Chapter 993: Why Would I Enjoy Prosperity? (Part 3)

Several members of the Mount Hua Sect gathered together and sat in the Sect Leader's temporary residence. The middle members consisted of the elders, the Un disciples, and the Five Swords, but in any case, they were the core figures of the current Mount Hua Sect.

"Why did he call us?"

"Why are you asking me that?"

Hyun Sang shrugged in response to Hyun Young's question.

"Bringing people here, where is the Sect Leader?"

"Why are you asking me that?"

In the end, Hyun Young's face contorted with frustration.

"What, what's wrong with asking you about it? Shouldn't you know? You're supposed to follow him!"

"Hey, I'm pretty busy too."

"What?"

Hyun Young glared fiercely, and Hyun Sang awkwardly cleared his throat.

"...Are there many duties in your position?"

"Are there many? Are there?"

"..."

Hyun Sang remained silent.

"If you occupy a manor and lie down, food will automatically fall from the sky, right? Who do you think is responsible for feeding, washing, and putting these people to sleep? Will a snail do it for you?"

"Cough, Ahem."

Hyun Sang seemed to be speechless and slowly turned his head. Once Hyun Young's anger exploded, it did not go away easily.

"What did you say on the way to the Yangtze River? Didn't you swear that you wouldn't fight me?"

"No, I didn't..."

"But you fought like crazy and tore all your clothes! Suddenly, you asked me to find herbs for healing, and what? You told me to sell whatever grains we have left, and now you say the kids will be staying here for a while, so prepare food for them again?"

Hyun Young's eyes were gradually growing fiercer.

Hyun Sang panicked and tried to stop him.

"I, I understand how hard you've been working. It's just that the situation was quite urgent, that's why..."

"Urgent or not! If that's the case, why did you have to choose a place where those Ten Great Sects bastards are nearby and make the kids worry about their clothes and food? Why do you want them to take care of it all? If it weren't for those guys, we could just leave the kids alone hands-free!"

"Cough, Ahem"

Hyun Sang kept clearing his throat repeatedly.

Of course, he didn't play a significant role in making these decisions. However, he felt embarrassed to explain all this to Hyun Young, who was constantly running around.

"If you're going to work, you should think about the aftermath and then act. You can't just go ahead and do it and then suddenly say, 'Oh, I don't know now, so I'll just take my hands off.' Who's going to clean up after you, right? Who's going to clean up?"

"Hey, calm down a bit. The kids are watching."

Hyun Young glanced over at the Five Swords. The eyes that met his quickly lowered their heads.

'Hey, lower your heads, lower them!'

'If we catch the wrong moment, we'll be in big trouble.'

No matter how well Chung Myung was doing, Baek Cheon was recognized, and Hyun Jong was regaining his authority, the person with the highest power within the sect recognized by the Mount Hua disciples was undoubtedly Hyun Young.

"Ugh, it's good that Mount Hua is doing well... It's really good... Back in the day, you could just throw a sack anywhere and you were done, but now you have to pay attention to even the smallest things, like what you wear and what you eat."

Everyone lowered their heads with embarrassment at Hyun Young's grumbling and muttering.

In fact, the work they did here was not significantly different from what they did elsewhere. However, because the number of people at Jaegyeonggak [Idk, a place?] had not increased while the amount of work had multiplied several times, they were literally working themselves to death.

"By the way... How about supplementing the workforce a little?"

"Do you think we can supplement it just because I want to supplement it? These guys are so busy that they don't even have time to help with the Jaegyeonggak work!"

"..."

Hyun Young took a deep breath and looked around sharply.

"But why isn't Sect Leader coming? I'm dying here, and he called for us! Shouldn't he be here if he called us!"

Of course, Hyun Young didn't know.

He didn't know that Hyun Jong had come near the door and had turned away when he heard Hyun Young's furious voice. Even the transcendent Hyun Jong couldn't handle this level of heat.

But luckily, there was one person in Mount Hua who could handle Hyun Young.

"Ah, why do you care about that stuff?"

"Yes?"

The Five Swords' faces instantly turned black.

'Wow, did you just hear the elder's voice just now?'

'Can you openly discriminate like this in the world?'

'Did you hear that his voice just softened a moment ago? It gave me goosebumps.'

Hyun Young's face softened as he heard Chung Myung's words.

"What does that mean?"

"Well, there's no need to be too concerned about it. We don't have to impress those Righteous Sect bastards."

"That's right, that's right. That makes sense."

Hyun Young also nodded contentedly, as if acknowledging that Cheong Myung knew well.

"But, Chung Myung. While we don't need to impress the Ten Great Sects, we must be mindful of the eyes of the world. Those who are watching us now must all know that we have been active in Plum Blossom Island. What would they think if they saw us in a shabby state?"

"Kuh, I didn't think of that! You're right, Elder! If it weren't for you, we'd all be wandering around like beggars. Even now, the reason Mount Hua is hearing good things from everywhere is all thanks to the Elder's efforts, right?"

"Tsk tsk. What are you talking about? How is that my effort? It's all your effort!"

"Nah, what did I do?"

Watching the two old friends exchanging chatter, Baek Cheon's face turned sour.

Well... it wasn't wrong. In fact, when you think about it, everything they said was true...

"Baek Cheon."

"Yes? Yes!"

Baek Cheon jumped up and looked at Hyun Young.

