Episode 827 Where are the others now? (2)
The icy eyes of Tang Kun-Yeok seemed to pierce through Emperor Nangong.
‘Why here…’
Why did Tanggunak, which should be in distant Sacheon, appear in the Yangtze River? And why now?
Emperor Nangong’s fingertips began to tremble slightly.
Of course, everyone here right now probably doesn’t want to face anyone else. Because they know very well what they have done.
However, for Emperor Nangong to face the evil of the Tang army and no one else in this situation was a terrible experience incomparable to anything else.
Namgung Sega of Anwi and Sacheondangga of Sacheon.
The two sects were the two axes that led the Five Generations for a long time. Naturally, as the heads of each family, Emperor Nangong and Tang Junyu competed, cooperated, and even opposed each other for a long time.
From Emperor Nangong’s point of view, the person he doesn’t want to lose to even more than the old faction and four factions is the Tang military evil.
“Answer me, Emperor Namgung.”
Tanggunak spoke in an extremely cold tone.
“Where on earth is the agreement you spoke so loudly about?”
“….”
“And yet you are the head of the Changcheon Namgung family? “Even if you beg for your life from the Sapa in order to survive, can you still talk about ‘Changing Heaven’ with your mouth?”
Emperor Nangong bit his lip until it bled.
What pained him the most was not the rebuke of the Tang military evil. Even after hearing that reprimand, I couldn’t even make a single excuse.
“Answer me.”
“….”
“Was that life that important? To the extent of throwing the value of consultation to the ground?”
“…Danggunak.”
Tanggunak changed this. He is not mocking Emperor Nangong now. He is truly angry.
Although the Tang family became a member of the Cheonwu Meng and the relationship became complicated, the Sichuan Tang family is still called a member of the Five Great Families. The indecency shown by the Namgung family, who can be said to be the head of the five major families, made his blood flow.
No, it’s not just the five generations.
“Answer me, Master.”
“…Amitabha Buddha.”
Beopgye, who received the gaze of Tanggunak, could not bear to face him and closed his eyes and recited a small prayer.
Even after seeing that helpless reaction, the momentum of Tang and military evil did not subside one bit.
“That’s ridiculous.”
A cold cynicism penetrated everyone’s hearts.
“I never would have thought that those of you who repeatedly emphasized that agreement is more important than life would throw away your agreement and spirit as if you were devoted, as soon as you got a chance to keep your word. Are you still qualified to discuss justice and righteousness? And still?”
Dharma’s face turned red.
Even if you had ten mouths, would you have anything to say?
Byeok Hyeonja of Cheongseong, who was located in Sacheon and had some contact with Tang military music, opened his mouth in a bitter tone.
“…Stop it, Lord Danga. All of this was done by Heo Do-jin. “Mr. Nangong Gaju and Master Beopgye are no different from the victims of this incident.”
“victim?”
However, there was a clear sneer on Tanggunak’s lips.
“You’re innocent because you didn’t come forward and shout?”
“That…”
“Let me ask you something.”
Tanggunak glared at everyone with flowing eyes until he survived.
“Then why are you alive now?”
“….”
Those words eventually silenced even the Byeok Sage.
“Saving the disciples? Good. That’s completely understandable. But then why are you alive now with both feet on the ground? And that too without any scratches!”
The energetic voice of the party’s military music burst out loud.
“What on earth did you guys do while Huashan’s young junior was bleeding and fighting! “Who is it that should have been the first to shed blood and fight here?”
Emperor Nangong closed his eyes and took a deep breath through his nose.
Saying that he was unable to concentrate on winning because he was watching the situation is nothing more than a poor excuse even to say.
I just didn’t know it my whole life.
What it means to fight for your life and how difficult it is.
Of course, you may have to force yourself to make an excuse.
However, the scars covering the volcano god dragon’s body hardened his tongue and weighed heavily on his lips.
“The reason the world tolerates your violence is because it believes that there is agreement at the tip of the sword. The moment you forget to negotiate for your own benefit…”
Tanggunak chewed his brains out.
“It is no different from a thief. “You stupid bastards.”
“….”
There was silence. Tang Gunak bit his lip, holding back a sigh.
No matter how much you curse, you can’t undo what has already happened. Knowing that made me even more frustrated.
After barely calming down, he gritted his teeth and declared.
“I declare this as the head of the Four Thousand Dang Family. From today onwards, the Sacheondang Family will never be called the Five Great Families.”
“Danggunak!”
“You can’t shut up, you damn bastard.”
When Emperor Nangong shouted loudly in embarrassment, Tang Kunak snarled like a tiger and covered his mouth.
“What you started out of envy and jealousy ended in fear and cowardice.”
Tang Gunak glared at everyone with cold eyes and then turned around.
“Get out of here. Now the Yangtze River is land you cannot tread on.”
Emperor Nangong’s body was now trembling.
A terrible sense of humiliation and unbearable humiliation enveloped my entire body.
But what was even bigger than that was the disgust with myself.
“…come on board.”
“…yes.”
In the end, when Emperor Namgung spoke weakly, the royal family members of the Namgung family answered softly and headed to the boat anchored at the water’s edge.
“Amitabha Buddha.”
Beopgye also shook his head and sighed deeply.
“…let’s go back.”
The Shaolin monks also slightly nodded and headed towards the boat. However, among those turning around, there was only one person standing with his feet on the ground.
“…What are you doing?”
“Elder.”
Hyeyeon opened her mouth with a calm face.
“I will not go back.”
“….”
