Return of the Mount Hua Sect - Chapter 255

Chapter 255 – I Dug My Own Grave (5) 

The door opened, but no one dared to step inside.

Tension, anxiety and excitement about what was inside.

And everyone stared at the opened door with mixed emotions. And the first one to act normal was Hyun Young.

“Sect leader.”

“… right.”

“Shouldn’t you go in?”

“Hm. I should.”

Hyun Jong looked at the door with sullen eyes.

Scared.

Wondering if there was anything inside. But coming all the way here he couldn’t just go back.

“Huh!”

Taking a deep breath, he immediately tightened his stomach and stepped into the opened door. And followed my elders and Un disciples.

And Hyun Young went to help Chung Myung.

“Chung Myung.”

“Ugh.”

“You did so well. To cut down this huge door, I am really proud of you.”

“Well, it was nothing. Hehe.”

Even though he was good at things, surprisingly he didn’t get praised a lot, so whenever someone praised him his lips would curve into a smile.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes.”

Chung Myung followed Hyun Young into the basement.

Hyun Jong, the first to enter, was looking around with shocked eyes.

“This is…”

Epty.

It was more of bookshelves and nothing more. Three bookshelves.

It looked beyond simple, this was misery.

However, even this image seemed to convey a different meaning in the mind of the sect leader of Mount Hua.

Gulping, he walked out to one of the bookshelves.

And…

“Ahh….”

He stopped and covered his face.

“Ancestor… ancestors of Mount Hua! Just… jut how much did you care about us?”

Unable to control his emotions, his body trembled. It was because of the hardships they went through.

“S-Sect leader this…!”

“Oh my supreme-ruler!”

Hyun Sang and Hyun Young looked shocked.

“S-Sect leader! This is the Dark Fragrance!”

“Plum Blossom Art! The plum blossom art!!”

“Eik! This is the Gugung Sword, sect leader!”

Literally they were losing it.

One bookshelf is full of Mount Hua martial arts and most of them were things Mount Hua was already practicing.

The martial arts they thought were lost forever had filled the shelf too.

Hyun Sang who is known to be the head of Mount Hua was almost on the verge of unconsciousness.

“…t-this is.”

He kept mumbling the same thing with a blanked look.

How long had they wished for this?

How long were they looking for this?

Everything they longed for was buried here. Instead of Hyun Jong and Hyun Sang who were shocked, Hyun Young was pulling a book out.

“Oh oh! This was kept so clean! Like a new book! Sect leader!”

Chung Myung watched it, flinching at those words.

Ah… I forgot to make it dirty.

Cold sweat ran down his back.

“Ah! Ah! How well kept, I can even smell the scent of ink, sect leader!”

Ah… I forgot to dry it too.

“Even the letters… uh… they… don’t look dried?”

Hyun Young now titled his head. Chung Myung began to desperately search for a way to handle this situation as he continued to sweat.

“Can… can that even be?”

“Hahahaha.”

Suddenly, Hyun Jong began to laugh.

“When I asked why such a warehouse was made out of cold iron, I guess this is what they were intending. They made this huge place out of cold iron to keep the air inside and make sure things don’t rot.”

“Ah! Come to think of it, I did hear about such a thing.”

“Isn’t that the reason the books are so clean?”

Uh. No.

No! no! this isn’t right!

Sect leader!

This is why you are a sect leader!

Seeing Hyun Jong say words to stop people from doubting this, Chung Myung smiled.

‘He can play the role of making things easy for me.’

Ah, these cute beings!

It was then.

“S-Sect leader! H-here!”

“W-what is it?”

“L-Look here!”

“Where?”

“Here!”

Hyun Young pointed to one side. Hyun Jong moved and then looked at where he was pointing to, and went stiff.

25 neatly stacked books at the bottom of the bookshelf.

“N-No…”

The title of the books was large.

24 Movement Plum Blossom Sword technique.

“Uh… Uh…”

Hyun Jong’s face looked at that went lose.

24 Movement Plum Blossom Sword technique. And it wasn’t just that, it had systematic information.

“T-that-that is….”

“S-sect leader!’

“technique… um!”

