The 321st school does not permit it.
In the remote forests of the outskirts, I waited for the unmanned Eunwol sent by Gowol.
When the leader of the Pungcheon Church and I made up our minds and started to move, there was no one who could watch us.
If the King of Hwan himself moves, we may not know, but the stealth and lightness techniques that can track and monitor our movements would have to be at least as skilled as Uncle Hui, who is guarding my father. But how many people like that are there?
“If Elder Seong was a man of deep faith as the leader said, he would have had no choice but to step down from his position as an elder.”
“The disciple pressured you and kicked you out?”
“That would be very likely. He may have been desperately opposed to the idea of unification.”
And missing.
“Do you think Sobakta killed Elder Seong?”
I answered honestly.
“That could be possible.”
The eyes of the leader of the Pungcheon sect became cold.
“If that were the case… … I wouldn’t forgive him.”
I said nothing. This matter was between the leader of the Fengchun sect and his disciples, so it was up to him.
At that moment, a man arrived there.
The man who introduced himself as Hwang said that he was the new manager of Eunwol.
Just by looking at his gait, you could tell that his martial arts and lightness were no ordinary skill.
Yet he looked ordinary. This was also a characteristic of the unmanned people active in Eunwol. People who were ordinary and would never stand out when mixed in with other people.
“I have learned what you have said. The information that the Holy Elder asked us to find out was about Han Cheol-bang.”
“Where is that place?”
Then an unexpected place appeared.
“This is Shinwoong Iron Shop.”
The leader of the Pungcheon sect tilted his head.
“Shin Woong-cheol-bang? Was there such a place?”
The new Shin Woong-cheol-bang that even the leader of the Pungcheon Church didn’t know about.
“It’s not that old and it’s not that big, so you probably didn’t know about it.”
The leader of the Pungcheon sect nodded at Hwang’s explanation. He probably thought that I didn’t know because he didn’t know, but I knew about Shin Woong-cheol-bang.
Before his regression, there was another name for him called Shin Woong-cheol-bang.
Jungwon Jeilcheolbang.
During the time when Hwamugi and the Twelve Earthly Kings dominated the martial arts world, Shinwoong Cheolbang was the most famous Cheolbang in the Central Plains. It was the best Cheolbang, with hundreds of local Cheolbangs in all of Central Plains, supplying weapons to most of the major sects. They amassed enormous wealth by selling weapons.
‘The beginning of Shinwoongcheolbang started from here!’
Shin Woong-cheol-bang thought that it had nothing to do with Hwa-mu-gi or the Twelve Zodiac Kings.
But judging from their appearance in this situation, these people were also related to them.
“That’s unexpected. I thought that what Elder Sung was trying to find out was the Hwayangmun or the Heuksa Gang.”
If we only consider the size of the forces, the Pungcheon Church can be seen as the Cheonmasingyo, the Hwayangmun as the Murim Alliance, and the Heuksabang as the Sadomaeng. So, when Sobaekta said he would unify Saewae, he meant that he would attack the Hwayangmun and Heuksabang and make them kneel.
Naturally, I expected the investigation to be related to them, but since I had never heard of Cheolbang before, it was natural for the leader of the Pungcheon sect to be suspicious.
“Do you know why he asked you to investigate Shin Woong-cheol-bang?”
The leader of the Pungcheon sect asked just in case, but the answer was the same.
“I don’t know why. Here’s the information he took.”
“Thank you.”
Hwang left immediately.
I stood there with the leader of the Pungcheon sect and shared information about Shinungcheolbang. The information was diverse. There was a personal profile of the leader and those working under him, and it was detailed how much military equipment was produced and how much was supplied to which sect. There was even a building layout diagram.
“It’s clear that the disciple’s attempt to start a war is related to Shin Woong-cheol-bang. Elder Seong found out about this and asked Eun-wol to investigate.”
“I think so too. Elder Sung ran out after reading this material. There must have been something he noticed.”
While reading the material, the leader of the Pungcheon sect shook his head.
“I really hate numbers.”
A lot of the data had to do with numbers: how much was produced, how much was earned, how much was spent.
It was then that I noticed something strange in my eyes.
“Look at this. This is the amount of iron we bought last year. It’s ten times more than the year before.”
“I see.”
“And here is the amount of ammunition they sold last year.”
“You didn’t sell that many weapons compared to the amount of iron you bought. The difference is too big.”
“But we bought more iron this year. There must be a lot of stock left.”
“It’s definitely suspicious.”
