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Chapter 114
Chapter 114. Black Path Night March (4)
“Crazy bastard......”
As expected of a great leader of the Black Path, Cha Seok-du lived with curses on his tongue.
But the reason I somehow felt as if a similar curse had been muttered by Seong Mo-ran behind me must have been because my physical condition was not very good.
No matter how favorably one looked at it, my current physical condition was no longer one in which I could continue taking the Regular Exam.
Еñ u ḿ а̇ .ǐ d́
If I forced myself, I might somehow be able to complete the exam, but if I did, I would suffer deep damage to my Dantian like the Green Forest Fighting King and, in the end, become unable to live a proper life.
Ultimately, the best method right now was to move Four Emperors Peak.
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“......Huh......”
Cha Seok-du, who had maintained his solemnity until now, forgot that his subordinates were watching from every side, left his mouth hanging open, and turned into a stone statue.
That could not be helped.
He likely never imagined that the very thing he wanted most would come out of my mouth.
W̊е́ b ñ о v́ ӗ l Ӗ n_ù m̈ а̃
The Black Path Murim had long wished to form an alliance like the Murim Alliance.
However, for someone to become a single central axis, the powers of the various factions were all too similar.
And because there were too many things they would lose immediately to consider the advantages of an alliance, in the minds of those bastards with simple thought processes who hated taking losses, an alliance was nothing but a pointless loss.
In the end, the Black Path Murim’s alliance was not established until after the Demonic Cult’s invasion began in earnest and most of the Black Path Murim had already been half-destroyed. Considering that the alliance, already reduced to half its strength, lasted for an even shorter period than the Murim Alliance, it was not even a temporary measure capable of buying time.
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“Unless there is an existence with overwhelming power, the best way to establish an alliance is public discourse and justification. It should be easy to understand if you consider that the Murim Alliance has existed for the last five hundred years under the justification of eliminating the Demonic Cult, which was the public enemy when it was first established.”
Cha Seok-du, who had been staring blankly for quite some time, moved his lips before continuing.
Wёb̃n̆о̀v̄ ѐ ĺ Е.n ůṁ a
“We make the matter of the Demon Spirit Plateau public?”
“That is correct. Many members of the Black Path Murim are already feeling intense fatigue from Jianghu’s rule by the Murim Alliance. Is that not clear just from the fact that most sects of the Black Path Murim take a rest period in order to lie low whenever the Murim Regular Exam is held?”
“But the matter of the Demon Spirit Plateau already happened half a year ago.”
“Public discourse and justification are originally things people attach whatever they can to. Is the Murim Alliance’s current justification still truly for eradicating the Demonic Cult?”
“......I have not failed to think of that, either. However, what truly matters is what comes afterward. Even if we create a Black Path Alliance, there is no guarantee that people will gather as they do for the Murim Alliance and that power will arise.”
The greatest reason the Black Path Alliance collapsed was also there.
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People gathered to the Murim Alliance on their own, competed with one another within it, and then spread throughout the world again.
The already established system continued to make the Murim Alliance stronger.
In contrast, the Black Path Alliance had no such system.
Moreover, the system of thought lodged deepest in the heads of Black Path people was none other than ‘the strong devour the weak.’
So long as that remained, Black Path people would never pay attention to systems and ranks they had painstakingly created.
This was likely Four Emperors Peak Lord Cha Seok-du’s greatest concern as well.
Ё n̊.u mа̇
Gathering people.
And making them follow ranks and systems.
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“That, rather, is not difficult.”
“......Not difficult?”
Cha Seok-du’s eyelids trembled, and without realizing it, he leaned half an inch forward.
“You go by pure meritocracy.”
Wěbnо̌v е́ľ Еn̄ů m̈ а
“......How is that different from a complete mess?”
“It is completely different. You guarantee everyone a path to success. No matter where they come from, no matter where they belong, if they have ability, you open the path for them to rise as much as they want, completely freely.”
“......”
