Episode 11. Wolves cannot climb to the sky2013.10.08.
‘Why, why do they do that?’
Sonbin thought with an awkward smile. But no matter how much she thought about it, she couldn’t figure out why she was suddenly drawing attention to herself.
‘So, can you at least raise your hand?’
Sonbin, who couldn’t bear the awkward tension, was just raising his hand, wondering if it would be better if he said hello.
“What does it mean?”
The cold-faced beauty turned her head and looked at Sajahyeok and asked.
“Heaven knows, earth knows, you know, I know.”
What Sa-hyeok just said is the answer that an honest official would give to someone who offered him gold and said that no one knew.
It also means that there are no secrets in the world and that people should live without shame in the light of heaven, but what does this have to do with the current situation?
“What is that… … .”
The beauty frowned. However, Sajahyeok’s words were not over yet.
“He knew, he wrote, now even a mere wealthy person will know, and a person of great reputation will also know. Is that all he is? Even if people die, records do not die, so those who will be born in the future will also know, and people decades or even hundreds of years from now will also know.”
Sajahyuk said.
“The fact that I accepted your offer and became the best person in the world.”
Sajahyeok’s eyes were shining intensely as he spoke.
“Records belong to the winners.”
The beauty said.
“History belongs to the winners. I can assure you that no one will know about this. Records will be destroyed, books will be burned, and anyone who knows about this will be buried.”
Her eyes also shined intensely.
“If you accept my proposal, history will record you as the absolute best person in the world, someone who cannot be compared to anyone and who will not bow to anyone.”
“also.”
Sajahyeok spoke in a low tone.
“You look like someone I hate.”
“I’ll take that as a compliment.”
The woman said. But her eyes showed that she would never back down. She has already refuted the three reasons for refusal given by Sa-hyeok Sa-hyeok. Now it was Sajahyuk’s turn to answer.
“Do you know wolves?”
She nodded lightly at Sajahyuk’s words.
“Wolves run freely through the mountains. They hunt their prey without fear and give birth to their young as they please. “A wolf in a pack fears nothing.”
Sajahyuk said.
“But no matter how much the wolves howl at the moon, they cannot ascend to the sky. Do you understand? If you are a wolf, play with wolves. Run through the world as you wish, hunt for food, and live like that. But don’t you dare think that you can ascend to heaven.”
Sajahyuk’s gaze was cold.
“No matter how much you call yourself the king of wolves, to me you are just an animal crawling on the ground.”
The cold-looking beauty slightly bit her lip. Her lion Hyuk’s words were not only a flat rejection from her, but also a great insult to her.
“Whoa.”
She remained silent and sighed slightly.
“great. “I will leave like this today.”
She said in a calm voice.
“But my offer still stands. And there are surprisingly many ways to move people.”
She said with cold, sunken eyes. Even though it wasn’t, her cold expression seemed to have a chill on it.
“Even if we move mountains and rivers.”
Sajahyeok said. His eyes were also cold.
“People don’t change.”
The beauty said nothing. She just quietly and lightly bowed her head and turned behind her.
Sarah.
Hang-ah and So-ha follow her. Wei Ga-jin put her hands together and politely bowed to Lion Hyuk, then followed behind the beauty.
Sabak, Sabak.
When the distance was some distance away, the beauty spoke in a low voice without even turning her head.
“Soha.”
“yes.”
“Find out everything about the name Sajahyeok. “Everything related to him, no matter how small.”
“It won’t be easy, right?”
Soha said with a bitter smile.
“It is very absurd that such an unmanned vehicle is not yet known.”
“okay. It’s very absurd. But if Soha wants to know, there is nothing in the world that can be hidden, right?”
“Sure.”
Soha answered with a grin.
“Let me give it a try. Oh, and we shouldn’t forget about that literary man, right?”
“of course.”
It’s a natural thing. The beauty who was nodding her head suddenly remembered the young man dressed as a civil servant.
“Hang-ah.”
“yes.”
“What kind of person was that scholar?”
“I took a closer look, but there was nothing special. However, soon after the dance started, something was secretly exchanged between the two.”
“Right after the dance started?”
“yes.”
The beauty frowned slightly.
Sajahyeok is a warrior with strong pride. It is not easy to understand that such a warrior would exchange words secretly when the meeting has already begun. Unless there is a compelling reason to do so.
‘The third reason was the literary master.’
Sajahyeok cited three reasons for rejection. That there is no need to be the best in the world, which is just a relative comparison, that he will not stand below anyone, and that he is recording.
she answered. The best thing in the world that she will give you is absolutely unique, and it is a position where you do not have to bow your head to anyone. And records can be deleted at any time.
Nevertheless, Sajahyeok refused. And that too with obvious insults.
When Beauty is silent for a moment, Hang-ah asks quietly.
“Should we follow them?”
