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Chapter 211
Chapter 211. An Enemy’s Grace (4)
Murim Academy.
Four-person dormitory.
Ak Ju-pyeong frowned as he loosened the foot that had been treated with his clan’s secret art.
“What is that supposed to mean?”
W ē.ḃ ǹo v̌ êl̆ E̊n̊ umа̂
“They say Jin So-un is gathering people to break the Jegal Clan’s Mystic Gate Formation.”
“What?”
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Even after hearing it again, he could not understand it.
Break the formation?
Even the method for breaking the Seven-Star Seven Seizures Formation, which had appeared in the world more than fifteen years ago, was still unknown.
And Jin So-un was going to break the Two Principles Eight Trigrams Myriad Phenomena Formation, the Jegal Clan’s prized Mystic Gate Formation?
Ӗṅ uma_
“They say the Orthodox Path Association Head used the Two Principles Eight Trigrams Formation……. So the people inside……”
More of the story reached him, but none of it entered Ak Ju-pyeong’s ears properly.
Instead, only the words “Jin So-un,” “formation-breaking,” and “people” kept circling in his head.
Then, as if lightning had struck inside his mind, his whole body trembled.
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‘This is a chance! A chance!’
If Jin So-un failed, Ak Ju-pyeong could hold him responsible, have him expelled from the academy, frame him for the crime, and even destroy his sect.
En̊um a. і̆d́
On the other hand, what if Jin So-un succeeded?
That would mean he knew the weakness of a Mystic Gate Formation that had only just been newly developed, so he could never escape suspicion of being a spy for the Murim Alliance!
It was truly a checkmate!
He shot to his feet.
“Hm? Why are you suddenly standing up?”
“You said the Orthodox Path Association’s event is being held at the Grand Riding Ground, right?”
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“That is right.”
Limp, limp.
“Hey, Ju-pyeong! Where are you going?”
Ak Ju-pyeong lightly ignored the voice calling after him and hurried his limping steps.
According to the physician his clan had sent, he would have a disability in the end.
Even if he recovered perfectly, the awkwardness would never vanish when he performed movement arts.
Ŵ е bn òv̊.ёl̀ Ё ň u̇m а
As a martial artist, his foot had ended up in this state, so he had become someone fated to chase after others while already several steps behind.
‘Jin So-un! Did you think you could do this to me and still live well?’
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Because of the ambush he had suffered without warning, he had gained a disability, yet Jin So-un was still trying to live proudly as a representative.
Ak Ju-pyeong could never tolerate this.
He had been planning to use the power of his sect to pressure Taeul Sect.
Along with that, he would also have to take revenge on Jin So-un personally.
Е n̊um̄ а
Ak Byeong-bi had scolded him a little over this matter, but Ak Byeong-bi had also not seemed to like Jin So-un very much.
If he mobilized the power of the Execution Pavilion once more, this time, Jin So-un would truly……
Then.
“Ak Ju-pyeong.”
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From inside an alley, some tiny fellow with hair hanging down like a beggar appeared.
“……Yelu Geuk?”
En̈ům̄ а̄. i d
“You finally came out.”
When Ak Ju-pyeong saw the face of Yelu Geuk, who was practically the root cause of this whole situation, irritation surged up within him.
“Get out of my way at once. I have no time to deal with you right now.”
However, Yelu Geuk approached Ak Ju-pyeong one step at a time.
It was not the bearing of the weak boy who had once been beaten by him.
“Is that so? I have business with you.”
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“You damned bastard……. I am going to cut off your limbs one day anyway, so take good care of your arms and legs until then.”
“Why? Are you afraid of me now?”
Ak Ju-pyeong, whose foot was inconvenient, could not move from where he stood and only shouted.
“You fucking bastard……!”
Was it because rumors had spread that he had been left with a disability?
Now even worthless things that were not worth mentioning had started to look down on him and come at him.
Е ń ü m a
“You still do not know why you were beaten like that.”
Click, click.
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Ak Ju-pyeong completed the collapsible spear he had pulled from his waist.
