Episode 63. It’s probably because it’s not enough.
Regardless of political or religious background, Yumingyo is a public figure in the martial arts world.
After hesitating for a moment, Lee Won-ho decided that there was no need to hide that fact.
“The lords went to Yeoju to find a famous church.”
“Famous religion?”
I tilted my head, not knowing what the heck that was.
The thieves of Mt. Obong are so focused on making a living that they have no interest in worldly affairs.
What if the upper part of the territory has newly advanced or the movements of the government troops are suspicious?
For them, famous religions were of no interest.
In the end, Lee Won-ho had to teach about the famous religion to help the other person understand.
After Lee Won-ho’s long explanation, Yeon Jeok-ha muttered with a cold face.
“So that’s what it means to be social.”
“It’s not just socializing, it’s a horrible and terrifying socializing that kills people as if it were their daily meal.”
Lee Won-ho lowered his voice slightly, saying that he had become a little more accustomed to it.
“Well, that’s true. Why aren’t you going yet? Don’t you want to go?”
“Wow! How can that be? I have to go. Okay.”
Lee Won-ho quickly snatched the rope from the hand of Hwang Yeo-myeong, the poison sage.
After a while, Lee Won-ho and his group and Luoyang Ohyeop quickly crossed the yard.
It is the time when Yeonjeokha looks at Yeonseungbaek and Yeonseonju, who are moving away, with bitter eyes.
Hasobaek approached him and spoke to him.
“Why? Brother. Wouldn’t it be unfair to just send him away? Should I bring him back?”
“no.”
“But why are you looking at me like that?”
“What’s wrong with my face?”
“Your face still looks angry. Like a child whose toy was taken away from him.”
“How old am I? You’re calling me a toy. Stop talking nonsense and just study hard to learn martial arts. You never know when you might have to leave the mountain village.”
“Can’t you just protect me, Uncle?”
“It’ll be a headache if even the old man called Taesang of the Uicheonmun comes. It’s better to avoid him. I can somehow escape, but others won’t be able to escape his hands.”
“Huh? Is this guy called Yi Cheon Geom Jong really that strong? Stronger than my brother?”
In the eyes of Ha So-baek, who was a rookie in the martial arts world, Yeon Jeok-ha was the best master. She had no idea how skilled the ten best masters in the world were.
“I met the leader of the Cheonma Army during the Green Forest Competition, and I was really scared. I had a feeling that I would lose if we fought. But then there was this old man named Uicheon Geomjon, who was one of the ten greatest martial artists in the world, just like Cheonma Army. Do you understand why I’m telling you to empty the mountain village?”
“Ah! The ten greatest masters in the world are truly scary people.”
Only then did Hasobaek open his mouth wide, as if he had some idea of what was happening.
In her eyes, even if he is just a rival, he is already beyond human realm.
But there are at least ten people stronger than him?
I feel like a frog in a well.
“But one day, Uncle will defeat them. Right?”
It’s a tone of voice that seems to ask for a promise.
The lover smiled wryly.
At that time, Pungyeoncho approached.
“From today, I’m going to have to use the thugs of Ha-ga-chon a bit. I don’t know when the military officers from Luoyang will invade.”
“Brother Chaeju, tell the first person who can tell me that the martial artists of Luoyang are arriving at Ha-ga-chon, give them about a hundred nyang. Then they will come running right away.”
“Oh! That’s a good idea. If I had a hundred nyang, I wouldn’t sleep and watch you.”
“Of course. That’s money you can live off of for ten years.”
Poongyeoncho, who had been chatting with Hasobaek for a while, turned his head to Yeonjeokha.
“By the way, Yeon-ah. A huge sum of money, two thousand two hundred nyang, has arrived. What should I do with it?”
Since the money was earned by Yeonjeokha, he planned to use it as he wished.
But he showed no interest in dating her.
He even shrugged his shoulders and just turned around and walked away.
“Huh? Why? Did something bad happen?”
“I guess you’re feeling a little off. You’ve been having that kind of look on your face lately.”
“You ate Waryongjang so well, why is your face like that? You didn’t do something wrong, did you?”
“You saw it just now, Brother Poong. Brother Yeon just walked away without saying a word.”
