Part 2 Episode 218
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Jeonggwang and his party, who came down from Takmokibong Peak, sat down around a large table as soon as they arrived at Hyangni Gaekjan.
Not only the people waiting in the guesthouse, but even Danyoung, who came down late.
Jeong Gwang made eye contact with each person and spoke clearly.
“ruler! “Let’s toast to Seomrang’s victory.”
Those who knew he was going to say this smiled, and those who didn’t know were embarrassed for a moment and then laughed.
Min Hyeon-yu gave orders to Jeomsoy as if he had been waiting.
“Hurry and bring the food and drinks.”
“Yes, master.”
Numerous dishes were placed on the table and famous liquor was also prepared.
Jeong Gwang poured drinks for everyone and raised his glass high.
And then I looked at today’s main character.
“What are you doing? “Say something.”
Seomrang hesitated and then smiled humbly.
“lol. “Can I do it?”
“It’s not something you can do, you have to do it.”
“It’s so awkward.”
“My arm hurts.”
“hmm. Then I won’t decline.”
Seomrang raised his glass and shouted.
“Thank you everyone! “I will never forget the great grace you have given me!”
“It’s bland.”
As Jeong-Gwang took a short sip and took a gulp, the others also laughed and emptied their glasses.
And everyone, including me, poured out congratulatory words.
Seomrang scratched the back of his head with an awkward expression, then stood up holding a bottle of alcohol.
“yes yes. I stayed silent without paying attention. “I’ll pour you a drink each, so stop.”
I can’t believe he looked embarrassed when I praised him sincerely.
People laughed boisterously and held out their glasses.
Seomrang politely poured the drink and finally filled the glass with concentrate and offered it subtly.
“Sir, you should say something on this great day.”
“Okay, the congratulations end here.”
“yes?”
Seomrang widened his eyes, but Jeong Gwang didn’t care.
He looked around at everyone slowly and explained calmly.
“After the investiture ceremony tomorrow, Seomrang will become the head of the small church. The sect leader is supposed to give an award to the family or teacher that produced the new sect leader, in recognition of their contribution to nurturing great talent.”
Seomrang’s eyes got bigger.
“A prize? “Was there such a rule?”
“huh.”
“This is my first time knowing this.”
“In fact, this is the first time it has been applied, so it has to be that way.”
“Please tell me more details.”
“Until the previous generation, the descendants of Cheonsin continued to hold the position of head of the small sect, and the current sect leader took the position himself after the death of the previous sect leader, so there was no need to reward the new family at all.”
Seomrang clapped his hands and was happy.
“ah! Then, since my family is almost extinct, I will receive it. “What should I ask for?”
“Did you grow up yourself? I raised it. “I have the right to receive the award.”
“omg! “Are you acknowledging me as your disciple?”
“Only when necessary, like this time.”
“… … ha. “Okay then.”
Even though Seomrang grumbled, he could not hide his joy.
Even though there were conditions attached, wasn’t he recognized as a disciple?
Jeong Gwang paid no attention and continued his explanation.
“I will ask the religious leader for a somewhat difficult award. “It’s going to get pretty bad.”
“… … !”
Seomrang’s face turned black and dead.
After going through all kinds of hardships and going back and forth between life and death several times, I was able to sit down in the position of the head of the small church that I had longed for, but isn’t the great person who made all of this possible about to cause a major accident?
I barely managed to separate my lips, which had become dry in an instant.
“Great, great. “Everything is fine, why do you feel that way?”
Jeong Gwang categorically denied it.
“It went well. It’s starting now. Do you think the greedy brain will leave you alone? “I would put it in the palm of my hand and control it or do whatever it takes to replace it.”
“Well, then what should I do with the brain?”
“Killing the brain is tarnishing the cult leader’s face.”
“yes? Then no way… … .”
Seomrang was so shocked that he couldn’t speak.
Jeong Gwang kindly finished the work for me.
“I have to kill the cult leader.”
