Heavenly Inquisition Sword Chapter 1405

Episode 1405. The flow of time (歲月流水)

Puff puff!

The sound of firecrackers rang out again.

The heartbreaking conversation with Yeon Jeok-ha naturally stopped due to the fireworks and people cheering.

When the uproar subsided Simtong spoke.

“Now that I think about it Lord Jang is already 30 years old. “But you still look like you’re in your twenties?”

“Old Man Shim also looks younger than when I first saw him.”

“That’s because we did an anti-robot conversion.”

Yeon Jeok-ha looked at Shim Tong’s black hair with new eyes.

Sim Tong likes to call Banro Hwan-dong but Yeon Jeok-ha knew.

That he only had five years left to live.

This is because Namgoong Yeon who incarnated as Luna Mylus in ‘The Fourth Sky’ said so.

“Seven years after you left both of you passed away from old age. “Old Man Shim died and the next day Old Man Tang.”

“If you live today and tomorrow you live seven more years.”

“Still I’m glad he passed away after seeing Wol-ah and Geum-ah get married.”

“Are Wol-Ah and Geum-Ah doing well?”

“then. Every holiday I brought my family to say hello. Wol-ah gave birth to a son and a daughter.”

After thinking that far Yeon Jeok-he suddenly asked Shen-tong.

“How old are Wol-ah and Geum-ah now?”

“I’m seventeen.”

“Is it time to start looking for a mate?”

“Oh my! What are you saying? “They are still babies.”

Sim Tong violently waved his hand as if it was ridiculous.

“The baby is our Jian. Wol-ah and Geum-ah are all grown up. Are you going to live with old man Shim for the rest of your life?”

“It can’t be. “When they get older we should send them in pairs.”

“I’m sure you can take care of it.”

Yeonjeokha did not talk for long.

Anyway he brushed it off that Simtong saw Wol-ah and Geum-ah getting married.

At that time Dangwoonmang came strolling across the yard.

“Jangju you should go have lunch right?”

Yeon Je-he and Shen-tong got up from their seats and headed to the main house with Tang Yun-mang.

***

Even though the year had changed the territorial dispute between the Southern Alliance and the Hocheon Alliance still persisted.

The Hocheon Alliance was blocking the Southern Alliance which was trying to advance from Namjikryeseong to the continent.

However unlike in the past even when the two sides clashed a large-scale slaughter did not occur.

When both the Hocheon Alliance and the Southern Alliance were outnumbered they admitted defeat and retreated.

Originally the Hocheon Alliance and the Southern Alliance had the same roots and the winners showed mercy to the losers.

Did Ho Cheon-maeng’s stubborn efforts bear fruit?

Since when did the Southern Alliance stop looking for Yeonjeokha?

As the war continued for three years a generational change naturally occurred in the South.

This is because new masters selected through the martial arts competition held key positions.

Hocheonmaeng’s stubborn strategy also brought about changes in the atmosphere of the Southern Alliance.

―The Southern Alliance that wants to become the ruler of the martial arts world should not become obsessed with one individual!

―The masters of the South are the soldiers of the South who have been fighting and shedding blood!

―Why does the South Alliance hang on to Namcheon Daehyup which is indifferent to the South Alliance?

―Seok Kyeong-jang is not a member of the South. Namcheon Daehyup is merely the son-in-law of the lord and has nothing to do with the Southern Alliance.

―The revival of the Confederacy lies in the hands of Confederate soldiers.

-Now Seok Kyeong-jang is just a foreign power.

In fact it was nothing more than a trick to persuade the new Confederate experts.

Many people said ‘The Namgung family is not letting go of Yeon Jeok-ha a defeat that cannot be used in order to monopolize the leadership of the Southern Alliance.’

In order to keep the Namgung family in check the Murim family which is the main axis of the Southern Alliance spread the claims of new experts everywhere calling them ‘reasonable words’.

At some point the name of Yeonjeokha Namcheon almost became a taboo in the Southern Alliance.

By fall the claim that ‘we must ask Yeonjeokha for help’ was recognized as an act of lack of concept lack of pride or subservience to the Namgung family.

Yeon Jeok-ha’s cold attitude toward the Confederacy also played a role.

