The 192nd charm of Nong-ttaeng-i.
The next day, after finishing my black fist training, I followed Kwon Ma.
“Would you like to have dinner with me today?”
Kwon Ma always ate alone. Of course, other demon lords were no different, but Kwon Ma never even ate with his subordinates.
“Okay.”
“Why are you doing that?”
“Because it’s uncomfortable.”
“If I’m uncomfortable, then I’m uncomfortable. How can you say that you’re uncomfortable? Who in the world would believe that?”
“I feel uncomfortable with you.”
Kwon-ma strode away first. Kwon-ma, who was complaining that he was uncomfortable even though there were subordinates around him, and Nana, who was following Kwon-ma to ask him to eat, looked at us with surprised faces.
Of course, I never gave up. I followed Kwonma the next day too.
“Then how about a cup of tea today?”
“I don’t like tea.”
“Drinking a lot of tea is good for your health.”
Kwonma stopped walking.
“Why on earth are you doing this? Do you want to poison that car?”
“How can that be? If you take poison, you won’t be able to learn the next lesson.”
“That’s right. You have to learn everything to avoid poison.”
“You misunderstand.”
Despite my shouts, Kwonma walked away with brisk strides.
The next day, when training was over, he followed me again.
“Do you know how to play baduk?”
“I don’t know. What is a man doing with a small stone? It’s not like it’s some girl’s play.”
“My father is really into that little game these days.”
“… … .”
Kwon-ma walked briskly without looking back. Perhaps because of his father’s story, his steps were faster than the day before.
The next day, and the day after that, Kwonma was an iron wall.
It wasn’t easy going this way.
Although he succeeded in dipping the horse into the boiling pot, this large and sturdy opponent shows no signs of becoming mushy. He won’t boil it even if he wants to eat it.
There’s one person that comes to mind when I feel so frustrated.
I headed straight to Namdojong where the blood clot was.
* * *
Blood Heavenly Sword Master was teaching martial arts to Seo Dae-ryong.
Seo Dae-ryong, who had now become a formal disciple, was learning the martial art of the Extermination of the Heavenly Demon from Hyeolcheon Doma.
I went to the backyard so as not to disturb the practice, closed my eyes, sat cross-legged, and practiced the Cheonmahosingong.
He achieved great success with the Bicheon Sword Technique and also achieved great success with the Wind God Sabo. Among the martial arts he learned, the martial art that he absolutely had to achieve great success with was the Cheonma Hosingong.
After practicing for a while, Seo Dae-ryong’s cautious voice was heard from afar.
“Training is over.”
I told you this quietly in case it might interfere with my training.
When I opened my eyes, Seo Dae-ryong was sitting next to me, drenched in sweat.
“Is it hard?”
“I’m going to die.”
Seo Dae-ryong, who has started training in earnest, seems to be going through a series of hellish training sessions.
“Let me tell you something. Our investigator is having a hard time. Please go easy on him.”
“Of course. There are many ways to kill a person.”
I quietly looked at the side of Seodaeryong’s face.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“It feels different.”
“how?”
“You look strong.”
At those words, Seo Dae-ryong’s mood immediately improved. Seo Dae-ryong clenched his fists.
“wait!”
“Wicked men! No, women! Right?”
“Did you see the sign?”
“Cheer up, right arm! If you don’t have time to grind like this, you’ll die for the wicked and be kicked by the ladies.”
“What if it’s still different even after I change it?”
Seo Dae-ryong’s deer eyes expected ‘that can’t be happening’.
“Then let’s catch at least one more villain. Ah! The world’s villains might dry up.”
“No! Is this why?”
I laughed out loud and Seo Dae-ryong laughed along.
He stood up and said goodbye.
“Then I’ll see you tomorrow. Oh, and please tell me again next time that I look strong! Whenever I’m having a hard time.”
“OK.”
After sending him off, I went to the front yard, where Hyeolcheon Doma was leaning against the Myeolcheondaedo and wiping away sweat.
“You must be busy fighting, why did you come? Are you tired of it already?”
“Yes. I’m sick of it. I regret learning martial arts instead of just hanging out with my elders.”
“Who said they would play with me?”
I went next to the blood chopping board and sat down next to it.
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“No matter how much I light the fire, it doesn’t seem to cook.”
“If you try to cook a rock, will it cook?”
“That’s why I came to see you, old man.”
“Should I try putting old ginger in boiling water?”
“That’s why I like old people. Because they are always pretending.”
“What do you want from Kwonma? His martial arts? Or his heart?”
“At first it was martial arts.”
“Now you want to win my heart too?”
“He wanted to knock down the cliff. At first, I thought it was cool and wanted to knock it down too. But now I wonder why Kwon-ma wants to knock down the cliff so badly.”
“If you think about it, it’s probably not a big deal.”
“Isn’t that the case for everyone? Me too.”
