The World of Sound - Chapter 118



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It was a light armor thin enough to fit close to the skin.

Although special minerals were used for this, they were not special enough to resist the Cheon-eum Shingong in and of themselves.

Instead, the shape of the chest was unusual.

Because it had a shape that resembled someone’s face.

It was not difficult to figure out that it contained magical powers similar to those of a magic circle, but even Cheonhwa had difficulty understanding the principles and reasons by which it was carved and exerted its power.

This was the first time something like this had happened.

I don’t know if it’s because I’m a Manryu Gwijong or something, but whether it’s martial arts, sorcery, or formations, there’s nothing I haven’t studied and understood so far.

But this time it was different.

No matter how I look at it, I cannot figure out how the armor with the face of this hideous thing engraved on it exerts its power.

“Where have I seen it… … .”

That alone was enough to make him feel suffocated, but what made his chest suffocate even more was that he felt like he had seen that ugly face somewhere before.

I saw it, but I don’t remember it.

If it was a face that gave off such a horrible feeling, there was no way I wouldn’t remember it even if I only saw it once.

“Kkiyut! Bye!!”

“Huh? You know?”

At that moment, the brain spirit who had been watching it from the side started to shake.

As soon as he saw Moo-oh, he turned his head away, and Bukgung-yeon threw up his head on the ground, but strangely enough, only Noe-ryeong was watching it along with Cheon-hwa.

It was as if the look on his face was telling him that he knew.

When Cheonhwa asked again, the boy waved his short limbs around to express something.

No matter how excellent Cheonhwa’s ability to communicate is, he cannot accurately understand the words of a spirit, so he explains through gestures.

Where have I seen it?

“Fight? Run away? Fly… … Ah!”

He moves his short limbs back and forth, pretending to throw a punch, then runs away again.

He hid somewhere, bit something, and then jumped into Cheonhwa’s arms as if he was playing with her.

At that sight, Cheonhwa was finally able to understand what the guy was saying. Because she had been through that whole process before.

“Shaolin.”

This is at the Shaolin Temple where the martial arts competition was held.

These are the things that happened to Noeryeong the night before the finals of the Later Index Competition while he was following the guys who were hiding into Janggyeonggak.

So, is this what you saw in them?

No. Even if he hadn’t made the gesture of pointing at something in his mouth, Cheonhwa could recall a memory he had briefly forgotten.

Perhaps it was an image that even he had consciously erased from his memory.

“Is that the rubbing?”

At that time, the Shaolin investigation hall and pagoda were destroyed, and a rubbing believed to have come from inside was brought in by the brain spirit.

It was just a rubbing, but I had a strange feeling and pulled it out again from the back of my memory.

“I think I put it somewhere here.”

I took out the rubbing that I had carefully folded and kept, not only because I felt bad about having it but also because I felt bad about throwing it away.

And contrasted.

“This, the day I get to see Shinseung again will come sooner than I thought.”

The facial features carved on the chest of the armor were very similar to the facial features carved on the rubbings seen in Shaolin.

However, they are not completely the same.

But if you look at it as a different face of the same being, then it could be said to be so.

What on earth does this mean?

Could Shaolin really have been involved in this?

It was still difficult to be certain.

We found a link to Shaolin, but we cannot see that as evidence of their collusion with Shaolin.

Besides, it is said that there is no such thing as absolute, but it was hard to imagine that Shaolin, the world’s greatest Buddhist school, would hide such an evil object for use.

Wasn’t the place where this rubbing was taken, the investigation room, or the pagoda forest in front of it?

It may have been hidden since it was a place that no one could easily access, but it was also quite possible that it was sealed there.

Even though it was just a rubbing, it gave off an ominous vibe.

Perhaps that’s why the face carved into the armor he was wearing also felt slightly blurred.

Is it more like someone intentionally did it that way rather than it being damaged by the impact of the explosion?

If you think about it that way, you might think of it as not being a finished product or a failure, but Cheonhwa thought differently.

‘I guess it was something you couldn’t handle.’

Even just this level of imitation feels like a considerable fraud, but if it were carved properly, it could easily be called a magic armor.

No, before that I didn’t even know if carving was possible.

‘If you carve it properly, anyone will go crazy.’

First of all, it is impossible for those with internal energy.

After Cheonhwa closely examined it, he realized that this piece itself was like a form of internal energy.

It’s not perfect, but that makes it all the more problematic.

Even if the method is contained within, it is said that it will be over if you don’t practice it, but this seemed impossible.

From the moment the carving began, a huge amount of evil energy was set to flow into the body, and even if it was not directly performed, it would flow through the body and create energy.

If you couldn’t control it properly, you would end up obsessed with money, and even if you managed to handle it somehow, there was a very high chance that you would go crazy from the fraud.

Then, you might think that you could just leave the carving to an ordinary person who has not learned the inner strength method, but in some ways, that would be more difficult.

