Episode 38. You want to see the real thing?
Pacheonma-gun Seok Mu-hae has a dream.
It is to unite the power of the Green Forest and stand shoulder to shoulder with the Chilpaimon.
That is also the reason why he taught his martial arts to the later members of the Green Forest. He wanted to manage the thirty-six mountain and water plants through them.
Now that the number has increased to seventy-two, the role of the Twelve Horse Army has become even more important.
So, what I thought of was the Green Forest Competition.
In fact, the purpose of the Green Forest Tournament is not to make friends among thieves. Rather, it is to give the Twelve Demon Army official positions in the Green Forest, such as law-keeping and patrolling. That way, the Green Forest can be controlled effectively.
Seok Mu-hae looked at Eumpungmyo-gun with a kind smile on his face.
“So what’s going on?”
“Actually, I went to Obongsanchae in southern Hanam Province with an invitation… … .”
The Eumpungmyogun honestly confessed what had happened to him two months ago. Then he secretly showed his right hand, which was still recovering, to show the wound.
“So you’re saying that you were defeated by a young thief from Obongsanchae? You, a member of the Twelve Horse Army?”
Seok Mu-hae has a face that says he can’t believe it.
That is to be expected, since it has already been ten years since the Twelve Horsemen learned the Dark Heavenly Sword.
The Twelve Horsemen were masters of the Green Forest even before they learned the True Realm.
After learning the truth, I have never heard of anyone losing to him. It is said that the Twelve Demon Kings were defeated by a young thief from Obongsanchae.
“yes…….”
Even when he thought about it, Eumpungmyo-gun felt ashamed and lowered his head.
“If you are young, how old are you?”
“I heard you’re not even twenty yet.”
“omg!”
At that age, the period of time since you started learning martial arts is probably about ten years. That’s similar to the period of time that the Twelve Demon Kings learned the True Realm, so you lost? No matter how great the martial arts record is, that’s impossible.
“You were drunk?”
“Yes, a little… … .”
“Tsk! I could be defeated by you if I got drunk. That’s why I told you over and over again. Don’t drink to the point of getting drunk.”
Seok Mu-hae attributed the defeat of the Eumpungmyo Army to alcohol. It was because there was no other explanation. Of course, even if that were true, it was still difficult to accept.
“Have you found out about that kid?”
“Yes. His name is Yeonjeokha. Last year, the owner of Obongsanchae saved him from the brink of death. Since then, he seems to have been living in the mountains. Recently, he has been called one of the ten heroes of Obong.”
“The Five Bongsipgeol?”
“It refers to the ten thieves in O Bong San Chae. It is a name well known among merchants traveling around southern Hanam Province.”
“Hmm! Did they also attend this Green Forest Competition?”
“Yes, I saw your face from afar yesterday.”
“What is the inaction of the Five Bongsipgeol?”
“You can think of them as third-rate in the Green Forest. One young one is outstanding, but the rest are nothing special. They didn’t even dare to make eye contact with me.”
Seok Mu-hae nodded as if he understood.
In the green forest, the third-rate people were just ordinary thieves who were rampant.
“In the end, it is said that among the five great heroes, only that one is worth using.”
“Yes. Would you like to meet separately?”
“If I step forward, I’ll just be giving that kid a bad name. Just find out if that guy is going to the military. It won’t be too late to meet him later.”
“yes.”
Soon, Seok Mu-hae turned his gaze to the Twelve Horse Army.
“You heard that too, right? We don’t know yet whether that kid will participate or not. If he does participate, we shouldn’t let our guard down just because he’s young.”
“Don’t worry.”
“We will step on it.”
The twelve horsemen answered vigorously.
No one thought that he would lose to a kid who wasn’t even twenty years old.
***
Waryongjang in Unsa, east of Luoyang.
Someone is swinging a sword vigorously in the training ground.
Second is Yeon Seung-baek. He is the instructor of the Indan and has been living in the training center these days. He is trying not to be ignored by his disciples who are former ronin.
