Episode 383 It’s easy to kill if you keep it close.
Elder Heo’s disciple Yongmyeong, who was riding the carriage, slightly bowed his head to the religious leader.
“Did you call the leader?”
The leader nodded while looking at Yongmyeong.
“Do you have beef jerky?”
“yes.”
Yongmyeong put his hand into his bosom and handed out beef jerky wrapped in thin paper to the religious leader. The leader took out the beef jerky from the paper and chewed it as he spoke.
“Did you learn Dokdo from Elder Heo?”
“yes.”
“Why didn’t you put it on beef jerky?”
Yongmyeong answered.
“Because the leader eats it sometimes.”
The leader answered while chewing beef jerky.
“Elder Heo probably told you to kill me.”
“That’s right. But if I tell you that I assassinated you with poison, you will be very disappointed.”
“Does Salsu even consider that?”
“Master is being picky.”
“You too?”
“yes. It’s just something you learned a long time ago when you were receiving education. “It appears that Master has never been assassinated with poison.”
The cult leader shook his head.
“Elder Heo has been putting poison on his body for a long time.”
“I didn’t know that.”
The leader looked at Yongmyeong and said.
“I heard that Hyeolya Palace changed its name to Seonghwa Palace without even reporting it. Are you now asking me to kill you?”
Yongmyeong chose what to say with surprised eyes.
“….”
When I thought about it, the carriage was just moving east, but the religious leader had not decided on a destination.
Yongmyeong knew that the destination of the carriage would be determined based on his answer.
The leader chewed the beef jerky and waited for Yongmyeong’s answer.
“I think I gave you enough time to think.”
Yongmyeong thought repeatedly with both hands on his knees. Now, when the religious leader gave the order to go to Hyeolya Palace, that was the end of Hyeolya Palace.
Yongmyeong barely opened his mouth.
“As far as I know, it was changed based on Sogungju’s suggestion. Since it was named after the God of Destruction and Fire, I would not have thought of anything else. “If you give me an order, I will come and interrogate you.”
“You are only a disciple of Elder He. Are you qualified to question the palace lord?”
Yongmyeong pursed his lips before answering.
“I am now the leader’s guard.”
The leader looked intently into Yongmyeong’s eyes.
“Are you saying that the guy who comes to kill and acts as a guard is also a guard? “The mindset of the weaver and weaver is different.”
Yongmyeong quickly answered.
“sorry. The teacher made a mistake. “It’s an excuse I made to avoid the situation.”
When the leader nodded, Yongmyeong continued.
“Actually, I changed the name at Hao Wen-ju’s suggestion. Seonghwagung was actually built by Gyoyeong Sogungju.”
“Hyeolya Palace and Seonghwa Palace. What’s the difference? “It’s just the name of an organization belonging to the outer party.”
Yongmyeong answered.
“Hyeolya is a nickname for the previous palace lord, so it is not appropriate as a group name.”
“why?”
“Because he was a tyrant. According to the General Law, if a group of outside sects dominates the world and commits tyranny, regardless of the strength of their power, the sects will purify them with holy fire, so Seonghwagung is a more appropriate name for the outside sect group.”
The cult leader nodded slightly.
“You put it together well. You’re talking about gun laws. As you said, Hyeolya was a tyrant who practiced tyranny. So, he must have died because of the help of the students.”
“yes.”
The religious leader who was looking at Yongmyeong gave him a choice.
“It is also against the law for the outside party to take independent action without reporting. It is also against the law for non-Christians to hold religious items. Do you go to Hyeolya Palace and reprimand the palace lord, or do you, Elder Heo’s disciple, go to Baekungji and retrieve Ilsal? “Choose.”
Yongmyeong looked at the leader with his eyes wide open.
“….”
The leader said briefly.
“Shall I choose?”
“I will retrieve Ilsal from Munju.”
The religious leader looked at Yongmyeong.
“Can you retrieve it?”
“hmm.”
“It seems to me that Moon Ju also received the teachings of Elder Heo. In terms of time, Yongmyeong will be my last and youngest priest. If you think about it that way, Munju should be considered your priest whom Elder Heo last taught. “This is what it means to look at the world through Elder Heo’s eyes.”
“yes.”
“No matter how you think about it, Munju’s Jeolgi seems to have completed the martial arts that Elder Heo had been thinking about for a long time in his own way. There’s no way you wouldn’t have learned it from the same man. If Elder Heo had good sense, he wouldn’t have taught martial arts to a stupid guy in the first place. If things didn’t work out, I wasn’t planning on allowing it because I thought you might use it at school someday. “Have you given it a name?”
“yes.”
“What is it?”
Yongmyeong answered.
“It is the sun, moon, and earth.”
“That seems inaccurate, but what does it mean?”
“It refers to the state of the land where the sun and moon fall at the same time.”
“It’s not the assassin’s martial arts skill.”
“Yes, you said it was Muhak who was worried about dealing with the religious leader. Even if it’s not you.”
“Muhak, who can annihilate both allies and enemies, needs you and Munju to be self-respecting. And…”
“Yes.”
