episode_0260

Yongbong branch.

Since the original intention was to promote friendship, there was no such thing as a non-event or anything like that, as most people think.

Of course, as they were at an age when they were full of spirit and competitive spirit, there were times when fights and clashes occurred and personal disputes arose.

But that is literally just a personal affair.

It has nothing to do with the official Yongbong Branch event.

So, no one could deny that the Yongbong branch itself was a place where the later indices could develop friendships with each other in a lighthearted manner.

But.

The atmosphere this morning was so bustling that it was hard to believe it was the Yongbongjihoe.

“Have you heard?”

“Of course I heard that. Why are you beating the drum and making a fuss so early in the morning?”

“Is the price originally like that… …?”

“That’s ridiculous. I’ve been here several times, but this is the first time I’ve seen something like this.”

As expected, the topic of conversation was the sound of drums in the morning.

It wasn’t even the sound of a rooster crowing in the morning, but rather the sound of a drum that sounded ominous, so of course I couldn’t help but be nervous.

“Well, it has to do with what the Poison King said.”

Anyone can make a guess.

Everyone was aware of that much.

Because the King himself said something meaningful yesterday.

I will clearly tell everyone tomorrow what the true reality of the martial arts world is.

“The true reality of the martial arts world… … . What on earth are you trying to say?”

“That’s right. Don’t we all know how the martial arts world works?”

The latter indices express doubt.

It was natural.

Although they are young, they are talented individuals who live up to the expectations of the top martial arts schools.

He was already on the path to leading the next martial arts world.

Even if such people were proud to know the ins and outs of the martial arts world, there would be no one who could object.

“The world of martial arts has never been more peaceful than it is now, so why does the Poison King say such things?”

“I guess it’s just advice to keep going with one mind.”

“I think so too.”

Generally consistent thoughts.

But that thought doesn’t explain the morning drumbeat.

A judgment based only on superficial aspects.

the other side.

Some were reading deeper into the anomaly.

***

“Is it missing?”

Taegeuk Sword Dragon Cheongsong, the shaman’s proud successor, spoke to someone with a meaningful smile.

He was a man with bushy hair.

His beard was rough and untidy, as he hadn’t trimmed it properly.

If you just look at his appearance, he looks like a neighborhood gangster.

However, the local gangster-like man was none other than the Hwasan Sword Dragon Baek Moo-gyeol, the dragon of the Hwasan faction and also known as the best swordsman in the martial arts world.

“… … .”

Baek Mu-gyeol seemed lost in his own thoughts without answering.

Cheongsong clicked his tongue as he looked at Baek Mu-gyeol.

“Can you answer?”

“… … I don’t care, Cheongsong Dojo.”

The answer finally came out.

However, the content, expression, and boredom were all the same.

A far cry from the image of a genius sent from heaven and a young hero of the Volcano faction that people imagine.

Even if I tell you my true identity, there will probably be quite a few people who won’t believe me.

“Ha, you boring guy. How can a young guy act like an old man already?”

Cheongsong gave a scolding.

Even if he was one of the oldest among the later indexes, there were few people in the world who could so easily scold and belittle the world’s greatest volcanic sword dragon.

That means the relationship between the two is not normal.

Of course, Baek Mu-gyeol’s answer felt somewhat stiff for such a reason, but that was because of his personality.

Baek Mu-gyeol was a person who was as difficult to approach as a stone because he was the type of person who only cared about martial arts and was not seriously interested in anything else.

Just by the fact that he had become so close to Baek Mu-gyeol, he could easily guess how friendly Cheongsong was.

“Why do they all look like that, whether they’re Ilryong or Ilbong? Tsk tsk.”

“There’s no need to lump them all together.”

“Huh?”

Cheongsong’s eyes lit up strangely at Baek Mu-gyeol’s words that just popped out.

At first glance, it seemed like a protest expressing displeasure about not being treated the same as daily wages, but Cheongsong did not hear it that way.

Rather, it sounded like he was telling us not to insult Geombong by lumping him together unnecessarily.

“Look at this? Do you like a bong?”

She is neither a young lady nor a wife, and she is not even an adult with the surname Yu, so she was given the nickname Bong.

