Who threatened Cheonma Hara with a knife - Chapter 321



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Who threatened to call me Cheonmahara with a knife? Episode 321

Podalrap Palace (1)

Two days later, they arrived at a place called Dang-ung.

It was a village located approximately four or five hours away from Potala Palace when traveling by horseback.

“After resting here for a day, we will depart at dawn tomorrow and immediately attack the Potala Palace.”

After briefly explaining the plan to his companions, Ilmok entered Dangung with them.

As I entered the village, I felt quite familiar.

It was the same in the past in the Central Plains, and I had experienced it several times when I was heading to the West. The residents seemed to be terrified.

Judging from the situation I heard from the chief in Andahyeon and the location of this place, the answer was the same.

‘It looks like something is going on at Podalrap Palace again.’

When Ichimoku, who had sensed something, looked back, the others also had serious expressions on their faces, as if they had sensed something too.

Ichimoku, who met their eyes, nodded once and then started walking.

They wandered around the town as if they were tourists, and soon they found two esoteric monks.

Two esoteric monks were standing guard at the entrance to a building that looked like an inn or a teahouse.

As was typical of buildings of this period, the building was not soundproofed, so moans and screams could be heard occasionally from inside the guest house, and a strange smell was also wafting out.

As Ilmok and his group approached the building, one of the two esoteric monks guarding the entrance shouted with a fierce expression.

“If you don’t want to die, get out!”

The two were already very angry because their turn was taken away from them on the pretext of having to stand guard.

For several years now, Podalap Palace has been forcibly taking girls and young women from all over the West.

However, even if young women were brought from all over the west coast, the west coast was not a very fertile land.

Since there weren’t many people, the number of young women was limited, and those who decided to follow the will of the left and right leaders were all greedy.

Naturally, within the Potala Palace, young women were given priority to the left and right great deities and high priests.

As the years passed, naturally, the lower-ranking esoteric monks came up with a dirty solution.

In the process of searching for girls to offer to the Podalap Palace in various places in the West, they began to forcibly take young women from the village and train them. They avoided only very young women who had to be offered to the left and right great virtues and high monks.

As the saying goes, “If the upper water is cloudy, the lower water will also be clouded,” the esoteric monks who began to follow the teachings of the Left and Right Great Virtues were all becoming corrupted.

At that moment, the expression on the other mystic monk’s face changed from anger to sinister.

He pointed with his finger at the women who were exactly behind Ilmok.

“Leave those women here. If you do that, I will spare your lives.”

Only then did the rest of the esoteric monks glance at the women, and they shared the same sinister expressions.

“Hehehe. That girl still seems young, so I can teach her a lot of worldly pleasures.”

The woman he was pointing to was the youngest, Hyukryun Seon-ah.

Hyukryun Seon-ah’s expression turned cold at their dirty words.

She had a cold face that seemed like she would be paired with Jin Ha-yeon, but she never came forward herself.

Bam.

Before I knew it, the index finger of the esoteric monk who was pointing at Hyukryeon Seon-ah was cut off and fell to the floor.

“Where are you wagging your dirty fingers?”

It was the work of Hyukryeoncheon River.

He was not the kind of man who would dare leave alone someone who had harassed his granddaughter.

“Kuaaaah!!!”

As the esoteric monk who had his finger cut off screamed in belated pain, Hyukryeon Cheon-gang swung his sword again.

“I’ll cut off that filthy neck too.”

Crunch.

While the head of the esoteric monk was being cut off while screaming in pain.

“Go, do you know who we are!”

The monk tried to threaten them in a startled manner, but there was no one here who would be afraid of the name Podalap Palace.

Crunch.

Hyukryun Cheon-gang looked at them as if they were insects, swung his sword again, and easily eliminated the remaining esoteric monks.

Meanwhile, perhaps because of the shouts and screams of the esoteric monk guarding the entrance, a bustling atmosphere was felt inside the guest house.

