Chapter 301
Episode 301: Only for those with a relationship.
The journey with Pyeonjung was extremely enjoyable..
He practiced the Cheonma Defense Technique in the carriage he skillfully drove, and stopped by a delicious guesthouse to eat. Just like when we went, if there was a place with a nice view, we stopped the carriage and looked around together. I saw a rainbow over the waterfall and listened to the coachman's life while having a drink..
So we arrived at Magachon, and I even paid for the return trip to him..
“There are a lot of vicious demons here, so it's dangerous to bring guests back. This money is not for you; it is money for you to buy and clothe your children. Please do not ignore my sincerity..”
Pyeonjung was a face with so much he wanted to say, but he replaced it with this one word..
“I look forward to seeing you again someday..”
You may never see this person again, but you never know the connection between people. I wonder if one day I will get on the carriage of a person with gray hair..
“Please return safely..”
I sent the group back and entered Maga Village..
“Ah, good! this smell!”
The unique smell of Magachon welcomed me. I finally felt like I was back home..
“Lord Sogyo!”
The person who saw me from over there and came running was Cho Chun-bae from Pungryu Bar. It was so welcoming that I was worried I might fall..
“Owner, how are you??”
“When did you come back??”
“I'm just arriving now. Seeing as I met the owner as soon as I arrived, I think today's day will be very good..”
“Hey, don't say that! What can you say?.”
Even while waving his hands, he was smiling broadly. When I saw Jo Chun-bae, I felt like I was really back..
He was on his way to a pub carrying ingredients on a cart..
“You buy the ingredients yourself..”
“sure. I personally select the freshest ingredients. Come on, let’s go..”
When Cho Chun-bae was trying to push the cart, I made him sit on the cart..
“Let's sit down together..”
I sat next to Cho Chun-bae in front of the cart..
Cho Chun-bae blinked and asked..
“If both sit down, who pulls the cart??”
“I draw it with my heart..”
I'm kidding. This is Cho Chun-bae, smiling..
“I will push you. Take a ride on my cart for the first time!”
The moment he was about to get off the cart, the cart started moving on its own..
“Oh my! It moves by itself!”
Of course, I was using empty space to move the cart. Jo Chun-bae was amazed and amazed..
“I started working in a bar when I was young and had all kinds of experiences, but this is my first time experiencing something like this..”
“Actually, it's my first time too..”
“Would it be okay to use your precious skills for something like this??”
“That precious energy is always being used only by trash. Rather, now is being used for the most precious thing..”
Cho Chun-bae looked at me and said.
“If I were a military person, I would definitely attend Lord Sogyo..”
“I don't like it.”
He smiled and said to Jo Chun-bae, who was very nervous, as if he had made a mistake..
“Then there won’t be any pungryu bars? Even if you are not the owner, you have many subordinates..”
A deep smile appeared on Cho Chun-bae’s lips..
So we arrived at Pungryu Bar..
I went up to the seat on this floor where I always sat and drank..
“Leave this place still empty.?”
“Yes, it is a place for the Sogyoju and special people..”
“If this happens, it won’t be a loss for the owner.?”
“I have lived my whole life struggling to avoid that loss. Now it should be fun like this too.”
Cho Chun-bae happily looked at the signatures of the Magons engraved on the wall..
I looked at that place together and was surprised..
“You left behind your father too.!”
“He came about a month after Master So was expelled from church..”
“You came alone?”
“Yes, he came twice, but both times he came alone..”
I thought about my father sitting here alone, drinking..
It must not have been that easy to leave a signature there. How can I not like this? After all, a father is a father.
“Would you like a drink??”
“I have to say hello to my father first. I'll stop by later.”
“See you later then.”
As I left the Pungryu bar, my steps became faster. After seeing my father's signature, I wanted to see him more..
* * *
Jeokyeon, the guard in charge, was waiting in front of Cheonmajeon..
Looks like news of my return has already spread..
He quickly looked me up and down, checking for any injuries..
“I'm glad you came back safely..”
He must have been angry that he sent away the escorts and went to Gangseojidan alone, but he looked relieved that I had returned safely..
“You have to get used to this. Because there's a long way to go.”
“No matter how much you try, it's not easy to get used to..”
That is correct. Because if I died, they would have to take full responsibility..
