Chapter 399
399fury. Not today
“Are you talking about Teacher Baek??”
Noh Gun-sang answered the question as if it was not a big deal. Eyes continued to scan all over the school building..
Kwak Doo-yong also responded while being wary of his surroundings..
“yes. It's strange that there's such an uproar in the academy and there's no white water dragon in sight..”
Perhaps because it was a natural question, Noh answered without any sign of doubt..
“I don't know exactly either. Probably looking for a thousand years old somewhere.”
“If you're a thousand years old……?”
“Salmak’s best salsu. Many world-class experts lost their lives at the hands of him. In the world of assassins, it is a star that is literally passed down as a legend..”
Hearing that it was a killer capable of killing even the best of times, Kwak Doo-yong swallowed dry saliva with a very nervous expression on his face..
Gulp…….
Noh Gun-sang glanced at that and smiled faintly..
“Don't worry. A thousand years old will never target us directly..”
“Uh, how sure are you??”
“That's right... … . Could you please give me the lamp??”
Noh received a lamp from Kwak Du-yong and lit it with a Hwaseopja..
Hwareuk!
The lamp was lit, and the inside of the building was dimly lit..
The two were searching club buildings..
The plan was to hunt down any assassins who might be hiding, and to find and protect any remaining students who had not yet evacuated..
“Be careful. You never know where the living water will pop out..”
“Yes…….”
Kwak Doo-yong answered in a very nervous voice..
Although there were torches lit everywhere outside, the inside of the building was pitch dark and the space was narrow, making it difficult to respond to surprise attacks..
“Don't be too nervous though..”
“Well, I wasn't nervous..”
In order to relieve Kwak Du-yong's tension, Noh Gun-sang finished talking about what he had just said..
“A thousand years old is a person with great pride. He's also a crazy person who thinks he's an artist. So I don't do anything I'm not interested in..”
“Those words are…….”
“That's right. To a thousand years old, we are not worth killing..”
“Yes, at least on the topic of spraying…….”
Kwak Doo-yong muttered as if he was displeased, but his expression was unable to hide his fear and he was looking around..
Noh Gun-sang chuckled in a soft voice..
“Isn’t it fortunate for us that he is arrogant? They're probably targeting Teacher Baek Soo-ryong right now, and they probably don't care about us. All we have to do is find and eliminate other assassins in the meantime..”
For a split second, a strange expression flashed across Kwak Doo-yong's expression, but Noh Gun-sang, who was walking one step ahead, did not see that face..
“……Lord Gwan, you know very well about life.?”
“Heh heh. As you get older, you tend to pick up various rumors. It's not that great.”
Kwak Doo-yong knew that those words were excessive humility..
In terms of age alone, there were very few people in Moorim who had a higher distribution than Noh Gun-sang..
Thousand-Armed Guanyin (Thousand-Armed Guanyin) Statue of Laogun.
A former lay disciple of Shaolin, he was one of the heroes who participated in the war against the blood religion more than 50 years ago and returned alive after making a remarkable contribution..
Although he almost retired from the military due to injuries suffered in that war, and although he sat as the head of the Cheongryong Academy in his later years, he did not achieve much... … . Noh Gun-sang was still a respected adult in the martial arts community, and his experience, insight, and connections were by no means to be ignored..
“……It's been about fifteen years already..”
Mr. Roh, who was walking ahead holding a lamp, suddenly started talking..
“An old friend of mine was killed by a thousand year old. So there was a time when I did my own research to find that guy..”
“sorry. I never thought something like that would happen…….”
“Heh heh. You have nothing to be sorry about..”
Secrets unknown to the martial arts world.
An ordinary person would have remained silent no matter how curious he was about this atmosphere, but Kwak Doo-yong was oblivious and liked rumors..
In other words, I was never the type of person to just ignore something like this..
“May I ask who your friend who passed away is??”
Noh Gun-sang chuckled and shook his head as if he knew that would happen..
“I can't tell you. It's a matter not only for me but also for my close friend's honor..”
“sorry, sorry…….”
“Nope. I was the one who started talking first because I was thinking about old times. Just listen with one ear and forget what you just heard..”
“All right…….”
Kwak Doo-yong nodded, unable to contain his curiosity and asked another question..
“then… … . Have you been looking for a thousand years since then??”
