episode_0029

“So, you said you’re really going to practice now, right?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

In front of the training hall, where Senseon is staring. Sanyeo and I were facing each other. I was holding the ax as usual, and Sanyeo leisurely took a stance with her handcuffed hands stretched out in front of her. The judge was looking at the two of us with a very interested expression.

“Finally, we get to see the martial arts experts’ sparring. I always listened to him talk about sagas, and I was curious about how real experts fight.”

As she said that, she took the jujeonbi from the storage room and chewed on it. Sanyeo seemed to be puzzled by that relaxed appearance, so she tilted her head and said.

“…. What on earth did that Munju talk about?”

Senseon frowned and said at Sanyeo’s question.

“Once I opened my mouth, everything I said was the same. When he fired his fist, it split the ground and flew towards the enemy with the sound of lightning, but the enemy also used his secret martial arts technique so much that the sky shook… .”

“Ah, okay.”

It seemed like Senseon had really heard a lot about Munju’s heroics. Sanyeo, who was listening to the explanation, shook her head and interrupted the sentence.

And he said while looking at me.

“It looks like you, Docheol, have caught the master of Hwagyeong.”

“If that happens right in front of you, you will die even if it rains.”

Sanyeo covered her mouth with her hand and laughed, probably remembering the way I killed her. Because her hands were handcuffed, every time she covered her mouth, both hands would go up and she would look like a squirrel eating food.

Senseon looked at the two of us and asked.

“But why is Ms. Sanyeo wearing handcuffs?”

When I explained about Sanyeo to my teacher, I only treated him as my teacher. At first, Seongseon felt a little uneasy about having a pretty person like Sanyeo as his teacher, but thanks to Sanyeo’s warm treatment, he relaxed his guard.

Sanyeo said, showing off her handcuffs.

“This? Because you can’t deal with me properly at Docheol’s level right now. I took a step back in my own way.”

“Ah… .”

The sentence seemed to really understand that. I swung the ax sharply in the air once, then took a stance and said.

“So, you said you were actually going to practice this time, right? What is real practice?”

She had said before that the real training begins after taking over the sect. But that first day. She was still standing squarely in front of me, and I was still holding the ax and getting ready to chop her.

Sanyeo smiled meaningfully at my question and said:

“Go for it. Then you will find out.”

I laughed at her words and took a stance. He stretched his legs one step forward and at the same time struck down the ax strongly in a straight line. And as I made a downward motion, something white flashed outside my field of vision.

puck!

“Uhm!”

Sanyeo was standing on one foot with her leg straight out, and I was shocked and rolled over and slipped in front of the judge. Senseon was sitting in his seat with his eyes wide open with a cookie in his mouth, and I stood up holding my head.

“What… .”

Before I could say anything, Sanyeo slowly lowered her legs like a crane and opened her mouth.

“Over the past month, you have learned the posture of Taesanbu perfectly. You have no idea how to think about your opponent and act in sparring. Even now, you couldn’t react to my attack because you were only focused on swinging the taesanbu and attacking me, right?”

“Because they don’t say that… . no. Yes.”

I was so angry that I blurted out something, but it sounded like bullshit even after I said it, so I kept my mouth shut.

Where is the guy who speaks and attacks? In actual combat, of course, you’re bound to aim for a blind spot and attack, and there are bound to be a lot of people, from those who attack by surprise, to those who create strange martial arts techniques on their own and fight.

Sanyeo nodded and said.

“Yes. So far, I’ve gone through the process of understanding the posture and swinging faster and more accurately. Now you will learn how to use psychological warfare while being herbivorous. What should I do to prevent my opponent from counterattacking? How can I break through my opponent’s defenses and minimize counterattacks?”

I got up again and took a stance. And I asked her.

“But does this have anything to do with taking over a faction?”

Sanyeo said with wide eyes.

“Of course it is. You have to be able to understand the other person’s psychology while not being swayed by distracting thoughts. If immersing yourself in your own world has been your practice up to now, now you have to draw the opponent into your mind at the moment of the fight. There is a big difference between thinking that there is only you in the world and thinking that there is only you and me. This is also more tiring than I thought. You can’t try it if you don’t have a stable place to rest.”

A situation where there is no stable place to rest and no immediate goals to resolve.

So, if leisure is not the foundation, this practice itself will be difficult.

Sanyeo said, lifting one leg. She was wearing a skirt, so she lifted her legs without hesitation, showing off her white thighs. The sentence spoke in a fussy voice at her bold action.