It may seem like such an absurd way of addressing someone, but if it was Cheongsong who said it, then it would be completely understandable.

Because that’s the kind of person he is.

I even got a sharp reprimand from the shaman’s chief priest to be careful with my words, as if it were an annual event.

Of course, he wasn’t a person who could be fixed just because of that.

“… … .”

“Hey, Mr. Baek. Why are you ignoring me and making a fuss? My eyesight is like Baekdan.”

“… … What nonsense. I only respect you as someone who walks the same path of nothingness.”

Although Baek Mu-gyeol denied it, it fell on deaf ears of Cheong Song.

“Yeah, yeah. Bong Cheo-ja is a stunning beauty.”

“Those who are obsessed with the form cannot see the essence of nothingness.”

“So you’re saying you were drawn to the inside?”

“… … .”

Perhaps because he thought it would be a loss to open his mouth, Baek Mu-gyeol eventually closed his mouth.

However, Cheongsong knew how to open Baek Mu-gyeol’s mouth.

“If you ignore it, rumors will spread?”

“I said it was a misunderstanding. Shut up.”

“Okay, misunderstanding. So let’s answer properly?”

“Hoo.”

Baek Mu-gyeol shook his head as if he was truly a nagging person.

However, Cheongsong was not a person who would blink an eye.

Instead, he spat it out while whirling around.

“So how much do you think you lost?”

It’s a return to what was said at first.

There must have been quite a few reviewers who didn’t understand its meaning.

But of course, there is no way the Volcanic Sword Dragon wouldn’t know.

I just avoided answering earlier because I was annoyed.

“… … three and a half pennies.”

But this time, he blurted it out as if he had no choice.

Cheongsong smiled as if she liked it.

“Haha, there’s no one here who can say something with a single number like you.”

There was a reason behind Cheongsong’s words.

Because the number he read, who was already proud of having achieved the pinnacle of achievement and stepping into the heavens, was between 30 and 40 percent.

Baek Moo-gyeol went beyond that and narrowed it down to one.

As expected, the proud Cheongsong was the only one who gave a little effort.

‘Ilryongilbong? Don’t make me laugh. This guy is the only true dragon.’

The only person Cheongsong was truly conscious of was Baek Mu-gyeol.

Because I thought that if he could surpass Baek Mu-gyeol, he would be the next best martial artist in the world.

But it was still just a distant story.

Because it was a monster that didn’t feel like the distance between them was getting closer no matter how many new realms it achieved.

“Then let me ask this. Why do you think that number is missing?”

Three and a half pennies.

The number that Baek Mu-gyeol spoke of was the number of people who had evaporated from the strict security force of the Tang family that had been felt yesterday.

In just one day, one third of the border forces evaporated.

Anyone can see that this is not an ordinary case.

Those foolish guys who can’t feel it are only talking about the sound of the drum.

“I said I wasn’t interested.”

Baek Mu-gyeol turned his gaze to the ground.

“Hey, I told you he’s a boring guy.”

Cheongsong shook his head and clicked his tongue.

“Then I’ll speak first. How about a demonstration of force?”

Demonstration of force.

This refers to an act of displaying force or momentum to deliberately show off one’s power.

It’s not uncommon in the martial arts world.

The world of martial arts is fundamentally governed by the logic of power.

Because you have to clearly show your strength so that others don’t see you as an easy opponent.

However.

It’s not the party.

The Tang clan is already a beast among beasts known to everyone.

There is no need to show off your teeth.

That was why Cheongsong’s words were meaningful.

Baek Mu-gyeol’s eyes, which had been blurting out that he was not interested, were small and strange.

“Oh, you look interested?”

Cheongsong smiled faintly.

“… … That’s not it. But.”

“Just?”

“There doesn’t seem to be anything in Sacheon that could be used for armed demonstrations.”

It was a reasonable point.

Sacheon is home to three major sects of the Jeongpa sect, including Dangmun, Ami, and Cheongseong.

That is why Sacheon was a place where even the common green forest could not set foot.

There is no place in that place where there would be room for armed demonstration.

however.

Cheongsong already had an expression on his face as if he knew where he was going.

