I Became an Outcast the Martial Arts Masters are Obsessed With – Chapter 13

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: TushChen
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Before getting into the results of this match competition, a premise needs to be addressed.

It’s about how small and medium-sized sects grow.

The most important thing for small and medium-sized sects is none other than disciples. The number of disciples who learn martial arts is the strength of small and medium-sized sects.

Talent is everything.

The more apprentice disciples pay training fees, the more abundant the sect’s finances become.

There need to be disciples to mediate fights in the streets and to dispatch to merchants requesting protection.

And while training, a first-rate master may emerge from among them.

Securing new members is the top priority for small and medium-sized sects.

The driving force that makes those new members first knock on a sect’s door is reputation.

At first, when they won matches or showcased splendid martial arts, people knocked on the door of the sect a bit.

However, as matches became common in Sacheon City, people’s standards rose.

Unless it was a remarkably intense match, the number of disciples didn’t increase.

Even when they showcased martial arts subtly supported by their backing of large sects, people’s reactions were lukewarm.

Sacheon fell into a state of stagnation.

They couldn’t attack other sects without a proper justification, and there were no opportunities to expand their power.

However, they say you find a way when you’re in a tight spot.

Someone suggested a solution.

I heard it was a particular sect, but I can’t remember.

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“It was the Yeongji Sect.”

“Shush. Am I telling the story or are you?”

“Forgive my impudence. Please continue.”

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The pride of the people of Sacheon at that time was tremendous.

They had thoroughly cleaned up the evil factions, something no other province had accomplished!

The cleanest province in the Nine Provinces under Heaven!

The heroes safely protecting people, selected by Forbes as the best place to live in the Central Plains!

The strongest martial world in the Nine Provinces, Sacheon Martial World!

Sacheon Martial World is invincible and undefeated!

Well, roughly speaking, such regional pride was prevalent.

Then, the Yeongji Sect held a big event.

They would invite a famous master from Hubei to hold a match.

At that time, the center of the martial world was the Hubei or Henan regions.

The Shaolin and Wudang, who could be called the Northern Dipper of Mount Tai, were located in Hubei and Henan, respectively, and the Namgung Clan and the Moyong Clan were also based in Hubei and Henan.

With the title of Sacheon Martial World vs. Hubei Martial World, the people of Sacheon, whose regional pride was at its peak, showed enthusiastic interest.

The representative of the Hubei Martial World was Pyo Chang-gi, the Wandering Sword, who had gained quite a reputation despite being an outcast.

The master of the Yeongji Sect, who was evaluated to be a step behind Pyo Chang-gi, defeated Pyo Chang-gi after a fierce battle.

The Yeongji coin that had been stuck to the ground of the Sacheon Martial World instantly flew to Mars.

The Sacheon Martial World did it!

The pride of the Sacheon Martial World, the Yeongji Sect!

The Yeongji Sect instantly became the winner of Sacheon City.

Mom, I want to become a disciple of the Yeongji Sect when I grow up!

Countless prospective disciples, regardless of age or gender, knocked on the door of the Yeongji Sect, and other sects, whose eyes were turned by the success of the Yeongji Sect, attempted to benchmark them.

However, it was not an easy task.

Benchmarking was undoubtedly not easy.

The first problem was inviting a suitable master who could become a hot topic.

Those masters also had their own standing in their regions.

Sacheon might be the best in the Sacheon Martial World, but Sacheon was just an ordinary place in other regions.

If they were to have a match with a Sacheon master, even if they won, it would be a break-even, and if they lost, the damage would be enormous, so no one volunteered to have a match.

Those who failed to arrange a match were relatively better off.

Some sects challenged higher-level external masters, betting that the Sacheon Martial World could do it, and some sects invited people and gathered a crowd like clouds but ended up losing.

The sects that lost in the matches were immediately classified as the disgrace of the Sacheon Martial World and were shattered in an instant.

Yes.

Someone from a small or medium-sized sect must have realized then.

That they couldn’t bear the risk of defeat.

Then, additional branches of thought could have spread.

How could the Yeongji Sect have the guts to make such a big scene at that time?

Was it simply because they had nothing to lose?

Wasn’t there something they were relying on?

Pyo Chang-gi was an outcast… If they just matched the money, couldn’t they have requested match-fixing?

Someone would have also felt like this if they had thought that far.

Can’t we take down the Yeongji Sect in one shot with this?

It was unknown whether Pyo Chang-gi actually received a match-fixing request.

However, what was important was that Pyo Chang-gi officially stated, “I received a match-fixing request from the Yeongji Sect,” and disappeared from the martial world.

Whether he fixed the match or not, the fact that someone bribed him and opened his mouth remained unchanged.

