Chapter 465: Chapter 465

Jang Sam-tae always used the Hao Clan to get information.

Because if he gave the name of the Hunan Dan family, no matter the situation, information would leak out endlessly, and he could even get delicious food and courtesans, so there was no place as good as that.

However, strangely enough, the Hao Clan did not exist here.

That didn’t mean there were no brothels.

The red-light district was also operating openly, but brothels, inns, or teahouses directly managed by the Hao Clan were nowhere to be seen.

That was a very strange thing.

“Why aren’t they here?”

For Jang Sam-tae, who extremely hated annoying things, it was not a very good thing.

He had to pour a considerable amount of time just into sightseeing, but at this rate, a situation would arise where he would really have to run around on his own two feet to gather information.

“This is a big problem.”

Letting out a sigh, Jang Sam-tae sat down in an alleyway.

Watching the people coming and going in the red-light district, he looked around wondering if there were gangs like the Hao Clan, but no matter how much time passed, such people did not appear.

Rather, many people passing by seemed to be wary of Jang Sam-tae, looking at him with strange eyes.

He didn’t like the whole situation.

“Huh?”

Around the time he was frowning and watching the people passing by, Jang Sam-tae got a strange feeling and turned his head.

Come to think of it, there were people he had been seeing continuously since a while ago.

They were wearing yellow martial arts uniforms, and whether they were from a sect in this village, they were keeping a vigilant eye on the surroundings with fiercely sharp expressions.

No, rather than keeping a vigilant eye on the surroundings, should he say they were intimidating the people around them and solidifying their position?

It was as if this village itself was being run by them.

That’s how much many people feared them.

“What are those guys doing?”

With a displeased expression, Jang Sam-tae slowly followed behind them.

To avoid being caught tailing them, he kept as much distance as possible and looked around like a passerby.

Even if anyone saw him, Jang Sam-tae’s appearance did not look strange.

He thought that if it was them, they might have some information.

‘Should I catch them and beat it out of them?’

Just following them around wouldn’t do any good.

Entering a quiet street and then simply catching them and torturing them to open their mouths was the best method.

Seeing their expressions and confidence, they seemed to be throwing their weight around quite a bit in this village, so even if he just asked, there was no way they would answer him.

The moment he made up his mind and carefully tried to take another step.

Suddenly, someone appeared in front of him and grabbed his hand.

“You, come here for a second!”

“You startled me! What is it, old man!”

The one who abruptly revealed himself was an old man with white hair. He urgently led Jang Sam-tae into a deserted alleyway.

Seeing him panting heavily, it seemed he had run over quite urgently.

“What is it? Suddenly!”

The angry Jang Sam-tae shouted and pressed the old man.

Startled by the loud voice, the old man hurriedly reached out and covered Jang Sam-tae’s mouth.

“Shh! Shh!”

He warned him as if telling him to lower his voice as much as possible.

“Do you want to die!”

“What are you talking about out of the blue?”

Jang Sam-tae asked as he felt the hand slowly loosen. Perhaps finding it unpleasant that the taste of the old man’s hand lingered on his mouth, he spat out, “Patooey!”

“So I’m asking if you’re chasing them because you want to die!”

“Who are they? Do they kill people or something?”

“Aren’t they figures from the Immortal Sword Sect !”

At the name Immortal Sword Sect, Jang Sam-tae tilted his head.

He had heard the names of countless sects, and the Hunan Dan family was now at the center of the Murim, without exaggeration.

Naturally, he should have heard the names of numerous sects, but it was his first time hearing of a place called the Immortal Sword Sect.

Jang Sam-tae frowned and put his hands on his hips.

“So who are they?”

“Who else! It’s the number one sword sect in the world.”

“Huh?”

At the words ‘number one sword sect in the world’, a dumbfounded expression appeared on his face.

It had become a situation where no one could use such words, so who would dare utter that expression?

“What are you talking about, really? Have you gone senile?”

He looked at him with an absurd expression, but the old man didn’t care at all. Rather, he thumped his chest as if frustrated and let out a small sigh.

“You really seem not to know. In this village, that Immortal Sword Sect is the king. Even the county magistrate can’t do anything about it.”

“What does that have to do with being the number one sword sect in the world?”

“Of course, it’s because they are strong!”

The old man shook his head side to side.

Seeing the old man sighing again with a face that meant, ‘This is why people who don’t even know martial arts…’, Jang Sam-tae put on a dumbfounded expression like never before.

He might not have in the past, but right now, he possessed skills that wouldn’t fall behind anywhere.

And this old man was treating him like someone who didn’t even know martial arts?

He let out a sigh of despondency.

In the first place, he had no interest in things like the Immortal Sword Sect. Jang Sam-tae and Dan Woo-hyun’s purpose was strictly to find a boat that could enter the Zhoushan Archipelago.

“Haa, that’s enough. I just need to find someone who can launch a boat, so don’t mind me.”

“It will be impossible.”

“Why, again?!”

He shouted nervously.

When his voice rose somewhat, the old man flinched and trembled as if he was terrified. Just like his small-looking appearance, he seemed to have a lot of fear as well.

“Because the Immortal Sword Sect is managing all the boats in this place. And they are strictly preventing entry into the Zhoushan Archipelago.”

“Eh? Who do they think they are to do such a thing?”

“Didn’t I tell you? They are the kings here… Furthermore, the Zhoushan Archipelago…”

“The Zhoushan Archipelago?”

Jang Sam-tae pricked up his ears.

