Monochrome Sovereign (Novel) - Chapter 113 - The Price of Insult (1)

Chapter 113 – The Price of Insult (1)

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Translated by Heavenly Cat

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A faint gladness bloomed on Muk Bi’s face.

“Young Master Yeon.”

“Huu, it’s exhausting.”

Kung!

The sound of the Crazy Dragon Axe striking the floor shook the entire top floor.

It was an unusual appearance. On top of that, striking the floor with a massive axe instantly made the atmosphere bloody.

Yeon Ho-jeong smacked his lips.

“I haven’t had a proper meal since dawn yesterday. My stomach skin is going to stick to my back.”

“Did you have a good trip?”

“Does it look like I had a good trip? I’m tired to death.”

Yeon Ho-jeong glanced at Murong Yeon-hwa and the dozen men and women.

Murong Yeon-hwa’s face hardened coldly. The young men and women flinched for a moment, but still had a rather nonchalant look.

Yeon Ho-jeong asked as if it were nothing.

“By the way, what is going on? Asking to apologize, telling to lick feet, all sorts of nonsense are coming out.”

Muk Bi bit her lip.

It was when she was about to quickly open her mouth.

“We meet again. It seems you plan to stay here for a few days.”

Yeon Ho-jeong turned his head.

Murong Yeon-hwa stood up.

“Come to think of it, that young lady was Young Master Yeon’s companion, right?”

Yeon Ho-jeong silently chuckled.

It was almost close to a sneer. Seeing that smile, the faces of the ten-odd men and women reddened.

However, Murong Yeon-hwa was calm. There was no agitation at all.

“That young lady made a bit of a mistake toward our party. However, since she seems to be a person so ignorant of the ways of the world…”

“Are you Muk Bi?”

“…?!”

“I never asked you a question. I am not in the mood to mix words with you right now, so don’t talk to me for no reason.”

Murong Yeon-hwa’s expression changed.

Although they were not in a relationship where it was easy to get close, he had shown his own courtesy until now. But not now. He was suddenly speaking in plain language.

“Those words just now, are you saying them to me?”

Yeon Ho-jeong’s eye light turned chilly.

Murong Yeon-hwa unknowingly flinched.

She was a heroine. She was not frightened even by Yeon Ho-jeong’s cold gaze.

However, her mouth did not easily open. Because she thought there was no need to provoke the opponent unnecessarily.

If she was insulted, she was insulted, but she would not act rashly anymore. It was an outstanding patience.

Yeon Ho-jeong asked Muk Bi.

“What is going on?”

Muk Bi could not easily open her mouth.

Yeon Ho-jeong gave a bitter smile.

“It seems your feelings are hurt a lot.”

“…Yes.”

She answered honestly. Yeon Ho-jeong liked Muk Bi’s honesty.

“I roughly know the revolving situation. You, did you make a mistake toward those people over there?”

Muk Bi’s face reddened again. She was angry.

“I… it is true that I made a mistake, but I think they were in the wrong first.”

In an instant, Ha Seok opened his mouth.

“That lowly thing is still…”

Kwang!

“Heok!”

Everyone on the top floor was startled.

Before anyone knew it, the Crazy Dragon Axe was embedded in the wall right next to Ha Seok. The embedded Crazy Dragon Axe couldn’t overcome its own weight and slowly slipped out, soon falling to the floor.

Kuung! Hudududuk!

The floor shook.

It was the same when he was holding it, but seeing it like this, one could tell how tremendous its weight was. At this level, it was almost marvelous that the durability of the inner wall didn’t burst open even after being embedded with the axe blade of the Crazy Dragon.

Of course, that was thanks to Yeon Ho-jeong’s internal energy operation. If he had resolved himself and swung it, one-fifth of the inner wall of the top floor would have already shattered into pieces.

“Lowly thing?”

Thud!

Three or four men and women sat down on the spot in fear.

Ha Seok swallowed dry saliva. He saw the illusion of the axe passing right in front of his nose.

If it had tilted even a little to the side, his entire body would have been ground away.

Yeon Ho-jeong spoke in a calm tone.

“Muk Bi is a person of the Yeon Clan. Even my father treats her as an honored guest, yet who dares to call her lowly. Are you planning to sneer that the Green Mountain Yeon Clan is lowly as well?”

The eyes of Murong Yeon-hwa and the children of the Trade Alliance widened.

Yeon Ho-jeong sneered coldly.

