Return of the Blossoming Blade Chapter 1224

Episode 1224. Can I do this? (4)

“Hey, you fucking bastards! Is this what you’re doing using a sword? You will be punished!”

“Wow… I’ve been hearing the punishment of heavenly punishment from Sapa bastards in my life.”

Jo Geol mercilessly dragged Sapa, who was talking nonsense.

“Let it go! Let it go! Argh!”

“Sahyeong! This bastard is rebelling?”

Yunjong glanced into the open cave. Even though it was broad daylight, the light did not penetrate properly and the inside was eerily dark.

“Hmm. I’m going to be trapped in this dark cave, so of course I’ll be scared. Can you blame me for that?”

“…… What should I do?”

“How can you ask something so obvious?”

Yoonjong smiled and answered.

“Compassion is something that must be exercised regardless of people or animals. Is it really okay to hate people because they were born good for a moment because they made a mistake?”

At those words, Jo Geol looked at Yoon Jong as if she realized something.

“Then…”

Yoonjong nodded with an extremely gentle expression, as if he knew what he was thinking even without hearing it.

“Okay. Throw him in the cave right now.”

“…Something about the death penalty doesn’t seem to make sense.”

“That’s not true. Of course, those who follow the Tao must have compassion for even small creatures. But aren’t those Safa bastards worse than even small creatures, let alone animals?”

Yoonjong said with a gentle face.

“So there is no reason to hesitate.”

“……”

Before Jogeol could react, Hyeyeon kicked the thieves and pushed them into the cave.

As I watched them randomly cramming people into a cave where there was not a single light, while chanting ‘Amitabha Buddha’, I thought, ‘What is Buddhism?’ A fundamental question arose.

“You damn bastards!”

“Aaaah!”

The Sapa bastards who were thrown into the cave rolled their eyes and struggled.

Jo Geol shook her head without realizing it.

If you look at the black ghost, he was famous for being vicious even among the Sapa bastards. However, I had no idea that he would struggle so hard even though he had broken his dantian and severed the muscles of his limbs.

‘I guess that’s why he became a Sapa because he was that strong.’

Unless it’s a serious poison, it wouldn’t be able to kill ordinary civilians like flies.

“Do you think Sapaeryun will stay still?”

“Your whole body will soon be torn to shreds and you will end up having to fill the stomachs of animals! You cruel bastards!”

“Oh really?”

Jogeol grinned and grabbed the rock he had already brought next to the cave.

“huh?”

“Then you can just keep cursing there until we do that.”

Rumbling!

A rock the size of a house began to block the entrance to the cave. The faces of those trapped inside turned white.

“Wait a minute…”

“Oh no!”

“What are you doing, you crazy bastards!”

Rumbling!

The entrance is almost closed. It was clear that the Safa people, who had lost their internal strength and had their muscles cut off, had no way to remove that rock and would soon starve to death in the darkness without a single ray of light.

At this point, they also changed their attitude.

“Please save me!”

“I was wrong! I won’t do it again!”

“Please!”

But…

Boom!

The rock eventually completely blocked the cave.

“Aaaah!”

“You guys are worse than Sapa!”

“I will curse you even if I become a ghost! Argh!”

Those left in the darkness without a single light screamed in despair. Until I became so hoarse that my voice could not come out.

“Let’s go back.”

“yes.”

Yoonjong, Jogeol, and Hyeyeon stared at the rock that ate the cave and then turned around. Before she could take a few steps, a slightly heavy voice came out of Hyeyeon’s mouth.

“stamp.”

“yes?”

“They’re going to die, right?”

Yunjong’s expression hardened slightly. Hyeyeon shook her head.

“No, Dojang. I’m not blaming you for making a wrong choice. They deserve to be punished. People with that kind of disposition would have taken the lives of countless people throughout their lives. So, if it were natural, it would be natural.

”

Hyeyeon, the class president, continued.

“Amitabha Buddha… But it is true that my heart is not at all refreshed.”

“… It looks like you’re excited and pushing it in?”

“Hmm. What do you mean, Jogeul Dojo?”

“No. That’s the truth…”

“Hehehehe! It’s a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!”

Yoonjong chuckled as he looked at Hyeyeon’s hair slowly turning red.

“Honestly, I am not as relieved as the monk. It would have been less if they had been a little stronger, but I feel a little like they are bullying the weak.”

“Amitabha. It is indeed so.”

“But… well, I don’t think there’s any need to hesitate. The punishment we gave them is nothing more than to abandon their martial arts skills and starve for a while.”

“Huh? They…”

Hyeyeon looked back with puzzled eyes. With their muscles and limbs cut off, they cannot remove rocks or dig out the walls of the cave.

So dying painfully inside would be the only ending left for them…

said Yoonjong.

“I may not be able to get them out of there with my own hands, but there are people who can get them out, right?”

“…Do you mean the villagers?”

“Yes. The rock is big, but if we all work together, it won’t be difficult to roll it sideways. So if the villagers want to, they can save them at any time.”

Hyeyeon nodded as if she understood. It certainly seemed like if the villagers worked together, they could easily remove that much rock.

“But will they really save them?”

“That doesn’t matter.”

