Episode 18. The shadow cast over the cave
Han Yi-bi tried to somehow connect with Song Myeong-cheon and help her.
Because that guy is definitely not normal right now.
I felt like my head was going to explode from the urgency… But… there was no way I could help her.
At that time, I heard footsteps. When Han Ibi looked, to her surprise, it was Gu Gap-hwi.
He was holding something that looked like a large kettle in one hand, and it looked like he had brought some kind of tea that is good for hangovers.
He said with a grin.
“Hey guys. Don’t push yourself too hard. Drink this and come to your senses. “Are you doing this so that the old man will get caught and have my leg broken?”
Gu Gap-hwi entered the inner room where the drinking party took place in the first place.
“Huh? what. Why is he stretching out alone? Did everyone go home drunk?”
He worked hard to raise Song Myeong-cheon up. But he just lay limp like a corpse.
“what. This kid. It’s completely gone. “But where have Samae and the shaman Takga gone?”
Gu Gap-hwi wandered around the hallway for a while.
“huh?”
He pricked up his ears. Because I felt like I heard something.
That was the room where Tak Bu-yong took Bok Yeon-hwa.
Gu Gap-hwi carefully opened the door and looked inside.
“100 million!”
With a single word, Gu Gap-hwi took a step back without realizing it.
“You… what are you doing now?”
But soon the voice turned into anger.
“This bastard! How could you…how could you do this? “Can’t you get away from Samae right now?!”
‘what? What happened?”
Unfortunately, the system’s view did not show Han Ibi the inside of the room.
Gu Gap-hwi was seen kicking inside the door.
Han Ibi held her breath and watched the scene.
1 second. 2 seconds. 3 seconds.
‘bang!’
With a loud sound, Gu Gap-hwi’s entire body jumped out of the room, hit the hallway wall, and immediately slid down.
Takbuyong pops out right away.
His eyes were bloodshot and red, and he didn’t have a single thread on his lower body.
Han Ibi thought.
‘Ah… it wasn’t that unusual, but you ended up committing it!’
Tak Bu-yong took all of the momentum of the rush, raised his knee sharply, and stabbed it directly into Gu Gap-hwi’s solar plexus.
“Yuck!”
The power was so strong that Gu Gap-hwi became nauseous and vomited up everything he had eaten.
It was only then that Han Ibi was able to painfully realize the extent of the status of the best genius of the non-partisan faction.
Gu Gap-hwi said while croaking.
“You bastard. “Are you still human after doing this?”
Tak Buyong said.
“Don’t talk nonsense. Yeonhwa is going to marry me anyway. “What does that have to do with you?”
Gu Gap-hwi screamed, squeezing his voice.
“You fucking bastard. You really shouldn’t talk nonsense. Samae… Do you think Yeonhwa is such a foolish woman that she would marry you even after knowing that she did this to herself? “I’ll run out right now and stop your atrocities…”
‘Pfft!’
A loud sound rang out.
Gu Gap-hwi mercilessly kicked Gu Gap-hwi’s chin while he was leaning against the wall. Blood and pieces of teeth poured out of his mouth all at once.
However, Gu Gap-hwi did not give in and shouted loudly.
“Here you go-! Come here. Here… Eup! town!”
Then Tak Buyong, embarrassed, covered his mouth with his hand.
“evil!”
At that time, Tak Buyong let out a low scream. Blood poured from his fingers.
Gu Gap-hwi bit off a piece of flesh from his finger.
Gu Gap-hwi didn’t miss that moment and quickly started running outside.
“Master! Master-!”
Then, Tak Bu-yong, who was embarrassed again, approached him from behind while performing an amazing magic trick.
This was a handmade… It wasn’t just a deviation, it was like a fight between an adult and a child.
Tak Buyong lifted his leg and kicked him in the middle of the back. Gu Gap-hwi fell to the floor with a loud crash.
Tak Buyong stood on his fallen back and wrapped one arm around his neck.
Tak Bu-yong’s strong muscles were glistening with sweat. They are strangling him with their arms to prevent him from making a voice.