The beauty thought for a moment and shook her head.
“no. I do not need. “I won’t be able to do it.”
This is Lion Hyuk, who discovered Hang-ah’s hiding from the beginning. Considering the level he has shown, his clumsy behavior only stimulates his vigilance.
“But make sure you know their movement route.”
“All right.”
Chang’e bowed his head and accepted the command.
“miss.”
The voice belonged to Wei Jiajin. The beauty stopped her steps. And turned her head.
“why?”
“Does it have to be him?”
The beauty’s eyes shone sharply.
“What do you want to say?”
Wei Jiajin, who was silent for a moment, opened his mouth.
“He is unlike anyone I have ever met. he is… … .”
“okay. that’s right.”
The beauty said, interrupting Wei Jiajin.
“He is different from everyone else. He is neither a clumsy idealist nor a shallow force supremacist who blindly pursues power. He does not try to pander to power, and he is different from shallow people who pursue immediate profit or vain fame.”
A faint sneer passed by her lips.
“He is different. He has haughty ideals that arrogantly look down on the world at his feet, and an innate ability to capture people’s hearts at once. Enough to make you on his side with just one kiss.”
Wei Jiajin smiled bitterly. But what she said was true. It wasn’t just Wei Jiajin’s sword that Sajihyeok subdued.
“But above all, he has absolute force. Overwhelming and destructive, literally absolute force.”
Her eyes were no longer looking at Wei Jiajin. Her frighteningly shining eyes were now looking straight at someone beyond, unseen.
“The moment I saw his Powell eclipse, I was absolutely certain. “This is the person who can stand at the top of the powerful martial arts world.”
She was silent. And after a while, her eyes turned to Wei Jiajin.
“That’s why we need him. In this martial forest filled with all kinds of human beings and countless powerful people, he is the only person who can establish absolute, unwavering authority. That’s him. And this decision will never change.”
Wei Jiajin said nothing to her words. This is because every word she said was something that as a person above, I had no choice but to agree with.
A clear fact that can be known from just one meeting with him.
“But who did you say this for? “Is it me or is it him?”
Her eyes were so sharp that they seemed to penetrate into Yu Jiajin’s heart.
dump.
Wei Jiajin immediately got down on one knee.
“Wei Jiajin, you have dared to be deceived by disrespectful thoughts. I will punish you from the monarch.”
The moment he saw the Powell eclipse, Wei Ji-jin was also convinced. That he is never the type of person to act according to other people’s will. That he is a person who exists like the moon flowing over clouds.
So I didn’t want her to touch Sajahyeok. That was her advice for her, but she didn’t know that maybe it was for Saja Hyeok, the only truly strong and martial man she had ever met in the martial arts world.
“wake up.”
She spoke with cold eyes to Wei Jiajin, who bowed her head.
“But not twice.”
She turned around. And she quietly walked on. Chang’e and Xiaohe followed, but Wei Jiajin was unable to get up easily.
***
It was eerily quiet everywhere. It was so hard to even think that it was a place where a dance was taking place just moments ago. Lion Hyuk stood staring at the place where his beau and her companions had disappeared.
“I think I touched something annoying.”
Sajahyuk frowned and muttered. But that was all, Sajahyuk turned his head.
“Is it over now?”
Sonbin suddenly approaches and asks.
“Yes. for now.”
Sajahyuk nodded.
“That girl, she doesn’t look like a normal person. Are you okay?”
Not an ordinary person. She didn’t even try to back down from Sajahyeok. And that was right after seeing that amazing dance.
Moreover, even after being insulted, he reacted coolly and calmly until the end. Unless you are a person with a certain depth of heart, this is impossible. The future of people like that is even scarier.
“Okay.”
Sajahyuk said.
“What can a beast that crawls on the ground do to me? However, it might be a little annoying for you… … .”
Sajahyeok said while looking down at Sonbin.
“It doesn’t matter because you will be fine in other ways.”
‘Any other meaning?’
Sajahyuk frowned slightly, but said nothing more.
“let’s go.”
Sajahyuk raised his head and started walking.
“Oh, hey… … .”
Sonbin tried to call Sajahyeok. Because she still had a lot of things she wanted to ask. Things about the martial arts where blue swords and pottery were rampant, the sword method called the Powell Japanese Eclipse, and things about the young warrior Wi Ga-jin and an unknown beauty.
However, Sajahyuk walked silently without any response.
Jerk, jerk.
From his behind, Sonbin knew that Sajahyeok would not answer anything more.
“Whoa.”
Sonbin closed the booklet he had opened and wrapped his brush in thick cotton cloth. Then he closed the mouth of the small vial containing the food.
Hold.
That was the end of Sajahyeok’s first kiss that Sonbin witnessed.
***
The next morning, Sonbin woke up in his room. There was still dusk outside the window, but it was getting bright enough to see things clearly. Sonbin got up from his seat and opened the window completely.
