Episode 847 A volcano without you is not a volcano. (2)
Die.
Actually, it is not an unfamiliar word. No, maybe even quite familiar.
However, the words that came out of Cheongmyeong’s mouth were like a huge stone in everyone’s hearts.
“…No…”
Baeksang was about to say something but then closed his mouth.
It was because I didn’t know what to say.
Cheongmyeong chuckled.
“You were lucky, weren’t you?”
“….”
“If Heo Do had not stepped forward and stopped the war.”
“….”
“No, if only it had been a little later to stop that war.”
Everyone turned their heads, unable to face Cheongmyeong’s gaze.
“If only everyone had really rushed into war with the determination to go to war, rather than just standing there and wasting time.”
“….”
“Could everyone really sit here like this and discuss fame and gain?”
Baeksang bit his lips.
“But that’s…”
“Yes.”
Cheongmyeong interrupted Baeksang’s conversation and shrugged his shoulders.
“It’s true that as long as you’re an unmanned person, you have to be prepared to die at any time. “It is arrogant and disgusting for a man who wields a sword to think that I will not die from a sword.”
“….”
“But that doesn’t mean you can die.”
Cheongmyeong shook his head.
“The world has already changed. From now on, the battlefield we will stand on will not be as gentle as before. The days when you could fight as if you were practicing or experiencing it are over. And now it won’t come back again. From next time, you really have to kill and kill.”
Because Sapaeryun changed the world.
And everyone sitting here knows that fact.
“But so…”
But Baeksang still didn’t seem to understand everything.
“Isn’t that why they are uniting the clans and increasing their power? If it is the power of Cheonwoo-maeng….”
“Sasuk.”
Cheongmyeong looked at Baeksang and asked.
“Do you really think so?”
“….”
Baeksang chewed his lips and sighed.
Cheongmyeong said.
“I like money too. “You like fame and fame?”
“…however?”
“But if it means giving up the life of someone here, there’s no need for that.”
Cheongmyeong’s voice was calmer and firmer than ever.
“Do you know what really puts people in hell?”
“…Seeing your brother’s death with your own eyes?”
“no. “That’s nothing.”
Qingming shook his head.
“The real hell is surviving. And I realize too late that I, who survived, was actually able to prevent the executioners from dying.”
“….”
“Regret is what truly drags people to hell.”
It was a calm voice.
However, listeners had to feel their hearts sinking with an inexplicable sadness.
“Someone is going to die. This is unavoidable. I’m acting like normal, pretending nothing’s wrong, but everyone knows the truth. Someday, one of these people will die. “And that’s not too far away.”
“….”
“At that time….”
Cheongmyeong cast his gaze upward.
“A brilliant reputation resting on my shoulders.”
“….”
“Great wealth in your hands.”
“….”
“The high honor of saving the world.”
Cheongmyeong looked up at the ceiling for a moment while everyone was silent, then slowly opened his mouth again.
“Do you think it’s all worth a penny?”
Baekcheon looked at Cheongmyeong in silence.
Baekcheon knows.
That’s not what Cheongmyeong says to the capital punishment. That’s what Cheongmyeong says to himself.
“I don’t want to have any regrets.”
“….”
“If I can’t avoid seeing someone die, at least I shouldn’t let it be a death caused by my complacency. It shouldn’t be a dog’s death due to my wrong choice. “It shouldn’t have been an avoidable death.”
Yu Iseol nodded slowly.
Calmly but firmly.
“The volcano must become stronger. Not now. It’s not just because of everyone’s room. “It’s not because of the Sapaeryeon or because of Jang Il-so.”
Because I’m scared.
Because I am terribly afraid of losing.
If there had been even one casualty in this battle, Hwasan would never have been the same as it is now. And everyone knows it. This result was not achieved through skill, but was just pure luck.
‘It should have been like this from the beginning.’
Cheongmyeong bit his lip.
He said that he would make Jang Il-so regret giving time to Hwasan. But that was just a venomous struggle.
Cheongmyeong was that scared.
Beating everyone?
What is the meaning of the victory achieved by sacrificing countless disciples?
Such victories have been tiresome. Even if you search the entire world today, there is not a single person who has experienced more victories or more glorious victories than Cheongmyeong.
So what is left for Qingming?
There is nothing left.
Nothing, really.
At that time, Baekcheon, who was staring at Cheongmyeong, opened his mouth.
“So…”
The disciples all turned their gaze to him. No matter what anyone says, the person who can represent the disciples of Hwasan at this moment is Baekcheon.
“Are you saying that if you do what you said and practice until you die, no one can die?”
“Is that possible? But…”
Cheongmyeong slightly closed his eyes. And he said with a firm face.
“At least the living will not be ashamed in the face of death.”
Baekcheon chuckled.
“Well, it’s nothing that great.”
“….”
“I agree.”
“Sasuk!”
“execution!”
The executioners shouted in surprise, but Baekcheon did not even look at them. I just looked at Cheongmyeong and laughed as if it was absurd.
“I told the greedy guy to stop being greedy, but he did even worse. “Maybe I should say it’s like you.”
Meanwhile, Baek Sang’s eyes showed a hint of embarrassment. As he had been with Baekcheon for a long time, he knew him better than anyone else. Once a great master makes up his mind, he never changes his words.
He turned to Yunjong as if asking for help.
“Try to say something.”
“You mean me?”
“okay.”
Yunjong took a moment to organize his words and then spoke calmly.
“I don’t think there’s anything bad either.”
“…what?”
“To begin with, I don’t know much about commerce, fame, or anything like that. I just learn the sword. Hwasan is a place where Tao is achieved through the sword. “Isn’t that enough?”
