As Prophet - Chapter 48



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Episode 48. Training Guarantees Success

Baek Ui-hyeong laughed in disbelief as he saw Dal-cheon handing over what he had written seriously.

“You too have been tainted by the filth of this world. How can you easily pass over such a big matter and talk about passing the military service exam?”

“That is also true. Now that you have been appointed to Hanyang, there is no need for a spleen. But if you continue to do similar work, you will only end up being a humble person.”

“Yes, priest! I am but a humble man.”

“Why is that? Since the Baek elder’s advancement into the family, which we have been longing for, has been achieved without a hitch, isn’t it now the time for the execution?”

It’s not that I don’t like it. If I was treated and given consideration like that, I thought I could pass the military service exam next year. There are many difficulties, but if I put my mind to it and study, there’s nothing I can’t do.

Those who have fallen know. It is not a simple matter of getting one more hit, but sometimes it seems like a problem of the entire personality. It seems like something that a person like me cannot do no matter what, something that is almost impossible. I can’t tell anyone, but I just hold my heart that is pounding anxiously inside and pretend it doesn’t happen.

“Okay, then what should I do?”

“Practice based on past exams.”

“It’s simple.”

“Yes.”

“Practice and training ensure success.”

“Okay, I understand. I need to go to Hanyang.”

“Please reduce it.”

The answer is simpler than you think. If you try to avoid the answer and try to find something, it won’t work, but if you make up your mind to do it, there’s nothing you can’t do.

“Go and tell the elders that I will concentrate on preparing for the civil service examination for the time being.”

“Then, that gentleman will welcome you with open arms. It must be very uncomfortable.”

“What can I do if I can’t even see myself ruining my own life because I’m so concerned about other people?”

“No, you said you were going to throw it away.”

Dalcheon shows his teeth and grins. His words are harsh, but when people laugh, he can’t say anything else.

“That’s what they say. Well, it’s nonsense.”

“This guy!”

“Isn’t that right?”

“I drank too much summer water.”

“Well, it’s like that because we live together.”

“And I’ve been talking a lot more.”

“Come here and add more.”

Instead of telling Dalcheon to go to Hanyang and finish up his affairs, he started studying right away.

“Try that first.”

“moore?”

“Archery (shooting arrows while riding a horse)!”

“Okay.”

“There are people who cannot do something because they are speechless. The death penalty has words… … .”

“There’s no bow!”

“If you go up there, there is a wooden box with a bow in it.”

“A wooden barrel? A bow is a very delicate object. It can’t get wet.”

“That’s right. The building needs to go up quickly. We need to keep it inside.”

He came down with the sly Baek Yi-hyeong. He even showed kindness by taking the bow out of the wooden barrel and hanging it on the string, and he gave me more than ten arrows.

“Let’s see first. How many of them are correct.”

“There is nothing to be ashamed of in front of you!”

“I don’t think so… … .”

The two men looked at each other, repeatedly exchanging promises. Baek Ui-hyeong mounted his horse, galloped sideways, and shot an arrow. However, he had not practiced for years. Even if he knew how to shoot an arrow, there was no way he could hit the target.

“Hey, why is this!”

Running forward, I closed the distance and fired another shot, but missed. Instead of hitting the target, it flew far away, and it seemed difficult to find the arrow. I got closer and closed the distance, but I couldn’t hit it, so I slowed down this time. I shot while minimizing the horse’s movement, and it barely hit the tip of the gun. It also bounced off without sticking.

Baek Yi-hyung’s face turned bright red. He was running so close to the target. He turned his horse’s head and shot again while turning his upper body. It was similar. The knight usually has nothing to do. It is really hard for someone who has hardly ever done it to hit a target on a moving horse.

Baek-ui-hyeong fired a few shots, but missed most of them, and returned with a red face. No, he dismounted on his way back and fired one shot. Fortunately, it hit the target.

“It’s not working.”

“It takes practice, repeated practice.”

“It’s embarrassing.”

“It’s a natural result, even though I barely did it. It’s hard for someone who can’t ride a horse to pass, and it’s even harder to find places where you can ride a horse and shoot arrows. But at what point did you fail the death penalty?”

“I don’t know.”

Dalcheon handed over the gichang.

“You must be angry, so run and hit me with one.”

“profit.”

We know each other very well because we have been together for a long time. I ran with the spear that Baek Ui-hyung gave me. I ran to where several wooden dolls were standing and swung the spear. I stabbed, stabbed, and struck.

Tata, tata, tata.

As I was passing by hitting the targets on the left and right, the gap between the left and right thrusters was narrow, so I had to just pass by two or three of them.

“no way.”

He couldn’t help but feel annoyed at himself. He knew that he had easily fallen for Dalcheon’s scheme, but it was an opportunity to accurately confirm his current situation. Above all, he felt a deep sense of humiliation at not doing well, as he was proud of being a martial artist.

Dalcheon didn’t say anything more. You can feel it for yourself. There’s nothing better than that. Of course, there are cases where people express their dissatisfaction elsewhere or distort the facts through speculation, but Baek Ui-hyeong is not that kind of person.

“I agree with the priest’s opinion a hundred times. I need to train. I was thinking about whether or not to take the civil service exam next year, but I can’t help it. Anyway, I’ve made up my mind, so please.”

“Ahahaha! Another student.”

“Why? Were you worried because there were no students?”

“I plan to have a few students pass the next year’s civil service examination. Then the status of the military academy will rise, and many people will flock to it. Isn’t the number of students passing more important than a hundred words? If the children were a little older, we could fill all twenty-eight students in our school. Ahaha.”

“Okay, what are you going to do?”

“I plan to teach with a focus on subjects that require thorough evaluation.”

