Chapter 16
A dog the size of a wolf led the sleigh..
The return trip was quicker as the abnormal weather disappeared..
The snow dog leading the sled, which had just escaped a food shortage, did not have much strength, but it was still better than before..
“I'll see you later then..
Thank you again.”
Hawar and other guides greeted us with the utmost courtesy..
The distrust shown at first meeting was nowhere to be seen even after washing my eyes..
Instead, gratitude and respect were shown..
“Thank you for your hard work in guiding us. I really appreciate it.”
“No ……”
“It doesn't seem like it will ever end, so I won't accept any nonsense..”
Joo Seocheon smiled slightly mischievously and interrupted..
Hawar scratched his cheek as if embarrassed by those words..
“Then we'll just leave..”
Greetings were enough when leaving the Bingung Palace..
We talked enough on the way to Bukip Village, so there was nothing to regret..
“Please proceed carefully. See you in the near future.”
It is not normal for the Beihai Palace Lord to be absent..
Even more so after the civil war..
I needed to clean up after myself..
However, I received an answer that it wouldn't take long since the issue in the midfield was urgent..
He said he would provide gold, silver and other treasures, but as long as it did not become an excessive burden, he accepted it and put it off until later..
“I'm worried about Joongwon's situation..”
The time originally expected has passed..
Since I couldn't contact you for a while, I was worried that something had happened..
Joo Seo-cheon and Nak So-wol had expressions full of worry..
In order to save some time, I ran while eating and sleeping less..
I felt fortunate that my inner strength was full..
It wasn't long before I took off my winter clothes and put them away, feeling grateful for the central climate..
The snowy field that had no end in sight has come to an end..
I feel a little better because it's not white earth..
However, a while later, Joo Seo-cheon and Nak So-wol stopped by a nearby village and confirmed some information, and their faces turned pale..
urgent report).
Some of the five evils betrayed.
Attack on Mount Huashan).
Upon hearing the news of the Five Evil Swordsman's betrayal, the upper echelons of the Murim Alliance broke into a cold sweat..
It didn't seem like summer had just started, but it felt like it was already midsummer..
Turn back time, it happened a while ago.
While Geomshin and Ju Seo-cheon left for the North Sea, the martial arts world was unnervingly quiet..
It was like the calm before the storm.
Both the political union and Amcheonhoe were busy with reorganization..
Although it was not revealed on the outside, an invisible war such as espionage was ongoing..
“Disturbing movement in Shaanxi?”
At first it was just a rumor.
I couldn't move due to unclear information..
While I had no choice but to keep an eye on it until it became clear, something happened..
They were traitors from a small or medium-sized faction of the political faction..
“Okay, it’s a problem if you’re too famous..”
“Especially in the current situation..”
The massive betrayal of the small and medium-sized factions of the political faction was due to the irrationality of the martial arts faction..
As dissatisfaction with vested interests has grown, the volcanic wave, whose popularity has skyrocketed recently, has become more noticeable..
Moreover, it was not particularly strange as we were in the midst of trouble due to betrayal that occurred in various parts of the central plain and in each province..
“I don't have enough hands……”
As the Murim League lost He Fei's headquarters, the situation was so busy that there was no time to breathe..
It would be nice if the volcano faction could solve it on their own, but the problem was that the traitor faction was bigger than expected..
“We are here to help.”
In the midst of all this, it was the Five Evil Sword Sect that came forward..
“Shouldn’t we help the same Five Evil Swordsmen?.”
If this remark had been made by the Hangsan faction, which usually treats the Hwasan faction as their enemies, the upper echelons of the Murim League would have been suspicious as well..
However, the Songshan and Taishan factions spoke first, and the Xingshan and Hengshan factions followed suit and left the matter to them..
Thus, the Five Evil Sword Sect gathered reinforcements and sent them to Shaanxi, saving the efforts of other forces of the Murim Alliance..
But that was a mistake.
He betrayed the Three Evils and the Righteous faction and suppressed the Hwasan faction and Hyeongsan faction that came to meet him..
