"You must have been very surprised. I'm sorry. I got you involved in such a dangerous situation because of ."
Tang Xiulian bowed her head to the rchants.
The faces of the rchants, seen in the rekindled light, were like those of people who had seen the threshold of hell.
"If anyone asks about this incident, you can tell them what you saw and heard. There's nothing to hide."
The rchants just stared, not knowing whether to nod and say they would, or to say they would never do so.
They were afraid.
Because there were countless cases of ordinary people getting caught up in the grudges of martial artists and losing their lives.
Tang Xiulian, who had guessed the rchants' inner thoughts, made a sorry face and then turned her head.
The escorts, including Master Zhang.
They were staring at Cho Myung with a strange face between surprise and admiration.
"It's not good to stay here, so please move now."
Tang Xiulian sent the rchant group away.
Although the night road was dark, it was a little safer for them to do so.
After the rchants had left, Cho Myung gathered the people he had knocked out in one place and woke them up.
And he asked them the reason for their attack.
They did not say anything other than that they belonged to the Haowu Sect.
It was not that they would not reveal it even if they died, but that they did not know anything.
Because the only order they had received was to secure Tang Xiulian's person without leaving any witnesses.
"Let's go back to the Tang family."
Hua Yunhui said.
Tang Xiulian could not answer right away and hesitated.
But she soon shook her head at Hua Yunhui.
"Let's keep going. On the way, let's send a person to the Tang family and inform them of this incident."
"It could get more dangerous!"
"Probably."
"Xiulian!"
"The Tang family does not refuse a fight that cos to them."
"What?"
"The reason they tried to kidnap was probably a sche to use as a hostage in a fight with our main family."
"So?"
"My dad loves more than anyone. But if I beco a hostage, he will just leave ."
"......!"
"I've been taught that since I was young. And I think that's right."
"That's ridiculous!"
"You can't drag all the mbers of the Tang family to hell just for one child. It's right to endure it, even if it ans shedding tears of blood."
"......!"
"My dad would want to keep moving forward without returning to the family. I also want to do that. I don't want to return to the embrace of my family because I'm scared of this much. How can I protect the clinic if I'm so weak? Isn't that right? Young master!"
Tang Xiulian asked Cho Myung.
Hua Yunhui's gaze also turned to Cho Myung.
"I promised the head of the Tang family. That I would protect the two of you."
"Thank you."
Tang Xiulian, who had expressed her gratitude with a smiling face, t Hua Yunhui's eyes again.
"Big brother."
"Yeah."
"Let's keep moving forward. It's a love that we've protected with our lives at stake. So let's not shrink back from a threat of this degree."
Tang Xiulian smiled.
A sense of determination appeared.
But there was one thing she did not say.
That the enemy was the Haowu Sect.
It was because the enemy was the Haowu Sect that she had said to keep moving forward. If the enemy had been a sect of the Demonic Faction, she would have returned to the Tang family without a second thought.
'This incident will be a great experience for you too, big brother.'
A person who has overco a crisis is bound to beco more courageous than before. That is the greatest gift that experience gives.
***
A carriage was crossing the land of southern Shaanxi.
A four-person carriage that could be commonly seen anywhere on the continent was carrying Cho Myung, Hua Yunhui, and Tang Xiulian.
"It's not going to be solved just by being so restless."
Tang Xiulian said, looking at Hua Yunhui.
Because of the incident last night, Hua Yunhui was so worried that he was constantly looking out of the window.
"Big brother Yunhui!"
When Hua Yunhui did not even pretend to listen, Tang Xiulian's voice beca sharp.
"Huh?"
"Please don't do that."
"What?"
"Are you worried about what will happen to ?"
"Yes."
"Don't you rember what the young master heard?"
"What did he say?"
"He said they would kill everyone except for the young lady of the Tang family. It ans they won't harm because I'm useful as a hostage."
"Ah!"
"Do you understand now? There's no danger to . The ones who are in danger are you and the young master. Ah, the driver is also in danger!"