“so why?”
“I don’t know. I wasn’t feeling well after the people from Waryongjang left. Then I started feeling better, but when Orabeoni Poong came and talked about money, he started acting like that again.”
“Anyway, those guys at Waryongjang are the problem. We need to completely destroy them. This won’t work.”
“It’s going to go under soon, right? Baekse Sangbang will decide to cut ties with Waryongjang.”
The two blamed Yeonjeokha for her bad mood on Waryongjang and were preoccupied with finding ways to get revenge.
Yeonjeok, who had climbed to the highest peak of Mt. Obong, sat down on the rock where he usually meditated.
And then I blankly stared at the mist flowing across the mountain across from me.
It felt strange to see Yeon Seung-baek running to save his younger brother and Yeon Seon-ju being happy to see him.
It’s not like Hasobaek’s anger has subsided or anything like that.
To be exact, should I say that it was a mixture of longing, anger, jealousy, and all sorts of indescribable emotions?
It was refreshing, but also bittersweet, to see the speaker suffer.
That feeling didn’t subside even after Yeon Seung-baek and Yeon Seon-ju disappeared.
Waryongjang.
The more I think about it, the more frustrated and annoyed I become.
‘Sigh! What should I do?’
As Yeonjeok-ha was sighing in a shabby mood, he heard a noise from behind.
There are not many people who can climb to the top of Mt. Obong.
The lover, who had become tired of everything, didn’t even look back.
“Your Majesty, everyone is worried.”
It was the Gumilbokgeom Simyanggak.
Sim Yang-gak, who had been calling Yeon Jeok-ha ‘Brother Yeon’ until recently, recently changed it to ‘Confucius’. This naturally went along with the title of Old Man Sim, so Yeon Jeok-ha accepted it naturally.
“Are you worried that the object of your astronomical inquiry will come running?”
“Rather than that, they say that Confucius doesn’t seem to be in a good mood… … .”
“Me? There’s nothing wrong with me?”
“Hehehe, but why are you out here alone? On a day like today, I think you could use some rest.”
“I rested because I got money, I rested because it rained, I rested because it snowed, I rested because the weather was nice, I rested because it was gloomy, I rested because I was tired. So when are you going to do your seniority test?”
Sim Yang-gak laughed slyly at Yeon-jeok-ha’s twisted words.
“Why are you laughing?”
“I thought that Confucius was also a human being.”
“If I’m human, then am I a monster?”
“If you look at the level of martial arts, you are greater than a monster.”
“Stop talking nonsense. How are you breathing these days?”
“I am still going back and forth between the stages of Qi and Sik. I think I will soon be able to achieve Yun-gi-to-nap.”
The cold is the stage where you can’t tell whether you are breathing or not, so it means you can soon enter meditation.
If you can be selected, it is not a difficult task to build up your internal energy through the Nine Thousand-Yeoil Jinkyung.
“You shouldn’t be too greedy when it comes to building up your internal energy. The Nine Thousand-Year-Old True Sutra is a study that you build up with sincerity.”
“Yes, I keep that in mind.”
Yeonjeokha looked at the aged Simyanggak and said.
“Old Man Shim, I’m talking, no… … .”
When Yeonjeokha shook her head, Simyanggak smiled slyly again.
“I told you not to laugh like that. It makes people who see it feel really bad.”
“Just finish what you were going to say.”
“It’s nothing. I just harassed the people of Waryongjang and I don’t feel good about it. I was wondering why this is happening.”
“Isn’t that because it’s still not enough?”
As expected of a great leader, Sim Yang-gak thought quite violently.
“Is it because it’s lacking?”
“Yes, if you step on it hard until the other person begs for your life, you will feel better.”
“Are you sure?”
“I have had that experience.”
When someone with experience says so, my ears perk up.
“Is it not enough that Waryongjang is destroyed?”
“Of course. Aren’t they the ones who imprisoned Confucius to kill him? We have to trample them until they almost suffocate. Then, they will feel relieved.”
“is it…….”
“I’m sure. I guarantee it. It’s not enough to just tilt the balance a little bit. You’d be heartbroken if you saw him crying and begging to be killed.”
Yeonjeokha nodded.
Somehow that feels right.
