Hyeonjilmusin - Chapter 121



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121. Where the forest is thick, tigers come (6)

Mukhwiyoung paused for a moment and then laughed.

“Why? Are you starting to like me now?”

“Yes. Honestly, I’m tempted. How else can a person live forever? If the martial arts I’ve honed and carved remain for future generations, then that’s eternal life. The martial arts I’ve created are my life itself.”

“I see. So you’re saying that you want to take me as your disciple?”

“Yes. Is three thousand nyang worth anything like that? If your five virtues and my martial arts skills come together, you will gain the power to easily earn money like that.”

“Heh heh… … .”

As Muk Hwi-yeong started to laugh, Myeong-il looked anxious.

Of course, it’s a ridiculous story. A shaman’s disciple has a master from another shaman. But it’s none other than Toujon. I thought that no martial artist would be unswayed by Toujon’s interest, even though he was known for his eccentric personality.

But Mukhwiyoung answered neatly.

“I appreciate the offer, but I decline.”

“Why? Because I can see the neutral side?”

“No. I don’t feel like my current learning is lacking. I am quite satisfied with my current teacher.”

“I admit that the Mugeuk Shingeom is an excellent swordsman. However, it is still an immature fruit. If you learn from me, you will be able to go down a faster path.”

“I’m already fast.”

Jang Gwang-yeong sighed. Now that he had shown his talent, his words seemed confident and cheerful. Just as an uncaught fish looks bigger, Muk Hwi-yeong looked incredibly big to Jang Gwang-yeong.

“Tsk. You just kicked my butt.”

“Once again, thank you for your offer.”

“Okay, I got it.”

When Jang Gwang-yeong turned around, Muk Hwi-yeong was startled.

“No, where are you going? You have to give me money.”

“What are you talking about?”

When Jang Gwang-yeong turned his head and dug his ears, Muk Hwi-yeong felt the strong scent of the saury. It was the so-called truth.

“I never recognized your talent.”

“Is this how it is?”

“If you want to be my disciple, think again about your talents.”

“I told you I don’t like that.”

“Then I can’t help it.”

Jang Gwang-yeong laughed.

“Still, I won’t covet the Twenty-Four Plum Blossom Sword Technique any more. Please know that this is not because I didn’t keep my promise, but simply out of consideration.”

“You’re a bit shameless. I’m worried about who will harm Paljon’s reputation.”

“This much is okay based on my experience.”

Jang Gwang-yeong spoke shamelessly until the end and disappeared in a flash. Everyone looked at Muk Hwi-yeong, who was left alone, with a blank expression.

As a result, the person who defeated Toujohn was standing there.

“crazy.”

Of course, the face of the one who deserved the honor was turning ashen. Mukhwiyoung’s chest felt incredibly light.

* * *

“So you can’t return the silver coin?”

“Yes. Since Tozon took my money, you can take it from Tozon.”

“That’s what people who lend money hate to hear the most.”

“Haha. It just so happened that way.”

“I don’t think it’s an amount that would make you laugh.”

“sorry.”

I straightened up and apologized. To be honest, if it was just a silver spoon in my mouth, I would have to apologize seriously.

Of course, I feel aggrieved. That damn Tuzon ran away without giving me 3,000 nyang, so my plan to pay him back was ruined.

In fact, I had some money left over after buying the talent, but it wasn’t much, so it felt more like an insult than a repayment.

‘That’s why you Sapa Naburangis.’

If I think about it, I should have trusted someone. Since I had no one to trust, I trusted the Bandit King. In the end, it was my fault.

I lowered my head and raised my eyes to briefly look at Yeom Baek-gyu. Honestly, if I told him that I couldn’t return the silver money, I would have screamed loudly, but Yeom Baek-gyu was showing his calm demeanor.

“I will pay it back in installments.”

“I just can’t understand it. Isn’t that what’s left in my chest now?”

It was something that Yeom Baek-gyu couldn’t understand. He had never seen anything taken out from his chest, so how could he understand with common sense that Eunja didn’t have ten thousand nyang?

But surprisingly, Yeom Baek-gyu showed great composure and didn’t even try to pressure me that much.

“This is ridiculous.”

I can only say that it is ridiculous. Is he a person who is detached from money? But even if he is detached from money, a silver coin is a large sum. It was a moment when I became curious about his true identity.

“Then I will sell the twenty-four plum blossom sword method. It was worth 5,000 nyang, right?”

I gasped at the words of the auctioneer who was immediately penetrating. This was truly a sight to behold.

The ten thousand nyang that Yeom Baek-gyu lent me was the money to buy the Twenty-four-Water Plum Blossom Sword Technique. Even if I could make up for the five thousand nyang with the promissory note from selling salt, I would still be short ten thousand nyang.

So now I was in a situation where I had to prepare 20,000 nyang of silver all of a sudden. It wasn’t that I didn’t have confidence in earning that much money, but I couldn’t help feeling dizzy right away.

“Pay the money directly to the seller. Didn’t you say you could meet him?”