“100 million!”
“The same goes for the devil’s brain.”
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“omg!”
“why? “Does your heart beat at the thought of becoming a religious leader at an unprecedentedly young age?”
“ah! Yes!”
Seomrang, who was shocked one after another, made an ecstatic expression.
But it didn’t last long.
“Wake up from your dream. Does that make sense?”
“… … Sheesh. “Then what are you going to do?”
“I’ll take care of it, so don’t worry about it and listen carefully to what I say.”
Jeong Gwang explained each word with emphasis.
Seomrang listened with sweat in his hands and then looked at the other people’s faces.
Most of them looked nervous, but not a single one was afraid.
A feeling of anger soared in my heart.
‘Damn it. I’m quietly accepting everything, but I’m embarrassed to be scared alone.’
I shook my head to shake off my fear and opened my ears wide.
How long has it been like that?
Jeong Gwang finished his explanation and asked everyone.
“Does anyone have any questions?”
There was no one.
“Seomrang, did you understand everything?”
“… … .”
Of course I had to understand.
The problem is that I got goosebumps all over my body because of the ridiculous plan.
“yes.”
“Are you going to do it?”
Seomrang swallowed his saliva and answered confidently.
“You said it was a situation where you were an outsider. The best I can do is die. “I will trust and follow Daein.”
“good. “Let’s have a drink and wish everyone good luck and good health.”
As Jeong Gwang drank happily, everyone followed suit.
Seomrang couldn’t bear it in his right mind and tried to drink more, but Jeong Gwang stopped him.
“You and I, Sojeo, that’s it.”
“yes? why?”
Namin also had a puzzled expression.
Jeong Gwang told the two people to come closer and placed his palms on each person’s Myeongmunhyeol (命門穴).
Then, he sucked in the alcohol with his empty space and scattered it in the air.
The two people, sober from alcohol, looked back at Jeong Gwang with surprised faces.
Jeong Gwang looked at Seomrang first.
“You and I decided to lead the teaching together with Sojeo in the future, right?”
“Yes, great man.”
“Then I will protect Sojeo. “I will protect you too.”
A heavy atmosphere can be contagious quickly.
Seomrang did not react playfully as usual, but swore seriously.
“I definitely will.”
“good. “What about me, Sozer?”
Namin also made a promise with a stern expression.
“I would too.”
“It’s good.”
Jeong Gwang clapped his hands and sent Seomrang and Namin up first.
“섬랑, 요상약 챙겨 먹고 운기조식한 뒤 푹 자. 나 소저, 잘 자야 머리도 잘 돌아가는 거 알죠? 그 능력도요.”
“당연히 먹어야죠. 아주 꼭꼭 씹어 삼킬게요.”
“명심하겠습니다, 진혼. 그럼 내일 뵙겠습니다.”
정광은 두 사람이 이 층으로 올라가자 자오에게 부탁했다.
“혈조, 올라가셔서 섬랑이 운기조식하는 걸 지켜봐 주시겠어요?”
자오는 눈치가 빨랐기에 자리를 피해달라는 의미란 걸 알아챘다.
허나 섭섭하지는 않았다.
정광은 타당한 이유 없이 그럴 사람이 아니었다.
“네, 단주. 제가 호법을 서겠습니다.”
자오도 이 층으로 올라갔다.
귀곡자가 자오의 뒷모습을 지켜보다가 안쓰러운 표정을 지었다.
“저 녀석, 은근히 여린 면이 있어서 지존에 대해 알게 되면 크게 상처받을 겁니다.”
정광은 술을 홀짝이고 어깨를 으쓱했다.
“그거야 어쩔 수 없지.”
“어째 안 그럴 거라고 믿으시는 것 같습니다?”
“너, 주름살이 많아진 만큼 말도 늘었어.”
귀곡자가 희미하게 웃었다.
“지존께선 여전히 젊으시나 말씀이 많아지셨지요.”
