CLS-Chapter 161

Chapter 161

A brilliant white radiance burst forth from Wei Yan-ho’s sword. At the same time, the surroundings brightened as if it were broad daylight.

Kong-mu was startled and reached out his hand, but Wei Yan-ho was too reckless for him to stop. When Wei Yan-ho swung his sword forward, the gathered white sword light flew toward the outer wall of the Supreme Heavenly Righteous Alliance at literally the speed of light.

“Noooooooo!”

Seomun Da-yeon and Kong-mu shouted at the top of their lungs simultaneously, but unfortunately, that alone couldn’t stop the flying sword light.

Kwaaaaaaaang!

With a tremendous explosion, the outer wall of the Supreme Heavenly Righteous Alliance burst apart.

“Hic!“

A hiccup burst from Kong-mu’s mouth.

The outer wall of the Supreme Heavenly Righteous Alliance, which had never once fallen to foreign invasion since its founding, was now crumbling at the hands of not even a foreign enemy, but a passing lazy bum.

“Hey, you crazy bastard…”

He should have been shouting, but he couldn’t bring himself to shout. All that came out was lamentation.

“Let’s go!”

But Wei Yan-ho was delighted that a path had opened and only whipped the horse’s rear.

Seomun Da-yeon squeezed her eyes shut and drove the carriage. Now that things had come to this, they had to enter first and see what happened.

“What the hell is this!”

“What crazy bastards are they!”

“It’s an invasion! We’re under attack! Duuuuty!”

The Supreme Heavenly Righteous Alliance was in chaos.

When the castle wall suddenly collapsed in the middle of the night, it would be stranger if souls weren’t knocked out of bodies.

Before those who had rushed out in their nightclothes, they could see a carriage charging fiercely toward them. And behind it, people with fierce eyes were foaming at the mouth as they chased the carriage.

“…What, what is this?”

Those who had rushed out were flustered by this completely unexpected situation.

What on earth was this situation!

“Get out of the waaaaaay!”

Seomun Da-yeon shouted as she saw the martial artists beginning to fill the collapsed castle wall.

“It’s Seomun Da-yeon of the Flying Swallow Pavilion! Road! Clear the road! Road!”

When Seomun Da-yeon shouted, those who recognized her face cried out.

“That’s right! It’s the Flying Swallow Pavilion!”

“Move aside for now! Quickly!”

Eon-hyo wasn’t to be outdone either.

“From the Sleeping Dragon Martial Academy… huff huff! Oh my, I’m dying! Student! This is Eon-hyooooo! Please move asiiiiide!”

As the crowd hurriedly moved aside, Seomun Da-yeon grabbed the reins and pulled back with all her might.

Hiiiiiing!

The horses threw back their heads and stretched out their front legs. The carriage’s speed gradually decreased, then stopped after passing through the castle wall with exquisite timing.

“Heave!“

When the horse stopped, Wei Yan-ho jumped down from the horse and turned around.

The exhausted people collapsed around the carriage with thud thud sounds, but Wei Yan-ho didn’t spare them a glance and went to the back of the carriage.

Meanwhile, those who had been chasing them until now couldn’t bring themselves to cross the castle wall of the Supreme Heavenly Righteous Alliance and were at a loss.

The treasure was right in front of them.

But they couldn’t cross the walls of the Supreme Heavenly Righteous Alliance to get that treasure. There are many ways for a person to die. There was no need to die in such a manner.

Wei Yan-ho stood right in front of the castle wall and looked around at them all.

“Ugh…“

Those who saw Wei Yan-ho trembled.

“Hehe.“

Wei Yan-ho scratched his head and said.

“Ah, what a shame. You almost caught us.”

“Kraaaak!“

The people around grabbed and held down someone who was about to go wild.

“C-calm down! What are you trying to do!”

“Has this person gone mad! Who are you trying to drag down with you!”

“Hold him! Hold him!”

Wei Yan-ho whistled as he watched the scene.

“Well, that’s how human affairs go, isn’t it? Since there might be another opportunity later, work a little harder. If there is a next time, that is.”

What is that bastard talking about?

Those who couldn’t understand his meaning stared blankly at Wei Yan-ho.

That’s when it happened.

Thud thud thud thud thud!

A sound that shook the ground began to be heard.

“Huh?”

The crowd turned around.

“Uh, uhh?”

A dust cloud was rising in the distance.

Wei Yan-ho grinned and said.

“You don’t expect to be safe after causing such a ruckus, do you?”

The ruckus was caused by you, you bastard!

Everyone felt the same way.

“S-soldiers!”

The soldiers of Luoyang were approaching.

At the same time…

From inside the Supreme Heavenly Righteous Alliance, armed groups were rushing out to handle the situation.

“It’s the Great Heaven Corps!”

Those wearing martial uniforms with the character “Heaven” (天) embroidered on their chests began pouring out of the outer wall.

From behind as well, soldiers on horseback carrying spears came rushing and began to surround them.

A brief silence fell.

Those who had led the soldiers and those at the head of the Great Heaven Corps looked at Wei Yan-ho with eyes seeking an explanation.

Wei Yan-ho saw those gazes and slowly reached into his bosom to draw out his golden sword.

“Hmm…“

Someone who recognized the golden sword lifted his head heavily.

“What happened?”

“Well, you see…”

Wei Yan-ho tapped his cheek with the golden sword and pointed to the people in front.

“Bandits.”

“…Excuse me?”

“They’re bandits who tried to kill people and steal their belongings in the middle of the night.”

“Hmm!“

The soldiers’ eyes began to darken.

“Then I’ll leave it to you.”

Wei Yan-ho bowed his head and turned to walk inside. Then he went to the carriage and opened the door.

“We’ve arrived, so come out.”