“I had no choice but to give up.”
There was remorse in Noh Gunsang’s eyes..
“Although it was difficult at the time, I was able to figure out how to request a service from Salmak. And he personally requested my name. Thousand-armed Avalokitesvara statue of Nogun. At that time, it was a time when the name value was quite high..”
“……so what happened?”
Kwak Doo-yong swallowed his saliva and asked, as if this was an unimaginable method..
But the answer that came back was an empty ending..
“Cheonsal didn't even react. The request was rejected. Did you notice that it was a request I made?…….”
Noh raised his lamp and illuminated the hallway..
At that moment, I saw a blurry shadow swaying in the distance..
“I thought I had become such a worthless old man that even if I risked my neck, I couldn't get any interest out of it. So I gave up.”
“Not at all! Gwanju is still a great master and……!”
“lower your voice.”
Noh Gun-sang calmed down Kwak Du-yong, who was about to jump up..
“Didn't I tell you? It's a story that goes back more than fifteen years. There's nothing to comfort me now.”
“but…….”
The shadows of the two people reflected in the light of the lamp swayed uneasily. The two continued their search..
“Anyway, isn’t fate really ironic??”
“yes?”
Today, Mr. Roh was very talkative. Down the dark hallway, a calm voice rang out..
“Not long after I gave up on avenging my friend, I was offered the position of director of the Blue Dragon Science Museum. After much thought, I agreed. It wasn't a bad place to spend one's final years. But as time passed, I became involved with a thousand years of life again.…….”
“yes. It seems really ironic.”
Kwak Doo-yong also nodded with a strange expression, then turned his head and looked at the side face of Noh Gun-sang..
“Mr. Gwanju. There's one more thing I'd like to ask.…….”
“fizzle.”
I felt a presence.
It was a sign of moving away from them. The two exchanged glances and then moved quickly..
Before long, the fugitives who were cornered against the dead wall turned around with a look of despair on their faces..
they couldn't survive.
“you! what are you doing here!”
There were three students in total who were hiding in the club room..
Kwak Doo-yong approached the students with great strides and raised his voice..
“Didn't you hear the instruction to go back to the dormitory? I was shouting like that outside.!”
“sorry…….”
“That, that…….”
As I got closer to the students, I could smell alcohol..
I knew why he was hiding.
Fearing that he would be disciplined for secretly drinking, he hid in the club room, but ran away when the teachers showed up..
When Noh learned of the situation, he sighed softly..
“I'll give you my soul later, so just follow me. Let's get out of here.”
“yes yes!”
“sorry!”
It was when Noh Gunsang nodded and turned around..
whirring!
Three students attacked the statue of Roh at the same time..
The drunken acting was so natural that even Kwak Doo-yong, who was watching, screamed later..
“Lord!”
Sigh! Sigh.!
Flesh was torn and blood splattered everywhere..
The torn bodies of the assassins fell to the patter on the ground..
“And, Mr. Gwanju……?”
Kwak Doo-yong looked at Roh Jun-sang with a fearful expression..
Thousand-handed Avalokitesvara).
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is a symbol of great mercy, saving all living beings with a thousand arms and eyes, but the reason why Nogunsang was given that special title was different..
With a thousand arms, he tears apart the bodies of the demons and kills them, and with a thousand eyes, he finds their hiding places. In the past, he was a transcendent expert who was even called a devil in the Sapa..
Although the figures from just now may not have been a thousand, they could easily have been dozens..
Noh said with a calm expression, shaking off the wet blood from his hands onto the floor..
“Go back. It seems like these are the last assassins..”
“It's the last time……?”
“Didn’t we come this far by constantly talking about it? If they had planned to kill us, all the assassins around would have heard and come rushing in. And it would have struck all at once.”
“ah……!”
Noh Gun-sang did not bring up the old story for no reason..
That itself was a plan to attract assassins..
“I don't even know that…….”
“Heh heh. That's who you are.”
When I came out of the building, the surroundings became much brighter. This was thanks to torches being lit throughout the Cheongryong Academic Center..
The two moved towards the next location..
When you go through life and death together, a bond is formed..
Noh Kun-sang smiled softly and looked at Kwak Du-yong..
“I was the only one talking too much earlier. Would you like to tell me your story??”
“It's my story?”
