Chapter 520

The white-haired old man appeared vigorous despite looking elderly.

However, he had hardly learned any martial arts. Seeming to have learned only longevity techniques, he was no different from an ordinary person.

Looking at the gentle smile he gave the children, no one would suspect him even if told he was just any grandfather.

However, he was probably the main culprit behind the bloodbath that had occurred in jianghu until now.

Jin Ja-gang silently observed the white-haired old man’s actions.

The white-haired old man asked each child about their recent situation and gave meticulous advice. And at the end, he always paid corresponding money as compensation.

The atmosphere was harmonious throughout. The children looked at the white-haired old man with sparkling eyes, and the white-haired old man was pleased, a smile constantly on his face.

The white-haired old man conversed with almost all the children.

One of the children kept glancing toward Jin Ja-gang.

“Lord Wang. Um… that older brother over there has been waiting.”

The white-haired old man stroked the child’s head.

“It’s fine. He’s an older brother who came to trade with me. What did I tell you to do when I trade?”

The children shouted.

“Not rushed!”

“Step by step!”

“You all remember well. Here you go.”

The white-haired old man gave money to each child who answered without being bothered.

One child said with bright eyes.

“That older brother definitely wants to complete a trade. That’s why he’s waiting without disturbing Lord Wang.”

The white-haired old man took out another coin and praised.

“Right. I don’t have to, but for that older brother it’s a trade he absolutely must do.”

“Is it a trade where Lord Wang loses out?”

“With the current conditions, probably so.”

The children looked puzzled.

“Why does that older brother try to meet Lord Wang recklessly without proper conditions?”

The white-haired old man answered with a smile.

“Most martial artists are like that. Childish and ignorant things that only fight and seek their existence in that. Usually they have no manners at all.”

At that moment.

The harmonious atmosphere disappeared as if washed away.

All the children glared at Jin Ja-gang.

It was an expression like looking at a thug threatening a good merchant to extort money.

Jin Ja-gang felt uncomfortable at the hostile gazes of the children who turned hostile in an instant.

“Still, among them, that older brother belongs to the better side. So now I must greet my guest. Go along now.”

“Thank you, Lord Wang!”

The children each politely greeted the white-haired old man and entered the estate.

The white-haired old man waved his hand smiling until the children were out of sight and said to Jin Ja-gang.

“Right now it’s just a few coins, but when those children grow up, they’ll bring me tens, hundreds of times that money. Moreover, those children will give me their full loyalty. This is a very high-return investment.”

Jin Ja-gang asked.

“I see you usually think poorly of martial artists?”

“When you hand over hard-earned money to swords and threats, and lose several businesses to violence, you naturally become that way.”

The white-haired old man looked back at Jin Ja-gang and said.

“At least you’re a bit different. You could have drawn me out by disrupting the order here. But you didn’t.”

Jin Ja-gang took out the reply from the Tang Family.

The white-haired old man smiled raising his lips.

“My decision to meet you wasn’t because the document you brought moved my interest. It’s because that document gave you the minimum qualification to meet me.”

Jin Ja-gang wasn’t surprised.

“I thought you would already know what it was.”

The Hungry Ghost King is a merchant.

If there’s no trade, he doesn’t meet the other party.

Knowing the other party is looking for him to kill him, would he stupidly appear saying “come and get me”!

Jin Ja-gang realized watching how Dunhuang operated. To meet the Hungry Ghost King, he had to trade with the Hungry Ghost King.

At least he had to show intent to trade.

However, he wouldn’t appear for just any conditions.

Jin Ja-gang wagered the maximum conditions he could offer to meet the Hungry Ghost King.

So what Jin Ja-gang requested from the Tang Family.

It was none other than the deed to the Tang Family Great Estate.

If this deed was accidentally lost or stolen, all the dependents of the Tang Family Great Estate would have to be thrown onto the streets in an instant!

The white-haired old man clasped his hands behind his back and laughed in admiration.

