Episode 655
Noble Enlightenment (5)
Pae-yul and Kang-ryang appeared behind Yeon Ho-jeong, who grabbed Ji So-hyun by the neck.
Paeyul frowned.
“What? “These messy things.”
“I do not know.”
“Looking at it, there are bandits… Oh?”
Paeyul’s eyes lit up.
“It’s not just a big muscle. You won’t develop muscles like this by training only external exercises. “These are guys who have learned their skills well.”
“That’s right.”
“These guys are not bandits.”
“But I don’t think it’s a political faction either.”
“Then is it a black sword?”
At that time, Gangryang spoke.
“A black island is a black island, but it is not just a black island.”
“huh?”
“It’s a living water.”
Paeyul looked at Kang Ryang with an angry expression.
“watering? “Have all the assassins grown like this these days?”
“It’s because I can’t afford it normally. “These guys are Chumyeongbang (追命房).”
“What is Chumyeongbang again?”
Yeon Ho-jeong said to Paeyul, who tilted his head.
“This is a group of assassins active in the northern part of the central plains. “It’s not that famous.”
“Does not being famous mean you have no skills?”
“It’s not that he doesn’t have any skills, but he’s hiding them completely.”
“Then how do you know?”
“Because I’ve heard of it.”
When he reigned as the king of the Black Island, numerous assassin groups pounded on the gate to enter the Black Emperor Castle.
Chumyeongbang was one of them. I knew about them then.
But Yeonhojeong did not accept them. Rather, he ordered an investigation and later sent warriors to completely exterminate them.
They said they made it their business to kill people, but that was because Chu Myung-bang were people who did not have the minimum line.
“I didn’t even know these guys were from Chumyeongbang. “I have only heard of the name Chumyeongbang.”
The two people looked at Kang Ryang.
Kang Ryang looked at the leader with a shocked face.
“I saw it a few years ago. “There was a time when these guys came down to Honam saying they had to carry out a request, and they were the ones who came directly to the main office that time.”
“directly?”
“yes. “The purpose was to kidnap and murder a family in Honam.”
“result?”
“My father flatly refused. No matter how the world views blackness, there is a degree. “They made a business of killing and kidnapping civilians.”
Paeyul frowned.
“Didn’t you kill him then?”
“I wondered that too. But now I understand. “If you had rashly touched Chumyeongbang, you could have been attacked not only by the Northern assassin group but also by the Black Island faction associated with it.”
“That’s right.”
“It is difficult for people who have a lot to protect to live morally.”
Paeyul could not call Gangryang’s father, the deceased master of Guicheolgeommun, a coward.
Although the martial arts world was divided into black and white, the way they lived in the world was ultimately similar. Right now, there must be someone among the leaders of the nine factions and the six major families who know about them. However, they did not immediately dispatch warriors to eliminate them.
Everyone has their own circumstances.
“Whatever it is, that dirty killer group was targeting the Yin Emperor’s disciples, right?”
Yeon Ho-jeong shook his head.
“I don’t know if he was targeting the Yin Emperor’s disciple or if he was just trying to satisfy his base desires. “It’s none of my business.”
“It’s none of my business… It’s true.”
“Let’s get these guys away first. “Liang, please help me out.”
Gangryang grumbled.
“Aren’t you going to help me?”
“From what I heard from Elder Cheoljanggae, there has never been a case where Saeum Church members came to the village. “It was said that Emperor Yin’s disciple came by once a day, and that Emperor Yin sometimes stopped by alone.”
“So?”
“You have to wait. May the Yin Festival come.”
“…!”
There was a subtle tension on Kang Ryang’s face.
Yeon Ho-jeong sat down on the rock.
“I can’t send a letter because the Saeum Church people are just a stone’s throw away. So, I had no choice but to wait for Emperor Yin, who was worried that his disciple did not return, to come forward himself.”
“older brother.”
Kang-ryang sighed.
“It’s not something I should say when we’ve come to this point, but… this is really dangerous.”
“know.”
Yeon Ho-jeong’s eyes lit up.
“It is a mission with no breakthrough. In that case, you should risk your life from the beginning.”
asked Paeyul, who was carrying the two fallen bandits.
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“Shall I leave?”
I don’t know, but Emperor Yin will be very angry. In such a situation, it was clear that the loss rate and strength would be a burden to Yeonhojeong.
Yeon Ho-jeong smiled bitterly.
“Rather than leaving us, please wait near the canyon we visited earlier. “If by any chance the remnants of the Saeum Church move, please report it immediately.”
“I get it.”
“If a fight breaks out on my side, things have gone wrong. So go straight back the way you came. “I will fall in that direction as much as possible.”
Paeyul scratched his head.
“Can you come back alive?”
“That’s right.”
“If you’re going to die, just chop up your body and die. “Then I can at least get revenge.”
Yeon Ho-jeong chuckled.
“Still, are you taking revenge?”
“How many people in their lives will make fun of their seniors? “I may be rude, but I have to at least get your revenge.”
Kang Ryang’s face turned like a dented brass vessel.
“I’m always called your senior, so why are you discriminating against me?”
“Shut up, man. “You don’t taste cute.”
“Huh?! “So you’re saying you’re cute?”
A murderous spirit appeared in Paeyul’s eyes.
Kang-ryang shrugged his neck.
“You can’t even joke around. “Let’s go.”
Kang-ryang, carrying the bandits on his shoulders, waddled into the forest.
Only then did Paeyul, who relaxed his eyes, speak to Yeon Ho-jeong again.
“Take care of your muzzle properly. “Don’t bother the other person for no reason.”
“If anyone hears it, they will think that I only made a loss because of the cubic crystal.”
