more it was filled only with things that lacked credibility. So she did have a bit of anxiety unknowingly, but if the World’s Greatest Person said he would help, there was no better situation than this.
The expressions of the other two men also brightened up fully.
***
“What on earth are you planning to do!”
Jang Sam-tae, who settled down in the inn where Tang Mun-hye was staying, entered the room and at the same time raised his voice and shouted toward Dan Woo-hyun.
Even without this, they had a long way to go.
It was a situation where he thought it wasn’t the time to waste time in a place like this, but suddenly taking a detour was quite frustrating from Jang Sam-tae’s perspective.
Beating his chest, he let out a long sigh.
“Isn’t it good sometimes? Seeing various things, that is.”
“No, even so… What monster are we looking for! We don’t even know if it actually exists or not!”
“Haha, if we get to see it, it would be my first time seeing it too. I have met things like nine-tailed foxes though…”
“Argh… Seriously!”
Jang Sam-tae was at a loss for words.
It seemed Dan Woo-hyun really took on this matter half-jokingly. As if to check whether a monster actually existed, his eyes sparkled like a child and were full of an interested expression.
Jang Sam-tae dropped his shoulders.
“I’m saying it’s better not to get involved with those guys…”
“Don’t pay it too much mind. Isn’t it just a passing amusement.”
“Amusement… You mean helping those guys? Why would you, who would normally scoff at it, do this at a time like this…”
“There is something that comes to mind.”
“What is it?”
Jang Sam-tae made a strange expression.
He was filled with a sense of anxiety for some reason, and that was none other than because of Dan Woo-hyun’s actions. Come to think of it, Dan Woo-hyun was someone who took no interest in anything, and if he felt interested in something and was about to move, there was definitely a reason.
It was the same now.
He seemed to talk this and that half-jokingly, but Jang Sam-tae recalled that Dan Woo-hyun inherently didn’t step forward in meaningless matters.
Jang Sam-tae opened his eyes drowsily.
“There’s something else, right?”
“What do you mean?”
“I’m talking about what you’re hiding! No matter how I think about it, isn’t it strange!”
“Hahaha, if I say there is, there is, and if I say there isn’t, there isn’t.”
Jang Sam-tae twitched his eyebrows.
Judging by what Dan Woo-hyun was saying, there definitely was some meaning to this matter as well.
That was why he had to dig deeper.
Wouldn’t he be able to cope with it if he knew whether it was dangerous or not?
“Please tell this Sam-tae! Everything, I mean.”
“Haha, I’ve never seen it, but there’s a story I heard a very long time ago.”
“Is it from the time when tiger cubs smoked long pipes?”
“…”
“…”
For a moment, Dan Woo-hyun looked at Jang Sam-tae quietly.
The smiling expression from just before was nowhere to be seen, and with a somewhat stiffened face, he poured out a sharp gaze. This meant that his mood wasn’t good.
Jang Sam-tae cleared his throat with an awkward expression.
“T… Tigers can smoke long pipes now, so it might be a recent story…”
“Right… Anyway, there was someone who followed a man, and their appearance was so bizarre that they were called the Hideous-Faced Ghost.”
“Hideous-Faced Ghost? It somehow sounds creepy…”
Jang Sam-tae shivered. Just how ghost-like did they look for such a moniker to stick? All sorts of hideous images flashed through his mind.
“Their nails were long and they went around wearing pure white clothes… Their back was like a hunchback and they always killed people and their lips were bright red with blood…”
“Th… That?”
“Yeah, doesn’t it match exactly with this matter?”
Jang Sam-tae twitched his lips with an anxious expression.
If that Hideous-Faced Ghost was actually alive, it would be a guy like the mummy from a thousand years ago. Also, it was certain they would be hostile to Dan Woo-hyun, and since they were judged not to be a person of Blood Heaven.
“N… No way…”
“Yeah, it was someone who was once the subordinate of Ryu Tae-seo, the Azure Flame Emperor who put his name among the Eight Immortals. But it’s strange… Why in a place like this…?”
Dan Woo-hyun closed his eyes gently, unable to suppress his wonder.
In contrast, Jang Sam-tae sank down and expressed despair.
“Oh my god…”
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