Episode 6. Sword shining under the moonlight 2013.09.21.
“therefore… … .”
Sonbin, who was listening, said.
“Either the remaining forces of the people you will kill will cover up the truth and make it seem like it never happened, or… … . “Are you saying you can’t tolerate distorting the facts that might even make you into a villain?”
Sajahyuk grinned.
“Yes. Didn’t you say that what is written and known is accepted as truth, and what is not is forgotten and dulled and becomes a thing of the past?”
“That’s what you said. but… … .”
Sonbin said with a bitter expression.
“That’s right. “If no one knows, it becomes nothing, and if the person in power calls himself a horse, then even a deer becomes a horse.”
Son Bin could not hide his bitter expression as he recalled the young man Mu-in he met at the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan.
Didn’t he say that the imperial law would justify him? His words probably would have turned out to be true if it weren’t for Sajahyeok.
“That’s why I’m telling you to write it.”
Sonbin’s eyes showed interest in Sajahyuk’s words.
“From now on, you will be with me in my every move. It’s about recording what I’ve been doing, what I’m doing, and why I’m doing it. And then publish it in a book and make it widely known to everyone. No one… … .”
Sajahyuk said with intense eyes.
“Never let this become a thing that never happened.”
“but… … .”
Sonbin shook his head and said.
“I am just a failed student. Besides, I know almost nothing about martial arts or martial arts.”
“Nothing to worry about.”
Sajahyuk said with a smile.
“Because I am there.”
Looking at his confident face, Sonbin sighed. This type of person is not a logical listener.
Like most martial artists, Sa-hyeok Sa is also a person who follows his own experience and intuition. He will never change his decision.
And above all, Sonbin can no longer just ignore this person.
‘Umm… … .’
Sonbin thought.
‘Realistically, there seems to be no way to escape from this person, and more than anything, I have received a favor… … .’
If it weren’t for Sajahyeok, Sonbin would have been very upset.
Although Sa-hyeok may have contributed to the cause, the fact that he saved them from trouble does not change.
‘Anyway, there’s nothing good about going back to my hometown now.’
Participating in a competition costs a lot of money. She is a penniless, failed student, and if she goes back to her hometown, not only will there be no one to welcome her, but it will not be easy for her to be seen for a while.
Just thinking about the scene where people around him are laughing at himself makes me feel sick.
“Good.”
Sonbin spoke excitedly, as if he was drunk on an empty stomach. This is because she thought that it was not a bad idea to help, since it was like this anyway.
“I’ll give it a try.”
Sajahyuk smiled.
***
Sonbin, who went to bed early due to alcohol and fatigue, woke up in the middle of the night when he felt something strange.
‘huh? omg!’
Sonbin was startled and opened his eyes. It was dark inside the room, and the moon was still bright outside the window, but there was a large shadow in a corner of the room.
“Who, who!”
“grow.”
The person who answered was Sajahyeok with a heavy voice. When Sonbin took a closer look, it was clear that he was right.
He was carrying a large sword on his back and was looking down at Sonbin with his arms crossed. Even though it is the middle of the night, his eyes shine coolly under the moonlight.
“What are you doing this night…” … .”
“Let’s go out.”
Sajahyeok spoke again in a low voice to Sonbin, who had a puzzled look on his face.
“The moonlight is clear and cool, and my moon is crying.”
“Powell?”
Sonbin asked back with a puzzled expression, but Sajahyuk turned around without any answer.
‘What is this in the middle of the night…’ … .’
Frowning slightly, Sonbin looked out the window. If you look at the moon is still high, it is midnight. Sonbin stood up from her seat while grumbling.
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Rustle.
A small stone makes a sound under my feet. The world outside the guesthouse at night was filled with moonlight. Even the night-time sound of Homun Mountain in front of you sounds distant and lonely.
‘It’s quiet.’
Sonbin adjusted his collar again. As Sajahyuk said, the clear and cool moonlight filling the world seemed somehow reverent.
Sonbin, who was lost in sentiment for a moment, turned his head and saw Sajahyeok standing alone in the vacant lot on the other side.
The reason why his shadow looking up at the moon stands out so much is probably not because he is a large man.
Sabagsabag.
Sonbin approached Sajahyuk. Even though Sonbin got closer, his gaze on the moon did not move.
How long has it been like that? Sajahyuk suddenly opened his mouth.
“Stand back.”
Sonbin looked at him with a slight frown, but Sajahyuk did not respond. Sonbin had no choice but to take a few steps back. But Sajahyuk shakes his head.
