Ch. 48 Extreme Regression Chapter 48

Chapter 48. That is For Me to Decide (3)

The Limitless Gate walked toward Jinju Tower without hesitation.

There was no one blocking the action of them who mobilized numbers close to two hundred.

Numerous guard warriors hired by Jinju Tower with a huge sum fled as soon as the Limitless Gate started acting.

The only ones guarding the scene right now are Jinju Tower's original employees.

They are Eon Sohui’s retainers.

Because they were those with loyalty who didn't abandon loyalty toward the Eon Clan even though a hundred years passed since the Jinju Eon Clan fell, they didn't run away even at the word that the Limitless Gate was coming. And the one who stepped in front of such them was…….

“You came? Hero Cha.”

It was the Clan Head of the Jinju Eon Clan, Eon Sohui.

Although she had put the butler in front for external activities usually, she judged it was no longer the time to hide her identity.

So she came out in front herself. And on the opposite side…….

“You came out on your own feet. I heard preparations to run away were in full swing.”

It was Red Flowing Fist Cha Museong.

He was harboring a satisfied smile seeing Eon Sohui.

Eon Sohui obtained one more piece of information from his words.

‘He already knew we were leaving the place. He was watching continuously……. Is it the Rogues' Guild?’

If there is the Beggar's Gang in the Righteous Way, there is the Rogues' Guild in the Eight Gates of the Evil Way. The weakest but most persistent sect.

However, as for information power, it was also a great sect comparable to the Beggar's Gang.

For the Limitless Gate, using such a Rogues' Guild is an easy task. Then…….

‘Even if we run away here, the probability is high that they wouldn't give up meekly.’

The answer is set.

If she doesn't finish it clearly here, a pursuit will follow even if she hides her body.

Eon Sohui, who organized her thoughts in a short time, covered her mouth with her hand, laughed leisurely, and said.

“Run away? We are just trying to leave Yueyang and go to another place, so why do you say run away?”

“You say you are not going to avoid our Limitless Gate?”

“It is because doing business became difficult……. Perhaps is that the Limitless Gate’s fault? Surely the Limitless Gate famous in the world put some external pressure against our Jinju Tower, which is merely a brothel?”

“…….”

Instantly Cha Museong flinched.

No matter how immoral an Unorthodox practitioner he is, it was a bit reluctant to say ‘Yes, I did.’ in a place where so many people are watching like this.

‘Damn, got hit again.’

Anyway, it wasn't good to let that fox-like wench run her mouth.

Cha Museong bit his lip tight and said.

“You cannot go.”

“Oh my? Why is that?”

“Eon Sohui of the Jinju Eon Clan.”

“…….”

Eon Sohui fell silent.

She thought he would know already, but she didn't think he would reveal her identity suddenly here.

‘What is he aiming for?’

In Eon Sohui’s silence, Cha Museong continued speaking.

“Do you remember Wave Blood Fist Cha Gangnok whom your family tracked down and killed cowardly after persistent pursuit?”

“……I am sorry but it is a name I hear for the first time.”

This she really doesn't know.

She heard enough about the family history from retainers, but this is a story she never heard at all.

Then Cha Museong said.

“Must be so. As always, grudge is something remembered by the side who suffered.”

“…….”

To the silent Eon Sohui, Cha Museong said.

“That person is an ancestor of our Limitless Gate. He is a person who died unjustly surrounded and attacked by your Jinju Eon Clan unfolding a tracking formation despicably.”

Cha Museong’s detailed voice.

It was enough of a mistake that he sincerely had a deep grudge.

Then Eon Sohui, who was listening, said,

“Hero Cha. When did that happen?”

“Khm…….”

“It has been a hundred years since this family hasn't been active in Murim. Then, that incident is much earlier than that…….”

“…….”

“Would you tell me? Roughly when was it?”

“Roughly three hundred years ago.”

“…….”

“But for us, it is vivid as if happened just yesterday!”

“…….”

It is absurd.

This is just finding fault.

To make a cause for quarrel somehow, he forcibly made something up.

No matter how persistent a grudge is, three hundred years ago?

It is impossible to verify whether that is true or not. Does it make sense to appear carrying such a grudge now?

This is forced logic. However…….

“Our Limitless Gate must repay the grudge of the ancestor who died unjustly to the Jinju Eon Clan. So…….”

Murim is a place where even that forced logic transforms into justification if shouted by a person with power.

“Eon Sohui of the Jinju Eon Clan, receive the binding immediately. I will escort you to the main sect and discuss the price of sin your ancestor committed.”

And when Cha Museong shouted, warriors of the Limitless Gate came forward one by one.

Naturally, warriors of the Jinju Eon Clan also stepped in front of Eon Sohui and tried to protect her.

Especially Butler Jang whispered in her ear with a grim voice.