Tang Xiulian realized it late and made a sorry face.
But at this ti, the driver, feeling Tang Xiulian's heart, interjected.
"Young lady."
"Yes?"
"I'm fine. My elderly mother suffered from a stomach illness when she passed away, and the Tang family gave her dicine so she could pass away comfortably. Not only that, but whenever I needed a carriage, they always called first. So in a situation like this, serving the young lady to the end is a way to repay the favor, even if it's just a little. Please don't mind ."
"I'm sorry."
"No, please don't think so. I'm rather happy."
"Thank you."
"I didn't say that to hear that, I must have interjected unnecessarily. Please continue your conversation."
After that, the driver closed his mouth and focused on driving the carriage.
Tang Xiulian was silent for a while.
Hua Yunhui also just stared at such a Tang Xiulian and did not look out of the window anymore.
After a long ti, it was Cho Myung who broke the long silence.
"Sister-in-law."
"Yes?"
"I think you're amazing."
"What is?"
"You got permission to marry my big brother by risking your life, and you're going the way you want to go even though you know it's dangerous."
Tang Xiulian nodded.
"I don't want to surrender. It's my life, and if I surrender to this much, I feel like I'll beco shabby. Although it bothers that I'm putting you and the two of you in danger."
"The driver said he's fine, and I'm fine too."
"Thank you."
"I. I decided sothing while I was alone for three years. That I would live as I wanted, as I intended, without being self-conscious of anyone. But I still feel like I'm just relying on the clinic. But you, sister-in-law, are deciding everything on your own. So I think you're really amazing."
Tang Xiulian was lost in thought for a while after hearing Cho Myung's words.
What Cho Myung had said was amazing, and what he had decided.
The more she thought about it, the more she thought that Cho Myung might be misunderstanding sothing.
"Young master."
"Yes."
"How old are you this year?"
Cho Myung did not answer right away and looked at Hua Yunhui once before answering.
"About seventeen."
It was not a clear answer.
But Tang Xiulian just let it be.
Because it was a world where there were countless children who grew up without even knowing their own na, let alone their age, after becoming orphans.
"What's the reason you're staying at the clinic, young master?"
"Because I like the clinic."
"What do you want to do in the future?"
"I want to protect the clinic. I also want to learn dicine from my big brother and take care of patients."
"Who made that decision? Did soone tell you to?"
"No. I decided it myself."
"At the age of seventeen, you've learned a martial art that would surprise the world if they knew, and you've also decided how you'll live in the future."
"......!"
"Even if you look all over the world, it will be really hard to find a person who is walking such an amazing path on their own like you, young master."
"Is that so?"
"The young master must have thought that my decision was amazing. On the contrary, even though there's a big brother, a sister, and an adult, would it be okay to just decide things like this and that as you please just because your martial arts are a little strong?"
"No. That's not good."
"Right? That's a really bad action. That's what's called arrogant and rude, and rotten. You're definitely not that kind of person, young master, are you?"
"No."
"It's proof that you're kind and humble, young master. It's a very excellent thing."
"Is that so?"
"Yes. It is. For now, it's okay to rely on the clinic, and on your big brother and sister Sochen, and to ask them. As you grow like that, a day will co when you have to live while deciding everything on your own. That's when you'll beco a real adult."
Cho Myung, who had been staring blankly for a long ti even after Tang Xiulian's words had ended, nodded.
"I think I understand. Thank you."
"No, it is I who should be grateful. I'm really happy that you are my young master."
When Tang Xiulian smiled, Cho Myung also smiled brightly.
Hua Yunhui, who was watching the two, also smiled with his face full of smiles and said a word.
"That's all because I taught him well."
"If you had taught him, big brother, the young master would have just been looking out of the window."
Hua Yunhui, who was embarrassed when Tang Xiulian chided him.
Cho Myung, who was looking at such a Hua Yunhui, thought that if he looked like a good child, it would be largely due to Hua Yunhui's influence.
His master had once said so.
