Episode 151. Do you know anything about the Pacheonma Army?
Jin Seol-ha, who discovered Yeonjeok-ha and Gucheon-no-do’s heartache, pretended to know about it from afar.
After waving his hand, Hwayongdoksim Namgungyeon and Jinseolha sat down, keeping their distance.
The two seemed to be in good spirits, so he avoided them and asked them to spend more time talking.
As soon as I sat down, Jeomsoi came running towards me.
“Hehe, what would you like? If we’re talking about alcohol, our inn’s pride is Guonchunju (九醞春酒), made with thousand-year-old well water. We ask merchants traveling up and down the Yangtze River to stock it for us.”
Simtong ordered on behalf of Yeonjeokha.
“Bring out some side dishes to eat with that bowl of Guon Chunju, which is so famous.”
“Yes, yes. I’ll prepare some stir-fried pork and lightly blanched vegetables for you as an appetizer.”
The sullen Jeomso-i disappeared into the kitchen as Simtong nodded.
Yeonjeok-ha, who had been waiting for the drinks and snacks in a daze, suddenly asked as if a thought had occurred to him.
“Old Man Shim. Do you know anything about the Pacheonma Army?”
“Hehehe. Is there anyone in the Green Forest who doesn’t know the Pacheonma-gun? Of course they do.”
“What kind of person is Pacheonma-gun?”
“He was a man who worked at Shaolin Temple when he was young, and through chance he became the best master in the world. His dark heavenly sword has never been matched.”
While speaking, Simtong glanced at Yeonjeokha’s expression.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“If it’s Confucius’ swordsmanship, then maybe… … .”
Simtong trailed off.
It was not easy to dare to speak ill of the Pacheonma Army, which was the spiritual leader of the world’s four factions beyond the Green Forest.
Yeonjeokha clung to me persistently.
“Why are you stopping talking? Are you saying that I can defeat him with my swordsmanship?”
“If you are a famous cult leader, it would be better not to fight against the Pacheonma Army.”
“Is he really that scary?”
“No, it’s not that, but it’s just that all the Sapas in the world follow his words, so please be careful.”
“Sapa follows the leader of the Green Forest?”
“Isn’t the Green Forest also a Sapa? He is the only one who can press the Chilpa Gate, so we have no choice but to follow him. But why are you suddenly asking such a question?”
“The Pacheonma Army gave the Justice Alliance people to me.”
“Yes, I did.”
“I heard that Seol So-hyeop said this earlier. He said that he was impressed when Nok-rim drew his sword on Yu-myeong-gyo before Jeong-ui-maeng. He said that he thought Pacheon-ma-gun was just a big boss, but he seems like someone who knows what justice is. He asked me all sorts of questions about Pacheon-ma-gun, but what should I know?”
“Hehehe. Anyway, those political bastards are really good at getting excited.”
“What the hell is this?”
“Think about it. Did the Pacheonma-gun say he would fight the famous religion?”
Yeonjeokha, who had been thinking deeply, shook his head.
“No. I don’t think there was anything like that.”
“Right? Didn’t you tell me to clean up the Seventy-Two Green Forests in the famous church first when they touched them?”
“That’s what it is.”
“In Confucius’s eyes, is the famous religion a righteous sect or an evil sect?”
“Isn’t it close to Sapa? Among the ten horsemen there, there were many from the Green Forest. Even if they weren’t from the Green Forest, they were all full of bad guys.”
“That’s right. You could say that the famous sect is a sect that doesn’t listen to the words of the Pacheonma-gun. I told you that the sect follows the Pacheonma-gun, right?”
“uh.”
“The reason is because Lord Pacheonma hates the Chilpaimon extremely.”
“You hate it so much?”
“Hehehe. Yes. There are three things that the Pacheonma-gun hates the most in the world. Have you ever heard what they are?”
“I don’t know. How would I know that?”
Simtong looked at Yeonjeokha with a dumbfounded expression.
Even though I’ve lived in Obongsanchae for several years, I still feel like I don’t know much about Pacheonmagun.
‘Well, the Five Bongsipgeols weren’t at the level to be interested in that kind of thing before.’
Before he heard of the Five Fists, his sworn brothers were nothing more than thieves. So it may be natural that he was ignorant of the Pacheon Demon Army.
