Return of Mount Hua Sect

A person who rolls does not gather moss! (3)

"Now, elder?"

Baekcheon looked at him with a puzzled look, and Hyunyoung looked at him with dissatisfaction.

'Did I say something wrong?'

Baekcheon rushes to rectify the situation.

"It is a felony for the third disciple to go down to the chord alone and drink alcohol. No matter how long the gatekeeper gave the child the right to descend on the chord alone, where would that permission be used to drink alcohol? I think I do."

Then, Hyun-young's head twisted slightly.

'You seem to have understood correctly this time.'

Then immediately... … .

"You're a guy who doesn't understand speech."

"……Yes?"

Hyunyoung said without hiding her anger.

"Do you set the rules for volcanoes?"

"Well, could that be?"

“So, is there any provision in the rules of volcanoes you are talking about that prohibits drinking outside of prose?”

“……”

Baekcheon couldn't even open his mouth.

No, there is no such provision.

After all, what kind of sect puts a sentence in the text saying that Mundos are not allowed to drink outside of the prose?

That's the part that is decided tacitly!

"and."

Hyunyoung looked directly at Baekcheon.

"Then what about it?"

"...the elder?"

"How about a drink?"

“……”

Is it an illusion of 10 million people that Hyunyoung's face seems to be getting hotter?

That wasn't it.

Eventually, Hyun-yeong, who dyed her face red, spit at Baek-cheon and gossip.

"There are so many of these poor bastards who can't even afford to eat what I eat! The guy who feeds you is to buy some alcohol with his own money! Huh? Become a private housemate and braid it with miso knowledge, huh?"

Yes? Sa-sook?

"Those who eat meat with the money they earned! They say they'll get some drinks with the money they saved up! You can't stand it, so you run and tell them? "

Baek Cheon floundered with a frozen face.

It was difficult to understand the situation where he was cursed after seeing the third disciple drinking, but what was more difficult to understand was Hyunyoung's reaction.

Wasn't it Hyunyoung, who was often told that she was too calm and cold, and was not able to fully demonstrate her talents because someone who should enter the North Sea Ice Palace came to the volcano?

Seeing Hyun-young roll her eyes and point her eyes like that, it's hard to tell if this is reality or a dream.

“Even if your sarcasm is like that, go down to harmonies and make money…. No! You earn balls, but what are you doing as a private student? You’re just saying that you’re good at swinging a sword or making rice or festivities, intellectual intelligence! Head! Shall I break the meat! Don't eat it, these guys! What did you guys do to eat meat..."

Bump!

At that moment, someone violently slammed the door and entered.

"Hahahaha! The priest was here!"

The phenomenon of no leggings jumping in with a very strangely smiling face hugs Hyun-young from behind and covers her mouth.

"Eup! Eupeup! Let this go... Eup!"

"Hahaha. Let's go out for a while. Wait, a place where there are no children. Oh, stay still!"

taaaah!

At the last sound of the door closing, the hall filled with a strange silence. No one could easily open their mouth.

Chop Chop Chop.

The only sound heard in the strange silence was the sound of eating rice.

"how……."

Baek Cheon mumbled unknowingly.

"How is it going?"

It was a word that represented the feelings of all the great disciples.

* * *

"Isn't that too strange? Death penalty?"

Despite the question directed at me, Baekcheon just put down the teacup in his hand without saying a word. The old teacup he has been using for a long time. Until I went to the closure, I thought it had some charm. But looking at it again now, it looks more chaotic than lucky.

After all, this was the default in the original volcano.

Old furniture and old buildings. and the old one.

The only hope of that worn-out clan was the great disciples, and the greatest hope among them was Baekcheon.

However, the monk who returned after a year has changed to such an extent that the saying “Sangjeonbyeokhae” is irrelevant.

“It’s strange that new buildings are being built all the time, and it’s strange that places that have been neglected for more than ten years are being repaired, no…. . But!"

Baek Sang (白商) said in a tone that he could not stand his anger.

“Isn’t the attitude of the elders of the clans strange? I came back from the long closure, but the long-timers didn’t say much….”

"Didn't Jang Mun-in praise you enough for your hard work?"

"Still, I came here after a year..."

"He is a man who is eager for construction."

Baeksang bowed his head slightly. Even thinking about it myself, going out to a long-time writer was too much. But that doesn't make sense either.

“Even though Jang Moon-in is like that, isn’t it strange that Elder Hyun-young and Ungeom Sa-suk are the same?”

Baek Cheon didn't respond. No matter what you say, it's weird. If this is the case, it will be seen as dissatisfied with the superiors, and there are too many things to say otherwise.

"Didn't you feel it? The superiors were stalking the child."

"Baeksang."

"Yes, the death penalty!"

"I'm not that ignorant."

“……”

I was cursed in front of you and ate it, don't you know that?

"The death penalty. Isn't he a bit cocky?"

"Well?"

“Even if the superiors say it’s cheap, shouldn’t we have to bow our heads first when the death penalty comes up? But that guy….”

Baeksang shut his mouth to say something.