“Miss, please run away while we buy time.”

“It’s useless. This is…….”

“Even if it is, you must do it. You must run away no matter what.”

“…….”

Seeing the butler’s grim expression, Eon Sohui bit her lower lip tight.

Even if the retainers throw away their lives to buy time, how long can they hold out against the Limitless Gate?

Even the time to drink a cup of tea would be impossible.

‘No. This is not right.’

What meaning is there in the sacrifice the retainers are making right now?

It is merely a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

“Wa…… Wait…….”

It was then.

“Who dares to cause a disturbance in broad daylight?”

From another side, there were those appearing with a loud shout, raising the high Blue Sky Flag.

“It is Namgung.”

“Oh, Blue Sky Namgung has come.”

“Is it the Limitless Gate and the Namgung Clan?”

The people of Yueyang murmured.

The Namgung Clan appearing receiving everyone's attention.

At the lead were Namgung Jong and Namgung Sang.

And Namgung Jong shouted.

“Cha Museong, I knew you were an immoral Unorthodox bastard, but to persecute a young woman who hasn't even lived half your age in broad daylight like this? Are you not ashamed?”

At that shout, Cha Museong said with annoyance.

“Namgung Jong, I believe I told you clearly before? If you appear in front of me again, that day will be your memorial day?”

“Ho, so? Will you try it?”

“If dying is your wish, there is no reason I can't do it.”

Namgung Clan and Limitless Gate.

Both sides are giants of the Righteous Way and the Unorthodox Way.

As the men who are practically the second-in-command of those places raised their spirits and glared at each other, the atmosphere became hostile in an instant.

The warriors of the Limitless Gate emitted killing intent, and the swordsmen of the Namgung Clan also brought their hands to the swords at their waists.

It was truly a touch-and-go situation.

Amidst that, the one who opened his mouth first was…….

“With what scheme did you appear?”

It was Cha Museong.

He didn't think he was pushed back strategically.

If they fight, he has no intention of backing down.

But he needed to understand with what intent the Namgung Clan had stepped into this game.

Then Namgung Jong laughed hollowly and said, “I heard news that Unorthodox bastards were attacking our family in broad daylight.”

“Your family?”

“Correct. The Jinju Eon Clan is a blood relative connected to our Namgung Clan by marriage. So how can I not call them family?”

“Haa, indeed you intend to intervene like that.”

Cha Museong seemed to understand the rough situation.

From the beginning when the Namgung Clan leaked information favorable to them, he thought there was a separate scheme.

But surely that purpose is…….

Boom!

Cha Museong applied strength and stomped the ground vigorously.

Then the ground caved in greatly centering on him.

Cha Museong, who showed formidable internal energy, shouted while spewing killing intent profusely in that state.

“How dare you try to use this body as a chess piece! Do you want to die? Namgung Jong!”

Terrifying energy waves spread in all directions.

At the appearance like dark red lightning discharging, the watching people tensed up all at once.

Namgung Jong also admired faintly seeing that appearance.

‘The achievement of the Red Lightning Blood Demon Art has risen compared to before. Did he cross the eighth star?’

The foundation that allows the Limitless Gate to reign as the Eight Gates of the Evil Way.

That is exactly that martial art.

In fact, that is not a martial art but a Demonic Art.

Although the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult disappeared from Jianghu and most Demonic Arts were buried, a few among them are still continuing their existence.

One of them was exactly the Limitless Gate.

It is said that in the distant past, it was a supreme Demonic Art used by one of the Protectors of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, but now it has become a martial art symbolizing the Cha family of the Limitless Gate.

With that power, they are engraving their name as a firm combat faction Unorthodox sect even among the Eight Gates of the Evil Way. However…….

“Clumsy threats do not work. Cha Museong.”

The Namgung Clan is also not a place pushed back by martial arts.

A faint blue energy rises from Namgung Jong’s body and opposes the opponent.

“I will ask one last time. Will you take your hands off the child of our blood relative? Or total war…….”

“Wait a moment.”

It was then.

The one who intervened in this place with a tearing voice was a woman with a pale complexion.

Eon Sohui.

Swept up in the energy waves of two absolute masters, she found it hard even to breathe.

Pale to her lips, she opened her mouth amidst the agony as if she would faint.

No, she had to open it.

“I am not a blood relative of the Namgung Clan. Yet why does the Namgung Clan call me a blood relative arbitrarily?”

At those words, Namgung Jong’s brow twitched slightly.

‘Even her grit is excellent.’

The more he looked, she was a child covetable enough to be wasteful for his foolish nephew.

But here, he had to harden his heart.

“You promised marriage with our nephew, so you are practically no different from our blood relatives.”

“I believe I refused that?”

Eon Sohui retorting without losing.

She knew.

