Episode 330: There’s just one thing I can’t do.
Surprisingly, the gift of the divine water to Geommugeuk by Sobaekta was requested by the leader of the Pungcheon sect.
“Do you know why I asked you to give a gift to the young cult leader?”
“Isn’t it because you are grateful for this incident?”
“Of course, that’s one reason, but there’s a bigger reason.”
“What is the reason?”
Then, the leader of the Pungcheon sect said something unexpected.
“It’s because of the leader.”
“It’s because of me?”
It was to further strengthen the bond between Geommugeuk and Sobakta. In fact, it was a relationship that began when he gave him a new water.
There was a big difference between just breaking up like that and expressing gratitude by giving a new gift.
Even if the other person is not expecting anything in return, it is still the other person’s responsibility to demonstrate the virtue of courtesy. Even that becomes a gift.
“Don’t let go of the bond with the leader. For the leader’s sake and for the Pungcheon Church.”
Only then did So Baek-ta understand the profound meaning of his master’s words. It was also a moment when he realized once again how highly he held the sword dance.
“To become a good leader, you must be more greedy for people than for things. Even if you have to use up all the holy water there, create people around you who can protect you.”
“All right.”
Then, the leader of the Pungcheon sect stared intently at Sobaekta and asked.
“Really? Do you really think people are more important than the new things here?”
“Well… … .”
Sobakta couldn’t give a confident answer. Just yesterday, he was being played around by someone else.
“Yes, human relationships are a bit tricky. Establishing relationships, trying to maintain them, getting disappointed, getting betrayed. There really isn’t anything that takes up more energy than this. But you have to prioritize looking after and governing people. Do you know why?”
The leader of the Pungcheon sect was telling his disciples things he had never been able to say before.
“That’s because you’re the leader. If you lived an ordinary life, you wouldn’t need to place such importance on human relationships. However, a leader is ultimately someone who rules over people. He has to be able to handle not only the main church, but also allied organizations and even enemies. Don’t forget that the fate of everyone living in Pungcheon Church and Sae-oe will change depending on who you keep by your side and who you use.”
Before Sobakta could answer, he quickly added.
“Isn’t that something I should be saying, having lived my life only looking at the new water?”
“So isn’t that something you can say?”
The two people looked at each other and smiled.
“But what did the young leader choose?”
“I chose black.”
The leader of the Fengchun sect made a face of incomprehension, but soon nodded. He only chose the best, and then chose the least valuable. I thought that was really typical of a small sect leader.
“If it’s not someone else, but a small cult leader, there’s no need to feel sorry. You were the one who received the gift earlier. So, if you have the chance later, give it to me again.”
It meant that it was actually beneficial to become acquainted with the sword dance through a new material.
Although he shouldn’t have such feelings, So Baek-ta felt jealous of Geommu-geuk. At the same time, he decided that he too would become someone trusted by his master.
The leader of the Pungcheon sect was reading the inner thoughts of his disciple.
“Don’t rush. It wasn’t until I was twice your age that I began to think deeply about my life. Before then, I felt like I was just being pushed around without thinking.”
I honestly never thought that at this age I would feel like my real life was about to begin.
“So don’t be impatient. Your real life may not have begun yet.”
Sobakta did not want to part with his master.
“Are you going back with the young leader?”
I was afraid that he would say that I had to go, but the leader of the Pungcheon Church said with a smile.
“I’ll be staying with our leader for a while. We’ll practice together, drink together, and talk about old times.”
At least for now, his disciples were more important than Gowol or Geommugeuk.
Since he was a disciple who still had a lot to learn compared to the other two, I wanted to stay with him a little longer and teach him.
Sobakta smiled brightly.
“Thank you, Master.”
I was jealous, then happy. Seeing how I’ve been up and down in such a short period of time. Yes, what the Master said was right. I still have a long way to go.
* * *
My heart was pounding like it was going to burst all the way from the temple to my residence.
My steps quickened in anticipation of finally being able to solve the secret of the secret path that even the heavenly horses of the past could not solve for so long.
After ordering his guards not to disturb anyone, he entered the room.
He took the book and the black ink out of his bosom and placed them side by side on the table.