The leader spoke to Yongmyeong while stroking his chin.
“too slow. Not for use by experts. “Be more diligent.”
“All right.”
Only after coming to his senses did Yongming realize the reality that he was going to deal with Hao Wenzhou. It was not at all what I expected. It was also the moment when I realized that Elder Heo’s command to assassinate the leader while watching over him and assassinating him if he deviates significantly was a useless and vain dream in the first place.
The leader picked up the last piece of beef jerky and said to Yongmyeong.
“It tastes the same as what Elder Heo used to make. “It’s amazing.”
What was truly surprising was Yongmyeong’s own mind. Only by doing this could the entire Blood Night Palace survive. Yongmyeong let out a brief sigh without realizing it, but opened his mouth as soon as he realized he had made another mistake.
“Sir, are you planning to re-determine the owner of the Light Sword by fighting among the masters?”
The cult leader nodded.
“That’s right.”
“Who do you think will win?”
The cult leader shook his head.
“The completed Sword Demon is inherently invincible. “The old master has become an ordinary swordsman, so it is difficult to predict a match.”
I asked as if I was curious about the dragon’s name.
“Why is the Sword Demon invincible? “Master has also said something similar.”
The religious leader said.
“The first owner of the Light Sword was probably like that. The method of the old sword masters was to kill their opponents by trapping them in a season called the Demon Sword and Soul Battlefield, and if they fell into the demon sword and spirit battlefield there, there were many cases where they died because they could not escape the Demon Sword and Soul Battlefield. “It is a very old form of martial arts, and things that old are often treated like devils.”
“This is my first time hearing it.”
“The master of the left has the right to kill those who break the law, so the sword he carries is an execution sword. “It seems that the old master thinks he has left the church, but that is not the case.”
Yongmyeong looked at the religious leader.
The leader smiled and continued speaking.
“In fact, he is faithfully carrying out his role as the left speaker. “Haven’t we dealt with countless ghosts?”
“That’s right.”
“If you don’t want to become a devil, you can just return the Light Sword, but even I don’t know the insides of the Sword Demon.”
“If you swing the Light Sword for a long time, will you definitely become a devil?”
“So the murder executioner is a good person? “It is a position that is originally held by the most cold-hearted person.”
Yongmyeong nodded.
“Now that I think about it, the Master above is a cold-hearted person.”
The religious leader answered.
“He ends there. If you want more than that, let me assassinate you. “He is the same guy who kneels in front of you, but when you turn around, he acts like a king.”
“How did you appoint such a man to the position of left governor?”
“Yongmyeong.”
“yes.”
“It’s easy to kill if you keep it close.”
Only then did Yongmyeong realize that the leader of the cult was actually his great brother. This is because this logic was consistent with the martial arts of Salsu taught by Elder Heo. On the other hand, I was embarrassed because I couldn’t fully understand the leader’s thoughts. In the meantime, he was wondering if the leader of the cult might have chosen him as his successor, and his mind was becoming more and more dizzy as if he were dealing with his master.
Of course, it is also because of the safety of Hyeolya Palace.
As Yongmyeong rode in a carriage with the leader, he began to understand why his master, Elder Heo, had left the church.
So there was no way to win against the cult leader.
* * *
Sword Demon waited for morning with the third child, who came up to the wall again at dawn. As the sun became brighter, I could clearly see the faces of my former subordinates. It seems like it’s been quite a while since I left the school, but there was a good mix of familiar and unfamiliar faces.
All night long, I couldn’t help but think about climbing down the wall and killing all of his former subordinates, including the Great Lord of Geumho, but I held back.
The reason I endured it was simple.
It felt like I was somehow caught up in the cult leader’s scheme.
I thought that if I became a devil, the leader would be happy and the third child or disciple would be heartbroken, so I looked at the sword of light for a long time.
However, from a long time ago, I had the intention of becoming a devil.
Otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to deal with the cult leader…
If there was a man in the world who knew the level of the cult leader best, it was the Sword Demon himself. It’s been a long time since I thought that I couldn’t predict the outcome even if I temporarily turned into a demon by relying on the Sword of Light.
I had forgotten that there was a third person next to me, and I heard the third person’s voice.
“…Eldest brother.”
“huh?”
“Let’s take turns.”
The Sword Demon looked at the believers and said.
“I can’t rest because I feel like you’re going to use the sun and moon spring.”
The third said while looking at the believers.
“You have to use Sun and Moon Light while watching the opponent.”
“I get it.”
* * *
As I took out my wooden sword, Issal, and began to clean the blade, the Great Lord of the Geumho asked:
“Ilsal is a sword held by the best assassin in the religion, so why does Munju have it?”
“The man who was the best assassin gave it as a gift.”
“The reason is?”
I looked at Geumho Daeju and couldn’t find anything to say. No matter what I answered, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I had become the Demon Cult’s best assassin.
The head of Geumho must have read my hesitation and spoke again.
“When the leader comes, please return it yourself. “You have no intention of becoming a religious person.”
