Episode 73
“Hey there….”
“Hmm! “Turn your head and turn your head!” On
Akyang Street,
where many people come and go, a group was walking along the street.
They had swords strapped to their waists, and the sight of them all wearing scarlet martial uniforms made me realize that they were martial people.
If it were just martial people passing by, it would not be particularly strange. Since Dongdongho Lake near
Akyang
is a very famous tourist destination, it was also common to see martial artists coming and going here.
Moreover, because so many things have happened recently, there has been a situation where you can see the martial arts people just by turning your head.
A bunch of people at best in that situation.
It’s not that big of a deal.
But there is another reason why people are afraid.
They are Punggeommun (風劍門), a sect established in Agyang.
These are the people who are reborn as the best sect in Akyang, both in name and reality, by suppressing the martial arts sects and sects that have been springing up around Akyang in recent years.
For a small and medium-sized faction belonging to the Murim League, it is a fairly strong area. Recently, they have been patrolling the Agyang area, saying they will manage it, and they do not hesitate to kill Parakho or criminals on the spot if they see them.
That’s why people started avoiding them.
“After those people appeared, I was so scared that I couldn’t even walk down that street.” Jiyak looked at the people disappearing and muttered softly. Since the last time I was walking down the street and witnessed them killing Parakhos in an alley, my whole body started to twitch at the sight of scarlet clothes.
“I heard that the mayor is also having a hard time?”
“Of course.”
Jiyak was impressed.
Those who committed crimes are held accountable and punished. This is something that Hong Won-chang, the county commander, should have done, but since they appeared, he has not been able to properly handle the work.
It is true that most of those who died actually committed crimes, and Hong Won-chang’s position is that there is nothing he can do since they have cut off the roots and erased all traces of them to the extent that they cannot even be reported to the government.
The two children sighed softly.
As Akyang turned ugly, my heart felt devastated.
But there are also children who seem to have nothing to do with that.
Hong Jinrang and Jiyak cackled and turned their heads towards the place where they heard the laughter. At the end of the two children’s gaze, they saw Dansomi squatting down and playing with a small puppy.
“It’s nice to feel at ease.”
“It’s funnier not to care at all.”
I looked at Dansomi with an awkward expression.
Even when people passed by at Punggeommun and raised their eyes, Dansomi didn’t care at all. It was as if he thought that no matter what he did, they would not cause any harm.
“Somi, aren’t you scared of the people at Punggeommun?”
In the end, Jiyak sighed and asked. A little while ago, people were passing by Punggeommun Gate and saw the dog and ran in between them. Most of the people watching were so surprised that they were scared.
“huh? “Somi didn’t do anything wrong to those people?”
“Still… isn’t that scary? “They say they kill people and stuff like that…”
“Hehe, that’s probably a lie. “How could someone kill someone so carelessly?”
Shouldn’t there be a limit to naivety?
Hong Jinrang sighed.
I felt it the last time I stayed at home for a few days, but Dansomi seemed to trust everyone and think that they would not harm her.
‘Compared to him, he is causing considerable damage to the academy, but…’
Hong Jin-rang broke into a cold sweat.
An innocent child like that went out of the children’s pockets to make a living. Is that all there is? Not long ago, while the three of us were wandering around the streets, we encountered Parak Ho, who was taking money from a child’s nose.
He was a person who took advantage of odds and ends to get a few pennies out of his coins, but Dansomi won every battle against him and pocketed a considerable amount of money.
Later, Parakho got angry and tried to punch him, but he was lucky enough to be caught by patrolling police officers and is now imprisoned.
‘It’s really crazy luck…’
He even started learning baduk from the dean a few days ago, and now he’s even emptying the dean’s pocket with it.
Hong Jinrang saw.
The image of him smiling brightly and extending his hand towards the dean, who had a dead-blue complexion. The dean’s expression at that time was indescribably miserable.
“Are you…”
Aren’t you being pretentious?
Hong Jin-rang held back all his efforts to say that.
Because Jiyak’s eyes were very cruel.
Anyway, when it comes to Somi, he tries to attack her at will. Hong Jin-rang is the best fist in the academy, but there is nothing he can do about Ji-yak’s gaze.
Is there anything that could ruin the house?
“Anyway, everyone be careful. “Because they don’t look like people who would consider them children.”
Hong Jinrang shrugged his shoulders and opened his mouth.
There is no doubt that they look that dangerous.
Of course, I wonder if it’s just a drug right in front of me.
“Why are you looking at me like that?” When Jiyak tilted his head and asked, Hong Jinrang turned his gaze. As I was looking at that smiling face, I thought I heard myself cursing.
Anyway, it looks like a fox.
“Is this Hubei?”
“That’s right.”
Dan Woo-hyeon, who entered Hubei, looked around first.
It is a very different landscape from the past.
Not only the houses that are built, but even the clothes that are worn are different. Well, a thousand years have passed and many things have changed, so it is natural that everything is new and unfamiliar.
All the landscapes he walked through have changed.
“How much further does agar have to go from here?”
“It will take about ten more days.”
I am following the stream of Dongjeong Lake.
The place where they are is a stream called Hongho, and about five days east of here is the Red Cliff, where the Battle of Red Cliff once took place.
It is a very famous place, so anyone who comes to Hubei might visit it at least once, but Danwoo County didn’t seem to have much fun.