I did not go to any places related to the South Korean alliance.

His wife’s family Namgung Sega also stopped by.

This is partly because he is not naturally sociable but also because of his extreme disappointment with Namgung Byeok.

If he hadn’t realized that ‘this guy and that guy are the same anyway’ he might have destroyed the Confederation rather than helping it.

However instead of repeating the same mistake he stayed away from the Namgung family.

King Namgung Byeok the leader of the Confederation knew that his relationship with his son-in-law had become strangely strained but he had no time to worry about such trivial matters.

The Southern Alliance and the Hocheon Alliance clashed three or four times a day.

Every day until late in the evening I received reports from the Commander-in-Chief and instructed countermeasures.

After being defeated by Sim Tong whom I had no interest in I stopped visiting Seokgyeongjang.

I had to accept the result but just thinking about Seok Kyeong-jang was shameful.

In this way the public and private ties with the Confederacy became distant.

Since when did Seok Gyeong-jang become isolated like an island in a river?

***

Time passed like water.

It has been five years since the Southern Alliance declared its advance into the continent and fought against the Hocheon Alliance.

The fight between the Southern Alliance and the Hocheon Alliance went through a turbulent period and gradually entered a period of stability.

As per the wishes of the Sword King Namgung Byeok the martial arts world was divided into the Nam Alliance and the Hocheon Alliance.

Unfortunately it is roughly 30% for the Southern Alliance and 70% for the Hocheon Alliance.

With the tradition of Chilpaimun that has been passed down for thousands of years it was impossible to go any further than that.

He could have been more greedy but the Confederacy stopped expanding its power at that point.

This is because the Sword King Namgung Byeok was training too hard – to get revenge on Shim Tong – and ended up falling into Juhwa Ilma.

For Namgung Byeok who was about to turn 70 years old entering a coin was fatal.

Nam Gung Byeok managed to successfully treat the disease by mobilizing his name in the Southern Alliance but in the process Nam Gung Byeok lost most of his internal strength and aged rapidly.

That was the end of the era of Sword King Namgung Byeok.

Following Namgung Byeok his eldest son Namgung Cheon became the head of the Namgung family.

The nickname of Cheongun Sword was forgotten – while treating the serious injury suffered in the Waboo Lake – and as he became the head of the family Namgungcheon was given the new nickname of Changcheon Sword.

On the day that Namgung Cheon inherited the position of head of the family the Yeon Jeokha family visited the Namgung family.

King Namgung’s main house.

“Congratulations brother.”

“ha! “I don’t know if this is something that should be celebrated.”

Namgungcheon responded to Yeonjeokha’s greeting with a bitter smile.

The King of Swords was not only the center of the Southern Alliance but also the strong support of the Namgung family.

Now that the King of Swords has retired as a king all that remains is for the Namgung family to go downhill.

“Isn’t your brother already forty-five? “Now is the time for you to become the head of the family.”

Namgungcheon didn’t say anything to those words either.

It’s not that he wasn’t but he was old enough to become the head of the family at 45.

Namgoongyeon who had been listening quietly asked.

“What about your father?”

“He never steps out of Eunwolgak.”

Eunwolgak is a pavilion often used by Jang Ha-eun the wife of Namgung Byeok.

Nam Gung-yeon who nodded her head quietly stood up.

Eventually she spoke to the two men who were looking up at her.

“I will come with Jian to see my father.”

“Oh okay. “Your father will like it.”

Namgung-yeon did not respond to her brother’s words.

To be honest it was difficult for her to even guess with her head whether her father would like it or not.

Still since they are her family I have no choice but to visit them in times like this.

She left her main house with her young daughter in front.

As her sister and her nephew went outside Namgung-cheon asked quietly.

“How is your brother doing these days?”

“I play and eat.”

“Tsk! “The Namcheon Grand Association of the world is having fun… You should stop paying attention to the world’s affairs now.”

“Are you asking me to join the Confederacy?”

“Well I don’t feel like that. “It’s because I miss my younger brother’s talent so much.”

As the new head of the family Nam Gung-cheon needed a strong support in the southern alliance.

“I’m not going. If I go to the South there will be bloodshed again.”

