Tangmunjeon - Chapter 404



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Tangmunjeon Episode 404

Father’s revenge

Dang Mu-jin hurriedly took Hyun-gong to a corner, then tried to calm himself down and muttered.

“···No. That can’t be it.”

“What isn’t it?”

“Even if he’s Honggeolgae, it’s not to that extent. Honggeolgae doesn’t know a lot, but he’s not a guy who’s lost his sense of shame. He’s embarrassed to go to the martial arts competition under his own name, and he even used a new identity called Honggyeon.”

But Hyun-gong pointed out coolly.

“A non-competitive tournament? If Hong Geol-gae knew shame, he would have won with confidence from the beginning by showing his skills. The moment he acted like a third-rate rascal, Hong Geol-gae entered a path of no return.”

I’m out of breath. Was it a problem that I had asked Hong Geol-gae to participate in the martial arts competition?

A feeling of guilt rose up in Dang Mu-jin’s chest.

“No. I’m not sure yet. Let’s talk about it again.”

Dang Mu-jin and Hyeon-gong sat on a wide rock in a corner of the public bathhouse and waited for Hong Geol-gae to approach.

Hong Geol-gae is a guy who secretly gets lonely, so it was clear that he would come looking for Dang Mu-jin and Hyeon-gong, whom he had not seen in a long time.

As expected, before long, Honggeolgae with the face of a red dog appeared. No one followed Honggeolgae.

Dang Mu-jin tapped the seat next to him, and Hong Geol-gae sat down next to him.

Hyun-gong began to speak in a more friendly voice than usual.

“How have you been?”

“I was a bit busy. It hadn’t been long since I became an ark, so there was a lot to learn.”

Unlike before, there was not a single hint of tension in Hong Geol-gae’s voice. It was as if they had just parted ways yesterday and met again today.

“Hey, thank you for your hard work.”

“Oh, and Hyun-gong. As you said, I have taken control of the opening. I have the two axes of the opening power in my hands.”

“It couldn’t have been easy… You’re amazing.”

As Hong Geol-gae proudly straightened his shoulders, Hyun-gong asked another question.

“By the way, there seems to be some discord among the Open Doors. What’s going on?”

“That? I just got a little tired.”

“How did it come to this?”

Hong Geol-gae shook his head helplessly, as if he didn’t even want to think about it.

“You know I’m not used to keeping my balance or being mindful of people?”

“yes.”

“So I just acted in a way that didn’t seem like it would cause any problems. When I was Hong Gyeon of Bangju, I praised Hong Gyeon, and when I was Hong Gyeon of Bangju, I respected Hong Gyeon of Bangju… That’s how it was.”

Even if they harbor a competitive spirit, it is not shown on the surface. It can be said to be the most ordinary relationship between a gun owner and a ark owner.

“It’s okay. So what happened?”

“I thought it would end warmly since the gunman and the ark respected each other, but people’s thoughts are more complicated than I thought. In the end, they split up.”

“Ahem.”

“Besides, since the elders and the law-gatherers had chosen Hong-Gyeon Cheonryeong-gae as the Bangju faction, I thought they would all become Bangju faction members, but surprisingly, more than half of the elders returned to the Chongtaju faction. On the other hand, the Bangju faction is more prevalent among the executives, excluding the elders… Well, as you can see, they just bickered with each other after that.”

Hong Geol-gae sighed deeply as he spoke like that.

Dang Mu-jin patted Hong Geol-gae’s back with the palm of his hand.

“It must have been frustrating.”

“But it wasn’t all bad.”

“okay?”

“Because of the division into the Bangju faction and the Guntaju faction, the conflict between the Ohui faction and the Jeongui faction was somewhat buried. Furthermore, because of the rumors of conflict between the Bangju and Guntaju, the situation where Hong Gyeon and I had to meet never arose.”

It was a situation where Hong Geol-gae and Hong Gyeon had to face each other. It was a problem that had no way to be resolved.