“Bigwi, you have a friend.”
He looked like he was really happy to have made a friend, because he had a smiling face drawn on his forehead.
What is the relationship between these two?
I lifted the black pearl and placed it on the table. But nothing happened. It even vibrated and told me to pick the black pearl.
“If you’re going to be like this, why did you come looking for this guy?”
I waited for a while, but the watch showed no response.
I turned the table and tried to put the black ink on the other side. Again, there was no reaction. I put it on another side, and then another side.
“Even if the water pump is uncomfortable, bear with it.”
The moment when he turned over the laughing statue and placed black ink on the floor.
Ugh.
The black spirit began to be sucked into the cave.
I couldn’t even imagine that the secret chamber would absorb the black spirit like this, so I just stared at it in surprise. Just like a water drop being absorbed, the black spirit went straight into the secret chamber.
I held my breath and looked at the stairs, pulling up my stats and preparing for any eventuality.
Even after waiting for a long time, the track was still there.
“You! You ate my friend!”
The moment those words ended.
Woof!
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The track vibrated once.
“Do you understand what I’m saying?”
The slab shook and vibrated again. It was a strong vibration that shook the table. The slab that was shaking so violently rose into the air.
The orbiter began to rotate rapidly in the air.
Whirlirririrriririck!
It felt like it would explode at any moment and fly away somewhere.
What should I do?
There was no time to think long. I followed my instincts. I raised my self-defense to the limit and grabbed the flying object that was floating in the air with my hands.
At that very moment!
Swoosh, woosh, woosh!
A sound I had never heard before was heard, and then something black began to come out of the crater.
That black thing was neither smoke nor liquid, nor was it internal energy or energy, nor was it light. It was something I had never seen or felt before, something that I could not express in words.
It came out of the sac and spread through my hands and arms and into my body. It didn’t spread anywhere else. It spread only through my body, like ink spreading on paper.
Paaaaaaaaaaaaa.
I watched it spread out. I could feel it instinctively. At least this was not an aura that was trying to harm me. If it had been, I would have activated the Heavenly Horse Guardian. If it had been, I would have instinctively thrown the flying object to the ground.
But I held the scepter tightly and watched it move toward me. It was like a light, like a wave, like a feeling like energy. It was dark, but it felt refreshing, like drinking clear water.
Hwaaaaaaaah!
The moment it spread from head to toe.
Flash!
A radiant light radiated from my entire body. It was so dazzling that I had to close my eyes tightly.
When I opened my eyes again, the light was gone. It had spread across my body and disappeared into my body.
I quickly examined my body.
The energy from the secret room clearly seeped deep into every part of my body, but there was no particular change. My internal energy did not increase, and there was no undissolved energy gathered somewhere in my danjeon.
But I felt it. It was still in my body. It existed somewhere inside my body.
‘What the heck?’
It was just then.
Bam!
The black magic that Bigwi had swallowed was spat out.
The black dust bounced off and rolled across the floor.
When I picked up the black iron and examined it, I saw that it was no longer the glossy, dark color it had been at first. It was now just an ordinary lump of iron.
I could tell intuitively that the energy hidden in the black hole had been absorbed into me through the secret. That was the moment when the secret of the secret was revealed.
The ark was a device that absorbed the energy contained in something else.
How could this secret be revealed, since the secret was worthless without something to absorb it, like black magic?
It was actually because I didn’t try to solve the secret that I was able to solve it. I just kept it in my arms like a friend.
And another premonition comes to mind.
It didn’t seem like this was the end. I had a feeling that if there was something other than Black Spirit that could absorb energy, I would be able to do so with this orbit.
‘What on earth are you? Who created you?’
As if nothing had happened, the watch was upside down and smiling brightly at me.
Now that we know which way is up, we need to redraw the face.
* * *
The next day we said goodbye.
When the guards who had woken up early in the morning were busy preparing the carriage, the Fengchun sect leader and So Baek-ta came out to see us off.
“Go back carefully.”
In response to Sobakta’s greeting, I told him what I really wanted to say to him.
“As you have experienced firsthand, you know that there are those who plot in the dark. Please be careful in the future.”
“Okay, then. Please take care of the younger sect leader as well.”