“What is the greatest disease of the Murim Alliance? Is it not that success and benefits change depending on whether one comes from the Nine Sects and One Gang, the Five Great Clans, or the One Hundred Eight Peaks? The Black Path Alliance must break away from that completely. Within people who compete without limit and develop without limit, the system of the Black Path Alliance will harden firmly.”
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“......”
Not only Cha Seok-du, but even the experts of Four Emperors Peak seemed to be pondering with complicated eyes.
Е̂ n u̇ m̊а.i d̆
And it was only after a long while that Cha Seok-du opened his mouth.
“Is the protest for that?”
“Yes.”
“But I do not know what a nonviolent protest is.”
“All warriors take off their weapons, wear only black martial arts uniforms, and carry black flags. And in the center, they carry a funeral bier and march all the way to Wuhan. This march will become a march to honor those who died on the Demon Spirit Plateau.”
“......It will be strange.”
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“That is why the eyes of the world will gather.”
“......And you will go together inside it?”
“I, too, cannot suppress my desire to honor those who died on the Demon Spirit Plateau.”
“......”
Hwang Bu-sik, who was beside him, opened his mouth.
“Peak Lord. Whatever else happens, if we hold that march, I think we will at least get to see the foolish faces of those Orthodox Path bastards once.”
W еb̊ñ о̇ v̌ е́ l Е n̆um̄ а̊
Starting with Hwang Bu-sik, the experts lined up on both sides began speaking one by one.
“As a condemnation of their failure to step forward at that time, I do not think there is anything better than this.”
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“When I think of how they only obstructed us instead of helping us back then, even now......”
“That is correct. This is worth attempting.”
As positive words burst out, a look of relief began to spread across the faces of our party as well.
Cha Seok-du, who had been nodding for quite some time, waved his hand, and all the words ceased.
Е̃ ñ ů ḿ а̇ . i̇ď
“It is a good idea. As expected, it is an idea worthy of the Rising Star of the Black Path, the Black Flame Dragon. However, why must we necessarily do that now? Will there not be a problem with our justification because you people are mixed in?”
“......”
“Rather, I think it would be better to do it after the Murim Regular Exam ends, in time for the first anniversary.”
As expected of a great leader of the Black Path, he knew how to maximize his own benefit.
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But if I had intended to have only the idea stolen from me in the first place, I would never have come here.
“Do you think that will be possible?”
Еñ ūm̄ а
“Would it not be better to do it then than to do it right now?”
“No, what I mean is, do you have the confidence to persuade the ignorant Black Path bastards with those words?”
“......”
The experts who had responded favorably to my words just moments ago once again shot cold eyes at me.
“How many of them will understand and agree that public discourse and justification are necessary, at the very least? Moreover, will the others agree to you monopolizing the justification, Peak Lord?”
Did Cha Seok-du fail to establish an alliance all this time because he lacked justification?
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Most of them had not agreed with him because there were no bastards who could understand his grand ambition, or because their own greed was greater than that ambition.
“If you can do that, then that is fortunate. It seems there is nothing more I can do anyway, so I will go out now, surrender, and give up on the exam.”
“......”
“Thank you for taking care of us for the past several days. I will see you again next time.”
I immediately turned around and had taken about three steps while leading our party, who were wearing blank expressions, when it happened.
“W-Wait!”
Ẽ n̂ ũ m̆ ǎ
“......”
The solemn Cha Seok-du had stepped forward by an entire step.
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“Are you saying you have a method?”
“I cannot make them understand the justification or persuade them about public discourse, but I can make them move.”
“How?”
I untied the bundle in my hand.
W̆ёb̃ n̊о̄_v̌ e̊l̆ Е n̆u m а
Clatter, clatter, clatter.
The Eminent Masters of the Black Path Murim, who had given me their nameplates on the Demon Spirit Plateau just like Cha Seok-du had.
Their nameplates scattered carelessly across the floor of Four Emperors Peak’s great hall.