“Hmm, Lord Pacheonma is someone who is very jealous of the hypocrites of the monks, Taoists, and the orthodox.”
“You hate monks and Taoists that much? Why?”
Yeonjeokha’s eyes widened.
I can understand the ‘hypocrisy of the political party’. I also get annoyed when I see people like that.
But is there any reason to be jealous of the monks and Taoists?
“How badly must you have been treated at Shaolin Temple to hate it so much? Isn’t there an unspeakable pain that only those who have experienced it know?”
“Oh! I see.”
Yeonjeok nodded, thinking for a moment.
Come to think of it, Waryongjang looked like a legitimate military camp on the outside, but he himself had suffered all sorts of abuse there.
“Would a Pacheonma-gun like that go to war with the same faction? Anyway, I wonder what’s going on in the minds of the Jeongpa people. They judge everything as they see fit.”
“But I’m fighting the twelve horsemen right now?”
“That’s because they were the ones who tried to get their hands on the Seventy-Two.”
“So the Pacheonma Army won’t fight the famous religion?”
“It depends on how you come out of the famous religion. If they keep touching the Seventy-Two, you won’t stay still.”
“If you don’t touch me, I won’t fight?”
“Hehehe. Until now, the enemy of the Green Forest has been the Justice Alliance. Whenever the weather is nice, don’t they go around stirring up the mountains in the name of ‘Heroic Action’? They wouldn’t fight their own faction when their sworn enemy is right in front of them. Of course, since they challenged the authority of the Pacheonma-gun, they will be punished.”
“ah!”
“Anyway, there is almost no chance of joining hands with the Justice League to attack Yumyeong Church.”
“Then what am I?”
“Isn’t this a warning to the famous religion not to touch the green forest?”
“… … .”
For a moment, I felt a shock as if I had been struck by lightning.
The movements of Nokrim, Sapa, Yu Myeong-gyo, Jeong Ui-maeng, Seol Cha-su, Namgung Cheon and Namgung Yeon, all of them, are now beginning to become clear.
So, up until now, he has been walking with the enemy.
For a moment, I was stunned by the shocking fact that the real enemy was not a famous church.
“Are you surprised?”
Simtong looked at Yeonjeokha with a big smile.
He was, strictly speaking, a member of the political faction.
Living in the outskirts of the green forest without knowing anything, fighting the famous religion together with the people of the Justice League must have caused confusion about his identity.
Perhaps he thought that the Pacheonma Army was joining hands with the Jeongui Alliance to defeat the Yuming Sect.
Of course, he doesn’t know what Pacheonma-gun is thinking.
However, it is known that he hates Chilpa-mun more than Yumyeonggyo. Given the atmosphere, it is likely that he will do so even if he does not reveal it now.
At that moment, Jeomso-i brought out Guon Chun-ju and some side dishes.
Simtong poured alcohol into Yeonjeokha’s glass, who had not yet come to his senses.
“Your Majesty, don’t be so surprised. In the world of martial arts, there are no eternal enemies or eternal allies. Do you know? Will Pacheonma-gun really fight Yumingyo?”
Yeonjeokha emptied his glass in one gulp and muttered.
“Tch! I know that’s just empty talk. You think I’m an idiot.”
“Oh my! The fools are me and the Five Bong Ten Heroes, who can only memorize one hundred and three hundred characters.”
Simtong quickly filled Yeonjeokha’s empty glass.
“If Old Man Shim thinks like that, then Sister Yeon must know, right?”
“I don’t know, but you probably know more than I do.”
Simtong shook his head.
He used extremely honorific terms to Namgung Yeon without thinking. He was in awe of her to that extent.
At first, he was very obedient to the Namgungcheon siblings because of his relationship with Yeonjeokha, but now it’s different.
Simtong believed that Namgung Yeon was a man of no understanding.
Suddenly, Simtong lowered his voice as if he was thinking about something.
“Your Majesty, you said that Lady Gucheon’s face resembled Lady Namgung’s?”
“uh.”
“This is just my opinion. Maybe Lady Namgung is the incarnation of the Lady of the Nine Heavens.”
