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Chapter 212 : Chapter 212
Chapter 212. An Unwanted Invitation
I had once thought about it before.
What would happen if I honestly spoke about my identity?
If I told people that I had returned from the future to the past?
If I told them we should all work hard together to prevent the crisis that would befall the murim?
Ŵе ḃňо v е́ ľ E n ú m а
‘It would sound insane.’
I could say with certainty that no one would step forward and say they agreed with me and would join me.
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When I already had plenty of enemies, it would only expose one more weakness by making people think even my mind was strange.
I would probably spend my years with my limbs bound inside the Prison, calling the real madmen my sworn brothers.
……Still, if I tried to be extremely optimistic?
‘Hoo…….’
Е̊ ǹ ǔm̃ а̊ . і̂d́
That would be a problem in its own way too.
If talk that “the master of the murim will change” spread incorrectly and reached the ears of the high officials and nobles up in Beijing, then one wrong step might turn me into the leader of the Yellow Turbans.
Beyond being a public enemy of the murim, I would instantly be confirmed as a public enemy of the imperial court too.
[Did you dare say that the master of the world will change?!]
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[No! I was just talking about the Demonic Cult bastards!!!]
[Silence, you traitorous bastard! Dismember that bastard at once!]
Е ǹ.um ã . id
Ugh…….
Just imagining it was horrifying.
But now.
I was in danger of having my identity exposed.
‘Damn it…….’
And by someone who would feel wronged if called second-best in intelligence within the Murim Alliance.
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No, by the man with the most outstanding five-star aptitude in the murim.
“What is your identity?”
I could vividly feel myself swallowing thickly.
Naturally, Jegal So-myeong was not someone I could vague my way past by catching him on wording.
The fact that Jegal So-myeong had asked this question at all meant that he had already more or less completed the picture through his “piece theory.”
What he lacked was a single piece for certainty.
W e̊ b̈ ň оv e l̊ Ēn ú m ӑ
It was clear that he had dismissed even the Formation Masters and asked such a question in order to find that “last piece.”
I tried to look as calm as possible.
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“……I am, of course, Jin So-un, the proud representative of Murim Academy.”
“…….”
But.
The emotionless look in Jegal So-myeong’s eyes sank even heavier.
Ënú m̄а̃
‘Damn it.’
His sharp gaze, as though it might pierce through my body at any moment, swept over me.
“You, of all people, should know very well what I intended by my question.”
“…….”
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What should I do?
What could I do to present him with a piece that would turn the picture he had mostly completed into a completely different shape?
Еn ú m̌а . і́d̊
Jegal So-myeong’s grave voice continued.
“The Two Principles Eight Trigrams Myriad Phenomena Formation……. Although I told them not to act arrogantly, it is not the kind of thing one can break the moment one sees it. If you truly had that kind of ability, then from the beginning, there would have been no need for you to enter the academy so desperately, nor any need for you to risk your life to save your sect.”
Only now did it become clear why he had pressed down on the Formation Masters so they could not suspect me, then dismissed them from the room.
He was looking at this problem as something far more serious.
Jegal So-myeong snapped the iron fan in his hand shut and gripped it in one hand.
Naturally, the tip of the iron fan pointed toward my vital acupoint.
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“Are you…… a spy?”
I had wondered why he was still carrying a fan around when a cool breeze had started blowing at some point.
Turns out it was to aim at my lifeline.
If there was one fortunate thing, was it that he did not suspect I could see the future, but instead thought I was a spy?
‘Should I consider this fortunate?’
In a situation where I was being suspected of being a bad bastard instead of a madman, I did not know whether to laugh or cry.
W ӗb n о̀ ṽ е l. Еṅü mа̃
In any case, perhaps thanks to the effect of the Golden Wound Medicine Sama Jeong had applied, the bleeding stopped, and my head began to work little by little.
It really was……. quite effective.
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I should ask for some separately.
I quickly focused my mind and said,
“Ahem, what do you mean by that?”
“……If you speak honestly now, then among the people of your sect, I will not harm anyone who did not take part in this matter.”
W̊ ӗb ǹ ӧ v̇еl̇ E n̈ u m̂a
Instead, he would investigate persistently until someone was said to have taken part.
Naturally, bastards like Ak Byeong-bi would be mobilized for that investigation.
Did he take me for a fool?
“I have been wronged!”
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“Then are you saying you analyzed the Two Principles Eight Trigrams Myriad Phenomena Formation at a glance?”
To be honest, that made even less sense.
W̊ е bn̄о v̂ e̊ l̇ Е̃ n ů m̄а̊
After all, I had accomplished in one hour what had taken even the Demonic Brain one hundred days.