“쫑알쫑알 시끄럽기는. 치병 걸린 상태로 내버려 둘걸. 그때로 되돌려 줄까?”
귀곡자가 재빨리 술을 따르며 화제를 돌렸다.
“지존께서 오랜만에 축배를 들자고 하시니 감회가 새롭습니다. 무척 힘든 싸움이 될 것이라 예상하시나 봅니다.”
“머릿수가 너무 차이 나니 그럴 수밖에. 다들 뭐 해? 어서 마셔.”
귀곡자, 흑서, 관엽, 단영, 민현유는 술을 단번에 삼켰다.
정광은 그들의 빈 잔을 채워주며 경고했다.
“다들 알지? 죽어버리면 무덤까지 가서 붓기 귀찮으니까 미리 먹이는 거야.”
모두 한목소리로 답했다.
“네, 지존.”
“나는 무슨 일이 있어도 이겨. 항상 그랬듯이 이번에도 그럴 거야.”
“네, 지존.”
정광은 아무 말 없이 술을 몇 잔 더 마신 뒤 잔을 들었다.
사람들을 둘러보며 나직이 주의를 줬다.
“웬만하면 죽지 마. 그걸 기원하는 마지막 잔이다.”
이 축배는 언제나 그랬듯이 정광 자신이 아닌 수하들을 위한 것.
또한 최소한의 희생으로 거둘 승리를 미리 축하하는 것이었다.
고금제일마(古今第一魔) 진천마를 따르는 마인들은 일말의 의구심도 없이 술잔을 높이 들었다.
“존명! 지존의 대승을 미리 축하드립니다!”
* * *
정광 일행은 해가 뜨자마자 배를 든든히 채웠다.
몸이 안 좋은 귀곡자와 도주로, 안가 등을 준비한 민현유는 객잔에 남고 나머지 이들은 모두 정광과 함께 탁목이봉으로 향했다.
도중에 단영이 식솔들을 이끌고 합류했다.
섬랑이 심호흡을 거듭하며 마음을 다스리려고 하자 정광이 놀렸다.
“긴장돼? 솔직해서 좋네.”
“무슨 말씀이죠? 아무렇지도 않은데요.”
섬랑은 시치미를 뗐으나 통하지 않았다.
정광은 섬랑의 머리털을 헝클어뜨리며 충고했다.
“싸우는 게 뭐 대수라고. 신전에서 칠주야 동안 머물며 역사와 교리를 배우는 것에 비하면 아무것도 아니잖아.”
“하아아. 역사와 교리라니…….”
섬랑은 어깨를 늘어뜨렸다가 다시 올렸다.
“그러게요. 대인 말씀이 맞아요. 차라리 생사투를 벌이는 게 훨씬 낫죠.”
“그래, 안색이 한결 좋아졌네. 그 마음을 유지해.”
탁목이봉을 오르는 길은 각양각색의 사람들로 가득했다.
그들은 섬랑을 발견하자 잔뜩 흥분하여 덕담을 내뱉었다.
“소교주가 된 걸 축하한다! 단 한 순간도 정체하지 말고 쑥쑥 성장해라!”
“네가 본교를 어떻게 이끌어 나가는지 지켜보마! 너라면 잘할 수 있을 거야!”
섬랑은 어안이 벙벙했다.
어제 그런 사고를 쳤는데도 이렇게 축하를 받을 줄이야.
사람들의 덕담은 정광에게도 쏟아졌다.
“진혼! 자네가 아주 큰일을 했어! 앞으로도 섬랑을 잘 부탁하네!”
“자네에게도 기대가 커! 본교에 새바람이 불게 해주게나!”
정광은 씩 웃으며 멋들어지게 두 손을 모았다.
“새바람이 아니라 폭풍이 휘몰아치게 해드릴 테니 기대하세요!”
사람들은 기쁜 얼굴로 호탕하게 웃었다.
정광이 말한 폭풍이 어떤 의미인지 제대로 몰라서였다.