“I’ll take care of it.”
“Or maybe you were recognized as the best assassin directly by the religious leader.”
When the Great Lord of Geumho burst out laughing, only the high-ranking people laughed along.
As I looked at the blade of the sword, I thought of Elder Heo. I thought about Elder Heo and pondered his words for the first time in a long time.
[…Taegeuk is considered to be the most effective moment when yin and yang meet. In order to deal with this, the magician studied Yeok Taegeuk for a long time. In the end, when you try to reach the highest point, you end up worrying about the same thing. Regardless of whether it is Deungbongjogeuk or Talma, it is ultimately just a signpost near the road leading to completion.]
If so, it means that I am not complete yet.
This is because, not long ago, my eldest brother and Elder Heo went through the breakdown that they were talking about.
I had forgotten about it, but Ilwolgwangcheon began with Elder Heo’s martial arts training. It was a season created after reading the book he delivered, Considerations on Yin and Yang, several times. So, considering Elder Heo’s origins, this means that the source of Ilwolgwangcheon is close to Mado.
But I am not a person who only embraces sun and moonlight.
Ilwolgwangcheon is the outward discharge of the clash of yin and yang.
This is because accepting yin and yang into the body at the same time is a self-glorious process.
So, Taegeuk and Yeokcheon are occurring alternately in my body. If I insist that Taegeuk is a Taoist martial art, I would be using both Taoist martial arts and magical martial arts at the same time.
The same is true of the environment I am in now.
Magyo has arrived outside Jaha Gaekjan.
There were Yunnan Chil-sal inside Jaha Gaekjan, but I was watching them without killing them right away.
It could be said to be Taoist in the sense that it leaves living things alone.
As I cleaned my knife, lost in thought, I thought about my life in this way.
Internal and external.
Yin and yang.
Gwangma and Talma.
Even the magic and Taoism overlapped.
Let me add a little bit of force.
It also has the identity of Jumsoi and Haomunju.
Suddenly, I thought of the religious leader whom I considered to be my antithesis.
It is impossible to accurately guess the leader’s age, but he is probably older than his eldest brother. If so, it means that he practiced both yin and yang much before me. I don’t know when Samjae met and had their first battle.
It’s a thought that comes to mind only after my level has deepened…
Will Shingae and Cheonak be able to handle the current sect leader?
I had a suspicion that if the sect leader had trained Ilwol, he would not have been able to kill the people called Samjae, but would have saved them.
Suddenly, as I looked at my eldest brother lying on the bed…
I thought that if the leader of the cult appeared here, the only thing that would happen to me would be defeat, flight, or death.
To survive.
Of course I plan to run away.
After that, you need to combine internal and external energy, harmonize yin and yang, seek the next level of enlightenment and escape from magic, and interpret magic and Taoism in your own way. Only then could Jumsoi live and Haomunju live.
Because in the end, my true nature is not a good guy.
There is no choice but to accept both magic and Taoism by killing those who are to be killed and saving those who are to be saved.
Life is this complicated.
As expected, Samjae was the reason why he changed his mind from looking at the troops to running away against the religious leader. This means that if Open Ark and Cheonak cannot kill the cult leader even if they join forces, neither Lim Xiaobaek nor the eldest brother can cut off one of the cult leader’s arms.
What if you were an absolute powerhouse that no one in the world could compete with?
I guess I have no choice but to become the absolute strongest.
First of all, I had a dangerous thought that I might have to witness the leader’s skills in person at least once.
It was currently covered by clouds, so I couldn’t tell where it was.
Suddenly, I looked to the left.
Troops were coming in again, but their uniforms were uniform. As the sun was getting brighter, I could clearly see the words on the flag.
“…Silver Dragon.”
Since it was a name paired with Geumho, I knew it was a demonic religion. Perhaps because they belonged to an external party, their arrival times were different. A man believed to be the Lord of the Silver Dragon spoke as he walked.
“…deliver it. The religious leader visited Ilyanghyeon. There, he met his young disciple Jang Yo-ran, who took over the progress of Jade Flower Palace. In the future, believers should not touch Ilyanghyeon regardless of their status. “Please pass it on to those who are not familiar with it.”
The Lord of the Silver Dragon, who arrived in front of Jaha Guest House, looked up at me.
“…Did you hear? Hao Wen Ju.”
When I nodded, the Silver Dragon Lord smiled and said.
“Is that your only response to the leader’s tolerance?”
“Silver Dragon Lord, are you the sect leader?”
I looked down at the Silver Dragon Lord. The Great Lord of the Silver Dragon was embarrassed and then returned to his original position.
Oh my…
a young disciple who inherited the progress of Jade Flower Palace…
It was probably the same reason why the color demon survived in his previous life and became a master.
Even though the leader hasn’t even arrived, I can see that one part of his heart is heavy and uncomfortable.
It seems like a feeling of burden has arisen.
I looked at my eldest brother without thinking. The eldest brother, who was lying down, was also sitting on the bench and looking at me, probably surprised.
We had nothing to say.