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Starting with the Huashan school, the Songshan school, Taishan school, Hangshan school, and Hengshan school are commonly called the Five Evil Swords School..
Among the martial arts sects that mushroomed and disappeared every day, it was one of the ones that boasted a long history, and each of them was also a famous sect whose name was widely known..
As the name of the Sword Sect (劍派) suggests, after the faction was founded, they only sharpened their swords, and were respected by the political faction as masters of the sword, and by their arch rivals, the Sa Sect, they were often called perverts who quenched their sexual desires with the sword..
This also meant that he was one of the best in martial arts when it came to swordsmanship..
Anyway, as a result, the Five-Ak Sword Sect had a great influence on the martial arts faction, following the Nine-File Ilbang and the Oh Daese..
Before the corruption of previous generations and the civil war, secret martial arts competitions and banquets were held under the auspices of the Oakgumpa to show off their friendship..
However, the friendship was not as deep as expected..
I don't know when, but the unity of the Five Evil Swordsman faction began to fray, but ironically, the long history, or long time, was the problem..
“Are you crazy?!”
Seop Deung, known as the best master of the Five Evil Sword Sect and the Hyeongsan Sect and one of the world's greatest masters, shouted..
I wanted to draw my sword right away, but my body was tied to the rope and I couldn't free myself..
“I'm not crazy, Wonbigeom (猿胃劍)).”
Three swordsmen stood in front of Seop Deung’s absurd gaze..
“A prestigious political faction next to the old faction and the five generations betrayed the political faction. If that's not crazy, then what is?!”
Seopdeung shouted until his throat was torn..
“The crazy one is Moorim.”
A middle-aged man with a thin body and one-Japanese eyebrows answered..
If you look at his tall stature like a reed and his fern-thin wrists visible through his sleeves, he looks like a reed, but his strength is as sharp as a famous sword..
It felt like I would get cut if I got even a little closer..
“okay.”
Prosecutor Noh, whose hair and even eyebrows were gray, answered..
For an old man, he had a long physique and great muscles..
The thick eyebrows, angular chin, and tightly closed lips gave off a stubborn look..
Shoulders are wide open, limbs like logs.
His height was average, but his body was massive and he looked bigger..
“One Eight-Gu Road, Taesan Pageom)……”
Seop Deung looked at the two and paused, then shifted his gaze to the middle-aged beautiful woman standing between them and continued speaking..
“The situation of super-artistry)!”
In that order, he was the master of the Seongsan faction, the Taishan faction, and the Hangshan faction..
The three gate masters of the Five Evil Sword Sect gathered together in one place..
The problem was that friendship was not the goal..
“Won Coward, I'll give you another chance, so listen carefully and judge for yourself..”
The leader of the Xiangshan Sect, Chu Ye-sai, his eyes shone coldly..
“What do you think is the reason why people are leaving the Murim Alliance, or rather, the Murim political faction, one after another??”
“……”
“This is because they are tired of the unreasonable monopoly and discrimination against the weak by the vested interests, including the Gupa Ilbang and the Odae Family, in Moorim..”
The wrinkles around the eyes gradually narrowed..
“Unless you are from the old school or the five generations, even if you have skills, you will not receive proper recognition anywhere..
To put it the other way, if you are a nine-year-old or a five-year-old, you will be treated well no matter how trash you are, regardless of your martial arts achievements or personality..
That is the current martial arts world and society..”
Seopdeung closed his mouth and waited for the next words..
“Oh no... … Aren't the four evils, excluding volcanoes, also victims of this wrong martial arts??”
Chu Ye-sang's eyes burned coldly..
“In the meantime, the Evil Sword Sect has been working hard day and night to achieve the highest honor after its opening, but the results were not that good..
The leader of the Five Evil Sword Sect is still the Hwasan Sect, and various competitions and conferences are held exclusively in Hwasan..
I know why?”
Wow.
“The reason is simple. It's because volcanoes are one-size-fits-all..”
Hatred and anger boiled within my eyelids..
