< Episode 23: Sihyeolgokju (2) >
Mok Kyung-un said with a grin.
“How do you know the secret of the red-yeom sword technique?”
‘!!!!!!!’
Hearing Mo Kyung-un’s words the demon mask’s eyes grew even wider.
What on earth is this guy?
Didn’t he say that he was brought as a hostage by the Yeonmok Swordmaster and sent to Si Hyeolgok by his order?
[This is his name. He told me not to worry about being a hostage or anything and to proceed as usual.]
So I took it to mean that it was okay to kill him.
But how does this guy know about the relationship between the red blood test method and the Yeolyangjigi?
This was a secret that only a few people including Hoeju knew.
There are only four people: himself the head of the Lee family and his successor Soga Ju and the Gokju Hoeju of Goeyakgok.
Other than that no one in the Heaven and Earth Council knew.
The evil spirit mask whose mind was confused with numerous questions finally revealed his emotions.
-Park!
He grabbed Mok Gyeong-un by the collar and thrust his sword back into his neck.
“What is your true identity? “Is the restraint of the Yeonmok Swordmaster really correct?”
“It can’t be true.”
“Nonsense! “I just think it makes sense for the son of the Yeonmok Swordmaster to know the family’s secret…”
For a moment the eyes of the demon mask narrowed.
Yes he thought something was strange.
Could it be that he or the owner is testing himself?
[Show loyalty throughout the four generations. In that case the Lee family will also accept the title of king again.]
It became the bondage of the Lee family.
He came down from his position as king to prove that he had nothing to do with the bloodshed of Hoeryeongdaejeon.
From his grandfather to himself he has been in charge of the duties of city hyeolgok for three generations.
Meanwhile his loyalty was tested several times.
And he proved it steadfastly.
In the near future if his eldest son Sogaju takes over he will reach the four generations he promised.
-closely!
The demon mask bit its lip.
‘He thought he had proven enough.’
Is it still not enough?
So did you send something like this to stimulate yourself?
If you go beyond this and become emotional eventually it will be difficult to use this as an excuse to get the title of king back.
No isn’t this why they keep doing this because they have no intention of returning it in the first place?
The demon mask gradually regained its composure.
-Sigh!
The demon mask put away his sword and took his hand off his collar.
And he spoke in a calmer voice.
“Did the Lord of Hoe send you to test this Gokju?”
“Hmm. “What do you mean by that?”
“Don’t act like a fool. When I thought about it it was strange. “It’s a strange thing to take two hostages who aren’t even his eldest sons and force them here.”
“…”
“If you are moving under his orders I will no longer interfere.”
“Something…”
“There is no need to say more. The reason this Gokju called you was to check whether it was Ganja or not. However if it is someone sent by the Lord there is no reason to ask any more questions.”
As he said this the demon mask was glad that he had become calm.
If he had fallen for this guy’s provocation or even coveted a talented person along the way he would have fallen right into Hoeju’s ears.
It was fortunate that he regained his senses along the way.
That said
“Why don’t you answer my question?”
The demon mask frowned at Mo Kyung-un’s question.
Is this guy provoking himself now?
He glared slightly at Mo Kyung-un and warned in a low tone.
“Even if he sent you keep the line. Even if I am not the Five Kings and Three Masters I am one of the Sagok Lords who ranks among the top twelve in the Heaven and Earth Association.”
Five Kings and Three Lords.
It is a title given to eight high-ranking officials of the Heaven and Earth Council.
Below this is Sagokju (四谷主).
Although Sagokju had a lower title than the Five Kings or the Three Lords it was clear that he was still a powerful figure and an unrivaled expert ranked among the top 12 in the Cheonjihoe.
‘Hoo.’
Are you in the top 12?
Mo Kyung-un thought in his heart that he had obtained good information.
As he was doing so the voice of the blue spirit rang in his head.
hereto
“The Lee family must have received the title of king from the three Macs but how did they become Gokju?”
“How dare you…..”
The demon mask flinched for a moment as if it was angered but then stopped.
If it weren’t for the person Huaiju sent he would have cut off one of his arms right away.
The demon mask spoke with a lively spirit.
“If you don’t go away right now I will cut down whoever sent you.”