"Do you have a problem? Why is your expression like that?"

"N-no, there's no problem, Elder. There's absolutely no problem!"

"Hmm."

Hyun Young gave Baek Cheon a suspicious look, then reluctantly nodded. Beads of cold sweat formed on the back of Baek Cheon's head.

"Anyway, as I said, make sure to keep yourselves neat and clean as you mentioned earlier. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Yes, Elder!"

The Five Swords answered with a determined expression.

Although outside, the Five Swords had started to be praised as a leading figure representing the Mount Hua Sect, unfortunately, within the Mount Hua Sect, their standing had not changed from the past.

No, even if their standing had changed, it wouldn't make a difference.

Who would dare to stand up to the person with the greatest power in the Mount Hua Sect, who even made the Sect Leader cower in fear?

No, even if you looked closely, it was all true. Actually, the words they spoke were all correct...

"Ahem!"

At that moment, the door opened with a loud cough.

"I'm late."

Hyun Young narrowed his eyes as he watched Hyun Jong speak politely.

"I can't help but feel that you've been waiting at the door for a while..."

"Wh-what are you talking about? I just arrived."

"...Let's just leave it at that."

Hyun Jong sighed and took a seat, slightly shrugging his shoulders. Although a momentary sorrow could be seen in his eyes, whether it was a relief or a misfortune, his disciples didn't send him pitiful looks. They just looked at him with understanding.

'Stop looking at me with those eyes. It makes me want to cry.'

What can you do? The reason is simple. Even if Hyun Jong were to claim that he was in charge of finances back in the days when they barely had any money, after Mount Hua started gaining wealth, he couldn't ask for the control back. Even if Hyun Young was so stingy that he often complained, Hyun Jong couldn't take back the work he had assigned during their difficult times.

As a result, even though Hyun Jong was now the leader of the Heavenly Comrade Alliance and the one who criticized the entire world on behalf of the Mount Hua Sect, he was still in a position where he had to get an allowance from Hyun Young.

Hyun Jong wiped the corner of his eye with his sleeve and composed his expression. He couldn't continue like this.

"I called you here to discuss our future plans."

As he began to speak earnestly, the disciples' expressions changed. Hyun Jong once again realized that his authority had grown to a level that could not be compared to the past.

Of course, even when he and Mount Hua were struggling on the ground, these good guys respected his authority, but there was something different now.

"As you know, we have recently clashed with the Ten Great Sects."

"Um."

He had anticipated this, but that didn't mean the burden wasn't insignificant. After all, it was the renowned Ten Great Sects.

No matter what, no sect in the world would want to clash with them. The Evil Sect and even those Evil Tyrant Alliance guys would probably not want to clash with them.

"Therefore, we need to firmly determine our position from now on."

Hyun Jong's words made Un Am look puzzled.

"Sect Leader, although it may be a presumptuous question... shouldn't we discuss this with the Tang Family Lord and then come to a conclusion? It seems to be more of Heavenly Comrade Alliance's matter rather than Mount Hua's."

Upon hearing this, Hyun Jong silently nodded.

"If you consider it logically, that may be the case. But I find it unpleasant."

"Why is that?"

"Because before becoming the leader of the Heavenly Comrade Alliance, I was Mount Hua's Sect Leader ."

Hyun Jong smiled gently and looked at everyone.

"It's especially so when the path I should take isn't entirely clear. If there's a need for discussion, I'd rather do it with you all first."

His words brought smiles to everyone's faces. No matter how much his status had changed, Hyun Jong was still the same old Hyun Jong who had cared for them with a warm hand, even in the days when they struggled together.

"So, Chung Myung."

"Yes?"

Hyun Jong stared at Chung Myung and spoke.

"What do you think we should do from now on?"

"Hmm."

Cheongmyeong scratched his cheek.

The Mount Hua Sect's disciples expected a special answer from Chung Myung. Whenever there was a question like this, Chung Myung would always provide a new path with an unexpected perspective. Therefore, this time too, they thought it would be a repetition of such events.

But those thoughts were shattered the moment Chung Myung began to speak.

"I think the question may be a bit wrong, Sect Leader."

"Huh? Was the question wrong?"

"Yes."

Chung Myung nodded thoughtfully.

"I can't answer the question any other way."

He paused for a moment and looked directly at Hyun Jong.

"When it comes to you, Sect Leader, what do you want to do?"

"...Am I being asked?"

"Yes, Sect Leader."

Hyun Jong hesitated slightly in his response, so Chung Myung turned to look at the others.

"And we should ask the people gathered here what they want to do. The path that the Mount Hua Sect is going to take should be decided together. What we can do and what we want to do should be determined beforehand."

"..."

It wasn't particularly impressive to say that. It was so obvious.

But in this place, that obvious statement held great significance.

'That maverick...'

'...Oh my god.'

Most of them were shocked and looked at Chung Myung. But Jo Gol went further and reached out to wave it in front of Chung Myung's face.

Chung Myung frowned slightly.

"...What?"

"Well, I was just worried if you ate something bad. No fever or anything?"

"..."

Fortunately, before Chung Myung could respond, Yoon Jong kicked Jo Gol in the side. Chung Myung spoke again while Jo Gol was whimpering without making a sound.

"Let's discuss together."

Everyone waited for what would come out of Chung Myung's mouth.

"About the path that the Mount Hua Sect should take in the future."

With unwavering determination in his eyes.