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Chapter 297
Chapter 297. The Black Flame Dragon Reveals Himself
Jegal Cheon-gi.
A genius who transcended his era.
Yet in the end, he was a being brought down by human desire.
In his early years, his wings had been broken by his clan’s greed, and ultimately, he had not even been able to enter the Murim Academy.
Е nùm a
Being the legitimate son of one of the Five Great Clans without a Murim Academy diploma made him nothing more than an inconvenient burden to both his clan and the Murim Alliance.
In the end, rejected by both his clan and the Murim Alliance, the only place Jegal Cheon-gi could go was among the low-ranking warriors.
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Was there not a saying about an awl in a pouch?
Even in clinging mud, like a pearl shining brilliantly, Jegal Cheon-gi revealed his genius every time. But genius revealed from a position with fixed limits ultimately did nothing but offend incompetent holders of power.
His ingenious creativity and wondrous strategy were a Dragon Pearl far too precious to be wasted in the Sojeong Squad.
And so, the dragon of the open firmament who seemed as though he would soar through the heavens died after rolling across the ground with his horns and claws torn away.
Ē n ům̆ ä . і̆ d̊
‘Was he really this extraordinary?’
Perhaps I had never properly seen the color of the genius that had died so emptily in my previous life.
“So…… you saw the Minor Heaven Sword Art and changed the Great Heaven Sword Art?”
In the past, when Namgung San visited Taeul Sect, the children had shown great interest in the Ascendant Form of the Minor Heaven Sword Art I had displayed.
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At the time, I already knew that all of Taeul Sect’s martial arts other than the Minor Heaven Sword Art were trash, so until I found the Taeul Sword Emperor’s martial arts, I had taught the children the Ascendant Form of the Minor Heaven Sword Art so they would have something to devote themselves to.
And that had been passed on and on until it eventually reached Jegal Cheon-gi.
W̃еbn̊ о v е l̇ E nū ṁа
‘And this insane genius…….’
He had pierced through the essence of the Minor Heaven Sword Art’s Ascendant Form and created an Ascendant Form for the Great Heaven Sword Art.
Considering that the process before reaching the Ascendant Form naturally became the Shattering Form, it made sense that my sword had been absurdly knocked away every time I unfolded the Great Heaven Sword Art a moment ago.
When my thoughts reached that point, a hollow laugh escaped me.
‘Just how incompetent was the Murim Alliance in my previous life?’
Even the Sojeong Squad members, who had been full of fools at the time, all knew that Jegal Cheon-gi was a genius.
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Then there was no way the elites carefully chosen from each sect, and those who had graduated from the Murim Academy, the school for officers, had failed to notice Jegal Cheon-gi.
‘They simply…… must have hated it. The fact that he was outstanding…….’
If he had at least passed the Mantongbu examination, he would have been respected for his opinions as a scholar of the Alliance, and with his genius, he would have made the Murim Alliance even more solid.
At the very least, he could have helped develop the One Hundred Eight Peaks under the Murim Alliance.
But by that time, Jegal So-myeong had already been assassinated, and command of Mantongbu had passed to another.
Jegal Cheon-gi had once again missed the opportunity he should have had.
Ẅеb̈ń o̊v́ ӗ l̈ Ӗ ṅ um̌ǎ
When my thoughts reached that point, chills rose over my skin.
In the end, the genius bestowed by Heaven had been killed by the petty desires of insignificant humans.
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Lowly existences that could not even compare to Jegal Cheon-gi had poured out all their strength to destroy him.
For the sake of their own desires.
I raised my eyes and looked at him.
“D-did I…… perhaps do something wrong?”
Еňu mа
Jegal Cheon-gi was watching my reaction while fidgeting with his fingers.
It seemed my expression had hardened while I was thinking of those fools.
I quickly smiled.
“No.”
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Then I stroked his head.
“Not at all.”