The people of Sacheon were shocked, and the Yeongji Sect foamed at the mouth, insisting that such a thing never happened.

Still, the other sects in Sacheon City did not miss this opportunity and consecutively requested matches with the Yeongji Sect.

As a sect whose foundation was based on that event, the Yeongji Sect did not have the power to withstand such an onslaught.

The people of Sacheon watched this sight and became convinced that the conspiracy theory was true, and they became enraged.

In their minds, the Yeongji Sect was the pride and invincibility of the Sacheon Martial World.

The fact that the Yeongji Sect was beaten up had nothing to do with Pyo Chang-gi’s conspiracy theory.

Still, such things were no longer critical to the people of Sacheon.

The Yeongji Sect had to be the pride and invincibility of Sacheon, but it was not.

The Yeongji Sect conspiracy incident burned out of control.

The Yeongji Sect, which had nearly conquered Sacheon City, was shattered instantly, and even the Jongnam Sect, which had been gaining popularity by revealing itself as the Yeongji Sect’s sponsor, was also shattered.

Rumors spread that the Jongnam Sect had supported the planning of the Yeongji Sect’s conspiracy incident, and the Jongnam Sect’s leader directly apologized to the crowd and declared the closure of the Jongnam Sect.

This shows how fanatical the anger of the people of Sacheon was.

The Hwangbo Clan and the remaining three Taoist sects must have felt something when they saw the Jongnam Sect being closed.

They started to conceal their connections with the small and medium-sized sects.

If it was revealed that they were connected to the small and medium-sized sects on the surface and an incident occurred, they could be tied up in a bundle.

With such actions from the Hwangbo Clan and the Taoist sects, the interior of Sacheon City fell into even greater chaos.

With the fall of the Yeongji Sect, the power structure within Sacheon City instantly became a mess.

But what about the large sects that had the power to sort out the interior of Sacheon City?

Did they all go underwater?

A situation where they had to survive on their own without much help in this troubled world!

In such a situation, some bastard came up with another devilish idea.

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“Don’t you think such thoughts come to mind?”

“What, what again?”

She cut off the story sharply.

I didn’t like Black Cat’s attitude of not answering questions while only asking them.

“Could there be some kind of mastermind behind this situation in Sacheon? Like a conspiracy plotted by a mastermind to ruin the Sacheon martial world.”

“That could be possible. But I don’t think so.”

“Why?”

“Simply because no one benefited from it.”

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There was something that was shattered as much as the Yeongji Sect by the Yeongji Sect conspiracy incident.

It was none other than the perception of outcasts.

This can be said to be the fundamental reason why the people of Sacheon abhor Sacheon outcasts.

The people of Sacheon, who had been enthusiastic about the Yeongji Sect, became as angry at the Yeongji Sect as they had been and came to hate Pyo Chang-gi.

The most significant part of the hatred towards Pyo Chang-gi was that he had taken money and participated in a fixed match.

Hence, a deep-seated abhorrence of outcasts who only cared about money also took root.

Scumbags who would happily sell even their parents and siblings for money.

That was how the people of Sacheon perceived outcasts at that time.

Someone decided to exploit that perception.

How could the small and medium-sized sect people who had settled in Sacheon City at that time keep coming up with such devilish ideas?

In fact, were the martial artists who lived in Sacheon City at that time not humans but Satan incarnate?

Anyway, the internal structure of Sacheon City at that time was being sorted into three major powers.

Jajangmun!

Jambongmun!

Tangsumun!

Names that were not only embarrassing to Sacheon but also to Chinese cuisine.

The power of the Tangsumun was the strongest.

Although the Jajangmun and Jambongmun did not match up to them, they still had enough power to oppose them.

And a challenge letter flew into the Tangsumun.

An outcast from Yunnan delivered a challenge letter to the leader of the Tangsumun!

Sacheon City was turned upside down once again.

Gu Ak-geom Dok Yeong-chan!

A real outcast who would do anything for money!

A villain who committed evil deeds like eating meals, not just prejudice or false rumors!

The people of Sacheon were boiling.

How dare such a human trash outcast challenge our Sacheon’s Tangsumun!?

But some people in Sacheon also laughed at this situation.

These Tangsumun bastards are again spreading the wings of deception to seize hegemony over Sacheon City.

It’s a deception by the Tangsumun.

No, it’s a real challenge from outcasts who don’t know their place towards Sacheon.

The people of Sacheon were divided and fought among themselves, and that’s why more attention was focused on the fight between Dok Yeong-chan and the leader of the Tangsumun.

While this predictable story has progressed, I hope you’re not sleeping on me.

After all, the leader of the Tangsumun was defeated.

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