At any rate, if I did not give him a convincing story now, it seemed I would continue to be suspected in the future as well.
I racked my brain more fiercely than ever.
And I recalled one person from my memories.
“The truth is, I did not analyze it all at once.”
“……From what I heard, the first time you visited the Grand Riding Ground was after the incident broke out.”
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There had been a fellow named Seo Un-chang among the Sojeong Squad members.
A swindler who had entered the Sojeong Squad despite not having even a shred of martial arts.
According to Seo Un-chang, if you wanted your opponent to believe a lie, you should make them suspect something else.
Humans were beings who could not pour suspicion into two ambivalent things at once.
That swindler bastard was actually proving useful like this.
“Of course, that was the first time it became known to people publicly.”
E n u m.ӑ . ї d̊
“……Publicly? Then are you saying you had seen it before that?”
“That is right.”
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“Absurd. Then you would be saying you saw it in the Jegal Clan……”
Jegal So-myeong tilted his head in puzzlement.
I looked at him and shook my head.
“No. It is true that I first saw it at Murim Academy.”
Е nûm â .id
“Mm?”
“For the first three days, the Two Principles Eight Trigrams Myriad Phenomena Formation was not a Mystic Gate Formation that posed a threat to people, was it? I was inside it every night for three days.”
“…….”
Then I threw him a small clue to suspect.
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“And I am someone who memorized all the endlessly changing paths inside the Boundless Indestructible Soul-Destroying Formation and came out.”
Jegal So-myeong withdrew his usual sharp gaze and looked at me with sunken eyes.
È n̈ ū ma .і̃ḋ
At some point, the position of the iron fan had also changed, and he was now using it to tap his own head.
It probably meant he was trying to complete the whole picture using the last piece I had handed him.
It was fortunate for me that he had shown me even a little of the picture he had drawn.
That was because intelligent people like Jegal So-myeong tended to prefer arriving at answers through small clues like this.
Once they reached an answer that way, their suspicions naturally disappeared.
Sure enough.
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“Then is this related to the method by which you brought back the Young Cult Master’s head?”
He began to suspect in the direction I had intended.
“That is right.”
“……Show me.”
His suspicion gradually grew, and he had come right before reaching an answer.
If I passed this, I would be able to escape suspicion.
Е̃ nu m а.і d
That was why.
“I do not want to.”
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“What?”
“They were things I could do because I had not shown them to anyone. If I must be suspected because of this matter, then it cannot be helped.”
“Even if you are suspected of being a spy?”
I deliberately raised my head calmly.
Wе̌ b.ǹo v̂ е̇ l̈ Еṅu̇m̀ а̀
“Did you not personally resolve the suspicions directed at me, Grand Strategist?”
“I can go back on what I said at any time.”
“If you intended to do that, you would not have said those words in the first place.”
The corners of Jegal So-myeong’s eyes trembled.
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It was a familiar look.
A look that said, “What kind of bastard is this?”
Ëṅ u m̄ а̌ . і̄d́
“I have many enemies. I must hide and hide again the cards I possess just to barely stand shoulder to shoulder with them.”
“…….”
After I had said that much, Jegal So-myeong seemed to find it hard to keep using his head any further, and he pressed hard at his temples.
The board had turned in my favor.
Then now, it was my turn to pressure him.
“So what compensation will you give us?”
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“What?”
They said the mental capacity of geniuses like Jegal So-myeong was larger than that of other people, but in the end, even their limits were only human.
I had to keep throwing him things to think about so he could no longer keep suspecting me.
Well, I did need compensation too.
My hand really did hurt a great deal.
I leaned forward and said, “Did our representative delegation not clean up the incident Jegal Jeong-gi caused?”
Ê nü ṁ а
“……To be precise, the Academy Head was with you.”
“I do not know whether you are aware, but Senior Brother Buk is a Lay Disciple of our Taeul Sect. If you look at it that way, he is someone connected to our representative delegation in every sense.”
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“Grr…….”
I deliberately quickened my speech even more.
“Was this not an incident where a rare ultimate formation called the Two Principles Eight Trigrams Myriad Phenomena Formation nearly swallowed close to one hundred people whole? Naturally, you cannot just let this pass. Am I wrong?”
“It was seventy-eight people.”
W̆ е́bnӧv̊е́l̄ È_n̆ û m ӓ
“Do people not usually round up numbers like this?”
Jegal So-myeong burst out laughing as if he found it absurd, then asked me,
“……What do you want?”
Naturally, I wanted something so complicated it would make your head explode.