“…… yes?”

Yoonjong laughs softly.

“Considering Cheongmyeong’s personality in the first place, they should no longer be living creatures.”

Hyeyeon nodded at those words. Certainly, Cheongmyeong’s instructions to keep them locked up were quite unexpected, even in his opinion.

Hyeyeon evaluates Cheongmyeong as a person who is surprisingly cruel, but she has never seen him show mercy, at least in matters related to Safa or evildoers.

“Nonetheless, there must be one reason why he chose such a cumbersome method. We do not have the right to condemn them. Those who are qualified to condemn them are probably the villagers who almost lost their lives at their hands.”

“Ah…”

“That’s why Cheongmyeong entrusted the villagers to dispose of them. Even if he releases them in the future, he takes care of them so that they won’t face any retaliation.”

“Do you really have to do that…”

Yoonjong shook his head at Hyeyeon’s words.

“These are the people who say they had to lick their enemies’ feet because they had no power. If we told them that we had the power to avenge your revenge, would they really be satisfied?”

Hyeyeon nodded as if she understood what it meant.

“The Lord of Cheongmyeong…”

“There are times when I feel like I am thinking deeply.”

Yoonjong grinned. At that time, Jo Geol came up to me with a blunt attitude.

“Death penalty. Come to your senses. Did Cheongmyeong really think of such a thing?”

“huh?”

“From what I see, that bastard is just pissed off and doesn’t want to kill him.”

“…….”

“If you kill him by hitting his head with the right words, won’t it just be a sting and end!”

“……”

“If you’re going to kill me, you should do so while reflecting properly. I committed a crime, so why should I die so easily?”

For a moment, Yoonjong thought that Jogeol’s point was quite plausible and closed his eyes tightly.

They say that a dog’s eyes can only see a dog, and a Buddha’s eyes can only see a Buddha.

After taking a few more steps, Jo Geol cautiously opened her mouth.

“execution.”

“hmm?”

“Did you see it earlier?”

It was a random remark, but Yoon Jong knew right away what Jo Geol wanted to say.

“You mean the reaction of the villagers a little while ago.”

“yes.”

Uncharacteristic of Jo Geol, he hesitated for a moment without saying anything.

“I don’t know what to say… honestly…”

“I know what you mean.”

Yunjong sighed briefly. Jo Geul was probably quite shocked.

Their swords are only for helping the weak and punishing the wicked. It is to make the world beneficial through consultation.

But the weak are even afraid of the sword in their hands. To those who cannot hold a sword, the sword in the hands of the Four Sects or the sword in the hands of the Right Sect appear to be just the same blade.

“It’s a problem we need to understand.”

“But…”

“People can’t show their feelings. Good intentions are just guessing and believing.”

“…….”

“Even if someone who cannot resist fears a hint of malice that may be hidden behind good intentions, can it be said that it is wrong? On the contrary, isn’t it natural?”

Jo Geol took a long breath. As Yoonjong said, I definitely can’t blame him for that.

“I don’t want to say that they are wrong, but… I feel a little sorry. If we have to instill fear even after we have negotiated… then we…” At

that moment, A stern voice pierced my ears.

“Don’t be mistaken.”

“yes?”

“Consultation in itself has no value.”

“……”

“We are not trying to create a world full of consultations.”

For an instant, doubt bloomed in Jo Geol’s eyes. However, Yunjong’s subsequent words naturally resolved the question.

“Consultation is only meaningful when there are people to help. A truly good world is not one full of people who have the heart to help. It would be a world where everyone can survive without having to help each other in particular.”

“Ah…”

“Consultation without force is just good intentions. In other words, it can be said that consultation is something that can only be achieved with force. But, girl, a world where there are things that can only be achieved with force is a good thing. “It is not a good place.

The world our future generations will live in someday should be a world where the word ‘negotiation’ is considered a romantic past.”

Yunjong quietly looked down at the sword on his waist.

“The day when a volcano is truly reborn as a volcano will be the day when these swords fall from the waists of the volcano gurus. A world where one no longer has to wield a sword. A world where one no longer has to protect someone with a sword.”

Jo Geol’s expression as she looked at him was blank, as if she had been hit in the back of the head.

Yoonjong smiled.

“If I were born in that kind of world, wouldn’t I have been able to live in a quiet dormitory, reciting the Buddhist scriptures? If it had been that kind of world, they would have even given me a cold meal and smiled.”

“……”

“It’s not something to blame them for. Let’s just think it’s because we’re still lacking.”

“…… execution.”

Jo Geol opened her mouth as if she was slightly in pain, scratched the back of her head and said.

“Whenever I talk to my brother-in-law, I feel like a fool.”

“It can’t be done once… ”

“Yes?”

“No.”

Yoonjong chuckled and walked quickly, and Jogeol ran after him.

“Death sentence! Let’s go together, death penalty!”

Hyeyeon smiled as she watched the two people running ahead and behind.

‘It’s a world without agreement…’

Well, I don’t know. I wonder if such a day will ever come.

But really. If that day comes, the world will be a much better place to live in than it is now.

“Amitabha Buddha.”

A silent chant spread out across the quiet mountain.