Episode 426. It will be awkward for a while.
“It’s absurd.”
The white student glared at the white paper with a disapproving expression.
Since I learned how to paint, my brush strokes have never been as blocked as today. In terms of martial arts, it felt like a situation where the beginner’s ability, which I had practiced countless times, continued unnaturally and I was met with a counterattack because of it.
The white-robed student took a deep breath and calmed his mind.
It’s because I didn’t want to become a stupid person who gets stuck in the picture and falls into a coin trap. However, according to the white-robed student’s usual mindset, it was the same as martial arts or painting, so it was bitter and unpleasant.
‘Where did I get stuck?’
When I calmly looked into the reason…
To my surprise, the sister’s smiling expression did not come to mind.
So, I realized later that the inability to draw Samae’s smiling face was not a problem with skill, but simply a problem with memory.
Did Sister Jin really never smile brightly?
That can’t be true….
How can a person live without smiling?
As I traced back memories of the past, to my surprise, I realized that Sister Jinhyang had never smiled brightly at me.
I suddenly felt bitter coming from my empty mouth.
‘You must have hated me so much that you didn’t smile at least once.’
As Cheonak approached, he opened his mouth.
“You’ve reached the point where you’re having a snowball fight with even objects. Congratulations.”
The white-robed student snorted.
“It’s not a snowball fight. “You’re glaring at me one-sidedly.”
Cheonak looked around at the blank papers scattered on the floor.
“Why are you so damned today?”
“Originally, most of the time art is spent staring at something, and at that time, the mind is full of shit. “What would a person who lifts a piece of metal know?”
As soon as Cheonak sat down at the table, he burst into laughter.
“What are you trying to draw?”
“I tried to draw the sister’s smile, but when I thought about it, I realized she had never smiled brightly while looking at me. “Does this make sense?”
Cheonak nodded.
“I hated you, so I guess there was no reason to smile. No. I probably snorted every time I saw it. “The unlucky Baek family guy… he said this.”
“It was always chilly. But you must have laughed in front of other people. Why don’t I even remember that? “It doesn’t make sense.”
Cheonak nodded.
“There was.”
“okay?”
“How could I forget?”
The white-robed scholar held out his brush toward Cheonak.
“I see. As expected, you are the same problem solver for students as ever. “You should draw it for me.”
Cheonak stared at the white-robed student.
“why me.”
“The person who remembers should draw it.”
Cheonak snorted.
“I hate your useless trappings, so I stayed away from all trappings. “Isn’t it the most useless thing in the world?”
The white-robed student grinned.
“It’s the most useless thing in the world… Are you sure?”
“okay.”
“You are the one who hung the most useless picture in the world in the most visible place.”
“It was because it was a painting of a sister.”
The white student answered right away.
“That is the essence of art. Something that makes me keep looking at it. The reasons may be different for each person. Anyway, it’s your freedom to hate catching, so I’ll continue to respect it from now on. But since you are the only one who remembers Samae’s smiling face, I ask you to draw it for me. “Is this request difficult?”
“There are times when we become obsessed with catching Baek Gaya. “Is it true that it’s been like this for several days?”
“Please. You should learn to catch. Stop holding on to that piece of metal. The world is not just made of iron. Who seems more normal to the world? “He is a person who only lifts iron on useless days.”
The white-robed student pointed at himself.
“Compared to my familiarity with art, painting, and music. Of course it would be me. If only focusing on iron and training was the right answer, you, the problem solver for students, should have eventually defeated Hao Wenju and the religious leader. “What was the reality like?”
“Tsk.”
For a moment, Cheonak thought about the smiling expression of Sister Jinhyang. It was an expression that clearly reminded me of something.
After thinking for a moment, Cheonak answered.
“good. “I’ll draw it for you.”
“Really?”
“Instead of.”
“No matter what, that has to come out.”
“You said you were bringing a disciple, but why is there no news yet?”
The white-robed student sighed.
“There is, but I’m worried because he’s too nice. Where on earth would a good guy be used in such a powerhouse? “Even compared to Havok, he’s a very naive guy.”
“I may be unsuited to learning your shallow martial arts skills, but my martial arts skills are different. “If you’re a naive guy, you should bring him to me first.”
“How can you take a guy who can’t even kill an ant and turn him into such a brilliant charlatan?”
“If he can’t even kill ants, we should bring him in even more.”
“why. “I could die by my hands out of frustration while teaching.”
“Everyone can kill an ant by stepping on it, so a guy like that is a common guy. “It’s better to be someone who can’t kill.”
“Are you saying it’s better to be stupid?”
“That’s the way it is.”
“Hao Wenju was not a fool. “He’s closer to being smart.”
Cheonak said.
“He doesn’t have the temperament to kill an ant by stepping on it. The disciple we will accept does not necessarily have to be a charlatan of the current era. But only if you are that kind of idiot, you will have a better chance of teaching the next charlatan. The thief that Moon-ju is talking about is not like a rock that falls by the riverside. “It’s natural that it’s rare.”
The white-robed student sighed.
“Since when did you become Hao Wen-ju’s lackey? I’m so sick of that damn charlatan. Why is it so stained? When I first saw him, I definitely wanted to kill him. In moderation. “The reason I didn’t bring you here quickly is because I thought you were too deceived by Moonju’s words.”