If I had laughed at it, I would have blatantly cursed, but trying to swear at someone who ate or ate as if I wasn't interested makes me feel uncomfortable.

"after."

Hundred's eyebrows narrowed.

"And I don't understand why sister-in-law Yu is so interested in that child. Why is sister-in-law Yu..."

A small ripple broke out in the teacup in Baeksang's hand.

"Isn't that Sister Yu's heart?"

"Sister Yu, who barely talks with us. I've never seen her talk to anyone so actively. We didn't even spend a day or two with sister-in-law Yu."

“……”

“Even so, at least for the death penalty…”

"Baeksang."

“…Yes, the death penalty.”

"Don't get too angry."

Baeksang bowed his head again. And he looked into Baekcheon's eyes.

He tried to manage his expression, but Baekcheon's face was inevitably showing an uncomfortable feeling. My eyes kept squinting.

'I said to that little boy.'

Not even a priest, not even a sage?

The difference in distribution in a volcanic-like clan is literally heaven and earth. Just as he can't protest against Unja Bae no matter what happens, so must be the case with Cheongmyeong.

'jackanapes.'

Baekcheon bit his lip slightly.

At that moment, Baeksang, who was crouching, quietly continued his speech.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I came after that hard training, but the lords don't even notice, and the balmtol-like guy who appeared from where did he not dominate the cuteness of the inquisitive adults?"

"The time for us to be cute is over."

"You know that's not what it means, right?"

know. I know it all too well.

Baek Chen let out a low sigh.

'It's a feeling of subtly overtaking the initiative.'

Have you been away for a long time?

In the past, the inquisitive adults who would have come to Baekcheon immediately after returning to work with the Hwajong branch and training are not showing much interest in him.

Instead, it is this person and that person, looking for Cheongmyeong.

Baek Cheon didn't like that.

I don't know what the hell did Cheong-myeong do to receive the expectations of so many inquisitive adults, and even to receive the secret protection, but Hwasan is his clan.

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to receive the expectations of Hwasan, and he must be the one who will come back to the splendid light of the clan.

"Are you going to leave him like this?"

"What if I don't leave it?"

"...But shouldn't I still have to give my soul a sting? If I leave it as it is, the volcano will turn upside down. The death penalty must come in order to set a strict law right."

Baek Cheon smiled bitterly.

I don't like it when a young guy stalks me, so I'm asking him to get thinner.

"For now, calm down."

"execution!"

Baeksang raised his voice and Baekcheon narrowed his brow. Seeing that expression, Baeksang sighed and lowered his eyes.

Seeing that reaction, Baekcheon nodded his head as if satisfied.

"It's not that I don't want to do that either."

"But why..."

"You should know first."

"Yes?"

Baekcheon shook his head and set the teacup down slowly.

"There is always a leader in work. Shouldn't it be important to know why the teachers are so protective of the child?"

"Oh, yes. It should be."

"It's coming."

"Yes?"

As soon as Baekcheon had finished speaking, someone knocked on the door.

"Come in."

profit.

The person who came in with the sound of the door seemed to be swarming.

“The disciple Yoonjong is meeting the privates.”

"Come on."

One hundred thousand points forward.

"Sit down."

"Yes, Suk-suk."

Yoonjong cautiously sat down on the chair. I dare to say with my whole body that I will be able to sit here. It was a very polite attitude.

Baek Cheon liked Yoon Jong's attitude.

'This is the way the sand should be.'

I'm not acting like that cheeky bastard.

Baekcheon, who was slightly relaxed, gave out a rather soft voice.

“Jong-ah Yoon.”

"Yes, Suk-suk."

"While I was away, you had a lot of trouble as a great disciple to serve the elders."

"I just did what I was supposed to do as a disciple of the volcano."

"Yeah, that's right. Of course it should be done. But..."

When Baekcheon paused for a moment, Yoonjong gently lifted his head to examine his complexion. And what followed was as expected.

"It seems that strange things are happening in the volcano right now."

“…are you talking about Qingming?”

Baekcheon didn't give a gatabuta answer. However, there is no way that Yoon-Jong could not guess his intentions.

"It is my fault for not leading the priest properly as a death sentence. If you are angry, please punish me, Sasuk."

"No. It's not something you can handle. That's what I'm saying."

"Yes, Suk-suk."

Baekcheon puts a subtle smile on his lips.

"Tell me what the hell happened while I was away. I'll listen to you and decide what's next."

Yoongi sighed deeply.

'It is quite natural to explain to Sa-sook, but it feels like something is betraying the Qing-myeong.'

Before coming here, Jong-Yun had already asked Cheong-Myeong. I asked if I could go to Sasuk and tell him what happened so far. Qingming's answer to that was very simple.

- go.

“……”

It would be more convenient if you told me something like this, that and that.

Yoonjong glanced at Baekcheon for a moment, then solidified his determination.

“First of all, I think I should tell you about the time Qingming first entered the volcano.”

As Yoon Jong slowly began to unravel the story of his past, the great disciples listened to him holding their breath.

And as the story continued, Baekcheon's face became more and more distorted.

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