Gu Gap-hwi struggled with his arms and legs and did his best to get out of his choke.
But Tak Buyong was putting more strength into his arms.
Gu Gap-hwi’s struggles gradually began to slow down. From struggling to intermittent movements… and then… his movements gradually subsided.
Han Ibi felt pain as if she was being strangled.
Why… Why are you showing me this scene?…
Still, Tak Buyong, who was extremely persistent, did not take his arms off his neck for a while.
Tak Bu-yong confirmed that Gu Gap-hwi’s movements had completely stopped.
Only then did he remove the arms around his neck.
Tak Buyong was shaking his upper body and was out of breath. Then he fell to his knees.
He fell down, holding his head in his arms.
Tak Buyong, who had been like that for a while, suddenly got up from his seat. He quickly went back to his room, got dressed, and adjusted his appearance.
Then, I went straight into the room where the small banquet was taking place.
‘Oh! What… what are you trying to do?’
Tak Buyong picked up Song Myeong-cheon, who was lying down, and moved him to the spot next to where the dead Gu Gap-hwi had fallen.
‘dump.’
After throwing Song Myeong-cheon away, he started punching Song Myeong-cheon’s face mercilessly.
‘That… that crazy guy.’
Han Ibi’s anger rose to the top of her head.
Blood splattered and my face was crushed. However, Song Myeong-cheon, who was completely drunk, did not know that he would wake up.
‘Oh my gosh… what should I do with this?’
As if that wasn’t enough, Zhuo Bu-yong also attacked Song Myeong-cheon’s fists and feet several times.
My fist was swollen, black bruises appeared, and several of my toes seemed to be broken.
Then Tak Buyong approached Gu Gap-hwi’s body again and struck his face, arms and legs.
It was a scene I could never see with my eyes open.
Zhuo Buyong quickly began searching Song Myeongcheon’s body. It seemed like he was looking for something.
However, he frowned as if he couldn’t find it, thought for a moment, and then took out an object from his arms.
Han Ibi was surprised when she saw that.
‘That… isn’t that the jade tablet that Tak Bu-yong gave to Bok Yeon-hwa… Why is that there…’
Then a flash of thought occurred to me.
‘two. You bought two. From the beginning, Tak Buyong had planned to buy one set, give one as a gift and keep one for himself.’
Tak Buyong broke the jade tablet with a ‘clack’ sound. As before, it was divided into thirds.
Then he threw it into the room where Bok Yeon-hwa was lying down.
This made everything clear. Tak Buyong is trying to place all the blame on Song Myeong-cheon.
At that time, I heard a shout from outside.
“What did you hear at this late hour? “This place has been empty for a long time.”
“I heard you clearly. Do you think I’m as drunk as you? “I haven’t had a single drink.”
“what. When you go in, you’ll find out… Huh? That’s strange. “Someone turned on a lamp inside.”
“What did I say?”
Zhuo Buyong couldn’t help but be embarrassed. He looked around once with his keen eyes, then opened his eyes and suddenly disappeared out the window.
“no! What’s happening? Gaphwi!”
It was the elder Yoon Seo-oh. He grabbed Gu Gap-hwi’s body and shook it.
Ji Seung-rip, who followed behind, also shouted in excitement at the amazing sight.
“What kind of guy are you!”
With a fierce look on his face, he searched from room to room looking for traces of the evil enemy.
And then… I finally found the room where Yeonhwa Bok had collapsed.
Seeing her lying down with her clothes disheveled…
“No! Yeonhwa! Yeonhwa!”
Han Ibi trembled with anger at the series of events… but the system was indifferent… I saw the scenes change quickly again.
It’s a familiar place. The very place where the rewards and punishment committee was held.
A dark conference room… the dark space where private trials take place…
In the center, Song Myeong-cheon was sitting on his knees with a face covered in scars.
The chief seat, the seat of the judge.
Bok Yeong-jeon, a long man, was sitting there with an expressionless face.
Is this why the anger has reached its peak?
Han Ibi thought.