“It’s the tongue that turns a wedding day into a ancestral rites day. “Didn’t you know?”
“A risk!”
“Goes.”
“Please proceed carefully.”
Paeyul picked up the remaining bandits and disappeared. Perhaps because he was an expert, he didn’t seem to have any difficulty carrying three large packs on top of each other.
Yeon Ho-jeong looked up at the sky.
“It’s much colder than Sacheon.”
* * *
‘hmm?’
Hoenjong turned his head.
The old reporter asked.
“Why are you doing that?”
“….”
“Three Tigers Law.”
“That’s strange.”
“What do you mean?”
Hoenjong frowned.
“I felt a strange energy that was getting on my nerves…”
“A energy that was getting on my nerves? “Did anyone come?”
“I don’t know that. Because it’s so fleeting. “It’s like the energy of a mountain animal.”
Reporter Shin chuckled.
“Look at the liquor bottle lying around in front of you.”
It was Hoyeonjong who emptied fifteen bottles of Bamboo Leaf Cheongju because the liquor from the continent was delicious.
I was moderately intoxicated because I was forcing my inner energy. Nevertheless, since the body is always in an optimal state, if you take it any deeper than this, the inner energy released in an instant drives away the cycle.
Even if you want to get drunk, it is difficult to get drunk easily. Of course, it wouldn’t be difficult to get drunk if you made up your mind to let go of your energy, but since you were in the middle of the field, you couldn’t relax that much.
Hoenjong scratched his head.
“The old man is right. “I wonder how long it’s been since I’ve been this drunk.”
“It seems like you stay away from alcohol in the mountains.”
“I didn’t particularly stay away from it. Since there was nothing to do, Jindeuk spent most of his time training alone.”
Reporter Shin shook his head.
“Aren’t you strong enough? “I don’t know much, but I heard that when you reach that level, mental enlightenment like meditation is more important than practical training.”
Hoenjong snorted.
“This is nothing but nonsense from idiots who mistakenly think they know two things about a subject they know nothing about. “If enlightenment can be achieved through meditation alone, both dogs and cows can achieve it.”
“Hmm.”
“Meditation is a method, and physical hardship is also a method. “I have no choice but to find the practice method that suits me at the time and immerse myself in it.”
“It’s fascinating. “Actually, I thought you would turn completely inhuman.”
Hoenjong chuckled.
“Why do you think that?”
“That realm is God’s realm. From the beginning, it was said to be a realm that cannot be reached by a person’s spirit and body. Of course, I thought you would be completely different from before.”
Ho Yeonjong calmly emptied his glass and spoke calmly.
“No matter how big you grow, a dog is a dog and a cat is a cat. “You can’t be a wolf or a tiger.”
“Are you saying there are limits to your talents?”
“Nature doesn’t change. If you’re born a dog, you can’t pack like a wolf. “Even cats as big as tigers cannot roar.”
Hoenjong’s face looked bitter at first glance as he filled his empty glass.
“I wanted to be a tiger, but I was still just a cat. “It was only when I reached this level that I realized it.”
Reporter Shin thought. A lot has changed in this regard.
Hoyeonjong, whom I saw at school, was a person who was not only overflowing with confidence, but also arrogant.
It was worth it. Among the Hoyeon clan of the Hoyeon sect, only one survived. How could one not be arrogant when one has reached the brink of opening the gates of heaven with overwhelming talent and bloody effort?
The Hoyeonjong was now showing an easy-going and humane appearance.
The level of martial arts has reached the level of gods, but on the contrary, it shows weakness.
‘They’re all the same.’
Reporter Shin realized something again. That humans can never become gods.
No one can become a god unless they are born with a chosen one, such as the leaders of the three religions.
Isn’t that true just by looking at Ha Eungyo? The martial arts he has achieved must be even greater than that of the Hoyeonjong in front of him, but he is only obsessed with blood and has lost his sense of reason and is helping the Saeumgyo.
Others, especially the martial arts people on the mainland, would never believe this situation. Those who are praised as the Thirteenth Place of Heaven are seen as half-immortals, so they do not know that they also have a human side.
“Would you like another bottle?”
“Do you have any more alcohol?”
“There are a lot.”
Hoenjong waved his hand.
“That’s it. “It’s midnight now and I need to sleep.”
“Does an expert like you have to sleep all the time?”
“Isn’t Gosu a person? “You need to sleep at the right time and wake up at the right time to stay healthy.”
Hoenjong stood up from his seat.
Reporter Shin patted his back and stood up together.
“I’ll tell the ones below to clean up, so go in and sleep first.”
For a moment, a subtle sneer appeared in Ho Yeonjong’s eyes.
“You’re going to hit that place with just those guys?”
“It’s not just them. Aren’t you at the forefront? “I have one too.”
“Most of them will die.”
“I guess so. “Well, it’s none of our business, is it?”
“That’s right.”
Hoenjong chuckled.
“I’m curious. “I wonder how powerful the old faction will be.”
“It’s not something to look at lightly. No one knows how many cilantro will be scattered in Simsanyu Valley. “There may be someone as strong as you among them.”
“If there is, I would like to meet you.”
“Arthur. “This is not a mission that can satisfy your desire to win.”
“I know. “I’m just saying that.”
Hoenjong turned and headed towards the forest.
Reporter Shin frowned.
“Where are you going? “It’s towards the village.”
Hoenjong waved his hand without even looking back.
“I’m the type of person who can’t sleep if something makes me uncomfortable. “I’ll just check what that energy I felt earlier was and then come back.”
Reporter Shin clicked his tongue.
“Don’t get into an accident and come back right away. The operation starts at midnight tomorrow.”
“I understand.”
Slurp.
Hoyeonjong’s body disappeared into the forest.