The bloodthirsty demon looked at me like an old man.
“I’m sorry to have brought you all the way here, but I don’t know much about Kwonma.”
“It’s okay. I just felt stuffy, so I came to see you, sir.”
Spicy ginger was used for healing as well as cooking.
“Hey, Mr. Lee.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Are you okay?”
“!”
Bloodthirsty Demon asks me.
Are you okay?
If someone else had asked, I would have said it was okay, but I didn’t want to do that to Hyeolcheondoma.
“I do not know.”
“It’s more dangerous to say you don’t know than to say you’re not okay. When you’re tired, take a rest.”
It was a moment when I felt once again that Hyeolcheon Doma was truly concerned about me. These days, I feel disarmed in front of him. I tried so hard to open his door, but maybe my door opened wide first.
“Then, may I also lean on your guidance?”
“No way. You’re talking nonsense, but you’re fine. You’re fine.”
“Just once. I’ve always wanted to try it just once.”
When I pressed him, the Bloodthirsty Demon finally pretended not to be able to win and gave in.
“Then just this once.”
I looked forward to the path of destruction.
“Ah! Now I know why you were waiting for me here.”
“Do you feel like something solid is protecting you?”
“No. It’s really cool.”
There was a primordial cold energy that the Great Way of Destruction possessed.
“You were the only one keeping cool on that hot summer day!”
As if he didn’t know that he would be criticized like this, Hyeolcheon Doma laughed and said, “You bastard.”
I felt a lot of relief from the frustration I felt as I chatted with Seodaeryong and laughed with Hyeolcheon Doma. And I also gained great healing methods.
“When I’m tired, I’ll rest.”
“Come anytime you’re having a hard time.”
The word ‘anytime’ pierces my heart.
“How would I live without you, sir?”
“I’ll live happily ever after fighting with Kwon Ma. Stop talking nonsense and go back. I need to do some late-night training or something.”
“No. How can there be no secrets in the Demonic Cult?”
The bloodthirsty demon, who had drawn his sword, entered the house and said.
“Who do you resemble to have such a foul mouth?”
* * *
I took Hyeolcheondoma’s advice.
The next day, I didn’t go to the Black Fist training. During the time when training was in full swing, I was in the world of the time-space teleportation technique.
The blue sky and sea that resembled my gums, the sunny sandy beach, the shade of the broad-leafed trees, and even the cool mat. I was lying down comfortably.
Today was a day of slacking off.
After returning from the Murim Alliance, I haven’t had a single moment of proper rest since I got entangled with Kwon Ma.
So today I’m going to spend some time alone. I’ve decided not to think about other people.
It was the perfect getaway, complete with drinks, snacks, and books to read.
I looked at the sky, I looked at the sea, and I saw a crab crawling on the sandy beach. I fell asleep while reading a book, and when I woke up, I stared blankly at the sea again.
“Ah! Good!”
It was good, it was too good.
That’s how I lay there all day.
That afternoon, a person came to the residence. She was Cheon So-hee.
“Death penalty, death penalty.”
She’s cute because she calls him Lee Gong-ja in front of Kwon Ma, but calls him Sa-hyeong when they’re alone.
“Where did you go?”
I saw her looking into my room through the window. She seemed worried because she suddenly stopped going to her black fist training every day without fail.
She wandered around the yard for a while and then left the residence.
Her visit was something I had fully expected. A while later, a completely unexpected person came to visit me. To be exact, it wasn’t a visit, but someone who passed by.
To my surprise, he was a horseman. He passed by my residence as if he was passing by my house on some other business. As he passed, his eyes glanced at my residence. He raised his spirits and checked to see if I was home before he passed by.
It was so funny to see them pass by pretending not to notice, but at the same time, it was touching.
I really wanted to release the space-time teleportation spell and run out. I wanted to see him panic, asking if he was worried about me. But I didn’t.
You guys, know that I’m precious!
I rolled around until late at night, recharged my energy with the mind method, and rolled around again. It seemed like an ordinary day, but it was a valuable time of recharging for me.
So it was time for late night training.
The three of them arrived on time, and as soon as they arrived, Cheon So-hee asked me.
“Why didn’t you come to the black fist training today?”
Ian was surprised when I told him I hadn’t gone to the retreat.
“Master! Where does it hurt? How badly did you get hurt?”
“Why are you making such a fuss?”
“There’s no way the master would miss training, right? What’s going on? What’s going on?”
“I’m human too. There are times when I want to slack off, and there are times when I want to rest.”
Then he looked at Kwonma.
“Isn’t that right?”
Kwonma looked at me for a moment and then shook his head.
“I’ve never done that.”
“really?”
“If I had lived such a lazy life, someone else would be in the position of Kwon Ma now.”
“Aren’t you having a hard time?”
“at all.”