That since big brother Yunhui was so upright and kind, even big brother Seokcheong, who was close to him, was influenced and was upright.
A smile spread across Cho Myung's face as he recalled his master's words.
Hua Yunhui, who saw that, also erased his embarrassed expression and chuckled.
In the anti, the carriage continued to run.
Towards Mount Tai in Shandong Province.
***
Wuhan, Hubei Province.
Haowu Sect Headquarters.
At the news sent by the Sichuan branch manager, Yuexiang, the headquarters quickly gathered information.
"It seems to be true that Tang Xiulian has beco stronger after entering the Divine Martial Stage. But it's not to the extent that the head of the Tang family is so confident."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure."
"What about the driver?"
"The driver is a person who does not know martial arts. This is also certain."
"I thought you said the doctor also doesn't know martial arts."
"That's right."
"Then it's just that kid who faced the head of the Ten Thousand Iron Sect, right?"
"Yes."
"Is that kid's martial arts more amazing than known? Did the head of the Tang family see sothing that our information network did not see?"
"That kid is the disciple of the Fighting Demon. We sent the Black Snake Gods because we judged that he had learned internal energy, unlike the Fighting Demon."
"That's right. I judged that sending only the Bingzi team of the Black Snake Gods would be enough. But what's the reason the head of the Tang family is so confident?"
"Isn't it that a helper is following them?"
"Yes, that's the most likely. But didn't you confirm that not only the Poisonous Hand, Tang Huaping, but also the elite of the Tang family, the Green Water Team, the Black Water Team, the Red Water Team, and the Dark Water Team, were all still in the Tang family?"
"Yes."
"Then who is that helper?"
"Isn't it an outsider of the Tang family..."
"Did they ask an outsider for protection because Tang Xiulian, who is returning to Tianlian after starting a fight with us, might be in danger?"
"For now, it's the most plausible prediction."
"It's plausible, but we don't even know who it is."
"I'm sorry. We've released a large number of children and are investigating in all directions, so sothing will be caught soon."
"Hurry up."
"Yes."
"What if the Bingzi team fails?"
"There's no way."
"The Sichuan branch manager said it's not ordinary. Besides, we don't even know who the helper is."
"Liu Sheng is near Mount Song in Henan."
Liu Sheng, an elder of the Haowu Sect, was known to have been kicked out of Shaolin because he liked to eat at too much, but it was not confird if it was true.
"Doesn't that old man leave the vicinity of Shaolin?"
"Tang Xiulian has to pass near Mount Song to go to Tianlian."
"Then send the kids to that old man in advance."
"Yes."
It was at this ti.
A subordinate ca in with a report that had just arrived.
The head of the Haowu Sect, who had read the short report, got angry.
"It says they failed!"
The report said that the Bingzi team's mission had failed.
Although they had to wait a little longer for more accurate details, the important thing for now was that they had failed.
"As the Sichuan branch manager said, there was a reason why the head of the Tang family was so confident! Send two more of the elders. Yes, Du Bi and Pan Guan! Have those two join Liu Sheng in Henan!"
"Is it necessary to go that far?"
"Since the head of the Tang family ca out like that, this is a battle of pride. Be sure to dispose of that helper and secure Tang Xiulian's person. Hurry up!"
The head of the Haowu Sect decided that he must win the battle of pride.
***
After crossing the southern region of Shaanxi and entering the northern region of Henan, the air itself changed. A cool air was felt even in the middle of the day, and a chilly cold was even felt in the morning and evening. Then, after two days, as if to make matters worse, it began to rain and the temperature dropped sharply.
"Achoo! Achoo!"
Hua Yunhui began to cough.
"I think I've caught a cold."
"It seems so. It must be because the temperature suddenly dropped. I didn't bring any autumn clothes, what should I do?"
"What do you an, what should you do? We have to buy them. Mister! As soon as we arrive in Luyang, let's go to an inn!"
Tang Xiulian shouted through the slightly open window.
"Yes, young lady!"
