Episode 73
Lion Sword King
‘This guy is something.’
The Lion King was inwardly impressed by Unhwi’s ability to face his opponent head-on without being greatly disturbed.
Although he had raised many disciples and children, it was extremely rare for him to have such a talented disciple.
In fact, even when King Sajado heard that his second disciple had been defeated, he had no intention of showing up in person at Sacheon Castle.
Instead, he laughed at the disciple, saying that he was stupid.
How lax must one have been in training to lose to someone who hasn’t even reached the age of maturity yet?
However, the honor of the Lion King had to be protected, so he planned to send his great disciple to fight the battle of revenge in his stead.
The problem lay in the content of the urgent letter sent by the chief of the Taoist corps who had been sent to escort the second bastard.
―… … Because Confucius and twenty Taoist monks all had their swords broken at once… …
It’s a sum of work, a sum of work.
Those words came as a shock to the Lion King.
Even though the second son may have been inferior to the first son or other disciples and children, he was still a disciple that he had raised himself.
I thought I had both talent and determination, and that I could represent the Lion King if I went out there, but I was defeated by the enemy?
I remembered the moment when my sword and pride were broken by the sword of Cheongcheongeomje.
‘Your sword has only just reached the peak of Mubong. You can’t even see what’s right under your feet, so how can you possibly look at the constellations?’
‘Mubong’ means the highest point that a person can reach, Deungbongjogeuk, and ‘Seong-Gwi’ means Gwancheonseong-Gwi, which means going beyond it to catch a glimpse of Deungseon and Nirvana.
In particular, Gwancheonseong-Gwi is a realm that is only known as a legend, and it is said that one begins to read the heavenly secrets by following the trajectories of stars moving along the circle of heaven and store the heavenly energy in one’s danjeon.
When the energy of the stars is full, the spirit and body can also be reconciled with the energy of the stars and ascend to the sky… … .
Needless to say, most unmanned people only regarded this realm as a vague guess.
Since ancient times, the human imagination has been so great that most people could not even reach the summit of Mt. Mu, but they imagined a higher realm and created such works.
And the Lion King thought the same thing.
He himself has just recently ascended to the rank of Mubong.
It was still a long way to go to see the summit, but since this alone required a lifetime of tremendous passion and effort, I thought there could be no higher realm than that.
At least until the Cheongcheon Sword Festival.
But Cheongcheongeomje said.
They say there is an ark of the covenant.
I’m saying that you, who haven’t even reached the top yet, can’t try to commit an offense against me, who is following the flow of stars.
At that moment, the Lion King felt as if all the beliefs and concepts he had built up until then, believing them to be true, were crumbling down.
At first, he suspected that Cheongcheon Sword Master was just talking nonsense to show off, but the Cheongcheon Sword Master he knew was not the type to do something like that, and he still couldn’t forget the look in his eyes as he spoke.
A look that says, “That’s right.”
In the eyes of Cheongcheon Sword Master, who felt sorry for his situation, he absolutely did not regard Lion King as his equal.
From the beginning, the field of vision that Cheongcheon Sword Master was seeing was different from that of Lion King.
Himself running to the top of the mountain to somehow finish the climb, and him already standing at the top, gazing at the sky with the world beneath his feet.
How much gap is there between the two?
The gap between himself and the Cheongcheon Sword Master was probably much wider than the gap between himself and a third-rate ronin.
‘Are you saying that all the top ten masters in the world have eyes like this?’
From then on, the Lion King began to practice closed-door training.
Just to have the same eyes as Cheongcheon Sword Master.
The lion must always be the king of beasts, and the moment it falls behind, it is bound to be eaten by other beasts.
So before that, I had to become a real lion.
So he didn’t really care when his subordinates sent their second son to the youngest daughter of Cheongcheon Sword Emperor to avenge him.
Because I didn’t have time to worry about such trivial things right now.
But the news that the second guy had lost the battle made him overlap with his current situation.
‘There was a dark spirit in Sacheondangga too. He must have had a higher vision than Geomje, but he was definitely not below him… … .’
Amjeon was one of the top ten masters in the world.