At that moment Gyeong-un had a vision of himself being cut.
I was just holding on to life but it felt like my skin was getting stinging as I was picturing sharp invisible predictions in my mind.
Perhaps because it was his first time experiencing this phenomenon he was more intrigued than scared.
It feels like looking at a spectacular view from high above.
‘this guy?’
The demon mask was dumbfounded by Mok Gyeong-un’s reaction.
He was angry so he deliberately made a threat but instead he twitched his lips.
Did the liver really come out of the stomach?
‘Hoeju.’
Did you send it with intention this time?
Was he sent to stimulate himself until the end?
Even though I knew this test it made it really hard to hold back my anger.
While I was doing that Mok Gyeong-un said.
“The reason why you are wearing a mask as well as the glove on your right hand is because you still cannot control the heat of the sun and have suffered burns?”
“…”
The demon mask’s hands were shaking.
He barely restrained himself from immediately reaching for the sword.
This guy really seemed to have a great talent for making people angry.
“If you can’t get out on your own I guess I’ll have to send you out with my own hands.”
-Park!
The evil spirit mask got up from his seat and tried to stretch out his hand to chase away Mo Qingyun.
At that moment Mok Gyeong-un held the sword and took a stance.
‘In front of Gokju who dared to see this insolently…!?’
The evil spirit mask which was trying to destroy it at once with Geumnasu’s method stopped for a moment.
It was because I was surprised to see Mok Gyeong-un’s horsemanship.
The demon mask’s eyes trembled.
‘What about this?’
Among the executives of the Heaven and Earth Association is there anyone who does not know the basic method of this sword method?
This was similar to the cardinal formula of Cheonmaekgeomgyeol (天脈劍訣).
‘no way?’
The evil spirit mask looked at Mo Qingyun with surprised eyes.
Something is strange.
I remember all the faces of Hoiju’s disciples.
But no matter how much he thought about it he had never seen this guy before.
Could it be that he has gained a new disciple?
At this the demon mask parted its lips in a cautious voice.
“Perhaps he collected…”
I’m doing that
-Pot!
Mok Gyeong-un extended the sword towards him and gently drew a circular trajectory.
It was almost like a full moon.
‘no.’
Seeing this the demon mask’s pupils shook.
It was similar to the Cheonmaek examination result but the flow of the ceremony was progressing differently.
This was not a test of the heavenly vein.
‘This…’
-Papa papapa pap!
Before we knew it the trajectory of the circle drawn by Mok Kyung-un was accurately targeting the eight ghosts located in the center line of the evil spirit mask.
The demon mask inwardly exclaimed at the flawless and accurate herbivory.
Although there are no records included if you look at the blade itself it looks like a peerless swordsman is wielding a sword.
-widely!
The demon mask took half a step back.
At the same time he held the sword with one hand behind his back and unable to apply any energy or spirit spread the sword and blocked Mok Gyeong-un’s herbivory.
-Papa papapak!
It was only a light ceremony but all of Mo Gyeong-un’s sword ceremonies were blocked.
Except for one thing.
‘You can’t avoid this.’
The evil spirit mask flew backwards and dodged Mo Kyung-un’s sword stabbing between the eyes.
In terms of eclipse he was more complete than the sword eclipse he had unleashed so it was difficult to block the last eclipse in any way.
If Mok Gyeong-un was in this state and opened his sword he would have been stopped even more.
-Gulp!
The demon mask swallowed dry saliva.
‘It’s definitely true.’
He had never seen it in person.
He had heard it from his grandfather.
He spat it out unconsciously.
“Wolmaek’s Sword.”
“oh. “You recognize me.”
“what?”
At Mo Kyung-un’s words the demon mask paused for a moment as if embarrassed.
I thought it was impossible but was it really the sword test of the moon vein?
“It’s hard to guess his age because he’s wearing a mask but I thought I might not recognize him because he’s probably Lee Hwa-moon’s grandson but it’s surprising.”
He spat out exactly what the young man had said.
Then the demon mask’s reaction was
-Chaeng!
In an instant he pulled out his sword and aimed it at Mo Gyeong-un’s neck unleashing a tremendous amount of deadly force.
