The World of Sound - Chapter 67



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“… … I hope you enjoy it.”

“Waaa …

“Haam. I thought I was going to die from boredom.”

The martial arts competition began with a greeting from Master Hyeon-o, the head of Shaolin.

The events of the martial arts world were not simple, so many ceremonies followed before Ambassador Hyeon-oh’s greeting, but no one except Cheon-hwa said anything or showed any sign of being bored.

This is because those who gathered here had great interest in the martial arts competition and were in awe of the participants, and each and every person who came out to speak pierced their hearts.

Although I didn’t intend to use any specific slanderous methods, each and every one of those words sounded like slander.

It is not only because they used their internal energy to raise their voices so that they could be heard from afar, but also because their internal energy itself was absorbed into the sound.

For example, the tyrannical aura of Sapa makes everyone tense, or the magical powers of Shaolin make one feel mysterious.

So, there is no time for the listener to get bored.

Of course, it wasn’t completely natural, so it might have sounded awkward to those who were sensitive like Cheonhwa, but Cheonhwa didn’t show any particular aversion to it.

Because I know that you don’t intend to do anything deliberately or tactfully.

However, they were just formal words that were nothing special or new, and there was nothing interesting to them other than catching a glimpse of their realm, so I couldn’t stand the boredom.

After dozing off almost as if he was sleeping while standing up, he finally confirmed that all the meals were over and opened his eyes half-asleep and stretched.

“It’s over now? Ugh. If I had known this would happen, I would have just taken a nap downstairs. I’m going now.”

If it were his usual personality, Cheonhwa would have kicked up his seat and left while the meal was still in progress, but he waited half in anticipation that something else might happen and half out of annoyance at having to push his way through the crowd.

But in the end, after confirming that there was nothing special about it and that it was just a superficial reason for the harmony between the political and private interests, I decided that there was nothing more to see and prepared to go down the mountain.

With the greeting from the Shaolin abbot, the martial arts competition has already begun, and the preliminary round of the later Jisoo non-martial arts competition has also begun, but the location of the preliminary round will not be here, but at the bottom of the mountain.

Some who are in a hurry or have no intention of going down the mountain seem to have already started looking for opponents and requesting a fight, but the real stage for the fight is the 6th day, which can be called the main stage.

It was a ten-day martial arts competition, and although Cheonhwa, Bukgungyeon, and other regional leaders who had followed suit had greatly reduced the number of participants in the preliminary round, the number was still so large that they would have to hold multiple rounds a day for five days.

That’s why there wasn’t enough space in Shaolin for everyone to practice martial arts.

Because of this, some people moved diligently to finish the day’s work early, while the rest of the people went down the mountain or looked for familiar faces among the gathered people and started chatting and reminiscing.

“Okay. It’s too noisy here.”

However, Cheonhwa and his party are an exception.

Many people know that Cheonhwa and Bukgungyeon are the famous Duta Gwangin and Baek-Hal Seonnyeo, but no one talks to them or pretends to be close to them anymore, even though they no longer have to worry about their concubines being stolen.

Everyone was watching them, moving their gaze accordingly, but no one was actively taking action.

Iron Lion Margin is a giant of Sapa, and Bingbong Bukgungyeon is one of the most famous late-stage indices with beauty, martial arts, family background, and even a master’s background, but because of their combination, no one can easily approach them.

Even if only one of the two were apart, there would have been countless requests to shake hands, but when the two were together, it became difficult for both Jeongpa and Sapa to talk to each other.

When Jeongpain tried to talk to him, he was concerned about Marjin’s presence, and when Saphain tried to talk to him, he was slightly concerned about Bukgungyeon’s presence.

Cheonhwa? Everyone knew that he was an evil dragon, but surprisingly, no one showed any interest in him.

This is because most people just think that the review index is just a rumor that suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Today, there were many people in this place with much better skills and backgrounds than him, and even if most of the rumors were true, most people would value Ma Jin and Bukgung Yeon more, so they are only recognized as side characters.

However, it was a little different for the people in the Hohwa Branch and the Yongbong Branch.

“They haven’t come to their senses yet. Open your eyes wide!”

Because they were the only ones who were interested in Cheonhwa and were glaring at her in anger.

Among them, there was no particular reason to harbor ill feelings towards the people in the Yongbongjihoe, but the problem was Bukgungyeon, who was always by his side.

It seemed that Cheonhwa’s presence, which had been with them since the Yongbongjihoe, was extremely annoying and unpleasant because everyone had tried to win her favor.

Of course, it wasn’t like Cheonhwa would be scared in the slightest, but he couldn’t beat her up right there, so he had no choice but to endure it for now.

Instead, they should pray to the gods of heaven and earth.

Please don’t let me meet you at the later index competition.

“older brother!”

At that moment, someone approached them for the first time.

He is the son of a Shandong musician and a member of the luxurious club.