Unlike Cheongcheon Sword, it was not at all strange that he had already achieved Gwancheon Seonggwi.
‘Is that kind of dark teaching still continuing?’
Gwangpungnanhyeop was once so favored by the Dark Lord that there were even rumors that he would become the next head of the family.
Of course, it would not have been strange at all if the teachings of the Dark Lord had been passed on to him and then to his children.
‘If there’s a problem with the martial arts I’ve built up so far… I might be able to get some clues by looking at the martial arts of the Dark Lord.’
Recently, I’ve been thinking that there may be limitations to the Golden Lion Sword Technique.
Unlike the martial arts of famous schools with hundreds of years of history, the Golden Lion Sword was nothing more than the melting pot of his life.
So, I wanted to somehow break that innate limitation.
So, the choice was Sacheonhaeng.
Because I wanted to personally experience the martial arts of the Dark Lord.
If I could see with my own eyes what the difference was between the martial arts of the ten greatest masters in the world and the Golden Lion Technique, I might be able to see the path to the top of the martial arts world.
And now.
The lion king stood before Yunhui.
The guy who defeated the second guy and twenty Taoist monks.
But it seemed like there was something wrong with what was written in the letter.
Isn’t this a monster worse than that?
He had pale skin like a scholar, a slender build, and a well-defined bone structure and muscles. He was handsome, but he had a cold air about him that added to his mysterious air.
It was clear that he was a rare and eccentric person.
Especially, the look in his eyes was like looking at himself during his time in the world of ronin.
‘These are the eyes of an unmanned being. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen them.’
Yun-Hwi was showing a strong sense of victory even when facing an overwhelming opponent.
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They are expressing their desire to fight, to become stronger, and to gain more experience.
A deep spirit that only young people can have.
The Lion King felt his skin tingle for the first time in a long time.
He was a guy I really liked.
There’s nothing more fun than beating a guy like that.
Crunch!
A wicked smile appeared on his lips as he held the Golden Lion Sword in his hands.
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“I, I’m so insolent!!”
“Your Majesty, please punish that scoundrel severely! How dare he point a sword at your Majesty!!”
“You’re running towards me with your skirt fluttering because your own disciple got beaten up!”
“No matter how generous you may appear on the outside, your vessel is nothing more than a soy sauce container! There must be a reason why you can’t become one of the top ten masters!!”
A young man who ran all the way from Guizhou to Sichuan Gulong County to avenge his disciple.
That was the first impression the Lion King had on the ghosts.
I wasn’t much different either.
It looks like if I leave it like this, he’ll keep stabbing me. What should I do?
Fortunately, it seemed like I wouldn’t need to continue to greet the Lion King.
『If I had known that Senior Wiji would come here in person, I would have come out and greeted him myself. Why did you come so suddenly without any notice?』
People’s eyes turned towards the wall as the six-way battle was no less fierce than that of the Lion King.
Parallel!
widely!
Danghosan climbed up onto the wall with his bodyguard, his sleeves fluttering.
At that moment, the murderous aura of the Lion King that had filled the surroundings was washed away as if it were a lie.
“Huh?”
“I knew that the Gwangpungnanhyeop was hiding his strength, but he’s on the same level as the Lion King?”
“Even if I fall behind, I think it’ll only be by one or two moves. This is a bit unexpected.”
Even the Lion King felt it and wiggled one of his eyebrows.
“They say that after the Gwangpungnanhyeop went into hiding, the storm died down and only the Nine Dragons’ Hidden Heroes remained. It was all just a rumor.”
Kowloon Bank.
It was one of the nicknames used to mock Danghosan, who no longer showed the spirit of his youth, meaning a thief living in seclusion in Guryong County.
“What if it’s Nanhyeop? What if it’s Eunhyeop? What’s important is that I can meet my senior again and talk to him face to face without any trouble.”
“Whether it’s the past or the present, the way you move your mouth is truly amazing, unlike your serious face.”
It seemed that the Lion King was acquainted with Danghosan.
He spoke bluntly, his sword resting on one shoulder, but his tone was mixed with longing for the past.
Danghosan said.
“It looks like my son has some business to attend to. Instead of staying here, why don’t you go inside and finish talking?”
