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Chapter 161
Chapter 161. The Black Flame Dragon Who Calms the Chaos (6)
“The streets are quiet.”
Dang Hyeok-jae nodded at my words.
“Everyone is being cautious. They are afraid.”
Yueyang was quiet.
Ėnùm̊ ã .і̊d̊
If the silence until now had been from people lowering their heads in fear of the sound of weapons, the silence now was as still as the eve of a storm.
The people who went around the streets selling taffy, the people selling rice cakes, had vanished without a trace, and even the merchants who had made a habit of soliciting customers had only set out their stalls and were constantly looking around.
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“I hear there is a rumor going around that assassins are roaming about. That is your doing, is it not?”
“……Why do you think it is only a rumor?”
“Because the rumor is spreading faster than necessary. No matter how fond of gossip people may be, there are physical limits to how quickly a story can be passed on. But do you think that will work?”
As expected, clever people were not easy to deceive with such a simple method.
Wêb ňо v ӗl̂ Е̊n u m̊ à
“Someone of your level, Branch Chief, may be skilled at analyzing and distinguishing truth from falsehood, but those bastards are not.”
That much was clear just from the fact that the Black Path Sects had stopped moving for now.
Every one of them had brought guards into their lodgings and was strengthening their vigilance even further.
Expanding one’s power was all well and good, but if they died like the Gang Chief of the Mukhyul Gang, they would only end up doing something good for their subordinates.
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Thanks to that, Yueyang could maintain a temporary ceasefire, however brief it might be.
Of course, a few Orthodox Path Sects that could not endure the unease eventually packed their things and left Yueyang.
Wе̇b n̂ о̇ ṽ еl̀ Еñ û m a_
No one knew how matters in Yueyang would unfold later.
“Then may I pack my luggage again?”
“Why are you asking such a question?”
“If you die, will the Taeul Sect invest in me?”
Why was he saying such unlucky bullshit?
“For some reason, even if I survive, I feel like withdrawing the promise of investment.”
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Dang Hyeok-jae looked dumbfounded.
“Is that not simply the truth? If you die, what would I go all the way to the Taeul Sect for?”
“This man, seriously. The more I listen, the worse it gets. Who exactly is dying?”
“The Mukhyul Gang’s side will surely send out Sword Evil. Sword Evil is someone evaluated as standing shoulder to shoulder with the Three Calamitous Evils.”
The Three Calamitous Evils referred to those who occupied three seats among the Eight Evils.
Dragon Evil, Blood Evil, and Dao Evil.
E n̊u m а
These three were judged to possess a level of danger effectively one step higher than the other Eight Evils, and at the same time, they were major subjects of observation for the Murim Alliance.
“I am well aware.”
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Moreover, Sword Evil was in a state where he was filled with resentment because of the Mukhyul Gang Chief’s death and what I had done to him.
Even if another member of the Eight Evils came forward, there was a high chance Sword Evil would insist on going out himself.
It was a situation I could not avoid even if I tried.
I shook off the thoughts that kept sinking into worry and changed the subject.
Е́ n ům а
“What happened with the matter I asked you for?”
“I heard they departed from Changsha. They will probably arrive around the day after tomorrow.”
“Two days, you mean? Then will they not be late?”
“What can be done? There is such a thing as physical distance.”
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“Why did you not open even one Tang Clan branch in Yueyang in the first place, when you even took on the position of Yueyang Branch Chief?”
“Good grief. Anyone hearing you would think you entrusted it to me from the start.”
Е̃ ǹ ũmа̇
Dang Hyeok-jae pouted.
“Do you want to see your investor die?”
“……I told them to come as quickly as possible without resting. It will be close, but they should arrive in time.”
Dang Hyeok-jae’s gaze as he looked at me was full of unease.
“Please do not die.”
Suddenly, I became curious about his sincerity.
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“Are you saying that purely because you are worried about me? Or because you are afraid your investor will die?”
In that instant, Dang Hyeok-jae’s eyes shook violently.
“…….”
“Never mind. I will not listen to your answer.”
Sword Evil was one thing, but what exactly did people take me for?
After entering the Yujang Sect, I was passing by the training ground when I stopped at a strange sight.
