Chapter 109 (1/2)

Everyone was moving uncontrollably.

Cheon Kyung-wan was in charge of dismantling and grooming the wild boar. He was pretty good at it, considering his experience. Cheon Chusinui, Ilchimkai, and Cho Seo-ran went into the mountains to find herbs that could get rid of the fishy smell.

Using it, the maids of Byeok Tae-san made a fire and cooked and grilled the meat. Byeok Tae-san just sat still and watched the group’s busy movements. Looking at it that way, he felt that he still had a long way to go. The Gyeonggongs that Byeok Tae-san taught them today were the ones he made himself and passed on to Hocheon University in the past.

It was not really a big deal if you simply looked at it as practice, but it was a completely different story if the Jeung Hon Ma Gong intervenes. In the past, he had used it often when he was leading the Hocheon University.

It was because Hocheondae was able to follow him properly only when he was connected as a ghost magician. However, now, even that was impossible. Byeok Tae-san had to slow down as much as possible.

‘What… If you do it early on, you’ll do well later.’

Come to think of it, when he had been a thousand years old, he couldn’t see clumsy things like this around him. Those who were below the level, that was, those who were not in the Hocheon University, were filtered out by the people below.

Because of this, it was almost the first time that he had been cared for in this way. However, it wasn’t that bad. It was a strange thing, so it was a lot of fun. It was not bad to rush around with the finished ones, but it was pretty good to raise them step by step from the ground up like this.

The cooking had been finished while these thoughts ran through his head. Byeok Tae-san was eaten slowly, savoring the taste. The taste was quite good because of their excellent skills.

When Byeok Tae-san started eating first, the rest of the people ate the meat hard. Everyone ate a lot because they had used up a lot of energy to run up to here. In addition to this, the more they ate, the stronger their bodies became.

As they ate like crazy, everyone was full and went out. When the meal was over, Byeok Tae-san got up from his seat. Everyone promptly looked at him with hopeful expressions.

Anxiety swelled in the depths of their eyes. He hadn’t digested it yet, but he looked at me wondering what to do if I asked him to run again like before. If the opponent was easy enough, they would lie down on their backs, but no one dared to do that in front of Tae-san.

All they could do was look at him earnestly whilst waiting. Byeok Tae-san then looked around the party without saying a word. Everyone stood up whilst sobbing at the silent pressure.

It seemed that he couldn’t take any more rest to digest it. Byeok Tae-san then looked around the group once more and murmured, “It’s no fun when no one is left behind.”

Somehow, everyone got goosebumps at those words. Yet, this only made them look more determined. The resolve to never give up was engraved in their hearts.

Byeok Tae-san walked strides forward with everyone hurriedly followed after him. And so. the night race began.

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The midnight run wasn’t very long. By the time the party lost consciousness, they had almost reached Uichang.

Byeok Tae-san had left Wuhan in the morning and arrived near Uichang before the sun went down, so he could see how fast it was moving.

“Confucius, where are you going?” Ok Hwa approached Byeok Tae-san and asked. There were now two options. Go straight to Homuryeon, or getting a room in a nearby guesthouse.

Byeok Tae-san then walked straight ahead without even answering. Ok Hwa followed Byeok Tae-san with a puzzled expression.

The place where Tae-san stopped was Heukcheolbang. When he came to Homuryeon, it was a breakwater where all people and supplies disappeared overnight.

In addition to this, there were also traces of poisonous horses. Ok Hwa was the former branch manager of Haomen Uichang. And so, she remembered well what had happened.

In addition, some incidents were directly experienced with Byeok Tae-san.

“Confucius, shall we call the Hao Mundos?” Ok Hwa decided that Byeok Tae-san wanted to investigate the Heukcheolbang here again. And, since the Heukcheolbang was a fairly large manor, a lot of people were needed to properly investigate it.

“Done.” Saying that, Byeok Tae-san approached the main gate of the Heukcheolbang. Ok Hwa stood right next to Byeok Tae-san and eagerly recited information about Heukcheolbang.

“Since then, the Heukcheolbang has been managed by Homuryeon. Then, recently, as Uichang became noisy, I quit the management of the Heukcheolbang.”

“So now?”

“It is empty. However, since Homuryeon has been out of business for only five days, there won’t be much to do.”

At Ok Hwa’s words, Byeok Tae-san’s lips rose slightly. Anyway, these guys really did roll their heads in a variety of ways.

Byeok Tae-san looked at Cheon Chushinui’s faithfulness and held out his hand. The latter looked at Byeok Tae-san’s hands and face alternately with a puzzled expression.

“Black wine.” Heukju referred to the black marbles that could make those who have burst their potential as a blood gang run away.

“Ah, here it is. How many would you like?” Cheon Chushinui ran quickly and asked.

Byeok Tae-san checked the Heukcheolbang again and said, “It would be three.”

Cheon Chushinui quickly pulled out three black wines from his bosom and politely held them out. Tae-san picked up the black wine and hurriedly threw it into the black iron room.

Cheon Chushinui saw it and was horrified. “No, Confucius. If you throw it like that…!”

As he spoke, he realized that Byeok Tae-san couldn’t do such a thing for nothing.

“Uh… I wonder if there are those crazy people in here?”

He didn’t know how he knew it, but he thought that it might be because the level of Gigam was so great that he couldn’t even judge it. A scream could be heard from inside the black iron room.

Everyone’s faces hardened. Indeed, there were those who ate the blood gang in there. This was because they were the only ones who reacted to black sake. And, once he reacted to the black wine, he poured out his potential and collapsed in no time.

As the shouts and commotion subsided, Cheon Chushinui stepped forward and pushed the door of the Heukcheolbang.

“Okay. It’s locked, shall I break it?” When Cheon Chushinui asked while looking at Byeok Tae-san, he waved his hand as if to get away.

Then, he passed Cheon Chushinui, who had gotten out of the way, and slammed the door in front of the front door. The door promptly opened.

The party looked at Cheon in unison. The man then spoke with a bewildered expression. “No, was it really locked? No matter how much I pushed and pulled, it didn’t move!”

As the monster passed by such a god, he turned his head to look at him. Kicking his tongue and shaking his head a few times, he went into the black iron room with a pleasant smile.

“Wow, I really am. Ah-oh! I’m sorry! It was really locked!” Cheon Kyung-wan said whilst passing by Cheon Chushinui.