Chapter 535: Side Story 35

Chapter side_35

Rumors always flow abundantly wherever people gather and sit. From who had a marital fight yesterday evening, to big and small things spreading in the Central Plains.

Of course, in most cases they are groundless, but if you investigate a hundred rumors, one or two of them are often correct.

And recently there are two rumors greatly shaking the Central Plains martial arts world. One is that the Demon Star, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Heaven and Earth Cult, is passing through Zhangjiajie and heading towards Hubei.

The other one is that, on behalf of the Murim Alliance and the Heavenly Path Society, a strange group of people defeats villains and saves people.

“I heard Suyang Stronghold was also smashed? I heard the people rescued from there are praising them as chivalrous heroes and making a fuss.”

“Haha, whether they are chivalrous heroes or not, they are people who saved the weak, so they deserve to be praised. You know, there is that woman who is revered as a divine maiden but is only eating a lot of curses.”

“Ah… You mean the divine maiden of the Heaven and Earth Cult? Puhaha! How can you compare the divine maiden of a heretical religious sect to the Holy Maiden, man!”

The voices of the murmuring people grew louder.

It seemed they had not the slightest interest in who was a good person and who was a bad person. The stories spat out while tilting a glass of alcohol were nothing more than simple side dishes.

However, it is a little different if the person involved hears it.

Demon Star Chu Jakhwan.

He frowned fiercely in the inn and looked around. The voices of the people coming from here and there were very grating and he didn’t like them.

He felt like tearing their mouths and pulling out their tongues, but thanks to the bastard selling the name of the Demon Star, martial artists were spread all over the place, so if he did something useless, his identity would only be discovered.

Thus, he just had to listen.

“Chivalrous heroes, what kind of nonsense is this again?”

Chu Jakhwan, who stood up from his seat, frowned as he entered the room. It was a journey he set out on to catch the bastard going around selling his alias, but unexpectedly rumors were circulating.

Is it the appearance of another new rising expert?

Listening to the people’s stories, they seem to use quite some strength.

He thought, wouldn’t it be quite useful if such a person was recruited into the Heaven and Earth Cult?

Should I take some time to find them?

While Chu Jakhwan was hesitating for a moment.

Suddenly, a sound transmission dug into his ears.

-I found the guy you want.

“What?”

-He is hiding in a place not far from here.

At that moment, Chu Jakhwan’s eyes sparkled brightly.

Chivalrous heroes or whatever is a matter for later. First of all, the reason he came out to the Central Plains is to catch the bastard selling the alias of the Demon Star.

That was the most urgent problem.

“I will go there, so you guys dig a little into that Holy Maiden or whatever. Because it’s a somewhat bothersome rumor anyway.”

-Understood!

***

“Geez, to think I would end up sleeping outdoors alone…”

Jang Sam-tae, who was sitting with a campfire lit, scoffed with a dumbfounded expression. Because of the false accusation of some unfunny bastard, his wanted poster was circulating, and thanks to that, he had become a fugitive having to sleep outdoors.

How could the heavens be so indifferent?

He ran away unable to bear Mae-hyang’s nagging, but now he is being chased by all the martial artists, so leaving home became the worst move.

If he knew it would be like this, he would have just guarded the house.

Would Dan So-mi be the only one who cared about Jang Sam-tae’s heart? Since that child said she would bring this and that, he had to look forward to it.

“Ah! Even if I try to think positively, I can’t, damn it!”

With a thud! he threw a potato into the blazing campfire. Since it was the last remaining food, if he didn’t eat that he would have to starve, but Jang Sam-tae didn’t care either way and just lay down flat.

“Ah- damn! My life-! Why are there so many ups and downs? No, more importantly, who the hell is that son of a bitch?!”

Jang Sam-tae, who suddenly stood up, frowned deeply. Because he rushed out until now and because of Dan Woo-hyun’s urging, he had no time to think about anything else, but the bastard who spat out words like villain or whatever.

Who on earth was it?

Why didn’t he think to catch him and ask?

Maybe he is nearby?

Unknowingly thinking like that, he smacked his lips.

If he just caught those bastards, he could resolve his unfairness at once, and like the others, he could comfortably eat and sleep at an inn.

Thus, he sparkled his eyes and recalled their faces.

However, was Dan Woo-hyun’s one blow too big?

Rather than human faces, only the collapsing inn lingered in his mind. Therefore, no matter how much he searched and searched his memories, nothing came out.

“Ah, fuck… Just let me catch you, I will pull out your tongue and trample it to pieces.”

He ground his teeth recalling Kang Sang-chun, whose memory was now blurry and couldn’t even be remembered. Perhaps if they saw each other next time, one of them would definitely not be safe.

Swish-!

While having such thoughts, Jang Sam-tae grabbed a thin branch lying on the ground. Bending it this way and that to remove the small twigs, and slightly grinding the very end with a dagger, it became like a sharp skewer.

Soon, he deeply stabbed the potato he had put in the fire and took it out. The surface was flushed red, and it seemed that just touching it wouldn’t end with a burn.

Rustle-!

At the moment he was having such thoughts, a shadow suddenly cast before his eyes.

The appearance of a person with a terrifying expression was revealed like an afterimage, and at the same time, his hand swung quickly trying to hit Jang Sam-tae’s acupoints.

“Here, eat.”