이렇게 다들 즐거워했으나.
호교당 삼향주 곽상은 여전했다.
딱딱한 얼굴로 섬랑의 신분패를 확인하고 들여보낼 뿐이었다.
“들어가라. 총단에 온 걸 환영한다.”
“삼향주님도 수고하세요.”
섬랑이 그럴 줄 알았다는 듯 발걸음을 옮기는데.
곽상이 지나가듯 덧붙였다.
“우승을 축하한다.”
“네?”
곽상은 대답 없이 정광의 신분패를 검사했다.
정광은 빙글빙글 웃으며 말을 건넸다.
“기분이 좋으신가 봐요. 안 하던 말씀도 하시고.”
곽상은 신분패를 살피며 퉁명스레 답했다.
“본교의 경사니 그래야지. 확인했으니 받아라.”
정광은 곽상이 내미는 신분패를 챙기며 물었다.
“듣던 대로 교를 많이 위하시네요. 교를 위한 일이면 언제든 발 벗고 나서실 거죠?”
곽상의 눈매가 날카로워졌다.
“무슨 사고를 치려는 것이냐? 용서하지 않을 테니 잘 처신하라고 경고했을 텐데.”
“사고라뇨. 저를 뭐로 보시고.”
정광은 곽상을 스쳐 지나가며 중얼거렸다.
“호사(好事)에는 마(魔)가 붙기 마련인데. 사람들은 그 마를 사고라고 폄하한다니까.”
“……!”
곽상의 눈이 커졌다.
기억 속 깊은 곳에 잠들어 있던 말을 수십 년이 지난 지금 다시 들은 것이다!
“그 말을 대체 어디서…….”
급히 고개를 돌렸으나 정광은 이미 한참 먼 곳에 있었다.
곽상의 눈이 이글거리다가 깊게 가라앉았다.
‘소문을 믿지 않았거늘. 정말 그분의 후인인가?’
정광은 일행을 이끌고 대연무장으로 향했다.
수많은 사람들의 축하를 받으며 나아가다 보니 예복을 입은 채 기다리고 있던 예기(禮旗) 무인들이 정중히 맞이했다.
“멸혼생사투 우승자는 이쪽으로 오시게. 의복을 환복해야 하네.”
섬랑은 어제 처음 입은 묵영권가의 상징, 은은한 광택이 흐르는 흑의를 만지작거리며 물었다.
“그냥 이거 입고 있으면 안 돼요?”
무인이 언짢은 표정을 지었다.
“불가. 책봉식이 아이들 장난 같은가?”
“그건 아니죠.”
“그럼 빨리 환복하게.”
“하아아. 네.”
섬랑은 작은 천막에 들어가 옷을 갈아입고 나왔다.
교주가 입는 것보다 작은 흑색 악귀가 수놓인 핏빛 장포(長袍)였다.
“뭐가 이렇게 촌스러…… 흡!”
섬랑은 투덜투덜하다가 급히 입을 닫았다.
예기 무인이 화난 얼굴로 따끔히 나무랐다.
“자네가 훗날 나를 벌한다 해도 참을 수가 없군. 중요한 의식일세. 교도들에게 얕보이지 않으려면 제대로 하게나.”
섬랑은 정신이 번쩍 들었다.
정중히 두 손을 모으며 사과했다.
“죄송해요. 제대로 할게요.”
“고맙네.”
“By the way, what is your name? “I’m not trying to get revenge, but I’m trying to write you something valuable.”
“… … .”
The military officer shook his head inwardly and taught them the rules of etiquette.
This time, Seomrang was speechless.
‘What is so tricky and complicated? ‘It’s not something you would do as a demon!’
Still, what can you do?
You have to do it right.
Seomrang listened intently and hoped that the investiture ceremony would end quickly.
Did that wind reach the Heavenly God?
Musicians came in playing their instruments.
Next, the saint appeared with the priests, and finally, Yeon Hwi-jun, the head of the Heavenly Demon God, came in with his minions.