While I was in a state of confusion, Yeom Baek-gyu had given me a grace period. I came to my senses again. What was important now was who sold the Twenty-Four Plum Blossom Sword Technique.

“Then let’s do that. I will invite the successful bidder inside.”

The auctioneer said. Surely he could not have guessed that we had no money at that moment, since he had called out the bid so confidently.

Yeom Baek-gyu nodded to me. We followed Yeom Baek-gyu into the building together. It was a five-room house on each side, and it was quite spacious. I thought it might be the house of the richest person in the village.

“If you wait here, he will come out.”

We sat down as the guide told us. There was a moment of silence. The one who broke the silence was Yeom Baek-gyu.

“Look here.”

“yes?”

“What are you going to do?”

“What?”

“When you look at the seller.”

“First, I should ask where you got it.”

“Oh, that’s not the answer I’m looking for.”

Yeom Baek-gyu spoke in a lowered voice.

“Should I kill him or not?”

“……hmm.”

I was a little taken aback because I didn’t know he would ask me so directly. For some reason, Yeom Baek-gyu seemed to have no qualms about killing people. Of course, I wouldn’t hesitate if necessary. I think I should take care of my own body and my own people.

Still, it is still too early to jump to conclusions about the current situation.

“I don’t know yet.”

“It’s soggy.”

Yeom Baek-gyu said with a disappointed tone. At that moment, a noise was heard outside. Soon, someone opened the door and came in. There were two people who came in.

One of them was a man with one arm missing, so that one sleeve was fluttering. There was a long sword wound on his face, suggesting that he was a warrior. The other was a merchant with a horribly protruding belly.

“I’m in charge of the current affairs of this market. I came here to see the faces of the customers who are likely to spend the most money. I’m also going to verify their identity.”

I had assumed that the one who put the Twenty-Four Plum Blossom Sword Technique on the black market was Muin. However, Muin was the seller, and the merchant was the seller.

“The merchant behind is Jin Ik-chan of the Qin-Jin Merchant Corps.”

“Why do you keep telling me to come and go when all I have to do is give me money?”

The merchant showed his displeasure from the beginning, with an arrogant expression.

Certainly, the merchant was someone whose identity the market could vouch for. Jinjinshangdan was none other than one of the four Shanxi families.

Of course, even if he was a member of the Shanxi Four Families, it was questionable why he possessed the Twenty-Four Plum Blossom Sword Technique.

“Give me the money quickly. If you knew my identity, you would know there’s nothing wrong with the product.”

Jin Ik-chan spoke while muttering. Yeom Baek-gyu glanced at me. My eyes met with Yeom Baek-gyu’s.

“How did you come to acquire the Twenty-Four Plum Blossom Sword Technique?”

“Why should I tell you that?”

As expected, Jin Ik-chan did not cooperate. I shrugged.

“Then I can’t give you money.”

“what?”

“This is definitely a stolen item, but how can I trust and buy it if I don’t even know how it was acquired?”

“I don’t know what the source of acquisition is. There are plenty of people who can buy it besides you. If you’re not going to buy it, then get out.”

“Is that okay? You’re just going to let me go even though I know your identity? What if I report you to the Volcano Clan?”

“It doesn’t matter, so get out. It’s a negative thing.”

Jin Ik-chan waved his hands as if he was chasing a bird. It was an incredible confidence. The confidence that he could survive even after touching the Volcano faction’s sore spot.

“Who is behind you?”

“what?”

“No matter how big Jinjin Sangdan is, it’s not something that can be handled alone. Who on earth do you trust and act like that?”

“What is this kid trying to do now!”

Jin Ik-chan stood up and slammed his desk down. At that moment, Sisa drew her sword and aimed it at me.

“I swear on the name of Dokbigum (獨臂劍). If you don’t want to make a deal, get out. Or I’ll kill you.”

I tilted my head back and looked at the poison sword.

Dokbi Sword. I’ve heard of the name Sapha before. Well, to be in charge of the current affairs of the black market, you need to have a certain amount of power and authority.

In fact, the momentum that the poisonous sword unleashed was quite powerful.

“You’re so confident because you just happened to beat Toujon. That’s because Toujon just retreated, not because you won.”

“That’s true, but.”

It seemed that Dokbi Sword was quite confident in his own skills.

But I was more confident than that. I was so sure. It was just a feeling. So I was ready to jump in and get going.

“This time, let me ask.”

The one who suddenly intervened was Yeom Baek-gyu.

“This is getting a bit serious. Is there an official behind it?”

“You two are crazy. Why bring these guys here?”

Jin Ik-chan shouted at Dok Bigeom. That was the signal. Dok Bigeom immediately pulled out the sword on the desk.

But Yeom Baek-gyu was faster than that. Yeom Baek-gyu swung something without even getting up from his seat. I saw a flash of curved light. It was coming out of Yeom Baek-gyu’s waist. The belt Yeom Baek-gyu was wearing was actually a sword.

It was a speed I would not have seen if I had not bought a 4th-grade talent with ten thousand nyang.

