Return of the Mount Hua Sect Novel Translation

Chapter 12. I Can’t Do This Anymore. Seriously. (2) “Get in there, you wretch!” “Aaagh!” The boy who was thrown into the jail rolled across the ground and sprang back up as if bouncing. But before he could even fully turn his body, the jail door slammed shut. The boy—Seok Hanbin—quickly clung to the bars and shouted. “No! Why are you locking up an innocent person!” “Haha. Innocent? Then you’re saying you’ve never eaten up Lord Song’s money?”   “How is that even a crime! Those loan-sharking bastards—and the people behind them—they’re all the same! What’s so death-worthy about skimming a bit off that!” [tl note: 죽을죄. Literally ‘a crime worthy of death’ used rhetorically to protest excessive punishment.] “Tsk tsk. Such a brazen little brat. Go on, yap all you want. Last time it ended with a flogging, but it won’t be like that this time. At this rate, you’ll get penal servitude no matter what. You're going to have a tough time if you want to make it back alive.” [도형...

Chapter 11. I Can’t Do This Anymore. Seriously. (1) “Kweeeeeeek!” A squeal like a pig being slaughtered rang out.   “Good grief, he’s going to kill someone.” “Oh dear, how pitiful.” “He’s still a commoner. That’s too much.” The Mount Hua Sect disciples watching the scene tossed out those words carelessly, without a trace of emotion. “Rat bastards? Rat bastards? What kind of rat bastards go around looking for rat bastards!” “P-please spare us!” “Spare you? Hey, you punks. I’m a taoist—do you think I go around killing people? Do I look like some lunatic bastard who slaughters people whenever he feels like it?” “N-no! Not at all! Absolutely not! Thank you for sparing us, Taoist-nim!” “Who said I’d spare you? Who the hell told you to decide that on your own!” “Aaaaargh!” Cheong Myeong’s fist swung hard, snapping the jaws of the thugs sideways. “Tsk tsk. That’s a bit excessive.” “Then will you stop him?” “Ahem. Sometimes, excess is necessary.” Baek Cheo...

Chapter 10. This isn’t how this is supposed to go. (5) “Here it is.” After hearing the news, the others rushed over as well, and everyone gathered in front of the house the woman had led them to. “Then I’ll be on my way.” “Ah, wait—at least let us give you something in return—” “Oh, don’t worry about it. I just told you something everyone around here knows. Good luck with your business, Taoists.” “Yes. Thank you.” The disciples bowed deeply, then turned around. “So…” Their gazes shifted toward the house in front of them. “So this is where he lives?” “Uh… I think so.” “Here?” Baek Cheon’s eyes trembled. “Can someone even live in a place like this?” It was, quite literally, a thatched hut on the verge of collapse. No, calling it that felt off. One of the walls had already caved in halfway, with some reeds haphazardly covering it. Half-collapsed hut would’ve been more accurate. “A kid lives here alone… how could he live in a place like this?” Baek Cheon w...