Ẇ е́b̄ n̄ о̃v̆è ĺ Èn üm̃_а̂
At my touch, Cheon-gi looked up at me with round, bright eyes.
“I-I was worried you might be angry because I changed Taeul Sect’s martial art on my own…….”
At that sight, emotion needlessly surged in me.
I disliked seeing him act so cautious.
Ordinarily, geniuses realized they were different from others and grew into personalities that looked down on fools.
‘Like that son of a bitch Yong So-ah.’
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But Jegal Cheon-gi was careful and paid attention to whether even a single word he said might be misunderstood by the other person.
It was probably because his “difference” had been instilled in him as something “wrong.”
Should I not correct that now?
“Cheon-gi.”
“Yes, Brother.”
So that this glittering genius could bloom.
Е n̂ u mа .і d̊
“The reason you newly interpreted the sword art was because that was the better direction, was it not?”
“……To tell the truth, I ultimately could not learn martial arts in my family because of this.”
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I opened wide the latch of the cage in which he had been trapped.
“This is not the Jegal Clan.”
Jegal Cheon-gi’s eyes opened in surprise, as though he had seen the sky, his own stage, for the first time.
“And you are now a disciple of Taeul Sect.”
Wе bńо̆_v́ėl E n̄ u m̌а̊
“A disciple of Taeul Sect…….”
“Preserve means to protect the teaching. It means to thoroughly cultivate the original study and make it your own. Do you know what comes next?”
Jegal Cheon-gi seemed to already know, and he nodded.
“Break. It is the stage where one creates original applied techniques according to one’s own individuality.”
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How could this child be so clever?
“Yes. And there is the final stage, Transcend. It is entering a new realm of divine skill without being bound by anything. No matter what path you walk, you will eventually walk this road. So if you pass through these stages faithfully,” you would be able to flap your wings freely and soar wherever you wished.
Е_nǔṁ ӑ_
“Then no matter where you go or what path you walk, you do not need to watch anyone’s reaction. Do you understand?”
Jegal Cheon-gi’s eyes sparkled brightly.
They were eyes that truly seemed alive.
What an impressive and adorable bra…….
“Brother! I have made up my mind!”
“Hm? About what?”
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What was he suddenly talking about……?
“I have decided never to leave your side for the rest of my life! Is that all right?”
I had opened the latch so he could fly freely, and now he said he wanted to stay by my side.
Was that all right?
Of course it was.
I did not know whether the Jegal Clan would remain still, but what could they do if he said he wanted to stay? In the first place, he was already a child they had cast aside.
Еňu m̂a. і d
“Do as you wish.”
“Waaah!”
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Jegal Cheon-gi cried out in joy as though he had obtained something he had wished for his entire life.
But why was he so happy?
“In any case, raise your sword again.”
“Pardon?”
E ǹ ù m̆а̌
“There is still something left for me to teach you.”
The third of Jegal’s Three Forms.
Demon-Subduing Form.
I had been rather worried about how to apply Jegal’s Three Forms to Taeul Sect’s martial arts, which we had recovered.
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If things were like this, then it was as easy as swimming with my feet on the ground.
After all, our Cheon-gi would do it all for us.
W̊е̂ b̂n̄ ӧvё l̂ Е̌n û.m̊ӓ
After handing Jegal Cheon-gi, who had collapsed while learning the Demon-Subduing Form, over to Yeong-yeong, I headed straight for Taeul Sect’s guest quarters.
There waited Sword Demon, once one of the absolute masters of the Black Path. No, now he was neither this nor that, merely the jobless man among jobless men.
“You have come.”
It was Baek Hae-gwang.
“You seem to have a lot of comfort in life.”
“……Ugh. Being a Guest Retainer seems more uncomfortable than I thought.”
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“What part of it? Are you not receiving three proper meals a day?”
“I am saying I am uncomfortable because I am receiving them too well.”
Honestly, this was a man unused to receiving things.
