Episode 779 Life is inherently painful. (3)
“Khaaaaaa!”
The dust-covered Taoist man moved his feet with difficulty and entered the oral cavity.
“Wo this is the oral cavity!”
taoist.
Hyeonjong quickly looked around.
‘How many hardships it must have been!’
If only Cheongmyeong had arrived on time, there would have been no danger, but even so, the opponent was the Jang River. These are not the few people who can handle it.
“Come quickly!”
“yes! A long writer!”
But now they are no longer a minority.
Because the main forces of Huashan brought from Shaanxi have just arrived at this river with him!
Of course, it is impossible for the volcano wave to deal with all of the Yangtze River channels alone, but it can easily wipe out one or two of them. Now, Huashan is no longer a weak, third-rate sect in Shaanxi!
An intense glow shone in King Hyeonjong’s eyes as he saw his disciples standing firmly behind him.
“If you mess with children, you will pay! let’s go!”
“Yes, Jang Mun-in!”
The disciples of the Hwasan Sect radiated a ferocious force and proudly entered the oral cavity.
“…What did you say?”
“ah. “It’s already over, Jang Moon-in.”
“already…?”
“yes. “Everything was wiped out.”
“….”
Hyunjong closed his eyes in a daze. The beggar who spoke looked at him with a slightly sad expression.
“…Could it be that the sink was a very small place?”
“Is that possible? “It’s one of the eighteen houses on the Yangtze River.”
“yes?”
“Among those Surochae, there is a place called Daegyeongchae that has its own name.”
“Daebyeonchae?”
“The main villa is a green forest! Daekyeongchae, Daekyeongchae!”
“…Why do they name wild vegetables and water plants that way? “It’s not even stir-fried beef.”
“Isn’t that something you made up without thinking about it?”
“who?”
“well. “I don’t know.”
The beggar, who was frustrated trying to talk to King Hyeonjong, who was completely lost, waved his hands.
“Anyway, the Great Wall was destroyed. Not only the Daegyeongchae but also one of the newly built water chaeties was completely destroyed. “Right now, the oral cavity is not in a mess because of that.”
Hyunjong closed his eyes again.
“…them?”
“yes.”
“Watercolor?”
“Oh, that’s right!”
“Try to explain what happened.”
“ah. “If you wonder how that happened…!”
After a while, Hyeonjong, who heard the whole situation from the open beggar, opened his mouth.
“…You brought the Green Forest Islanders with you?”
“yes. That’s right, Jang Mun-in.”
“…Green Forest Island?”
“yes. That’s right.”
Hyeonjong’s open jaw was shaking as if it would fall off at any moment.
So… the Taoist led the bandits and defeated them?
‘What does this mean?’
No, I understand… Considering that he is Cheongmyeong, I understand… As I
was trying to force myself to understand something I couldn’t understand, I heard a whispering sound behind me.
“As expected, it’s Cheongmyeong.”
“Actually, doesn’t that suit you better?”
“a little? No, it suits you a lot!”
“Anyway, whether you are a Taoist or a bandit, making a living in the mountains is the same.”
It’s the same, you guys!
Hyeonjong, who did not know where to go between the absurdity that felt like his stomach was going to explode and the strangely welling up of pride in the meantime, remembered what the first thing he had to ask was.
“So where are the kids now?”
“ah. That’s it…”
A strange feeling of anxiety appeared on Hyeonjong’s face as he saw the beggar’s expression of confusion.
* * *
“….”
Hyeonjong gazed at the island visible across the distance. There was indescribable confusion in his eyes.
“What is that… doing?”
“It looks like something is being built.”
“No, it seems like there are a lot of ships crowded together.”
“Why are you there?”
“Well… I guess I’m doing something ridiculous again.”
At times like these, I really envy my youth.
Hwasan’s disciples were not particularly surprised when they saw that strange sight. This is because I already knew enough to know Cheongmyeong and understood it enough to understand it.