“Ugh…“

Shangguan Hong, who had been half-dead inside the violently shaking carriage, lifted his head with difficulty.

“Tsk.“

Wei Yan-ho grabbed Shangguan Hong by the scruff of his neck, dragged him outside and threw him to Eon-hyo, then stuffed the blankets that had been on the roof into the carriage.

“Well, I’m going to rest now. I’ve done enough.”

Thud.

Wei Yan-ho had stirred up an incident from beginning to end and then went into the carriage and closed the door.

“Uh, um…”

When Wei Yan-ho disappeared, a cold silence fell over the scene.

Sling.

What broke that silence was the sound of the general at the front drawing his sword.

“I don’t know exactly what happened, but…”

The general hardened his face.

“The crime of breaking down the city gate and barging in without permission in the middle of the night.”

The crowd all looked at the carriage in unison.

‘We didn’t do that!’

“And the crime of drawing weapons and disturbing the streets in the middle of the night.”

“…”

“And suspicion of banditry and attempted murder.”

The general spoke in a heavy voice.

“Bind and arrest them all!”

The Great Heaven Corps also responded to the general’s voice.

“Cooperate with the officials to subdue the ruffians!”

As the situation began to turn urgent, those who had been reading the mood began to slowly gather in the center.

If caught, there would be no way out.

“R-run!”

That shout was the beginning.

Those who couldn’t dare fight against the terrifying officials and Great Heaven Corps began to scatter in all directions.

When the martial artists who knew light-body techniques leaped out in all directions, it was like releasing a swarm of locusts. Chaos broke out everywhere with people boing boing jumping over building rooftops and those chasing them.

“W-what’s happening! What on earth!”

Even those who had been inside their houses rushed out in alarm at the commotion, creating an uproar no different from a marketplace.

Even if a war broke out, it wouldn’t be noisier than this.

Kong-mu stared blankly at the scene and opened his mouth.

“Is it over…?”

His voice was powerless.

Eon-hyo, who had collapsed beside the carriage, nodded.

“It seems to be over.”

Looking at the sunrise beginning to rise in the distance, Kong-mu looked back at the carriage with hollow eyes.

With all this chaos happening, the person who had created this entire situation had gone into the carriage and wasn’t even sticking his head out. If you listened carefully, you could even hear snoring sounds coming from inside the carriage.

Kong-mu alternately looked at the carriage and chaotic Luoyang and muttered helplessly.

“…Nothing ever ends nicely.”

It was the moment when Wei Yan-ho’s entry into Luoyang, full of talk and trouble, was accomplished.

***

“…So that mysterious Luoyang Incident was?”

“I don’t know if it was called by that name, but it’s true that Wei Yan-ho turned Luoyang upside down once.”

“…”

The Historian no longer knew what to say.

“He really went around committing such deeds.”

But how could this not be passed down in history? No matter how systematically they concealed it, this was too extreme.

“How could this be hidden?”

“Hidden?”

Guangqushen tilted his head.

“Hidden what?”

“…Didn’t you say that the history about Radiant Martial Lord Wei Yan-ho was manipulated?”

“No, that’s a later matter.”

“…What?”

Guangqushen clicked his tongue as if frustrated.

“Think about it carefully. The first incident at Hanrim Grand Academy was related to treason, wasn’t it? But could they go around saying that such and such happened and Wei Yan-ho solved it?”

“They couldn’t.”

“Sacred Hand Hall had to outwardly belong to Jin So-ah. So who would go around saying that the actual owner of Sacred Hand Hall was Wei Yan-ho? Those who saw the gambling house incident only knew that some young man had turned the gold exchange upside down, but they didn’t know that young man was Wei Yan-ho.”

“Ah…”

“This incident is the same. They chased the secret manual, but not many people knew that the owner of that secret manual was Wei Yan-ho.”

“That’s right.”

At most, only those from the Supreme Heavenly Righteous Alliance, Shaolin, and Mount Hua knew that fact.

“Moreover, even those who knew that the owner of the secret manual was Wei Yan-ho couldn’t go around talking about it. Just spreading rumors about who owns a treasure could bring disaster to the owner.”

The Historian nodded. There certainly seemed to be that aspect.

“So in reality, Wei Yan-ho was hardly known at all compared to what he had done. Even later when Wei Yan-ho’s name shook the martial world… not many people connected that person of that time with Wei Yan-ho.”

“But didn’t you tell me earlier that Radiant Martial Lord gained fame through this incident?”

“He didn’t gain fame, he made his name known.”

“What?”

“He had no choice. The next day, Wei Yan-ho did something absurd.”

The Historian smiled wryly.

“Isn’t the absurdity enough already?”

“No. This one is also incredibly absurd. This is a different kind of absurdity, but anyway, there’s no one who can match this guy when it comes to doing things no one expects.”

“…”

The corner of the Historian’s eye twitched.

What did he do this time?

“Well, there’s the Supreme Heavenly Righteous Alliance, isn’t there? No matter how great Radiant Martial Lord was, he couldn’t act recklessly inside the Supreme Heavenly Righteous Alliance, right?”

“That Supreme Heavenly Righteous Alliance became a collaborator.”

“What?”

As the Historian’s face went blank, Guangqushen grinned and continued.

“The sun is already setting. I’m someone who needs to sleep early when night comes if there’s no alcohol and meat.”

“After eating that much earlier…”

“Haven’t you ever heard the saying that a beggar lives in one’s stomach? Beggars are originally always hungry no matter how much they eat, and always thirsty for alcohol no matter how much they drink. If you don’t like it, then clean up!”

“N-no! I’ll prepare it right away.”

“Kekekeke… Well then, shall we talk a little more? What Wei Yan-ho did the next day was…”