Wе̇ b̃ nò v ӗl̂ Е̌_ñ u m а
‘What is he doing?’
The Sect Leader of the Yujang Sect, Jang Sa-gyeong, was walking around while looking over every part of the Yujang Sect.
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For someone who had to fight a Life-and-Death Battle in two days, he was far too relaxed.
‘Does he perfectly trust the hidden move he has kept in reserve?’
Ordinarily, in a situation before this sort of Life-and-Death Battle, it would be natural to spare even a moment’s time for training, yet for some reason, he was utterly at ease.
“Hm? Young Hero Jin!”
Wёb ṅ.о̆ṽё l Ёń u m а
Jang Sa-gyeong’s face brightened when he saw me, and I slowly clasped my hands in greeting.
“You were outside?”
“I was checking how badly the Yujang Sect’s facilities have been damaged.”
Jang Sa-gyeong seemed certain of the Yujang Sect’s victory.
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Otherwise, he could not have shown himself preparing for such a distant future.
“Will you walk with me for a moment?”
W̄ е b́ n̆ ӧ v̂ ĕl É n ùmа
“Yes.”
Jang Sa-gyeong slowly walked through the sect and introduced various places to me.
The shed where he had secretly hidden as a child when he had skipped training.
The place where he had held his wedding, the room where Jang Woo-jae had first been born, and so on.
He slowly unfolded the sort of stories that could only be accumulated by someone who had lived his entire life within the Yujang Sect.
“I am sorry.”
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Then, when he abruptly apologized, my head tilted in confusion.
“For what?”
“Do you know that Woo-jae likes you? No…… it would be more correct to say that he admires you.”
“Yes?”
“After he went to the academy, more than half of the letters Woo-jae sent were about you. Not once did he fail to write about how splendid a man you were, how remarkable and broad-minded you were.”
“…….”
Ën ũm̊ a. і́ d̀
“He would say that he wanted to become such a man himself, and that he wanted to act together with you.”
“Is that so?”
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“So I stopped him. ……Because the path you walk is far too hard and far too painful. I told him to take the comfortable path.”
Any parent would not want their child to walk a thorny path.
“I understand. It was the natural choice.”
“That is why I am even more shameless. I kept choosing only the comfortable path, and in the end, I came to receive your help.”
W е̊b̃ nо̄v e_l̈ Е́ n̄ ŭ m̂ а
Jang Sa-gyeong clasped his hands and bowed his head deeply.
There were Yujang Sect disciples around him, yet he did not seem to care in the slightest.
Startled, I quickly raised him up.
“I am afraid people will see. Please stand up.”
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When Jang Sa-gyeong raised his head, his eyes were filled with complex emotions.
“When I look at you, I truly find you worthy of respect. I understand why our Woo-jae admires you.”
Ē n̆u_ṁ а . і d̈
“You flatter me.”
“I truly regret it. Life is, by nature, bound to be painful, so why did I always try to avoid it?”
After we began walking again, there was no further conversation between the two of us.
Then, just as even that walk ended and we were about to turn back, Jang Woo-jae entered our sight.
But he was not alone.
Jang Woo-jae was handing a money pouch to someone who had come as support from the Murim Alliance and receiving a small wooden case.
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I felt a strange pull at the shape of the wooden case and approached him.
“Ah! Representative Jin!”
The Murim Alliance man hurriedly left as though fleeing, and Jang Woo-jae awkwardly smiled.
There was definitely something there.
“What is that?”
“Hm? What do you mean?”
Е̌ n ũmа̃. id̂
“What you exchanged with that person.”
“……Ah, it is nothing much. Since the Decisive Martial Duel is ahead, I received some cheap spiritual medicine in case it might help a little.”
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“May I look at it for a moment?”
“……It is truly nothing much. If you need it, Representative Jin, I will obtain something better for you.”
“No. I would like to see what that is.”
With those words, I extended my White Phoenix Hand and took the wooden case from inside Jang Woo-jae’s robes.
É nū mа̂. і́d̄
“Uh! R-Representative!”
“…….”
As expected, it was a shape I had seen often.
Leaving Jang Woo-jae, who tried to snatch back the wooden case, aside, I opened it, and a dark reddish pill appeared.
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“…….”
