The World of Sound - Chapter 112



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Not long after the news spread that the Black Panthers had fallen into the hands of some people, a huge explosion shook Ansunhyeon.

It was a noise that occurred in the garden of Hyeonwolmun, who had been eyeing the top of the Black Panther and stretching out his hand.

However, no one knew what happened inside.

Startled by the sudden loud noise, I went outside to check the grounds of Hyeonwolmun, but since no one dared go inside, I just thought that another big fight had broken out.

Because it was that kind of time.

Also, it was a time when people could easily be ruined by curiosity.

That is why no one approached the grounds of the Hyeonwolmun Gate until news was delivered by the victor.

Rather, he would often lock the door and force himself to divert his mind as if he would never get involved, so it was only after a loud noise and about half an hour later that he learned of the incident at Hyeonwolmun.

“The black panther and the Hyeonwolmun symbolized the two sides?”

“It doesn’t seem to be a double-crossing scheme. The Hyeonwolmun has disappeared, but the new owner of the Black Panthers has also suffered great damage.”

“So what happens now?”

“What will happen? Would a pack of lynxes just sit still? They’ll pounce when they see the moment. Either way, they’ll end up falling into the hands of the Black Dog Alliance.”

However, there were many parts of the rumor that were different from the truth.

It is said that the new owners of the Hyeonwolmun and Heukpan upper part clashed and suffered great damage to each other.

Of course, it was false information intentionally leaked by Cheonhwa.

So that the rest of them will move.

Normally, it would have been a trick that would have gone unnoticed by many people, but the reason it worked was simple.

Because there are no witnesses.

Not only was there no one who watched the battle, but no one even looked inside the manor, and above all, the Hyeonwol sect members hid and fled as if they were running away in broad daylight.

The people who had been arrogantly acting like kings in the area were destroyed, so others were ashamed and covered their faces and fled to secluded places.

Because of this, the garden of Hyeonwolmun suddenly became completely empty as if all the people had evaporated.

Since the Cheonhwa had been running wild and flashy, it was impossible to infer the nature of the battle from the remaining debris, so sending someone to confirm the facts would have been meaningless.

“My lord, they have started to move.”

In the meantime, the Black Panthers had also locked their doors tightly and intentionally strengthened their security, so it was perhaps natural that they would move according to Cheonhwa’s intentions.

Because you probably thought of it as an opportunity.

Although they only have speculation, they believe that if they step forward in a situation where Hyunwolmun is gone and the new owner of the Black Panther top is also injured, they will be able to swallow up Hyunwolmun’s interests and the Black Panther top without much effort.

And that was, of course, what Cheonhwa had hoped for.

“Did it just move?”

“No. As the Lord of the Upper House said, I claimed that I was a member of the same Black Alliance and wanted to take revenge on the Hyeonwolmun.”

“All three?”

“yes.”

“So, you declared war?”

“Yes.”

Shhh

The corners of Cheonhwa’s mouth twisted wickedly when he heard that report.

Although Hyunwolmun was acting as Ansunhyeon’s subordinate, he did not have complete control.

Although each of them was inferior to the Hyeonwol Gate, there were three groups of Sapa that were equally as powerful, and even if only two of them were combined, they would have enough power to crush the Hyeonwol Gate.

However, the reason Hyunwolmun was able to rise to power was because they were all guys full of greed.

Rather than joining forces to share the interests, they were the ones who were looking for an opportunity to increase their power a little more to surpass Hyunwolmun and monopolize all the interests. So, even at the top of the previous Black Panther faction, instead of watching from a neutral position, they wanted to push Hyunwolmun and solidify their position.

Those guys started to move when they heard the news about Hyeonwolmun.

It was a misjudgment made because I didn’t know the situation or the identity of this person.

It was unclear whether they would each draw out their hidden strength or try to combine their strength this time, but naturally, Cheonhwa showed no reaction.

“What should we do? Should we gather the upper ranks of warriors?”

“Okay. It’s basically over already.”

“……yes?”

They declared war, but it was like their will.

“No. Gather all the available personnel and divide them into the three sects. We’ll need a lot of hands to clean up. Scrape every last grain of rice away.”

Three Sapas with power and influence comparable to that of the Hyeonwolmun Gate.

