Episode 81
Because it’s iron blood.
Jinchung abandoned his name.
From now on, he was Zhao.
But it was different from the previous Zhao.
It was Zhao who would one day become Gak-eung (角鷹).
“Prince Baek. I hope to go along well. “Please feel free to call me Zao.”
“… … yes. By the way, if you’ll excuse me, who are you? … ?”
“I’ll tell you briefly. I am… … .”
Zhao was a middle-aged man with sharp eyes and an ordinary build.
Would you say it looks like a symbol of an assassin?
But surprisingly, he was very talkative and fast.
Even though he said he would speak briefly, he continued to talk nonstop throughout.
Thanks to this, Baek Seung-mu learned more about Zhao than everything he knew about Kunlun’s executioners combined.
And I was able to clearly organize my thoughts.
‘I guess I shouldn’t talk to you in the future.’
Actually, this was the second problem.
There was a more fundamental problem.
‘How can you trust a warrior of Sima Lian?’
Jeong Gwang said, ‘He will be our eyes and ears,’ but that didn’t make sense.
What a huge amount of chatter. Doesn’t it seem more likely that they will become tongues and mouths?
Above all, he caught them by feeding them chronic poison and threatening them with poison.
It is said that Jeong Gwang teaches great martial arts… … .
‘It’s Safain. ‘You never know when I might betray you.’
Baek Seung-mu immediately sent a message to Jeong Gwang.
-execution. I can’t believe interest rates.
-uh? Me too.
Baek Seung-moo, who was blinking at the absurd answer, barely asked.
-… … Then why did you take it away?
-Then kill me?
Baek Seung-mu had nothing to say for a moment.
No matter what, life is precious.
Because that was his theory in peacetime.
-… … What the death penalty said is correct. We need to use our strength to get on the right path.
It’s not like Zhao committed any evil deeds right now.
So, as a member of a political faction, we must make the minimum effort.
If that doesn’t work, you can think again.
‘I am closer to the devil than to the death penalty. How can we support the death penalty if this is the case?’
Jeong Gwang reprimanded Baek Seung-mu, who was blaming himself.
-Guiding you to the right path? In what time period?
-… … yes?
-Just use it in moderation. If you think it’s not right, go ahead and clean it up.
-… … !
Baek Seung-moo regretted blaming himself earlier.
Because concentrate was, after all, concentrate.
‘It is indeed the death penalty. But how can you trust the author and make him do the work?’
There was something Baek Seung-mu couldn’t figure out.
It was Sapa’s habit.
They are not an organization bound by loyalty.
It was closer to a transactional relationship where appropriate compensation was exchanged.
If you don’t want to get stabbed in the back by your subordinate, you just have to treat him decently.
This was a very difficult task, but some people could easily do it.
Jeong Gwang was like that.
“Zhao. “How much did you receive from Sima Lian?”
When Zhao answered, Baek Seung-moo’s eyebrows twitched.
Because it was a considerable amount.
“Priests. What’s wrong with your expression? “Is this too much?”
“I think so.”
“Probably not.”
“… … yes?”
“In Sapa, bonuses are not given out in vain. Give according to your abilities. “If you don’t, you’ll get stabbed in the back.”
Zhao nodded to indicate that it was true.
Upon seeing this, Baek Seung-moo’s prejudice against Sapa became even more severe.
‘They said they were made for profit, not trust, but it’s worse than I thought. ‘How much is the death penalty worth?’
Baek Seung-moo still didn’t know much about Jeong-gwang.
“Zhao. “There is no compensation.”
“… … .”
“… … Yes, death penalty. “Isn’t that a bit harsh?”
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“why? “We don’t have a master-slave relationship.”
Baek Seung-mu opened his mouth wide.
‘Is this why you refused when I offered to serve you as my lord?’
When I glanced at him by moving my eyes, I saw no change in Zhao’s expression.
“it’s okay. “Because you said you would give me something bigger.”
“ah!”
When Baek Seung-moo let out an exclamation, Jeong Gwang grinned.
“Money can be made quickly if you have the strength. That’s the Safa way.”
“That’s right, Jinokryong.”
Zheng Guang asked Zhao, who agreed.
“Are you going to study hard?”
“of course!”
Zhao answered in a voice that came from his heart.
Baek Seung-moo looked at him with sad eyes.
It was pitiful that Jeong Gwang didn’t know what ‘hard work’ meant.
But now is the time for Baek Seung-moo to sympathize with whom?
As soon as the sun came up, I was in a situation where I had to sweat hard at the blacksmith shop.