“I’ll wait outside to make sure no one runs away.”

Ilmok nodded at Hyukryeoncheon-gang’s words and entered the inn without delay, and the other members of the group followed after him.

“Wow, who are they!”

“Do you even know where this is!”

The interior of the inn was truly a sight to behold.

The secret monks who had rushed to the scene were all half-naked.

It was an ugly sight, clearly showing what he was doing.

“I will subdue and kill anyone I need to interrogate, so you must kill all the esoteric monks without exception.”

As soon as the order was given, the group rushed towards the naked esoteric monks.

* * *

The battle, filled with blood and screams, ended in a one-sided massacre.

The smell of blood mixed with the incense that had been wafting from the guest house, and an unpleasant smell stung my nose.

The incense usually used in Buddhist temples is said to calm the mind, but the incense used by Buddhist monks was completely different.

‘Is it some kind of aphrodisiac?’

It was a scent that stirred the heart.

“Open all the windows of the guest house and get rid of the incense. Lady Jin, together with the women, find the women inside the guest house and dress them first, and examine them in detail.”

After giving instructions, Ichimoku turned his head and looked at his feet.

There were two esoteric monks there, writhing like insects.

Even though it was already known that Joo-Dae-Deok was the mastermind, the reason they kept the two alive for interrogation was simple.

“Draw the structure of the Potala Palace.”

“What does the left and right great deity look like? Tell me about its characteristics.”

Since he was planning to launch a surprise attack, he needed to know the structure of the Podalap Palace, the locations of the left and right Daedeoks, and their appearances in advance.

The two esoteric monks told everything they knew in order to survive.

“S, save me.”

Ichimoku swung his Ascension Sword with an indifferent expression towards the insects that were begging for their lives with their last hope.

Crunch.

When Ilmok finished interrogating him and looked back, all the women had already returned.

“I dressed the women and used my internal energy to remove the weak energy. I think they will find stability soon.”

Ilmok nodded at Jin Ha-yeon’s report and gave instructions to his group.

“After having breakfast and resting for an hour, we will head straight to Podalap Palace.”

We had originally planned to stay overnight, but a change of plans was necessary.

Since the accident happened just a day’s walk from Potala Palace, there was a risk that if they delayed, news would reach Potala Palace.

No matter how much evil the Podalap Palace has been committing recently, the West Gate was originally Podalap Palace’s territory.

It would not have been surprising if someone among the villagers had spread this news to the Potala Palace.

* * *

Ilmok and his group left Dangung after the sun had set, and when the sun rose again, a large temple appeared before their eyes.

Starting from a mountain hill, it was a huge temple complex with buildings lined up along a gentle ridge, built in a completely different style from those in the central plains.

Ilmok and his group began to climb the mountain where the Potala Palace was located, unfolding their lightness and soon arrived at the main gate, which could be called the entrance to the temple.

Early in the morning, two esoteric monks who were guarding the main gate and yawning loudly noticed them and showed a look of displeasure.

“Where do you come from and who are you, that you cover your face like that?”

For a monk, his attitude was quite rambunctious.

To their question, Ichimoku took a step forward and answered.

“Maitreya Bridge.”

Could it be that the name that began to spread throughout the Central Plains has not yet reached this place?

“Maitreya Bridge…?”

The esoteric monks guarding the entrance muttered the name as if recalling it, and then a white line filled their vision.

Crunch!

And with a belated cutting sound, the upper and lower bodies of the two esoteric monks were divided.

thud!!

The gate was also split in two and collapsed on the ground.

After tearing open the closed door of the Podalap Palace, Ilmok used his lightness to enter the palace grounds, and his group chased after him.

The moment I entered the compound, the first thing that stimulated my senses was a certain scent.

“You crazy kids.”

It was the same scent as the one I smelled at Dangung.

Contrary to its sacred appearance, the sutras of the Potala Palace were filled with the sinister scent of incense.

