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Chapter 191
Chapter 191. Messenger from the Past
Step, step.
The two highest-ranking figures of the Murim Alliance left the Academy and were heading toward the Alliance.
The unseen guards quietly emitted Hidden Force, making people avoid the street where the two walked of their own accord.
Thanks to that, the two were able to walk comfortably without interruption.
W еb̀n o̊vê.l Ė n ùm̃ а̀
“How did you find him?”
Jegal So-myeong asked.
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Was Hyeok Mu-gang not the very man who had chattered on with question after question whenever Jin So-un’s name came up?
“Hmm…….”
Hyeok Mu-gang walked several more steps without answering the question, then slowly opened his mouth.
“He was an interesting child.”
W̃ ѐ b ň о̆vе l̀ Ѐ ṅů m̂ ӓ
“Interesting?”
Hyeok Mu-gang, who had been deep in thought, looked at Jegal So-myeong and smiled.
“Until now, I had only heard of him through your words, Grand Strategist, so I could not feel it clearly……. But after seeing him myself, there was one thing I could know for certain.”
“What is it?”
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“That you worked quite hard to keep me from stealing Jin So-un from you.”
Jegal So-myeong’s face crumpled like a sheet of paper.
W̃ еbn̈.о̊v̂ ě l _Ě.nu_m̂ à
“Is that not already a finished matter!”
Hyeok Mu-gang laughed emptily and stroked his beard.
“It was a jest. A jest.”
“…….”
“In any case, setting that aside, he was certainly a child with many curious aspects. In particular, I…….”
Hyeok Mu-gang looked at Jegal So-myeong and smiled meaningfully.
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“I found it extremely impressive how brazenly he acted in front of the Murim Alliance Leader and the Grand Strategist.”
“…….”
As expected, the Alliance Leader knew.
When it came to the treacherous schemes and plots of the murky political sphere, was he not a step above him?
Hyeok Mu-gang waggled his eyebrows as though he truly was surprised.
“Even so, had this not been such a situation, I truly might have been deceived.”
Е num а
“He is quite an impudent bastard.”
At the Grand Strategist’s agreement, Hyeok Mu-gang closed his eyes as though drawing something.
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“That is why I am truly, truly…… looking forward to it.”
Then, in the next moment, his eyes flashed open, and the corners of them curved like crescent moons.
“The appearance of the Murim Alliance that the rising stars now growing up, and that child, will lead.”
“…….”
Ẅе̌ b̆ n̄оv̇ е̌ l̈ Е̇ n̆ ú m а
At Hyeok Mu-gang’s words, the Character Cheon formed between Jegal So-myeong’s brows.
Why had he spoken of the rising stars and Jin So-un separately?
If one spoke of the rising stars of the present day, there were the Dragon and Phoenix Assembly, including Yong So-ah, and the Seven Stars of the generation above them.
However, even compared with any one of them, Jin So-un’s talent could not be considered outstanding.
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“aren't you…… becoming too personally invested in Jin So-un?”
At that reasonable question, Hyeok Mu-gang nodded.
Ẅ е bn ӧ v̄ѐ l̇ En̆ū ma
“Perhaps it may look that way.”
“That is not particularly good for Jin So-un either.”
Hyeok Mu-gang thought for a moment, then asked Jegal So-myeong.
“Hmm…… Grand Strategist, how far do you think Jin So-un will go?”
At the strange counter-question that came out of nowhere, Jegal So-myeong’s words caught in his throat.
It was not because he did not understand the question.
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He simply had never drawn a full picture of that in earnest.
“Well. I intended to entrust Sim Hyeon-gak to him.”
“Not Mantongbu?”
“As you saw, he is a boy with a deep eye for seeing the schemes in people’s hearts. There would be no playground better than Sim Hyeon-gak for that bastard to run wild.”
Hyeok Mu-gang, who had been nodding, continued his questions.
“Do you believe that child will stop at that position?”
Wѐ b nǒ vel Ē nû mа̀
“…….”
He could not answer the question that followed.
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When Jegal So-myeong first saw him at the Iron Sword Sect, he had judged him to be about the level of a staff member who could be useful at Mantongbu, and when he saw him pass the Regular Exam, he thought it would be fine to entrust either Sim Hyeon-gak or Mantongbu to him.