Yeonmu Baek, who happened to be passing by the training ground, watched him with pleased eyes. It seemed like he had become the martial arts instructor of the Indan and trained without missing a single day.
There are currently three instructors teaching martial arts at Waryongjang. He is in charge of Cheondan, his uncle Yeon Ji-pyeong is in charge of Jidan, and his younger brother Yeon Seung-baek is in charge of Indan.
Yeon Seung-baek, who was in the middle of his swordsmanship, tilted his head.
It seems like there’s something you don’t like.
Yeonmu Baek approached with a smile.
“Haha, what are you thinking about?”
“Oh, bro. My arm movements aren’t going smoothly.”
Yeon Seung-baek, who had been politely calling his older brother “hyung” because he felt unfamiliar with his older brother after seeing him for the first time in ten years, now spoke comfortably.
“Nine Dragons?”
“Yeah. It’s the only way to move in the nine heavenly laws.”
“yes.”
“Is there a reason to gather energy by moving nine times?”
Yeon Seung-baek’s sense of doubt is natural. Moving nine times means throwing away nine chances to strike. In real combat, even one strike is a waste.
Yeonmu Baek answered with a smile.
“That must mean that the power of the last old style is great. I heard that my father also used the old style lightning sword as a life-saving tool while he was still alive.”
The eight-legged cannibal Nine-Dragon-Blood God leads to the old-style Thunder Sword Formation. In short, it is a method of gathering bets with the eight-legged cannibal Nine-Dragon-Blood God and unfolding the old-style Thunder Sword Formation.
Yeonseungbaek looked at Yeonmubaek with meaningful eyes.
“What does it look like to you, hyung?”
“what?”
“Which do you think is better, unfolding the eight-style and old-style in a chain, or unfolding the old-style separately? I think it’s much better to use them separately. I’ll show you. Take a look.”
Yeonseungbaek moved before Yeonmubaek could say anything.
Yeonseungbaek’s soles skimmed the ground as he stepped on nine different directions.
And he swung his sword using the old-fashioned lightning sword technique.
Shhh.
A sharp sword wind poured down with a sound that cut through the air.
“This time, I’ll just unfold the lightning sword pattern.”
Yeonseungbaek raised the power of the Heavenly Dragon Musangshinkong to its peak while still in place, then dropped his sword.
Wedge-shaped.
A powerful sword wind poured out that was incomparable to the combination of the eight-style and nine-style swords. If the combination of the eight-style and nine-style swords was a strong wind, then using them alone was like a typhoon.
Yeonseungbaek said with a proud face.
“I think the reason why it’s stronger when you use the old style alone than when you use it in a chain is because of the difference in concentration. After all, we’re going to use the Heavenly Dragon Musang Shinkong as our base. When we exclude the eight styles and focus on the Heavenly Dragon Musang Shinkong, it becomes stronger. What do you think, hyung? Do you think I’m misunderstanding something?”
Yeonmu Baek looked at his younger brother with eyes that were a mixture of pride and confusion.
“Actually, I thought about that a long time ago. I even asked Uncle Namgung for advice.”
“Oh, you knew that too, hyung. What did your uncle say?”
“They said it would be difficult to say for sure until they saw the lost Hyeonnyeo Gyeong of the Yeon clan.”
“It seems like adults always say the same thing. You have to think about what’s best for what you have now. Don’t you think so?”
Yeonmu Baek nodded and said.
“I asked the elders of my family a while ago, and they said that my father only used the Roegumbun type. They all knew that it was better to just use the old style than to use the eight-style and the chain style.”
“In the end, the Nine Dragons are just a burden? They have no use and are a waste to throw away.”
“But there may be functions within it that we don’t know about. So we shouldn’t treat it lightly. If we do, even the eight types of food may not be passed down to future generations.”
“I know that much. I asked you because I wanted to make sure my thoughts were correct.”
“Okay, is that confirmed?”
“Oh, it seems like Roegumbunhyung is a really great herbivore. Right now, it’s just the wind of the sword, but someday, I’ll be able to unleash sword energy like hyung, right?”