Next, we said goodbye to the leader of the Pungcheon sect.
It’s not a long separation, but seeing you feel this sad makes me think you must have really grown attached to him.
“Do you know what I felt while dealing with Shin Woong-cheol-bang this time?”
“What did you feel?”
“They didn’t know where they belonged or what their goals were. And yet they worked together well. Do you know who came to mind when I saw them? It was Eunwol. An organization that was thoroughly organized but operated under a perfect system.”
So this is what he wanted to convey.
“There must be someone really smart behind it, like you or Gowol.”
When you reach the level of the leader of the Pungcheon sect, you can tell how big and violent this monster is just by touching its tail.
“I will keep that in mind. Thank you for letting me know.”
“I’ll send a separate message to Gowol. I won’t be there for too long.”
“Make yourself comfortable.”
“Our young leader who has completely destroyed Pungcheon Church, may you rest in peace.”
He was grinning for a while at the thought of attacking me with this.
I didn’t just let it go either.
“When I saw the new water this time, there were still many things I wanted.”
The leader of the Pungcheon sect shouted at So Baek-ta.
“Protect our sacred waters from the cult leader!”
If the farewell with me had ended with jokes and teasing like this, then the farewell with Mabul was a very blunt one.
“I’ll go first.”
“See you at school.”
But the way they looked at each other was different from when they first met.
That’s how we left Mabul and Pungcheon Bridge. There were three of us when we came, but only two of us left. But in our hearts, it felt like there were four of us.
Until our carriage disappeared, the Fengchun Church leader and Sobaekta watched in front of the main gate.
* * *
The way back was leisurely.
When they saw a high mountain, they stopped the carriage, climbed up, picked poisonous herbs, and camped out in the wilderness to look at the stars.
Meals were cooked with animals hunted by the guards. I taught the guards how to handle the skin of the animals, which parts of the meat were delicious, and how to cook them so that they wouldn’t be tough. Thanks to this, the guards’ cooking skills improved as the days went by.
“There is truly nothing the Master cannot do.”
He nodded his head at the escorts’ admiration.
“There’s just one thing I can’t do.”
“What is it?”
I sighed and turned around without telling them.
So today, I had a good meal and went to bed with a campfire in the middle.
I lay down and looked up at the night sky and said to Mabul.
“Come to think of it, Mabulnim is also a star.”
Beyond the campfire, Mabul turned to look this way.
“What does it mean?”
“Aren’t you always shining like the stars?”
Beyond the flickering fire, I can see Ma-bul’s face. Now that he has adapted, he stares at me intently and says:
“I don’t have anything like the divine water of the Pungcheon Church.”
“But you have poisonous plants, right?”
I had dug up seven of them, but I still hadn’t dug up a single one. The only thing I couldn’t do, which I hadn’t told my escorts about, was gathering herbs.
“Please give me just one!”
Mabul made a bewildered expression and then turned over to the other side.
I know what’s on his mind. He wants to hear the Poison King say that our Mabulnim is the best. He wants to become a special person who can dig up poisonous plants that no one else can.
The more that happens, the more you want to play pranks.
Just then, as Mabul was getting up silently and slowly walking towards the box of medicinal herbs,
Mabul reached out his hand while lying there.
The golden light that extended from the palm of his hand became a golden dragon and wrapped itself around the box as if protecting it. It was the Golden Great Lama of the Dokmun Magical Dragon of Mabul.
“You’re going too far! I’m the young sect leader! I’m the one who will become the Heavenly Demon!”
As if it wasn’t working, the golden dragon started to growl fiercely.
“Yes, I should sleep. I’m going to sleep.”
I lay down again. The escort leader, Jeokyeon, who had been watching us from a little distance, couldn’t hold back his laughter, and when our eyes met, he turned his head in the opposite direction.
Ma-bul, who was lying down with his back turned, called out to me softly.
“Young leader.”
“Yes, Mabulnim.”
After a moment, Mabul said.
“Thank you.”
I was looking at the stars in the night sky. The stars were unusually bright today.
“me too.”
We didn’t ask each other what we were thankful for.
I returned to Cheonmasingyo, cutting through the sandstorm of the new world.
