Episode 283 Whose seat is this?
Moonlight fell on the safe house of the Heavenly Demon Church.
Hyeolcheon Doma had planted the Myeolcheon Daedo in the yard and was leaning against it, drinking. After all, alcohol tastes best when you drink it while leaning against the Great Sword of Death.
At that time, a welcome voice was heard from behind.
âI always had a book in my hand, so how can I have a drink today?â
A smile appeared on the lips of Hyeolcheondoma, who was drinking.
Geommugeuk sat next to him. At first, we always sat across from each other, but now it felt more comfortable to sit next to him.
âPlease give me a drink too.â
Geommugeuk drank the alcohol given to him by Hyeolcheondoma.
âOkay, thatâs good.â
âYou must be busy there, right?â
âNo matter how busy you are, you have to see the people you want to see. âYou were bored without me, right?â
âIf youâre bored, you can read a book, but if youâre still bored, you can drink.â
âWhat about you, Master?â
âThat person is practicing in the backyard.â
Since he canât go to the late-night training group, he seems to be training alone. Now that I think about it, Sohee Cheon must be training alone. No, you might be playing around and enjoying your freedom alone.
âWhat are you worried about?â
You are so perceptive.
âAre you even reading Cheongi?â
âAn old man should at least have some sense. why? Did the martial arts faction mobilize all their power to catch you? âYouâre saying theyâre going to spread the heavenly net?â
âIf it were that way, I wouldnât have to worry about it. Jump out, old man! All it takes is one word.â
When my mind becomes complicated, the person I turn to is Hyeolcheondo. Itâs not that Iâm looking for any answers, itâs just that being with him like this makes me feel at ease. When we talk like this, we often find answers.
Hyeolcheondoma poured drinks and said.
âDonât try to be too good.â
âDo you see it that way?â
Hyeolcheondoma nodded. I seem to have become rigid without even realizing it. Since it was related to firearms, I was really careful.
âDo you think you will die thinking that you will do better when you die? youâre welcome. I should have seen that person at least once more. You could have said something better. And then dying is life.â
The more you learn about Hyeolcheon Doma, the more unexpected things you see.
When you first met him, would you ever have imagined that he would say things like this? Of course, there are some things that have changed since meeting me, but I think the reason I say this is because I read a lot of books.
âThen Iâm doing well. âI came here to see you so I wouldnât regret it.â
Even though he was happy on the inside, Hyeolcheondoma did not forget the words he said every time.
âI will think carefully. âYou can only think of a masked person, a drunkard, a fist fighter, and a non-armed person.â
Geommugeuk smiled and looked up at the moon.
âYou may not be able to see him because he is covered by this big sword, but there is always an old man in front of him.â
Hyeolcheondoma also smiled and looked up at the moon together.
âWhat do you think you will regret the most?â
His eyes deepened slightly. Is he reminiscing about his younger days when he could have done well with Ilhwa Geomzone? Or am I just remembering another unspeakable regret?
âI have no regrets or regrets.â
A faint smile appeared on Geommugeukâs lips. Yes, I hope he lives a life without regrets. May it not only be a life without regrets in words, but a life without regrets in reality.
âI met Master Jinha today.â
Hearing the words of Geommugeuk, Hyeolcheondomaâs eyes became more intense. Because I knew that Baek Cheon-gyeong was the one who held the key to this matter.
âHow was it?â
âHe was not an ordinary person. âItâs the same with heart and martial arts.â
Hyeolcheondoma nodded.
âOtherwise there would be no reason for us to come all the way here.â
âI think we need to be careful no matter how we handle it.â
âIt wonât be easy. âEven if you are cautious, the other person will not be cautious.â
âWhat do you mean by that?â
Then, Hyeolcheondoma said something unexpected.
âIf I make you my enemy, I will inevitably become anxious and afraid.â
âIt feels good to hear compliments from you after a long time, right? Please add praise! âIâm not conceited, so donât worry.â
âYou do something.â
Geommugeuk laughed loudly and Hyeolcheondoma also laughed along.
Two people drank alcohol.
It would be nice to just drink alcohol like this, but there was a reason why the sword dance performance came today.
Geommugeuk took something out of his arms.
âHave you ever seen this?â
It was a doll brought from Baek Cheon-gyeongâs workshop.
Hyeolcheondoma shook his head.
âHeâs a nasty looking guy.â
The body is perfectly chiseled, but the face is blank, so it looks even more so.
âDo you by any chance know about the Wooden Heavenly Soul Art?â
When Hyeolcheondoma heard the term Wooden Heavenly Soul Art, he was surprised. His eyes suddenly turned to the wooden doll.
âCould it be that this doll is used for that martial art?â
As expected, Hyeolcheondoma knew about the wooden form of heavenly soul art. This is because he had excellent information and insight into the various martial arts factions and martial arts in the martial arts world.
âHe was learning Baek Cheon-gyeong. âThis doll was also carved by him.â
âNo way!â
There was a reason for Hyecheondomaâs surprise.
