Chapter 428: 428
"Hello there! Are you all out-of-towners?"
The one who spoke to us was a man on the wrong side of middle-age .
The well-mannered Shin Yu-Seung stepped forward first and offered up a greeting . "We were on our way to the Western Regions to visit Buddha-nim . "
"Hoh, Buddha, is it? Unlike how you look, I see that you are high priests of Buddhism!"
Yi Gil-Hyeong saw how the middle-aged man was impressed by the revelation and began standing tall with his hands behind his back while going "Ahem!"
The older man studied both children with unreadable eyes before finally shifting his gaze in my direction .
"In that case, the gentleman next to you is . . . . Hiiieeek?!"
His complexion paled instantly as he stared at the [Murim dumpling] on my shoulder .
"T-that, that's a [Murim dumpling] . . . . !!"
"Ah, this guy's just a doll . I like dumplings, that's why . "
" . . . I-is that so? You really surprised me there . "
The middle-aged man patted his chest down, still looking somewhat freaked out . Judging from the armband slung across his upper arm like that, he must've been the supervisor of this factory .
Thinking that this was a fortunate turn of events, we decided to ask this man some questions .
"What is this factory, exactly? Why are you making lots of dumplings like that?"
" . . . . Could it be that you came here without knowing anything?" The middle-aged man studied us with a troubled look on his face, before carrying on as a lengthy sigh escaped from his lips . "This is all the fault of that scary Yogoe . "
"A Yogoe, you say?"
"Indeed . Originally, this place wasn't a factory . "
According to the middle-aged man, this place used to be a peaceful little rural village .
But on a certain day, a tall, hulking swine-type Yogoe with jet-black skin suddenly made his appearance, kidnapped every female in the village, enslaved all the men, and created this very factory .
"That bastard took my daughter and wife as his concubines and locked us up in this place! I'm sure you can tell that there's a strange supernatural power swirling around here and it prevents us slaves from leaving this factory . Not only that, that Yogoe devours so much, too . . . . We're forced to make dumplings all day long, but it seems to never be enough, you see . "
[The factory's manufacturing system is searching for the 'Supervisor'!]
"D-damn it! I have to get going now . "
The middle-aged man hurriedly put on a pair of sanitary gloves and a face mask before rushing towards the conveyor belts .
Before I could step up and say something, Shin Yu-Seung reached out and grabbed the middle-aged man first . "It's unfair for you ahjussis to perform slave labour like this . Not only that, you said that Yogoe even kidnapped females of the village too . We can't overlook this . "
As expected of my Incarnation .
Sure, we had to do this in order to advance the plot, but still . . . .
"We shall help you . Where can we find that Yogoe?"
"Even if it's you monk-nims, that Yogoe is . . . . Will you really help us?"
"Of course we will . "
The middle-aged man kept rolling his eyes around for a bit but eventually told us the direction where we could find this Yogoe .
"We leave it all up to you! Please, defeat that Yogoe!"
We nodded our heads and walked in the direction pointed out to us .
(The Dumpling Yogoe was waiting at the end of this ⸢Dumpling Road . ⸥)
We walked alongside the so-called Dumpling Road, created out of the conveyor belts .
As if he couldn't hold it any longer, Yi Gil-Yeong began picking up and chowing down dumplings every couple of steps . " . . . . Hey, this is really tasty!"
Of course they were . These were none other than [Murim dumplings], after all . However, it seemed that the foremost expert on all things [Murim dumpling] was thinking a bit differently than us .
- The aroma is a little off .
'What?'
- Hand me a dumpling .
While walking behind the two kids, I cautiously picked up a dumpling and handed it over to, uh, the dumpling on my shoulder . And sure enough, watching one dumpling eat another one proved to be a rather grotesque sight .
- The combination of ingredients is wrong . It seems that he has not mastered the art of [Murim dumplings] .
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Murim dumpling number [999] formed a somewhat dissatisfied expression and began ordering me around out of the blue .
- Take half a spoon of the substance inside the green container and add that in .
Since we still had a long way to go anyway, I decided to follow this little guy's orders and began adding the ingredients inside the dumpling skins .
- You must familiarise yourself with the flames of True Samadhi Fire . Place the steamer so that the yellow flames are touching it in the middle and then, heat it .
This had to be some kind of a dream .
To think, I was learning how to make dumplings from a dumpling while walking on the Dumpling Road .
And so, how long did I walk on this dreamlike road?
At the end of this 'road', I was rewarded with a packet of appetising [Murim dumplings] .
While looking at [999] nodding his head triumphantly, I began wondering what the hell I just did here .
"Looks like that's our destination . "
I looked in the direction Shin Yu-Seong was pointing at .
There was a pathway at the end of the conveyor belt leading to large stone walls and a newly-built residential area . A handful of workers were delivering the packaged dumplings over there .
It seemed that we had arrived at where the dumplings' consumer was .
We walked closer, prompting the security guard to approach us .
"Who are you people?"
Shin Yu-Seong grinned brightly and replied . "We are but humble monks on our way to the west to seek an audience with Buddha-nim and acquire the sacred texts . We coincidentally stumbled across this place during our journey . Will it be fine for us to enter?"
"Ah, are you by any chance the 'party of the Tang Dynasty's monks'?"
"That's correct . "
I was dumbfounded by that conversation . It had been only a few days since this journey had begun, so there was no freaking way that the rumours of us would've arrived here already .
[You've learned of the Fable, 'Words Swifter Than Feet'!]
Shin Yu-Seong whispered in my ear . "I heard that this is how it's like in the original . "
… . Ah, so that's how it was?
[A portion of the judges are impressed by the Scenario Master's high level of research . ]
[10 additional points are awarded for the excellent reflection of the original work!]
To think that they would judge us imitating the improbable timing as seen in the original as research . . . . How shocking .
The gatekeeper spoke . "My apologies, but our village doesn't permit entry to any outsiders . I'm sorry that you had to walk this far to get here, but I implore you to turn ba . . . . Kek?!"
Yi Gil-Yeong must've found the gatekeeper's explanation long-winded, because the boy punched the poor man in the belly and knocked him out flat . As if he was making an excuse, he quickly spoke . "Let's just rush inside and beat up that dumb Yogoe . Su-Yeong noona said that the audience members like speedy plot development . "
Han Su-Yeong, that idiot . She seemed to have taught these kids something reaaaally nice .
[A portion of the audience is satisfied by Tang Sanzang's decision . ]
[One additional point has been acquired!]
I looked at Shin Yu-Seung and Yi Gil-Yeong and spoke to them . "In that case, let's go in . "
"Nope . Ahjussi, you stay here and relax . "
"Excuse me?"
"We told you, Sun Wukong is supposed to ride the bus and that's it . "
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