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I naturally clasped my two hands together and rubbed them as I said,
“How much were you prepared to offer?”
Web́ n ovẽl E_n ūm а̂
“…….”
The corners of Jegal So-myeong’s eyes trembled once again.
***
The moment Jegal So-myeong entered Mantongbu, he felt something strange.
Should he say the atmosphere was heavier than usual?
Whenever he returned after working outside, Maeng Ju-won should have clung to him, whining and complaining, but for some reason, he greeted him politely.
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“You have returned, Grand Strategist.”
“What is this? Did you take some medicine?”
Even at the scolding, Maeng Ju-won did not frown once.
“……Why would you say such a thing? Is it not only natural that a member of Mantongbu offers a greeting when he sees the head of Mantongbu?”
“What…… is wrong with you?”
He looked at the other Mantongbu employees, but all of them were in a state similar to Maeng Ju-won.
E ň u ṁȧ
Come to think of it, even the inside of Mantongbu, which was always one step short of a complete mess, had been somewhat organized.
‘What is this? Did all of them take medicine together?’
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His head already ached enough, and now even these fellows were acting like this, so naturally, his mood could only turn sour.
But then.
“You have arrived?”
“Huh?”
Ĕ_ń ū m̈ à. ï d
When he entered the office, an even more ridiculous situation was waiting for him.
Hyeok Mu-gang was drinking tea.
Only then did he understand why the Mantongbu bastards were doing things they never usually did.
“Grand Strategist…… Shall I prepare tea for you?”
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When he looked at Maeng Ju-won, who was asking politely, the man was shaking his head faintly.
It was obvious what he meant.
Wеb̃ n ò v́ е̇ l Е̃ǹ ū m̆а
He wanted him to take the Alliance Leader out.
Jegal So-myeong deliberately nodded broadly.
“Yes, we will be talking for a long time, so brew about three pots of tea.”
Fluster appeared on Maeng Ju-won’s face.
“……Th-then how about going to a tea house near the Alliance?”
“Oh? How could we spend the Murim Alliance’s funds, when every coin must be saved, on such a wasteful place?”
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As if asking for agreement, Jegal So-myeong shifted his gaze toward Hyeok Mu-gang.
“I am sure the Alliance Leader would also prefer to drink here rather than go out. Is that not right?”
“I do not mind.”
Maeng Ju-won’s face crumpled like a report, and he stepped backward.
Jegal So-myeong clicked his tongue as though dumbfounded.
“Hmph! You damn bastards. So the Alliance Leader is scary, but I am not, is that it?”
Ė n̂ um а̃
Hyeok Mu-gang, who had been watching him, tilted his head.
“What do you mean?”
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“Nothing. More importantly, why did you come all the way here? I said I would come to you.”
“How could a person who eats and plays every day in the Alliance Leader’s Hall summon a busy person back and forth? I should come here myself.”
“…….”
How nice would it be if he did this during normal work too?
Wе b̌n о̌v̌е̃ l E ň ŭ m̈ а̌
The problem was that the only times Hyeok Mu-gang moved his heavy backside personally were limited to matters that deeply interested him.
This was not the first time he had shown such enormous interest, but…….
‘Somehow, he seems even more interested than when it was Yong So-ah or Il-myeong.’
Even before the tea came out, Hyeok Mu-gang’s face was already full of expectation.
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“How was it? Was he a spy as expected?”
Jegal So-myeong said one thing while looking at the Murim Alliance Leader, who looked as expectant as a child.
Ẁ е̃.b̄ ṅ ǒ vе l Е́ǹ ũ m̀а
“It sounds as though you were hoping he would be a spy.”
“That could not be!”
Jegal So-myeong let out a long sigh.
“Your prediction was correct, Alliance Leader. He seems to possess a martial art related to concealment.”
“Ha ha! Is that true?!”
Hyeok Mu-gang burst into hearty laughter as if he could not hold it in.
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“This is not the time to laugh. It means the Heavenly Eye Pavilion has been breached.”
The Two Principles Eight Trigrams Myriad Phenomena Formation was an object treated as a special secret by the Murim Alliance.
Naturally, even if the Jegal Clan kept strict security, there was no way the Murim Alliance would have just sat still.
Hyeok Mu-gang nodded.
“He is a child who brought back the Young Cult Master’s head from the middle of the Blood Cult’s troops. The Heavenly Eye Pavilion would have had a hard time dealing with him.”
“Hoo…….”
Е n̆ ū m̈_а̄ . і̆ d
“In any case, we have once again confirmed that the Murim Alliance has an excellent talent, so why are you sighing?”
At that question, Jegal So-myeong groaned.