“What kind of nonsense are you talking about? I drank alcohol, so why is Mr. Shim talking nonsense?”
“No, that’s… … . You know too much. How can a person be like that? Compared to Lady Namgung, the people of Jegal Se are nothing more than dirt on their toenails. I’m telling you, they’re not ordinary people. They must be the Nine Heavenly Women.”
“Tsk tsk! Is it time to go? I heard you’re really dreaming. If there’s anything you want to eat, just tell me. I’ll buy it for you.”
He said this, hitting his chest as if he was in pain.
“Your Majesty. Even the demons of the underworld can manifest themselves in the bodies of the Ten Demon Soldiers. How can the Nine Heavenly Women not come? Or is it true that the leader of the cult is even trying to summon the King of Hell? What I am saying could be true.”
“Oh, shut up. You keep talking nonsense, so I’m starting to doubt what you said about the Pacheonma Army.”
“What I said about the Pacheonma-gun is true without a doubt. If you ask anyone with any power in Sapa, they will tell you the same thing.”
Namgungcheon, the Cheongung Sword master who had just come down the stairs, discovered Yeonjeokha and approached her.
He said, plopping down next to Yeonjeokha.
“What are you talking about that makes you look so serious?”
Shim Tong spoke first, fearing that Yeon Jeok Ha might say something strange.
“I told you a few things I know because you were curious about the Pacheonma-gun.”
“Ah, Pacheonma-gun. He’s a scary guy. Isn’t he? Senior Sim?”
Namgungcheon looked at Simtong with meaningful eyes.
Simtong answered with a trembling face.
“Well, you could look at it that way.”
Despite the fact that he had just called me a scary person, he changed the subject.
Namgungcheon is Yeonjeokha’s brother-in-law, but on the other hand, he is a master of the Jeongpa faction.
Namgungcheon, who was snickering, said to Yeonjeokha.
“Pacheonmagun is from Shaolin Temple, but many of the people he killed were Shaolin masters. He is truly a man without a care. What’s interesting is that there are quite a few Sapa masters who died by his hands. He seems to have his own standards for killing regardless of whether they are from the right Sapa or not, but no one knows what they are. So you shouldn’t trust him too much either.”
“Hmm, hmm. Prince Namgung. Are you going to speak ill of the Lord of the Army in front of the General Patrol of the Green Forest? If so, should I also tell you the secret story of the leader of the Justice Alliance, Pungryodo?”
“Haha! What kind of secret is that? Who doesn’t know that the leader’s temperament is fiery and causes trouble?”
“Hehehe. If the Wind and Rain Sword uses its hands without regard to the faction, it will be a mess.”
Namgungcheon shrugged his shoulders at Simtong’s subtle turning around.
In fact, the personalities of the leader, Pungryodo, and Pacheonma Army were similar.
Both of them were choleric people who did whatever they wanted.
I sighed at the war of nerves between the two lovers.
I see political talk going back and forth about myself, calling me a political faction or a sectarian faction.
In times like this, the position is awkward.
Because my acquaintances are evenly mixed in both the political and opposition parties, I can’t take sides.
***
Oral.
dawn.
The three men who had been riding all night stopped on a hill overlooking a large island (Kang Ju-jin).
The poisonous ghost, the sheep’s horn, the blood sword, and the jade Buddha.
The blood sword approached Yang So-ran, who was resting after getting off her horse.
“Total protection law. What are you going to do now? Should I go straight to Jang Gang Ilgwae? Or… … .”
The blood sword trailed off.
The island right in front of us was Gangjujin, where the Jang River Suchae is located.
If you go out to the river and catch any boat, you can cross in about 20 minutes.
“Let’s wait and see for now. If it’s Jang Gang Ilgwae, it won’t be easy.”
Hyeolgyeom nodded with a satisfied expression at Yang Soran’s words.
“That is a fair point. The Jang Gang Ilgwae are the leaders of the Jang Gangsu Alliance, so they will have no problem dealing with the Yeon Jeokha.”
The Jade Buddha nodded as if he agreed.
“That would be good. If he knows we’re waiting, he might run away.”
In any case, someone has to step forward first in the fight against Yeonjeokha.
In that case, it was natural to leave the job to Jang Gang-il-goe, who was not present.
Wuxia,