The funny thing was that there was only incense and not much of an image of the esoteric monks in the sutras.

Even though it was early in the morning, it was a rare sight in Buddhism where offerings are made from dawn onwards.

Even though it was early in the morning, it was not difficult to guess the reason just by looking at the scent of unmarried people filling the room and the quiet atmosphere.

Ilmok ran towards the scriptures, which were as empty as an empty house, and attacked them head-on.

“What kind of guys are they!!”

A small group of young esoteric monks who had been out since morning discovered them and drew their weapons and shouted.

Crunch!

No one succeeded in blocking the path from the front and receiving the sword of Hyukryeoncheongang.

After running past the pavilions built in a row along the gentle slope, I reached about halfway to the Buddhist temple of Podalap Palace.

Only then did those who had been in a deep sleep sense the commotion outside and begin to come out one by one with a disheveled appearance.

“What are you guys doing!!”

At that moment, a large, sturdy old man with white hair stood in front of Ilmok.

bang!!!

The first time he blocked the Sword of Ascension, the high priest’s armor was imbued with a powerful energy that was full of majestic power.

Looking at the monk, Ilmok spat out phlegm.

“Kaaaak. Phew.”

He was a high priest with an ugly appearance that made it seem like his eyes would rot away. Although he had been a high priest for decades, from early morning, something was bulging out of his lower abdomen as if it was going to break through his robe.

“You dirty little bastards.”

But what made me feel dirty at first glance wasn’t the spurt of water that was about to burst.

Although he was a great monk who had not even entered the Inhae-gyeong, his magnificent internal energy was on a level that was not inferior to that of Ilmok.

And Ilmok knew where the great monk’s magnificent history came from.

“Huh? Are you saying that the providence of nature is dirty?”

Ilmok quickly swung his sword towards the monk who was laughing bitterly.

bang!!

The high priest, perhaps believing in his own magnificent inner strength, fought against Ilmok’s attack with his twin swords wrapped in a lot of strong energy.

But the sneer and composure on the monk’s face were shattered in just three rounds.

Even though the total amount of internal energy they possessed was similar, the realms they reached were vastly different.

The high priest’s hands and feet began to tangle on their own in the mysterious sword path that he could not dare to follow.

“T, this can’t be happening….”

The bewildered monk could only stare at the sword flying toward his heart, muttering to himself in vain.

Crunch.

Ichimoku, who had thrust the Sword of Ascension into the heart of the high priest, waited for a moment before pulling the Sword of Ascension out of the high priest’s heart.

And once again, the Sword of Ascension that he swung at the esoteric monk behind him was covered in red energy.

After that, Ichimoku would kill a esoteric monk who blocked his path, and he would stab his sword into the monk’s body and absorb their blood energy little by little.

It was subtly different from the quick and concise swordsmanship that Andahyeon and Dangung displayed, which made the secret monks not even aware of their own death.

In fact, the fact that Ilmok has been focusing on quick swords recently was in no small part due to the influence of the Ascension Sword.

It was partly due to the sharpness of the Ascension Sword that could cleanly cut through a person’s body, but also because it was necessary to cut down the enemy quickly without giving the Ascension Sword time to absorb the blood.

There was a combination of the aftereffects of the Talhonmujeonggeom, which led to a preference for neatness, and the usual annoyance, which led to the fact that he mainly used quick swordsmanship.

But now that he had to consider a long-term war, he absorbed a lot of blood and slaughtered the esoteric monks, unlike usual.

Crunch!

We continued forward, slaughtering all the esoteric monks who were blocking our path. When we reached the vicinity of the top of the Potala Palace.

Seventy-two esoteric monks formed a circle and surrounded them.

“Unleash the Seventy-Two Vajra Rama Formation!!”

As soon as the high priest in the center of the circle detonated his lion’s roar, a huge energy began to press down on Ilmok and his group.