‘Why can’t I still get used to it?’
At that time, I saw a ship approaching from the other side.
“…It’s a boat.”
“No, maybe it’s not a boat? “Can a normal ship move at that speed?”
Soon, a familiar face appeared at the bow of the ship, which was approaching at an incredible speed.
“Long story!”
“Uh… hmmm. “Yes, Baekcheon.”
Baekcheon flew up from the boat and landed right in front of Hyeonjong, bowing with deep respect. The face was full of joy.
“Meeting Jang Mun-in.”
“You’ve had a lot of trouble. “Are you hurt anywhere?”
“Thanks to Jang Mun-in’s concern, all of my students are safe.”
“okay. What a relief. “Indeed… yes, that’s a good thing…” As
Hyeonjong trailed off, Baekcheon glanced at him. He knew what he was going to say, and everyone behind him knew what he was going to say.
Sure enough, Hyunjong asked, lightly gesturing.
“What is that… what are you doing?”
“…That…”
Baekcheon was also unable to explain while trying to choose what to say.
“You should go and see for yourself…”
“…Okay. “I guess so.”
Hyeonjong also did not have particularly high expectations. It is said that the white porcelain boat that can stop Cheongmyeong from a volcano is Baekcheon and Yui Seol, but that is just a literal attempt to stop it.
“Can I get on that boat?”
“yes. A long writer. First of all, only the number of people who can ride can ride. “The ship will come again.”
Hyeonjong nods his head weakly.
As the ship approached, several disciples, including King Hyeonjong, boarded it without delay. Then the ship turned in place and quickly headed toward the island.
Although King Hyeonjong did not have much experience on the water, he could at least know that the speed of this ship was unusual.
“…It doesn’t seem like there’s any wind, but why is the speed…”
“People are rowing below. “Perhaps because they are all unmanned, they are very fast.”
In response to Baekcheon’s explanation, Hyeonjong peeked his head over the railing and looked down. Indeed, the oar was moving at an incredible speed. Moreover, no matter how you look at the oars they are rowing, they are not wooden oars, but iron oars made of iron.
“…Everyone stirring that thing is unmanned?”
“Yes, Jang Mun-in.”
“….”
Hyeonjong couldn’t bear to ask why so many warriors were rowing under the boat. Because now we can roughly guess that much.
And as a trained warrior, his ears clearly heard the sounds of moaning and pain coming from below.
“Stir! Stir quickly, you guys! “If you are late, you will be beaten to death!”
“What do ghosts do? “Don’t catch that bastard!”
“I don’t know what the ghost is doing now, but I know that if we’re late, they’ll catch us! “Shut up and stir quickly!”
“Dragon King! Please stop that bastard! “Ugh!”
Hyeonjong slowly tilted his head back and closed his eyes.
‘I didn’t hear anything.’
It must have been an auditory hallucination.
Yes, auditory hallucination….
The image of the island began to appear in Hyeonjong’s eyes as he closed his eyes tightly.
No, it’s not the exact image of the island, but the image of boats anchored in a line in front of the island.
It was a very strange sight.
When ships anchor, they usually stand around the island, but now the ships that King Hyeonjong can see are standing in a straight line from the island toward the river.
That alone was strange, but all the ships lined up were tied together with large chains, and large wooden boards were placed between them like bridges.
“That one…”
At the end of the strange boat bridge, a group of people were clinging to each other like ants and shouting.
“hey! “Hold on tight to your profits!”
“Be sure, be sure! Chain it up and put wooden pegs in it!”
“If this thing shakes, our lives will shake too!”
The men were all topless, clutching each other tightly as if they were trying to connect one boat to another, and making loud noises. It looked like they were trying to secure the ship somehow, but because the current was so strong, the ship rocked every time a wave hit.
“Aaaah! Fall!”
“Aaaahhh!”