Carving special metals in such detail would have been extremely difficult and challenging without the skill, and even for skilled craftsmen, it would still be affected by the spirit.

Even though the martial artists are trained, if ordinary artisans who are not martial artists were to carve this, they would have to break through the obstacles of the spirit with only mental power and concentration, so even if it is not in perfect condition, those who can make this need to be members of the Maga Iron Fang or have skills similar to that of the Maga Iron Fang.

If not, then you can grind people down like consumables and carve them out piece by piece.

In that case, the level of completion may be low, but it may be possible to create something using the sacrifices of many people as a stepping stone.

Cheonhwa thought that perhaps this too could have been created in that way.

‘It seems like only a small part.’

Even though I’m only carving a single face, not the entire thing.

‘Maybe it would be okay if I just carve them all out?’

I would rather have one person sculpt the entire finished product.

This itself is like a sophisticated method of mind, so if someone who knows and masters it accepts the spirit and perfects the fortune, if they create one statue, they may be able to unlock the secrets contained within and obtain some kind of martial arts.

I don’t know what it was, but it was probably a power that could shake the heavens and the earth.

‘That might be the purpose.’

Maybe that’s what they’re after.

If Shaolin had a rubbing of a part of the piece and sealed it away so that it would not be revealed to the world, then it makes a lot of sense if they were trying to piece it together to create something that would become the original piece.

If the chaos caused by the unidentified group itself shook the martial arts world and in the meantime, they were secretly trying to collect other parts of the sculpture or its rubbings to restore it, then it would make sense.

Thanks to this, the martial arts world is in an uproar and power is being gathered, but if it ends up being concentrated into a huge group like the Jeongcheon Alliance or the Heukdo Alliance, the places where these are stored and sealed will inevitably have relatively weak defenses.

“Yes. This is how you become a martial artist.”

Shhh

Cheonhwa, who had deduced their purpose by combining several clues, suddenly smiled brightly.

When thinking about the heavy situation, it seemed as if he had lost his mind due to a strange energy, but Cheonhwa’s mind was clearer and cleaner than ever.

I’m just genuinely looking forward to it.

Although it was a journey into martial arts that I was pushed into by my master, the martial arts that I had heard about and dreamed of since I was young were very eventful places.

When I think about it, my actions up until now have been very calm.

I couldn’t help but be excited, as it seemed like it would bring new energy to a journey that had been a bit boring.

Purseoseoseok-

The armor with the evil face engraved on it that he was holding in his hand crumbled.

It took some time, but I was able to read the waves that the armor had and analyze them as if I was taking it apart.

So, wearing armor like this will no longer be able to withstand the Cheon-eum Shingong.

This only made it slightly harder to read the target’s wavelength and tune the note to match it, but since we already knew the wavelength, we could just play the note calculated up to that wavelength.

“I need to change my destination.”

Cheonhwa, who got up lightly from her seat, didn’t worry any longer.

First, we modified our plan to move to Maga Cheol Bang and set a new destination.

“I should stop by Shaolin first.”

You will find Shaolin.

So, I decided to find out about the true nature of these evil spirits by meeting the monks, whether they were the new monks or the head monks, and hearing their stories or by secretly infiltrating them.

In the process, you may end up fighting Shin Seung or Shaolin… … .

‘That would be fun too.’

It wasn’t a cause for concern for Cheonhwa at all.

Because I completed the wind chime and the thunder zither better than the original.

Although he still needed to perfect two more instruments, he could almost be said to have no rivals for these alone.

Although it was a makeshift measure, there were also shoes with a celestial spirit and a cloud plate attached.

Thanks to this, Cheonhwa, who started walking again with high expectations, erased the combination of land and water routes that he had planned to take to get to his original destination, Magacheolbang.

When I first appeared in Gangho, I planned to go to Honam, rent a boat from Jangjiangsu Rochai in Sangdeok-hyeon, and go straight to Anhui Province, but since the destination changed to Henan Province, I changed the route.

There was a way to move to infinity in the same way and then move north, but it was faster to just move diagonally.

If you were to ride on the back of Mu-o, who had inexhaustible stamina and internal energy, you would be able to reach your destination at a speed that could not be compared to a horse.

‘It’s almost time to come.’

Besides, if you use the waterway, those following you may easily lose sight of you.

I don’t necessarily think of slowing down my pace to match theirs, but since there are no other boats as fast and quick on the water as the Jang Gang Surochae, it is no exaggeration to say that from the moment I get on the waterway until I get off, there is almost no chance of me running into anyone else.

The land route was just right, since that wasn’t what Cheonhwa wanted.

That was also the reason why they deliberately leaked their traces and identities.

“Akryong Cheonhwa So… … No, are you the Great Swordsman?”

“I meet the Lord of the Heavenly Sound!”

So, after two full days of Cheonhwa finding its direction and starting to move again, a group of groups competitively blocked Cheonhwa’s path.