Episode 199. Grade of Item
“Wow. “That’s really… cool.”
The pale man let out an exclamation of admiration at the lonely yet vast, primitive yet orderly landscape.
The man of gall who was ahead spoke.
“joy. “Why are you so surprised when you’ve seen it so many times?”
The pale man seemed embarrassed for a moment, but then spoke as if nothing had happened.
“That’s right. Adult. This is like the Grand Canyon….”
“Gurando? what is that?”
“Oh my. sorry. My words came out in vain. Ahaha. That’s not true, it’s because I look at it every day and it’s still cool.”
At that time, another man from Gal smiled and said.
“ha ha ha. “What’s so great about this barren land… If it’s so good, why don’t you ask to join our Qilian School?”
Then the pale man waved his hand and said.
“Oh no. How could the Great Qilian Gate accept something like that?”
The furry man who heard that said with a chuckle.
“That’s right. How could Qilianmun embrace Liaohaimun’s henchman who pretends to be a top official and sells stolen goods? “Our teachings on Qilanism are broad and deep, so even if you practice for a hundred years, you will never be able to attain enlightenment.”
At that time, the pale man sighed loudly enough for everyone to hear and spoke.
“Oh no… of course I do. Adult. “I said that earlier, but… honestly, I want to become a disciple of Qilian.”
Then the furry man glanced back from his horse with an expression of surprise.
“Did you really mean it?”
The pale man nodded and spoke at a speed that broke his neck.
“of course. Soin just told it like it is. By the way, great person.”
“why?”
The pale man looked like he was worried that the old driver behind him might hear, and spoke in a low voice.
“I may be rude, but could you please take a look at this? Since you always treat me so well… I prepared a special gift to repay your kindness.”
The pale man suddenly had a sheepskin pouch in his hand.
The furry man glanced at it and said:
“Adventure. “Not everyone who applies to the Qilianmun will be accepted… but if I put in the effort, it will be of great help.”
Then the pale man nodded his head again and spoke.
“Thank you. Great man!”
“But before that…”
The man continued speaking arrogantly, raising a furry hand.
“…I need to check to see if you are truly qualified.”
Although he said ‘qualification’…
Of course, his gaze was directed to the sheepskin bag.
After Qilianmun’s prestige increased in the western region, becoming a new member was as difficult as picking a star from the sky.
Bribery is the most basic of basics.
Anyway, the pale man immediately understood what the furry man meant and spoke.
“Of course it is. “I will stop my horse.”
“no!”
The furry man seemed to look around for a moment and then spoke.
“If you stop the cart, the guards will be suspicious.”
Yes.
In any case, receiving money and providing benefits for joining a church is officially punishable.
The pale man also looked around and muttered.
“From the outside it looks like there’s no one there… it’s really amazing. After all, it is Qilian Gate.”
“joy. “If you only know how to flutter your tongue, you won’t be able to last long even if you enter Qilianmun.”
“Ah, Soin spoke too carelessly. sorry.”
said the furry man.
“Then… now… throw it.”
“W here?”
“okay.”
“Ah…”
“Why? You don’t want to give it? If you don’t like it, quit. Even so, it doesn’t matter to us at all.”
The furry man looked ahead again with a sour expression.
Then the pale man quickly spoke.
“no. no. “I’ll give it to you now.”
Only then did the furry man’s face straighten slightly.
The pale man threw the sheepskin bag towards Gall’s men.
Perhaps because it wasn’t a very close distance, the bag soon lost its strength in the air and was about to fall to the floor in front of it.
It was then.
The furry man instantly placed both hands on the horse’s rear end, stretched out his paws, and kicked up the sheepskin bag.
The bag that hit my foot traced a beautiful semicircle… and
before I knew it, it was back in its seat and clinging to the hand of the furry man sitting down.
The pale man praised.
“Wow! Great! You are really cool. “It’s a brilliant martial arts skill that a small person can never imitate even after learning it for ten years.”
said the furry man.
“joy. I can’t believe I can’t even throw a bag properly. “A boy doesn’t have that much power, so what can he use it for?”
Then he untied the strap and opened the sheepskin pouch.
He stared at it intently for a moment…
“Okay. I guess I can talk about it at this level. But it’s hard to jump to conclusions, so don’t expect too much. “There are too many people who want to join.”
The pale man continued to speak with an expression of emotion on his face.
“thank you. It doesn’t matter even if you can’t join the church. Adult. thank you.”
At that time, the group of Gall men stopped talking.
The pale man and the old driver also stopped their cart to meet them.
What is in front of you is a kind of grotto.
But it is not just a natural cave.
This is because the so-called huge chunks of rock were used as materials to recreate a space where people could live.
At that time, the furry man shouted loudly.
“The goods have arrived, come out here!”
They waited for a while.
However, just by looking at it, I could not feel anything inside the solid and huge stone gate.
The furry man looked annoyed.
“What are you doing?”
Another man said with a sour expression.
“I guess they’re doing this damn test that I don’t even know what they’re doing. “Let’s call it again.”
Then the furry dog shouted louder than before.
“Come out quickly and see! Here’s the thing…”
Grumble.
As the stone door opened, making a strange sound, the furry dog fell silent.
The person whose face appeared through them was a man who appeared to be in his mid to late thirties.