I asked Jeokyeon who was about to turn away..
“How are your eyes??”
“it's okay.”
“Let's take a look.”
Now he obediently took off the eyepatch without any fuss. Looking at the redness in the eyes, it seems that there has been progress in training..
“Once you get over this hurdle, you will enter a stage where the pain will decrease..”
I placed my palms on Jeokyeon's eyes and injected gentle energy into them..
“Master Sogyo, I know best that the state of martial arts is changing..”
“It feels different?”
“Yes, it feels different from the last time you looked at it..”
Rather, his eyes were subtly feeling the changes that I couldn't..
“When are you training??”
“I may seem like a fool, but I'm surprisingly diligent. Even when I came, I practiced all the time while riding a carriage..”
That's what I said, but I don't think there was any change because of the Heavenly Demon Defense training I did in the carriage on the way back and forth..
Wouldn’t it change when you look at the sunset with bias? Wouldn’t it have changed when he placed the coin in Jooyang’s hand? Wouldn't it have changed when he was listening to Jidanju Ho-kyung's grievances??
still i believe.
Life changes, and martial arts also changes only when people change..
* * *
My father, whom I finally wanted to see, is sitting far away..
I walked the bloody road with great strides until I reached the temple. My father was protecting our school with an unchanging attitude..
“I've been there. Have you been at peace so far??”
I bowed politely to my father..
Whenever I return from a trip, I always visit my father first. I've already said the same greeting several times, but each time, I feel different and my attitude toward them is different. The more I get, the more I like my father..
“Every time I go out, I come back with blood on my hands..”
In Honam and Gangseo. there was no room for excuses.
“Isn’t this all because he takes after his father??”
A sneer crossed my father's lips. It's so nice to see that laugh after a long time..
My father has also changed a lot from before. He was the person who looked down on me from the beginning to the end..
“Let's go out and take a walk.”
These days, he likes to walk with me like this..
I left Cheonmajeon with my father. We walked together on a path created following sponsorship..
“I met a lot of good coachmen and got to know many skilled guests. There was a delicious restaurant hidden in an unexpected place. I will take care of you all later..”
I did not speak of those who died by my hands. Anyway, you would have seen and received information about what happened through Tongcheongak. What I wanted to say to my father was these things.
Where are the places with nice scenery and where are the places with a nice atmosphere? How do people live? Just as my father came from Taesa to support here, now I wanted to go to the central region together..
“Do you know how much interest you get from Yeomwangchae these days? They are crazy people.”
He told me about Yeomwangchae and the conversation he had with the warriors of Mageomdae..
“If your father personally sends a gift to Mageomdae, his morale will increase a lot..”
“That's right.”
When my father answered obediently, I couldn't help but joke..
“Discrimination is too severe.”
“what kind of discrimination?”
“It's so different when he was a scholar of science and when he was a small religious leader..”
“It has to be different. Only then will you know how precious your position is. why? Should I treat you like before??”
“That time when your handsome face almost got blown up by your father’s wind? I decline!”
I'm so happy to be moving on to a new relationship with my dad..
My father stopped for a moment and looked at Daecheon Mountain in the distance..
And what I wanted to say most to my father was this.
“Next time, come play with me..”
“Kangho gets surprised when I move..”
“I told him to play. Stop protecting Cheonmajeon and now… … Let's go protect your father's life..”
For a moment, I felt my father's back shake..
I don't want my father's trip to the martial arts forest to turn into war. I hope your father's departure is a pleasant one..
“I do it because I want to play with my father..”
My father just looked at Daecheon Mountain in the distance without saying a word..
Yes, wouldn't you want to go somewhere as a father? You won't know the pressure of that seat unless you sit down..
“Gwonma has a daughter..”
“I was surprised too. Will the master make such a decision?.”
“You didn't intervene?”
“I like to meddle in all kinds of things, but not as much as this one. How dare you interfere when it is the matter of parents and children??”
“It was unexpected.”
Is my father the only one surprised??
“Even though I seemed to have a good life even if I was left alone in the world, I was lonely. How do you feel? Would it be nice for a father to have a daughter too??”
For some reason, my father nodded obediently..
“What if I disappear and you have a daughter??”
My father nodded more firmly..
“That's too much!”
