Episode 429
A past linked to the Four Gods (4)
“Whoa, I can’t even look into it for half a day now. “I said I ate as much as I could, but seeing my stamina drop is so frustrating.”
This time I woke up pounding my back.
Haemun clicked his tongue.
“Is there anything new? I am at an age where it would not be strange to go to the Buddha’s side this evening. “I’m losing stamina and it doesn’t just happen for a day or two.”
“This guy. Going to Buddha is a blessing. “But you have to achieve something to have the honor of seeing Buddha.”
“Buddha won’t like us doing this.”
“No matter what people say.”
“Wouldn’t you much rather be pursuing the path to liberation at a time like this? It is true that there is a secret to reincarnation in eternal life…”
“It’s the beginning again. “Wow, the number of people who can decipher letters has only increased.”
“Wouldn’t you be able to endure this labor if you at least mess around?”
“That’s it. I cut taxes to get some sun. “You too, do it in moderation and get some rest.”
“I don’t want to. “I gave up everything and came here, but I’m not going to live half-heartedly like my brother.”
“Just wait three more years. Boredom is beyond words.”
After concluding the joke-like conversation, I patted my back and left the den.
The oysters were long. It’s long and winding, so it would take a full day just to memorize this path.
Of course, the former monks here knew the internal geography well enough to know where something was with their eyes closed. That’s right, the youngest person who recently arrived has already been living here for over eight years.
“Whoa.”
This time, as I came out and took a deep breath, my face was filled with freshness.
“After all, people need to get sunlight.”
The cave is cooler than expected. It was moderately dry because there was both Yamyeongju and Piseupju together, so it was even cooler.
This year, I turned seven hundred and seven years older.
He lived to be over 100 years old in a world where it is difficult for an ordinary person to survive even just one day. He even corrected it to the point where it looked like he was around seventy even though he was well over a hundred.
This time, I closed my eyes and used my true energy.
Wooooow.
The calm energy rising from the Danjeon circulated throughout the body and drove away the cold and turbid air that had infiltrated the body.
This time I whetted my appetite.
“The movement of internal forces has become slower.”
He has been practicing fortune-telling for over 100 years, and in terms of his gentleness, it would be fair to say that he is the best in the world.
It is a rare piece that has been completed several times by repeatedly cutting and cutting again. If it weren’t for such a miracle, I wouldn’t have been able to correct it this much at this age.
Of course, this only applies to internal skills. It has been more than thirty years since he escaped from Kangho’s bloodstream, and now it is not easy for him to avoid the blade of any other master.
‘Huh, is it finally time for me to go?’
Slowing down the movement of the internal force means that the brain has slowed down.
Internal energy moves with intention. So, when you reach the ultimate state, the moment your will is strong, your internal power moves quickly enough to completely unfold herbivory.
Although he did not reach the same level as that thunderbolt, this time he was also a master who was once on the verge of reaching the limit. Such a novelty has now moved at a slower pace, as has the speed at which thoughts are focused.
‘Hmm.’
This time, he looked down at his hands and looked up at the sky again.
He grinned.
“You lived a long time.”
When I turned sixty, I was afraid of death. Although he was not a monk, but a believer in Buddhism, he could not escape the primal fear of death.
When I turned 70, I was free from fear, but I couldn’t help but feel confused. In the end, I was bitter that my existence would disappear from this world and that the world would not change much even if I disappeared.
When eighty or ninety had passed.
This time, I was finally able to fully accept death as a natural flow. No, rather, I felt it as a blessing.
For all living things in the world, death is a predetermined rest. Eternal sleep is where you can truly relax away from the hustle and bustle of the world.
That’s why you have to work harder while you’re still alive. Isn’t it going to be a rest for eons anyway? Before that, it had only been moving busily for a few decades.
It was not an attitude suitable for a Buddhist believer, but as a person, it was not easy to entrust one’s life to the long-term flow of nature.
This time I hummed and looked around.
“Hey hey hey. “When will I die? I will always die and see Buddha… Huh?”
This time I blinked.
Where he looked, there was an impressive monk with a bushy beard and shaved head that had grown to the length of a fingernail.
It was Beom-oh.
Beom-oh was sitting under a rock, muttering something with half-hearted eyes. He looked very skinny, as if he had been completely deprived of food and drink for several days.
This time I clicked my tongue.
“There’s another poor sentient being in agony over there.”
I knew why Beom-o ended up in such a state after hearing it from Inspector Tam.
I thought about it when I heard that. Yeon Ho-jeong is not an ordinary kid, but that middle-aged guy with a lot of anger in his heart is also not an ordinary one.
“No matter how sharp the dagger is, it cannot pierce iron armor. “If you are shocked by the harsh words of a child named Yeon Ho-jeong, does that mean that the middle-aged guy also lived with his ears wide open?”
A look of mischief appeared on this person’s face as he quietly looked at Beom-oh.
After a while.
Sigh!
“Huh!”
Beom-oh was startled and woke up quickly.
In front of him, this person was laughing and pouring water from a bowl.
“Hey. Does it mean that if you shake your head like that, you will gain enlightenment that you never had before and all the accumulated anguish will disappear?”
“Uh, old man?”
“Enough worrying, just fill your stomach. Even if you want to burn away your troubles, shouldn’t you burn them or extinguish them only if they are alive? Then I will be consumed by agony and die, you b*stard.”
Beom-oh’s expression was one of bewilderment. I was so surprised, and the person who poured water on me was an adult so I couldn’t get angry.