We nodded at each other and flew straight towards Shin Woong-cheol-bang.
* * *
Before visiting Shinwoongcheolbang, we bought a bamboo hat with cotton thread and covered our faces. We decided to visit as guests.
“It’s bigger than I thought.”
“According to the data from earlier, we purchased land near the iron fence last year and expanded it.”
Numerous carts carrying luggage were passing by, and the sound of iron hammering and bellows could be heard everywhere.
A guide greeted us.
“How did you come here?”
“I came to buy a sword.”
“There are many types of kendo.”
“With the sword of goods.”
“Please follow me.”
The man guided us somewhere. We followed him and looked around. The good thing about coming here as a guest was that we could look around confidently.
In every building, shirtless, muscular men were busy making weapons.
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At first glance, there was nothing suspicious about it. It was just an ordinary iron fence.
When we entered the place the man had guided us to, there were many swords on display.
“Please take a look.”
After examining the sword there, I asked the man.
“Is there anything better than what we have here?”
“There are some top-quality products, but they are very expensive.”
“Let’s see.”
“Please wait a moment.”
After a while, a muscular young man, not the man who had guided us earlier, entered.
“This is Hu Jing.”
Ho-kyung.
This person was also the one who had information from Eunwol. Since Bangju did not show himself to the outside world, the person who actually ran Cheolbang was Lee Ho-kyung. The reason he came as a guest was because he wanted to meet this person.
“You want to see it as a masterpiece?”
He opened the box he brought and handed me the sword.
I pulled out the sword and examined it. Although it wasn’t a famous sword or a treasured sword, it was a really well-made sword compared to other swords.
“Give me twelve of these.”
“Twelve each?”
Ho-gyeong was surprised. The leader of the Pungcheon Church next to him also looked at me in surprise.
-You’re not really going to buy it, are you?
– I will buy them. They have come a long way and are suffering, so I will buy each of the guards a sword.
-Buy it with your own money!
-Of course.
Ho-kyung asked cautiously, as he could become a big customer.
“May I ask where you are from?”
I touched the cotton swab that was standing in front of the bamboo stick with my hand. It meant that I didn’t want to reveal anything.
“I apologize. I think this is your first time dealing with this room, so I apologize for being rude.”
As someone who dealt with many unmanned vehicles, Ho-gyeong was very polite in his words and actions.
“There was someone who introduced me.”
“Who are you?”
“I am an elder of the Pungcheon Church.”
I watched Ho-kyung’s expression carefully when Elder Sung was mentioned.
“Oh, I see. He is a very wonderful person.”
He was not shaken at all. At least, Ho-gyeong had a feeling that he had nothing to do with Elder Sung’s disappearance. Could he have gone missing? If he hid himself voluntarily, that would be fortunate.
“Then you will be carrying the sword yourself.”
“exactly.”
“Okay, just wait a moment.”
Ho-kyung went inside to prepare his sword.
I left the leader of the Pungcheon sect there and quickly went outside. Since Eunwol’s information included the building layout of this place, I flew without hesitation.
I met people along the way but they didn’t recognize me.
The dark shadow that had achieved great success made them blind and guided me deep into the iron cage.
I moved between buildings here and there. I used speedwalk, shadowwalk, and flashwalk.
There was a large building in the farthest corner. A creaking sound was heard from inside.
I could sense that there were unmanned people hiding around there. Judging by the iron-clad security, it seemed like the place where the ark made swords. Just looking at this, I could tell that it was not an ordinary iron shack.
Will they be able to recognize my shadow that has achieved great success?
I didn’t do that test today. I wasn’t looking for the ark. I was looking for the iron they bought. There must be a lot of iron stored somewhere, but I searched everywhere and couldn’t find it.
‘Did they make it secretly and send it out somewhere?’
But the scale of the iron fence was too small for that to be the case.
At that moment, an empty lot overgrown with weeds came into view.
It was the land they bought last year that was in Eunwol’s data. It was land they bought while they were actively planning something. If it seemed like they were going to leave it like that, why did they buy it?
I simultaneously emitted dozens of qi and scanned the surroundings to see if there was anyone hiding there.
Then I felt something on the floor of the vacant lot. At first I thought it was someone hiding, but it wasn’t.
All my energy was focused there.
* * *
“The sword is ready.”
Ho-gyeong brought twelve swords, neatly wrapped in leather, in a long pouch.
The leader of the Pungcheon sect was alone in the room.
“Where did the others go?”
“I felt stuffy so I went out to get some fresh air.”
