Chapter 466: Chapter 466

It was just past the hour of the rooster when Dan Woo-hyun and Jang Sam-tae headed toward the port where the boatman was said to be staying.

Because the hungry Jang Sam-tae had gone around looking for things to eat, it was much later than they had thought.

Even so, the place was bright.

The red-light district nearby played a part, but thanks to the lanterns placed everywhere, one could tell which boats had gone out and which had not.

People who looked like members of the Sun Sword Sect were loitering nearby.

It looked as if they were monitoring the boats coming and going.

The members of the Sun Sword Sect did not neglect their surroundings while monitoring the boats, and they did not take their eyes off Dan Woo-hyun and Jang Sam-tae, who were approaching the port.

“Feels like I’ve become a criminal.”

Dan Woo-hyun rubbed his chin.

The gazes directed at them from all sides had a sharpness to them.

It felt as if they would never let it slide if they tried anything foolish.

It was unpleasant, but considering it was a common occurrence in this town, there was no need to show their displeasure and cause friction with them.

“Right, we came all the way here, but where do we look?”

“Who knows?”

Jang Sam-tae made a puzzled expression.

This was not a joke.

They had heard the name, but they didn’t know who it was. They would have to ask someone, but there was no one at the port to ask.

Asking the Sun Sword Sect bastards would only arouse suspicion, and they didn’t want to do anything unnecessary.

“They definitely said there was a house around here…”

He turned his head this way and that, looking around.

There were plenty of boats, but nothing that looked like a house. If there was anything near them, it was just the boats, the Sun Sword Sect, and the sea.

Dan Woo-hyun turned his head with an unenthusiastic expression.

Soon, his eyes lit up as if he had found something.

“It seems to be over there.”

“Huh?”

He followed Dan Woo-hyun’s gaze and stared at one spot.

It was a beach quite far from the port. A few trees could be seen planted near the sandy shore.

There were some planks placed there, seemingly uninhabitable for a person, but someone who looked like a human figure was moving around, albeit faintly.

“How can a person live in a place like that?! They said he was a fairly famous boatman, right?”

“Let’s go take a look first.”

They had no clues right now anyway.

Knowing that they wouldn’t be able to move forward unless they bumped into it no matter what, Dan Woo-hyun seemed to have decided to go and see.

From Jang Sam-tae’s position, who had no choice but to follow, he didn’t like it inwardly, but he couldn’t find any particular place right now.

“Those bastards… they keep staring at us, right?”

“You stare back too.”

“Wouldn’t that mean we want to fight?”

“Haha.”

The moment they moved toward the shack, the gazes of the Sun Sword Sect followed them. Meaningful expressions and actions, and eyes that seemed to be on guard.

Such things were fixed on the two of them and did not disappear.

A person’s emotions were bound to be revealed in their gaze and expression, and their emotions remained in those eyes, making them not feel very good.

“Hey, you guys there… stop for a moment.”

At that moment, a member of the Sun Sword Sect slowly approached.

His footsteps approaching with a wary gaze were quite heavy, and his tone threatened the opponent.

If it hadn’t been Dan Woo-hyun or Jang Sam-tae here, it might have worked, but the two accepted the situation calmly without batting an eye.

“What’s the matter?”

“…What kind of guys are you to be wandering around at this hour?”

“Uh…? Are you the constable here?”

Jang Sam-tae asked, frowning.

If it were a constable, it would be a reasonable situation, but for a mere martial artist to inspect someone was something that couldn’t exist in Jang Sam-tae’s common sense.

Dan Woo-hyun watched the situation with an intriguing expression.

“We are the Sun Sword Sect. A suspicious person is wandering around, so we are conducting an inspection.”

“I’ve never heard of such a sect…? We came to the beach for the first time and were looking around here and there. We’re not particularly doing anything suspicious either…”

Jang Sam-tae trailed off and looked at the Sun Sword Sect member.

He realized that his gaze had become even sharper. Soon, the moment he was about to move one hand as if to grab his sword, Jang Sam-tae burst into loud laughter.

“Doesn’t this sea smell really good? I’ve only lived inland, so I didn’t know the sea was this wide and smelled this salty. Uwahahaha! Isn’t that right, Manor Lord? Look at this seawater. There’s no end to it no matter how much you drink!”

Saying such things, Jang Sam-tae ran toward the beach. Since it wasn’t far, he arrived quickly, and then shoved his head into the seawater and started gulping it down.

“Keuek! M… Manor Lord, this seawater is too salty. How can a person drink this?”

Jang Sam-tae waved his hand and clicked his tongue.

It felt like he would lose his sense of taste due to the excessive saltiness.

“Stupid… a person will die if they just drink seawater! Stop doing useless things and go back.”

The Sun Sword Sect member, who had been watching his actions, clicked his tongue with a dumbfounded expression.

No matter what, one should have the common sense that they shouldn’t just drink seawater, but seeing that sight, he looked like a real idiot who knew nothing.

He sighed and returned to his original spot, and soon, voices could be heard as if he was discussing what had just happened with his colleagues.

Soon, the Sun Sword Sect members could be seen looking at Jang Sam-tae one by one and giggling.

“Damn it… doing all sorts of things.”

