Chapter 52
Episode 52: If I hate you like you do.
The first place I stopped by was a guest house in the village below Hongsan Mountain..
The guesthouse was crowded with people and the workers were also very busy..
I stood at the entrance for a while, but no one came to me..
At that time, I saw a kid carrying dishes back and forth between the kitchen and the customers. The moment I saw that child, a smile came to my face..
When I came here to rescue Yin Laizhong in his life before his return, that little boy had grown up and greeted me. My face was the same when I was young..
The child who found me too late ran over to help me..
“Hello, Musa. As you can see, there are no seats available right now..”
“Is there a room??”
“No, there is no room. There are a lot of customers because of the Blood God Festival..”
“When is the Blood God Festival held??”
“Exactly ten days later. There is another guesthouse at the end of the street, and things will probably be no different there..”
The busy child left those words and ran after receiving another customer's call..
Arrived at the right time, 10 days before the Blood God Festival..
The Blood God Ceremony is the biggest ritual to honor the Blood God once a year at Pungcheon Bridge..
This was the reason why two months were needed for the third method to block the magic of the Suphonmazon..
blood god.
This is because only on the day when this Blood God Festival is held can one obtain a way to subdue the Subsoul Mazon. Fortunately, it was a disaster because the blood god festival was two months later. If the timing wasn't right, the killing of the soul mazon could have been a year later..
In the past, it took several years to infiltrate the seat of power of the Pungcheon cult leader where the tomb bell was kept..
This was the time it took for the leader of Pungcheon to find out the secret passage to escape in case of emergency..
In fact, it took less than half an hour to infiltrate and retrieve the sacred object, but it took that long to figure out the passage..
Although I found the secret passage with difficulty, it was still not easy to steal the sound bell..
The problem was the Pungcheon religious leader..
He spent most of his time in the seat of power..
I ate there and even slept there. He couldn't take advantage of the short time he had to resolve his physiological phenomenon..
This is because there is an iron bar made of iron that lasts 10,000 years where the sacred objects, including the sound bell, are kept..
Moreover, not only was there the Pungcheon religious leader, but there was also someone guarding the shrine..
He was wearing shackles made of iron for 10,000 years and lived like an earth spirit around the Eumrei Bell. Not only was he excellent at martial arts, but he was also a person born with an excellent sense of smell. If someone approached, I recognized it immediately and warned the Pungcheon religious leader..
Therefore, it was impossible to steal the sacred object without the attention of the Pungcheon cult leader..
How could I bring a sound bell in this situation??
Just once a year, there is a moment when the iron bars go up and the Pungcheon religious leader leaves for a moment..
It is the day when the Blood God Festival is held..
On this day, according to established rituals, the leader of Pungcheon Church leaves his throne and performs a ceremonial ceremony at the main banquet hall..
At that time, the shackle master guarding the sound bell rang the bell 36 times according to the law, and what I was aiming for was the moment when the last 36th bell was rung..
After the last bell rings, the time it takes for the head of the Wind God to return from the Great Hall to the throne is called Il Da-gyeong (一茶頃).).
In the short time I had to drink a cup of tea, I achieved a miracle..
Because I practiced escaping dozens of times, I was able to escape from the Pungcheon cultists' pursuit..
Investigate, infiltrate, recruit, fight, practice... … So many things that happened back then passed by like a flash of light..
What I was targeting this time was stored in the same place as the sound bell. Since it was a simpler task than stealing a bulky sound bell, this trip to Pungcheon could be seen as a gift to me from my hard life..
I stood in front of the guesthouse for a while and watched the people coming and going..
When the blood god festival was held, congratulatory envoys were sent from many Bangpas that interacted with Pungcheon Bridge, so not only the guesthouses but also the streets were filled with people..
It was also what I wanted. Because there are so many people, no one will remember that I exist. Of course, even in this situation, I was hiding my identity thoroughly, even wearing bamboo gloves. I will come quietly and disappear without a sound.
I bought some supplies needed for camping, basic food, and a medicine boiler needed to brew medicine at various stores in the area..
And the last place we arrived at was the pharmacy..
“Ask for vaporizing candles?”
The old man in the pharmacy looked at me with a surprised face..
“Vaporizing candles are expensive..”
Gihwacho is a medicinal herb that only grows here in Sae-o-e, and cannot be found in the central plains..
“How much does it cost for one geun??”
“How much do you need?”
“I need two pounds.”
“You have to pay 80 nyang per geun. I don't know if you know this, but it's a very precious herb..”
“All right. I'll buy two for that price..”
“But what are you going to use the vaporizing candle for??”
The old man looked at me again, as it was an herb that was not commonly used..
However, since I came here, I had been wearing bamboo rags so deeply that I couldn't see my face. The voice was also different from mine..
“I don't know either. Because I buy it because it’s ordered from above..”
The old man didn’t ask any more questions and brought some vaporizing candles. After confirming the medicinal herbs, the old man gave me some well-packaged medicinal herbs. I paid the old man and left..
After leaving the pharmacy, I went to another pharmacy located far away. This time, what I found were the guiryong tree and silica..
After obtaining the two medicinal herbs there, this time I found a pharmacy in another village far away and purchased datura and sandalwood..
There was one reason to get medicinal herbs from so many places. The purpose was to prevent others from knowing what these herbs were made from. There won't be any problems if we all live in one place, but we were prepared for one emergency..