I turned my gaze and looked at Jang Sa-gyeong.
Е̇ n̈ u ṁ а
His eyes, too, were quite startled.
I barely swallowed a sigh.
“Do you know what sort of object a Blood-Explosion Pill is, to touch it so carelessly?”
“…….”
“If you are not confident you can win, you can simply send someone else out.”
“That is not it! I can definitely win. I merely prepared this for a certain victory.”
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I understood how he felt.
It must have been his resolve to do everything he could for his own sect.
But the current situation was different from yesterday. It was not an emergency so severe that he had to commit an act of self-destruction.
Crunch.
When I crushed the Blood-Explosion Pill together with the wooden case, Jang Woo-jae could not hide his shocked expression.
I looked straight at him.
E nǔ m̈ а́
“This is something no one in the Yujang Sect would want.”
Then I soon moved my gaze to Jang Sa-gyeong.
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“Especially not a sight your father would wish to see.”
Jang Sa-gyeong was looking at Jang Woo-jae with a face as rigid as stone.
“…….”
While Jang Woo-jae could not raise his head, Jang Sa-gyeong spoke solemnly.
Е̂ṅ u ma
“Follow me!”
I quietly watched as the two of them left.
How shameful must it be to show one’s parents the sight of willingly courting death?
Even after entering the room, Jang Woo-jae could not raise his head.
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Only after quite some time passed did Jang Sa-gyeong’s heavy voice sound.
“Do you know what your fault is?”
Е́ n u m̆а
“……‘The body, hair, and skin (all received from one’s parents), one dares not harm (for that is the beginning of filial piety).’ I violated the most basic principle of filial piety.”
A roar burst from Jang Sa-gyeong’s mouth.
“No!”
“……!”
Jang Woo-jae looked at his father in shock.
His eyes were full of frustration.
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“Do you truly not know?! It is that you tried not to fulfill your responsibility!”
“……What do you mean?”
“What is your responsibility?! As the heir of the Yujang Sect, is it not to protect the people of the Yujang Sect and keep them alive?!”
“…….”
“The only one who may be prepared to die for the Yujang Sect is the Sect Leader. Are you already the Sect Leader of the Yujang Sect?”
Disappointment gradually began to enter Jang Sa-gyeong’s eyes.
Е̂ n̆ ŭm а́. і̂ď
“How could you try to escape through death simply to rid yourself of a difficult burden? Did the Young Hero Jin whom you admired so much do that?”
“Father…….”
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“If you watched him for so long, there must have been something you learned. I asked whether that was all you learned from watching Young Hero Jin.”
“…….”
Looking at his son, who had lowered his head deeply, Jang Sa-gyeong let out a long sigh.
“Just by watching Young Hero Jin negotiate with the Mukhyul Gang yesterday, I could understand why you wanted to follow him. What did you learn there?”
W е̂ b́n_òv̈ еl̀ Е̇nu m а̄
“……A manly spirit?”
“No! If the Yujang Sect lost, we agreed to hand over the Yujang Sect and have the people simply leave. At that moment, had Young Hero Jin not already saved everyone in the Yujang Sect?”
“Ah……!”
Jang Woo-jae’s eyes flew wide open.
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To think he realized something so important only now.
Seeing his son’s eyes change, Jang Sa-gyeong softened his voice.
E nǔ m̂ а
“That is probably why he is called the Black Flame Dragon in the Jianghu. The Taeul Sect, which had once possessed no presence at all, became spoken of by people under heaven in only a few years, and that too must have been possible because his role was tremendous.”
“…….”
At Jang Sa-gyeong’s words praising Jin So-un, Jang Woo-jae felt so ashamed that he wanted to find a mouse hole to crawl into.
“Do you understand your fault now?”
“……I chose…… too easy…… far too comfortable a path…….”
At Jang Woo-jae’s answer, which continued as though he were crawling, a smile formed on Jang Sa-gyeong’s lips.
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“Yes! That is exactly it!”
“…….”
“The reason I chose you instead of leaving it to someone else is because you, too, have a responsibility as the heir of the Yujang Sect.”
“I will keep that in mind.”
“I apologize for having told you in the past to make connections with the Nine Sects and One Gang. From now on, always watch and learn from Young Hero Jin. And think about what you can do in the future for the people of the Yujang Sect.”