“Why? Because you think I might harm your son?”
“How could that be? I’m just saying this because I think it might be uncomfortable since there are so many eyes watching here.”
If you want to discuss the favor you owed to Do Seong-hyeon, why don’t you resolve it through conversation inside rather than staying here with so many eyes watching?
Dang Ho-san was trying to ask this question in roundabout ways.
But the twisted smile on the Lion King’s lips only grew more distorted.
“I like it here, don’t I?”
“then.”
At that moment, Danghosan’s eyes flashed.
“I have no choice but to treat you accordingly.”
Kwarrrrung!
A storm swept around him.
The axis of the earth, including the wall, shook greatly.
Kukukukuku… … !
The faces of the onlookers turned pale. The agents of Jeongpunggak were no different.
I quickly created a whirlwind and barely managed to push the wind from Danghosan outwards.
The only people who could properly observe this situation were me, Yu Su-min, Sima Xian, Dang Gon, and a few others of similar level.
“If Senior Wiji wants to ask Hwi-ah about the favor he received from Do-seong-hyeon, which is not appropriate for their age, it will be difficult to achieve what he wants without breaking the neck of this certain person.”
The storm at Danghosan was on a different level from what I had been creating.
I watched it quietly.
The power of Danghosan that I saw at Punghwajeong was only a very small part of his true power.
“Just because you say so righteously, you don’t think this Taoist king can’t do it, do you? Then and now, I don’t care at all about what the world thinks.”
The Lion King’s sharp gaze turned towards me.
“A lion must not be defeated. But what it must not do is surrender. When it dies, it can at least leave a name behind, but a lion with its head bowed down is nothing more than prey. That’s how I raised my disciple and the Taoist corps. And yet, your son is said to have surrendered those very same lion cubs!”
The Lion King’s murderous intent began to take shape more and more.
There were golden waves pushing back the storm.
It was a golden lion fight.
“That is why I want to see with my own eyes. Is your son worthy of it? If he is worthy, I will break the swords of my disciples and subordinates with my own hands. If not, I will break your son’s arms and legs.”
“Then, as I said, you must first break this party leader’s neck.”
“If you really want it, I’ll listen.”
The whirlwind and the lion’s share collided very tensely.
The agents of Jeongpunggak all took up their formation and aimed their crossbows at the Lion King.
“Huh! That’s-“
“Isn’t that Hwansalno?”
“It was said to have been abandoned for a long time, but it was still alive?”
‘Are you a Hwansalno?’
The ghosts were all startled.
When I asked what it was, Onma answered on my behalf.
“This is a weapon used by the Gwangpungdae in the past. The Gwangpungdae was originally famous for their rough fighting style as well as their skill with gunpowder weapons, and the Hwansalno was their most representative weapon.”
It is said that the Gwangpungdae always used the Hwansalno before going into full-scale battle.
It is said that the iron arrows used at this time had explosives built into them, causing a huge explosion when they hit the target.
“When a hundred or so explosive arrows explode, the surrounding area becomes scorched earth. That’s why the units opposing the Gwangpungdae were most wary of that… and that’s what I took out.”
In other words, he revealed his intention to treat the Lion King as an enemy and kill him if necessary.
But the Lion King did not lose his fighting spirit even in the face of such a ferocious weapon.
No, it actually made it even more explosive.
“As expected… It seems like all the previous promises were thrown to the dogs?”
“The agreement was that we would no longer use the Gwangpungdae outside, but it didn’t mean that we would completely erase its existence. However, if you continue to show hostility towards us, there’s nothing we can do. We have no choice but to use it for self-defense.”
“As expected, you’re good at talking smoothly. But that doesn’t mean the fact that you broke your promise disappears. All members of the Taoist troop should step forward.”
Chew chew chew!
Just then, a group of warriors came running at a fierce speed behind the Lion King, their swords drawn.
It was the main force of the Taoist corps that arrived one step later than my master.
The momentum of Jeongpunggak, who was holding the Hwansalno, became even sharper.
Kowloon Branch and Lion Gate.
A bloody standoff between two places is on the verge of breaking out.
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