He had also thought that Jin So-un would be satisfied enough with that level for himself, and further, for his lineage.
After all, the symbolic status held by Mantongbu and Sim Hyeon-gak was no different from the highest position desired by the countless martial artists scattered throughout the martial world.
However, if he were asked now whether Jin So-un would be satisfied with that…….
W.е.ḃn о̇ věl Ė ń u m а
“As expected, you cannot answer.”
“…….”
It was exactly as Hyeok Mu-gang said.
Jegal So-myeong could not gauge it at all.
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“Then, Alliance Leader, how far do you believe that bastard will go?”
Hyeok Mu-gang lifted the bundle in his hand and held it at eye level.
Ê n̄ ùm.а̀ . і̃ ḋ
“Well. I do not know clearly either, but…….”
Screeech──
At the cry of a hawk ringing through the sky, Hyeok Mu-gang lifted his head.
Was it coincidence that a hawk had appeared at such an opportune moment?
“He did not look like a bird meant for a cage.”
At Hyeok Mu-gang’s words, Jegal So-myeong nodded without realizing it.
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“And more than anything, that child looked at power with great contempt. As if it were a tool.”
“What do you mean by that…….”
Suddenly, Hyeok Mu-gang gave a faint laugh and said,
“Daoist Master Myeonghyeon, you see…….”
“Why bring him up all of a sudden……?”
“I hear he was severely beaten by Jin So-un.”
Wӗb̀ň о̌ v̄е̊ l̊ Еn̄ũ m̆ а
In that instant, Jegal So-myeong’s brow twisted.
“What? What do you…….”
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“Unlike the other Elders, only Daoist Master Myeonghyeon remains in seclusion, does he not? I hear it is because the bruises on his face have not yet fully faded.”
“……That crazy bastard…….”
No matter how hateful the man was to look at, and no matter how refreshing it felt the moment he heard it, he had still beaten an Elder of the Elder Council.
While Jegal So-myeong stood there with a dazed expression, too shocked, Hyeok Mu-gang continued.
Wӗ.bn̈о v̌.ёl Еṅu m а
“The same goes for the act he performed in front of me just now…… In other words, power is not something that child admires and wishes to seize.”
Jegal So-myeong tilted his head.
“Is he not just a mad bastard?”
Hyeok Mu-gang shook his head and smiled gently.
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“Is it not truly amusing? He looks down on power, yet he never lets go of the power he possesses.”
For an instant, the light in his eyes shone clearly.
Е n ū m ā. і̌d́
“In the end, that must mean power is no more than a tool to satisfy something that child wants to do.”
Jegal So-myeong had never tried to read a person’s inner schemes in that manner, so he carefully mulled over what Hyeok Mu-gang had said.
Hyeok Mu-gang gazed at the Grand Strategist, who had fallen into deep thought, and murmured.
“And what that child does with the power he defended like that is, in the end, saving someone…….”
Hyeok Mu-gang paused for a moment, and an inexplicable sense of expectation appeared on his face.
“Is he not a truly fascinating child?”
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“……Alliance Leader, your leap is far too great.”
Jegal So-myeong also thought that the words made a certain amount of sense, but they did not easily strike his heart.
Was it because he had seen so many of Jin So-un’s mad antics?
Hyeok Mu-gang’s firm voice continued.
“That is why I thought Jin So-un should be viewed separately from the other rising stars. And personally, I am also a little curious.”
“About what?”
Ŵ ӗb̊ n о v е́l̃ Е n̊u̇m ă
“What sort of leader that child will become when he is given sufficient strength and power.”
“…….”
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Jegal So-myeong pressed his mouth firmly shut as though he could not answer.
If the people of the Alliance knew such words had come from the Alliance Leader’s mouth, they would never let it pass.
“…….”
Hyeok Mu-gang also nodded as though he understood.
Ěň ûḿ а̌ .і d̆
Then he shifted the topic elsewhere.
“By the way, he has established a greater merit than I expected, so I do not know what to do about it. To think it was the Young Cult Master of the Blood Cult…….”
“What else can we do? I do wonder why such a clever bastard mentioned his greatest achievement only at the end.”
“As expected, Grand Strategist, you are not honest.”