‘Oh my, it’s frustrating! Oh my, this sweet potato! Looking at that, it looks like Old Man Song has lost his mind and believes he really did that!’
At that time, Ji Seung-rip pounded his chest and said.
“It could be said that it was our sin to have accepted that bastard as a disciple. Ah… If only I could turn it back… If only…”
He was glaring at the right eye with eyes full of anger. Uanmok got up from his seat and walked to the center.
Then he knelt down next to Song Myeong-cheon.
Fu Yingjeon was still expressionless and his eyes were cold.
Seo-oh Yoon said, shaking his beard.
“Jang Moon-in. The elder dares to say that this is something that must be punished with the death penalty. No… this is a sin that can never be repaid even by death… ah… it is such a sin. “How could such a monster appear in our Cheongseong faction, which regards justice as the most fundamental principle of morality?”
The other elders also murmured and signaled their agreement.
At that time, Song Myeong-cheon spoke with red eyes.
“That’s right. There is no way to pay for my sins except death. Please kill me quickly.”
Uanmok said.
“no. All of this is the fault of the disloyal master. “I ended up teaching martial arts before teaching about justice, so that’s me…”
At that time, Bok Yeong-jeon spoke out.
“Is it funny?”
The interior suddenly became completely quiet.
“That’s funny!”
Bok Yeong-jeon adjusted his posture forward and continued speaking.
“Are you so ridiculous at this sacred meeting of the Blue Saints that seeks to protect justice? “You guys are arbitrarily talking about capital punishment and dethronement at will.”
Bok Yeongjeon stood up and said.
“The opinions of the elders council are respected, but the final decision is lengthy. So don’t criticize my decision!”
“yes. All right.”
Everyone answered in unison. Bok Yeong-jeon said to Song Myeong-cheon.
“You, Song Myeong-cheon.”
Song Myeong-cheon answered, not daring to look up at him.
“yes.”
“You have violated the precepts against carnal desires, which are among the virtues that pure Taoists should possess. Moreover, the method is truly vicious, and it even led to the slaughter of alumni… As the leader of the Cheongseong faction, who has devoted his life to protecting justice, I feel extremely devastated. Even if I judge the severity of your crime and kill you or abolish your martial arts skills, I will have nothing to say.”
“yes. “I know it very well.”
“good night. “I command you in the name of Jang Mun-in, the 32nd Great Qingseong, who practices righteousness and uses righteousness as a mirror, so you are no longer our disciple.”
A moment of silence.
After parting it, Bok Yeong-jeon continued.
“Since you have been stripped of your status as a disciple, we will also retrieve the corresponding martial arts skills.”
Song Myeong-cheon answered calmly.
“yes.”
“Moreover, to emit such negative sound into the world is to betray the duty of our Cheongseong… We will abolish your martial arts skills, imprison you until you die, and root out your evil deeds.”
Still, he escaped the death penalty.
Song Myeong-cheon said with tears streaming down his face.
“I will gladly accept it.”
Bok Yeong-jeon’s gaze shifted to Wu An-mok.
“Right eye.”
“yes.”
“Do you admit that you taught your student wrong?”
“I admit it.”
“good night. Elder Wu An-mok is stripped of all positions, including the position of elder, demoted to the position of an ordinary disciple, and ordered to undergo face-to-face training for the next ten years.”
“All right.”
Bok Yeongjeon said as he left.
“Elders, do not delay and implement it immediately.”
* * *
Han Ibi saw the scenes changing again.
A dark, dark cave.
I saw Song Myeong-cheon sitting foolishly on the floor. His beard grew longer and his face looked older, so it seemed like decades had passed.
How long did they survive in that condition?
Han Ibi felt heartbroken. You are paying for your crime without even knowing that you were falsely accused.
It was just like this…
that was the time.
A low-pitched voice suddenly came from next to Song Myeong-cheon.
“Tsk tsk tsk. “Eat, pack, sleep… eat, pack, sleep… it’s literally a life worse than that of a butcher’s dog.”
(Continued in the next part)