It is unfortunate that the opening is divided, but if it can help overcome the most difficult obstacle, it may have been a pretty good result for Hong Geul-gae personally.

“Besides, there was competition between the Bangjupa and Guntajupa, so they were training quite diligently. It seemed like they were sparring quite like real combat… I thought it would be helpful in the Jeongma War, so I let it slide for a while. No. You could say that it encouraged a bit of conflict.”

Dang Mu-jin looked at Hyeon-gong with pride.

Look at that. Hong Geol-gae wasn’t a monster consumed by the desire to be recognized and praised. That was the look in his eyes.

However, Hyun-gong only smiled faintly and did not answer.

As if I disagree with the party leader’s opinion.

At that moment, the outside became a little noisy and a heavy bell sound was heard.

Hong Geol-gae stood up from his seat and looked toward the main gate of the community center.

“Looks like people are here again.”

“Let’s go.”

The three people got up from their seats and walked towards the main gate. This time, Hong Geol-gae spoke to Dang Mu-jin and Hyeon-gong.

“Oh, by the way, something big happened in Kunlun Mountain without me knowing?”

“Yeah. It was a bit complicated. Fortunately, it was resolved without much damage…”

“I didn’t think much of it until I came to the Gongdongpa and encountered the Kunlun Mountain Taoists. But then I saw Elder Namgung Jincheon among the Kunlun Sect Taoists. I thought he was a ghost.”

Hong Geol-gae chuckled as he spoke like that.

The distance between the rock where the three people were sitting and the main gate of the communal pavilion was not far, so the three people had already arrived in front of the communal pavilion.

Just as the crowd of people had welcomed the procession from the Tang family, this time even more people had gathered outside the gate to welcome the heroes of the Zheng faction. Tang Wujin and his two friends naturally mingled with the crowd.

The common wave is located on the middle of a fairly high peak of the common mountain.

Dang Mu-jin lifted his stool and stretched his head forward, looking at the faces of the people climbing the peak.

There seemed to be about twenty people approaching the communal area. There were men and women, some old and some young.

But they were all wearing bluish uniforms that had a subtle sheen to them. They were made of expensive fabric.

“It was Namgung Se-ga.”

As Dang Mu-jin spoke, he looked around.

Among those who came out to greet Namgung Se-ga was Namgung Jin-cheon. As always, his eyes were indifferent and dry.

It was only then that an idea occurred to Dang Mu-jin.

Dang Mu-jin patted Hyeon-gong’s side.

“stringer.”

“why?”

“You said you sent a messenger to Namgung Se-ga last time, right?”

“I sent it.”

The reason Hyun-gong went to Kunlun Mountain to catch Ban-yeop Do-in was to retrieve the Songmun Sword that had been confiscated by Nam-gung Myeong.

Namgung Myeong confiscated the Songmun Sword that Hyeon-gong had and told him to bring Ban-yeop if he wanted the Sword back.

Therefore, after finishing the work at Kunlun Mountain and returning to Tangjiajang, Xuanzong sent a messenger to Namgung Ming.

Since you caught the leaf, I’ll send you a message telling you to bring the Songmungo sword with you when you come to Gongdongsan.

But after thinking about it carefully, there was one more thing I needed to tell Namgung Myung.

Dang Mu-jin asked Hyun-gong a very common-sense question.

“When you sent the letter to Jeonseo-gu, you also wrote that Elder Namgung Jincheon was still alive, right?”

However, Hyun-gong’s answer was not very sensible.

“Why me?”

“···Why?”

“Because there’s no reason to tell you.”

“There’s no reason why you shouldn’t tell me.”

“Why isn’t it there?”

Dang Mu-jin looked at Hyun-gong with eyes demanding an explanation.

Then Hyun-gong answered.

“First. If you think that Elder Namgung Jincheon has passed away, more people will participate in the Jeongma Battle.”