In response, Yelu Geuk raised both hands and took his starting stance.
Ak Ju-pyeong drew up the Black Heaven Dark Thunder Divine Art and prepared the Ak Clan Spear Art.
“Fine. There is no need to postpone your judgment.”
E_ṅũmа
Ak Ju-pyeong’s spear cut through the air with a chilling edge.
He had mainly used the Black Cloud Lightning Spear, but because of the disability left in his foot, he could not charge effectively.
Even so, the Ak Clan Spear Art that had created the current Ak Clan could never be considered inferior.
It should have been enough to cut off the arms and legs of a puppy that did not know to fear a tiger……
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SWISH, THWACK!
The trajectory of Ak Ju-pyeong’s spear, which had been piercing toward Yelu Geuk’s heart and qi center, twisted strangely.
En ũm а
“Ugh?”
Even though he had poured sufficient power into it, the spear path warped and stabbed somewhere entirely wrong, and in the end, Yelu Geuk slipped into his chest and struck Ak Ju-pyeong’s abdomen with both straight punches.
Ak Ju-pyeong sensed that something had gone wrong and hurriedly tried to turn his body, but it was already too late.
BANG, BANG.
“Keugh!”
Pushed five steps back, Ak Ju-pyeong felt as though his insides had twisted.
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Because of the blow he had taken without warning, the breakfast he had eaten felt as though it were churning and rising back up.
He did not know what had happened, but Yelu Geuk’s skill had changed.
Ak Ju-pyeong struggled to deny the fact that he felt fear toward that weak, shriveled little fellow.
“You damned bastard!”
Ak Ju-pyeong infused his seventh-star inner arts into his spear and created spear qi, then barely moved his inconvenient foot and thrust his spear dozens of times toward Yelu Geuk.
Shweeek— Shweeek—
Е n ū m а
As the spear thrusts filled all three directions and seemed about to bore holes through Yelu Geuk’s entire body, Yelu Geuk murmured softly.
“As expected, he was not even worth comparing to that bastard.”
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Yelu Geuk lowered his cold eyes and slipped into Ak Ju-pyeong’s chest without fear.
He recalled Jin So-un’s appearance when Jin So-un had faced Inspection Pavilion Master Ak Byeong-bi before.
He recalled Jin So-un back then, slipping through spear blades that flew in with a force even more severe than Ak Ju-pyeong’s.
Yelu Geuk caught the spear shaft with his sharpened knife-hand and unfolded Lotus.
Ёn̄ um̆ а
SCREEEECH.
The parts that would have bent flexibly if it had been an ordinary spear twisted instead, and in the end, they broke.
THUD, THUD.
Because of the sudden counterforce flowing through the spear, Ak Ju-pyeong ended up letting go of it.
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Amid his panic, he unleashed Phoenix Divine Fist toward Yelu Geuk.
However, Yelu Geuk looked down at Ak Ju-pyeong and sneered.
W ӗḃn̄о vẽ l̃ _Е̇numа̊
“Do you know how much that bastard beat me while I was training this?”
“……What?”
Yelu Geuk’s eyes flashed.
“So that means you are dead!”
After spitting out words Ak Ju-pyeong could not understand, Yelu Geuk seized Ak Ju-pyeong’s fist and unfolded Snowflower just like that.
Ak Ju-pyeong’s body was dragged helplessly forward and floated into the air.
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‘Wh-what is this…….’
His body, floating as if resisting gravity, was driven straight down into the ground.
CRASH.
A method he had never felt in his life.
Pain he had never felt in his life.
And fear he had thought he would never feel.
Е̌ n ū m̀а̄ .і̇ ḋ
“Keuuugh…….”
Yelu Geuk approached the groaning Ak Ju-pyeong, looked down at him, and said,
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“You do not think this is the end, do you?”
Ak Ju-pyeong’s mind, which had been filled with thoughts of revenge against Jin So-un until just a moment ago, turned completely white.
***
Murim Academy.
Ěǹü ṁа.і̊d̀
Academy Head’s office.
“Ahem…….”