“Oh my, so manly… .”

“Middle class. I’ll put it at a second-rate level. They all avoid it and attack me. You can do it, right?”

“Of course.”

I swung the ax at her. Sanyeo was sobbing as if she had been waiting, and then rushed towards me like lightning.

******

“Fuhu….”

Of course, you can’t fill up on the first drink. I fell to the floor and spit out dirt. Sanyeo leisurely sat on the floor, tapping her feet. And when she slightly put her head out in front of Seonjong, he put a cookie in her mouth.

Sanyeo said as she passed the snack down her throat.

“I did well on the first day. After all, you have talent. That boldness and concentration on the opponent.”

“Wait a moment. I’ll split your head.”

“I’ll look forward to it.”

Sanyeo said with a smile, and I grinned while showing my teeth to her.

******

In addition to training, there were many things to solve as a master of a sect.

If I had to pick one important thing among them,

The question was how to deal with self-employment.

First of all, there was a sentence and a promise, so I was planning on sending him off in a nice way, but I had no idea how to send him off. Sanyeo tilted her head and said at my concerns.

“Sending it away means killing it?”

“….Why kill them?”

When I asked, Sanyeo looked rather embarrassed. In her eyes, I seemed like a murderer who would kill anyone who bothered him. she said

“I won’t kill you?”

“I won’t kill you. He lived a good life, so why kill him? Just send it away. I’ll kill you when I come back.”

Sanyeo seemed to have lost interest at those words. She said, pouting her lips.

“So what are you going to do?”

I watched her for a moment, then moved my gaze towards the warehouse. There were people gathered around the warehouse, and it seemed that when taking over the faction this time, Seon Seon handed over the expensive items in the warehouse to the upper management to organize them.

“No. This pottery is not for sale. It’s like an heirloom passed down from generation to generation in the family.”

“Hehe, at a glance, it looks like an item from the early Jin Dynasty. Are you really not going to sell it? I will pay you a high price.”

“No. Selling something like this often attracts attention. I’ll give you other items for cheap, so just pretend you don’t know.”

“I understand.”

The merchant and Seon Seon were talking over a large piece of pottery in the warehouse. Sanyeo was watching the conversation between the two with interest.

I looked at the merchant and got a good idea.

“Mountain.”

“Why?”

“I had a good idea.”

******

“Over there. Please wait a moment.”

Jayoung and I were the ones who grabbed the items and held on to the Sangsang’s ankles as he left.

Jayoung was following me along with Goenaribot luggage, carrying it like a piece of luggage. Since I didn’t have time to convince him, I hit him on the back of the head and knocked him out.

I struck it lightly with the part without an ax blade, and it was very impressive to see it fall over while sweeping the yard.

The merchant was a man with thick lips and a broad face, and his beard was long like a catfish, giving him the impression of a fish. He looked back and forth between me and the limp Ja-young, then bowed to me and said,

“Isn’t this the new spell of the Hongryun Sect? What brings you here?”

“Take this guy too.”

I said that and placed the sagging child on the cart. The merchant said with a questioning look.

“What do you mean by taking me with you…? .”

“He has served in the Hongryun faction for a long time, but he has feelings for my wife and is acting awkwardly. I tried to kill him, but what’s the point of killing a guy who has lived a good life all this time, leaving him to me with my old money? Please entrust it to some institution and have them study writing.”

The merchant looked genuinely impressed by my words. He flicked his beard and said:

“Uh huh… . Moonju has a big heart. Draw it. If it were me, I wouldn’t have left it alone.”

“Isn’t it thanks to having a good wife? Then I’ll think that’s it and step back. I put money in my luggage, so please send it to a good place.”

“I understand. Moonju. Hehehe.”

I said hello to the merchant with a friendly smile and turned around.

I felt quite good doing something good as expected from the Daehyup.

When Ja-young wakes up, he will be grateful to me for saving his life.

******

“Did you send it to me well?”

“Well, you did a good job. I’ll have to tell my teacher later that I sent him to a school far away.”

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“But why doesn’t the guy who fainted wake up all night? Wake me up.”

“Yes, old man.”

“I wonder if I’m sleeping without knowing the world… .”

“Elderly. This guy isn’t breathing?”

“What? Check it out! Quickly!”

“Oh my, look at how his head is dented. Elderly. This guy is dead.”

“The new ruler of the Hongryun faction… . What a terrifying human being.”