“Hoho, Young Master Jin must wake up quickly.”
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As Kang Seo-pyo spoke, the corners of his mouth were trembling because he could not suppress his smile.
And Cho Mu-bin, who was watching him, found the sight rather displeasing.
Еn ů mā
After talking with Cha Seok-du, Jin So-un had collapsed again the moment he left the great hall.
And the one who had stepped forward, saying she would nurse him, was Namgung Seon-hwa.
Even though the presence of Four Emperors Peak’s maidservants, servants, and resident Physician could have made stepping forward embarrassing, Namgung Seon-hwa seemed unable to see her surroundings now and stayed glued tightly to Jin So-un, unwilling to leave his side.
It was true that Cho Mu-bin had to worry about Jin So-un’s safety right now, but he could not help feeling irritated every time Kang Seo-pyo grinned.
“Is this really something to be so pleased about?”
“What do you mean?”
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“I am saying that if Young Master Jin completes the exam with Four Emperors Peak’s help, that itself will create problems, will it not?”
Baek Won-gak, who had been listening beside them, also nodded.
“Some people may question the exam results themselves. In any case, the Black Path is the sworn enemy of the Orthodox Path. Is Four Emperors Peak not the foremost power of the Black Path Murim? Moreover, if this incident truly leads to the creation of a Black Path Alliance......”
“That is true as well.”
Kang Seo-pyo, who had been listening to the two men, gave a meaningful smile.
“But you two know only one thing and not the second.”
Web̃ nоv е l̂ .Ёṅ u̇.m̀а̌
“What?”
“Right now, the exam may seem important, but if one looks at the long term, that is not necessarily the case.”
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“What does that mean now?”
Kang Seo-pyo clicked his tongue as if pitying them.
“If you two are like that, when will you ever escape the position of Captain for ten thousand years?”
“......”
E nu m̄a
“......”
“From what we saw yesterday, you two felt it as well, did you not? The Four Emperors Peak Lord’s intentions are not greatly different from Young Master Jin’s.”
Since the need for a Black Path Murim alliance was something that had always been discussed, the two men nodded at the same time.
“If a Black Path Alliance truly emerges because of this incident, what will happen?”
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“The Murim Alliance will be thrown into chaos.”
“Correct. Perhaps a war may even break out. But in the end, the alliance will be created. Jianghu’s situation is already like that. The people of the Black Path Murim, who have been oppressed by the Murim Alliance all this time, are simply waiting for any trigger to appear.”
Е n̄umа
“......You seem rather happy about the creation of a Black Path Alliance.”
“Listen to the end. It is obvious that if the Black Path Alliance is created, Four Emperors Peak will become its core. Then let me ask you this. When the Murim Alliance wants to contact the Black Path Alliance, what method would be best?”
“......!”
“......!”
Kang Seo-pyo continued.
“Considering how the Murim Alliance has oppressed the forces of the Black Path Murim all this time, it will be impossible to create a communication network from the beginning. Then they will need someone who has ties to both the Black Path Alliance and the Murim Alliance......”
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“That would be the Taeul Sect.”
“And especially Young Master Jin.”
“That is right.”
At Kang Seo-pyo’s words, Cho Mu-bin and Baek Won-gak’s feelings grew even more complicated.
Looking back now, they even began to think that stopping by Four Emperors Peak during the Regular Exam had not simply been a matter of chance.
“The biggest problem is whether Four Emperors Peak decides to move or not......”
En u m á .іd̈
For Four Emperors Peak to move during a Murim Alliance event was not merely dangerous.
Moreover, a protest that had to be carried out after removing all swords and armaments could, if things went wrong, become an opportunity for the Black Path Murim to be subjugated.
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“That must be why Four Emperors Peak is still continuing its discussions even now.”
It was already the fourth day.
There had been no contact from Four Emperors Peak.
“It is about time for us to make a decision and determine what we should do as well.”
