Hyeonjilmusin - Chapter 48



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48. I don’t know yet (3)

Jegal Hyun opened his mouth before leaving. His voice was so small that it could not be heard outside of the unarmed area.

“Can I ask you just one thing?”

“yes.”

“Do you think you can beat me?”

“I don’t know.”

“Do you know that this is an extremely arrogant answer?”

I know what Jegal Hyun is thinking. What kind of place is this? If you go around shouting in a bar that the king and queen have their own seed, you will be arrested by the Royal Guards.

In fact, it was extremely unpleasant for Jegal Hyun to think that he could beat him in this place where social status was clearly defined.

“I know.”

“But why do you answer like that?”

“Because I really don’t know.”

“I heard from Yeon-i that it hasn’t even been a year since you became a lay disciple?”

“yes.”

“I studied swordsmanship for 15 years, starting when I was five years old.”

“I guess so.”

Jegal Hyun’s expression became frowning. It seemed like he felt my answer was insincere. However, I had no choice but to answer like that because I was concentrating my mind on the tip of the sword.

Instead, I had something I wanted to say. The truth of life that I had felt endlessly in my previous life. It was a great coincidence for Jegal Hyun because it was the wisdom I had gained from my previous life’s experiences, but there was a reason I was giving it away for free. It was because at that age, I couldn’t eat it even if I gave it to him.

“Confucius. The world is full of absurdities. There are people who have done less than me but seem to live better, and there are people who have done more than me but seem to live worse.”

“I’m quite curious as to why you’re saying that now.”

“It’s probably as you’d expect.”

“How arrogant.”

Jegal Hyun took out a sharpened sword. Myeongseong and Myeongil gave him a wooden sword because he was a child, but we gave him a real sword because he was over the age of fifteen.

“The player will yield.”

“I will not refuse.”

I took a deep breath and then stepped onto the Cheongunbo trail. At first, Jegal Hyun looked at me as if he was mocking me, but soon he was surprised.

That’s the characteristic of Cheongunbo. It seems to come slowly, but if you let your guard down, you’ll be swept away.

Swords clashed. A sharp sensation rang in my palm. It was truly amazing.

I, who used to live a life far removed from the world of martial arts, now have calluses built up in my hands that don’t tear when real swords collide.

“You are certainly an amazing talent. To be able to perform such swordsmanship in less than a year.”

Zhuge Xian readily admitted it. The characteristic of Zhuge Shi is that people are smart. If they are smart, they are quick to admit it.

“But you seem to be looking down on the Central Plains martial arts world too much.”

With Jegal Hyun’s cool voice, a clever swordsmanship extended in three directions. The speed and curve were sharp to a degree that was hard to find in the Wudang faction. The swordsmanship that came in to take three acupoints in an instant made my liver and gall shiver.

“It’s the Little Star Sword Technique!”

Under the unarmed sky, Cheonghwa’s voice of admiration was heard.

It seems that the Zhuge family has something called the Soseong sword technique. Of course, I don’t know much about it.

But my sword skills were no joke. I stepped on the Cheongunbo gracefully and avoided one of the attacks. Now, there were only two attacks left for me to block.

I drew my sword and blocked one of the attacks. The last remaining attack was going to stab my shoulder. Even if the shoulder is a place that is not dangerous to life, if you get stabbed like that with a real sword, you will need to recuperate for a month.

I used the iron plate bridge technique to lay down and kicked my feet up with the recoil. Jegal Hyun calmly took back the throw. If I had continued to stab, Jegal Hyun’s wrist would have been caught between my toes.

“Phew.”

It was the first time in my life that I had done a difficult connection movement, but I somehow managed to do it. Still, since I acquired the indomitable talent, I had learned the recommended angles well, which helped me move my body flexibly.

Zhuge Xuan retrieved his sword, but that did not mean the attack was over. Zhuge Xuan’s sword danced again.

The sword leaping towards me seemed like a shower of meteors falling at the same time. This expression may be appropriate for swordsmanship, but Zhuge Liang’s swordsmanship was logical.

He makes attacks that cannot be blocked, and stabs at places where there is bound to be an opening. It is as if he had made a lot of calculations when he created his martial arts.

If I only knew the basics of the Samjae Sword Technique, which were horizontal, vertical, and diagonal cuts, my hands would have become tangled and I would have ended up leaving an opening.

However, I had the Five Element Sword that my brothers had taught me just before I left for Zhuge Shiga. When I opened the Five Element Sword and struck, the combination somehow matched.

The Five Element Sword is not a sword technique that stands out in any way, but on the contrary, it is a sword technique that is not unique in any way. There is no sword technique better than this one to counter the sword technique of the Zhuge family that does not specialize in any particular art.

“……this!”

Jegal Hyun seemed anxious about the fact that he couldn’t subdue me quickly.

And the funny thing is, while I was fighting with him, Jegal Hyeon sneaked a peek at Jegal Gyeom.

Is Jegal Hyun stupid or arrogant that he does something else during the fight? I don’t think he’s that kind of person. It’s just something that’s engraved deep inside his body.

‘It’s not an easy place for Jegal Sedo.’

How much must one have been catching rats for a child to be so observant of his father’s feelings? It’s not a good idea to live like me without paying attention, but that wasn’t a good family in its own way either.

Jegal Hyun’s sword became faster and faster. Jegal Hyun was definitely stronger than me. Jegal’s family was lacking compared to the other five great families, but it was still a prestigious family, so they must have spent a lot of time and money on education.

In that respect, it was absurd that I, who had only trained in martial arts for less than a year, was receiving eighty seconds from him.