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“Because he is outstanding in a peculiar direction.”
“A peculiar direction?”
Jegal So-myeong nodded and continued speaking.
“I lied to the clan’s Formation Masters in front of him. The fellow matched his lie to mine on the spot without the slightest hesitation.”
Е̌ nũ m а
One might have expected him to show even a trace of panic, but the fellow had not shown the slightest sign of it.
Even Jegal So-myeong, who was listening, had almost mistaken it for truly having heard such a story from Cheon-gi.
“Moreover, even when I dismissed everyone and pressured him, he did not say a single word about the martial art related to concealment until the very end.”
“He is a child with remarkable nerve.”
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“I cannot tell at all whether he has certainty in himself or whether he is quick-witted.”
“Hmm…….”
W̊ e_b́ ṅov̊еl Ӗn ů ḿа
“Normally, a rising star has some innocent side, some aspect not yet stained by the world. But that fellow has none of that at all. At times, it feels like I am dealing with an old monster of the Black Path.”
Hyeok Mu-gang nodded.
“In that regard, the Four Emperors Peak Lord truly gave him a fitting alias.”
“That he did.”
A dragon was a dragon, but a black dragon.
Unlike other dragons that cultivated the Dao in mountains and rivers for the sake of a single wish-fulfilling jewel, this black dragon had attained the Dao while continuing fierce battles in the rough sea.
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Why did the image of a giant black dragon suddenly appear in his mind, clutching the corpse of an Azure Dragon in one hand and the corpse of a phoenix in the other?
“Are you not worried, Alliance Leader?”
“Well.”
Hyeok Mu-gang stroked his own chin with a finger.
“If that child had acted only for his own gain, then from the beginning, would he ever have caught my eye or the Grand Strategist’s?”
“……Tsk. That is true.”
W.е b́ n̂о̄ v̇ё ľ_ Е̂n ū m̀à
This incident alone was proof.
If he had not wanted to be caught secretly investigating the Two Principles Eight Trigrams Myriad Phenomena Formation, the best choice would have been to not step forward to save the Orthodox Path Association.
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Moreover, was the Orthodox Path Association not an existence that had threatened Jin So-un’s representative delegation?
If Jegal So-myeong had been in Jin So-un’s position, naturally, he would not have helped the Orthodox Path Association.
“His methods may be rough, but was that not only to fill the lack of his birth?”
A flower raised indoors bloomed easily, but it was vulnerable to wind and rain.
Е́ n̈ u̇ m а̇. ǐd
A weed raised in the wild did not bloom easily, but it was not easily broken even by strong wind and rain.
Jegal So-myeong knew well how brilliantly such a wildflower shone when it bloomed.
“Now that we know his martial arts are that excellent, we can grant the Four Emperors Peak Lord’s request.”
Jegal So-myeong, who had briefly thought over Hyeok Mu-gang’s question, nodded.
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“Well……. It was not a place where anything serious would have happened in the first place.”
Even if something serious did happen, he could not imagine that bastard being caught by a trick.
Е̂ n̈ ǔ ṁа_.і̆d̆
“That is truly fortunate. I was wondering how I should refuse when he asked us to send a mere academy student as an envoy. Had we not originally considered sending the Dragon and Phoenix Assembly or the Seven Stars?”
“That is true. The Four Emperors Peak Lord is something else as well. No matter what, asking us to send Jin So-un—has he lost his mind? Even if we owe him a debt over the Blood Cult matter!”
“At least it is fortunate, is it not?”
“It is not fortunate!”
“Mm?”
At Jegal So-myeong’s firm words, Hyeok Mu-gang raised his head.
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“I think you will need to open the Treasury.”
“Mm? What do you mean……”
“Ah, and you will also need to pull some budget from the Alliance Leader’s Hall.”
“No, now, w-wait. What does that mean……”
“Because that bastard Jin So-un sent an expensive invoice over this matter.”
Jegal So-myeong took out a sheet of paper from his bosom and set it firmly on the table.
W е̂b́n о́v̇ ẽ l̄ _Е́ n̂u̇ ṁа
Hyeok Mu-gang looked at the list and his mouth fell open.
“No, why would this……”
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“I had no choice either. I lost in the end. If you feel that wronged, Alliance Leader, you can go and negotiate with him yourself.”
“…….”
Yes, even if that bastard went, there was no great need to worry.
A bastard who fleeced the Grand Strategist of the Murim Alliance would not return after being stabbed in the back by mere Black Path people.
Е̃ňum̈ӓ
“Damned bastard…….”
With a curse whose target was unclear, Jegal So-myeong soothed his bitter insides.
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