When the driver's answer was heard, Tang Xiulian completely closed the window.
"Young master, it would be better to close the window."
"Yes."
Cho Myung also closed the window.
Although they could not see the drizzling autumn rain, since Hua Yunhui had caught a cold, it was not the ti to appreciate such a mood.
"Big brother, are you cold?"
Hua Yunhui was cringing his body.
"Yeah, I think I have a chill."
"A doctor catching a cold... You didn't practice the breathing technique I taught you before, did you? If you had learned that, you wouldn't have caught a cold."
"I was busy."
"You only need to take half an hour in the morning and evening, didn't you even have that much ti?"
At Tang Xiulian's pressing question, Hua Yunhui could not even look at her. As she had said, it was not that he did not even have that much ti.
"Should I take off my clothes for you?"
Cho Myung asked.
"It's okay. You'll catch a cold too. I just have to endure it until we reach the inn."
At Hua Yunhui's words, Cho Myung nodded as if he understood. But as ti passed, Hua Yunhui began to shiver.
"Sister-in-law, how long will it take to get to the inn?"
"It will take at least an hour."
At Tang Xiulian's answer, who was making a face full of worry, Cho Myung took off his upper garnt. And he covered Hua Yunhui, who was cringing his body.
"Big brother, just endure it a little."
Cho Myung said, rubbing Hua Yunhui's arms and shoulders.
Hua Yunhui cringed his body even more and just nodded. The chill was getting worse, so much so that he could not refuse the clothes.
"My goodness!"
Tang Xiulian suddenly exclaid in admiration.
Wondering what was going on, Cho Myung and Hua Yunhui looked at the sa ti.
Tang Xiulian was looking at Cho Myung.
"Young master."
"Yes?"
"Don't take off your shirt carelessly anywhere."
"Why?"
"I think won will rush at you if they see that body."
"What?"
"My goodness! How much training do you have to do to get a body like that?"
Tang Xiulian, as a daughter of a martial family, had seen the upper bodies of n who trained in martial arts countless tis since she was young. No one had a body as sculpted as Cho Myung's. It was as if a skilled craftsman had sculpted it as a work of art.
She had loved Hua Yunhui for a long ti, and even though she only saw Cho Myung as a young master, he looked so cool, so what kind of reaction would other won show if they saw him?
Tang Xiulian admired him for a long ti. Then she exclaid in admiration in another sense.
"Tell . How much training do you have to do to get like that?"
Nothing is made for free. To have made such a cool body, he must have done a training that matched it. That was the conclusion Tang Xiulian had reached at the end of her admiration.
"That's..."
It was when Cho Myung could not answer and was hesitating that Hua Yunhui said with his eyes half-closed.
"Ugh! He said he ran around the mountains all day and punched tens of thousands of tis every day. Isn't that amazing?"
When Hua Yunhui even made a groaning sound, Tang Xiulian reached out and touched his forehead.
"You have a high fever."
"I must, seeing how cold I am."
Hua Yunhui answered, cringing his body even more.
Then Tang Xiulian, who was watching him with a pitiful look, sat down close to Hua Yunhui and then hugged him.
"Wh-what are you doing?"
"What do you an, what am I doing? I'm taking care of a patient. And we're going to get married, so can't I hug you a little?"
"Don't do this."
"I'm going to keep doing this, so just get better quickly."
Tang Xiulian hugged Hua Yunhui as warmly as possible.
Hua Yunhui, who had been trying to get away, also beca warm in a mont and stayed still.
"Just until we get to the inn..."
Hua Yunhui, who was getting soaked in the warm warmth, could not endure it any longer and fell asleep.
"Anyway, he's a weakling."
Tang Xiulian's face, who was grumbling while holding Hua Yunhui, was a little red.
Cho Myung, who was watching the scene, was having a strange thought.
'Is that what the head of the Tang family ant by 'more than holding hands and kissing'? Should I stop them?'
Cho Myung, who was watching with a worried mind.
But it was too good a sight to stop.
(End of Chapter)
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