“What is there to be uncomfortable about when you are receiving good treatment?”
“The Great Heaven Merchant Guild established a sect for me, and Taeul Sect gave me a place to stay. How could I not be uncomfortable?”
“That is because Master only eats and plays, is it not?”
Ẃëḃn̆ ō vĕl̆ E n̆u m à
“……Who is your master?”
“In any case, a Guest Retainer is not a position where one simply eats and plays.”
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Baek Hae-gwang, who had been frowning, glanced at me.
“Then…… what should a Guest Retainer do?”
Ah, as expected, he was someone with the will and common sense to pay for his meals.
I shrugged once.
Ĕ ǹ um̀ä
“Do what you can. Originally, it means crushing bastards who pick fights with Taeul Sect or acting as a problem-solver…… but since we have sealed the gates, there is no particular need for that. Please watch over some training instead.”
“You want me to interfere in the children’s training?”
……How had this person become a Black Path martial artist with such a cautious personality?
“Not only the children’s, but the adults’ too. It has not been long since they recovered the martial arts, so everyone is climbing upward with difficulty.”
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“Is that all right?”
“What would make it not all right? Did you not become the Sword Demon because you always did whatever you wanted in the first place, Master?”
Е̊n̆ ūḿа̇
“You damned brat, calling me Sword Demon again…….”
“In any case, just do it. I doubt anyone will have much complaint.”
He was a man who had become a Black Path giant after fighting life-and-death battles with the sect leaders of enormous sects.
There would be no one who dared refuse Baek Hae-gwang’s teaching.
After hearing me out, Baek Hae-gwang nodded for a long while.
“By the way, how far have you learned the Three Forms of the White Moon Governing Heaven?”
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“I have learned all of Extreme Swiftness.”
“Already?”
“There was a slightly urgent matter.”
“No…… even so, only half a year has passed. It is not as though you are Yong So-ah, so how did you learn that?”
“…….”
Why did he suddenly bring up Yong So-ah and compare me to him?
W̄ ёb̂n̂о̌v ë ĺ Е́ǹu ṁа̊
I briefly explained the method I had used to learn Extreme Swiftness.
“You insane bastard…….”
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“Still, calling your disciple an insane bastard is a little…….”
A fierce reaction returned.
“Who said I would accept a madman like you as my disciple!”
“That is hurtful for a disciple to hear…….”
Е́ ń u m̊а .і d̊
“Ha…… To force your body to fit your memories. Do you have two lives, you bastard? How could you know what would happen?”
“My memory is one thing I am rather good at, is it not?”
Fortunately, I had the experience I had accumulated while facing Je Geum-hak afterward. For the moment, there was no major problem.
But Master sighed and stared intently at my face.
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“……The one in urgent need is not Taeul Sect. It is you.”
“Pardon?”
Ẽ nů m ӑ .іd̃
“How many days did you say your break lasts?”
“About…….”
“No, it does not matter how many days. Rather than watch you go mad while learning my sword art, I will put you through intensive training.”
“What does that mean…….”
“Do not worry. This will be far better than the insane thing you did.”
No, why was he suddenly being frightening……?
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“……ther?”
What was this?
“Brother! Why are you sleeping here?”
Wow, did I faint again?
And that gentleman abandoned me again?
“Urgh…… I thought I had improved a little over the last half year…….”
Ѐ n ǔ m̊а
Wang So-so tilted her head.
“Pardon? What has improved?”
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“No. There is something like that. But what is that?”
Wang So-so was holding several books in her arms.
“Ah, these? They are documents. The accounting ledgers of the Great Heaven Merchant Guild.”
“You handle those?”
Е ñ um̀ а
“Yes. Since Wang Estate and the Great Heaven Merchant Guild do so many things together, I am the only person who knows the accounts on both sides.”
If it was the work of analyzing both sides’ accounts and reconciling them into one, even most scholars would stick out their tongues at the complexity.