“He was chosen as the leader of the Five Evils simply because he was one of the fourteen pillars of the Murim Alliance..
That's all, I can never forgive the act of arbitrarily treating evil as if it were under my control..”
The problem over a long period of time was the monopoly of the vested interest group, which is said to be the center of political faction martial arts..
Excluding the Hwasan faction, the Five Evil Sword factions had sufficient skills and power, but were not included in the vested interests..
To put it simply, I wanted to be the head of the Five Evil Sword Sect or an equivalent position, but I couldn't do that, so I became dissatisfied..
And that dissatisfaction built up over time, eventually exploding into generational corruption that grew out of control..
In particular, the dissatisfaction of the Hangshan faction, which had accumulated bad feelings due to the investigation of the same political faction as the Five Evil Sword faction, and the Hwasan faction, was excommunicated, reached a peak..
“There is only one way to change this rotten and distorted martial arts world..
Just as the Quan Dongje overthrew it, we must also put everything right through reform..
Isn't that so, Namak Jeilgeom (南嶽第一劍)).”
Choye Sae-jae reached out to Seop Deung..
Nie Deung looked at the hand quietly, then raised his head and said something to Chu Ye Sae..
“crazy bitch!”
Choye Saesang's face was distorted like a devil's Rakshasa..
“I agree that Moorim is distorted, but they chose the wrong means. The choice you make now is like joining hands with the devil since you lack strength..”
“Be careful what you say!”
Taishanpageom’s complexion immediately turned red and blue..
“Did reform mean joining hands with a tribe that hides in the shadows of the martial arts world, fooling people's hearts with their cunning tongues and even committing massacres??
When did the Five Evil Sword Sect fall to this level??”
Seopdeung glared at Segeomsu with a gaze full of contempt..
“Don't rationalize your greed, the three evils.”
Namak First Sword, Wonbi Sword snorted and continued speaking..
“The reason there was no change in the leader of the Five Evil Sword Sect, although it was unfortunate, was because the Hwasan Sect was that great..
Haven't we been producing not only elites and experts like Maehwageomsu for a long time, but also top experts or absolute experts under various names?.
Think about why the Hwasan faction is called the best of swords alongside the Shaman faction..”
The Hyeongsan faction is not without its complaints..
However, according to the law of power, I accepted it even though I did not like it..
“Why don't you just say out loud that you didn't try hard enough??”
Ilpalguro asked with a voice full of murderous intent..
It felt like it was going to cut down at any moment..
“All eight ways. Don’t you think you’re too old to talk about your ideals and dreams??”
Seopdeung looked at Ilpalguro and asked a question..
“Murim is neither a paradise nor a paradise on earth. Isn’t this a world where people enjoy rights based on differences in strength, that is, martial arts?.”
The words Seopdeung had several meanings..
“As you said, Wulin, no, this society is wrong. Even if it is a power, if it passes by without pointing out something irrational, there is a problem. But even so, joining hands with a massacre group and betraying them is crazy..”
“Seopdeung!”
Srung!
Ilpalguro could not stand it anymore and drew his sword..
“calm down.”
Cho Ye-sae raised his hand and blocked Ilpal-gu Road..
“Get out of the way, Choye situation.
I have no choice but to cut off the head of the guy who is talking nonsense with his open mouth..
Just in case, you don't have the authority to give me orders..”
The Five Evil Swordsman, or rather the Three Evils, became equals after the alliance..
Everyone is tired of being under someone..
The decision to join hands with Amcheonhoe was made as an alliance rather than as an affiliate..
“That's not it. This is because there is a punishment suitable for him..”
“punishment?”
Chu Ye Sae-tae shook his head up and down, looked down at the trapped Seop Deung with cold eyes, and sneered..
“While I haven't seen you, the Murim Alliance, or rather the Hwasan Sect, has become a dog..
Since you said you would refuse the reward and drink the punishment, I will give you a gift especially for carrying out my proud beliefs..”
“gift……?”
“What I am saying is that I will show you how the amazing volcanic wave is destroyed by the three evils..”
