episode_0526

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“K, we’re in big trouble. Store owner! The small master of Tianhoumen has come and is causing trouble!”

Son Mi-ok bit her lip as she heard the report from the servant who rushed over.

An old incident came to Son Mi-ok’s mind.

Why did Yeonhwa leave Soga Clothing Store and wander around the world?

It was all because of Deung Bowi, who was making a fuss right now.

Yeonhwa, who was born with lunar retardation, had outstanding looks and charm from a young age. Yeonhwa’s charm grew more and more as the years went by, so much so that even though she was only growing up, she was already evaluated as being unrivaled by any beauty in Akyang.

As the days passed, Yeonhwa became more and more beautiful, and as if proportional to her beauty, the number of people targeting Yeonhwa increased.

Even in such a situation, Son Mi-ok mobilized all the power of Sogapomokjeom to protect Yeonhwa. The influence that Soga Clothing Store could exert in Okgye was not small, so they were able to barely avoid a major incident and protect Yeonhwa in the nick of time.

There was a goby who ruined Son Mi-ok’s efforts at once, and that was Deung Bowi.

Deung Bo-wi had spread a rumor that So Yeon-hwa would marry him.

Son Mi-ok immediately refuted it, but once the rumor started to spread, it never died down.

This was because Teng Bao-wi continued to boast that he had arranged a marriage with So Yeon-hwa. Deungbowi’s intention was that if the rumor spreads widely, it will become established as fact, and by the time the rumor is considered to be true, both Son Mi-ok and So Yeon-hwa will have no choice but to raise both hands.

And Deung Bowi’s actions instilled a sense of crisis in the hearts of those who had So Yeon-hwa in their hearts.

Cheonhomun Gate exerts great influence in Akyang. If he was such a small master of Tianhoumen, he might really be able to win Xiao Yanhua!

In that case, I will take possession of So Yeon-hwa before Teng Bo-wi and So Yeon-hwa get married!

The men who thought so rushed to take Yeonhwa by any means possible, and Son Mi-ok, who could not handle the commotion and threats that resulted… had no choice but to make an extreme choice to protect Yeonhwa.

So Mi-ok completely concealed her and Yeon-hwa’s identities and hired a female warrior to send Black Cat to the central plain.

Mi-ok thought as she sent Black Cat away. How long will the female warrior, who does not know her own identity or Yeonhwa’s identity, take care of Yeonhwa? If she completes the request, the female warrior will turn her back without hesitation, and Yeonhwa will have no choice but to wander the world alone with the gold she gave her in her arms.

In order to cut off the trace, he sent Yeonhwa away and left no connection… Until Yeonhwa herself returns to her feet, she will live without knowing how her precious daughter lives, or even if she is alive.

That’s how I’ve lived until now.

Son Mi-ok clenched her fists and trembled.

Clearly, the uproar caused by the beauty of the black cat was bound to happen someday. Since the power of Sogapomokjeom would not have been able to fully protect Yeonhwa, the outcome of leaving Agyang and living in hiding may not have changed.

However, it was because of that damn fool, Deung Bo-wi, that the situation suddenly worsened to the point where Son Mi-ok could not do anything, and as a result, she had no choice but to break up in the worst possible way.

Son Mi-ok stood up from her seat and thought.

‘I won’t tolerate it any longer!’

We could not impose any sanctions on Deng Bowie, who had been forced to separate from our daughter by the power of Tianhoumen, and had no choice but to endure it. But now Son Mi-ok had no intention of enduring it either. No, I couldn’t stand it.

Because I have to protect my daughter who has returned.

Even if it means spending all the money I’ve saved, I will never leave that goby alone.

So Son Mi-ok went outside, gritting her teeth.

“Ker, gag…!”

I couldn’t help but widen my eyes as I saw all of Deng Bowie’s followers lying around and moaning, and Deng Bowie struggling with his neck held by Ho Cheonan’s hand.

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I approached the people who were misbehaving in front of the Soga Clothing Store.

“Did you find yourself?”

These people surprised me, as if they didn’t even expect me to be outside. Among them, the one who raised his voice turned me up and down with a suspicious expression.

“You’re a brainiac?”

He didn’t have a large sword or a black lip, but when I told him that I was a swordsman, he looked suspicious.

I also looked at that guy with suspicious eyes.

You came here knowing exactly that I was here, but you have no idea what I look like?

For some reason, it was an incoherent story.

I slowly perked up and looked at the guy in front of me.