If she borrows the influence of the Namgung Clan here, she might escape the threat of the Limitless Gate.

Instead, she must marry into the Namgung Clan helplessly.

‘No. If I do that…….’

If Eon Sohui hadn't found the family's Internal Energy Art, that could also be one of the last resorts.

Even without a proper supreme Internal Energy Art, there would have been a way to make a comeback step by step in the shadow of the Namgung Clan.

But now the situation is different.

Now that she has retrieved the Great Origin Divine Art, if there is time, the Jinju Eon Clan can find the glory of the past with her ability.

But entering the shadow of the Namgung Clan here is like entering a birdcage herself.

It was a choice she must absolutely not make for the future of the family. However…….

“Child. Stop being stubborn. If you be stubborn for no reason here, what will happen to those who follow you?”

These are the correct words.

The current situation is truly the worst of the worst.

The moment the shield called the Namgung Clan disappears, the Limitless Gate will attack them immediately.

Before discussing the distant future, they are on the verge of losing lives right now.

Is it because he knows such agony of hers?

Namgung Jong smiled like a magnanimous person and said.

“I know there was a slight misunderstanding and dissatisfaction.”

“Misunderstanding and dissatisfaction?”

“Right. But isn't that something to be solved by talking amongst family later?”

“Haa…….”

“I will talk more to my older brother regarding your treatment.”

Detestable.

If she could follow her thoughts, she wanted to spit on the face of that hypocrite pretending to be a magnanimous person.

To think the human who induced the situation up to here is saying such words detestably…….

‘Is it checkmate?’

If she doesn't want to die right now, she has to hold the hand of that hypocrite.

But that is practically no different from giving up the revival of the Jinju Eon Clan forever.

Truly a dilemma situation.

Eon Sohui also had no answer.

“I…… I will…….”

Eon Sohui closed her eyes tight.

She intended to choose the method to save at least the retainers inevitably. But then…….

“Isn't the method done by the great Namgung Clan too despicable?”

One voice intervened in this board.

And that was a voice she knew well.

Everyone's gaze focused on the place where that voice came from. Then there…….

“Who is it?”

“They are holding a flag……. Ultimate Path Gate?”

“Was there such a sect?”

Han Cheong-un and Dang Jin appeared.

Han Cheong-un walking confidently in front and Dang Jin following holding the flag behind.

Although it is funny to call it a sect with just two people, those two stepped into this board calmly.

“What kind of kids are these again?”

Cha Museong was dumbfounded and sighed.

The anger that soared to the top of his head due to the appearance of the Namgung Clan rather leaked out with a smirk due to despondency.

And in Namgung Jong’s case…….

“Are you not Dang Jin?”

He recognized Dang Jin.

Since he had visited the Sichuan Tang Clan before, he was an acquaintance with Dang Jin.

“It has been a long time. Hero Namgung Jong.”

Dang Jin planted the flag on the ground and bowed politely toward Namgung Jong.

And Namgung Jong said.

“What is that flag? Did the Sichuan Tang Clan create a branch in Yueyang?”

“No. It is a separate sect completely unrelated to the family.”

“Separate sect? When you, the direct lineage of the Sichuan Tang Clan Head, are there, does that make sense?”

“Whatever you think, I answered honestly.”

“…….”

“And I am here right now not as a son of the Sichuan Tang Clan but as the Vice Sect Leader of the Ultimate Path Gate. Please keep that point in mind.”

“Haaaa……. Going crazy.”

Namgung Jong sighed.

Every time he saw his nephew, he sighed because the future of the Namgung Clan was dark.

But it seems the Sichuan Tang Clan was also formidable.

‘The future of the entire Five Great Families is gloomy.’

While he sighed deeply.

Han Cheong-un approached Eon Sohui.

“Are you alright?”

“Young Master…… Han. Why are you here?”

“Thinking about it, our contract hasn't ended yet.”

“Contract?”

“Did you forget? We are still guard warriors hired by Jinju Tower, right?”

“……Ah!”

“I haven't heard that the contract was terminated. So it is fine to judge that the contract is valid, right?”

“It is fine but…….”

Eon Sohui stammered.

Surely then, does it mean these two will take my side here?

Helping herself who is stuck between the huge whale backs called the Namgung Clan and the Limitless Gate and on the verge of bursting?

“It is…… reckless.”

“That is for me to decide.”

Han Cheong-un, saying so, turned around putting Eon Sohui behind him. And then…….

“Sect Leader of the Ultimate Path Gate, Han Cheong-un!”

Boom!

Han Cheong-un’s spear struck the ground strongly.

And standing under the fluttering flag of the Ultimate Path Gate behind him, he proclaimed with a clear voice.

“From now on, whoever persecutes my employer with force, I will consider them to have hostile intent and deal with them.”