Hyeonjilmusin - Chapter 73



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73. All is one, one is all (1)

One by one, people with exhausted expressions emerged from the formation enveloped in smoke. The head of the Zhuge family, Zhuge Qian, drew strokes on the paper with a satisfied expression.

“Lee Han-ah. You are truly my son.”

Jegal Yihan knelt down and touched the ground. A thick stream of saliva flowed down, connecting his chin to the ground.

Following this, people rushed out one by one. Everyone who came out of the formation expressed fear and pain with their whole body. Zhuge Qian looked at the crowd with a pleased look in his eyes.

“Daughter.”

“yes.”

Zhuge Qian looked to the side. Next to him was Zhuge Yan, who was writing something in a notebook.

“Are you keeping good records?”

“yes.”

“What was the name of this formation?”

“He said, ‘Cheonchugongmyeonghwanhwanjin (Heavenly Pillar of Confucius’s illusionary formation)’”

“Yes. This is the strategy that will bring our Zhuge Liang to the top.”

Zhuge Yan looked at the collateral warriors who had escaped with a tense expression. She was not particularly skilled in martial arts, but at least she knew that it was abnormal for them to become strong so quickly. What on earth was happening in that formation to show such a rapid growth rate?

“Aren’t you curious?”

“yes?”

“Foreigners have to be good at hiding their expressions because they meet a lot of people. In that sense, it’s a shame. They have to show off their curiosity.”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay, daughter. Where is there anyone who is perfect from the beginning? Isn’t it the job of adults to guide immature children?”

Zhuge Qian laughed heartily as he fanned the Baekwooseon. Even though it was summer, which was gradually getting warmer, a cold air was emanating from the fan. He was fanning the fan with yin energy.

“But don’t tell me.”

“……yes.”

“You have work to do outside of the office, and they have their own work to do. Even if you just focus on your own work, there’s not enough time.”

“I will keep that in mind.”

Still, people were crawling out one by one with half-crazy eyes. They all looked so bad that they needed to be supported, but Zhuge Yan couldn’t support them. The only thing she was allowed to do was write them down.

“Have you cut off all the links with the nonpartisan faction?”

“Yes. I tried my best to block the movements of the upper class by pressuring them in the name of the Jegal family.”

“Well done.”

Zhuge Yan glanced at Zhuge Qian. Although it was something he had personally taken charge of, he felt uneasy. It was none other than the Wudang faction that was in charge of the first seat of the Gupa Ilbang that he was picking a fight with.

Shaolin Temple has amassed a huge amount of wealth in the name of merit and charity, so there are no financial problems, but the Wudang faction is fundamentally a Taoist school that advocates non-action.

Naturally, they were the ones who lived leisurely, with only minimal connections to the world. That’s why many people were surprised when a non-partisan came forward and said they were going to start a warehouse rental business.

“Oh, but my lord.”

“Isn’t this a vacancy? Call me father.”

“… … Yes. Father. The Murim Alliance sent someone to mediate.”

“It’s obvious. Isn’t that all they do?”

Zhuge Qian laughed. But Zhuge Yan still looked anxious.

Zhuge Qian spoke of the Martial Arts Alliance as if it were nothing special, but it was still a collection of the orthodox martial arts factions. Their influence could not be ignored in the Central Plains.

“When did you say you were coming?”

“They said they left Beijing yesterday, so it will take about two weeks.”

“It’s obvious what kind of mediation plan they’re going to come up with.”

“When the giant sects fight, the solution is always the same.”

Zhuge Yan nodded. He had predicted the Murim Alliance’s mediation plan and had also started a fight.

“This incident will be the turning point for us to become the conquerors of Hubei.”

“Of course it should be. We prepared so much.”

Zhuge Yan, who had been in the outer circle, also knew how much the military personnel of the inner circle had suffered. In fact, Zhuge Si had swept the hospitals, pharmacists, goldsmiths, and elixirs of medicine in the central circle in recent years.

“Now no one will call us simply descendants of Gongmyeong. We must make it clear that the Zhuge family is a martial family. Furthermore, we must aim to become the best martial family in the world.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“I’m already looking forward to seeing how the noble-looking Taoist priests will react.”

Zhuge Qian laughed loudly. The collateral warriors were still struggling with the aftereffects of the formation.

***

I tapped my fingers on the desk. The Master and the disciples immediately left. All the Master did when he came was ask me to demonstrate my Yuyun Sword Technique. And then he just nodded without saying anything else. He must have found nothing to find fault with. I decided to just think of it that way.

“You really are a disciple of the non-partisan faction.”

“yes?”

My fingers stopped moving because Jo Chung-heon suddenly said something out of the blue.

“You are such a great merchant that I keep forgetting that you are a disciple of the Shamanist faction.”

“I would rather be a merchant than a disciple of a non-partisan group.”

“But I have never heard of anyone coming down from Mt. Wudang like this to see a lay disciple.”

That’s because I’m a disciple of the household, unlike other disciples. But now I wonder what the difference is between me and a disciple of the main temple. If the relationship between the Five Great Families, the Jegal Family, has become so strained because of me.

“But I thought you were going with me as an independent.”

“Right now? Not now. I’m really busy.”

“That’s true, but didn’t you go last time?”

“I wasn’t very busy back then. All I had to do was stockpile them in the Nokrim 12-shik warehouse.”

There is a huge difference between then and now. Back then, there was nothing to do as a top player, but now there is a lot to do as a top player.