âThe Wooden Heavenly Soul Art was a martial art of a mysterious sect called the Mokcheonga. But the Mokcheon family has already become extinct, but the person who learned the martial arts is still alive?â
âExtinct?â
Geommugeuk knew about the Wooden Heavenly Soul Art, but did not know that their family had become extinct.
âIt went extinct a dozen years ago.â
âHow did they become extinct?â
Hyeolcheondoma shook his head.
âLittle is known about him. As expected from a mysterious sect, the finale ended in secrecy.â
Baek Cheon-gyeong is a descendant of the extinct Mok-cheon family? It was a moment when an unexpected fact was revealed.
âThe master of the Murim Lordâs grandson is a descendant of the extinct Mokcheon family? âItâs definitely not unusual.â
âJinha-kun is completely unaware of that fact. âI expect that the Murim Lord probably doesnât know either.â
âI heard that the secret art of the Mokcheon family is secret and secret, like the energy of the forest. If you had planned to hide it, you might not have known. But how did you find out?â
âGuhemagong reacted. âIt seems that the shamanic origins of wood-shaped heavenly soul art originated from magic.â
Because it was an absolute magic technique that took precedence over any other magic technique, and it was a nine-fire magic technique that was at the pinnacle of magic techniques.
A descendant of an extinct mysterious sect has infiltrated the Murim Alliance? The rulerâs grandsonâs master is not an ordinary person, and he even has a fire weapon behind him?
âWhat should I do? âPlease give me the answer, old man!â
No matter how harshly he tried, there was no answer that Hyeolcheondoma could give him.
âI donât know. âBecause I lived a life where I killed everything without thinking about anything else.â
Hyeolcheondoma added while tipping his glass.
âThatâs why itâs difficult to kill a low-ranking person and difficult to save a high-ranking person.â
* * *
At the same time, Jin Ha-ryeong was meeting Jin Ha-gun.
âWhat happened?â
Jinha hesitated to answer his younger brotherâs question for a moment. It was not easy to say that the master did not consider him a disciple. So, I only conveyed part of what Geommugeuk said.
âHe said he wasnât sure yet because it was his first meeting.â
Jin Ha-ryeong felt two emotions at the same time from her brotherâs expression. Anger and hope. I was able to guess who each target was.
âBrother.â
âwhy?â
I wanted to tell you that I trust you. So believe in yourself. But she knows Jinhaâs personality. In this situation, such words only hurt your pride and are counterproductive.
âAs expected, my brother, a warrior is a warrior.â
âwhat do you mean?â
âWhen a crisis comes, your eyes sparkle.â
Jinha smiled bitterly. What sparkled was my younger brotherâs eyes. Even if I didnât see the admiration, I knew what kind of eyes he would have.
âInstead, donât try to shoulder the crisis alone. âItâs cool to do it on your own, but I think thatâs bluff.â
The little boy who was crying to be carried on his back has already grown so much that he is comforting himself.
âIf your brother is having a hard time, isnât it because his faith is mediocre?â
âWhat do you mean?â
âIf you want to believe in sword dance, you have to believe it, but you canât. How about just believing it? âYou asked for help because you believed in it anyway, right?â
âAnd what if everything is taken away?â
âSo if itâs going to be taken away, it wonât be taken away even if you donât believe it?â
â!â
âWhen I watched that person in Sword Dance, I never felt like a door was closed. Since it was wide open, I felt like I couldnât go in without permission. If the other person can open it anyway, wouldnât it be better to get rid of the clumsy lock? Ah, I said a lot for no reason. âThen rest.â
As she was about to come out, Jinha spoke.
âthanks.â
Jin Ha-ryeong felt that her brother was growing. It doesnât make you angry or hurt your pride. If it had been before⊠well, if it had been then, I wouldnât have been in the mood to say something like this.
Jin Ha-ryeong pretended as if he was holding a ball in his heart that was much bigger than that, just as Jin Ha-gun had done before when he compared himself to Geommugeuk.
âMy brother is such a big person to me!â
* * *
The next day, I visited Baek Cheon-gyeong.
He wasnât surprised at all, as if he had expected my visit.
âYou are free.â
After learning that he was a descendant of the extinct Mokcheon family, I felt a different way from when I saw him yesterday.
Baek Cheon-gyeong, what are you doing here?
Even if the question is the same, the feeling is different. And you wonât get an answer to this question from him. Last night, after leaving Hyeolcheondomaâs residence, I immediately sent an urgent e-mail to Gao Yue. It was a letter telling them to work together with Tongcheongak to find out all the information related to Mokcheonga and send it to them. The answer will come from Gowol.