“Is that a disciple of the common people?”

“That’s amazing.”

In fact, the people watching Jegal Se and Jegal Hyun were paying more attention to me than Jegal Hyun. Jegal Hyun, who had more time than me, couldn’t have not heard it.

For a moment, I saw blue flames rising from Jegal Hyun’s eyes. It meant that he was using his internal energy.

“So you’re making me use my internal energy in the end.”

“I guess vegetarianism alone wasn’t enough.”

“You really are good at using words that make people angry.”

Blue energy swayed around Jegal Hyun’s sword. The blue energy soon became entangled inside Jegal Hyun’s sword. The sword itself gave off a soft blue light.

Being able to concentrate your internal energy on an object like that means you can use your internal energy properly.

“Wait a minute. This has to stop. Stop it now!”

Then suddenly a commotion broke out under the unarmed guard. The main character of the commotion was, shamefully, my teacher, Cheonghwa.

The referee, Zhuge Chan, looked at Zhuge Qian with a puzzled expression, and Zhuge Qian smiled and said.

“The fight isn’t over yet.”

“My disciple doesn’t know how to use his internal energy yet. Do you know what would happen if he were to hit a sword that has been saturated with internal energy like that with nothing?”

“I guess you have to try it to find out.”

Jegalgyeom’s voice, which had been full of laughter, suddenly became cold again.

“Are you really going to ruin the secret meeting organized by the Jegal family? Is that the will of the Mudang faction?”

“… … That’s not it, is it?”

Perhaps Cheonghwa was worried about the internal double-handedness of the sword. It was understandable. If I collide with that sword, the internal energy that Jegal Hyun had stored in the sword would seep into my dantian, and it would tear my dantian apart. That is what is meant by internal injury. If the internal injury gets worse, it could lead to Juhwa’s possession.

Of course, that would happen under the assumption that I have no internal energy.

Jegal Hyun had already rushed in front of me while Cheonghwa and Jegal Qian were arguing. Now it was too late for Cheonghwa to intervene.

“Haat!”

Jegal Hyun, who jumped high, swung his sword at me. I would have dodged it if I could, but my skill level is not enough to unilaterally dodge Jegal Hyun’s sword without engaging him.

But why? My heart was calm even as I looked at that blue sword. I know the reason very well. It was because there was energy sleeping inside my body that Cheonghwa did not know about.

bang!

When Jegal Hyun’s sword and my sword clashed, there was a sound like explosives exploding.

“100 million!”

I saw Jegal Hyun’s eyes at the moment when our swords clashed. Jegal Hyun couldn’t believe it. He was saying that a strong internal energy was sleeping in my body.

The rest was obvious. Jegal Hyun bounced off of me and flew past where I jumped, all the way to the outside of the unarmed area.

He was pushed so far that the sand and dust rose up to three zhang high. When the dust cleared, Jegal Hyun was seen unconscious, with blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.

“… … Huh.”

A sigh escaped from someone’s mouth. It was probably Zhuge Shi.

Even Zhuge Chan, who was watching the judgment, Cheonghwa, who was shouting to stop the fight, the other disciples of the famous swordsman, and even Zhuge Yan, who was watching from afar, were all blankly staring at the direction where Zhuge Xuan had fainted. It was such an unexpected result.

“He has an internal injury, so send him to the infirmary.”

I heard Zhuge Qian’s voice, so cold that it almost seemed like I was freezing. When I looked at Zhuge Qian, I saw that he had already turned his back and was heading back to Gajujeon.

“The winner of this battle is the shaman, Mukhwiyeong Sohyeop.”

The end of the battle was declared with the voice of Jegal Chan, who clearly seemed bewildered. There was no cheering that should have followed the battle. A heavy silence followed.

This was the Zhuge family, and the direct line of the Zhuge family had suffered an unbelievable defeat. The people of the shaman faction were not so insignificant as to shout and cheer in a place like this.

Instead, I looked at the gathered shamans. The shamans exchanged glances and even shared each other’s joy.

“… … The shaman’s guests, return to your lodgings. The master of the house will call you again.”

Zhuge Zan did a quick clean-up. The people immediately carried the unconscious Zhuge Xuan and flew into the sky.

We quietly returned to our lodgings as Zhuge Zan had said. We greeted people we met with aplomb and showed no sign of happiness.

And only after returning to the accommodation did Cheonghwa open her mouth quietly.

“It was breathtaking.”

“Wow!”

Myeongseong shouted out as he no longer had to worry about his voice leaking out.

“This is crazy. How did you win? If you were hit by a bullet, it means your internal energy was stronger!”

Myeongseong seemed quite excited. He thought I would definitely lose, but he seemed happy because I won. Myeongseong had recognized him since he took the flute, but this guy was acting like an adult, but he was still a kid.

Cheonghwa asked in the same excited voice.

“What really happened? Did you have internal energy?”

“There was a little coincidence.”

I had already thought of the answer to this question. It was unnatural for me, who had no internal energy, to suddenly gain a large amount of internal energy.

“The Pojeongsa Temple said that they would grant me one wish for my great deed. I asked for an elixir and took it. Fortunately, they even provided me with the support of a master who could guide my internal energy, so I was able to absorb a large amount.”

“I see. If you were to become a Hubei Pojeongsa, you would have many good elixirs.”

Fortunately, Cheonghwa and the people believed it without much difficulty. Actually, it was easier to believe that than that I had absorbed magic from people.

“good job.”

Myeong-il, who had been standing still, tapped my arm. That was more like Myeong-il.

We looked at each other and laughed like crazy. The victory of the Mudang faction was complete in the Jegal family.