The Youngest Member Chapter 56

Cheon Woojin returned to the Martial Alliance with Song Yiyeon.

Although Jin Yun and Seok Dobyeok were also about to return, they did not go together.

"Have you grown fond of it already? It's comfortable to be in the alliance. Isn't that right, young hero?"

"Umm."

As Cheon Woojin's answer was ambiguous, Song Yiyeon narrowed his eyes and asked.

"What have you been thinking about since a while ago?"

"I was thinking about Grandmaster Fajin's words."

The real reason his two masters had sent him to the Martial Alliance. He felt that the reason he had known before might just be a superficial one.

Cheon Woojin looked at the Martial Alliance with a sohow new look. The people busily coming and going, the huge walls, and the flag of the Martial Alliance fluttering high.

Even his peers who were gathered with triumphant expressions after finishing their first solo mission.

All of that was the Martial Alliance.

'What did they want to show ?'

Looking at the Martial Alliance through his Black Master's eyes, it was a hollow union of hypocrites, and looking at it through his White Master's eyes, there was no other scenery so beautiful and wonderful.

As Cheon Woojin continued to think, Song Yiyeon said.

"Do as your heart tells you."

"Hmm?"

Cheon Woojin tilted his head.

At that, Song Yiyeon gave a smirk.

"Aren't you a great person, young hero? Your masters must have known this better than anyone else. They sent you because they believed in you. So if you just act like yourself, won't the day co when you understand their aning?"

"Oh..."

Cheon Woojin looked at Song Yiyeon as if he were surprised. At that, Song Yiyeon's eyes narrowed.

"Why? Are you surprised because I said sothing cool?"

"..."

"Oh, why aren't you denying it?"

And so, the two approached the group where their peers were gathered. Of course, as always, they were a little apart.

As the two approached, everyone glanced at them.

Among them was Nangong Jin, and soone who resembled Seok Dobyeok was praising the two, saying things like, 'As expected of young hero Nangong! To subjugate the Huibei black path, amazing!', 'Miss Tang Soyeon is also amazing. I know that the Deyang black path is also quite rough...'

Nangong Jin seed to be annoyed and waved his hand as if chasing away a bug. In fact, he had not done much in the process of subjugating the Huibei black path.

He had just suggested, 'I am Nangong Jin, the young family head of the Nangong family. As of today, the Huibei black path will be disbanded, so disperse.'

How could a black path sect located in Anhui dare to talk back to whose words? And so, the Huibei black path was imdiately disbanded. Tang Soyeon, who had subjugated the black path of Sichuan, must have been similar.

Suddenly, the scene beca noisy. Jin Yun and Seok Dobyeok had arrived. But, the state of the two was not good.

"...What on earth happened?"

"What was their mission?"

"No, leaving Seok Dobyeok aside..."

Jin Yun, who had departed with the appearance of a handso Taoist, was dirty from his hero's scarf to his Taoist robe. His face was also haggard, as if he had stayed up for several nights.

And so, Jin Yun, who appeared receiving everyone's attention, bowed his head slightly to Cheon Woojin and Song Yiyeon and then joined the group.

At that sight, Nangong Jin's eyebrows twitched.

"What is it?"

"What do you an?"

At Nangong Jin's question, Jin Yun just shrugged his shoulders.

Nangong Jin looked back and forth between Jin Yun and Cheon Woojin with a strange look and then averted his gaze.

* * *

When the newcors who had returned after finishing their first solo mission had been waiting for quite a long ti. The Righteous Will Unit Commander, Jin Myeonghwa, appeared, waving at the empty air with a face as if he had just woken up.

"It's annoying. I really don't want to work."

"..."

Everyone looked at the Righteous Will Unit Commander with a dumbfounded expression. Usually, when one thought of a commander of the Martial Alliance, one would think of a hero who commanded the unit commanders at the forefront of the mission with a dignified appearance, as it was a rather high position.

However, the Righteous Will Unit Commander looked like the neighborhood Gaesik hyung who lived off his parents even after turning thirty, scratching his stomach and looking at pornographic books all day.

"Hwaaam. The Righteous Will Unit Commander should be selected quickly. Isn't that right? Do I have to pay attention to every single mission of the young newcors?"

Nangong Jin, who was standing in front of the Righteous Will Unit Commander, was confused whether he was asking him and moved his mouth.

At that, the Righteous Will Unit Commander narrowed his brow and said.

"If you're the young family head of the Nangong family, can you ignore the commander's words?"

"That's not it, you asked ..."

"It's a joke. Anyway, everyone bring your reports."

Nangong Jin, with a dumbfounded expression, submitted his report. Starting with that, everyone handed the mission reports they had written in advance to the Righteous Will Unit Commander.

The Righteous Will Unit Commander sat down on the dirt floor and roughly flipped through the reports. It was to the point where it was doubtful whether he was even looking at them properly.

"..."

In the quiet atmosphere, the Righteous Will Unit Commander, who had scanned the reports, pointed to one person after another and spoke.