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“Wh-what are you saying?”
“Your lips are twitching, are they not?”
Ӗnu m̄а̂. і d
Jegal So-myeong shook his head and let out a long sigh.
“After the matter in Sichuan is over, let us commend his merit together.”
“Is that all?”
It seemed the Alliance Leader had become firmly taken with Jin So-un.
In the end, Jegal So-myeong revealed the specific thought he had in mind.
“……I intend to direct the purchases of the branches in Anhui Province to Taeul Sect’s Great Heaven Merchant Guild. That should be a great help in allowing the merchant guild to establish itself.”
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Only then did Hyeok Mu-gang nod as though satisfied.
“That is splendid indeed. If any voices of complaint happen to leak out, send them to me.”
“That is unnecessary. Do you think I cannot handle even that much?”
Looking at the grumbling Jegal So-myeong, Hyeok Mu-gang grinned.
Like an elderly couple worrying over their grandson’s future, the two walked side by side.
***
W_е̌ bn̈ о.v̆еl Еnüḿ_а
After leaving the Academy Head’s office, I was returning to the dormitory when I turned my steps elsewhere.
It was not as if I had any particular destination.
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I simply did not want to return to the dormitory right away.
As I slowly walked along the walking path that encircled the entire outside of the Academy, the dense scent of greenery filled my lungs.
I gathered in all the sensory perception I usually kept spread wide at all times and relaxed the tension in my body.
After continuing my walk like that for some time, I gradually felt that I had returned to daily life.
Е n úm̂a
The cries of nameless mountain birds could be heard here and there, and small wild animals that sprang out from unexpected places ran between the trees.
This place was so peaceful that it was hard to believe I had been engaged in a blood-drying chase and battle only a few days ago.
As I walked along the path, there were those exchanging affectionate words, and there were those discussing sword theory in an open lot.
The Academy students were enjoying ordinary daily life.
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The fact that the matter in Sichuan had not affected them was proof that the matter in Sichuan had not spread into a ‘blood calamity’ as it had in my past life.
For some reason, my chest tingled.
E n̂ u m а̇
‘I really changed it…….’
Of course, I had changed many things before this as well.
However, most of them were things related to myself, and if taken further, to the people around me and to my sect.
This was the first time I had actually prevented something that would have spread into a brutal war.
Until now, I had changed and prepared many things in my own way to prepare for the Great Righteous-Demonic War, but I had thought that those efforts might not properly shine.
As had been true of countless matters throughout history, one person’s actions could not stop the current of a great Yangtze.
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Even though I myself carried that skeptical view, I had continued to struggle to change something.
Because I believed that was the only way to erase the guilt-filled nightmares I had experienced in my past life.
And that time, when I had headed blindly to Sichuan, changed history for the first time.
The history known as the ‘Sichuan Blood Calamity’ would now be erased from the world.
Perhaps, as always, it would be recorded as one of the Murim Alliance’s many political enemies appearing and then disappearing.
Because of that, no one would know about the ‘Sichuan Blood Calamity.’
Wе_b̈ ň о̃v̇е l̊ Е̄ n̊ u m̂а̃
How many people had been saved, how many sacrifices had been prevented, none of it would be recorded.
No one would praise me for what I had done.
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Even so…….
‘This isn’t a bad feeling.’
Without realizing it, the corners of my mouth slowly rose.
Because of this, innocent civilians would continue their peaceful lives, and a little less martial artist blood would flow in Sichuan.
Е n um а
Going further, like with Sojeong Squad, the futile deaths of those who fought enemies through sheer numbers would also lessen a little.
‘If that much happens, I couldn’t ask for more.’
During the Great Righteous-Demonic War of my past life.
After losing two Sojeong Squad Members to the Blood Demon Unit’s storm-like barrage of attacks and being unable to shake a hollow feeling, I asked the Sojeong Squad Members why we were fighting.
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[The peace of the Murim? What kind of bullshit is that?! I just want to loaf around like before and collect my monthly pay!]
[Ah, because I want to see Jeonghyang from Hongwol Pavilion. She says she likes that I’m a Murim Alliance member.]
W̃ еb̄.n о v̄ẽl̆ E ǹ ū m а
[This bastard owes me a debt. But this bastard says he’ll pay me back once he returns to the Murim Alliance.]