However, because he had very little hair, he looked much older.
“Why did you come so late?”
The furry one said with an offended look on his face.
“This friend of Liaohaimun’s cart broke a wheel and it was late to fix it. “Should we be responsible for that?”
Then the thin-haired man’s face disappeared between the stone gates.
And then…
rumbling.
A louder sound than before was heard and the stone door opened wide.
Then the man with thin hair from before came outside, along with several young men.
He looked at the pale man and said:
“How many did you bring?”
The pale man answered.
“yes. A total of sixteen.”
“Hmm… it’s more than I expected. By the way, what happened to my request last time?”
Then, for a moment, the pale man’s expression hardened.
Awkward silence in the audience.
At that time, the pale man bowed his head deeply and spoke.
“Oh, I’m sorry. “I have a bad memory, so stop…”
Then the man with thin hair spoke angrily.
“no! Are you doing business for a day or two? It’s not like I’m making any complicated requests! “Didn’t you ask me to include a top-notch expert this time?”
Then the pale man spoke with an expression of understanding.
“That’s right. Adult. It just occurred to me. sorry. Obviously… a first-class expert was included among the items. He was a beggar who stayed in our guest house… Looking at his knot, he looked like he was of elder level. “I think you’ll be satisfied with that.”
The man with thin hair finally lowered his voice and spoke.
“joy. You idiot. If it wasn’t for that, you would have been dead. This means that all preparations have been completed according to the item. “We’re already causing a disruption because you came late!”
“yes. yes. sorry. Great man….”
“Okay. “I will check the items myself.”
The man with thin hair came out of the man-made grotto and walked towards the cart.
Then, I made the sound of ‘uhh’ as if I had discovered something.
“Who is this? “It’s a face I’ve never seen before.”
Of course, he was referring to the old coachman behind him.
The pale man said.
“Ah… I hired a new person after someone quit. “The old man is deaf and cannot speak, so he is a perfect fit to work with us.”
“okay?”
The man with thin hair slowly walked towards the old man and…
hissed.
Didn’t he suddenly pull out a dagger from his belt and aim it at the old man’s neck?
Although it was surprising…
the old man didn’t make any sound.
It seems to have been true that he couldn’t speak.
Only then did the man with thin hair nod his head.
“You have to be careful when hiring new people.”
The pale man said.
“ah! As expected, you are being careful! “I can’t even follow in the footsteps of great people.”
The bald man turned away from the old driver and lifted the curtain of the first cart.
There were a lot of people lying there all tangled up.
Of course, he may have been seated well at first, but his posture seemed to have changed as he rode the cart for a long time.
The man checked the pulse and breathing of several of them.
After checking, the man immediately jumped out of the cart.
A man with no hair who did the same inspection on the cart behind him.
After completing all of this, he soon returned to his starting position and said:
“It’s not bad. But…”
Then the pale man asked with a worried expression.
“Is there any problem with the item?”
“…There is no problem. But it seemed like most of them were martial people.”
“Oh, if that’s the case…”
Instead of waiting for an answer, the thin-haired man narrowed his eyes and asked.
“These aren’t items that have problems with post-processing, right?”
“Don’t worry, that will never happen.”
“good. Even if Yohaemun itself is half-baked, Moonju is trustworthy. “It’s inconvenient to move them one by one, so let’s move them with a cart like last time.”
“yes. “Of course.”
The man with thin hair had his men move the cart.
Then the furry man spoke to the pale man who was preparing to help them.
“hey!”
“yes.”
“Shall we talk about work?”
The furry man said, patting the sheepskin.
The pale man nodded quickly as if he understood.
“But the carts…”
said the hairy man, pointing at the old driver with his chin.
“If you spend money, you have to get the money back.”
* * *
The pale man….
The person who played the role of Yohaemun’s Lim Gyu-gwang was none other than Han Yi-bi.
The Murim League followed in the footsteps of Yohaemun, who was confirmed to be supplying live corpses to Giryeonmun, captured them, and rescued the victims.
Afterwards, a plan was urgently established based on Lim Gyu-kwang’s actual facts.
The delay in transporting the cart was not because of the wheels, but because of this story.
According to the Murim Alliance’s preplanned plan, all of the kidnapped mountain leaders were replaced with Murim Alliance members… and they
planned to proceed with the so-called martial arts version of the Trojan Horse.
But…
an unexpected variable occurred.
Moon Jeon-don (文田暾), a hairy man blinded by his greed for money, took Han Ibi away.
Han Ibi originally had to follow the cart and use stimulants to wake up her colleagues who had fainted due to the temporary poisoning effect.
Meanwhile, Moon Jeon-don, who took Han Ibi, made a lot of noise, saying that he did not have enough money to complete the work required for initiation, and asked for more.
Han Yi-bi waited with one leg shaking out of nervousness, and immediately returned to the front of the cave as soon as he finished talking.
But…
the work wasn’t finished yet, so there was no empty cart at the entrance.
‘Are they still unloading people?’
Han Ibi hesitated for a moment and then shouted in front of the stone gate.
“Please open the door! I’m here to retrieve the cart.”
He waited a moment.
Then the stone door opened with a rumbling sound.
One of the subordinates of the thin-haired man I saw a moment ago was there.
Ebi Han said.
“I’ll go find a cart.”
(Continued in the next part)
