Chapter 559: Side Story 59

Chapter side_59

Tang Mun-hye bit her lip tightly.

She smashed the Sichuan branch of the Heavenly Earth Cult.

Even with just that, it was no different from having already sufficiently played her role, but the thing she was not satisfied with in the least was that she failed to capture the one she must catch by all means.

The Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Earth Cult.

Due to the characteristic of the Heavenly Earth Cult that moves centering on the Cult Leader and the Holy Maiden, capturing the Holy Maiden was equivalent to buttoning the first button that could dissolve them.

But she is not caught at all.

Thinking perhaps it is darkest under the lamp, she also released people in Chengdu to search thoroughly, and chased the route the fellows fled to follow their behinds tenaciously.

However, there was not that great of a result.

“By now, is she not dead? Actually, quite a lot of people died when we attacked… She might have been mixed among them…”

“No, no way.”

Tang Mun-hye shook her head and thought.

If it were so, it is correct that there must be the Heavenly Earth Cult’s retaliation in some way. However, just seeing that there is no such thing until now, it seemed certain that the Holy Maiden was alive.

“Phew, just what is that Heavenly Earth Cult to bother a person like this… Had I only known their headquarters, I would already have pushed it over…”

“…If that were easy, there would have been no way it grew to this extent, right.”

Tang Mun-hye frowned her beautiful eyebrows and sighed.

Catching the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Earth Cult is not only the point of influence over the Heavenly Earth Cult and a single blow that can tear them down.

It is an opportunity to make the orthodox path’s influence tilt a bit more toward the Heavenly Way Association, by the Heavenly Way Association pulling off what even the Murim Alliance could not do.

If it is said that the Sichuan Tang Family is at its center?

Overpassing the Namgung Clan, they can obtain the name of the greatest noble family.

“Ah… Lady! Lady!”

At that moment, someone shouted loudly from outside.

Soon, the door opened with a bang, and another man stepped inside in a hurry. He possessed a single letter, and after quickly placing it down in front of Tang Mun-hye, he opened his mouth.

“They say they found a trace!”

“Is that so? Where is it?”

“It seems they left the mountain and went to the main road. They say when they checked the road, there was a trace of a carriage passing by.”

“Carriage… a carriage…”

Then did they snatch a carriage and flee?

Tang Mun-hye drew a map in her head.

Where would be a place where they can quickly escape the Sichuan Tang Family’s influence? And the corner where they can go to that place in the shortest time?

Soon, something was clearly drawn in her head.

Tang Mun-hye, who rarely smiled, hung a smile on the corners of her mouth and opened her mouth.

“Release the Poison Slaying Squad and tell them to track along the path to Qinghai. I will also go soon.”

“Understood.”

In Qinghai, there is Mount Kunlun, the power of the Nine Sects and One Gang.

Although it is said to be not as good as the past, not only has its influence not disappeared yet, but it is the place where they can escape the Tang Family’s power fastest in this Chengdu.

Thus, they must have surely chosen the road going to Qinghai.

She burned her will to capture her this time for sure.

“Now, shall we go to wrap things up?”

“Good grief… how bothersome.”

At Tang Mun-hye’s appearance, the man stood up from his seat waddlingly with a bothered expression.

* * *

Rattling-

The carriage is shaking exceptionally greatly.

Whether they did not pave the road properly, it is because they tripped on stone edges here and there. Thus, Geum Ji-ran, who was lying together with the two coffins, also jolted in that shaking, and soon bumped her head on the floor.

Thud!

“Ah…!”

It hurts.

It hurts extremely.

Geum Ji-ran had no room to think just what on earth this pain was. Without realizing it, she clutched her head with both hands and let out groans.

“Uuuugh…! Just, what on earth…?”

Soon, as the pain gradually began to subside, only then did she, who opened her eyes slowly, face something in her front.

It is the appearance of one whom she did not know if it was a human’s face or a monster’s face. One side of the face was severely swollen up plumply, and even severely bruised, so it was enough to make one startled if seen in a dark place.

“Euaaaaack-?!”

Soon, bursting out a scream of shock, she kicked out her foot without realizing it.

As she kicked what was in front of her eyes with a thud!, she felt him flinch and let out a small groan. However, whether it had zero effect, he did not seem to be in great pain.

But there is an effect.

“Ugh… ugh…! H-Holy… Maiden…?”

“Tae… Tae-gong? Is it Tae-gong?”

“Wh-Where is this place?”

“That is… the word I want to ask. Just what on earth happened?”

What is this rattling feeling, and just why did Jin Tae-gong’s face become like that? Even though it was not a handsome face anyway, now it has changed hideously.

Just looking at him felt as if she got goosebumps.

Without realizing it, she turned her head and avoided her gaze.

“Ah! Are you awake?”

At that moment, a bright voice was heard.

Looking toward the side where the sound was heard, an familiar-faced woman was seen in the front. The moment she confirmed that, the one who was most surprised was none other than Geum Ji-ran.

“H-How are you here…?”

“Yes? This is our carriage, and since you two were collapsed on the roadside… I put you in there.”

“Y-You put us in…?”

“Yes!”

Looking at Dan So-mi who replied vigorously, Geum Ji-ran let out a cold sweat. She could not catch the clue of whether she should like this or get angry.