âWhy would you be busy, let alone a war with you?â
âDo you have time to see me? âYou must be busy meeting Ha-ryeong, right?â
âDaeju Jin is using evil and blocking it. He said he could never meet his younger brother until he got permission from his master. âThe moment you come in contact with her, there will be war.â
âIt seems scary that a war would break out while you are running around the Murim Alliance as the leader of a demonic cult.â
âI wasnât afraid of that obvious threat. âYou understand Jin Dae-ju, who is trying to protect his younger sister, as a man like him.â
Baek Cheon-gyeong turned around and entered. The fact that I didnât close the door meant that I had to come inside, so I went in and complained for no reason.
âEven so, it shouldnât be like this. âOf course, it was his younger brother who invited him.â
Baek Cheon-gyeong sat down, pretending not to hear, and started cutting wood. Since I came, he has only been showing me cutting wood.
But now I know. How scary this moment is. Because he creates minions every time we meet.
he asked as he was carving wood.
âWould you go back if I told you not to meet me?â
I wandered around the workshop and asked as if it was no big deal.
âAre you going to do that?â
I donât think so. He will try to use me somehow to benefit himself.
âof course. âYou must accept the discipleâs will.â
âIt seems like you care a lot about your students.â
Baek Cheon-gyeong neither confirmed nor denied. What does he think of Jinha deep in his heart? Are you trying to use it to your heartâs content and then throw it away? Or do you have the heart to consider yourself a true disciple?
âI wonât back down until you let me meet her. âBecause Iâm the type of person who would do it again.â
At the same time, he lifted up the cloth covering the decoration table. The positions of the dolls had changed again from yesterday.
All the dolls were standing in a circle, forming a formation surrounding someone. The sight of them pulling out their weapons and attacking them was clearly an attempt to attack the opponent.
But there was actually no doll at the center.
âWhose seat is this?â
âIt will depend on how you come out. âYou can stand, or Hagun can stand.â
âWhy are you leaving out?â
Baek Cheon-gyeong raised his head and stared at me.
âDidnât you say that yesterday? âYou didnât come to kill me.â
âThatâs right. It did.â
âThen thereâs a good chance it will be you.â
I took the doll out of my arms. It was the faceless doll I took yesterday.
âOr maybe itâs this person.â
He probably already knew what I had taken, so he didnât mention it.
âI want to carve this dollâs face.â
But he reacted immediately to these words. Baek Cheon-gyeong looked at me and asked.
âWho are you going to engrave?â
âYou are the one who created this in the first place, so you know who it is.â
His and my gaze became intertwined in the air.
âHe could be anyone.â
âCould you teach me how to carve? âI will try to finish it.â
He started chopping wood again as if it wasnât worth answering.
Crunchy.
I put the faceless doll back in my arms.
Then I took another carving knife and wood from the workbench and imitated what he did.
âIsnât this carving knife ultimately a knife? âItâs because Iâm an expert at using knives.â
I made it roughly the way he did.
Can he move what I made? I guess so? After all, this too is made of wood. Or, since he didnât make it himself, it might not work as per his commands.
âThis is harder than it looks.â
I carved the doll like that for a while. When a roughly human shape was created, it appeared to him.
âWhat do you think? Still, doesnât it seem quite plausible?â
It seems like Baek Cheon-gyeong canât understand me like this.
âWhat is your real purpose?â
âIt is to win Soje Jinâs heart.â
He was skeptical. If you believe it, you wonât believe it, and if you donât believe it, youâll wonder why itâs like this.
âIf you allow me to meet her, I will repay you.â
âpay?â
âIf there is something coming, shouldnât there also be something going?â
âI donât want to accept Mineâs things even if I pay a thousand gold.â
âWhat if I give you something more important than a thousand gold?â
Curiosity flashed across Baek Cheon-gyeongâs face.
âFor example, what if itâs Cheonhwamun?â
Surprise passed through Baek Cheon-gyeongâs eyes, as if the words had been unexpected.
âI know that you connected Lord Tianhe Wen and Lord Jin. Why did you move for Cheonhwamunju?â
I mentioned Cheonhwamun at an unexpected time and watched his reaction.
âI was just trying to save Lord Cheonhwamunâs son from your clutches.â
âYou must have known that his son was a villain, right? âArenât you a political sect?â
âGood and evil are relative concepts. âHonestly, arenât you the more evil person?â
âThatâs right. Iâm sure itâs relative. âI feel like you are more evil than me.â
A faint smile appeared on his lips. It felt like a sneer of denial and a laugh of approval.
After the conversation up to this point, Baek Cheon-gyeongâs gaze turned back to the wooden doll he was carving.
Crunchy.
He was creating endless minions. What are you going to use all those dolls for? What are you going to do?
âI will come back to learn again tomorrow.â
* * *
After Geommugeuk left there, Baek Cheon-gyeong eventually finished the doll he was carving.
After fiddling with it for a moment and looking down at it, he got up and slowly walked to the decoration.
âThat doll could be anyoneâŠâ
Baek Cheon-gyeong said in a tone as subdued as her eyes as she placed the doll she made in the center of the surrounding area.
âAnyone can come here.â
The finished doll was a young woman.