Èn u̇ m̂а̂. і d
There was not much time left until the exam ended.
If they dragged out any more time here, they might end up with neither porridge nor rice, achieving nothing at all.
Step. Step. Step.
The three men, who had been crouching in the courtyard and talking while drawing on the ground, stood up at the same time and looked toward the entrance.
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A large man, so huge that he had to lower his head deeply to enter through the door, stepped inside.
Giant Shield Hwang Bu-sik.
Enǔmа
He looked at the three men with his usual bulging eyes.
“Where is the Black Flame Dragon?”
“He is still......”
At that moment, the inner hall’s door opened, and Namgung Seon-hwa came out.
“Young Master Jin is waiting.”
“He has woken up?”
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“Yes.”
“That is fortunate.”
The three men watched Giant Shield Hwang Bu-sik enter the inner hall with anxious hearts.
Several thousand warriors gathered near the Dabie Mountains in Henan Province were staring at Four Emperors Peak with sharp eyes.
Because inside it were a heap of Entry Tokens that would bring glory to their sects.
The elders of their sects had ordered them to cooperate with the other sects and retrieve the Entry Tokens, but at the same time, they had added the unnecessary instruction not to lose in the competition, so they were engaged in a subtle war of nerves.
Е̃ ň ūm̄ а
However, that lasted only one or two days.
Now that it was approaching the fifth day, those gathered near the Dabie Mountains had begun feeling more exhausted by the day.
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Since they had not prepared for sleeping outdoors at all, they had to squeeze into the few lodging houses near the Dabie Mountains until the rooms were packed full. And because supplies were rapidly being exhausted, even when merchants raised the prices, they had no leeway to bring supplies from the surrounding villages, so they had no choice but to pay high prices.
But the greatest problem was the pressure that the deadline for the Regular Exam was slowly approaching.
“How long are we supposed to wait?”
“At this rate, we will also fail the exam.”
E.n̄ů m̆ а̌
“Could they be waiting for precisely that?”
Just what was a disciple of an Orthodox Path sect trying to do inside Four Emperors Peak?
“How about striking Four Emperors Peak instead?”
“Are you insane?”
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“Is that not so? Four Emperors Peak has already interfered with an event of the Murim Alliance, so is this not clearly a violation of the agreement?”
In a situation where they could neither do this nor that, the arrows naturally turned toward the Taeul Sect, the Iron Sword Sect, and the Namgung Clan.
Е̊ nŭ m̊ а̄
“A bastard with no roots at all dared to make a fuss about taking the Regular Exam, and now the meaning of the exam itself is being tarnished.”
“That is not all. The real problem is that the Namgung Clan and the Murong Clan are together with them.”
“What a waste of the name of the Five Great Clans, said to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Nine Sects and One Gang.”
On the sixth day.
The representatives of the Nine Sects and One Gang gathered in one place and decided to make a decision about their future plan.
“Since Jin So-un’s party will be confirmed to have failed once today passes anyway, let us wait a little longer.”
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“Four Emperors Peak is moving!”
“Did Four Emperors Peak finally send Jin So-un out?”
Everyone gathered near the Dabie Mountains in preparation for an emergency drew their swords at the same time.
The sword blades densely filling all eight directions of the Dabie Mountains formed a single forest.
It was a situation prepared in case Four Emperors Peak interfered in the Regular Exam.
“Prepare for battle!”
Ë n̊ũm̊а
At someone’s shout, thousands of warriors raised their inner arts at the same time and shot killing intent toward Four Emperors Peak.
Creeeak. Thud.
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From inside Four Emperors Peak, hundreds of people slowly began walking out.
“......Th-That is......”
“No, what in the world......”
Those who had been preparing for battle immediately lowered their swords with a thump and stared at Four Emperors Peak.
W ė bňоv̌ё.l Еn̂ ü m̆ ӓ
“......A funeral bier?”
Hundreds of people wearing black martial arts uniforms placed a massive funeral bier at their center and began a long march.
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