No, more than that, there was no one who could tell me the cause and solution so clearly.
The advice from Sim Yang-gak, who knew nothing about human psychology, struck Yeon Jeok-ha’s heart.
Early moning.
Yeonjeok-ha, who was sitting on the floor, called out to Hwang Yo-myeong, a poisonous snake who was crossing the yard.
“Yes, brother.”
“I have to run an errand. Tell the local mountain herders.”
Along with the words, Yeonjeokha handed over a bundle of letters.
“Where are you talking about?”
“Where are the wild vegetables around Luoyang?”
“To the north, there is the Suryongchae in the Yellow River Basin. To the west, there is Yeongsanchae. To the east, there is Guryongchae. To the south, there are Samaksanchae, Jeokpungchae, and our Obongsanchae.”
Huang Yeoming was familiar with mountain vegetables from Hanam, perhaps because he had been living in the green forest for a long time.
“Take this letter to Suryongchae, Yeongsanchae, Guryongchae, Samaksanchae, and Jeokpungchae.”
“Can I just pass it on to the creditors?”
“Oh. Then they’ll figure it out themselves.”
“Brother, I heard that the vegetables from Samgaksanchae are really bad-tempered, so I’m not sure if this will be okay.”
Hwang Yeo-myeong seemed worried that he might get into trouble if he took the letter. It seemed to be about Waryongjang, but I wonder if Chae-ju would accept such a request.
“Don’t worry. No one will touch you.”
“Is that true?”
“Yeah, no one’s going to read all that and give you shit, unless they’re trying to kill themselves.”
Still, it’s a general patrol, so it must have that much power.
“All right!”
Huang Yeoming unconditionally believed Yeon Jeok-ha’s words.
Because I thought that a master of such extraordinary ability would not talk nonsense.
***
The Luoyang martial arts world was turned upside down.
Among the five people from the Jeongui Alliance and the military corps that went to Yeoju, only two returned alive. They were Lee Yeon-ik, the military corps leader of the Uicheonmun, and Yeon Mu-baek, the swordsman of the Waryong clan.
The elders mocked the Five Gorges of Luoyang by calling them the “Five Fallen Leaves of Luoyang.”
But that only lasts a moment.
The tragedy that occurred in Yeoju caused the incident of the Five Knights of Luoyang to be buried in silence. The incident that cost the lives of the disciples and even the arm of the master made the Yicheonmun look like a house of mourning.
Ten of the disciples who were in the medical school and ten more who applied from the medical school lost their lives, a total of twenty disciples. About half of the disciples in the medical school lost their lives.
The sense of loss felt by Ui Cheon-mun was even greater because all of those who died were among the elite.
Lee Yeon-ik, who returned alive, finally began to attend to Moon-ju’s business three days later.
That evening, Lee Yeon-ik, who was sitting in his office thinking about something, went to see Lee So-min.
Lee So-min lowered her head as she looked at her father Lee Yeon-ik, who had lost one of his arms.
“I’m sorry, Father.”
“No. Rather, I came here because I have something to ask you. You must have heard about what happened in Yeoju.”
“yes.”
“The lord of the Milky Way was one of the Three Lords of the Green Forest, and was called the Honsegeomma. I was always one step ahead of him. However, when I met him again in the Milky Way, he had become almost as strong as your grandfather.”
Isomin didn’t know why her father was saying such things, so she just listened quietly.
“It’s not that his martial arts skills are superior, but I couldn’t handle his internal energy. It’s literally beyond my reach… … . That was because of Yu Mingyo’s supernatural powers.”
“Supernatural ability?”
“Yes, the famous religion is like a forbidden magician who sacrifices the body of a monk and gains supernatural powers.”
“Is that the same as internal energy?”
“Yes. From what I experienced, it was a transcendental internal energy. It is by no means easy to reach the same level as my grandfather. It is a level that only the chosen ones can reach. However, that person who was one level lower than me reached that position with supernatural powers.”
“ah!”
“I suddenly had that thought today while thinking about the young thief from O Bong San Chae. I wonder if he too has acquired supernatural powers like Hon Se Geom Ma. I don’t know if it’s because they’re all Nokrim.”
Wuxia,