And in an instant, Jang Sam-tae threw the potato he had skewered towards the opponent. The hot potato that rose up with a swoosh flew towards the man’s face.

At the same time, Jang Sam-tae’s extended leg, along with the potato, struck the man’s face.

Smack-!

“Kuaaagh-!”

“Oh my, so noisy.”

The man, no, Chu Jakhwan rolled around screaming roughly. He was the one who ambushed first, but Jang Sam-tae’s foot, which came in as a counterattack, was several times faster.

The pain caused by that blow was also considerable, but as the crazily hot potato smashed his face, he felt a burning sensation along with the sensation of his skin necrotizing.

“Kuuugh…!”

Jang Sam-tae clicked his tongue while looking at the fallen Chu Jakhwan. If he was going to hide his presence, he should have done it properly; if he revealed his figure so openly, who would be ambushed?

He didn’t know which sect’s idiot he was, but it seemed certain that he was a dumbfounding bastard.

If it was other people in the Hunan Dan Family instead of Jang Sam-tae who were in this place, he would have already become a corpse before he even revealed his figure.

“Oh my, my life… to even get attacked on a late night like this… Ptooey.”

Whatever he didn’t like so much, Jang Sam-tae stood up and started gathering his belongings. If one person came, soon other bastards coveting the bounty would also flock in.

There was no other thing as bothersome as that.

Jang Sam-tae, who let out a long sigh, quietly looked at Chu Jakhwan, who was still face down. Watching it, perhaps feeling displeased about something, he lifted his foot and trampled on his face repeatedly.

“What kind of man’s face is so pretty? Anyone looking would think you’re a girl, hey.”

“Keok… keok!”

Jang Sam-tae quietly looked at the person groaning.

Could this be the feeling women felt when looking at Namgung So-hye? Unlike Jang Sam-tae, who had no connection with women no matter how you looked at it, this guy gave off a feeling like he had seduced quite a few girls.

He felt somewhat resentful.

“Anyway, pick your opponent next time. Got it? I’m already dying of unfairness from being framed, seriously…”

Jang Sam-tae lightly kicked Chu Jakhwan’s abdomen and got on the carriage. He felt like stepping on him a bit more, but he knew that disappearing before others flocked in was the best choice.

Furthermore, he had to inform Dan Woo-hyun of this matter, so didn’t he have to enter the village?

Jang Sam-tae’s expression suddenly brightened.

Night is a very good time to hide.

No matter how many martial artists are looking for Jang Sam-tae holding wanted posters, with the night and his stealth skills, he could sneak into the village without a mouse or bird knowing.

Even if it was the biggest inn in the village, entering a room without anyone noticing was also like eating cold porridge.

“So, did you sneak in to tell that story?”

“Munch munch- That… that’s right!”

Jang Sam-tae hastily shoved the food filling the table into his mouth. The strange thing was that one side of his face was very swollen, which looked like a trace of being hit no matter who looked at it.

It undoubtedly looked like he was hit while breaking into Dan Woo-hyun’s room. However, he forgot even such pain and was busy putting the food ordered for him into his mouth.

“Haa-! Don’t you have to know where I am so you can come find me, Patriarch? Hehehe.”

“You’re a funny guy. You just needed to leave a mark…”

“Doesn’t it might disappear if it rains and the wind blows? What do we do if we get separated then?”

Jang Sam-tae was confident.

Even while continuously stuffing food, he talked back to Dan Woo-hyun’s words one by one. Perhaps because of that, his expression crumpled, and only then did he keep his mouth shut and devote himself to eating.

He finally felt like he was living like a human being.

Compared to always sleeping outdoors and eating food without even spices, it would be a difference between heaven and earth. Thus, a full smile did not leave Jang Sam-tae’s face.

Then suddenly, he tilted his head recalling something.

“By the way, Patriarch.”

“What is it?”

“Why did I come to be misunderstood?”

There are numerous people in the Central Plains martial arts world.

Perhaps the name Jang Sam-tae was also so enormous that it couldn’t be counted on two hands. By the way, those strange bastards shouted villain exactly towards Jang Sam-tae.

He saw them for the first time and had no clue.

Perhaps it was the same for Dan Woo-hyun as well, he let out a small sigh.

“Why are you asking me that?”

“No, well… The Patriarch knows everything, doesn’t he. So I thought maybe you knew.”

In Jang Sam-tae’s eyes, there is nothing Dan Woo-hyun doesn’t know.

He understands immediately, and sees through everything as if it were natural. Having seen such an appearance for ten years, it was naturally logical to believe so.

“Even I don’t know everything.”

“To say even the Patriarch doesn’t know… Haa… what in the world is it?”

Jang Sam-tae, who also stopped eating, tilted his head and sighed. Because a situation he couldn’t understand happened, he seemed to be holding his head in agony.

Dan Woo-hyun, who was watching that sight, smirked and lifted his teacup. Quietly staring at the teacup where not even a small ripple arose, his mouth opened lowly.

“Or… maybe heavenly punishment was sent down.”

“Yes?! Heavenly punishment? I really didn’t do anything wrong?”

“Haha-“

Looking at the startled Jang Sam-tae, Dan Woo-hyun shook his head side to side. Seeing that nothing came to his mind, he thought something big would happen later.

He truly is a pitiful guy.

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