There is nothing wrong with being careful. Annoyances in life come back as financial losses, but in martial arts, annoyances cost lives..
After getting all the necessary herbs, I climbed the mountain..
Deep in the mountains, where there were no people, there was a cave where I had once lived. I cleaned up the place and boiled the medicine first..
Depending on the ingredients, some herbs need to be boiled separately, while others need to be boiled together. It took at least a few days.
This medicine was an elixir that could paralyze the sense of smell of a master wearing shackles. It is said that he has been held there his whole life since he was young, so he must still be there now. At the time, the time and cost it took to discover this secret was considerable..
While brewing the medicine, I sat cross-legged and practiced the Heavenly Demon Defense technique..
I almost died when I first learned it, but now I have become a helper I can't live without. The more I practice, the more I feel the specialness of Cheonma Self-defense Technique..
Is it because of the characteristics of the Heavenly Demon Tiger God? When a crisis comes, it wakes me up and activates on its own, so there were many times when it felt like the Cheonma Protectorate was a living martial art. I know that it will become even more powerful if it gets along with the Nine Flame Demon Lord, so I just hope that day comes soon..
After practicing late at night, I came out of the cave and looked up at the stars in the night sky..
Even before returning, I stood here and looked at the night sky, and there is one feeling that is decidedly different from then..
At that time, I only had the intention to go back, but now my longing for the people I want to see has replaced that desire to go back. In particular, I was curious about whether Seo Dae-ryong was learning martial arts well from Hyeolcheon Doma..
They may both deny it, but they are secretly similar..
‘You must be doing well?’
* * *
On the first day of training, Seo Dae-ryong was waiting for Hyeolcheon Doma in the yard..
I arrived on time, but the blood chopping block had not come out yet..
Learning martial arts from Hyeolcheon Doma, it really felt like his heart was going to burst..
I swung the sword alone.
If you don't use your inner strength, it's still too heavy..
Thinking not to lose strength for no reason, he waited for the Hyeolcheon chopping block..
Even after waiting for a while, he didn't come out, so Seo Dae-ryong carefully approached Hyeolcheondoma's residence..
As I was looking inside through the closed window, I felt a cold air next to me..
I was startled and turned around to see Hyeolcheon Doma looking into the window with me..
“Why are you stealing so much??”
“Ugh!”
Seo Dae-ryong screamed in surprise..
“Sorry! I was waiting to see if you were inside..”
“I heard that Lee Gongja was expelled from school.?”
“yes.”
“It takes about two months?”
“You heard it..”
“That would be enough time for someone to go missing or die in an accident..”
Seo Dae-ryong spoke quickly..
“Lord Gak, you are such an intelligent person that you would not believe that something so tragic could happen in just two months..”
“Since he is an intelligent person, he will quickly forget the tragedy that has already occurred..”
Hyeolcheon Doma pretended to gouge out an eye with his long, thin fingers..
“I will never steal again from now on.!”
“then what are you doing here?”
“Ah, yes. I'm going!”
Seo Dae-ryong quickly ran to the middle of the yard..
Hyeolcheon Doma taught Seo Dae-ryong how to hold and wield the sword..
Then he went inside and said.
“a thousand times!”
Seo Dae-ryong was swinging his sword with his whole body wet with sweat..
“eight hundred fifty-three, eight hundred fifty-four…….”
The weight was so heavy that it felt like my arm was going to fall off..
‘Ugh, I can't do this anymore.!’
Seo Dae-ryong lay down on the floor. Even if Hyeolcheon Doma was watching, he couldn't do it. I didn't even have the strength to lift a finger..
Normally, I would be at home eating a snack and lying in bed reading a book..
‘Did I do something for nothing??’
Because I was physically tired, regret came flooding back to me..
‘No, no. I already made up my mind!’
If you can't complete the training from the first day and are kicked out, you won't have the honor of seeing the sword dance..
Seo Dae-ryong jumped up and swung his sword. I barely filled a thousand like that..
“I did it!”
Seo Dae-ryong, sitting on the floor, looked down at the sword in his hand..
This feeling of cold and heavy Tao! Yes, if you follow this feeling, it will definitely lead you to a better life than a life of wallowing..
At that time, the window opened and the blood vessel appeared..
“If it's hard, quit. It doesn't dry.”
Seo Dae-ryong suddenly stood up. It felt like his arm was going to fall off, but he spoke firmly..
“I won't quit.”
“why?”
“Because you will never get an opportunity like this in your life..”
“I will never pass on my German martial arts skills.?”
“I don't even want that. The opportunity I'm talking about is the opportunity to learn martial arts from Mazon. I'll tell you later when I have children. This father learned martial arts from Master Hyeolcheondo when he was young. That's enough. All I need is to have those memories while living as an unmanned person..”
“Are you thinking of getting married?.”
“yes, i would like to.”
“why?”
“I want to raise my children. So I want to give you the paternal love that my father never gave me..”
There was a story and sorrow felt in his words..
“If your child hates you like you do?”
“then… … Could you please give this training to my child as well??”
Hyeolcheondoma chuckled at Seo Dae-ryong’s words..
Seo Dae-ryong felt happy and smiled brightly at the thought of making Hyeolcheon Doma laugh..
Hyeolcheondoma said as he closed the window..
“a thousand more times!”
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