“That depends on how well you’ve mastered the Heavenly Dragon Musang Shingong. Uncle Yeon said that our mind method seems to have come from a sect called Kunlun.”
“Konryun?”
“Oh, it’s an old Taoist sect outside of Sae-oe. They say it’s a mysterious sect that doesn’t reveal itself to the world.”
“In a word, it’s great?”
“That’s right. The secret method we’ve learned is as great as the lost Hyeonnyeo-gyeong. So I don’t think there’s anything to be discouraged about.”
“I suddenly want to see the lightning sword form of my brother that he uses with the Heavenly Dragon Musang Shingong. Please show me.”
“Huh! You want to see the true form of the Roegumbunhyeong?”
“uh.”
Yeonseungbaek nodded.
All he can do is use the sword wind. It is as different from the manifestation of sword energy as heaven and earth.
“Look Carefully.”
Yeonmu Baek walked to the training ground for his younger brother.
And with the power of the Heavenly Dragon Musangshinkong, he unleashed a lightning-like lightning-like lightning sword formation.
Tsk tsk tsk.
Four black auras sprouted from the tip of the sword.
The black flag flew about three jang (about 9 meters) straight ahead and then disappeared.
Yeonmu Baek, who had put away his sword, calmed his rough breathing.
“Wow! That’s amazing.”
“It’s amazing… …. I heard that my father used nine swords when he was at his prime.”
“You’re still young, hyung.”
Yeonmu Baek snickered.
As my brother said, I am still young.
After a little more time passes, I might be able to draw out the nine swords.
***
Gangnam Mansapyeong.
The day of the Green Forest Competition has finally arrived.
The commander-in-chief, Seok Mu-hae, declared a martial arts competition to the thieves gathered from all over the world. The thieves cheered at the words, “We will fairly select patrolmen and law-keepers through martial arts.”
Unlike the other thieves who were very excited, the faces of the Oh Bong-ship thieves were indifferent as if it was someone else’s business.
In fact, except for Yeonjeokha, the other five Bongsipgeol are not at the level to compete with Chaeju. Yeonjeokha is the only one who is qualified to compete in the martial arts competition.
If he leaves, winning will be a piece of cake.
However, he told the Eumpungmyo-gun who came last night that he would not participate in the martial arts competition. Naturally, the eyes of the Oh Bong-sip-geol watching the martial arts competition became dull.
The sixth, Jang So-bong, glanced at Yeon Jeok-ha and asked.
“Yeon-ah, are you really not going to the martial arts competition?”
“yes.”
“Why? It would be good to do something like patrolling or law enforcement.”
“It’s annoying. If I take on something like that, I’ll have to go around here and there. Why do that annoying thing?”
“Well, it must be difficult.”
Jang So-bong, exhausted from two months of travel, nodded his head as if he understood.
The number of bandits coming from the seventy-two mountain villages was a whopping one thousand. In order to make rapid progress, Shin Ju-il, the general and Woo Geum-yeong, personally took charge of the society of the secret army.
Hundreds of demons expressed their intention to participate in this opportunity to seize power. Among them were the Twelve Demon Army, disciples of the General Head.
At first, the five Bongsipgeol were indifferent, but as time passed, they became absorbed in the martial arts. This was because most of them were from the family of thieves or slash-and-burn farmers and had never seen martial arts on this scale before.
Ha So-baek, who was watching the fight, said with sparkling eyes.
“Still, it’s really fun.”
To Ha So-baek, who went from being a day laborer to a martial artist, everything seems new.
At that moment, the Twelve Horsemen, the Gwangdoin Army, leaped into the air and sprayed ki at their opponents.
In that scene, Ha So-baek exclaimed, “Ah!” and asked Yeon Jeok-ha.
“Brother, last time we fought against those robbers dressed in black.”
“huh?”
“You moved your body in the air several times. Why did you do that?”
She wondered why Yeonjeok-ha didn’t just use his sword like Gwangdo-in-gun did. Of course, it was cool to fly around in the sky.
Wuxia,