The state is at its peak. The reason why various scents are coming from the energy that has not been stored is because the energy was not properly dissolved after consuming a large number of elixirs.

Moreover, even though I roused myself and checked his strength, he didn’t seem to notice at all.

No matter how big the difference in realm, it is normal to instinctively sense that something is wrong.

In short, he could be said to be someone who only spent money on his body and neglected training.

“Hmph, good.”

While I was finishing judging him, he looked at me and started screaming as if he had finished judging me.

“Your liver is swollen for you to dare to engage in misbehavior in Aeyang, which is guarded by Daecheonhomun and Lee Deungbowi!”

“…What did you say?”

When I asked again in bewilderment, the guy who introduced himself as the back guard of Cheonho Gate raised his voice even more, probably because he thought I was scared.

“The crime of believing in a good reputation and daring to throw an ugly object into Dongdong Lake, misleading the public and damaging the natural scenery! Also, did you not know that they were occupying an innocent Soga cloth store and exploiting the hard work!”

Is this crazy? Are you really going to start a fight with Master Hwa-gyeong with such nonsense?

Cheonhomun is a sect that is also in my head. The problem was that the Cheonhomun in my head was not a great sect that could openly argue with me like this.

Could it be that the butterfly effect of what I have done so far has caused Cheonhomun to become a huge mess?

“Yes, I will kill you today and restore the spirit of the martial arts community!”

I thought about it for a while, but soon came to the conclusion that it wasn’t the case. No matter how much I thought about it, there was nothing left for Cheon Ho-mun to argue with me.

The reputation of defeating a black man whose stock price is rising these days?

It is a loss considering the criticism he will face if it becomes known that he attacked me without justification. It really makes no sense to assume that a faction that can’t even do this much math is at a loss.

So, did this immature young man do something arbitrarily for my reputation?

Slurp!

“Take out your sword!”

Deungbowi pulled out his sword as if he wanted to prove that his thoughts were right.

At this point, I became curious about Teng Bowi’s thoughts.

“I don’t understand. It is a well-known fact throughout the entire martial arts world that one’s realm is Hwagyeong. Even if you and those behind you all attack at once, do you think you can take down Master Hwa-gyeong for even a second? What do you believe in and do this?”

“Hahahaha! Judging by his long tongue, he must be scared!”

…Should I just kill this bastard?

The sight of the guy smiling wryly at me made me momentarily feel angry, but fortunately or unfortunately, he did not give me a chance to use his hand and instead excitedly shook his mouth.

“Even if you deceive the world, you cannot deceive my eyes. Since it has been clearly revealed that Noegeomnangin is the head of the Demonic Cult, he must have just used evil witchcraft to deceive people!”

Only then did I understand his thoughts.

Strangely, it is a way of speaking that seems to treat me in front of my eyes and the rumored Noegeomnangin as separate beings. I said I was dealing with an evil hex, but instead of being wary of the evil hex, I laughed triumphantly.

This guy…thinks I’m a fake?

They think I’m a fake pretending to be a brainiac, so they come forward with such confidence. By defeating my fake, you will be able to gain the reputation of defeating me, even if only temporarily, and it will make you very happy.

“Hehe”

I was so shocked that I burst out laughing.

I know that this guy thinks the person in front of him is a fake. And I also understood that there was a high probability that this guy was a famous bastard in Akyang.

Nevertheless, I was shocked and my nose was stuffed at the current situation because I felt that this guy was looking down on Ho Cheon-an, the real brain sword bag.

No matter how much I feel like dealing with fake people, the reason I talk about how I am the head of the Heavenly Demon Church and how I have mastered magic in front of people is probably because I think that even if the real me hears the rumor in the future, I can easily cover it up.

The reason why the people from the clan that Deung Bowi is leading and who he calls his friends just watch is probably in a similar vein.

In the end, whether or not the reputation of the Thunder Swordsman shakes the world, I guess this is proof that there are not many people who are truly wary of my power.

He is the hero of the martial arts world. He is a high-income earner who has reached the level of martial arts at a young age. At best, they think he is easy because he is a single person with no home and is young.

From the perspective of the frogs in the well, the world is narrow and the inside of the well is wide, so no matter how much they talk about how great the world is, they still think it is not as good as a well.

“I guess so.”

So, I decided to engrave on my body the fact that the world is wide.

Rumbling!!

In an instant, the thunder wheel moved, and the thunder that spread as the thunder wheel moved hit the son-in-law.