He cursed the parts that were not done well, calling them pathetic guys, and vaguely praised the parts that were done well, calling them better guys.

In the middle of that, he suddenly pointed to Nangong Jin and Tang Soyeon in turn.

"You two there."

"Nangong Jin of the Heavenly Tiger Unit."

"Tang Soyeon of the Heavenly Tiger Unit."

As the two imdiately stated their nas, the Righteous Will Unit Commander, who was looking at them with narrowed eyes, said.

"Not bad. But don't be arrogant. There must have been so family influence. Anyway, I told you not to send missions to their hotowns."

"...I have never been arrogant."

Nangong Jin was slightly offended.

The Righteous Will Unit Commander glared at Nangong Jin seriously.

Even for Nangong Jin, a person like the Righteous Will Unit Commander was a type he was seeing for the first ti, so he was inwardly nervous.

The Righteous Will Unit Commander, who had been having a staring contest for a long ti, said.

"Right. Don't do that in the future."

"...Yes."

Nangong Jin inwardly thought, 'what kind of guy is this'.

However, he did not look down on him in the slightest. After all, sitting in the position of a commander of the Martial Alliance ant that he had proven his abilities himself.

Moreover, the Righteous Will Unit Commander was known to be a man who was one of the best in terms of martial power among the commanders of the alliance.

And so, the Righteous Will Unit Commander, who had said a word to the children of the Five Great Families, read the reports again.

How much ti had passed?

"What's this?"

The Righteous Will Unit Commander, who was reading roughly, stopped. He even glared at the report with a very serious expression.

The Righteous Will Unit Commander's gaze turned to a place. At the sa ti, everyone's gaze also moved there, and at the end of it were Cheon Woojin and Song Yiyeon.

The Righteous Will Unit Commander got up from his seat and said.

"Excellent."

Everyone's eyes widened.

Whether it was the Five Great Families or the Nine Sects One Gang, it was the first ti that a proper complint had co out of the mouth of the Righteous Will Unit Commander, who had classified them as just pathetic guys and better guys.

The Righteous Will Unit Commander said, flapping the report.

"Is this all true?"

"Yes."

Even at Cheon Woojin's short answer, the Righteous Will Unit Commander did not care. He was a man with a way of thinking that was thoroughly based on ability.

"Even if you lie, it will all be revealed later. This is your last chance, so speak properly. Is it all true?"

"It is true."

Cheon Woojin answered as if he were annoyed.

At that, the Righteous Will Unit Commander's gaze turned to the report again.

"It was a mission to diate a dispute over passage fees between the Yicheng Escort Agency and Heungsan Fortress. Right?"

"Yes."

"But the trash-like bandits attacked first, and you killed them all and then went to Heungsan Fortress and subjugated all fifty bandits, including the leader. Right?"

"Yes."

The scene beca very noisy. A scale of fifty people would be nothing more than a last-place in the Green Forest, but still, the Green Forest was the Green Forest.

It was not a level that two re newcors could subjugate.

However, the Righteous Will Unit Commander's continued words were even more surprising.

"After the subjugation, you passed through a village with a plague. And it turned out it wasn't a plague, but poison. The guy who sprinkled the poison was the Poisonous Hand. No, was this bastard still alive?"

"W-what did you say?"

Everyone was surprised, but especially Tang Soyeon of the Sichuan Tang family was startled and approached Cheon Woojin. She, who had grabbed Cheon Woojin's sleeve, looked straight up at him with her unique light green pupils and asked.

"Where did you see him? What did he look like? No, you t that person, but how on earth..."

"Tang Soyeon."

The Righteous Will Unit Commander's cold voice cut her off.

Only then did Tang Soyeon, who had co to her senses, bow her head to Cheon Woojin and the Righteous Will Unit Commander in turn.

"...I'm sorry. I was so surprised."

"Go back to your seat. If you have any personal questions, ask them after work."

The Righteous Will Unit Commander, who knew the story of the Poisonous Hand and the Tang family, did not scold her any further.

Soon, the Righteous Will Unit Commander's words continued.

"Anyway. Although he missed the Poisonous Hand, he solved the plague. And he found a Small Pill there. He returned it to Shaolin, and on the way..."

The Righteous Will Unit Commander's gaze turned to Jin Yun.

At that, Jin Yun himself told what had happened.

Because it was too embarrassing to say it through soone else's mouth.

Those who were curious about Jin Yun's ssy appearance finally nodded their heads.

"...So that's what happened. Young hero Jin Yun. You have worked very hard."

"To think that Taoist Jin Yun's handso face is so damaged. How hard it must have been. My heart aches."

But, the interesting thing was that there were far more people who comforted Jin Yun than those who praised Cheon Woojin and Song Yiyeon.

The reason was simple. Cheon Woojin was an outsider in the core group of his peers, and Jin Yun was a mber of the Dragon and Phoenix Society, along with Nangong Jin and Tang Soyeon.

The Dragon and Phoenix Society was a social gathering made up of outstanding rising talents under the age of thirty, and most of them were from the Five Great Families or the Nine Sects One Gang.