[Ghost – Level 4]

[ Price: Nine thousand five hundred nyang of silver ]

The talent I acquired was a ghost. It was a talent related to speed, similar to appearing and disappearing.

After buying several talents, the one I could feel the fastest was the one related to movement. What was really amazing every time I bought a talent was that I could instinctively think of movements that I had never thought of before. Since I was moving so quickly, there was also a heightened effect in my senses.

Anyway, Yeom Baek-gyu’s inaction was as intense as I expected.

In an instant, the head of the poison sword rolled on the floor. The eyes of the poison sword that rolled down were wide open as if they had not even seen the flash of light, and the white irises quickly turned red as blood filled them.

“Eww!”

Jin Ik-chan, who accidentally witnessed a scene of people dying, tried to run away, but Yeom Baek-gyu blocked his escape route by stepping on the wall.

“This is why the unmanned ones are a problem. If they make even the slightest mistake, they’ll pull out their swords.”

Yeom Baek-gyu clicked his tongue. Jin Ik-chan, who had been arrogant from before, was trembling with fear.

“Don’t be afraid. I know who runs this black market… … .”

Jin Ik-chan’s arrogant voice also shrank. Yeom Baek-gyu laughed heartily.

“Are you afraid? The only thing I fear is His Majesty the Emperor. No one else is permitted.”

“What, what do you do?”

“What is it? You’re just a butcher who deals with pigs who are too rich. Have you never thought about what would happen if the Twenty-Four Plum Blossom Sword Technique were to fall into the hands of the lowlifes?”

“That is not for the merchant to get involved in… … .”

“Have you ever seen such an immoral person!”

Yeom Baek-gyu slammed the wall again. Jin Ik-chan’s body trembled like an aspen tree.

“Would you say the same thing if you were selling Oseoksan or a marriage elixir? You are now breaking the law. Martial arts secrets are like the blueprints for a weapon. There is no way the imperial government would allow you to sell something like that.”

“Hwa, hwa, are you an official of the palace?”

Jin Ik-chan stuttered. It was a part that I had only just realized.

A group that is obsessed with money, strong in arms, and looks down on the uninhabited. If you think about it, there was no other group than the Imperial Palace.

Yeom Baek-gyu clicked his tongue and swung his sword at Jin Ik-chan. Jin Ik-chan screamed. However, the sword only wrapped around Jin Ik-chan like a noose. Jin Ik-chan’s pants, wrapped around the blade, got wet from the inside and urine leaked out.

“Listen. I want to hear it. Who’s behind you? A coffin?”

“Even if you are a member of the Imperial Palace, you cannot say that. And is it okay to threaten me like this without a trial? If I broke the law, shouldn’t you send me to the Ministry of Justice first?”

“That’s not the story for us.”

Yeom Baek-gyu took something out of his bosom while smiling. It was similar to the inspector’s badge in my bosom, but it was a little different. The one Yeom Baek-gyu took out had more carvings.

“Golden Guard… … .”

Jin Ik-chan’s words drained his strength. The Geumuiwi was the only place, along with his classmates, where immediate punishment was possible. As Jin Ik-chan had said, there was no need to send him to the Ministry of Justice.

“Aren’t you going to say anything?”

“If I tell you, will you spare my life?”

Jin Ik-chan’s expression became quite serious. He seemed to have changed his mind after seeing the Geumuiwi badge.

“then.”

Yeom Baek-gyu laughed. Jin Ik-chan’s mouth opened.

“… … This is His Majesty the King.”

“I see. Thank you.”

Yeom Baek-gyu pulled the sword that Jin Ik-chan had placed on him. The sword that had been wrapped around Jin Ik-chan like ivy tightened. Jin Ik-chan’s body was immediately torn into several pieces. It was a move that did not require even a little hesitation.

Yeom Baek-gyu killed Jin Ik-chan without a second thought, then wiped the spurted blood with the bottom of his palm. Then he looked at me, but his eyes were inert, without any emotion.

“What is it?”

I barely opened my mouth. Yeom Baek-gyu shook his head, putting the sword back on his waist.

“You have no manners towards your senior.”

Yeom Baek-gyu then shook his head and removed the skin from his face. As the skin lifted, a man who looked to be in his mid-thirties emerged.

“This damned skin is chewed up by the sideburns.”

Yeom Baek-gyu grumbled and threw away the trashed Inpimyeongu. I looked at Yeom Baek-gyu, leaving Myeong-il and Yeo Hong-yang behind.

“I don’t think you’d say we met by chance, would you?”

“Hmm. I followed you from Hubei.”

“why?”

“I was curious to know who you were. Even if Ubudo recommended you, I need to see my subordinate with my own eyes.”

I took a deep breath and straightened my mind. A person in the Royal Guard could never tolerate even a single mistake.

As if to mock my nervousness, Yeom Baek-gyu smiled and introduced himself.

“My name is Baek Yu-gyeom, the Northern Garrison Commander of the Royal Guard.”

A tiger named Geumuiwi entered the thick forest called Murim.