“Gasp…!”

“This is…!”

And in the aftermath, urgent groans erupted from among Cheonhomun’s cult members and his followers. Could it be that such a fool and fool like that would have someone better than me as his subordinate?

At best, the guys that the guy who was just starting out were first-class, so those idiots couldn’t even withstand the aftereffects of awakening their brains.

Deung Bowi was no exception.

Teng Bowi, who received my energy wave, backed away with a pale face and shouted.

“Hit, hit! He uses hex!”

“Bo, Bowie…that’s…!”

“We are not the ones to handle it..!”

The gangsters, who tasted the energy and realized that I was a true expert, threw up their hands and refused to follow Deung Bowi’s orders, but Deung Bowi did not disappoint my expectations and used evil.

Well, I guess so.

In order to realize that life is real, you have to taste bitterness, but every time you have an accident, your parents or clan solve it for you, so you have lost the ability to distinguish between shit and soybean paste.

“Hit now! This back guard will not forgive anyone who turns his back on an evil enemy who uses hexes.”

As Deungbowi continued to harass and threaten me, the henchmen drew their weapons and surrounded me. Deungbowi regained some composure based on his numerical superiority.

“Hit!”

The moment the guard’s command goes out and the soldiers rush towards me.

Wow!!

I exploded my brain ring and shot out condensed light in all directions.

“Ugh!”

“Wow!!”

The explosively extended sutra swept away Deungbowi’s subordinates, and Deungbowi’s subordinates were unable to withstand the powerful flow of sutra and fell away with pale complexions.

“Ahh…this can’t be happening…!”

Deung Bowie trembled and muttered as all of his subordinates whom he had trusted fell to the ground in one go.

I approached him with calm steps, grabbed him by the collar, and lifted him up.

“Gagging…Ugh!”

Now, what should we do with this guy?

He was embarrassingly weak when he used his hands, but I learned something from this act of backstabbing.

The point was that I needed to properly show my strength in Akyang.

Rumors about Noegeomnangin currently circulating around the world.

Does that rumor fully prove the power of I, Hocheonan?

It wasn’t.

It was my match against Jeongcheol that proved my martial prowess to the world. After that, I formed the Five Seongjin and the Yeongseongjin and fought against the blood religion, but I did nothing to prove my personal power.

So my evaluation of my strength remains at the time I was dealing with Jeong-cheol.

The other parts are poor, and it is a half-placed Hwa-kyung that only performs like a Hwa-kyung when it comes to one-hit kills.

It was a great achievement just to reach the level of martial arts in his twenties, so he didn’t mention his shortcomings, but anyone who watched his fight with Jeong-cheol would think so.

But am I really a half-hearted Hwa-kyung now?

no.

After the fight with Jeong Cheol, my martial arts skills improved greatly. Through Yook Sung-jin, I understood the martial arts of the party, and since training with Seo I-ryeong and Yong-sang Cho in Sacheon Province, I have worked hard to regenerate the branch of possibility.

Those changes alone were enough of an achievement for the average martial artist to say that he had gained an opportunity.

The real reason was something else.

It is said that he obtained the heart left behind by the first Heavenly Demon and realized the true intention of the Danshapaegeom’s ultimate goal, the Thunder Myeong World.

So how strong am I now?

I do not know either!

Because the first Heavenly Demon’s Sim Deuk had never been encountered even in the game Murim World. Even if it is just a convenience, it is considered unusual as they are a group of enlightened cosmic heavenly demons.

Since I cannot freely manipulate that principle, it is a bit difficult to say that it is entirely mine, but even if I take away the arrangement of the cosmic heavenly devil, I am now much stronger than the martial arts assessment.

Even the rumors currently circulating in the martial arts world do not fully reflect my power, and these so-called martial artists in Akyang believe that even the rumors are exaggerated.

Therefore, we should clearly inform those who are mistaken, or more precisely, the problems of black cats, who will learn about the existence of black cats through today’s commotion.

This is the power that I, Hocheonan, possess.

I opened my mouth as I dropped the guy who was caught by the collar and couldn’t breathe.

“Guide me.”

The guy, who was constantly gurgling and out of breath, looked up at me. It was clear that his gaze did not understand what I was saying, so I responded with the kindness of a martial arts hero.

“Guide to Cheonhomun Gate. I will ask your clan about the sins you committed today.”

Teng Baoyu’s complexion became paler than ever.