I know. What really makes people suffer is not that the work is difficult, but that no one knows how difficult it is, and even if they do know, they ignore it.
“If you’re having a hard time, come play with me! I’m always ready.”
Of course, Kwon-ma pretended not to hear.
At the end of the training that day.
Wheeing!
I heard an unfamiliar wind noise from my fist. It wasn’t thunder, but it wasn’t the sound of my fist like before either.
“What does this mean?”
At my question, Kwonma looked at me with a surprised face.
“It’s the sound of the wind and rain coming.”
It meant that the thunder was just around the corner.
My unbelievable quick achievement made Kwon Ma’s whole body swell with enthusiasm. He looked like he wanted to rush at me at any moment.
He instinctively took a step forward and I stepped back. Ian and Cheon So-hee also became tense in the imminent situation where a fierce battle seemed likely to break out at any moment.
I told him quickly.
“Would you like to make a bet?”
“What a bet.”
“I don’t like fighting and taking hits, so how about a light-hearted bet? If I win, you can teach me the Byeokryuk Suraquan Jeiquan.”
“What if I win?”
“I will have a showdown with Kwon Ma-nim.”
A smile of satisfaction appeared on Kwonma’s lips.
“You probably thought I was slow because I’m so big.”
The best martial artists have amazing martial arts techniques, and their techniques are connected to lightness.
“Okay, I’ll take that bet.”
Kwon Ma was confident. He was confident enough in his lightness to be able to confidently use the Dokmunmu-gong Jei-kwon.
“To the entrance of Magachon. How is it?”
“It’s not a good place to spread your wings. If you go about ten li from the entrance, you’ll come across a bamboo forest. Let’s go there.”
In Kwonma’s mind, he had already won the bet.
Ian drew a line on the floor, and we stood in line side by side.
“Ready, ready to go!”
The two of us shot out like arrows at the same time. I can only imagine how surprised the two women must have been to see us disappear from their sight in an instant.
Kwonma was really fast. I’m sure he was the fastest among the demons. That’s probably why I took the bet, but he couldn’t be faster than my speedster.
I ran at a close pace to keep up with him. Kwonma’s surprise was conveyed through his heavy breathing.
I arrived at the bamboo forest a few steps ahead of him. I was panting and pretending to win. Kwon-ma arrived right after and looked at me with a surprised face. It seemed like he didn’t know that I was faster than him.
“First, give me the right to appeal, and if you feel wronged, you can do it again with the right to appeal.”
Kwonma’s scary face had a scary expression on it, and it was really scary. But scary is scary. He was not a man who broke his promises.
“Okay. I’ll hand over the Jay Kwon here.”
I was secretly surprised by his decision without hesitation. He was truly a manly man.
It was too precious a martial art to be given away as a light-hearted bet. What was Kwon-ma thinking right now? Did he really not think he could lose from the start? I was curious about his thoughts.
“Are you okay?”
“Are you asking if it’s okay after luring me into a trap?”
You didn’t know about that trap and fell into it, did you?
Jay Kwon Byeokryuk Sura
If the first-class Black Cloud Sura was a style that focused all of its strength on one opponent, the Byeokryuk Sura was a style that threw punches so fast that they were invisible to the eye. It was similar to the Changcheon style, which was a quick sword style that focused on speed rather than power.
Kwon Ma taught me the basics and posture.
I devoted all my energy to making every single one of his teachings my own.
In that way, Kwonma’s second fist also became mine.
“Thank you very much. This fist will never be misused.”
I bowed down to him. Although I am not yet a priest, I have received the second volume.
“Well, since you’ve come this far, why don’t you go in and get some fresh air?”
He looked at me with an expression that asked what Kwonma meant.
“It’s been a while since you left school, right? I had a great time skipping practice yesterday and playing around. Master Kwon, you should play around with me too.”
Kwon-ma, who laughed as if it was ridiculous, started walking towards the main school. I looked at his large, thick back and said.
“You go out like that every day, so no one knows how precious you are, Madam Kwon.”
Kwonma stopped walking.
“Your Majesty’s kindness to our school has continued for too long.”
I didn’t express it as a favor to my subordinates. It was because I didn’t want to disparage the subordinates’ presumption of fear of Kwon-ma or Kwon-ma’s affection for them.
Kwonma turned towards me.
Our eyes met in the air. For a long time, we didn’t say anything. He was a smart man, and he understood the meaning behind what I said.
“You look tired.”
This is the second time I’ve said this to him. Did it resonate with you?
After a moment, Kwon-ma asked.
“Where do you want to go?”
I said with a big smile.
“The fun of being lazy is in the absence of a plan. Let’s go.”
Before he could change his mind, I started running, and Kwonma ran with me.
We matched our speeds and ran at a similar pace. I caught a glimpse of his face as he ran beside me. A kind of joy I had never seen before.
So in an instant, we were separated from the church. We were separated from our daily lives.