Bukgungyeon, Noeryeong, and Muoh were already out near their estate.

I had instructed them to rush in immediately once they declared war and gathered their men, so perhaps they would have already finished clearing everything out.

Then all that’s needed is some cleanup.

Cheonhwa immediately mobilized all the Black Panthers, regardless of whether they were unmanned or not, and sent them to the top of each sect, ordering them to scrape up everything they had.

***

The Cheonhwa and Heukpan upper group easily took over Ansunhyeon.

It was natural that great chaos would occur when the four Safa forces that had been terrorizing the city disappeared at once, but surprisingly, Ansunhyeon became more peaceful than before.

It was only natural, since all the rampaging guys had disappeared and there were no ones to take their place.

Because among the four groups of people who were defeated individually within a matter of seconds of the start of the fight, there were some top-level masters who would not be missed anywhere in Guizhou Province.

Besides, the Black Panthers are basically a group of merchants.

Even though they dealt in special Yunnan products, they didn’t run the business solely on that, so they couldn’t stand up to civilians.

After all, they are also valuable customers.

Also, their biggest worry has disappeared since Cheonhwa has no intention of transforming the Black Panthers into a military group.

Protection tax.

The huge amount of protection money that the Sapha sects had been collecting under the pretext of protecting them from chaos had disappeared.

No matter how much Cheonhwa values ​​money, he had no interest in extorting people who weren’t even martial artists.

Thanks to this, the name at the top of the Black Panther rose significantly.

It is said that it is a place that is not only strong, but also knows how to take care of the people’s livelihood and knows negotiation.

Perhaps even more so than those who are considered the current political party.

The rumor spread quickly, and the Hyeonwol disciples who had fled from the estate also went looking for the Heukdo Alliance.

Since the base of the alliance has not been completely established yet, I only visited one of the sects that claimed to be the leader, but since their intentions were not much different from those of the Black Alliance, I wanted to ask for revenge.

They moved them by putting forth the excuse that touching them, who had already joined the Black Alliance, was the same as touching the Black Alliance itself.

“It’s been a while, Cheonhwa-nim.”

“Oh, you came quickly?”

And after a while, someone came looking for the black panther top and the heavenly flower.

The first person to seek him out was not the Jeongcheon Alliance or the Heukdo Alliance, but the Haomen Alliance.

Mayeryeong.

He came here immediately after receiving Cheonhwa’s letter.

“You should hurry. I heard that Lord Cheonhwa is taking over the Black Panther Group and conducting trade with the Namman Beast Palace.”

It was only natural that he was in such a hurry that he didn’t even have time to touch up his usually neat and tidy appearance.

She was currently in charge of the dark side and black spots, and the spirit herbs and internal medicine imported from the Southern Manchu Palace were very precious items.

Moreover, it was right to put everything aside and come running, as it might now be possible to supply it in large quantities and in a stable manner.

In fact, Cheonhwa had already sent someone to the Nanman Beast Palace with the letter he had personally written and the certificate he had received from Mengpa.

The content was that, as brothers, they wanted to receive the elixirs collected within their territory.

Of course, if it was a small amount, they could receive it for free, but since they wanted to make proper deals and sell in large quantities in the future, they were also in the process of selecting the items they needed while staying at the Namman Beast Palace and organizing a separate shipment.

Although they packaged it as a display of brotherly love and consideration for one another, closer to bartering than trading, they had no doubt that it would work.

Because that’s the kind of place the Namman Wild Beast Palace is.

They wouldn’t be able to obtain the grandiose spirits and inner altars, but even if they could obtain a large amount of the spirits that they treated as waste, they would be able to make a decent living.

“Hehehe. Then, without going around and around, shall we start negotiations right away?”

He intended to let the Black Panthers reap the huge profits and continue to take a portion of them himself, but the amount was so huge and the value so great that it was difficult for the Black Panthers to absorb it all.

There was no proper sales channel at the moment, and it would not be easy to be safe from the threats from the surroundings if he left.

Although the Black Sword Alliance and the Jeongcheon Alliance would not kill the goose that laid the golden eggs, there were some who wanted to make a killing, so they contacted Haomun.

However, the content of the negotiation is not to entrust the sale as a whole as before.

The sales are done on top of the black market, but they act as the intermediary?

