Hyeonjilmusin - Chapter 7



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7. Evaluation (4)

A lot of thoughts were running through my head. The shaman sentries were just blankly staring at me, wondering what was going on.

“You guys go back to your positions and stand guard. I have something to talk to this guy about.”

“yes!”

The shaman sentries seemed curious about my identity, but they did not ask and walked away with measured steps.

The wind blew strongly. Cheonghwa’s eyes were also swaying in the swaying flames.

“Looking at your tongue that used to tease so well, it seems like it wasn’t me who was trying to trick you.”

“How did you know?”

I asked bluntly. There are people you can ignore and be stubborn with, and there are people you can’t. Cheonghwa intuitively felt that she was one of the latter.

“How would you know? You are making fun of the eyes of the unmanned. Your face contains all five desires and seven emotions. At first, I was confused, but you hid your expressions so well that I was confused. But your unconscious muscles don’t lie.”

Cheonghwa continued speaking with a smile.

“Also, if you really wanted to be a shaman, you would have chosen to take the hit rather than get sand thrown at you in the rain. That’s what we want.”

Cheonghwa’s words pierced through me like a knife. As a merchant, it was a blow to my pride to have my expression pierced.

But if you see the seven emotions in unconscious muscles as Cheonghwa said, how can you deceive them? It wasn’t for nothing that they said you shouldn’t lie in front of a master.

“… … What are you going to do with me?”

“I want to hear that first. Why did you want to quit being a shaman? There are as many people in the Central Plains as there are ants who want to join the main sect as lay disciples.”

I hesitated. Should I be honest? But when I thought about it, it was pointless. If I lied, I would get caught anyway. There was no other way than to be honest.

“Because I am a body that cannot become a disciple of the non-partisan group.”

“why?”

“As far as I know, in order to become a lay disciple of the non-partisan sect, you must fight and win against the three great disciples at the end. If you don’t, you will return to being Amitabha. I can’t pass that test.”

“You think you’ll lose to a mere three disciples? You don’t know yourself at all.”

Cheonghwa laughed in vain.

“I know myself well. I am a weak root that cannot bloom. If I cannot bloom, it would be wiser to scatter the seeds and start over in another land.”

“Have you ever learned martial arts?”

“No. This is the first time I’ve learned the Samjae Kwon method and Samjae Sim method here.”

“How can you be so sure without even trying?”

That’s because I know the future. I was the kind of guy who had even heard from my martial arts master that if I worked hard for 50 years, I would become a second-rate player. That was how stupid I was when it came to martial arts.

Of course, if you buy talent, it will change, but where can you make money in the non-partisan group? I can’t explain it like that, so I just gave a vague explanation.

“That’s because I’m a savage. I’m also very timid. I lack the ability to become a disciple of the non-partisan faction.”

“You’re lying again.”

Oh, it’s like a high-performance lie detector. Are you saying that it’s not okay to just ignore it?

Of course, I don’t think I’m a glutton. If I were a glutton, I wouldn’t have been a tycoon in my previous life. I’m proud of my life.

“Be honest. I won’t tell anyone what I heard tonight.”

“Honestly?”

“okay.”

“The nonpartisan faction is not fit to contain the person I am.”

I don’t know. I just decided to scream coolly.

This was my true heart. Just as the unmanned people look down on the merchants, I also look down on the unmanned people. It was because I really didn’t like the sight of those who couldn’t even make a single piece of writing paper and ink, fussing about using a sword.

I am a man who will become a tycoon who will dominate the Central Plains. I have no time to waste in the shamanist faction.

Cheonghwa lowered her head. Her expression was obscured by the darkness and could not be seen.

Splash.

At that moment, I heard the sound of teeth grinding. For a moment, I felt creepy. Did I cross the line? Well, it wasn’t something I should say in front of a non-partisan.

Crack, crack… … .

There was a sound of something constantly hitting and moving inside my closed lips. My throat is not going to be cut right now. When my body was tense and stiff, Cheonghwa tilted her neck that had been lowered.

“Hahahaha!”

Unexpectedly, Cheonghwa laughed out loud. The sound of her teeth chattering was also a sound that came out after holding back laughter.

The laughter was so hearty that I was worried it might wake up the sleeping people.

Cheonghwa, who had been laughing for a long time, wiped her eyes with her fingers.

“I know exactly what you mean.”

… … Really? Even if you are an expert, how can you know what is in your heart? But now that you say you know, I feel hopeful.

“Then are you sending it?”

“no?”

A line was drawn in Cheonghwa’s eyes.

“I can’t just sit back and listen to such stories as a shaman. I’ll show you the true nature of a shaman.”

“yes?”

“Look carefully.”

At the same time, the torch went out. The torch that had been burning brightly until just now suddenly went out. It was clear that Cheonghwa had performed some kind of trick.

But what am I supposed to see? I don’t know if it’s unmanned, but I couldn’t see anything in the dark.

But soon something came into view. In the darkness, a blue aura began to spread out like a haze. The blue aura was forming a shape around a belt. That was coming from Cheonghwa’s body. It was releasing internal energy.

I have met many people in my past life and seen the bets that many people make. But I have never seen such a clear and elegant color.