I heard that he returned to his family after the incident at the Hwahwajihoe, but it seems that he received a letter of recommendation and visited the martial arts competition this time.

“Oh, my dear. It’s been a while. You seem to have been training hard.”

The elders of the family were seen standing behind him with a puzzled expression, but they didn’t seem to be trying to stop him, probably because Bukgungyeon was there.

Being in a relationship with her, the precious jewel of the Bukgung family, means that you will have a connection with the entire Bukgung family, and since the Bukgung family is a prestigious family known even within the political sect, it has great influence on the imperial family.

Be that as it may, Cheonhwa was only interested in the individual, not his family.

“I have achieved some success thanks to practicing hard as you advised. I still have a long way to go compared to my brother.”

It appears that Aksomyeong’s skills have improved significantly in the meantime.

Although his internal energy had not increased significantly, his already solid fundamentals had now fully matured, and just by looking at his breathing and steps, it was clear that he could control his body as he wished.

It was not difficult to realize that it had now reached its peak of maturity and was at the point where it could see its end.

“Of course it’s an irresistible thing! But at this point, there’s no need to hang out with guys like the Kyeonchojihoe or whatever.”

At this level, it would not be out of place at all to be included in the Yongbong branch, let alone the Hwahwa branch.

It’s not an empty promise, but I think it’ll be difficult to take the top spot among them, but it might be somewhere in the middle?

Just like the luxurious branch, if he worked even harder without necessarily having to associate with the Yongbong branch, he would be able to completely shed the image of a late-comer before long, but he had family circumstances.

Since Akso-myeong was acquainted with both Majin and Bukgungyeon, he felt that more attention was being paid to him than before as he chatted more freely.

Until now, they seemed like a strange combination of masters who could not be talked to at all, but when they started talking to the later index of Shandong musicians who were known to be relatively incompetent and lacking in background, their hearts were moved.

There are many people who are looking around, wondering if they might be able to fit in there and make friends with them.

Of course, no one came forward even then.

“gaga!!”

“Ah… … You’re here?”

At that moment, another person, the late index, intervened.

This time, it was a figure from the Sichuan Tang family who could not be compared to the Shandong musicians.

The golden jade leaf of the Tang family, nicknamed Dokbong.

She ran towards me, calling me Ga-ga-ra in a very intimate way.

The bird that jumped in looked like it was going to hug her without caring about what other people thought, but Cheonhwa twisted his body slightly, so it was useless.

Suddenly, he started to stagger as if he couldn’t control his steps, but she didn’t care and just smiled brightly and started to act nice to Cheonhwa.

“You said you’d already made a name for yourself before the martial arts competition even started? If I had known this would happen, I would have joined in!”

“Do, Dokbong?”

Although he had already come here and heard the news about Duta Gwangin, he seemed to be secretly keeping Bukgungyeon in check while chattering, but Cheonhwa just shook her head and sighed deeply.

Although she was poor in many ways, Dang Mimi’s beauty was so outstanding that she was known as the most beautiful in Sacheon, so I don’t completely dislike her, but I feel a little burdened because I know what kind of secrets she and her family are hiding.

Although he was confident that the Demonic Cult would not dare to force anything unless he wanted it, he was of the opinion that it would be better to have an armed conflict than to get entangled in this way.

Although I had already visited the Tang family and experienced the Mandok Am Hwan Jin that I had been aiming for, I had confirmed that they had held up quite well as if they had been responding to the Cheon Eum Shingong, and I also knew that they had not shown me everything about the Mandok Am Hwan Jin, so it was difficult to simply reject them.

I also felt uneasy about this.

So, it was Cheonhwa who thought that he would properly destroy the Mandokam Hwanjin at some point.

“I’m leaving? See you in a few days.”

“Yes, brother. Take a look!”

“Gaga. Should I go down after telling the elders of the family?”

“No. It’s okay. I have some work to do, and it’ll be too noisy if you come.”

After chatting for a while, Cheonhwa, Majin, and Bukgungyeon headed back to Deungbong-hyeon where their lodgings were.

Although Aksomyeong and Dangmimi were very sorry, they decided to stay longer since their families had been assigned accommodations in Shaolin.

For those who were invited to Shaolin and stayed there, they had no choice but to not be allowed to leave the mountain during the martial arts competition period, instead gaining automatic entry into the main competition.

It was a privilege and a special privilege, but surprisingly, no one took issue with it.

It was also to prevent one of them from being eliminated early by unexpectedly meeting each other in the preliminaries, but it was also because they showed a large skill gap with the general later indices and could take away the other’s opportunity to perform.

The reason why only one, or at most two, later index members from the major sects were sent out was for a similar reason.

In the case of Bukgung Sega, who similarly received an invitation but declined it, they automatically qualified for the main tournament.

Because Bingbong’s name is already known in the martial arts world.

So there was no need to have a preliminary match, but she had originally decided to stay in Dengfeng County, not Shaolin, so she couldn’t be stopped from coming down.