“What are you? How do you know Wolvec’s sword? And what do you mean by that now?”
“note. “I wish we could ask them one question at a time.”
That way you will be able to translate what the spirit says one by one.
But the force was so strong that it made my skin tremble.
-Rurg!
Even though the sword was not touching me at all it felt like my flesh was melting from the heat coming from the sword.
Before I could only feel heat but now the sword had become so hot that it was noticeable that it was turning scarlet.
‘I can’t stop this.’
How is this possible if you focus your morale on one point?
I didn’t think it would work.
This man’s inaction seemed to be comparable to that of Son Yun the King of Myeongdo who wielded that great sword.
-Shoooooooo!
Steam flowed from the arm of the demon mask holding the sword.
The heat seemed to spread not just to the sword but to the entire body.
The room suddenly became sweltering with heat.
The evil spirit mask glared at Mo Kyung-yun and opened his mouth again.
“I don’t have time to play with words with you. Tell me now. Otherwise I will take you to the main conference hall right away…”
“Even if I took him with me and confessed that I learned the sword technique of Wolmaek…”
“Shut up!”
-Park!
With those words the demon mask grabbed the edge of the mask and quickly took it off.
Along with that a hideously distorted face was revealed with half of it burned.
The burns were so severe that I could understand why he wore a mask.
The demon mask opened his mouth with trembling eyes.
“Weolmaek’s swordsmanship was cut off from that generation. “Even the only secret book no one could read it and it was lost so how could you read it…”
“Are you asking because you really don’t know?”
“what?”
“You just said that.”
“…..You read the emergency document? “Is that possible?”
Even with the power of Wonsalgak (原殺閣) who is in charge of consulting on occult arts under the Cheonjihoe the secret book could not be solved.
But this guy read it?
Lee Ji-yeom (李支炎) frowned when he said he was a demon who had taken off his mask.
It was hard to believe that he had read an emergency document but the words this guy was saying to him were even more beyond his understanding.
He speaks as if he knows his family the Lee family very well.
“That can’t be possible. Just by reading the emergency document…”
“Of course we don’t know.”
“what?”
“There’s no way you could know about the Lee family’s red flame sword technique and the Yeolyangjigi just by reading the Secret Book. “Then how do I know?”
Eiji Yeom frowned at this question from the neck and then opened his mouth.
“No way after him…..”
“Wrong.”
“If it’s not a descendant then what…”
“I am his immediate past disciple.”
‘!?’
Lee Ji-yeom’s expression hardened frighteningly at Mok Gyeong-un’s words.
Is this guy playing with himself?
I heard it from my grandfather.
He said that the previous head of the Heaven and Earth Association personally pulled out the heart cut off the limbs and cut off the head for a crime of bloodshed beheading him and showing it to everyone.
That was a hundred years ago.
But how could this guy who only looks about seventeen or eighteen be his immediate disciple?
“Are you telling me to believe the words of Gokju whom I just saw? “You really want to die….”
“Seeing is worth seeing.”
The words were barely finished.
Mok Gyeong-un took out a wooden doll from his arms.
Then he made a hand sign and recited a spell.
-Park! Pop! Pop!
“Remove Yeonwon land tax and former Hwandowon!”
Lee Ji-yeom was dumbfounded when he saw this.
Is this guy really crazy about wanting to die?
This guy isn’t some kind of magician he’s reciting some strange magic spell…
-Sneaking!
At that moment something unbelievable happened.
-Rurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Rumble!
Blood was flowing from the walls of the office and everywhere was becoming soaked with blood.
-Shudder!
‘What is this?’
In response to the strange phenomenon Ji-Yeom Lee thought that Mok Gyeong-un had used some kind of witchcraft so he tried to cut off his head with a sword full of yeolyangjigi.
It was right then.
Lee Ji-yeom’s eyes widened as if they were torn apart at the sight of the blood rising from the pool of blood on the floor.
‘!!!!!’
A peerless beauty with blood-red eyes wearing a crown and holding a gombangdae.
The moment I saw her full of intimidation the image of her grandfather Lee Hwa-moon talking about her so warmly came to mind.
< Episode 23: Sihyeolgokju (2) > end
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