“Why isn’t it there? There is, Ghost Valley.”

At that moment.

Baek Mu-gyeol’s gaze rose again.

***

“It must be a ghost song.”

Someone else made the same prediction elsewhere.

It was a wall-crawling, rock-solid, and powerful machine.

“You, Ghost Song? That, that place was there!”

His younger brother Maengho also had an expression on his face like he had been hit by Peng Eocheon.

Sacheon Ghost Song.

It was a place that was forgotten, but also clearly existed.

Although the Battle of Jeongma ended with the victory of the Jeong faction and the Central Plains were completely taken over by the Jeong faction, not all of the evil demons’ forces were destroyed.

Although they were pushed out of the central region, they quietly grew their power based on the changes and aimed to regain power.

The reason they were able to survive was because the area was far from the Central Plains and was basically rough terrain, making it difficult to deploy punitive forces.

The Ghost Song was also one of Sima’s forces.

It is a place that is not easy to access because it is surrounded on all sides by steep mountains like cliffs.

Even the thick fog throughout the year made access even more difficult.

That is why Ghost Song was a forgotten but existing place in the Sacheon martial arts world.

“Ha, but even so, it would be extremely difficult to even approach the Ghost Song… ”

“It becomes a demonstration of force because it is difficult. Who would blink an eye if you tried to do it in an easy place?”

“That, that’s true, but… … .”

Peng Eo-cheon swallowed his saliva.

“By the way, if Dangga really were to wipe out the seeds of the Ghost Song, wouldn’t that be a big deal? It would be a great achievement… … .”

◦Tell them to do %◦.”

“No, what is that…?”

“Who can defeat the ghost in the rough terrain without bloodshed? Victory with only wounds comes only as poison.”

The corner of Peng Eo-eon’s mouth twisted.

If you try too hard to achieve great feats and your power is reduced, it is only good for Peng Ga.

Because one of our competitors is dropping out.

“Let’s go watch some good stuff and eat some rice cakes.”

***

“… … The atmosphere is definitely not good.”

Jang-il whispered softly.

“That’s probably true.”

Bang So-woon smiled as if he knew.

There was no way that anyone would not notice something strange when the drums were blaring so loudly.

“Is this really a campaign?”

The sound of the drums of departure.

Bang So-woon said that as soon as he heard the sound of the drum.

It wasn’t something I was familiar with, it was something my intuition told me.

“Let’s think about it the other way around. This isn’t something that can be prepared for a day or two. Is this something that even the King himself has to prepare for very seriously for a long time? Can’t you come up with an answer?”

“What’s the answer?”

Words that suddenly came in without anyone noticing.

“Oh my.”

Jang-il flinched as if startled.

Bang So-woon was also surprised, but he skillfully hid his surprise inside.

It was now a possessed smoke created by a face from the ‘outside’ that had reached a certain level.

“No, it’s not you, Miss Yoo. It’s really nice to meet you.”

There has never been a farce like this one.

Yesterday you ignored me like a dog or a chicken, but the first thing you said was, “What’s the answer?”

Bang So-woon’s reaction to that was also a masterpiece.

It’s because Bang So-woon also pretended not to see it yesterday and ignored it.

If there is an abnormal conversation between abnormal people, it would be like this.

“I asked what the answer was.”

Yoo Seol-young only talks about herself and lightly ignores greetings from people she hasn’t seen in a long time.

As expected, Cheongsong-i Ilryong Ilbong was a weirdo who made you wonder why they all looked like that.

“Huh, that’s the answer.”

Bang So-woon looked at Yoo Seol-young with a strange smile.

***

Ghost song.

Even if only that answer had come out, Yoo Seol-young would have given it a passing grade.

As expected, Bang So-woon is different from the other petty men who are out and about.

But Yoo Seol-young didn’t know.

Bang So-woon knows the secret of the Poison King that no one else knows.

That’s why I can make a better judgment about the actions of the Poison King than anyone else.

“The answer is a winning fight.”

Bang So-woon’s answer surpassed even Yoo Seol-young’s prediction.

“… … .”

Yoo Seol-young’s eyes clearly rippled with small ripples.