Whether he heard it this way or that way, it didn’t matter.

If he could learn something about that place, it didn’t matter to Jang Sam-tae whether it was the old man in front of him or someone from the Immortal Sword Sect. The moment he looked at the old man with sparkling eyes, a long sigh sound, “Haa,” was heard.

“Anyway, be careful. Don’t unnecessarily provoke the Immortal Sword Sect’s temper. The disaster might even reach us.”

The old man continuously looked around with an anxious gaze.

Soon, as he tried to leave the alleyway with quick steps, Jang Sam-tae forcibly grabbed and pulled him from behind.

“No, you have to finish what you were going to say before you go!”

“What words?”

“I’m talking about the Zhoushan Archipelago!”

“Shh! Shh!”

The old man flustered again with a panicked expression.

It was a face even more fearful than when they were talking about the Immortal Sword Sect a moment ago, but Jang Sam-tae didn’t care about it at all and rather put on a threatening expression.

“Hurry up and tell me. What about that Zhoushan Archipelago.”

* * *

“What?”

“So, this village is taken over by some bastards called the Immortal Sword Sect.”

Having returned to the inn, Jang Sam-tae plopped down on the bed and chewed on beef jerky. It was beef jerky made here, and it was so delicious that it instantly captured his taste buds.

“It’s a common occurrence for a sect to take over a village. It’s not particularly surprising.”

Dan Woo-hyun’s words were true.

No matter how much power the county magistrate has, basically, the ones closest to the people are none other than martial artists. Therefore, since they exert a greater influence, no one can ignore their words.

At first, their power might be weaker than the county magistrate, but as time passes, it grows stronger and reaches a level that overwhelms even the magistrate.

Therefore, if a sect started to take over a village, it often turned into an irreversible situation.

“So, what about the Zhoushan Archipelago?”

However, those were stories completely unrelated to Dan Woo-hyun.

In the world, there are these things and those things.

He couldn’t interfere and meddle in all of them, so unless the actions of the people called the Immortal Sword Sect blocked his way, he had no intention of doing anything about them.

Right now, he just needed a boat that could go to the Zhoushan Archipelago.

At that time, Jang Sam-tae, who was munching on the beef jerky, glanced to read the room and opened his mouth.

“The thing is… the guys from the Immortal Sword Sect prohibit anyone from driving boats near the Zhoushan Archipelago. Furthermore, that place…”

“Don’t stall and just talk.”

Jang Sam-tae gulped and swallowed the beef jerky in his mouth.

It was because he felt a sharpness, albeit brief. If he stalled pointlessly at a time like this, it would never end with a smile.

“They say there are originally no boats that can enter the Zhoushan Archipelago. The sea around there is so rough and the waves crash violently all year round, so many boats have tried to enter so far, but there are no successful cases.”

At Jang Sam-tae’s muttering, Dan Woo-hyun nodded.

But that wasn’t all.

Jang Sam-tae, who was about to finish his story, clapped his hands with an “Ah!” as if he had thought of something, and soon opened his mouth with an absurd expression.

“Not only that, but they say boats sink just by going near it, and whenever that happens, they supposedly saw something like ghosts.”

“Last time it was a monster, is it ghosts this time?”

“Haha, I had the same thought too?”

Jang Sam-tae laughed.

The monster commotion also turned out not to be a monster after the Evil-Faced Ghost was caught. But now it was a ghost, so he thought all sorts of miscellaneous things were appearing.

Muttering that they might even see a dragon at this rate, Jang Sam-tae plopped down on the bed.

“Even so, it doesn’t seem like there are absolutely no ways.”

“What else is there?”

“Hmm… They say there’s exactly one person in the village… who entered the Zhoushan Archipelago. They say he is the only one who returned alive… but that’s a bit…”

Jang Sam-tae stuttered with a very displeased expression.

It was because although he heard the story, it was somewhat ambiguous. Even that old man said he only heard there was such a person, but hadn’t actually seen him.

“So, what about him?”

At Dan Woo-hyun’s subsequent question, Jang Sam-tae sprang up, scratched his cheek with a troubled expression.

“I only found out that he lives somewhere in the port. But it seems he doesn’t sail boats these days…?”

“What does that mean?”

Jang Sam-tae straightened his posture and looked at Dan Woo-hyun.

It was a somewhat absurd matter even to his own thinking.

“They say he has lived here for a long time… but because he rarely interacts with people, most don’t even know his face.”

“I see…”

Nodding his head, Dan Woo-hyun stood up.

He had heard everything he needed to hear.

Now all that was left was to actually move. If that boatman was the only one who could go to the Zhoushan Archipelago, drawing him out was also Dan Woo-hyun’s role.

“Let’s go take a look.”

“Yes?”

“What are you doing?”

Jang Sam-tae dawdled and dragged his feet.

He hadn’t been back from going out for long, so he didn’t like the idea of going out again.

A moment ago, Jang Sam-tae had moved himself, so couldn’t Dan Woo-hyun move alone now?

But Dan Woo-hyun looked at Jang Sam-tae with a strange expression.

“Aren’t you the only one who knows about him?”

“No, I don’t know either, but…”

“So… are you saying you’ll rest while I move around?”

“Well, isn’t it… possible?”

Glancing to read Dan Woo-hyun’s mood, Jang Sam-tae hurriedly stood up.

It was because he saw Dan Woo-hyun putting his hand on the hilt of his sword.

“Hehe, let’s go! This Sam-tae will guide you!”

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