In particular, it was a unique opportunity to take away the market share that Muhan Sanghoe had been occupying. The fact that Muhan Sanghoe could not even pay the interest on the money borrowed from the battlefield was already widely known in Sanggye.

My chest ached intermittently. It felt like there was a sharp thorn stuck in my heart.

“Your Majesty.”

“yes.”

“Could you please give me some information about the current situation of the Mudangpa and Jegalse?”

“That could be possible. But… … .”

“but?”

“The information from Gupailbang and Odaese is quite expensive. I guess we’ll have to reduce the number of people we have to select by three.”

“hmm.”

If you go back to Mt. Mudang, you can get the information for free, but it would take ten days just to go back and forth between Muhan and Gyunhyeon. In the end, you had to buy the information to understand the current situation.

My fingers tap the desk. The top is mine. But the neutrals are not mine. Thinking rationally, it would be better to just pretend not to know.

I didn’t ask you to fight for me, and if you’re a shaman, wouldn’t you be able to handle it well?

“Your Majesty?”

“Please find out.”

The answer came out without me knowing. Jo Chung-heon slightly widened his eyes. It seemed like an unexpected answer. That would be expected. I didn’t expect it either.

At that moment, the pounding in my heart stopped. My chest felt relieved, as if a thorn had been removed.

“You’re making me worry for no reason.”

I grumbled as if I wanted Jo Chung-heon to hear it. It was childish, but it was something I did without realizing it. Jo Chung-heon smiled broadly.

“Then I will go and find out.”

“yes.”

“I see that the Lord Danju likes the shaman faction.”

Jo Chung-heon said that and left. Jo Chung-heon may have said it without thinking much, but to me it was a thought-provoking remark.

“I like the nonpartisan… … .”

I drummed my fingers on the desk again. I had dismissed the sense of belonging to a sect as useless. This was something worth pondering.

First, I took care of the pending work during the time I had to spare while entertaining the Master and the executioners. I had to meet the distributor, the Pyogukju, and the Jeonjangju.

In the past, I would get tired if I did two baths a day, but I was still in good physical condition because I had learned martial arts.

When I finished my schedule today and returned to the upper room at dawn, there were documents on the desk that seemed to have been organized by Jo Chung-heon.

I sat down and looked through the documents. As expected, it was the information I had requested in the morning. The conflict between the Mudangpa and the Jegalsega and the current situation.

Let’s turn the pages one by one. Even here, the reason for the conflict between the Zhuge family and the Wudang faction is not mentioned. Even if I say that they are fighting over a single disciple, who would believe me?

“Something has already happened.”

I remembered Cheonghwa’s nonsense about how nothing would happen. However, the decision of the Zhuge family was swift. They immediately cut off the arms and legs of the Wudang faction.

After all, the shamans were far from materialistic groups like the Sangdan or Pyoguk. So it was inevitable that they would take Jegal Se’s side. No, Jegal Se might have forced them to do so. Thinking about it, I think he would have done the same. After all, if they were merchants, they would have been more mindful of Jegal Se’s feelings.

As far as I know, the shamans were not a group that made any money, and they were quite weak in spending and saving money.

If the relationship with the existing merchant you were trading with is cut off, you will have no choice but to go out and buy retail. Most merchants will not sell to the shamans, so you will have to buy at a higher price. Then, the meager shamans’ finances will soon hit rock bottom.

Even though this situation seemed to have continued for quite some time, I wondered if the nonpartisan faction was in dire straits now.

“I saw it for nothing.”

I really saw it for nothing. Contrary to my expectations, the nonpartisan faction was unable to do anything.

In fact, there is nothing the non-partisan faction can do if they use such realistic means. The only thing the non-partisan faction can boast about is force. But it is not like they can risk their lives and fight with the Jegal family, who are in the same faction.

Of course, there were some things that I didn’t understand about Jegal Se-ga. No matter what, I wondered if he had any faith in doing such things to a group with greater military power.

After I finished reading the information, I was about to put it away in a drawer, but there was something written in small letters on the corner of the paper.

-You can go and come back. I’ll organize it well.

“her.”

It was a familiar handwriting. I couldn’t help but notice it since I was making payments every time. Of course, it was Jo Chung-heon’s handwriting.

For some reason, it seemed as if Jo Chung-heon’s smile was visible in the writing. It seemed as if Jo Chung-heon’s heart had been pierced through, as he was quietly sleeping at home.

“You are disqualified as a merchant.”

It’s not helpful to the top, it’s not beneficial to me, and I have no reason to get involved. It’s the holy trinity of inefficiency.

But my cunning mind found an excuse in the meantime.

“I have to pay it back.”

Come to think of it, I couldn’t repay the martial arts I received from the shaman sect. The special privilege of being a disciple of the secular world.

Why didn’t I think about it? That the things the non-partisan gave me weren’t things I should take for granted.

Of course, I didn’t stay in the shamanist faction because I wanted to. At first, I wanted to run away so badly that I ran away in the middle of the night. But the shamanist faction gave me martial arts and gave me a master and a death sentence.

And most importantly, as a merchant, I was the type to pay it back no matter what.

‘mind.’

No one in the world of martial arts would have known that I was being protected. After all, I was just one of the disciples of a common household.

And yet, the Wudang faction risked their conflict with the Zhuge family to protect me. Once I think about it, the reasons why I should protect the Wudang faction pile up like a mountain. It’s surprising that I didn’t know about it until now.

“good.”

I could have succeeded without having to dig into the empty space that Muhan Sanghoe had given me. I had that kind of confidence.