I felt this every time, but the Academy Head’s office did not seem very well ventilated.
For some reason, the air felt stifling.
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“Keuheum!”
Then again, maybe it was because of the people sitting here.
Е ň ù m̀а̄ . і̊ d
After breaking the Jegal Clan’s Mystic Gate Formation, I had tried to hold out by making as much of a fuss as possible.
But Sama Jeong, who had been urgently summoned from the Medical Hall, looked at the condition of my hand and gave the diagnosis, “It is fine.”
How could they call such a gravely ill patient fine and end it by applying Golden Wound Medicine?
How tactless.
It hurt this much, too.
“Ow…… My internal blood channels must have twisted. My hand keeps trembling. I should quickly return and rest……”
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I showed them my violently trembling hand, but Jegal So-myeong said indifferently,
“The one that looked badly injured was your left hand, so why are you shaking your right hand?”
The Jegal Clan’s Formation Masters were staring at me as though they were dumbfounded.
Oh, was that so?
I must have been in such terrible pain that my mind was not working properly.
“Or-originally, invisible wounds are more severe.”
É n̄ úm̆а . і̀ ď
“Sama Jeong is someone specially recruited for medical skill alone. Even in the Physicians Pavilion, there are few who can compare in skill. That is even more true considering their age.”
“…….”
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When I closed my mouth, silence settled over the room.
No, to be honest, did it make sense to create an interrogation chamber like this after I had saved people?
This was why the Murim Alliance fell into the hands of the Demonic Cult…….
“First, there is something we must ask most importantly.”
En̊ ǔ m̂ а .і̂_d
The Formation Masters sitting opposite me, with Jegal So-myeong at the center, sharpened their gazes and asked,
“How did you know about the Two Principles Eight Trigrams Myriad Phenomena Formation?”
If there was anything that had changed, it was that they were not spitting out rude casual speech like rats anymore.
But my situation was too dangerous for me to take comfort from that.
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“I did not know about it.”
“…….”
Ӗ n ū m̌ ă .і̌ d̃
Because if they found a wrong pretext here, I might really be dragged into the Execution Pavilion’s basement.
The gazes of those surrounding me narrowed.
“You did not know?”
Then they all burst into hollow sneers at once.
No, it was not as though I could say I knew because I had experienced it in the future.
One of the Formation Masters asked in a voice full of suspicion.
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“The Two Principles Eight Trigrams Myriad Phenomena Formation is a Mystic Gate Formation that only a tiny fraction of people even within the Jegal Clan have been researching. That means outsiders, of course, and even people inside the clan do not know about it.”
“How would I know something like that?”
“…….”
The Formation Master who had been asking the question opened and closed his mouth like a fish, seemingly at a loss for words.
Of course, I could not just keep being contrary like this.
The Jegal Clan’s Mystic Gate Formations were secrets among secrets of the Orthodox Path Alliance, to the point that the Murim Alliance designated and managed them separately.
Wе̊ b n̂о v éľ Е ńumа̌
In other words, this was not a situation I could gloss over by saying, “Ah, I don’t know!”
‘Haa…… What should I do?’
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But I could not explain the truth, either.
Even if I said, “Your Mystic Gate Formation gets completely picked apart by the future Demonic Brain,” they would not believe me.
Besides, who knew what kind of seizure the Jegal Clan would have after their pride was wounded?
While I agonized, the Jegal Clan’s Formation Masters continued pressing me without pause.
Е̂ n̈u må
“You must answer properly. Putting aside the merits and faults of this incident, this is related to the leakage of a secret.”
Fuck…… These ungrateful bastards.
But it was an important issue, so I could not simply curse them.
I was racking my brain to squeeze out any excuse, but no particular thought came to mind.
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Then.
“He must have heard it from that fellow Cheon-gi.”
Е n̆ ũ m̃а. і̌d
A voice of salvation reached me.
“Pardon?”
“What do you mean……?”
Jegal So-myeong drank the tea Buk Won-pyeong had prepared and spoke calmly.
