Book 2 Chapter 11

The journey of the two people began.

"I refuse confessions."

Bilyeon said.

"What?"

"Don't stare at me like that. It's embarrassing!"

These words were directed at Jang Woogang, who was staring at him blankly as if he had seen a ghost. Jang Woogang was like a completely bewildered person, his mind lost, swimming diligently in a mysterious sea where the land of answers could not be seen. However, it seemed that the clue to the answer could not be found, and his face was about to drown in the middle of this mysterious sea. He could not believe this fact at all.

"H-how are you alive?"

Jang Woogang's tongue seemed to have frozen from shock, making it difficult for him to speak properly.

"Huh? When was I ever dead? I don't remember that."

As Bilyeon gestured as if hearing absurd things for obvious reasons, Jang Woogang's face contorted instantly. Bilyeon smiled as he looked at his crumpled face, like a failed work of a poet.

"Don't make such an obvious disappointed face. I have a good gift instead."

He had just finished checking the goods at Hwaseongru and returned to the Yangpyo Guild members who were about to go to bed. Everyone thought he was dead. They were thinking whether he dared to defy the taboos of Yeomdo and, on top of that, add insult to injury by hoping to survive. Death was considered a natural course of events. However, Bilyeon had suddenly returned to life, arrogantly ignoring the predetermined schedule of fate and kicking the grim reaper without consulting God, drastically changing the schedule.

The expressions of those who saw him were truly laughable. Someone broke their teacup in their hand with regret. Someone who sent their documents flying in the wind and would take a long time to retrieve them. Someone who left a diagonal ink stain on their papers while organizing documents with a brush and had to rewrite them. And someone who cut their hand on the weapon they were wiping. Everyone was driven into a frenzy as if they had seen a ghost. As everyone stared at Bilyeon with faces like they had seen something that didn't exist, Bilyeon felt awkward.

"Ah, I have someone to introduce. I will introduce the person who will join our escort mission today and travel with us to Namchang."

"Who said you could!"

Before Bilyeon could finish his introduction, Jang Woogang roared. He was already furious that he had returned safely, but now Bilyeon was trying to go further, so it was understandable that his temper flared. His face was pale from the aftereffects of the shock from earlier, but fortunately, his life was not in danger. However, his qi and blood were disturbed, and he needed absolute rest for a while.

"This is not your guild. The owner of our Yangpyo Guild is my father, and the person in charge of this escort mission is also my father. This is not a place where you can bring in just anyone you want."

"Y-Young Master!"

Deungyeoho tried to stop Jang Woogang, who was looking wildly with his eyes flipped, but it was no use. Jang Woogang seemed to be blind. Otherwise, he wouldn't have acted so recklessly in front of Bilyeon, whom even the national leader Jang Wooyang took care to treat with caution.

"Really?"

"Of course. Not until dirt fills my eyes!"

He spoke carelessly, forgetting that the person standing before him had the personality and ability to actually carry out his words if pushed. For Bilyeon, there was nothing he couldn't do or avoid. He had barely survived under the terrifying power of Hongyeomjang of Yeomdo, but he was still digging his own grave without regaining his senses.

"Really? You'll regret it…"

"Of course."

Jang Woogang remained stubborn and resolute, still not knowing his place. However, fortunately for the Jang family of the Yangpyo Guild, Bilyeon refused Jang Woogang's request to put dirt in his eyes. Instead, what he did was call out to a person waiting outside the door.

"Come in!"

Bilyeon shouted with a face full of joy. And when one person entered, everyone was astonished and had to go through the process of confirming whether they were truly present in their current life. A moment later, the Yangpyo Guild members had to pinch their cheeks and shed tears. They had all pinched and twisted their cheeks with all their might.

Among them, the most surprised person was none other than Jang Woogang. It was understandable that he was surprised, given his recent brush with death for the sin he committed against Yeomdo. He was so tense that he couldn't feel the sensation from his twisted and pinched cheek, and his knees were weak, making it difficult to stand properly. Furthermore, his tongue, frozen like a frozen pollack, didn't function, frustrating its owner.

"T-this person is…"

"Ah, the random guy that Young Master Jang mentioned earlier!"

Bilyeon said with a smile. Jang Woogang thought that no evil spirit's wicked and sinister smile could compare to Bilyeon's smile at that moment. And he regretted his futile, illusory pride and recklessness, beating the ground.

The attitude and treatment towards Bilyeon changed by 180 degrees. It was the same for Yeomdo. No, considering Yeomdo's reputation and position in the martial world, it was a natural treatment, and rather, because of that, the attitude towards Bilyeon turned into VIP treatment, enviable even by royalty.

The story ended with the appearance of Yeomdo. There was no need to waste any more words. Who would dare to displease Yeomdo? It was an unthinkable ambition. Jang Woogang was still mute like a person with their tongue in their mouth due to the shock at that time. Bilyeon regretted not being able to point at Yeomdo in front of Jang Woogang and say, "He is fully capable of putting dirt in your eyes, please greet him." Jang Woogang's mental activity had ceased with Yeomdo's appearance, and he was in a state of being unresponsive to external stimuli.

Yeomdo received a warm welcome. Which escort mission would not welcome such a master as Yeomdo accompanying them? Just by being there, he was a highly effective insecticide and shield that repelled the swarms of flies attracted to the goods. Yeomdo had the ability to make bandit groups flee with all their might just by his appearance.

Of course, it was uncertain when their strong protector might turn into a destroyer of casualties, but since there was no other choice, such worries were unnecessary. Jang Wooyang and the rest of the Yangpyo Guild members bowed at a right angle to welcome Yeomdo, and from then on, Yeomdo set out for Namchang with Bilyeon. Although this trip to Namchang was not part of Yeomdo's plan, a promise was a promise, so he had to keep it while suppressing his resentment.

Yeomdo was not so shameless as to try to nullify a promise he had made by exploiting an opportunity for a reversal. As could be seen from the taboos he set and whether he enforced them, he was a simple and stubborn person who kept and fulfilled promises once made as firmly as iron. Thus, finally, the journey of the two people began.