The first reason was the same as the reason why Hyun-gong allowed Nam-gung-myeong’s wedding to be ruined.

Hyun-gong felt sorry towards Nam-gung-myeong, but he did not regret his choice that day.

Before we knew it, the Namgung Se-ga’s warriors stopped walking in front of the Kunlun Sect.

A few of the Namgung family members were very surprised to find Namgung Jincheon’s face mixed in with the crowd, but unfortunately, Namgung Myeong was unable to find Namgung Jincheon.

“My lord···!”

Someone tried to stop Namgung Myung with a small voice, but the voice was buried in the crowd and did not reach Namgung Myung.

Namgung Myung’s eyes were much more determined than usual, and his lips were extremely serious.

Dang Mu-jin asked Hyun-gong.

“···The second reason?”

“It’ll be more fun this way.”

A story so plain and full of pure malice.

Was the resentment that the Songmun High School Sword was temporarily confiscated that deep? Dang Mu-jin trembled without realizing it.

Dang Mu-jin’s reason warned Dang Mu-jin.

Send a message to Namgung Myung right away, so that he doesn’t let his best friend experience the most embarrassing moment of his life.

But it was hard to open my mouth. As Hyun-gong had said, the problem was that it seemed like something fun would happen.

Naturally, Hong Geol-gae had the same thought, so none of the three sent a message to Namgung Myeong.

Namgung Myung shouted in a voice full of inner strength.

“Eleven of the best members of Namgung Se-ga’s Cheonri Unit, eight of the ten swordsmen of Namgung Se-ga, and Namgung Myeong, the head of Namgung Se-ga, have arrived at Gongdongsan!”

Then Namgung Myung pulled out his sword and raised it high into the sky.

The bluish blade sparkled brilliantly in the sunlight. Some of the Namgung Sega’s warriors were already staring at the floor in silence, their ears already red.

Regardless, Namgung Myung spoke his ambitions with vigor.

“The twenty members of our Namgung Sega family will not return to Namgung Sega family until we pay for the life of the swordsman Namgung Jincheon!”

Namgung Myung held his sword high and waited for a response.

Since more than a hundred people came out to greet them, there should have been a loud response, but there was no particular response.

Namgung Myung just turned his eyes, trying to figure out why this atmosphere was created.

And the very next moment, my eyes met with Namgung Jincheon, who was among the people.

Namgung Myung’s breathing stopped for a moment.

‘father···!’

Namgung Myung desperately wanted his father’s help. He wanted him to explain what was going on.

However, Namgung Jincheon was not a very gentle man, and he was not the type of person to gently embrace his son’s shameful appearance.

That is why Namgung Jincheon reversed the Infinite Step, the ascending technique that Namgung Se-ga was proud of, and quickly retreated and disappeared.

Namgung Myeong felt the pain of being left alone in the world.

Is this what the rich man’s affection is like?

Someone whispered softly.

“Then, is Namgung Se-ga going back right away?”

Although the voice was not very loud, everyone heard the story clearly.

However, Namgung Myung could not confirm who had said that. Namgung Myung’s gaze had already been directed to the floor without him even realizing it.

Namgung Myung was so embarrassed by this situation that he couldn’t even raise his head.

“The Namgung Sega’s warriors… will not… step down… until the leader’s head is cut off…”

Namgung Myung had a hard time finishing the story he had thought about in advance.

But there was no way the situation could be resolved. It just became more embarrassing.

Even Namgung Myung’s last story sounded a bit like an excuse. An excuse that he would not return even if Namgung Jincheon was alive.

Clap clap clap-

A strangely dull applause was heard belatedly.

The Namgung Se-ga warriors walked slowly through the ranks of more than a hundred warriors with their heads bowed.

The head of the Gongdongpa faction, Sang Gwal Doin, was a man of some insight, so instead of calling Namgung Myeong over and offering words of wisdom, he simply stated his business.