‘more?’
That probably means stepping back further. Only then did Sonbin realize something and retreated far away. For example, even if Sajahyeok swings his sword, it can’t be reached at a distance.
Jump and jump.
Sonbin, who took a long step back, asked, ‘Is it okay now?’ So I looked at Lion Hyuk, and before I knew it, Lion Hyuk had raised his head and was looking at the moon. And very slowly, his hand moved towards the sword behind his back.
chin.
It was the moment when I felt that Sajahyeok’s hand had reached the Tao. It seemed like something was flashing and shining, and before I knew it, the large sword of Lion Hide was pointing towards the sky.
‘Is that a Tao?’
It was a very crude form of Tao. Unlike the Tao, which is generally curved and has a sharp end, Sajihyeok’s Tao as a whole was shaped like a straight, wide board.
The lion’s leather sword, which seemed to gradually widen from the handle and end abruptly at the end, was strangely black even under the bright moonlight.
‘fairly… … ‘Is it big?’
Sonbin realized that the degree was quite large.
This was because it felt big even though it was being held by Lion Hyuk, who had a large physique. Even a large bowl looks like a small cup when held by lion skin.
Sreuk.
Sajahyeok’s sword slowly began to draw a circle. At the same time, the dark lion’s coat of arms began to glow a soft blue light.
‘huh?’
At first it looked like reflected moonlight. But soon, Sonbin was able to realize that the light was completely different from moonlight. The Tao of Sajahyeok was shining on its own in an unbelievable way.
Ugh.
At the same time that Sajahyuk’s sword was emitting blue light, an unknown force emanated from Sajahyuk.
At first, the force felt like nothing more than the wind, but as Sajahyeok’s Tao drew a trace of blue light in the air, its true nature became more and more clear.
Shhh.
At that moment, an eerie feeling, like a chill, ran down Sonbin’s back. That was clearly a warning sent by Sonbin’s survival instinct. But Sonbin did not back down. No, he couldn’t even look away.
‘Oh my god.’
Phew.
Sonbin could not understand what was happening in front of his eyes. That huge lion pelt was moving smoothly as if it were a peerless singer.
His movements, one by one, are like stepping on flower petals, and each of his movements is as natural as flowing water.
And the large and rough-looking sword was cutting through the air at Sajahyeok’s fingertips, creating countless illusions.
‘iced coffee.’
The Tao, which sometimes moves so delicately as if it might break, suddenly passes through the sky and the earth like the flowing flow of a huge river.
The way that proudly reveals itself to the world suddenly hides itself like a shameful beauty. In front of her dazzling and arrogant appearance, all Sonbin could do was wonder and awe.
It was creepy and gave me goosebumps. Before he knew it, a sigh was leaking out, but Sonbin was not aware of it.
It was the absolute and pure reverence for the majestic beauty created by Sajahyeok’s Tao that could not stop even the eerie warning sent by the survival instinct.
‘iced coffee.’
A new world was unfolding before Sonbin.
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“Did you see it?”
Sonbin came to his senses for a moment when he heard Sajahyuk’s voice in his ear. Blinking her eyes, Sonbin realized that Lion Hyuk was standing in front of her.
“You saw it.”
Sajahyeok said with a faint smile.
“Well, that’s… … .”
Sonbin stuttered and asked. In fact, there were as many things she wanted to ask as Taishan, but the only ones that came out of her mouth were questions that were too stupid for her to think.
“It is the Hyeoncheondobeop (玄天刀法).”
“Hyeoncheondobeop.”
Sonbin muttered without realizing it. Sajahyeok glanced at the sword hanging on his back and grinned.
“And this guy is Powell.”
It was only then that Sonbin realized that the word Powell mentioned earlier was the name of a province.
“I wanted to show you this.”
Hearing that unusually low voice, Sonbin raised his head and looked at Sajahyuk. Sajahyeok’s face had a lonely expression instead of the pride it had just moments before.
“Let’s go in.”
Sajahyeok quickly turned his head and walked toward the guesthouse. However, Sonbin could not easily take his steps even as he watched his back recede.
‘Whoa.’
Sonbin looked at the empty lot where there was no one anymore. The vacant lot filled with only blue moonlight seemed to say that what Sonbin had seen was an illusion. But that couldn’t have been the case.
The goosebumps all over my body had not yet subsided, and the traces drawn by Powell, the master of the Lion’s Leather, were still vivid before my eyes.