The blue energy of Cheonghwa didn’t seem like it would be consumed even in this thick darkness. Instead, the blue energy expanded its momentum and pushed away the darkness.

A nebula in the shape of a sword slowly begins to move. The nebula is like water.

Sometimes it flows gently like a river, sometimes it is as swift as passing through a canyon, and sometimes it is as continuous as being in the middle of the ocean.

I lost my mind and stared at the scene of blue azaleas embroidering in the darkness. My heart ached, and an unknown energy burned hotly inside my body. It was as if the universe was spread out before me.

I want to see more, more. I concentrated on the feeling of being sucked into that universe. But then the azirang suddenly stopped. I had to taste a deep regret in the darkness.

“This is the shaman’s sword. It is the Taegeuk Hyegeom (Sword of Supreme Wisdom).”

Soon a bright fire broke out in the darkness. It was not a torch, but a will-o’-the-wisp burning on Cheonghwa’s palm.

It is said that when a warrior reaches a certain level, he can perform a feat called Samadhi Jinhwa (三昧眞火), and it seemed like that. It was my first time seeing it in person.

‘… … But what do you want me to do?’

Suddenly, a thought occurred to me. Why did he show me the Taegeuk Hyegum demonstration?

“You have shown the depth of the shaman by speaking of the shaman’s vessel. I mean, there is absolutely no one we cannot contain.”

Ah. That hurt your pride. Only then did I realize the whole situation.

But I shook my head. How could I possibly evaluate a shaman’s martial arts? When it came to martial arts, Cheonghwa was right. At the moment, Cheonghwa was not understanding what I was saying.

“It’s not because I’m big that I can’t contain it. It’s because I’m a different shape.”

“The shape is different?”

“How can a fox eat food from a gourd? How can a white crane drink water from a bowl? It’s the same principle.”

“Haha. You’re quite the writer. I heard from my friend Cheong-hyeon that you’re the son of a worm farmer.”

Cheonghwa laughed.

“But I cannot agree with what you say. The origin of the shaman is the lower part of all things. If there is a fox in front, it turns into a flat bowl, and if there is a white crane in front, a deep well is dug. Therefore, the spout of the gourd we have is like water, which is good for everyone.”

You seem to be talking nonsense so much that you’re afraid someone will call you a Taoist. Now that you’ve said this, I can’t help it.

“I made a slip of the tongue. I’m sorry. But I can’t be a shaman.”

“why?”

“Just like that.”

I laughed inside. If you put on such a strong front, even Cheonghwa won’t be able to refute you. What reason could there be for just not liking it? Now, you had no choice but to let me go.

“I see.”

Cheonghwa stroked her chin with a serious expression. It seems she has encountered a difficult situation. She probably didn’t know I would act so shamelessly.

But the words that came out of Cheonghwa’s mouth far exceeded my expectations.

“It is said that a child enters a well. How can a human just watch a child enter a well? If a child who will grow up to be a big person is about to enter a well, you must stop him at all costs. That is the purpose of an adult’s existence.”

“yes?”

I am also an adult who is close to 50 years old. You idiot. Right now, Cheonghwa looks like a 30-year-old at best, perhaps because of his martial arts. He is too young to tell me his age.

“You shall not leave the shaman’s house without my order.”

What was that sudden, bolt-from-the-blue sound? It was as if lightning struck behind me.

“… … Kidnapping is a crime under national law.”

“Haha. Kidnapping? Are there kidnappings that your father approves? I guess I forgot, it wasn’t us who sent you to the shamanistic sect, it was your father.”

“Why on earth do you want to capture me like that? Why would the Daemu Party capture a lowly farmer’s son like me?”

I spat out the words with a feeling of vomiting blood. In fact, I was so excited that I could taste blood in my throat. I couldn’t think of a more appropriate question to ask.

Cheonghwa closed her eyes tightly and smiled. There was a strange sense of ecstasy in that smile.

But the words that came out were far from dizzying.

“just.”

***

Cheonghwa glanced back and smiled. It was truly a unique expression. There must be no other child in the entire Central Plains who looks like he is being dragged to a slaughterhouse while going to a shamanistic sect.

It’s not like he’s hiding his expression because he’s embarrassed. In fact, Mok Hwi-yeong tried to run away several times, but Cheong-hwa grabbed his neck by the back of his neck.

‘What a ridiculous guy.’

A shaman is not a vessel that can contain oneself. What a crazy statement. If Jang Moon-sa had heard this, he would have grabbed the back of his neck and fallen down.

But in Cheonghwa’s view, Mok Hwi-yeong was quite capable of thinking that way. Mok Hwi-yeong himself knew it. He was a great genius.

It is said that when teaching the Samjae Simbeop Gugyeol, Mukhwiyeong closed his eyes without a moment’s hesitation. In a way, it is like a protest. A protest that he did not recognize me with such great talent and how he could teach me things like the Samjae Simbeop.

‘If the nonpartisan group raises that genius… … .’

Of course, the number of masters raised by a sect is the power of the sect.

So, Gupailbang always searches the central plains with his eyes wide open to find talented warriors.

But how could I just watch a genius who came into the world on his own leave?

‘I bet Jang Moon-sa-hyung would like that.’

Cheonghwa smiled broadly as she thought to herself. It was like sleeping in the same bed and dreaming different dreams.