Chapter 573

**Chapter 573: The Lazy Advances (3)**

Where the storm passes, calm seems to remain.

But after the storm came the countercurrent.

The people of Luoyang, realizing that they had overcome a mortal crisis, wanted to share their experiences and what they had seen with their own eyes.

Perhaps it was their way of seeking relief. It is not easy to experience being on the verge of death without realizing it, and then being saved equally without noticing.

People crowded together as if bewitched.

And they began to recount what they had seen.

“It was at that moment!”

Among the crowd that packed the tavern, a powerful voice resonated.

“That green cloud!”

“Cloud? Can you call that a cloud? How are you going to call the smoke that was crawling on the ground a cloud?”

“It’s the most appropriate word.”

“That’s right. It really looked like a cloud.”

“Anyway, that green cloud began to advance towards us…”

The beggar who raised his voice to tell his story shook his head repeatedly.

“Ugh, I have never seen anything so terrifying in my life. I have traveled through entire villages and seen everything, but that scene…”

The beggar trembled as if shuddering just remembering it.

“Just looking at it, I thought, ‘Ah, just brushing against that I will die. If it touches me, I will have to go straight to see King Yama.’ And what could I do? I started thinking about all the sins I had committed. Upon reflection, I realized that I could not die. So I started running.”

Laughter broke out.

In the bustling atmosphere, the beggar took a long drink of wine, wiped his neck, and, wiping his mouth with his sleeve, continued:

“I ran until my legs bled. Well, actually my pants tore a little. As you can see, these pants are not in good condition. The crotch tore completely. Do you want me to show you?”

“Don’t show us anything, you bastard!”

“My eyes will burn! Don’t do it!”

The beggar stuck out his tongue.

“As if you live so clean. Anyway, I ran until my legs… I mean, my pants tore, but that damn cloud didn’t go away. On the contrary, it was getting closer. Behind me, the cloud was slowly advancing, crawling… ugh.”

The atmosphere became more and more intense.

“The closer it got, the more I realized. It wasn’t normal smoke. Of course, that was already visible to the naked eye, but as the smoke got closer… how to say it? That tingling sensation gradually filtered through my spine…”

The beggar, desperate, poured the wine down his throat and raised the empty bottle. Drops of wine fell slowly.

Making a sound with his tongue, the beggar glanced around furtively.

“My throat is dry and it’s hard for me to speak…”

“Ah, this shoddy beggar…! Take it!”

“Tavern keeper! Bring more wine! And roast a duck leg too!”

The beggar took the bottle, smiled maliciously, opened it, and took a drink.

“Ahhh, now I can talk.”

“Hurry up! Faster!”

“So, that tingling sensation in my back… Wow, I thought if it touched me, not even my bones would be left. And as expected, when I looked back, a dog that had not been able to escape was trapped…”

The beggar shuddered.

“It was the first time in my life that I saw something like that. The dog melted as if it was nothing.”

“Bah, what nonsense! How is a dog going to melt?”

“Huh?”

The beggar, frustrated, beat his chest.

“Were you there? You weren’t, were you?”

“Me? I… I wasn’t at the place…”

“Have you gone to the Righteous Martial Alliance?”

“No… I haven’t gone.”

“Then don’t talk!”

The beggar hit the bottle against the floor.

“Haven’t you seen how the great wall of the Righteous Martial Alliance was half melted?”

“…Really?”

“What good are words? You should see it with your own eyes. Surely someone who saw it is here.”

Sure enough, several hands went up.

“I saw it! It was completely destroyed!”

“I thought it had caught fire. But it was actually melted, melted!”

The beggar frowned, and whoever had interrupted lowered his head in silence.

“Anyway, then…”

The beggar took another drink and shuddered.

“I ran until the soles of my feet bled. But the distance was not reduced at all. Just when I thought, ‘I’m going to die. This is the end for me’…”

“It was him!”

“Yes, him!”

The beggar nodded.

“Exactly! Suddenly, someone jumped on the green poison cloud. Ah! Did anyone here see it?”

“I saw it!”

“Of course I saw it!”

The place was filled with commotion instantly. Everyone wanted to tell what they had seen. It was such a shocking scene that it couldn’t be otherwise.

“I thought he was crazy.”

“He wasn’t in his right mind! That wasn’t a place for that!”

“He must not be normal.”

If the protagonist had heard those comments, he would have foamed at the mouth and overturned the table. Was this the way to talk about someone who risked their life to save them?

The beggar chuckled.

He didn’t know why, but the situation seemed extremely funny to him.

“Anyway, that crazy… I mean, that person, jumped without thinking twice, without hesitating!”

The beggar’s voice rose.