Anger suddenly surged on Beopgye’s face.
He is now acting as the head of the room. Disobeying his orders was a disobedience to the master and to all of Shaolin. There was no way Hyeyeon didn’t know that fact.
However, he gazed at the legal world with eyes that did not waver in the slightest. The anger that soared was short-lived, and the legal world was momentarily relieved by that calm face.
Everyone quickly climbed up the cliff to survive.
At that time, Hyeyeon was the only one who stayed below to watch over those climbing up.
In this terrible hell, Hyeyeon was the only one who put into practice the Shaolin teachings of compassion and altruism. But what right does the legal world have to criticize him like that?
“…Do whatever you want.”
“Amitabha Buddha.”
Hyeyeon calmly became the class president. Beopgye headed to the ship without looking back any further.
The Byeok Sage, who was left alone, opened his mouth hesitantly towards Tanggunak with a shadowy face.
“Dang Family Lord….”
“For now.”
However, Tanggunak did not even give a glance and scolded him coldly.
“I don’t want to start a conversation, so please go back, Jang Mun-in.”
“….”
A deep sigh escaped from the Byeok Sage’s mouth.
‘It hurts.’
Tang Gunak is a person who fully understands the heavy pressure of having to take responsibility for the lives of countless disciples. Even such party evil reacts with such disdain, so how cold and cold must the reaction of the people of the world be?
Just thinking about it made my fingertips feel cold.
“…see you next time. Please take care.”
The Byeok Sage, who left only those words in a miserable mood, led his disciples and headed toward the ship.
There was no strength in their steps toward the ship. It looked quite different from when I came back. It’s natural. They lost so much here.
Shaolin’s ship was the first to enter the narrow valley, followed by Namgung’s ship leaving the canyon. Eventually, Cheongseong’s ship slowly turned its bow, but the shaman’s ship, which was the first to board, was still anchored and not moving.
In front of the shaman’s boat, a person who was not on board was standing and looking in this direction.
“That author…”
When Tang Gunak tried to step forward, Cheongmyeong grabbed his arm and stopped him.
“Wait.”
And then he approached the person standing in front of the shaman’s boat. Heo Do-jin, who was standing alone on the land, glanced at Cheongmyeong approaching and smiled, twisting the corner of his mouth.
“Don’t look so upset, Volcanic God Dragon.”
“….”
“There’s nothing bad about Cheon Woo-maeng. Especially since you won’t miss a time when the nine factions and the five generations are criticized. “How about being honest and happy instead?”
Cheongmyeong stared at Heodo without any answer.
“…why? “Do you still have anything left to say?”
When Heo Do asked, Cheongmyeong looked at him with dark eyes for a while and then opened his mouth.
“You idiot.”
It was a cold day.
“If you’ve made a choice, grit your teeth and stick with it. There is nothing more foolish than doubting your own choices. And if I use that kind of evil, they won’t criticize me any more, and I won’t feel comfortable if they curse at me.”
“….”
“Yes, I did the stupidest thing in the world. You will live the rest of your life regretting the choices you made. And not only you, but the entire shaman and the nine sects will be responsible for that.”
Heo Dojinin listened to Cheongmyeong’s words without changing his expression. It was a face where I had no idea what he was thinking.
“But at least for me…”
It was Cheongmyeong who twisted his face again and bit his lip. He paused for a moment and then spoke with a pained face.
“I might call you stupid, but I won’t laugh at you for being a coward.”
“….”
Heo Do-jin’s eyes wavered for the first time.
Cheongmyeong sighed.
‘Shit.’
I feel extremely complicated. I know it’s wrong, but I definitely know it’s wrong… but I can’t help but understand how it felt to have had to make that mistake.
Because it is something he has regretted countless times.
If only he had been a little more selfish, if Cheongmun had been a little more treacherous…
“If you feel comfortable, just get out of here.”
“Ha…”
Heo Do-jin let out a low laugh.
His face was still expressionless. But that expressionless face somehow looked different from before.
“See you again.”
“Is it okay?”
“We will see each other again. “Someday…”
Heo Do-jin-in turned and jumped onto the boat. Once he got on board, the boat slowly turned its bow and sailed out of the canyon. Cheongmyeong, who was watching the shaman’s boat moving away leaving long ripples on the river, looked up at the sky as if his appetite was bitter.
I couldn’t bear to criticize him.
If it had been a hearing, Heo Do would have been scolded without a single hesitation. However, what was here was not Cheongmun, and Cheongmyeong could not do so.
‘I still have a long way to go.’
It was the moment when Cheongmyeong, who shrugged his shoulders, smiled and was about to say something to the sky.
Stumbling.
“…what?”
‘what?’
Why is the world spinning…
or why is the floor rising?
“Cheongmyeong!”
“Hey you idiot!”
Loud shouts were heard from all over the place. But even for a moment, all the noise became stuffy and dull, as if I was listening underwater. And soon all sound disappeared from the world.
‘It’s dark.’
I can’t see anything.
My body was sinking endlessly.
‘Jangmun Death…’
Hwasan’s disciples who held Cheongmyeong, who fell unconscious, screamed and called out his name, but Cheongmyeong did not hear a word.
The desires of countless people and the true intentions of countless people.
Those who are willing to risk everything and those who do not want to let go even if they lose everything.
It was the moment when the great war in which so many things were mixed and burned came to an end.
However, no one thought this was the true end.
This is just a starting point.
It was just a small spark that would one day grow into a catastrophe that would engulf and burn the world.