However, looking at Dan So-mi, she did not seem to possess a bit of ill intent.

Is her original way of speaking like that?

Or are kids these days originally like that.

Geum Ji-ran doubted her own common sense for a moment.

“Is your body okay?”

“Ah… yes, I am fine.”

“What a relief! Because you didn’t even budge for a few days, I was worrying whether we should bury you as is.”

“…….”

“…….”

At the innocent woman’s words spoken while clapping her hands, Geum Ji-ran and Jin Tae-gong lost their words. Did she mean to bury them when the person is alive?

Or did she mean to bury them thinking they were dead?

It is a story where they cannot catch the vibe at all.

Without realizing it, cold sweat flowed down.

“Are you awake?”

At the sound heard suddenly at that moment, Geum Ji-ran flinched. The one who glanced and revealed his face beside Dan So-mi is surely that man she saw in Chengdu.

Still sending a nonchalant gaze, he showed an attitude as if he had no interest whether they woke up or did not wake up.

“Th-Thank you for saving my life.”

“Yes… you should be thankful.”

At that moment, a small smirk of a smile hung on the corners of Dan Woo-hyun’s mouth.

If it were not for Dan So-mi, they were not things that could have lived by any means. Because merely looking at them drawing swords and blocking the carriage, he guessed what kind of deed they had tried to pull.

“H-Holy Maiden, are they… acquaintances?”

“Y-Yes, very briefly…”

Geum Ji-ran distorted her expression, deliberately turning her head.

Surely, he said he would snatch a carriage and flee, but it seemed that plan had become a complete mess. Seeing their state, Jin Tae-gong was beaten up, and they were in a shape of being captured as captives.

‘Idiotic bastard! Of all people to target, to target such ones…’

Although she believed in Jin Tae-gong until the end, to think he would cause such a major accident at the last moment? Rather, getting caught by the Tang Family might have been better.

“By the way… are you okay over there? Your face is swollen a lot…”

At that moment, Namgung So-hye suddenly revealed her appearance and asked.

In an instant, Jin Tae-gong raised his eyes.

It was a feeling of the surroundings brightening.

He fell into an illusion as if light descended around her, and it was as if withered flowers formed buds and soon bloomed brightly.

Just as if the pain of his still-tingling face had disappeared from his head, he nodded his head without realizing it without feeling any pain.

“Is that so? That’s a relief. This is Gold Sore Medicine, so if you need it, apply some.”

At Namgung So-hye’s kind appearance, Geum Ji-ran wore a displeased expression. Because she had a pretty face and even her heart looked good, she felt jealous for no reason.

But soon she smirked.

Because she knows that no matter how beautiful she is, Jin Tae-gong is single-minded devotion. Thus, she turned back to Jin Tae-gong with a relaxed expression.

Soon, at that moment, her expression hardened without realizing it.

Because she saw Jin Tae-gong staring blankly at Namgung So-hye.

“T-Tae-gong? Why do you stare so blankly?”

“Just…”

“Yes?”

“Just stay still. Currently… is the fairy not speaking?”

“F-Fairy?!”

“Yes?!”

Geum Ji-ran opened her eyes wide in surprise.

Because until now, Jin Tae-gong had never shown such an appearance even once. Soon, she turned her gaze toward Namgung So-hye without realizing it.

However, whether she was somewhat dumbfounded, she was wearing a bitter smile.

“Ha. Ha. Ha. Thank you. It seems… you don’t need this?”

“P-Please give it to me! Since the fairy is giving it, what would I not receive?”

“Yes, yes.”

Namgung So-hye has no great impression.

As she flung the Gold Sore Medicine held in her hand, Jin Tae-gong caught it and bowed his head.

Just like a person bestowed with a valuable item by a divine existence, his appearance was indescribably polite yet filled with reverence.

At that sight, Namgung So-hye clicked her tongue and looked at Dan Woo-hyun.

“Of all people to bring, you bring a person who out of his mind?”

“He doesn’t seem in his right mind… but no bad wind blew.”

“Good grief… that damn wind. If it blows twice, it will ruin the household.”

Namgung So-hye let out a sigh.

That Dan Woo-hyun, who does not interfere in other people’s business, boarded them on the carriage meant he made a judgment that they were talented personnel needed for this journey.

She has no intention to spit dissatisfaction there, but no matter how she looked, that man’s personality does not match, does not match greatly.

An ominous thought that they would suffer a bit in the future entered her mind.

“That aside… just what kind of people are they?”

“Did you not hear just now?”

“What do you mean?”

What kind of words had been exchanged?

Because they were those who only spoke stories that were so dumbfounded, she did not care greatly.

Therefore, she could not know at all what kind of words had been exchanged.

“He said she is the Holy Maiden.”

“…Yes?”

Namgung So-hye thought whether her ears were wrong. Because if not, there would be no way such dumbfounded sound was heard.

Holy Maiden? The Holy Maiden?

You mean that person whom Tang Mun-hye was searching for?

Then that woman is one of the main pillars of the Heavenly Earth Cult?

Precisely that Holy Maiden, you mean?!

“What did you say?!”

Soon, a high-pitched, ear-splitting shout filled the carriage fully.

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