“Did that fellow’s sect not take Cheon-gi away? The trouble Cheon-gi caused within the clan before also had to do with Living Formations.”
Oho.
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So the reason Jegal Cheon-gi had been imprisoned was not only because he had researched Mechanism Formations?
That was something I had not known.
“Th-then are you saying the one who leaked the secret was Young Master Cheon-gi?”
“Tsk.”
At that foolish question, Jegal So-myeong’s eyes turned sharp.
“Do you think Cheon-gi is a man without even that much sense?”
Wе̇ ḃn̈õ v ӗ l̀ Ě n̂u ḿ a
“But……”
“Cheon-gi must have told him about the existence of Living Formations.”
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“But Grand Sect Leader…… no, Grand Strategist. Even if one knows of Living Formations, that does not mean one can break the formation.”
Jegal So-myeong slowly turned his head and pointed at me with the tip of his chin.
“It is that fellow.”
“Pardon?”
Е́ n̄ü m ӑ
“That fellow is the one who dismantled the Boundless Indestructible Soul-Destroying Formation on the Demon Spirit Plateau. Did you not know?”
“…….”
Was it just my imagination that a firm sense of trust seemed to dwell in his eyes?
“He is a fellow who came and went through the Soul-Destroying Formation as though it were his own bedroom, even in that barren environment, with the help of the Maoshan Sect. He must not have found the Two Principles Eight Trigrams Myriad Phenomena Formation so difficult.”
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For some reason, a smile had formed at the corner of Jegal So-myeong’s mouth.
Why was he smiling when his clan had been so thoroughly humiliated?
W е b ńо v̌ ӗl Enu m а
Had he gone mad?
“Even so, the Two Principles Eight Trigrams Myriad Phenomena Formation is……”
Tap!
Jegal So-myeong struck the table and shut the Formation Master’s mouth.
“Are you still trapped in a well?! Have I not always told you to look at the world broadly?! Did you think I did not know that you rushed to create and announce that half-baked formation because of the influence of the Soul-Destroying Formation?”
“…….”
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The Formation Masters all closed their mouths like mute men who had eaten honey.
Jegal So-myeong, still unable to easily ease the anger from his face, looked at me and said,
“You explain the rest.”
No, I had to explain?
I was flustered by the ball suddenly thrown to me, but only for a moment.
I began running my mouth in order to survive.
Ёn uṁ_а̊
“When I heard the concept of Living Formations from Cheon-gi, I thought an ultimate formation unmatched throughout the ages would be born. However, if you think about it, just as there is no perfect martial art in the world, how could there be a perfect Mystic Gate Formation?”
At my confident attitude, the Formation Masters began raising their heads one by one to look at me.
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“After spending several weeks, no, several months creating a virtual Living Formation and experimenting with it in my head, I somehow started to think I might be able to break the formation.”
“Several weeks?”
“Several months?”
Their expressions suggested that the numbers I had presented did not please them.
Ẁе bn ǒ vе̂ľ Ӗn̂u m̂а̂
No, but that Demonic Brain bastard broke the Myriad Phenomena Formation in less than three months.
That was why I had said it based on that standard.
By this point, even I felt as though something boiling in my chest had moved into my head.
A-at this rate, I might become a Demonic Practitioner……
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“Yes. So I simply tried it the way I had imagined it, and it worked.”
“…….”
Wӗbn̈о̀ vеľ Е́n̆umа̄
“…….”
The Formation Masters’ faces all turned as though they had bitten into shit.
Fuck.
That was why they should have behaved properly when I was being polite.
However, my answer seemed to have pressed the seizure point of the Jegal Clan’s Formation Masters, who were called geniuses.
“What absurd nonsense! Our Jegal Clan took years to create this. How could something like Taeul Sect……”
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Tap.
At the sound of Jegal So-myeong striking the table, the Formation Master flinched to a halt.
But in my head, the words he had not spoken had already completed themselves on their own.
“……Something like Taeul Sect, what?”
“…….”
“I asked, what about Taeul Sect? Say it. No, I told you to say it!”