It felt good to joke around in front of my father after a long time..
“Follow me.”
My father took me deep into the back garden of Cheonmajeon. We were able to see our destination only after successively passing through all sorts of borders that prevented external intrusion and even a secretly spread formation. It was my first time coming to this place, and I was surprised to see what was written on the signboard..
Heavenly Demon Bogo (天魔寶庫)).
He brought me to the treasure trove of the Heavenly Demon Church..
“ah! It's my first time coming here.”
I followed my father inside..
Numerous weapons were flashing their blades, and elixirs and herbs were giving off all kinds of scents and enticing people. There were countless dazzling jewels such as Yamyeongju and Pidokju..
Since it was an unmanned military unit, the first thing that caught my eye was weapons and elixirs..
Not only the sword, sword, and spear, but also bu (斧), wheel (wheel), gyeom (鎌), chuk (尺), line (扇), brush (筆), and acupuncture (針)... … There were literally all kinds of new military equipment on display. They were all new recruits who would cause a bloody storm if they appeared in the martial arts world..
That wasn't all. The elixir did not even handle millennium ginseng at all. The highest grade elixirs and herbal medicines of the three levels were categorized and stored according to the properties of yin and yang energy..
There was also an elixir stored separately there. All numbers are eight.
“These here are elixirs that will be given to the Magons as soon as war breaks out..”
In addition, there were poisons and weapons to be used in war. The weapons were gold dragon weapons that were banned from use in martial arts, and the poison was a mass-killing poison that could kill hundreds or thousands of people at once. Since there was a bottle of that expensive intangible poison, just seeing how much poison was prepared gave me chills. As soon as war breaks out, these poisons will be passed on to the poison king.?
Where is that? On one side, there was a pile of self-defense armor. Stacked like this, it looked like cheap military uniform at first glance, but each and every one of them was self-defense armor that was difficult to find in the martial arts world. These were also items to be paid to the Mazon and the heads of each organization if war broke out..
My father was diligently preparing for war..
Father, I respect you so much, but war is not the right thing to do..
My father knows that I feel that way too. Nevertheless, showing this is persuading. It's the path you and I must take.
Then my father said something unexpected..
“Choose one of these.”
A really unexpected comment followed..
“This is my gift to you..”
I was even more moved because it was an unexpected gift..
After becoming a small religious leader, I heard “small religious leader” and “small religious leader” countless times, but now I felt like I had become a real small religious leader..
“Can I really choose anything from here??”
“Anyway, if you become a Heavenly Demon, it will all be yours. Of course, there is only one now.”
Choosing one of these priceless treasures is a thrilling task. Which of these will be most helpful to me??
I passed by the place where the weapons and elixir were and walked to another place..
“Where are you going? There is no elixir there..”
My father assumed that he would naturally choose one of the elixirs. There was no need for weapons since there was the Black Magic Sword, the next treasured sword after the Heavenly Demon Sword..
“For some reason, I think there's something better out there that you can show from there..”
I continued walking, looking at the items in the store. There was really everything. There were cushions to replenish yin energy and incense burners to boost yang energy. There were iron dolls performing martial arts using mechanical devices, and there were also statues of beautiful women dancing. The iron doll's martial arts skills seemed to be world-class, and when it danced, it seemed like it would display world-class walking techniques..
But I kept passing by.
There were all kinds of things that were precious, gorgeous, and amazing, but there was nothing that appealed to me..
As I was about to turn around, there was one thing that caught my eye..
It was a square piece of metal the size of the palm of one's hand..
“what is this?”
“It’s called Bigwe (secret water)..”
The name ‘ark’ means a box, but there was no lid anywhere..
“What is it used for??”
“I don't know either.”
When I looked back at my father, he shook his head with an expression of genuine ignorance..
“This is an item that has been passed down to our school for some time. There is no information about where and how it is used, and it is only said that it will be opened only to those with a connection..”
“What about your father??”
my father nodded.
“To me, it was just a piece of metal..”
Open only to those with a connection.
Could it be that my feeling of being drawn to this right now is that fate??
I wanted to choose this. This dull piece of iron caught my eye more than anything else..
Even though I clearly know that it is more likely than not that it was meant to be, I also want to choose this among all these treasures. The worries didn't last long.
“I'll take this.”
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