Jang Sam-tae fanned his flushed face.

To get rid of the salty taste in his mouth, he drank the water he had kept in his clothes.

“Couldn’t you have stopped me? If I drank more, I really might have died, you know?”

“I was watching to see what you would do. Not bad.”

“What do you mean, not bad…”

Walking slowly, Jang Sam-tae voiced his complaints.

In fact, it could have been solved with one word from Dan Woo-hyun. No, maybe it would have been enough to use the name of the Hunan Dan Family.

The place called the greatest family under heaven was none other than the Hunan Dan Family.

No matter how much those bastards from the Sun Sword Sect or whatever tried to fly and crawl, they didn’t have as much influence as the Hunan Dan Family, so they would have definitely bowed their heads.

However, since they were in a situation where they couldn’t openly reveal their identity, they had no choice but to do some useless acting and deceive them.

“Let’s hurry up and go. Ouch, my tongue…”

“You really manage to do such things.”

“Didn’t I do it all for you, Manor Lord! You’re too much!”

Jang Sam-tae glared at Dan Woo-hyun with a tearful face.

He was full of grievances, but it had already happened, and he was very displeased with Dan Woo-hyun, who didn’t understand the meaning of his actions, but since he already knew he was that kind of person, he didn’t even have the energy to get angry.

Soon, the two left the port and entered the beach.

Feeling that the gazes of the Sun Sword Sect members were no longer pouring down on them, they approached the place where the shack was.

As if what they had seen earlier was not an illusion, the sound of a person moving could be heard from inside.

Jang Sam-tae glanced at Dan Woo-hyun and, thinking that he had been given permission, slowly approached the shack.

“Is anyone there?”

“…Who is it?”

A voice was heard.

It was a quite thick voice.

However, the person inside seemed to be on guard and had no intention of coming out.

Eventually, Jang Sam-tae had to speak again.

“I came because I have some business for a moment. May I come in?”

“But I have no business with you?”

“Didn’t we come because we do?”

“…”

At Jang Sam-tae’s confident attitude, the person inside swallowed a groan. It was because he had beat around the bush to tell them to just go back, but they didn’t understand it.

Also, considering the whole situation, it didn’t seem like they would easily go back.

A small sigh was heard.

Soon, a rustling sound was heard, and the door opened.

At the same time, a sturdy old man with white hair revealed himself.

“Hmm? You guys are clearly… from the inn?”

“Oh…?”

Jang Sam-tae and the old man recognized each other.

He was the old man they had seen at the inn.

It was hard to forget the sturdy-looking body and fierce, manly face that made it hard to believe he was an old man who didn’t even practice martial arts.

“Since you’re here… did you come after hearing the story?”

The old man immediately noticed the situation.

In the first place, an outsider would have no way of knowing this place. This was the beach at the very end of the port, and it was a place that people wouldn’t even look for unless they were villagers.

Also, considering they came looking for the old man, only one thing came to mind.

“You really must want to go to the Zhoushan Archipelago…”

“Yes… you know well.”

The old man glanced up and looked at Dan Woo-hyun.

His incomparably calm eyes and expression did not reveal any emotion at all, so even the old man who had dealt with people for a long time couldn’t tell what he was thinking at all.

The old man, who smiled as if his interest had been piqued without realizing it, opened his mouth.

“It’s shabby, but will you come in?”

“It seems better than talking outside.”

Dan Woo-hyun agreed and followed the old man into the narrow shack.

The interior there was not very big.

It was a place that only had enough space for about three or four adult men to lie down.

A space that didn’t even seem to have a proper place to eat.

The only fortunate thing was that there was no bad smell, perhaps?

“It’s a decent place…”

“Haha, you must be the only one who says that.”

The old man smiled like that and took a seat.

He had nothing in particular to offer, but perhaps because it had been a long time since he had guests, he brought out the dried fish he had hung in the sea breeze.

“I only have this, but you must be bored, so please eat.”

“Is it something like beef jerky?”

“That’s right.”

Jang Sam-tae carefully reached out and put the dried fish in his mouth. A pungent taste came up along with a fishy smell, but it melting softly was quite tasty.

Widening his eyes, he handed the rest to Dan Woo-hyun.

The old man watching that sight opened his mouth.

“They call me Jang Ryang. I’ve been sailing here for a long time.”

“For that, you’re too impoverished…”

“Does it look that way to you too?”

The old man made a bitter expression.

Soon, he put a long bamboo pipe in his mouth and lit it.

“Huu.”

The pure white smoke he exhaled thickly filled the room. It seemed as if all the old man’s worries and anxieties were contained in that smoke.

“To start with the conclusion, we can go to the Zhoushan Archipelago. However, we cannot go.”

“What kind of talk is that?”

“First of all, I don’t have a boat. And the Sun Sword Sect has forbidden me from sailing a boat.”

“…? I don’t understand the reason?”

Dan Woo-hyun narrowed his eyes.

No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t figure out what the old man was talking about.

Did he notice that meaning?

The old man sighed once again and smiled bitterly.

“It seems that the Sun Sword Sect and something in the Zhoushan Archipelago are somehow connected. That’s why it is impossible to avoid their eyes and go there.”

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