This would allow us to significantly reduce our fees, and we also asked them to solve a series of problems that arose during the transaction process.

From storing and managing elixirs to connecting with buyers and assisting with other upper-level tasks and securing business partners.

In fact, these were conditions that went beyond just joining Haomun, but Ma Ye-ryeong readily accepted all of them.

Nevertheless, it was a deal that would bring great benefits and profits to Haomun, and it was a good opportunity to strengthen the relationship with Cheonhwa.

Since the Haomen’s unmanned personnel were there to protect the Black Panthers in case of emergency, it was safe to leave this place immediately.

If we look at the military power alone, the Gupaeilbang and the Odaese are not comparable, but if we consider the enormous numbers, information power, capital power, and other factors of the Haomun, not even the Black Sword Alliance or the Jeongcheon Alliance could recklessly attack the Haomun.

It was believable, as it was the driving force that allowed Haomen to continue on its own path without joining the Black Sword Alliance or the Heavenly Alliance.

On the other hand, if Haomen was in danger, there was a condition that Cheonhwa had to step forward as an ally, but it was not difficult.

Because he was not a heavenly flower that would be afraid or hesitate no matter who attacked him.

In this way, an alliance was formed between the Black Panthers and Haomen, who had incomparable differences in weight class, on equal footing.

Haomen immediately made the fact widely known, and only then was Tianhua able to leave Anshun County with peace of mind.

“You already left? Shouldn’t you have sent a message in advance that we were coming?”

“Yes. I definitely told you… … He left after telling me to come to him in person if you have any business.”

It was for this very reason that the messengers sent from the Jeongcheon Alliance and the Heukdo Alliance visited the Black Panther Alliance late, but had no choice but to return empty-handed.

“Search for his location! We must meet him before those guys do. Absolutely!”

So now that they could no longer directly touch the top of the Black Panther, the bodies of both Jeongcheonmaeng and Heukdomaeng became even hotter.

If you can meet and negotiate with your opponent before they do, you can get a big lead if you can just obtain exclusive trading rights, even if it is difficult to get them to join the alliance.

They each mobilized all their intelligence to find and track the location of Cheonhwa, and at that moment, Cheonhwa landed in a quite familiar place.

“Hmm. So it sold?”

We passed by Guiyang County, the capital of Guizhou Province, which was our original target.

There, he went to find the Haomen branch and hand over the cart full of spirits, but now there was no need to do so.

Also, since Mayeryeong had promised to establish a branch larger than Gwiyang-hyeon in Ansun-hyeon, where the Black Panthers were located, there would be no need for future visits, and the Black Panthers would not have to risk moving items all the way to Gwiyang-hyeon, which was quite a distance away.

The place we walked to was Gaeyanghyeon, but we stopped by a place before that.

This is where he and his master stayed.

I visited the place where my damn master ran away with all his money and even sold his house.

“I had hoped for something, but it was a waste of time.”

Of course, it’s not to recall the memories I made with my master there.

As the saying goes, the darkest place is under the lamp, so I looked for him because I suspected that his master had simply dazzled my gaze and then secretly returned to play around.

“Eun-gong. Something is strange.”

“That’s true.”

However, I did not feel any energy that was supposed to be from my master.

It may have been because he had controlled his energy well, but even if he was a master, it was impossible to deceive Cheonhwa’s energy sense.

Because of that, I had to avoid my master and even run away.

However, I was able to discover something strange.

Even Bukgungyeon couldn’t express it in words, but he felt a strange sensation.

And of course, Cheonhwa knew where that feeling of strangeness came from.

“My intelligence has declined greatly. Hmm. Wasn’t it like this when I left?”

The intelligence and natural surroundings have dried up.

When he finished his training and left, it was not like this, and rather, it was a place that was rich, but it had become more desolate and barren than a city.

“I think it’s their doing.”

It was never a natural phenomenon.

It was clear that someone had tampered with the veins or used some strange magic to make it like this.

And the aura of those presumed to be the beasts was felt somewhere familiar in the mountains.

– Save… me… and… give me…

The new form of Cheonhwa flew up, stepping on Muoh’s back, along with the resentment of some things carried by the wind.

He shot with a stern expression towards the beings who possessed pure yet sinister power.