He slightly shrugged his shoulders and continued.
“I know there is truth in what Sasuk said. But I think either way, if you can just do what you need to do, that’s enough.”
Before Baeksang could say anything, Jogeol clicked his tongue at Yoonjong.
“Anyway, he’s like Wall and Window….”
“Why? “Did you think differently?”
“If you say different, won’t you hit me? “What can I say?”
“Don’t hit me.”
“How can you believe that?”
“I said I won’t hit you.”
“Yay yea. It’s a heavenly death sentence, but I have to follow it…. Argh! “They said they wouldn’t hit me!”
Baeksang, who thought it was over there, sighed.
Lastly, I saw Yu Yi-seol, and she had agreed to the wedding in the first place, so there was no point in asking. Moreover, when I saw Yang sitting calmly with an expressionless face, I couldn’t help but speak.
“Just give up, Sasuk.”
Kwak Hoi laughed bitterly.
“Honestly, what would you say after hearing that? “You already know Sasuk, right?”
“…Yeah, I know…”
Baeksang scratched his head.
“No matter how much I think about it, it’s such a waste. too! Cheongmyeong. Are they really incompatible?”
“I’m not that savvy.”
“….”
“They’re going to the extent of punishing them in order to push them without leaving any space left. “If both were possible, I wouldn’t have gone to the extreme.”
A sigh escaped Baeksang’s mouth.
When I turned around, everyone’s eyes had changed.
‘Really these bastards.’
He protested like that, and without even hearing a few words, it seemed like everyone had already agreed. No, it wasn’t just that they agreed; they were ready to take the initiative and shout that we should return to the temple and practice as soon as possible.
It felt uncomfortable, but… Anyway, Baeksang didn’t say anything more.
I had no choice but to understand. The same goes for white elephants.
Maybe I can insist. By struggling and shouting, I might be able to get them to change that meaning.
But I can’t.
What if, in return, one day as time passes, Baeksang encounters Baekcheon’s fallen corpse?
The white elephant will never forgive himself. never.
Because I know that, I cannot bear to oppose it.
“I think it’s roughly sorted out.”
At that time, Hyeonjong, who was quietly listening to their conversation, opened his mouth heavily.
“When Cheongmyeong came to see me last night and brought up this story, I also had a lot of worries. “What is right?”
“…a long writer.”
“There are so many opportunities in volcanoes. And a heavy responsibility lies on the shoulders of the volcano.”
This would be especially true for Hyeonjong, who was no other person.
Others only have to think about what the volcano is losing. However, as the leader of the Cheonwoo Alliance, Hyeonjong has some things to shoulder. Even if he were to limit himself to just a volcano, he would have to consider more than his disciples.
“I couldn’t come up with an answer in my head. So, for the first time, I asked my heart. “What path do I want?”
As everyone paid attention, Hyeonjong smiled.
“My heart spoke. A fame that would resound across the world, a fame that would make the name of Hwasan shine…”
The two eyes were shining more clearly than ever.
“It’s not worth exchanging for even one disciple.”
“…a long writer.”
Hyeonjong smiled.
Perhaps this is something that a scholar leading a literary faction should not say. But at the same time, it was also a sound mind that a Jang Mun-in should have.
Hyeonjong’s heart was clearly saying that right now.
The opportunity that Hwasan has now is what he had hoped for so much in the past.
But now Hyeonjong knows.
“I don’t mind Hwasan not being the best sect in the world.”
“….”
“Even without its name, a volcano is a volcano. It is not a volcano because it is strong and great. But…”
Hyeonjong’s eyes showed warmth.
“A volcano without you is not a volcano.”
Everyone clenched their fists.
There are many words in the world, but none can touch their hearts more than this.
“As a volcanologist, I try to protect the volcano.”
“….”
“Is there anyone who is against it?”
It’s quiet.
Everyone looked at Hyeonjong in silence. After a moment of silence, someone was the first to answer.
“doesn’t exist.”
White shark.
When he answers, everyone follows suit.
“doesn’t exist.”
“No Jang Mun-in!”
“I will follow Jang Mun-in’s will!”
Hyeonjong nodded slowly.
“All disciples of Huashan, listen.”
“Yes, Jang Mun-in!”
“In the name of Hwasan Jangmun-in, I hereby order you to pray from this moment on. “There will be no set deadline.”
“yes!”
Hyeonjong looked at everyone with gentle eyes.
This may be an unreasonable request. However, no one came forward to protest and no one showed any more dissatisfaction.
No matter what happens inside, I am trying to follow his words.
How can we not protect these people?
“Let’s go back. To the volcano.”
“yes! A long writer!”
In this way, the volcano’s westward movement was decided.
Just when everyone was smiling warmly at Hyeonjong, a chilling voice was heard.
“So the decision has been made?”
Wow. Wow.
Cheongmyeong bent his neck left and right. The sound of bones coming from his neck was somehow eerie.
“Oh, I didn’t mention one thing.”
“…huh?”
“It won’t necessarily be because of the war that someone will die soon.”
“….”
“I’m going to really try my best this time. If you’re going to die anyway, it’s better to die by your own hands than by someone else’s hands, right? is not it?”
“….”
“It’s just that. Just know that.”
The courage drained from the eyes of the volcano disciples. When they all looked at Hyeonjong with frightened deer-like eyes, Hyeonjong smiled kindly and slightly averted his gaze.
“Let’s hurry up and go back without wasting time. It’s going to get busy now.”
“….”
The door to hell is decorated extremely beautifully.
They were Hwasan’s disciples who only realized that they had walked into hell on their own feet.