“Would anyone with normal courage jump there? It’s something that ordinary people can’t do. It’s not a matter of skill. It’s that he has extraordinary courage. Anyway, that person jumped emitting a bright white light, and suddenly fell directly into the poisonous cloud…”

Gulp.

The beggar swallowed. With that gesture alone, those present could not help but tense up.

“The moment he entered, the green cloud began to tremble and stir, do you understand? Then, suddenly, he pierced through it and began to spin around it.”

The beggar threw the bottle on the ground.

“A whirlwind broke out! Dust was flying everywhere! The light flashed again and again! It was so bright that I couldn’t see well. Ugh, can you even imagine that scene? The sky and the earth seemed to turn upside down. I thought the world was collapsing. A person radiating light all over his body, spinning around the poisonous cloud… It was a scene that is only seen in dreams!”

“That’s right!”

“It was incredible! Yes, incredible!”

The comments of approval did not cease.

The beggar’s words may have raised the atmosphere, but those who saw the scene really felt that way. On what other occasion in their lives would they witness something so strange again?

“It was like magic.”

“Magic?”

“Isn’t it magic? A man who controls the wind and light, what is it if not magic? I thought a celestial immortal had descended to save us.”

“Hey!”

The beggar got angry.

“I’m talking!”

“Hehe, this narrator has gotten angry. Very well, continue.”

The beggar, receiving coins as an apology, smiled maliciously and continued:

“It wasn’t magic! It was martial art! That was martial art!”

“Martial art?”

“Exactly! Do you know who is the one who did something so incredible?”

“…Who?”

Now that he mentioned it, they hadn’t thought about it. They knew that someone had saved them, but they had not heard more details about it.

“Hehe, listen carefully. The name of the one who wielded a luminous sword, rejected the poison of the Poison King and saved Luoyang is Wei Yanho.”

“Wei Yanho? The ‘Shining Sword’ Wei Yanho?”

“Exactly!”

The beggar hit his knee.

“The second son of the Wei Family of Guangdong?”

“Yes!”

Those present murmured.

“But is Wei Yanho capable of something like that? I thought the supreme leader of the Righteous Martial Alliance had returned…”

“Come on, it’s obvious! Who else in the current martial world emits light like Wei Yanho?”

“That’s right, but…”

Rumors about Wei Yanho had already spread throughout the martial world. They had heard countless times that he possessed incredible abilities and that his sword emitted light.

But was Wei Yanho the master who had shown his divine power in the battle of Luoyang?

“At that age?”

“What does age matter? Age is not important. What matters is ability! Wei Yanho already defeated the Poison King, didn’t he?”

“…That’s right.”

“And he also defeated the Heavenly Flowing Sword. When the Demon Cult wreaked havoc on Mount Hua, wasn’t it Wei Yanho who stopped them?”

Those present nodded with serious faces.

Listening to it, Wei Yanho had achieved many things.

“People don’t know it, but Wei Yanho also stopped the Nashan massacre.”

“Really?”

“Of course. That Wei Yanho defeated the Demon Twins and resolved the situation is a widely known rumor among the informed. Has anyone here heard it?”

Sure enough, some nodded.

“See? Wei Yanho has not been in the martial world for long, but he has already achieved so much. And with this, he has saved at least hundreds of thousands of lives. What should we call someone like that?”

“…A hero.”

“Exactly.”

The beggar smiled maliciously.

“It is said that difficult times call for heroes. Although he is not yet a hero, if there is someone that these times should call, it is him.”

“Bah, but still…”

“‘Bah’ what?”

The beggar shrugged.

“Wait and see. When the day comes to praise someone at the end of this war, you will remember my words. Heroes always start like this. Someone that no one imagined suddenly appears and solves everything. They lose nothing by waiting. Let’s see if he really becomes a hero or if…”

BAM!

At that moment, the door burst open and a group of beggars rushed in. Those present, surprised by the sudden intrusion, looked towards the entrance.

“What shameless beggar is begging without permission? And not in the street, but in a tavern full of people! Today I’ll break your legs!”

Among the beggars who entered with a threatening attitude, one of great stature advanced with his chest puffed out.

The beggar who was telling the story and the beggar of great stature looked at each other.

“Beggar Brother?”

“…”

“…”

The beggar of great stature looked up and down at the beggar with the bottle and, with an astonished expression, asked:

“What are you doing here?”

“…”

The Beggar, that is, Jangil, made a subtle gesture with his hand.

“Leave.”

“Huh?”

“Get out.”

“…”

The beggars who had entered exchanged glances and backed away. They rushed out and the door slammed shut.

Jangil watched the scene in silence and then asked:

“Where was I going?”

“…”

The atmosphere cooled.