“The conclusion is that there is no need to misinterpret Moon Joo’s words. “In the end, I’m glad I didn’t die.”
The white-robed student sighed.
“Even if we try to kill him now, it is impossible. “If I join forces with the cult leader, will I be able to kill him?”
“I don’t know.”
“What if?” I’m just asking because I’m curious. “I’m not saying we should kill again, I’m just curious.”
Cheonak tilted his head.
“The leader said that even if we fight again, the result will be the same, so all three will probably die now. Either the religious leader and I suffer. Even if we join forces, it will be difficult anyway.”
The white-robed student sighed.
“It has become a world that I cannot understand at all.”
“Baekga.”
“why?”
“At least our disciple should not be pushed aside by Munju’s disciple. “This may be Munju’s plan, but if it’s a game, we can’t lose.”
“I can’t lose on a fake day. Can’t lose. I don’t know why that guy lost. And Hao Wen-ju does not have the disposition to raise disciples well in the first place.”
“Then what kind of disposition is it?”
The white-robed student scratched his forehead with his finger and then answered.
“I’m not the type of person to get attached to something. Rather, Geomma or Yukhap would teach their students well.”
“What if Jaha teaches properly? So, how would you feel if our disciples were constantly getting beaten up?”
“That hurts my pride a bit.”
Cheonak nodded.
“Your habit is to calculate thoroughly every time. As for disciples, do not calculate them. Let’s teach it first. If your logic is that good, you should have defeated Munju a long time ago. If you don’t want to be defeated by Jaha again, the sooner you bring in a disciple, the better. “Just as you think, he’s always meddling here and there, so he doesn’t have as much time to focus on his students as we do.”
The white-robed student crossed his arms.
“Underly. “If you want to learn painting, I will bring in a candidate as soon as possible.”
“I promise to disappear from your sight right away.”
“Oh, by the way. Munju said that my disciple was a priest who was like a barbarian, and your disciple is…”
Cheonak said while looking at the blank paper scattered on the floor.
“Does not matter. First, let’s bring that idiot out first. Priests like Maggunja are not common. It is faster to take someone who is like a blank slate and teach him. “I will find out whether he is a fool or a gentleman.”
“I understand.”
Only after the white-robed scholar disappeared did Cheonak look at the perfectly blank paper.
Samae’s smiling face glimmered on the blank paper, but he knew he didn’t have the skills to draw it yet.
After confirming that no one was around, Cheonak stood up and took the place where the white-robed student had been.
“We made a private agreement, but it will be clumsy for a while. Still, let’s draw it.”
Cheonak grabbed the brush and strangely drew a large circle on a piece of white paper.
It was a large circle with black ink running straight through it.
Cheonak painted the bottom part of the circle black with a brush. When half of it was filled with undulating waves, it became Taegeuk.
Cheonak muttered while looking at Taegeuk.
“Everyone, watch. Baekga and I will show you that even dark things have scent. That our students can also raise charlatans. If that happens…”
That was Taegeuk.
Cheonak planned to draw the Taegeuk symbol on the clothes of those who would become his disciples.
Because you will become a charlatan raised by dark people.
Cheonak, who was staring endlessly at the pure white paper on top of the black waves, remembered Samae’s bright expression more clearly than ever before.
After a while, a white-robed student who had neatly changed into a clean white coat for going out appeared and spoke to Cheonak, who was still as if frozen.
“…I’ll be back.”
“Where are you going and did you even change your clothes?”
The white-robed student answered.
“Do you think the disciple candidate is a woodcutter in a nearby mountain? “Of course it’s quite far away.”
“Why are you dressed like that?”
“I’m not going to rescue slaves, so I need to be polite.”
“Where is your destination?”
The white-robed student answered briefly.
“Wudang Mountain.”
The white-clothed student, who was about to turn his steps, then turned his gaze to the pattern drawn by Cheonak.
“What is that pattern?”
Cheonak said.
“Draw it on the disciple’s clothes. “It’s Taegeuk.”
“Anyone can see that it is Taegeuk, but the question is what does it mean?”
“It is a symbol of an oath that you and I will raise charlatans who can be helpful to the world. “No matter what I do, it’s my personality to see to the end, so don’t take it lightly either.”
After hearing the explanation, the white student studied the Taegeuk symbol again and smiled.
“It’s a stupid symbol, perfect for stupid people. “I’ll be back.”
Cheonak muttered.
“You are the stupidest person in the world.”
After the white-robed student disappeared…
Cheonak, who was looking at Taegeuk, shifted his gaze to the white paper scattered around him.
Cheonak himself has already reached the pinnacle of external attack.
I felt that no matter how good the student’s intellect was and no matter how long he practiced, it would be nearly impossible to defeat him.
However, I thought it was the master’s role to somehow make the disciple surpass the master.
If so, the path of martial arts to pursue in the future was clear.
Cheonak chanted with the hope that his disciples would surpass him in the future.
“I will try to create a martial arts school that is capable of producing competent people.”
What is soft can overcome what is hard. I thought that if I pursued martial arts at such a high level, I would at least be able to beat Jaha’s disciple.
This was also a conclusion that could be drawn because Cheonak was the strongest man in the world. Cheonak, who was in a trance, stretched out his hand toward the floor, and the messy white paper that was lying around split apart like the waves of Taegeuk.