“I’m sincerely impressed. Both the one who asks for the deed at that moment, and the wife who immediately sends it when asked! We don’t have anyone like that on our side, both have extraordinary guts.”

The white-haired old man introduced himself.

“Let me introduce myself. I’m a person named Wang Yan who does business in Dunhuang. You call me the Hungry Ghost King.”

The Hungry Ghost King!

Finally, the white-haired old man revealed himself.

He had ultimately found the Hungry Ghost King.

Jin Ja-gang was swept up in a strange feeling. That such an ordinary old man was the one he met at the end of that long journey.

That the one who messed up jianghu and made people focus only on profit and loss was such an unremarkable old man!

Jin Ja-gang ground his teeth in anger. He was swept by an impulse to beat the old man to death right away.

However, Jin Ja-gang calmed his killing intent instantly to his own surprise and answered.

“I am Jin Ja-gang of Sichuan.”

“Sichuan…”

In that one word, all of Jin Ja-gang’s complex emotions were mixed.

Wang Yan sensed even the killing intent hidden in Jin Ja-gang’s tone but said without wavering at all.

“The deed to the Tang Family Great Estate is far insufficient to take my head. However, since you came all the way here, I’ll accept answers to a few questions.”

Unexpectedly, Jin Ja-gang immediately agreed to Wang Yan’s proposal.

“Good.”

Wang Yan extended his hand forward.

“Shall we talk while walking.”

Wang Yan left the estate and Jin Ja-gang followed behind.

Yeong-gwi was flustered, but seeing the Nameless Slave following from afar, moved along.

Wang Yan walked along the edge of the crescent moon-shaped spring with Jin Ja-gang. The water was so clear it was hard to believe it was in the middle of a desert.

Wang Yan said.

“If we go around this spring once, it will be about seven to eight hundred steps at my pace. That’s the time given to you. Once the walk ends, there will be no more chance to ask questions, so if you’re curious about anything, ask now. I’ll answer anything.”

Wang Yan’s steps weren’t fast. However, one brief moment would be more than enough to walk it.

Jin Ja-gang opened his mouth and asked.

“Have you met Taoist Haewol?”

Wang Yan answered without hesitation.

“Yes. However, he didn’t know that I was the person he was looking for. We probably met three or four times just passing by.”

As expected, Jin Ja-gang’s thinking was correct.

Since his outside and inside weren’t different, Immortal Moon Sea couldn’t recognize Wang Yan.

“I see.”

With those words, Jin Ja-gang closed his mouth for a long while.

“…”

Even though Wang Yan walked about three hundred steps and passed almost half around the spring, he didn’t ask anything.

“…”

“…?”

Yeong-gwi thought what is this now.

Why wasn’t Jin Ja-gang asking anything?

Clearly the Hungry Ghost King said he’d answer anything. Since he said his inside and outside weren’t different to the extent even Taoist Haewol couldn’t figure it out, he wouldn’t particularly speak falsehood either.

So why?

Yeong-gwi rather became impatient.

In truth, how many things did Jin Ja-gang have to ask.

From the start of the Hundred Flowers Valley incident to Taoist Haewol and Shaolin Temple, and up to Baek Li-jung’s martial arts tournament.

Everything was work that happened in the Hungry Ghost King’s hands.

If nothing else, he’s curious why he committed such acts. Perhaps that would be one of the things Jin Ja-gang would be most curious about too.

Yet to end with asking about Taoist Haewol.

Why?

When he asks he’ll answer, so is there a need to take the initiative in this situation!

However, Wang Yan was indifferent.

As if knowing Jin Ja-gang’s intention, he neither smiled nor urged.

The same expression as at first.

Great merchant…

The composure of a great merchant who experienced all kinds of storms and met countless types of people.

Even walking beside a master who could take his head with a flick of a finger, his expression didn’t change one bit…

The more the remaining distance decreased, the more Yeong-gwi sweated. Each step was like a life thread with little remaining.

The killing intent emitted from the pavilion gradually strengthened, and the Nameless Slave close by also gradually raised his internal energy.