In response to Yeon Jeok-ha’s firm refusal Nam Gung-cheon only tasted her.

She then asked if an idea occurred to her.

“But when my younger brother went to another world and came back. Didn’t he also attend Confederate events back then? There was talk that she would help her father… but what happened that stopped her from going?”

“older brother.”

“huh?”

“Didn’t Hwang Ryongbang go missing during the Qingming Festival’s martial arts competition? Because of that the Southern Alliance invaded Zhejiang Province to seek revenge.”

“I did. Does it have anything to do with it? Could it be that my younger brother is in the Hwangryongbang…”

Nam Gong-cheon looked at Yeon Je-he with surprised eyes.

It is thought that under her father’s pressure he got rid of Hwangryongbang and distanced himself from the Southern Alliance out of regret for that.

“no. This is what my father-in-law and the Grand Musketeer did. I found out about it by chance. After that he distanced himself from the Confederacy. I thought the Confederacy’s actions were unrighteous. “Well I’m from Nokrim but that’s not something I would say.”

“Father and Moyong Daehyeop?”

Namgungcheon was shocked but then nodded her head as if she understood.

“I have absolutely no intention of getting involved in the martial arts struggle. If the opponent wasn’t my father-in-law I would have beaten them all. “I put up with it a lot just by pretending not to know and keeping my distance.”

“That happened. I apologize on behalf of her father. At that time my father went to any lengths to expand the Confederacy. “It must have been even more so because of what the Yellow Dragon Ark did to Yeon-i.”

“I’m glad you did. There was no mention of my sister between my father-in-law and the Grand Governor. “The mood was just to kill it because it seemed like it would get in the way.”

“It’s a public situation so you probably don’t show your personal feelings. “I’m not saying this because he’s my father… He hasn’t lived like that until now.”

“It doesn’t matter anyway. “I only answered because my brother was curious about the reason.”

“I understand. So what do you plan to do next?”

Namgung-cheon slowly changed the topic.

This is because there is no benefit in delving into the secrets of her father and Mo Yong Moon.

“We should live as freely as we do now. “I also take care of her family and go fishing with old man Shim.”

“The Confederacy will no longer bother you. “The fight with Ho Tian Meng is not the same as before.”

“I heard a rumor. “You said the South Meng decided not to expand its power further?”

“For now that’s how it ended. Still the dispute between the two factions will not end. As you said we will continue to fight over the rights.”

“By the way how is the Pluto Church these days?”

The Pluto Church is a denomination founded by forces that broke away from the Myeongwang Church.

“I don’t know. I don’t know if it’s there or not but it’s so quiet. “He must be living well somewhere.”

“okay.”

Yeonjeokha did not ask any more questions.

Even when Namgung-yeon told the story of her strength in ‘The Fourth Sky’ there was not much to say.

Looking at things like that it looks like Plutoism is about to disappear like this.

By the time the conversation between the two was over Namgoongyeon returned holding her daughter’s hand.

He said goodbye to Namgung Cheon and left the Nangong family with her family.

Yeon Jeok-ha asked her daughter on the carriage ride back to her Seok-gyeong market.

“Jian have you met your grandfather?”

“They hugged me because they said I looked like my grandmother.”

“okay?”

Yeon Jeok-ha’s eyes softly widened.

In all this time he had never once hugged her granddaughter so it seems that her father-in-law was also human.

“Grandpa asked why Dad didn’t come.”

“I couldn’t go because I was talking to my eldest uncle. I can see you next time Dad. “Are you okay?”

Namgung-yeon smiled and answered her meaningful question.

“As you will soon learn a fight between a father and a daughter is like cutting water with a knife.”

“Oh is that so?”

Yeon Jeok-ha looked at her daughter with happy eyes.

Come to think of it her wife was Miuni and even though she was Gouni she was the daughter of her father-in-law.

She herself will grow old quarreling and making peace with her daughter.

As she thought that and smiled she heard Nangungyeon’s voice.

“But my father-in-law and son-in-law are not like that so I came to visit them before they get older.”

“I didn’t fight with my father-in-law.”

“Your father knows you don’t like it.”

Yeonjeokha did not deny it but scratched his head with a puzzled look on his face.

My father and father-in-law are very difficult people to understand.