“Haaa.”
Without realizing it, Sonbin let out a long sigh, almost like a sigh. Rubbing her goosebumps on her arms, Sonbin walked towards her guest cup.
Then suddenly, Sonbin stopped several times and looked back. However, the vacant lot was filled with only blue moonlight.
***
Sajahyeok’s steps over Homunsan Mountain were light. It was truly unbelievable that such a huge body could move so lightly.
“Yesterday, was that, Huuk, martial arts?”
“Yes.”
“I guess it’s called the Tao method, using the Tao.”
“no.”
Sajahyeok answered.
“It’s called Tao Beop, but in reality, it doesn’t matter what you’re holding in your hand. It’s actually not that important what kind of martial arts you learn. Once you reach a certain level, what really matters is… … .”
Sajahyeok, who was speaking, suddenly stopped and looked back. Sonbin was walking, panting, carrying his luggage. The mountain was not very high, but the road was rough.
“Isn’t your body too weak?”
Sajahyeok frowned and said.
“If the standard is you, huh, who isn’t weak?”
Sonbin, who was responding in a breathless voice, came to where Sajahyeok was standing and caught his breath.
“Whoa.”
Sonbin said while wiping his sweat.
“Let’s take a short break.”
Sajahyuk still frowned, but did not say anything. After taking a moment to catch his breath, Sonbin rummaged through his luggage and took out something of his own.
It was an old, shabby book and a small, very thin brush. While Sajahyeok was looking at them with interest, Sonbin took out what looked like a small ceramic bottle from his luggage.
“What are you doing?”
“Write it down.”
Sonbin responded by putting a thin brush in and out of a small ceramic bottle. And he muttered as he tightly blocked the mouth of the small ceramic bottle with a wad of waxed paper.
“It would be nice to have a proper small seal… … .”
Inside the bottle was the food that Sonbin woke up at dawn and ground. The idea is to get a small ceramic bottle that is not used in the guest house and use it as a temporary solution instead of a jar.
Rustle rustle. Sonbin opened an old book, found a blank page, and began to write something in fine brush.
“Shouldn’t you write down what you said? “I’ll write it all down for now and organize it later.”
Even while answering, Sonbin’s hands did not rest. As Sonbin moves her brush, small letters are quickly embroidered in flying handwriting.
“hmm. “It’s pretty good.”
Sajahyeok, who was staring blankly, said.
“I’m confident that my handwriting is pretty good.”
I have lived with books and brushes as friends for over ten years, so there is no way I am not familiar with them. But that’s it. It’s pretty good handwriting, but it’s not something that can be called masterful. The writing and the sentences.
“That’s not what I’m saying.”
Sajahyuk said.
“I’m just saying that your dexterity is quite good. There is no hesitation in making and breaking ties, and he maintains delicacy when applying force, so the overall flow feels not too bad. However, it is a bit unfortunate that the wild gangsterism is not alive in that trend.”
Sonbin stopped his brush and looked at Sajahyeok at the very unexpected words. Sajahyuk grinned.
“Your muscles and bones are a mess, though.”
Sonbin burst out laughing. He found the perspective of Lion Hyeok, who reads a text and spoke of hand movements instead of writing, being refreshing, and the way he thought about anything related to martial arts was a bit funny.
“Don’t worry.”
Sonbin said with a bitter smile.
“I have no intention of doing martial arts.”
“Nothing to worry about.”
Sajahyeok responded.
“I have no intention of teaching you.”
It seemed like something he just said inadvertently, but Sajahyuk’s eyes were serious and cool. Sonbin suddenly felt goosebumps rising.
‘Now that I think about it, I heard that the martial arts people consider their martial arts very secret.’
I think I heard that he wouldn’t hesitate to take his life to get a military reward.
The process of passing on the teachings is also conducted in a very secretive way, and it seems that I have even heard that just watching someone else practice can lead to a stab wound.
‘huh?’
Sonbin frowned at a sudden suspicion.
“Well, last night.”
Sajahyuk looked at Sonbin.
“that… … “Is it okay for me to see something like that?”
Sonbin asked cautiously. Sajahyuk looked puzzled for a moment and then burst into laughter.
“Does not matter.”
Sajahyuk said.
“No, rather, we need to look further. Until you can see clearly.”
“properly?”
Sonbin frowned slightly and asked a question.
“Even if you see it now, you haven’t seen it before.”
Sajahyuk spoke assertively. His eyes towards Sonbin were sharp and intense.
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martial arts,