“But, my lord, this is the territory of the shaman faction, so you should know that if you act carelessly, you may get caught in their eyes.”
“A shaman….”
Dan Woo-hyeon nodded slightly. I had already heard the story and knew. Are you saying that there exists one of the forces called the Nine Countries and One Party and that they have ruled Hubei for a long time?
It was quite fun too.
“Was there anything else?”
“There is the Zhuge family.”
Dan Woo-hyeon looked at Kwon Moo-jin with a somewhat surprised expression.
Zhuge? Jegal?
It was clearly a very famous place even when he was active. It was said that the family was active in the vicinity of Mt. Yongzhong, Hubei Province and was skilled in engine training.
Wasn’t this where the house of Zhuge Gongmyeong, who created the Three Kingdoms, was located decades before Dan Woo-hyeon’s activities?
Dan Woo-hyeon exclaimed with interest.
“If you say Zhuge, is that resonance…?”
“you’re right. Although their martial arts skills are mediocre, they are a family that excels not only in engine techniques but also in resourcefulness. In fact, it is clear that the power of the Demonic Cult is stronger than that of the Jeongsang faction, and it is said that the power of the Zhuge Dynasty was so great that it has never once given up this central plain land to the Demonic Cult from immediately after the formation of the Murim Alliance until now.”
“That’s about it.”
Kwon Moo-jin looked at Woo-hyeon Dan with a somewhat surprised expression.
Dan Woo-hyeon is uninterested in everything except Dan So-mi. His expression seemed to come to life for the first time.
“Are you interested in the Zhuge family
?”
“Haha, I’m glad that name sounds familiar to me.”
“Yo…2”
Kwon Moo-jin couldn’t help but feel puzzled by the word whose meaning he couldn’t understand. My Galsegae’s name is familiar wherever I go. Is it nice to be familiar?
I had no idea what was being said.
“Do you have any connection to that place…?” I asked just in case.
I didn’t think it was a bad thing if I had a relationship with Jegal Sega. If we get the best brain there, Zhuge Un, it is clear that Sega will soar even higher.
“No, there is none.”
“okay.” Kwon Moo-jin laughed awkwardly at the word that was cut off immediately. In fact, it seemed a bit unreasonable for Dan Woo-hyeon, who did not know much about Wulin, to know a person from the Zhuge family, one of the eight famous families.
‘Well, I thought that would be the case.’ Kwon Moo-jin nodded in understanding.
“But what exactly is this place called Murimmaeng?”
At that time, Dan Woo-hyeon first revealed his interest in martial arts. He, who until now had not shown much interest other than dealing with those who attacked him, finally showed interest.
Kwon Moo-jin opened his mouth with an excited expression on his face.
“I heard that the Murim Alliance was a political faction that was created to fight against the martial arts in the past. Of course, it would have been in a different form than it is now.”
Dan Woo-hyeon frowned.
It certainly seems like something like that happened, or maybe it didn’t. Since he didn’t think about each of those things and cut them out, he wasn’t very interested.
“There are many organizations in the Murim Alliance, but the main ones are Gupil Bang and Eight Daese.”
“huh?”
I saw an expression that said I had no idea.
Kwon Moo-jin smiled awkwardly and opened his mouth.
However, they are not explained one by one. I thought Dan Woo-hyeon was more curious about the place called Murimmaeng than about those organizations.
“It is made up of many other small and medium-sized factions. Starting from the leader, there is a governor, and under him, there are dans or heads and branch heads who govern various organizations. In the past, they gathered to deal with the martial arts, but now they are just groups that gather to stop the demonic religions and evil factions or to protect their own power.”
“The truth is that the leader was Nam Gung-cheon.”
“That’s right.”
Dan Woohyun nodded.
Although it is simple, it seems to some extent that they are at the center of political power. Whether in the past or present, there seemed to be people everywhere who wanted to seize power.
“In the past, the nine major factions led the way, but now the eight major factions have become the main force. The Namgung family who gave birth to Geomwang. It can be said that Mo Yong-sega, the second-in-command of the political faction, is at the center. “The remaining ones are the Sichuan Tang family, the Hebei Paeng family, and the Zhuge family.”
“Right.”
“And these are commonly referred to as five of the most famous families in the world, so they are called the Five Great Families, and the remaining three are called the New Three Families. In this family, there is Hwang Bose and Jinju Eonga Shinchang Yangga.”
“They lead the current political faction?”
“Yes, and as you know, in Sapa, there is an emperor-free castle, and there is the Heavenly Demon Church, established by the Heavenly Demon, both past and present. “These three factions can be said to be absolute entities that control and sway the current midfield.”
Dan Woo-hyeon, who nodded, was able to perceive the situation regarding Hyun Moorim to some extent. In fact, the biggest reason why I wasn’t interested until now was because I didn’t want to have anything to do with them anymore. Of course, that thought is still the same now, but if you learn about the martial arts situation, you can think about many things in the future.
“So then this is the territory of the political faction and is ruled by Zhuge and the shaman.”
“Yes that’s right.”
Although it was fun to learn about each and every detail, this feeling of being so different from a thousand years ago was somewhat unfamiliar and fun.
Dan Woo-hyeon glanced down at the map.
A distance of ten more days to go.
But my heart pounding doesn’t go away.
I wonder how sad they feel now that they have left their nest after a thousand years. I smiled softly and closed my eyes again. A refreshing breeze blew outside the window.
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