Finally, Hyun Jong’s eyes rolled over.

“Ack! Sect leader!”

“Calm down! how horrible it is if you die here! Get up, sect leader!”

Hyun Young, who was cold hearted, grabbed Hyun Jong by the collar and shook the man by screaming. After shaking for a while, Hyun Jong opened his eyes.

“hehehehe!”

“Calm down…”

“get out of my way!”

Hyun Jong jumped up and grabbed Hyun Young and whisked him to the side and crawled to the shelf.

“Techniques! The techniques! The illustration of the 24 Movement Plum Blossom Sword technique!”

It was the same momentum of a person who starved for ten days. Hyun Jong, who was standing right in front of the shelf, stared at the book like he would eat it and trembled.

“t-this… such a thing… huh!”

This felt like a scam.

This book had illustrations in it which would make it easier to understand the technique.

Explaining and understanding martial arts through words alone is known to be very difficult, so they couldn’t be passed down by just books.

But now, for those who learn martial arts without a proper master, do they need anything more than the illustrated book?

“S-Sect leader! Check it!”

Hyun Jong pulled out one book and held it with his trembling eyes.

Shhh!

The first page was turned with a trembling hand.

Chung Myung, the 13th generation disciple of the Great Mount Hua sect, hands this down to the future generation.

“C-Chung Myung?”

“Yes!”

“Not you, brat!”

“….”

It is me though!

Chung Myung rolled his eyes but Hyun Jong didn’t pay much attention.

Chung Myung.

How many times had he heard of this name?

How many times did he long for this name to be said?

The moment he saw this name, Hyun Jong couldn’t stand the intense emotions rushing in him. In the end, he mumbled the title with a trembling voice.

“Plum Blossom Sword Saint”

The forgotten legend of Mount Hua.

Here is the name that made it possible for him hold onto Mount Hua despite suffering for a long time.

“P-Plum Blossom Sword Saint! So, does this mean that the Plum Blossom Sword Saint has left us the 24 Movement Plum Blossom Sword technique?”

Hyun Young leaned closer to Hyun Jong.

“C-Chung Myung!”

His body trembled like he was hit by lightning.

Who among the disciples of Mount Hua wouldn’t admire the Plum Blossom Sword Saint?

Hyun Jong tried to calm his trembling heart and continued to read.

24 Movement Plum Blossom Sword technique is the root of Mount Hua, and the core of Mount Hua. This book leaves an illustration of each form in it so the later generation can have a better understanding of the technique.

Future generations should refer to this and devote themselves to it again. If one can master the 24 Movement Plum Blossom Sword technique, there is no need to fear any swords in the world.

Keep it in mind.

This isn’t the sword which succeeds you, but the will of Mount Hua. I will put in my Mount Hua’s will into the 24 Movement Plum Blossom Sword technique.

As long as this continues, the name of Mount Hua will never disappear.

“R-real Plum Blossom Sword Saint’s guide! It is his!”

“uhhhhhhh! Oh my! This is crazy! Hahahaha!”

Hyun Young was going crazy.

Having the 24 Movement Plum Blossom Sword technique itself is amazing, but now they had the remains and illustrations given to them by the Plum Blossom Sword Saint.

This was now a treasure which cannot be exchanged for gold!

“This is something from a hundred years back! Hahaha! How lucky are we! Oh my!”

Hyun Young rushed to Hyun Jong and snatched the book he was holding.

“W-what…”

Hyun Young, who was about to turn the page, stopped and then frowned as if something was strange.

“sect leader.”

“Hm?”

“…the front and the back sheets are stuck together…?”

“….”

Hyun Jong and Hyun Young looked at the book with strange eyes. And Chung Myung was sweating behind them.

‘Why are they so meticulous?’

Just skip over a couple things! Skip it! why watch it so closely! Since when were you so careful!

“Um. It seems like the Plum Blossom Sword Saint did it to put the illustrations down. isn’t that why the paper is preserved?”

“Right?”

“hahahaha. Of course it is. You are speaking as if someone could enter through the cold iron room and had rewrote the entire thing just recently.”

“Is that even [possible? Hahaha!”