In the end, the space between the two boats, which had barely been kept together, suddenly separated, and those who were holding them in place fell into the Ususu River.
with a plop! with a plop! with a plop!
“Aaaahhh! “Please save me!”
“I’m floating away!”
Those who fell into the water were swept away by the rapid current, screaming, but those on the boat did not even look in that direction, as if it was something they were used to.
“Narrow it down! Narrow it down! Pull the chain!”
“Oh, hold on tight! “If we fall again this time, the boss said he’d throw us into the water!”
“Kwaaaaaak! hurry! Pull it quickly! “Before my arms fall off!”
When the people who were holding two boats tightly with both hands tried hard, those holding chains took advantage of the narrow space to move the boats and somehow tie the two boats together.
“That…”
Hyeonjong was about to say something but closed his mouth. It wasn’t because I had nothing to say or because I was embarrassed.
Because something worse was happening right in front of my eyes.
“Pwaaaaaaaaaa!”
“Heeeeeeeek!”
“Several breaths…”
Another group of people emerged from the raging river and began panting as if they had not been able to breathe for ten years.
“I can’t do this anymore…growling.”
“Come to my senses! “If you lose your mind here, you’ll literally drown!”
“School shift! Please give me a shift! Please… I feel like I’m going to die from the cold…”
“Mother…”
A neckless dog.
Hyeonjong, who witnessed the terrible tragedy, closed his eyes in silence and then turned his head to look at Baekcheon.
Baekcheon’s gaze had already gone somewhere far away.
“…Baekcheon.”
“Yes, Jang Mun-in.”
“What about them?”
“They are outnumbered.”
“….”
Oh, we are outnumbered.
The enemy is about to drown in the water. Hehe….
“What is that doing now?”
“…I’m working two jobs.”
“two?”
“yes. One is to secure the anchor under water. The current here is so strong that the boat cannot be anchored by an ordinary anchor….” “
….”
“So, we are digging out the river bed and planting a specially made anchor. “The anchor and chain are connected to secure the ship.”
“…What else?”
“We are currently salvaging necessary items from a sunken ship during a naval battle.”
“….”
Hyeonjong’s eyes turn to the enemies.
A drowning mouse… No, a mouse is a bit too much, and a drowning dog… No, this is also the same…
Anyway, the faces of the drowned enemies were as pale as water ghosts. Even they would never have imagined that they would end up like that in the water.
“…are you letting the enemy do that… thing?”
“yes. Each and every one of them is valuable labor….”
Yes, that can be true. That may happen in life. This can be even more true if it is Cheongmyeong.
However, what he could not understand at all was not the bandits and the bandits who were captured by the Taoists and forced to work as laborers, but the sparkling something that was connected from their feet to the island.
“If you do it, Baekcheon.”
“yes. “A long writer.”
“Why are they… wearing something like that on their legs?”
“Oh, that’s it…”
Baekcheon lowered his gaze as if he couldn’t bear to say this after looking at Jang Munin’s face.
“Cheongmyeong said that if he just released the bandits into the water, it would be like cheering them on to run away, so they shouldn’t be able to run away…” “
So you tied a chain like that on a person’s leg?”
“…That’s right.”
Hyeonjong did not ask any more questions and looked up at the blue sky in silence.
The sky was very clear and blue today.
“Hehehe…. Hehehe…. I sent you to save people from becoming slaves, but they ended up using bandits and bandits as slaves. Heh heh…. Heh heh heh….”
Hyeonjong, who had been laughing as if he had lost his mind for a long time, looked at Baekcheon with a much refreshed face. Baekcheon was rather shocked. That relaxed face was scarier.
“I knew roughly what I was doing.”
“Yes, Jang Mun-in.”
“So let’s go back to the fundamental question.”
“…yes.”
“Why on earth are you doing this?”
This time Baekcheon looked up at the sky in silence.
Clear water filled her beautiful eyes.
A long writer.
That…that’s what I’m most curious about.