Е́ ṅům̃а
When I sprang up and grabbed the Formation Master by the collar, the other Formation Masters, greatly shocked, began trying to tear me away.
But would that even work?
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Could humans who had spent their whole lives playing at desks deal with a monster who possessed four cycles of inner arts?
“I told you to say it! What about Taeul Sect?! What is Taeul Sect?!”
“Ghhk, guh.”
Buk Won-pyeong caught the hand with which I was shaking the Formation Master wildly.
Ẅ eḃ n о_v̆ѐ l Ĕ n̈ū m̌ ă
“Stop.”
I opened my eyes wide.
“No! Senior Brother! Are you saying we should forgive a bastard who dared insult our sect?”
“…….”
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Confusion appeared even in Buk Won-pyeong’s eyes.
It was only natural that the Formation Masters were shocked, too.
Еn u m̈ ā . ї d
These things, do they know whose sect they dared touch?
I might be a Lay Disciple, but this was the sect of the Murim Academy’s Academy Head, you bastards!
“I am telling you, those bastards tried to insult Taeul Sect, your sect, Senior Brother! Instead of stopping me, you should be grabbing that bastard by the neck.”
“What do you mean? Why would the Three Pure Ones Peerless Sword be from Taeul Sect……”
“……Haa.”
Since Buk Won-pyeong ended up letting go as well, I tried to lift the Formation Master in earnest and shake him wildly.
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However.
“Enough.”
At that calm word uttered as Jegal So-myeong drank his tea, even I had no choice but to flinch and stop.
Ah, if I had just done a little more, I could have smoothed this over like that.
When I released the Formation Master, whose hair had become disheveled and whose clothes were crumpled into a mess, the others shielded him and did not stop looking at me warily.
“This matter will be concluded here.”
Еńüm̀ã.і́ d
“Grand Strategist!”
“Grand Strategist! We need a more thorough investigation!”
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“We cannot leave it like this!”
As the Formation Masters all protested at once, even Jegal So-myeong’s gaze grew fierce.
“Do you wish to bear the heavy responsibility for this incident?”
“…….”
W̌ е̄ḃ ń оv̌ ē_l̇ Е̊ ñ ŭ m а̇
“If an investigation proceeds, your mistakes will naturally be emphasized. Do you wish to pay the price for coaxing a young master of the clan into installing equipment that was not even complete?”
“…….”
The Formation Masters, with their noses held high above the world, were trembling.
“This matter will be concluded here. Is there anyone who still has something to say?”
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Instead of answering, the Formation Masters shook their heads left and right.
“You may leave.”
Е̄ ň ǔṁ а̇
At Jegal So-myeong’s order to leave, the Formation Masters all stood at once, and since I also had no further business here, I tried to leave too.
“I did not tell Jin So-un to leave.”
“……I was filling more tea because the cup was empty.”
“Academy Head, you may leave as well.”
“……Yes.”
“No, why……?”
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I sent a desperate rescue request to my old Senior Brother with my eyes, but the old Senior Brother only sighed, shook his head, and left.
That, that! What a useless old Senior Brother.
Trickle, trickle.
“The tea is overflowing.”
“…….”
No matter how slowly I poured it, the size of a teacup was fixed.
Ë ñ um̆ а̇.і̀d̊
In the end, I sat down in front of Jegal So-myeong.
“…….”
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Even after I sat down, Jegal So-myeong remained silent for a long while.
I wondered what he could possibly have to say while meeting me alone, but nothing in particular came to mind.
Was he going to say that ridiculous thing about coming to Mantongbu again?
While I was struggling to imagine a positive future,
Ėn ûmа
Jegal So-myeong asked me in a heavy voice,
“What are you?”
“Pardon? What do you mean……”
“No matter how much Cheon-gi follows you, there is no way he would have spoken of the clan’s secrets.”
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“…….”
“What is your true identity?”
Ӗ.n ūm̌ а̌
Suddenly, it felt as though my heart dropped with a thud.
Fuck, he was stabbing me with a Variation Sword like this?
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