Return of the Mount Hua Sect Novel Translation

Chapter 1939. There’s No Need to Understand. (4) The meeting that followed did not last very long. It could hardly have gone otherwise. For a meeting to drag on, there had to be arguments. But in an atmosphere where no one besides Un Am could bring themselves to speak, all that remained was one-sided communication. As a result, the sect leaders gathered at Mount Hua agreed, for the efficient and effective restoration of the martial world, to establish a communication network and command structure centered around Mount Hua. There would still need to be further discussion regarding the practical details, but those would gradually be put in place. Provided, of course, that the countless talented minds under Heaven were not simply eating and loafing around. [tl note: 놀고먹다 is a Korean idiom meaning “to idle one’s life away without doing any productive work.” It is often used sarcastically.] “Tsk. That ended a little too tamely.” Standing in the now-empty training ground after...

Chapter 1938. There’s No Need to Understand. (3) Kaaaanng! The peal of metal crashing against metal rang thunderously throughout Mount Hua. Ordinarily, it would have been a sound no one gave a second thought to. Those gathered here, as the saying went , had all made their living on the blade . The sounds of weapons were as familiar and as natural to them as the chirping of insects in the grass. [tl note: 칼밥을 먹고 살다 . “to live by eating knife-rice” is a Korean idiom meaning to make one’s living through fighting or martial arts. It does not literally refer to eating with a knife.] But now, things were different. ‘What in the world is happening?’ They could not see. Although they were separated by no more than a dozen zhang, yet with their abilities they could not discern what was taking place atop the training ground. [tl note: A dozen zhang is roughly thirty-six meters.] All they could do was infer from the intermittent sounds of clashing weapons that something terr...

Chapter 1937. There’s No Need to Understand. (2) It hurts. It hurt so much it was enough to drive one mad. Had so many people not been watching, he would have clutched his face and rolled across the ground. That is how much it hurt. “Keuugh...” They said that when pain became too great, even a scream would no longer come out. At this moment, the Phantom Divine Lord was realizing that saying was true. Why did this pain feel so unfamiliar? Just then, Cheong Myeong’s voice pierced his ears. “It hurts, doesn’t it?” There was unmistakable mockery in his voice. “What was it you said again? How many years did you spend in closed-door cultivation? Since you were already someone who used to swagger around like a big shot even before that, let’s see... Then it must’ve been at least thirty years since you last had a proper fight.” “.....” “I suppose that’s long enough to forget what pain feels like.” The pain remained as intense as ever. But after hearing words like that i...