“A pig’s eyes only see pigs. Since your eyes are in that state, let alone enjoying glory, it would be fortunate if you don’t die a dog’s death while walking down the street.”

It was an insulting remark that pierced right into their ears. However, no one could utter a single word. Because they didn’t want that axe fallen on the floor to be swung at them.

“Let’s continue the story we were talking about. You said they made a mistake first?”

Muk Bi spoke stammeringly.

“I did not want to sit together with them.”

“Yet they kept asking to sit together?”

“Yes.”

“Who?”

Muk Bi unknowingly looked at Dong So-bang. Following Muk Bi’s gaze, Yeon Ho-jeong’s gaze also headed toward her.

Dong So-bang’s face turned pale white.

There was no way a girl in her late teens who hadn’t learned a single handful of martial arts could handle Yeon Ho-jeong’s presence subtly spreading out.

Yeon Ho-jeong nodded.

“One bastard who can’t manage his snout, one damn bitch who bothered a person. First, I’ll beat the two of them to a pulp.”

Chill!

The atmosphere became even more bloody.

Beat to a pulp? It was a phrase only third-rate ruffians would use, but everyone could feel the terrifying meaning contained in those explicit words.

Dong So-bang unknowingly plopped down on her seat. Ha Seok was trying hard to adhere to an expressionless face, but his fingertips trembled minutely.

Tiger General of Green Mountain Yeon Ho-jeong.

He is the peak master who faced the Myeong Clan alone as the eldest son of the Green Mountain Yeon Clan. He didn’t bring down the Myeong Clan, but the hot-blooded warrior who played a decisive role in bringing down the Myeong Clan was precisely Yeon Ho-jeong.

He was called hot-blooded, but if things went wrong, he probably wouldn’t care about the front or back. Otherwise, why would he run wild saying he would face the Nine States Myeong Clan alone.

The eerie atmosphere spreading densely like fog overwhelmed the entire assembly.

Murong Yeon-hwa stepped forward.

“Young Master Yeon. Surely you are not taking this matter…”

“Shut your mouth.”

Yeon Ho-jeong openly frowned.

“I am holding back looking at your father.”

“Wh-What did you say?”

“The reason I am not smashing you to pieces first is because of your father. But if you test my patience one more time, I won’t show mercy whether it’s the Murong Clan or whatever.”

Murong Yeon-hwa’s eyes turned cold.

‘How dare he!’

To say such words in front of everyone, she couldn’t believe it even before getting angry.

“You…”

“So, what did that damn bitch do?”

He completely ignored Murong Yeon-hwa. Meaning he didn’t even want to mix words anymore, her face eventually heated up red.

Muk Bi sighed.

“No. Let’s stop now.”

“Stop? Why?”

Muk Bi spoke with a confused face.

“I don’t necessarily want to make the matter big. It seems meaningless.”

“Meaningless?”

“I was angry, but… they are already all scared, aren’t they. There is no need to drive an arrow into the chests of terrified people.”

It was a metaphor truly like her.

However, her words seemed to have touched the pride of some of the children of the Trade Alliance.

“How dare you ignore us!”

Not ‘me’, but ‘us’. Even while getting angry, they were subtly showing signs of being together.

“Is the Green Mountain Yeon Clan everything! This is Zhejiang! Even if it is the Six Great Clans of the Jianghu, do you think you will be safe!”

It was tremendous confidence.

The Six Great Clans of the Jianghu were not counted just because their martial arts were a bit strong. Martial arts were natural, and a reputation no less than martial arts was important.

They knew that the Green Mountain Yeon Clan had the weakest power among the Six Great Clans.

However, there was one thing they overlooked.

Even if their power was weak, the Chivalrous Name of the Green Mountain Yeon Clan contended for the top among the Six Great Clans. It was like that even before Yeon Ho-jeong faced the Myeong Clan.

Those who only encountered rumors and had not properly experienced the world. They sneered at Muk Bi for not knowing the ways of the world, but the ones actually ignorant of the ways of the world were themselves.

“Did you see?”

“…”

“Those things are those kind of bastards. Rat bastards who don’t know how wide the world is. They are things that don’t even have the brains to think it strange that the descendant of the Murong Clan is quietly keeping her mouth shut.”

It was a spectacle getting more and more interesting.

They were about to burst into angry shouts again, but suddenly looked at Murong Yeon-hwa. They felt something from Yeon Ho-jeong’s words.

Murong Yeon-hwa’s face was heated up red.