“…….”
Е ň ǔ m â
“That is the responsibility you must absolutely fulfill as the heir of the Yujang Sect.”
Jang Sa-gyeong’s admonition weighed down on Jang Woo-jae’s shoulders more heavily than any rebuke.
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After Jang Sa-gyeong and Jang Woo-jae left, I, now alone, headed for the Sect Leader’s private training ground.
I had sought permission in advance, so no one stopped me.
The most important thing for me right now was facing Sword Evil.
The problem was that the Taeul Sect’s martial arts had poor compatibility for dealing with Sword Evil.
Е̊n̄ üma .id̃
In particular, that distinctive stealthy and swift sword of his was extraordinarily difficult to handle.
Of course, if I fought a martial duel in which I projected my full strength, I did not know what would happen, but I had to consider how the Black Path would act after the Yujang Sect won.
‘Those bastards who stabbed people in the back won’t acknowledge defeat and withdraw obediently just because they lost in a martial duel.’
One way or another, I had to win the martial duel and prepare so that the Mukhyul Gang could not charge in recklessly.
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That was why I could not deal with him by burning through all of my inner arts.
Fortunately, I had a method.
W е b́ nо̇ v е l̆ .E̊n̈ um а
The Three Forms of the White Moon Governing Heaven, which I had recently obtained from the Sword Demon.
But the problem was that two days was far too short a time to master such difficult martial learning.
“I never thought the day would come when I used this.”
There was a theory I had vaguely thought of in the past while achieving Harmony of Essence, Qi, and Spirit through the advice I had received from the Divine Sword.
It was using my curse.
I possessed a memory so painful that it felt like a curse.
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On top of that, I had reached the realm of Five Dragons Offering the Sage and achieved Harmony of Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
Recently, through a fortuitous encounter, I had gone beyond Sun and Moon Joining as One and reached the stage of Jade Stamen Golden Flower.
It was a higher realm where my body moved as I thought, and there was no obstruction in the movement of my qi as it advanced and retreated.
I would use these two things to obtain a martial art in an extremely short time.
“Did Senior Baek do it like this?”
Baek Hae-gwang appeared inside my head and began displaying the Three Forms of the White Moon Governing Heaven.
Wе b̈ n̈ ō vеl̈ Ě ṅ ǔ m̃а́
I recalled not only Senior Baek Hae-gwang’s movements, but also the number of his breaths, the way he used his muscles, and even the intervals between his steps, all with perfect accuracy.
It was so vivid that it was as though he had appeared before my eyes.
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I recited the oral formula of the Three Forms of the White Moon Governing Heaven at the same time as I commanded my body to imitate Baek Hae-gwang’s movements exactly.
Crack.
My arm had not even fully extended, yet the sound of muscles tearing rang out.
Pop, pop.
W ĕ ḃ nо̄v̌е̄ l Еṅu ṁá
When my hand fully extended, my joints twisted sharply and my bones ground together.
Thump, thump, thump.
Perhaps startled by the excessive movement, my heart began pounding violently.
At that moment,
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“Aaaagh!”
CLANG.
Е_n̈ u̇ m а̂
In the end, I could not endure it and dropped the Black Dragon Sword.
“Haa, haa, haa.”
This was a technique for shortening time, one I had conceived through Harmony of Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
A mad act that only I, with my absolute memory, could perform.
I made my body identical to my opponent’s and leaped over, all at once, the time he had spent training through one movement.
Clutching my aching elbow, I muttered.
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“Damn it, just what kind of training did he do?”
The body was something that should change gradually through long training and rest, so it was only natural that forcing it to leap over ten years of time in a single night placed too much strain on it.
Moreover, the greater the other person’s realm, the more the pain seemed to increase exponentially.
When I reached out to grab the Black Dragon Sword, my arm trembled without my realizing it.
Even though I had not recognized it, I had felt instinctive fear.
However, a path could be seen when one reached the limit.
Ẁ ӗb̄ n оv е̊ l Е̃n û m̆а̀
“Hoo, hoo, hoo. If I let go here, it will all be useless.”
I clenched my lips and reached for the Black Dragon Sword.
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“Aaaagh!”
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