Baek Seung-moo let out a small sigh and closed his eyes.
I hope this hardship ends quickly.
* * *
Baek Seung-mu headed to the blacksmith shop as soon as dawn broke.
Zheng Guang told Zhao to go out secretly and then come back in officially.
Zhao immediately complied and stayed at the Cheolhyeoljang as Zheng Guang’s close friend.
“Expand everything you know.”
“Yes, Jinokryong.”
Numerous martial arts were poured out.
Zhao’s martial arts skills were strange and bizarre, as expected from a Sapa, and the variety was so numerous that it was confusing.
Jeong Gwang’s impression was simple.
“They specialize in secretly stabbing people.”
“I do espionage and assassination for a living… … .”
As Zhao trailed off, Zheng Guang waved his finger.
“Don’t be discouraged. “It’s efficient and good, right?”
“… … !”
“Let’s dig deep in that direction.”
Zhao was probably good.
What does it matter as long as I can become stronger?
No, it was fortunate that I didn’t have to throw away what I had learned so far.
Because time was very precious to him who had overcome hardships.
‘I will learn properly! ‘I risk everything!’
That decision did not last more than one hour.
Absolutely ridiculous intensity of training!
Isn’t it to the point where it’s impossible to tell whether this is training or torture?
An escape plan spontaneously appeared in my head.
But Zhao was a wise man.
‘Still, it’s better than the pain of poison! If you run away, you will have to continue to suffer from that pain!’
Seeing him gritting his teeth and enduring it, Jeong Gwang smiled happily.
‘Maybe it’s because he’s a killer, so he’s very patient.’
If so, the intensity of training must be increased accordingly.
Zheng Guang pushed Zhao away.
I taught them modified gymnastics methods that had been taught to the Murim League members, and also gave them the most important techniques of stealth and hiding.
Zhao was a skilled person who knew how valuable they were, so he devoted himself even more to training.
Even though he felt the urge to escape and commit suicide, he continued to hold on.
The scene was so miserable that Baek Seung-moo, who came back from work, rubbed his sleepy eyes and questioned her so much.
It was finished in one day due to Jeong Gwang’s restraint.
“Priests. “I told you that interrogation and bloodshed by an unmanned person are not good in the long run.”
“sorry. “Stop without even realizing it.”
On the third day, Zhao lost consciousness, collapsed, and could not move.
How could Jeong Gwang just watch that?
I woke him up by injecting him with internal energy and causing him extreme pain.
“Kaaaaak!”
“You are weaker than you look.”
“Ugh. Cluck, cluck. sorry.”
Zhao tried to stand up, but his body didn’t listen.
Jeong Gwang was worried as he watched him writhing on the floor.
‘He has a strong will and has qualities. But I’ve been learning poor boating skills, so my physical condition is a mess.’
Since Sapa’s martial arts used various expedient methods, there were many side effects.
If it was done properly, it was to a lesser degree, but how many people would have learned it?
Zhao was not of a status that could be included there.
Therefore, when he learned Jeonggwang’s martial arts based on magic and magic, his body suffered.
‘If I just pick it up, it will grow quickly.’
It was referring to the evil energy that was filling Zhao’s body.
‘What is it?’
There was a way.
There was just no reason to do it that way.
At that time, Zhao stood up trembling.
The spirit raises the body!
Jeong Gwang decided.
‘Let’s invest.’
When I took out an elixir and held it out, Zhao made a puzzled expression.
“Please eat.”
“… … “Is this some kind of poison?”
“yes? “It’s an elixir.”
“… … !”
Zhao’s eyes widened as if torn.
When has he ever seen an elixir?
‘for a moment. ‘Is it really not a poison but an elixir?’
Even if there was doubt, the answer was there.
Anyway, my body is already full of chronic poison.
What’s the point of adding one more poison?
If you don’t eat it, the concentrate won’t stay still.
Zhao swallowed the Danhwan without hesitation.
and.
I shed tears of joy at the immense energy rising from within.
It was a real elixir!
‘Jinokryong! I won’t forget this moment!’
Unlike him, Jeong Gwang was bouncing an abacus in his head.
‘I’ll have to work really hard to get it back.’
When two people are lost in different thoughts like this.
A stocky old man appeared in front of the main gate of Cheolhyeoljang.
The guards guarding the place all bowed and shouted.
“Welcome Lord Zhang!”
* * *
The next morning.
A man came and spoke to Jeong Gwang.
“Lord Jang has returned. “Please go.”
Baek Seung-moo has already gone to the blacksmith shop.
After telling Zhao to practice, Zheng Guang followed the man.