Sweat began to drip down Chung myung’s face and Baek Cheon, who was watching this, narrowed his eyes.

‘Why is he sweating so much?’

Did he really suffer from an internal wound?

Could that have happened?

It was then.

“Sect leader!’

“What is it?”

“All the writing is the same!”

“Uh!?”

“I just checked, and all the technique books have the same writing. It seems like they were all written by one person.”

Flinch.

Chung Myung looked at Hyun Sang with wide eyes

‘What good will knowing that do?’

No, why are you acting like investigators!

“Is tha so…?”

“yes! All the techniques were written by Plum Blossom Sword Saint himself!”

“Ohh! Sword Saint! These are such precious things then!”

Hyun Jong was overflowing with emotions.

“Sword Saint… Sword Saint. I don’t need anything more…”

Hyun Jong’s face softened and his body began to lose strength. Hyun Young ran like a dog and grabbed him by the collar and shook his.

“No1 this man is ready to jump into heaven at ach chance! If you are going to do that, spit out the pill!”

“I-I won’t die, you brat!”

Hyun Jong regained consciousness. But it felt like he almost saw the end.

I need to be careful.

“Huhuhu. Mount Hua is flourishing!”

The three Hyun disciples weren’t sure what to do. They were all smiling wide and they couldn’t stop their legs from moving.

“Sect leader. We too…”

“Ah, yes! Right!’

Hyun Jong looked back and went out. Not everyone was able to enter the room, so the Un disciples and the others were waiting outside.

As soon as they walked out, the other disciples entered the place.

“… Plum Blossom Full Body!”

“S-sasuk! We have the Taiho Long sword technique.”

“Moon Maiden Harmony Sword!”

Just the names were bringing tears to their eyes.

Baek Cheon, who was a bit dizzy from all this, put the book back and took a deep breath.

But!

Kkk!

Baek Cheon looked down.

“Uh?”

And Chung Myung who saw it, was shocked.

Ah, no! tha-that?

“S-sect leader! There is a gap here! There seems to be something more!”

You sasuk bastard?

“Ooh? Right?”

Hyun Jong rushed inside once again.

“Oh, it looks like it!”

“Let’s fully open it!”

“Right do it!”

The shelves were moved without the help from Chung Myung and the door below was opened.

“Let’s go down!”

“Go down! let’s get in quickly!”

The Hyun disciples were ready. But unfortunately, the inside was empty and nothing could be seen.

“… I thought something would be here.”

“Umm. It looks like the space was created but never used.”

“Well, we cannot help it.”

“Right. We already got what… uh?”

Hyun Jong, speaking calmly, looked around and found something.

“This…?”

“Uh?”

All the Hyun disciples looked where Hyun Jong was.

“What is this circle…”

“it is round.”

“… and big.”

“…”

Hyun Young mumbled looking at it.

“Like someone cut and pasted it again?”

“Hahahah!”

At that moment, all the Hyun disciples burst into laughter. Chung Myung too had an awkward smile.

“W-who can do this? Hahaha. Even the Plum Blossom Sword Saint cannot do this!”

“Right?”

“y-yes!”

“Right. True. Then why are you sweating so much? Is your internal wound not healed yet?”

“I-it is the door cutting…”

“That, tch.”

Hyun Young was worried about Chung Myung, and Hyun Jong looks at the circle with a serious face and then nodded as if he finally realized.

“I get it.”

“Uh?”

Chung Myung was shocked.

Get it? get what?

“A secret space and a large circle. Don’t you get it? These are the noble teachings our ancestors have left for us.”

“teachings of what…?”

“An empty room and empty circle inside. When you get enough, you need to be content with it and don’t get greedy.”

“Ah! Right!”

“Ancestors were trying to convey that to us. The path of tao.”

“it must mean to not forget the duty one has to Mount Hua and also follow the path of tao. We learn something nice like this.”

“The meaning our ancestor tried to teach is infinitely deep.”

Seeing the Hyun disciples make sense of this, Chung Myung lay flat on the ground.

‘Just kill me you all.’

My heart will fail at this pace.

Oh my, my life!