This time I smiled and looked back.
“What do you think? “Do you agree with me?”
Then a voice full of laughter was heard.
“Soje’s thoughts are the same. First of all, I have to live. “You have to live to see more, hear more, and feel more.”
“Hey, this doesn’t apply to you or me. “I’m at an age where I don’t have anything to regret even if I pass away this evening.”
“I think it would be disappointing. “If your brother goes.”
“That’s none of my business. Rather, we should congratulate him. “You have finally escaped the hellish world of Saba.”
“Hehehe.”
This time, with a smile on his face, he turned his eyes to the young man next to Inspector Tam.
“Ohh?”
This time, while looking at the various aspects of Yeonhojeong, he suddenly burst into laughter.
“Hahahaha! “You brought in such an amazing young man, right?”
It wasn’t just Yeon Ho-jeong and Beom-oh who were surprised by the sudden laughter.
Tamgyeong, who had been treated well for a long time, also viewed this time with unexpected eyes. You probably don’t know who the young man brought in is, but it’s surprising that he suddenly bursts into laughter.
This time I stopped laughing and looked at Yeon Ho-jeong.
“Did you say your name was Yeon Ho-jeong?”
“…exactly.”
“her! The answer is amazing! But oh, you’re right. “He’s rough, but not arrogant.”
This time I narrowed one eye.
“Of course, it will be different for the enemy. “Isn’t that so?”
Yeon Ho-jeong could not easily open his mouth.
When he saw himself, he burst into laughter and even squinted his eyes in a friendly way, so I thought he had a spasm on his face.
Aside from everything else, the strange aura of this old man was radiating a power that even Yeon Ho-jeong could not easily deal with.
Clear and deep charm. The inner energy is extremely dull and feels like a single lump, but when that dense power flows through the voice of the old man named Lee Boon, it becomes a comfortable majesty and dominates the atmosphere.
It was amazing. Yeon Ho-jeong was the type of person who would say anything even in front of the king of the world. By nature, I am not one to be pressured by other people’s atmosphere.
This time I asked Inspector Tam.
“So did you tell us everything about who we are?”
“Not only that, but I also told you what we do.”
“Puh! What if I told you that so easily? “Everyone in the central region is keeping their mouths shut.”
“As you can see, I am not a friend with a light tongue.”
“I know that, but what I don’t know is that it’s human work. Even if that kid keeps his mouth shut, Kang-ho always hopes to reveal secrets under the guise of truth.”
This means that even if Yeon Ho-jeong doesn’t say anything, someone could capture him and forcefully get information out of him.
No matter how strong a person is, he does not know what the future will bring. There will come a moment when Yeon Ho-jeong also experiences defeat, and there is a high possibility that that defeat will lead to death.
And there are many techniques in Gangho that the average person cannot even imagine. Wouldn’t it be strange if you were to be attacked by a magic trick or an unknown magical power?
Inspector Tam said calmly.
“I am the successor to the Four Gods, and even though I would rather die, I will not fall for such a trick. “What’s more, this matter, which is being kept a secret by Buddhists in the central plains, may remain buried in Bulsan for how long.”
This time, his eyes shined.
“Heir to the Shinigami… are you sure?”
“I’m sure.”
“You already tried your hand at it?”
Inspector Tam’s smile deepened.
“Not yet.”
“Among us, you are the only one in the sight of the God of War. But you are old too. “Unless you meet him in person, how can you be sure that he is the disciple of the mysterious man you spoke of?”
“That is also true. But before that, I wanted to introduce you.”
“People really.”
This time, I turned my attention to Yeon Ho-jeong again.
“You heard everything we were doing?”
“exactly.”
The corners of his mouth rose this time.
“You wouldn’t think it was just a bunch of old people with dementia getting together and having trouble, right?”
“The elders may have dementia, but I don’t think that the entire Central Plains is a group of mentally ill people.”
“what? Fuhahahaha!”
This time I burst out laughing again and nodded repeatedly.
“Is that guy really a hottie? Do you like it. “When I heard about you, I thought there were all kinds of idiots like that in the world, but when I saw you in person, I saw that you were a very generous guy!”
Yeon Ho-jeong frowned.
“I only heard that the elders were digging into the secret of immortality, but I didn’t hear what it had to do with the Four Gods.”
“Ugh?”
This time I looked back at Tamgyeong.
“You said everything?”
“I told you everything we do.”
“But you didn’t tell me about anything related to the Shinigami?”
“exactly. I told you. “I wanted to say hello first before we get to know each other.”
“…That guy who followed me after being lured by those words is also that guy.”
This time, he shook his head and asked Yeon Ho-jeong.
“Okay, now that we’ve said it, let’s talk about it all openly. “Ai, you said you don’t know what the Shinigami has to do with what we do?”
“exactly.”
“Do you know this? “The four gods dance you studied is the season of the four directions martial arts that created the greatest legend of all time and all times 300 years ago.”
“I’m not sure, but I guessed it to some extent.”
“By analogy… yes, it’s good. “Then let me ask you one more question.”
This time, his expression became serious for a moment.
“Do you think that Emperor Wu of Four Fangs, a figure from 300 years ago, is dead? Or do you think he’s still alive?”
“What is that…?”
“Who do you think is the person who trained you in Sasinmu? “There is no mention in any of the martial arts history books in the world that Emperor Wu of Four Fangs had any disciples?”
“…?!”