“I will bring it.”
As Ho-gyeong was about to go outside, the leader of the Pungcheon sect spoke.
“First, let’s pay for the sword.”
He held on to buy time, but the leader of the Fengchun sect was suspicious.
‘No way? Did the leader calculate this far? I’m going to buy time while calculating. Yes, this ruthless and greedy leader would do that. Go-wol, Go-wol. I’ve come all the way to Sae-oe to get ripped off.’
The leader of the Pungcheon Church calculated the price.
I took out the money as slowly as I could and counted it two or three times to check.
When the calculation was finished and the swordsman did not return, Ho-gyeong went outside.
The Geommugeuk, which had returned before we knew it, was stretching in front of the building.
“The sword is ready.”
* * *
Only after getting off at a place far away from Shinungcheolbang did he tell the leader of the Pungcheon sect the results of the search.
“I found out where the iron is.”
“Where have you been?”
“There was a secret workshop in the basement. They were making weapons there.”
Through the extraction of energy, it was discovered that there was a wide underground space beneath the ground, and that there was constant, subtle vibration and noise coming from there.
“The scale was enormous.”
“They were preparing for war there.”
The war required enormous supplies.
Supplies are supplies, but the most important thing in war is not to let the enemy know about your preparations. So Baek-ta and Shin Woong-cheol-bang have been secretly preparing war supplies. No, to be exact, Hwan-wang must have connected the two.
“There must be a considerable amount of material stored there.”
“What are you going to do now?”
“I must meet Sobakta once.”
The moment has finally come to have a private conversation with him.
“What are you going to do?”
“If you revealed the plan to the cult leader, you probably expected me to know about it. If so, you must have something to talk about with me. Since you’ve broken one card, I need to check what other cards you have.”
The leader of the Fengchun sect smiled meaningfully. It must have felt like his disciple had finally met his master.
“Oh, and this is the money I spent on the sword. Take it.”
“Okay. I guess I gave a gift to the young people.”
“Are you going to regret it later?”
“If you’re going to blame me for this over and over again, I’ll have to buy it.”
He gave him the pouch containing the sword he had been carrying.
“Then give it to me yourself. The guards will really like it if you give it to the leader. I will go to the leader’s house.”
The leader of the Pungcheon Church accepted the Hyuknang and said.
“While I’m making a fuss, you show me what real backwaters are like.”
* * *
When I entered the temple to meet Sobakta, he was drawing patterns on his face in front of a mirror hanging on the wall.
“Little Leader, please wait a moment.”
In the distance, Sobakta greeted me.
“Take your time.”
I walked behind him and watched for a moment as a unique line was created that was unlike anything the world had ever seen before.
“There are three emblems of our school. The religious painting that symbolizes our school, the heavenly painting that is used when going to war, and the wind painting that is used when someone dies. The emblem that I am drawing now is the heavenly painting that is drawn when going to war.”
Indeed, the colors and shapes were intense. The first day I saw a Kyohwa, and now I was seeing a second Cheonhwa.
“What do you think? Would you like to draw it?”
“I will decline. I guess you haven’t heard my rumor. I am a pacifist.”
In the East, Sobakta looked at me with a faint smile.
“I guess you’re scared.”
“Isn’t it rather the cowardly people who wage war?”
Sobakta’s hand stopped for a moment, then began drawing again.
“Beware of cowards, for you never know what they might do.”
I asked him in a calm tone.
“If you told the leader, you probably thought I would hear about it too, so why did you reveal it?”
“The master I remember was not the type of person to tell others about important matters of the school.”
“Maybe the Master will think so too. The disciple that the Master remembers would not have committed such absurd acts.”
He laughed in admiration.
“What is the real reason for this?”
“I was trying to get your permission. If we were going to start a war, we would need your permission, whether it be permission or tacit approval. If we just do it, they might use that as an excuse to attack us. Aren’t you the kind of people who would do that and still be left behind?”
Soon, Sobakta turned around with a thousand-year-old face.
“Permit us to wage war.”
I could tell from the confident look in his eyes that he would start a war even if I didn’t allow it.
What made you so excited? What made you so confident? What made you believe that the blade of the school could not pierce the sandstorm of the outside world?
“Okay. I’ll state our official position.”
You’ll have to push hard to see his pattern.
I spoke to him in a cold, yet authoritative tone.
“The church does not permit your war.”
An unknown heat rose in Sobakta’s eyes.
That heat was met with cold water.
“So, wash your face and wipe everything off before you come.”