Yet she was doing that alone.
……Who exactly did I save?
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“I am going to the Great Heaven Merchant Guild now. Would you like to come with me?”
Master Jang Do-won had told me to stop by the smithy……. Well, it would not matter if I went tomorrow.
Еńu m а̄
“Shall I?”
“Wow! How exciting! Let us go, Brother!”
In that instant, a wondrous mystery filled Wang So-so’s steps, and she drew close beside me.
Before I had time to respond in any way, my arm had been linked with hers, and Wang So-so was dragging me along.
“Let us go! Brother!”
……Wow, what was this, truly?
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What in the world had been happening in Taeul Sect?
On the way to the Great Heaven Merchant Guild,
the sun that had hung over the western mountains ultimately set, and darkness settled over the surroundings.
Suddenly realizing that only Wang So-so and I were on the street, I felt a strange sensation.
“Do you go to the merchant guild at this time every day?”
“Not every day, but usually. If I train, work, and then head to the merchant guild, time is tight.”
Е n u m а
“……Alone?”
“Today, I am going with you, Brother.”
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“No, I mean usually.”
After the kidnapping incident, I was certain Estate Master Wang had assigned a guard even when sending her to Taeul Sect.
“Ah, I told him I wanted to go around alone.”
“Why?”
W ѐbn̊ô v̊ е̊ l Е ṅü m а
“When I am in Taeul Sect, I feel as if I am the only one floating apart.”
Most of the children of Taeul Sect did not come from very well-off households.
Among such children, Wang So-so, the only daughter of Wang Estate, would naturally have become an alien existence.
Just as Gye Cheol-yeong had in the past.
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Still, I had been grateful enough that she did not abuse her position under the pretext of sponsorship money like Gye Cheol-yeong had.
Yet Wang So-so had admirably stripped away her own outward trappings in order to blend into Taeul Sect.
Е n̈ ū mâ.і̆d̂
“Even so, I doubt Estate Master Wang allowed that easily.”
“Yes! So I defeated the Guard Warrior.”
“Hm?”
Did I hear that wrong?
When I looked at her in confusion, she smiled brightly.
“He said that if I defeated the Guard Warrior, I would no longer have to go around with a guard.”
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……Was that possible? A guard assigned to Wang So-so should have possessed fairly strong ability.
“Ah, of course, I mean in escaping. It turns out I have talent for running!”
To shake off a guard with Taeul Eighty-Thousand Divine Steps, which was not even a proper Lightness Art.
……What was with this child too?
As we talked about this and that, we soon arrived at the Great Heaven Merchant Guild.
“Father! We are he…….”
Е̄ n̄û m а̀
Wang So-so, who had entered the courtyard and was running forward as though releasing her presence, stopped abruptly.
Then she emitted coldness from her entire body.
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“……Why are you here?”
The girlish appearance from a moment ago vanished without a trace, and her expression filled with hostility.
Who in the world could it be for her to react like this?
At the end of Wang So-so’s gaze stood a woman in a red palace dress adorned with gold ornaments, wearing an enchanting smile.
Ẅeb̌ ńǒv́е̂ l̇_ Е́n̄ũ m̊a
“I clearly told you I would refuse. Furthermore, you have not even stamped the contract yet.”
Wang So-so spoke with an expression full of hostility, but the woman was not looking at Wang So-so.
At the end of the woman’s gaze was
me.
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“I wondered whether he himself thought the same. Did you ask him?”
At the woman’s question, Wang So-so bit her lip hard.
Еń u m̂ ă
As though she had expected this, the woman raised the corners of her mouth slightly.
“As expected, you did not ask.”
The servant beside the woman raised a lantern and illuminated the ground at the woman’s feet.
She approached two or three steps with light, graceful movements.
A sweet fragrance spread widely after her.
“You are Young Master Jin So-un of Taeul Sect, are you not?”
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A woman I had never seen before was speaking as though she knew me.
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