As is often the case with social gatherings, the many seniors and juniors who had joined the Dragon and Phoenix Society would push and pull each other.

In other words, it was the most solid and certain line that a rising talent of the white path could aim for.

At that sight, the Righteous Will Unit Commander clicked his tongue.

"Tsk, everyone has lost their minds."

"..."

The Dragon and Phoenix Society liked masters, and naturally, those who had joined the alliance with good results in the selection exam would all receive an invitation to join.

However, there were also very rare cases of those who did not, and in the current era, Cheon Woojin and Song Yiyeon were like that, and in the past, the Righteous Will Unit Commander was like that.

The reason was simple. Because they had offended the core figures of the Dragon and Phoenix Society.

The Righteous Will Unit Commander pointed at Cheon Woojin and Song Yiyeon.

"The two of you have achieved a contribution that goes beyond the line of the mission. So I will report it separately to the higher-ups and give you a separate reward..."

It was then.

A man approached like a shadow.

Although his back was sowhat bent and his hair was white-gray, the intelligence in his pupils was such that one would believe he was a young man who had just passed twenty.

The Righteous Will Unit Commander's face, who had discovered him, was montarily filled with annoyance and then disappeared.

"What brings the hall master here?"

"Hehe, I ca to see our lovely children's faces."

It was none other than the head of the personnel hall.

He had a satisfied smile and looked at the newcors of the Martial Alliance, and then said sothing in the Righteous Will Unit Commander's ear.

Of course, as befitting the cautious head of the personnel hall, he did not forget to secretly spread a ki barrier to block the sound.

The Righteous Will Unit Commander, who was listening to the story, glanced at Cheon Woojin and Song Yiyeon with a serious face.

Soon, after the head of the personnel hall's words ended.

"No, what kind of bullshit...!"

"Hmm?"

"Ahem, is it a strange story? First, praise what is to be praised, and if it becos a problem, later, separately..."

"Ahem."

For a mont, the head of the personnel hall's gaze sank low.

At that, the Righteous Will Unit Commander shut his mouth, but he was still panting as if he were angry.

"It's not a story to be told in front of the children. So send those two to

right away."

The head of the personnel hall, who said so, imdiately turned his body as if the Righteous Will Unit Commander's opinion was not important.

The Righteous Will Unit Commander muttered sothing with his mouth shape.

'That son of a bitch, really...'

The regrettable thing was that the Righteous Will Unit Commander's mouth shape was so accurate that everyone except the head of the personnel hall, who had turned away, understood.

The atmosphere suddenly beca bleak.

Everyone had a sense of what was going on.

That the personnel hall was trying to find fault with sothing related to Cheon Woojin and Song Yiyeon.

Nangong Jin thought inwardly.

'Is the Dragon and Phoenix Society already checking Cheon Woojin? Or is it the Green Forest?'

Since there were quite a few possibilities, it was difficult to guess.

It was then. The steps of the head of the personnel hall, who was moving away with light steps, suddenly stopped.

A man was approaching from in front of him.

He was a man with a distinct feature. He was bald.

The Righteous Will Unit Commander frowned as if his eyes were dazzled and then bowed his head politely. Unlike when he was dealing with the head of the personnel hall, it was a sincere greeting.

The benevolent-faced monk, who approached, radiating light, received the greeting by nodding his head and then said to the head of the personnel hall.

"What on earth is going on? What business does the personnel hall have to take the children?"

"...Ahem, what are you going to do with that?"

The head of the personnel hall's tone beca sowhat cautious.

No matter how great his power was within the alliance, the man in front of him was not just a bald man, but Myeongcheon, the head of the martial scripture hall, who was from the Eighteen Arhats of Shaolin.

The head of the martial scripture hall laughed freely and said.

"It's nothing else, I also have business with those children."

"You? Or the martial scripture hall?"

"It's a personal matter. A ssage ca from Shaolin, and it seems my grandmaster was very pleased to see those children and forgot to give them sothing."

At the head of the martial scripture hall's words, the head of the personnel hall's complexion hardened.

The head of the martial scripture hall, Myeongcheon, was a first-generation disciple of Shaolin.

His grandmaster would be the grandmaster of the current abbot, that is, it ant the 'Fa' generation.

There was only one monk of the 'Fa' generation in the current era.

"Well, if the personnel hall has business, take them first. I ca late, so it can't be helped. My grandmaster also said it wasn't an urgent matter."

The head of the martial scripture hall said so.

For a mont, the head of the personnel hall, who was reminded of Grandmaster Fajin, stroked his insides.

He was one of the few elders to whom even the Alliance Leader, Beili Tian, would bow his back in half.

'Why on earth would he... to those young brats...'

The head of the personnel hall looked at Cheon Woojin and Song Yiyeon with a serious face and then shook his head. No matter how he thought about it, it was not sothing he should do while offending Grandmaster Fajin.

"No. Please take them first."

"Really? Wasn't it an important matter?"

"Of course not. I can talk to them next ti."

Of course, the next ti would never co.

(End of Chapter)