“It’s really strange. Even though it’s not known for long and the monks aren’t well-known, they’re excluding you, who even has the nickname of Dragon.”

However, it is not a heavenly flower.

Although his background as a monk was not great, he was given the nickname of Evil Dragon and he had proven his innocence by being active in the Yongbongjihoe, but he was not granted automatic entry into the main tournament.

It felt like a bit of a fight.

Considering Cheonhwa’s skills, it’s not expected that he would be eliminated in the preliminaries, but this is a fight to show that his position is not the same as theirs.

“Well, it doesn’t matter. It won’t take long anyway. There are plenty of fun things to do down there, and it’s a hundred times better than being stuck here!”

But Cheonhwa didn’t care at all.

Maybe this was also due to Namgung Se-ga’s efforts, but it was much better than being held captive in Shaolin against his will.

Rather than staying in Shaolin, where it is obvious that the table will be filled with nothing but weeds and no fun, it would be better for me to stay at the bottom of the mountain, where there is plenty of food and entertainment, and only climb the mountain when necessary.

“My lord, we have a problem.”

“What’s the problem?”

When he arrived at Dengfeng County again, the people of Haomen were waiting for Cheonhwa.

With some bad news.

“Yes. The prizes for the non-contest have changed.”

“What does that mean?”

It is none other than the fact that the prizes for the non-competition have changed.

As Cheonhwa was a martial arts master who had participated in the martial arts competition, he couldn’t help but look fierce at that moment.

“The fortune you mentioned has been changed to go to the second place winner, and a different prize has been offered to the first place winner.”

The only good thing is that the iron itself has not been removed from the product list.

Instead, the prize that was supposed to go to the first place winner was changed to go to the second place winner, and it seems that a different prize was offered to the first place winner.

Although the prizes for the non-competitive tournament had not been announced yet, Haomun, who had excellent information power, and Shaolin received a lot of help from Haomun in organizing this martial arts tournament, seemed to have been able to find out in advance.

‘Is this his doing too?’

As soon as he heard that, Cheonhwa became suspicious of one person.

A person who knows that he is after Yuncheol.

It was immediately assumed that Namgung Se-ga was the one who had been making a fuss.

It was certainly a reasonable suspicion that Yuncheol was put down as the second prize in case Cheonhwa would take first place.

However, I don’t think that someone like Namgung Jin would be able to take first place.

“You did a great job. Then what do you get for first place?”

“It’s a naming right.”

“Nominating rights?”

“Yes. They say that they will give everyone who attends the martial arts competition the opportunity to learn by nominating anyone who wants to learn.”

“Anyone?”

“Yes. Anyone.”

“Is that… okay?”

However, Cheonhwa’s uncomfortable mood was relieved when he heard the changed reward for first place.

Because it was actually pretty decent.

‘I can eat second place too.’

Even if the goal is compensation, it is unacceptable for one to lose to the likes of later indexes.

So I was thinking of getting first place.

However, that doesn’t mean we can give up on luck.

Then there is only one way.

Besides yourself, you just need to make the person who will hand over the fortune to you second.

And the right person for the job was right here.

“Eun-gong. Do you have anything to say… …?”

Bingbong Bukgungyeon.

Since she has already reached the peak of her power, she will definitely make it to the finals unless she meets herself in the middle.

The main draw would only be completed after all the preliminaries were over, but if those conditions were met, there was a greater than 90% chance that she would meet him in the finals.

“No. Nothing.”

The remaining 10% were simply killing the opponent due to failure to control strength during the fight.

She was called the White-Haired Fairy and had already faced many opponents, but those were cases where the opponents were overwhelmingly weak.

If she is beyond the ripe climax, and needs to draw out quite a bit of strength, she may end up emitting an unfamiliar energy to an excessive degree and take the opponent’s life.

So, Cheonhwa had already made sufficient preparations to lower even the 10% chance.

To teach you how to control your power through martial arts.

However, the opponent was not himself.

“I’ll be back soon, so take your time!”

Wire mesh margin.

He too needed time to adapt to his newfound power.

If I did it myself, I might be able to reach a higher level, but if I tried to raise the level too much in my current state, I might not be able to handle it.

In that sense, Bukgungyeon’s ice spirit was the perfect stimulus for him right now.

Of course, you will have to receive the map as it is free.

‘I don’t know what else you’ve prepared, but whatever it is, you have to be prepared for it.’

That’s why the two of them could be said to be a perfect match at the moment.

Cheonhwa smiled faintly, as he had planned from the beginning to stabilize each other’s achievements by making the two of them fight instead of himself.

Perhaps, their temple had prepared something for the later indexes who had already been humiliated once by Cheonhwa, but Cheonhwa had another arrangement that would render whatever it was useless.

Before we could get that out there, we first had to get our names on the finalists list.

So, Cheonhwa told the two to practice martial arts in the martial arts field provided by Haomun, and then he immediately started moving to find his preliminary martial arts opponent.