The demons shouted in one voice following the Demon Brain’s dock.
“Long live, long live, long live!” “I meet the leader, the great ruler of the Heavenly Demon Church!”
Yeon Hwi-jun commanded majestically from a high platform.
“Everyone, stand up with your heads held high. “The investiture ceremony for the Sojyoju begins.”
“Jonmyeong!”
The scale of the investiture ceremony was grand, but as expected from a ceremony created by magicians, it proceeded quickly.
Saints and priests performed rites by offering sacrifices to the heavenly gods, and Seomrang performed his duties by repeatedly falling down and getting up.
When Jeong Gwang revisited the terrible things he had done in his past life, he became distraught, but he did not forget what he had to do.
I sent a message to Yeonhyeokso, the owner of Ageuk Soyeonga, who was standing a little distance away.
-This is my first time with such thorough security. You came prepared to put a knife in the cult leader’s back, right?
-I’m not confident. It’s not that I don’t have the determination, I just don’t have the skills to do it.
– Don’t plug it in directly. Beyond completely cutting off ties, I wonder if you can fight according to my arrangements.
-Of course, it’s natural. Tell me your plan.
Jeong Gwang sends a message.
Yeonhyeokso twitched his eyebrows.
And soon after, he nodded his head slightly.
-I will follow the agreement. However, you must succeed.
-If I don’t succeed, I will die first. Don’t worry and try your best.
The saints and priests prayed for glory in the future of the Heavenly Demon Church, its leader Yeon Hwi-jun, and Seomrang, who became the small religious leader, and only the final ceremony remained.
Jeong Gwang took a breath and thought about the future.
‘When Seomrang becomes the leader of a religious cult, if the saint recognizes its legitimacy, a solid road will be laid.’
I felt a slight desire to look around, but it soon disappeared.
I had a greater desire to travel to a wide world I had never been to and have fun.
‘Let’s finish this matter first.’
Yeon Hwi-jun, the leader of the Heavenly Demon God, stood up and spread his arms.
“It is a blessing for our school and a joy for us that such an outstanding talent has become the head of the small school. “This committee will sincerely guide the principal so that he can lead the church well in the future.”
“Waaaa!”
The demons let out a thunderous roar.
Yeon Hwi-jun waited until the sound died down and looked at Jeong-gwang.
Jeong Gwang grinned and waved his hand widely.
A cool smile appeared on Yeon Hwi-jun’s lips.
“Also, in accordance with the school rules, awards will be given in recognition of the teacher’s contribution to nurturing great talent. Requiem, please come forward.”
Jeong Gwang walked toward the platform where Yeon Hwijun was standing.
The warriors of the red spirit unit guarding the podium raised their hands to their weapons and issued a warning.
“stop. “Stop there.”
“Can’t we go a little further? “I want to see you as close as possible.”
The Red Army warriors drew their weapons.
Jeong Gwang paused, slightly raising both palms.
“You’re more sensitive than you look. “Now that you’ve done as you said, please stop getting rid of these ugly things.”
The enemy group still held their weapons and glared at Jeong Gwang with menacing eyes as if they would not miss his every move.
People sensed something unusual and began to murmur.
However, when Yeon Hwi-jun opened his mouth, everyone became quiet.
“Requiem, I see you brought something you haven’t seen before.”
Jeong Gwang was carrying a long wrapping cloth on his back.
“Because my back feels empty.”
Yeon Hwi-jun’s eyes turned semi-transparent.
“Interesting. Thank you for your hard work. “Tell me what you want.”
Jeong Gwang confidently made the request without a moment’s hesitation.
“Thank you for your hard work, please step down from your position as leader and never set foot in Xinjiang again.”
“… … !”
People are shocked.
Jeong Gwang kindly added.
“If I had to recommend it, I think the area south of the Yangtze River would be good. “It’s probably worth playing around in since it’s the Sapa martial forest’s territory.”
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