“The bastards living in the Jianghu are all like that. Even if they forget a grace, they never forget a grudge. Those bastards are the same. If you let them go without properly teaching them manners, they will make your head hurt someday.”

“…”

“Even so, do you want to end it here?”

Muk Bi nodded. She looked tired for some unknown reason.

“I don’t want to squabble anymore with people who don’t even know martial arts.”

Yeon Ho-jeong smiled.

“That’s good too.”

“…Yes?”

“Because of that nature of yours, there will definitely be a moment you will regret someday. But I respect your choice. There must be gentle people like you in this world too.”

Confusion dwelled on Muk Bi’s face.

She couldn’t figure out what was what.

“Then I…”

“However, do not worry too much. I will look after your back. Even if you regret it, I will become a prop so that you do not collapse because of that regret. I didn’t bring you with me without that much resolve.”

Muk Bi’s eyes wavered.

Yeon Ho-jeong patted Muk Bi’s shoulder.

“They say a person grows amidst relationships and conflicts. You held back well.”

Yeon Ho-jeong, who had treated Muk Bi with a smile, turned his body.

In the two eyes of him who turned his body, Ghost Fire was wavering.

“Then shall we talk amongst ourselves?”

Muk Bi was flustered.

“Wh-Why are you like that?”

“Unlike you, my innate nature is dirty.”

“Yes?”

“I have a personality that cannot move on without at least slapping the cheeks of the bastards who threatened and mocked my person.”

Ha Seok gritted his teeth.

“Look here, Yeon…”

Peoeok!

Ha Seok was stuck into the wall without even being able to scream.

“Kyaaaak!”

“Heok!”

The eyes of Ha Seok stuck in the wall were hazy. His body, which had been shivering, slid down. Three or four white teeth flowed out from his blood-covered mouth.

It was a realm where true qi dwelled in every single strand of muscles in the entire body. Even without opening an internal energy method, he could break a tree with a single punch.

Since he slapped his cheek with that power, it was fortunate that he didn’t die.

However, Yeon Ho-jeong had no intention of ending it with that.

“Who told you to faint as you please.”

Yeon Ho-jeong, who trudged over and grabbed Ha Seok by the collar to lift him, swung his hand again.

Peoeok! Peoeok!

“Keuak!”

He regained his consciousness in an instant, but he would have rather preferred not to.

Ha Seok’s face became a mess in an instant. A few more teeth broke, and both his cheeks were torn, leaving ugly wounds. His right eye also swelled up in an instant.

Yeon Ho-jeong’s killing-intent-filled eye light stared at Ha Seok’s eyes.

Extreme fear dwelled on Ha Seok’s face.

“S-Spare…”

Peoeoeok!

Ha Seok, who was stuck into the wall once again, lost consciousness. Perhaps even if he wakes up again, he will tremble just hearing the ‘Yeon’ character of Yeon Ho-jeong.

Yeon Ho-jeong looked at Dong So-bang.

Dong So-bang hiccupped.

“I, I am… of the Great Heaven Gold Room…”

“Great Heaven Gold Room? Is that a Zhejiang specialty dish?”

Peoeoeok!

“Keok!”

Yeon Ho-jeong had no mercy.

The process of beating a sturdy young man half to death was also terrible, but the sight of making a young woman into a pulp truly didn’t seem like something happening in reality.

Thump! Thump! Crack!

Dong So-bang collapsed on the spot.

Neither Ha Seok nor Dong So-bang died. However, he gave them ugly wounds to the point they wouldn’t be able to carry their faces around for the rest of their lives.

It was a cruel hand.

Regardless of the opponent’s status, he beat an ordinary person who didn’t even know martial arts half to death. It was a merciless assault unbefitting the Chivalrous Name of the Tiger General of Green Mountain.

Yeon Ho-jeong looked back at the remaining people.

Tseutseutseutsu.

The killing intent of the Dark Emperor was loaded into his eye light that shone blue like the eyes of a ghost.

“Heoeok!”

They unknowingly fell to their knees. Strength naturally drained from their legs.

Yeon Ho-jeong, who glared at them for a long while, looked at Murong Yeon-hwa.

Murong Yeon-hwa was trembling. Her two eyes blazed with anger.

“You, made a mistake.”

“Explain.”

“What?”

Yeon Ho-jeong pointed his hand at the kneeling children of the Trade Alliance.

“I told you to explain the reason you touched Muk Bi using these half-baked fools.”