Baek Ui-hyeong tilted his head. If it was Dal-cheon, then according to his usual theories, he should have said something about humans.

“Ahem. Where have humans gone and what remains are the shallow tricks of the world?”

“Oh, that will be deeply ingrained in your daily life habits. It’s not something that can be taught, right? It’s something that is strongly innate.”

“Didn’t they say that when people are born, they are born as blank sheets of paper? So it’s right to claim that they are equal.”

“Ahem. You might think so. There are many aspects that are greatly influenced by the environment in which one grew up. However, I think there are also some aspects that are innate. It is difficult to distinguish between what is innate and what is influenced by the environment. This is because a person is a complete whole. However, I think that the talent for martial arts is to some extent innate. It may not be the right example, but it is similar to the idea that someone with bow legs cannot jump well.”

“So you’re saying we won’t educate humans?”

“I do it all the time.”

“Ahem. I wonder what the usual subjects are.”

“Well, during training, things like hobo or horseback riding build patience and perseverance. They also build the muscles needed for martial arts. Horseback riding is also closely related to breathing exercises. If you want to build up your stamina quickly, horseback riding is the only thing you can do. These things are all related.”

“It sounds like they say that if you walk like a duck, you become human.”

“If you practice archery, you will build up your archery muscles, which will allow you to pull the bow much stronger.”

“That’s true.”

“If we make the people in Hanyang’s political circle do that, the atmosphere in the political circle will be completely renewed.”

“You tend to make fun of people in the political world.”

“I have seen a lot of their incompetence. There are many who have reached the point of personal collapse. They do not want to take responsibility. I think the system of the past is not a suitable standard for selecting good people. I do not understand why they all become iron rice bowls.”

“Stop it. Aren’t we an academy that trains people to do such things?”

“I understand. The reason I often bring this up is because I think that people from our school shouldn’t do that.”

“Whew. Then I guess I need to do some mental training.”

“That’s not something that can be taught. I hope that through other training, you can develop the right perspective, a broad view, broad relationships, and even foresight for the future.”

Baek Ui-hyeong smiled softly. It can’t be said in words. No, most of what he said was right. Since he is not entangled in worldly relationships, he can simply cut them apart and divide them like that. Nevertheless, his cold-blooded division is not unpleasant. He would want a world divided like that, and we would want it too. How can we make the high-ranking officials of Hanyang do this? If we could make them come to their senses and make the country work well, how great would that be…?

Power is like a cup of poison. If you drink it, you feel like you’ll die, and if you don’t drink it, you feel like you’ll dry up and die. When they say they had no choice, in their context, they really had no choice. It’s like riding on the back of an angry tiger. If you get off, you’ll fall to your death, and even if you can get off safely, you’ll be eaten by the tiger. Their fate is to hold on tight and hold on until they die.

As I was imagining the performance and smiling, Dalcheon asked again.

“Go to Hanyang and tell the elders. And while you’re at it, stop by the training center.”

“Oh, you want me to do that?”

“Yes, I told you. This school belongs to everyone.”

“You are very eloquent.”

“I’m glad you’re not just good at talking.”

“Yeah, what should I go and see?”

“We want to have the same training facility here.”

“Oh, I see. But it’s a bit cramped.”

“I want to do the same thing all the way to Sa-dae-ri and even to Gi-chang’s Chu-in (doll).”

“Okay, I know it all once I’ve done it, but it’s another thing to replicate it here. I’ll go and, um… … I’ll find out the exact size, location, and distance!”

“thank you.”

Dalcheon asked, stealing a glance at the training ground.

“Who is that guy?”

It’s Jin Dong-hee. Not far from where Mukhyeong was teaching the children, he was swinging his spear. Is it because they think they’re the same water? Bijang’s eyes show Bijang’s eyes. Dalcheon spurred Baek Ui-hyeong.

“How is it? It’s similar, why don’t you try it once?”

“Eww! What the hell is that?”

But I couldn’t take my eyes off his movements. I didn’t think I could fight with Mukhyeong, and Jin Dong-hee looked easy. Dal-cheon grabbed his arm and went out to the training ground.

“It’s a dance. It’s a dance between Jin Dong-hee and Baek Ui-hyeong.”

“Ugh!”

“Eww.”

The two men looked at each other with a strange expression, half surprised, but they seemed to be taking each other for granted. Dalcheon held out a roughly woven protective gear and threw two wooden clubs.

“There is lime in the bag hanging at the end. It will be over if you hit the opponent’s body. Please do not do it with an awkward motion just because you want to bury it, but use the sealing technique according to the law.”

The two stood facing each other. The students stopped what they were doing and gathered around. It was a familiar sight, not an unusual one. It seemed like they had been doing a dance every once in a while.

The carpenters who had been working far away also put down their tools and approached to take their places. Baek Ui-hyeong suddenly suspected that he had fallen for Dal-cheon’s trick again, but it was already too late. Now he had to focus on the seven-foot-tall man standing in front of him.

“Let’s get started!”

A wooden staff more than twice the height of a person was swung out. Baek Yi-hyung twisted his upper body and pushed away his opponent’s attack. It was fast and heavy. He swung the wooden staff behind him and struck upward from below, and the guy quickly retrieved the staff and blocked it from below and retreated.

It’s a typical non-combat form. Above all, he knows how to use a staff. Baek-ui-hyeong is nervous.

The sound of Mokbong’s bee-mura tata-dada rang out incessantly. As the two people faced each other and moved back and forth to adjust their distance, it seemed as if there was an invisible long line on the floor. It was the bee-mura of each person who was the secret agent of a certain sect. Baek Ui-hyeong was ahead in numbers, but Jin Dong-hee was stronger.