Sweet.
Sonbin took a slow, deep breath as he felt the crisp early morning air flowing in from the window.
“Whoa.”
Cold air fills my chest. Sonbin exhaled slowly. Any remaining sleepiness disappeared along with the familiar dawn air. After thoroughly washing her face, Sonbin neatly refined her clothes. She then sat down at her table and opened her book.
Rustle.
Waking up at dawn and reading scriptures is Sonbin’s daily routine for over ten years.
After failing the competition, I didn’t do it for a while, and Sa-hyuk woke me up in the middle of the night, so I skipped it for a few days.
However, as your body gets used to the changed lifestyle, old habits naturally come back and you wake up at a set time in the morning.
Even though he failed, participating in the hoesi (會試) exam meant that he passed the hyangsi exam and obtained the qualification of a giant. To do so, one must master numerous scriptures, commentaries on them, various historical books, as well as literature and poetry.
First of all, there are about 430,000 characters of the sutra that must be memorized, so you cannot go near the civil service exam without reading the text from dawn to late at night.
Therefore, it is absolutely not an exaggeration to describe the feeling of failing a school exam as ‘deeper than being cut with a knife.’
Sonbin was like that too. And that habit, which has been in place for over ten years, is still what wakes Sonbin up and makes him open the book.
Rustle.
“Whoa.”
Sonbin, who was flipping through a few pages of a book, suddenly sighed softly. Old, worn-out books are so familiar that they are even boring. But he has no choice but to open that damn book again.
‘The next meeting won’t be held until three years later… … .’
My mind became troubled as I thought about whether I would have to spend another three years preparing for the unforeseen exam. Sonbin closed the book.
widely.
After closing the book, Sonbin thought of various thoughts. But the more I think about it, the more dizzy my mind becomes, and the longer I sigh.
“ha.”
Sonbin got up from the table. And he looked out the window.
As I look at the slowly dawning scenery, I naturally think of the rain from yesterday. Those fantasy-like times when blue swords and pottery, seemingly out of this world, were intertwined all over the place seem like a dream.
‘But in the end, it’s a world that has nothing to do with me.’
Wi Ga-jin, Sa Sa-hyeok, the mysterious cold-faced beauty, and the other two people are people from a completely different world from Son Bin.
‘Would it be better to quit now and go back to my hometown?’
Seeing great people makes you more aware of your own situation. Sonbin, who was conflicted for a moment, sighed again. Then, suddenly, she is surprised again when she realizes that she has been sighing all morning.
“Oh my gosh, vain thoughts only waste your mental energy… … .”
Useless worries only make your heart suffer. Sonbin picked up the book on the table and put it in his luggage, as if to get rid of his idle thoughts.
‘Oh, come to think of it, Mukho’s food was almost all gone yesterday.’
I had been writing down so hard that the food I had stored in the small ceramic bottle I used as a marker was almost empty. Sonbin took out ink and inkstone from his luggage and prepared to eat.
Proper inkstones are expensive items, so what Son Bin had was cheap. However, the food I ate was quite good.
Because I always washed the inkstone with care, even a cheap inkstone was quite usable. Sonbin dropped some water on the inkstone and started grinding the ink.
Ssuk suk.
Grinding ink is also not something you do casually. There is a saying, ‘When you sharpen your ink, you act like a sick person, and when you pick up a brush, you act like a businessman.’ You can get the right meal by moving your entire arm slowly and patiently in a circular motion in a natural posture without applying any force.
Sonbin straightened his posture and slowly moved his arms as if he was dispelling distracting thoughts from his mind. As he moves, the transparent water gradually turns into shiny, dark black ink.
As I poured in a little more water and repeated the monotonous movement of grinding the ink, Sajahyuk’s words came to mind without me realizing it.
‘Deeply, slowly, but continuously, as if riding the flow… … .’
Sonbin unconsciously repeated Sajahyeok’s words in his mind. How long has it been like that? I suddenly realized that the unique rattling feeling I get when grinding ink on an inkstone is unusually heavy.
‘I guess Hyeoncheon’s secret is to use it for grinding ink.’
Eat.
Even though he thought to himself, Sonbin was so dumbfounded that he burst into laughter. That can’t be possible.
‘It’s called the gist, but it’s ambiguous, so it feels like it makes sense if you put it anywhere.’
Muttering that to himself, Sonbin ground up the ink and filled it into a small gourd. Then he took out an old booklet recording yesterday’s business. This is because the records have accumulated quite a bit, so they should have been organized by now.
Rustle.
Sonbin took out an old booklet filled with small, detailed writing. And he slowly began to peruse again.
Before we knew it, the outside of the window had become brighter and the sound of morning birds was beginning to be heard, but Sonbin, who was so immersed in recording, couldn’t hear it.
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martial arts,