Once the walk ended, all the masters would rush at Jin Ja-gang.

Looking at how confident he was, he clearly had confidence in defeating Jin Ja-gang.

Jin Ja-gang might not survive today.

Then shouldn’t they ask everything they’re curious about right now and flee! If Yeong-gwi blocked the rear, wouldn’t at least Jin Ja-gang survive somehow!

But Jin Ja-gang didn’t.

One step, one step.

Finally, until the walk was almost over, he didn’t utter a word.

Of course, Wang Yan was the same. He was just walking leisurely.

Terrible.

Yeong-gwi clenched her fist. Too terrible even if terrible. Whether frightened or having other thoughts, Jin Ja-gang being this terrible doesn’t solve anything!

Before they knew it, they had gone all the way around the crescent moon-shaped spring.

Now only one step remained.

Yeong-gwi’s whole body had goosebumps and hair standing on end from earlier.

The killing intent emitted from the four-story pavilion became even clearer now, as if blades poured from the air.

Even if Jin Ja-gang and Wang Yan who really walked leisurely as if strolling didn’t know, Yeong-gwi couldn’t endure anymore.

Yeong-gwi couldn’t stand it anymore and shouted.

“Poison Dragon! Is it all fine as long as you’re at peace? Did you forget the people who died for you to come here?”

What reacted to those words wasn’t Jin Ja-gang but Wang Yan.

Wang Yan stopped leaving one last step.

“Kekekeke! Kekeke!”

Wang Yan laughed madly enough for his belly button to fall out.

“Well well! That reckless girl’s words are refreshing beyond measure. What on earth is this pointless act.”

Wang Yan stopped and extended his hand to Jin Ja-gang.

“However, money has no emotions. A trade is a trade.”

Yeong-gwi thought Jin Ja-gang naturally wouldn’t give it. But Jin Ja-gang without much ado handed the deed of the Sichuan Tang Family to Wang Yan.

Yeong-gwi opened his mouth speechless.

Did he just ask one thing about Immortal Moon Sea and hand over the deed to the Tang Family Great Estate?

Even if all the dependents of the Tang Family Great Estate are thrown onto the streets, it doesn’t matter?

“Hey! Poison Dragon!”

Yeong-gwi shouted.

The Nameless Slave, who had only quietly followed until then, finally revealed his true colors.

“Shut up, noisy thing. Before I tear your mouth.”

Yeong-gwi ground his teeth and glared at the Nameless Slave, then looked at Jin Ja-gang again.

Wang Yan looked at Jin Ja-gang and smiled.

“Not good but it was an interesting trade.”

Jin Ja-gang also answered calmly.

“It was a good trade.”

As Wang Yan pocketed the deed to the Tang Family Great Estate and tried to take the last step, killing intent poured out intensely from the four-story pavilion.

Crackle!

Yeong-gwi trembled unable to endure the killing intent. Those in the pavilion aren’t ordinary masters.

Then.

“Ah.”

Wang Yan didn’t go as is but stopped again and turned his head.

“I’ll ask one thing too.”

Was even Wang Yan unable to hold back his curiosity?

When Jin Ja-gang stared without answering, Wang Yan smiled slightly.

“Of course it’s not free. I’ll spare the reckless girl’s life.”

“Ask.”

Yeong-gwi tried to shout, but the Nameless Slave emitted killing intent at Yeong-gwi. Yeong-gwi couldn’t make a sound.

Wang Yan asked.

“I just can’t understand, was that one question from before really worth exchanging for this Tang Family Great Estate deed?”

Jin Ja-gang waited a moment without answering, then asked back.

“Don’t you know why I came here?”

Wang Yan mocked Jin Ja-gang.

“I know. Wasn’t it to kill me. However, you must have many curiosities, can you just kill me?”

Then…

Jin Ja-gang smiled.

No longer hiding his killing intent, he looked straight at Wang Yan and bared his teeth.

“I’ve now confirmed your face.”