Cho Ye-sang's eyes turned black..
All I could see inside was the sticky hatred and envy..
“indeed!”
“Not a bad idea..”
Ilpalguro and Taesanpageom were impressed..
“Hello.”
chuck.
The nun from the Hangsan School who was waiting next to me gave birth..
“Inject acid poison periodically to prevent him from using his strength, and keep him tied up and take him around..”
“All right.”
“I guess I should leave soon.”
Cho Ye-sang took the lead and came out of the command barracks..
Beside it, Ilpalguro and Taesanpageom stand side by side..
The ones who welcomed the Three Gate Lords of the Five Evil Swords Sect were the bound and kneeling disciples of the Hwasan Sect and the Hyeongsan Sect..
And in front of him, the disciples of Sammun were looking at one place..
At the end of the horizon, there was a tall volcano..
“Now, there is no more Five Evil Sword Sect..”
The light in Cho Ye's eyes shone brightly..
He was so filled with anger and hatred that it was hard to believe he was a political fan..
“There are only three evil sword factions..”
Ilpalguro muttered..
“Volcanic waves disappear.”
Taesanpagum confirmed..
Liaoning).
Murim League Shenyang Branch).
“This is it..”
The Shenyang branch manager noticed Joo Seo-cheon’s feelings..
I heard Geomsin was young, but he was younger than I thought..
However, the situation was not that good, so I refrained from expressing it..
Ju Seo-cheon, who was moving south from the North Sea to Heilongjiang and Jilin Shun, heard news of the Five Evil Swordsman faction when he arrived in Liaoning..
The problem was that by the time I heard the news, it was already too late..
‘Shit!’
Something I was really worried about happened.
The incident occurred due to staying longer than expected in the North Sea..
We left at the beginning of spring, and when we returned, summer was in full swing..
Four months and fifteen days have passed.
I felt anxious at the thought that half the year had already passed..
As soon as Ju Seocheon arrived in Liaoning, he visited the Shenyang branch..
It was to check what happened while he was away from Jungwon..
Fortunately, thanks to Zhuge Sang's prediction and preparation, I was able to find relatively up-to-date information..
There was no significant change in the reorganization of the Murim League or Amcheonhoe..
It is not known that Joo Seocheon left for the North Sea..
We paid attention to confidentiality not only for our enemies but also for our allies..
As evidence, the head of the Shenyang branch also looked surprised..
‘Even if the anti-midwifery school is like that... … I didn't know that the Songshan and Taishan factions would turn around..’
In the case of the Hyangsan faction, it was expected because they had betrayed themselves in their previous lives..
However, in the case of the Seongsan faction and the Taishan faction, it was a little different..
There was a spy from the Amcheonhoe hiding, but it wasn't enough to turn everyone, including Munju, around..
‘It's a very different future..’
Even if I thought deeply, nothing came out..
Because history had already changed, it wasn't strange what happened..
“Shenyang Branch Manager.”
“yes!”
“Please inform headquarters of my arrival..
Please keep it a secret if possible..”
I was worried that if I made a mistake, I might irritate the Five Evil Swords School..
“I'll keep that in mind!”
“Then please ask.”
Joo Seo-cheon left with only a few food items and money..
‘I hope Master is safe.……’
I was worried about my teacher whom I had not seen for quite some time..
“Don't worry too much, death penalty. You'll be safe..”
Nak So-wol saw Joo Seo-cheon's anxious face and comforted him..
“Songshan sect, Taishan sect, Hangshan sect... … I can't help but be worried because their power is not normal..”
Even though it was a volcanic wave, I was worried about how long it would last..
I wanted to get there as quickly as possible, but it was quite far..
“Sorry. I think I need to speed up a bit more..”
Ju Seo-cheon had Nak So-wol and So-ryeong on his sides..
“Wow.”
Nak So-wol quietly let out a surprised voice..
“Goes.”
There is no time to worry about anything else..
The person I cherish more than anyone else, including my past life and my current life, is in danger..
That fact paralyzed reason..
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