Soon they arrived in front of a simple palace.
“Please come in.”
“yes.”
When we went inside, Cheol Jin-gi and a stocky old man were sitting there.
The old man’s face was as burnt as an iron rag, but he had no expression, as if his face had been made out of a piece of iron.
Cheoljingi introduced the old man.
“Are you here? “It’s your father.”
Jeong Gwang greeted politely.
“Hello, Lord Jang. It is the concentrate of Kunlun.”
“… … .”
Instead of the silent old man, Cheoljingi opened his mouth with an expression of apology.
“Please understand that my father is silent. “I will apologize on your behalf.”
“are you okay.”
Cheoljingi was rather taken aback by Jeonggwang’s reaction.
No matter how senior you are, it is rude to ignore the greetings of younger students.
From what we’ve seen, the Jeong-gwang doesn’t have the personality to tolerate something like that.
‘There’s an unexpected side to it. The more I look at him, the more I don’t understand him.’
There would be something even more surprising if he found out.
Jeong Gwang was in a very good mood.
It was because watching Iron Blood Jangju reminded me of someone from my past life.
‘He’s as silent as that guy. Now all I have to do is improve my skills.’
As Jeong Gwang grinned, Cheolhyeoljangju’s eyes shook.
Cheol Jin-gi looked at the two people in turn, cleared his throat, and then continued speaking.
“Your father said he had a few questions for you. “Is that okay?”
“Sure.”
“Actually, neither my father nor I like Wijin very much. “It’s only natural that I don’t like that guy’s father.”
According to Cheol Jin-gi, he had a kind and kind sister.
A scoundrel from Sapa kidnapped her, and he was the one who became Hu Wei-jin’s father.
“Wizin, look at his personality. My sister isn’t like that. “It must have been because of that thief’s influence.”
When Cheol Jin-gi’s sister gave birth to Hu Wei-jin, she and her husband visited Cheolhyeoljang.
It was natural that the Cheol family kicked out her husband.
The problem was that she left crying too, holding Hu Weijin.
“My father was very heartbroken. He made the jade tablet while waiting for his sister to come visit him again someday. “I’m talking about what you brought.”
Cheolhyeoljangju believed that his grandson would inherit his daughter’s outstanding talent.
That is why the legendary divine beast Kirin (麒麟) was engraved on a plaque made of precious sapphire.
“But that guy who came to visit me when he grew up… … .”
It was not the equipment that Mr. Cheol and his son had dreamed of.
He was a shameless bastard!
“So what did you do?”
“I told you to give me the jade tablet and leave. “They said that if you come back like the giraffe engraved there, you will be granted what you want.”
With a confident face, Hu Weijin assured that three years would be enough.
And exactly three years later.
After beating up and threatening people and forcing him to take on the nickname Okkirin, he returned.
“How can you give something a guy like that wants?”
“iced coffee. of course.”
“But he kept getting angry so I told him to hand it over to someone else. “I will give at least one weapon of your choice to the person who brings it.”
“I understand now. So you gave it to me obediently.”
Cheoljingi nodded and agreed, but was stung when his father glared at him.
“It’s been too long. My father asked. How did he become friends with that child? I heard you beat him up? “How did that happen?”
This was what I heard from the guard who guided Jeong Gwang when he arrived.
At the time, I thought it was a bluff, but when I met Jeong Gwang in person, I came to believe it was true.
“They told me to come into Sima Lian.”
“… … To you, Kunlun’s disciple?”
“yes. So I said no.”
“… … “It must have been a long rampage.”
“To the point where it’s a bit harsh. “I was wondering what to do, but I hit him to cure him.”
“… … party?”
“You know, that disease of being the only child in the world.”
“ah!”
Cheol Jin-gi, who had exclaimed, cleared his throat and praised Jeong Gwang.
“Hmm. He was a guy who loudly said that he had no rivals of his age. “I hope things get a little better thanks to you.”
“Hmm. “It must be difficult.”
“Whoa. “That’s right.”
Jeong Gwang looked at Cheol Jin-gi sighing deeply and asked.
“Now can I ask you a question?”
“Something? “Tell me.”
Jeong Gwang’s gaze shifted to the Iron Blood Captain.
Sanghyeoljangju just received that gaze with an expressionless face.
but… … .
“Lord Jang.”
“… … .”
At Jeong Gwang’s next words, Cheolhyeoljangju’s face changed.
For the first time, I had something that could be called an expression.
“Do you know what to mix with the sword that is made using 21 geun and 14 nyang of Hyeoncheol to make it more elastic? “Because it’s the iron blood cup.”
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