As befitted bastards of the lowest sort under heaven, every answer that came back was vulgar beyond measure.
But when I thought about it, my answer was not all that different from theirs either.
Because I simply wanted to live.
Because I wanted to enjoy again the old peace that would never return.
That was all.
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None of us were promised wealth and glory after the war.
If we were lucky, we would survive until the Great Righteous-Demonic War ended, and if we were not, we could die as early as tomorrow.
It was just a fucked-up life.
The fact that I had prevented that much was meaning enough for me.
‘I’ll have to keep erasing the histories that will continue to happen…… going forward…….’
I don’t know how many times I’ll be able to erase them.
Èṅ um̂ â. і̊ d
Stopping the current of the Yangtze alone would likely be impossible.
Even so, if I thought of it as paying back dearly the debt I owed to my sect and to those damned bastards from my past life, then even if it were impossible, every thought of backing down vanished completely.
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“Phew…….”
As I traced through old memories, the faces of the Sojeong Squad Members came to mind one by one.
Their origins had all differed, and their statuses had all differed, but they had one thing in common.
They utterly loathed bastards better than us.
Ẁеb̈ n о́.ṽ_ӗl Еn.u m a
In particular, they hated the elites from the Murim Academy to the point of disgust.
To bastards from the bottom with nowhere to rely on, promising Later-Generation Talents from respectable sects could not possibly look good.
Moreover, graduates of the Academy basically began from the position of Captain, so from the perspective of the Sojeong Squad Members, having to bow and scrape to some fresh-faced bastard no matter how many years they had served was no small source of rage.
“If they saw me now, having become the Academy Representative, they would all be utterly aghast. Heh heh.”
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For some reason, imagining the shit-chewing expressions of those Sojeong Squad bastards put me in an even better mood.
With my thoughts roughly sorted out, I turned my steps toward the dormitory.
Е̌n̂u ṁа
I had already refilled the Internal Qi in my Dantian while in Chengdu, but the fatigue that had piled layer upon layer in my body from going to and from Sichuan could only be relieved through rest.
And so, as I slowly looked around the inside of the Academy and headed toward the place where the dormitory was located—
THUD, THUD, THUD, THUD.
A rather dull sound reached my ears.
‘What is that?’
When I spread out the sensory perception I had withdrawn, I felt the presences of martial artists between the buildings.
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I turned my head and looked into the alley, and four or five people who appeared to belong to the Five Great Clans were standing in a circle around the area as if keeping watch.
And at the center of them, two people were tangled together on the ground.
When I looked more closely—
‘……They aren’t tangled together.’
One side was being beaten unilaterally.
The small-built Academy student, whose affiliation I could not identify, tried somehow to counterattack, but the large opponent toyed with the small-built Academy student as if playing with him.
Е̌ ṅumá
‘Tsk.’
Even if this place professed the Orthodox Path, since it was a place where hot-blooded martial artists had gathered, it was only natural that fights were part of daily life.
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When I first entered Sojeong Squad, I also got into disputes and fought with the Sojeong Squad Members several times.
Even so, to return after working my bones off saving people in Sichuan and see a scene like this on that very day…….
This was not exactly a pleasant thing.
‘These bastards dare show themselves before my eyes?’
W̌ӗ b̌ n̊ о̂ vël Е_n ǔm̄ӓ
It was the moment when justice needed to be enacted to restore my soured mood.
On top of that, they were acting cowardly, many against one, in front of me, a man who cannot tolerate injustice?
Crack, crack.
“Hey, you bastards…….”
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Just as I was about to enter while loosening my fingers—
Grab.
E nu mа̃
The small-built Academy student seized the large man’s hand.
Whirl. Whoosh- THUD!
Had he not just flung him onto the hard floor?
“……!”
I had no choice but to gape in utter shock.
It was not that I was surprised by the small-built Academy student’s prowess, but rather that I could not contain my astonishment at the martial art he had displayed.
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‘What is this?’
The Flowing Cloud Divine Art.
It was the martial art I had learned from Yaryul Jae of Sojeong Squad in my past life and had put to good use in this life.
The Lotus of that Flowing Cloud Divine Art had just been displayed.
‘Why is that showing up here?’
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