“Can I ask about Cheon Ju-bong’s blood history? I heard you're one of the few survivors..”
“that…….”
Cheonjubong blood temple.
Twenty years ago, at Cheonjubong Peak, where the Five University Halls had gathered for joint training, a terrible incident occurred in which dozens of instructors and students were killed in an attack by unknown people..
The evil beast has not been discovered yet..
It was assumed that they were either remnants of a blood religion or experts from the Sect who had mastered magic arts..
Because there were few survivors at the time, not many people knew the truth. And Kwak Doo-yong was one of them..
“hmm. At that time I…….”
After hesitating for a moment, Kwak Doo-yong obediently started talking..
Since I heard the story related to Salmak in the past from Noh Gun-sang, I can't just tell my own story..
When Kwak Doo-yong’s story ended like that,.
“You too have had many ups and downs.…….”
“yes. Even now, I have nightmares when I think about that time.…….”
The flow of conversation was very natural..
Kwak Du-yong vividly testified about the Cheon Ju-bong blood death, which very few people know about other than the survivors, and Noh Gun-sang nodded with a serious expression..
But how?
“After all, you are a thousand years old..”
Kwak Doo-yong stopped in place and looked at Noh with an expression of incomprehension. Before he knew it, Noh was standing at a distance from him..
“How did you know? No matter how much I thought about it, I never made a mistake..”
The conversation was obviously as natural as water..
Anyone who hears it will think it's Kwak Doo-yong's story..
“I'm sorry to say this, but with your skills, you probably won't be able to recognize my disguise..”
It was a story that openly ignored him, but Noh Gun-sang nodded obediently..
“I couldn't recognize him due to his martial arts skills. The Blue Dragon Pavilion that Teacher Baek gave him did not react either... … . I just had a heartache.”
“heart disease?”
“There's a feeling that comes from living a long time. It's hard to explain. It's similar to having sore joints on a rainy day..”
“…….”
“But what became clear was when you talked about Cheon Ju-bong's blood death..”
“What was the problem? The content would have been perfect..”
Before disguising himself as Kwak Du-yong, Cheon-sal had thoroughly researched him in advance..
Cheonjubong blood temple?
Even if it was something that was talked about in silence, it wasn't something that couldn't be found out in Salmak..
“The problem was that it was too perfect..”
“…….”
“Teacher Kwak Doo-yong would have avoided that conversation. No matter how much I told you old stories first, as if I owed you a debt,.”
“…….”
“But you talk easily. Usually people don't talk about their wounds easily. Everyone has a story they want to avoid..”
“hmm…….”
“But there is one case where this is not the case. A madman who cannot empathize with other people's feelings. If you live long enough, you will see it often..”
As if he finally understood, Cheonsal nodded..
And I looked at Noh with a slightly admiring expression..
“I didn't even know that. I learned something this time.”
Noh Gunsang, head of Cheongryonghak Hall.
Although Mu Gong was an old man with no special features, his experience and insight were truly sharp..
I didn't have any interest until now, but now I'm itching to kill him..
ji profit-
The left and right sides of Kwak Doo-yong's neck were torn apart, and the skin melted away..
After throwing away the unnecessary mass, Kwak Doo-yong, with a slim figure, walked out of it. It was a sight that was hard to believe even when I saw it with my own eyes..
“So, are you willing to risk your life to protect the Blue Dragon Hall??”
There was nothing around the two of them..
There is only vague darkness and two shadows fluttering in the lamplight..
Even though the greatest assassin in the world was right in front of him, there was no sign of tension on the face of Noh Kun-sang..
“of course. I'm willing to risk my life for the Blue Dragon Museum..”
Noh Gun-sang nodded. However, it was not a look in his eyes that showed determination to die..
rather.
“But not today.”
“hmm?”
Noh's eyes were smiling.
The acting of a veteran expert who has experienced all kinds of hardships was enough to fool even the best assassin in the world..
“There's someone waiting for you who really wants to meet you..”
“When?…….”
The moment the thousand-year-old's expression hardens slightly.
Whirling!
A figure came down from behind Cheonsal and approached with light steps..
“Let’s take off the face that doesn’t suit you first, right? Before forcefully tearing it off.”
The blue military uniform fluttered violently in the wind that blew from somewhere..
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