“There will be plenty of vacancies, so stay somewhere comfortable.”

“···All right.”

The Namgung Se-ga’s warriors dispersed without answering.

But still, no one raised their head, and the same goes for Namgung Myung.

Ding, ding.

Finally, Namgung Myung opened the sliding door and entered the room alone.

I have a feeling that I will be possessed by a demon.

But after only a few breaths, the sound of three excited footsteps approached the room.

Drrrrrr!

As soon as the sliding door opened loudly, Hong Geol-gae raised his right arm and shouted.

“I will not return to Namgung Sega until I pay back the price of the life of the swordsman Namgung Jincheon!”

As soon as Dang Mu-jin and Hyeon-gong heard that sound, they rolled around on the floor, screaming.

It was worth keeping silent and not telling Namgung Myung!

However, Namgung Myung raised his head with a calm expression.

Although his ears were bright red, his expression itself was not particularly strange.

Hyun-gong and Dang Mu-jin rushed in like evil spirits and teased Nam-gung-myeong again.

“The Namgung Sega clan’s warriors will not retreat until they cut off the leader’s head!”

“Kyaaaaah-! A hero with utmost filial piety has been captured!”

But Namgung Myung said calmly.

“Calm down for a moment. This is not the time to laugh.”

“Well? It may not be your time to laugh, but it is our time to laugh!”

When Dang Mu-jin teased Namgung Myung again, Namgung Myung calmly waved both his arms.

Then, small items poured out from Namgung Myung’s sleeves.

A dagger, a small, ornate ring, a letter of unknown content, beads, and so on.

“···what?”

“I had no choice but to do it.”

Namgung Myung walked through the welcoming crowd with his head bowed, and, following his instincts, he indiscriminately stole things from the people around him.

To overcome shame, to vent my frustration at people who tease me, and to forget everything for a moment.

An ordinary person might not have been able to understand the correlation between an embarrassing situation and theft, but Namgung Myung was the kind of person who could do so.

“Why on earth? No… I didn’t even see it?”

“That’s not the point. Look at this.”

Namgung Myung kicked one of the odds and ends rolling around on the floor.

It was a strange bead that seemed both white and transparent.

And Dang Mu-jin thought that the size and color of the beads looked somewhat familiar.

An object I had seen in the Demonic Cult. And an object whose owner had been killed and left somewhere in the Dangga neighborhood. It was a poisoned liquor.

Dang Mu-jin’s expression was filled with doubt.

“When did you stop by Danggajang?”

But Namgung Myung shook his head.

“No, I just got it.”

“just now?”

“Yes. I don’t know whose arms it came from, but…”

“Hey, I said that the poisoned liquor was rare. I’ve only actually seen one! Suddenly, there’s another poisoned liquor.”

As Dang Mu-jin cheered, Hyun-gong frowned.

Unlike Hong Geol-gae and Dang Mu-jin, Hyeon-gong understood why Nam-gung-myeong pointed to the poisonous liquor.

“···It may not really be the time to laugh.”

When Hyun-gong spoke, Dang-mu-jin asked back.

“What’s going on?”

“Dang Mu-jin. Have you ever heard the story about someone in the Demonic Cult who learned poison?”

Dang Mu-jin thought deeply.

The demon is dead, and Mok Wan-ah, who was the demon’s disciple and test subject, is in the Tang family.

I have never heard of any other demonic cult figures learning poison techniques.

“No. I’ve never heard of it.”

“Among the people gathered in the community now, is there anyone who knows more about the Demonic Cult than we do?”

“No way.”

“Yes. As far as we know, you are the only one who has learned the poison technique, even considering all the people gathered here and the Demonic Cult members. Whoever had this bead must have had in mind a situation where they would have to turn against you.”

Only then did Dang Mu-jin understand the situation.

“no way.”

Hyun-gong nodded and answered.

“There is an enemy within.”