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Clink!

The sound of dishes breaking echoed through the house. After finishing the training, I was lying down lazily, and as soon as I heard a sound, I picked up the ax and got up. Sensei stopped writing the ledger and opened his eyes in surprise. The attendants glanced at me, picked up clubs or brooms, and spoke.

“Mr. Moon. Is there a suspicious sound coming from the warehouse? Could it be a thief?”

“Look at things. Because I will go.”

I stretched out, threw the ax in the air, and whistled. What a joy it is to have a thief enter your clan.

After taking over the Munpa, my life was like an army trainee, carrying out only fixed routines. In the morning, I practice meditation, at lunch I practice imagery, and in the evening, I review my practice. Then, during the remaining time, I make love to my husband, take a bath, play around leisurely, and then sleep.

It was a fun time, but this comfortable pleasure lacked the thrill and satisfaction that would satisfy my needs. At a certain point in happiness, you’ve reached a point where you’re like, ‘Enough is enough?’ When I asked myself that question, the passionate answer I always received was, ‘This isn’t enough.’

lack.

I cannot be satisfied with this little happiness.

As a man, you need greater strength and power, and you need more people to look up to you. I wanted to show off my power a little more and sought stronger power.

To me, the thief who came in to rob the sect’s warehouse was a welcome guest.

Just by splitting the thief’s head, I can spend the day more happily and energetically than usual.

I shouted, kicking the door open with my foot with a happy smile on my face.

“You got caught!”

“….Oh my, I got caught.”

The warehouse door was broken and the sun came through.

Sanyeo was squatting in the middle of the warehouse, and in front of her there was a piece of shattered pottery. It was clearly an item that had been used for some reason during the Jin Dynasty, but the pottery, the value of which was unknown, had already become a piece of gold dust, and it looked like it would be perfect for flying a kite.

As I blinked and remained silent for a moment because I couldn’t understand the situation, Sanyeo spoke in a calm tone.

“….I only touched you for a moment.”

“Even if the Moorim high surface ceramics fall off… . Aren’t you just catching it with a swish? There is something like that. Hold the pottery with the top of your foot and put it down so it doesn’t break.”

I said, recalling the cartoon movie I saw when I was young. It was a scene where a martial arts expert placed a piece of pottery down without breaking it by supporting it with the tips of his toes, and that graceful movement still remained in my memory.

“….I can do that too.”

Sanyeo stood up and said. In her hands were pieces of pottery.

“These days, as I keep sparring and using my feet, I have become accustomed to using my feet… .”

Sanyeo mumbled an excuse that wasn’t an excuse and started putting the pieces of pottery together.

To put it simply, I touched the pottery while wearing handcuffs to look at it, but the pottery touched the handcuffs and was pushed down. Sanyeo, who had difficulty holding on with her hands, tried to reach out and receive the pottery as usual, but as she has been kicking a lot lately, she unconsciously fell. It seemed like he kicked the ceramic with such force that it broke.

“ Yes, but the expert is still different. It was done with great art.”

The good news was that the piece of pottery she had broken when she kicked was clean and large, so it seemed easy to put back together. Watching her put the pottery back together by hand, it looked like a puzzle piece that had been broken into its original shape.

“Can I help you?”

“….That’s it.”

Sanyeo shook her head and picked up the pottery piece again. I watched for a moment, then kicked and pushed the half-broken warehouse door closed. Sanyeo said with a puzzled expression on my actions.

“What is it? You can just go.”

“The teacher’s sins are my sins. This. How long have you been putting this all together with handcuffed hands?”

Sanyeo was looking down at me silently, holding a piece of pottery. Sometimes, she would look at me silently, as if I were a statue or a bird. He would look at me silently, then nod and smile as if he understood on his own.

“That’s right. Because you are my disciple.”

like now.

I was used to her strange reactions by now, so I smiled and nodded.

*******

“But, can we continue like this?”

Another two weeks passed like that. Today too, when I finished my training according to the prescribed routine and wiped the sweat from my forehead, I suddenly felt this thought passing through my head.

‘But what should I do now?’

‘I’m so relaxed these days. Can I really continue like this?’

“Why are you impatient? If you rush, nothing will happen.”

Sanyeo said that with a relaxed expression, but I was just uneasy about her words. That’s because after taking over the sect, I was just training repeatedly without any goal for over a month.

It’s good to train to become stronger. But wouldn’t it be better to know what my next target should be and who I should defeat? My goal is to become strong and reach the top of this powerhouse, and Sanyeo’s goal is to use me to overthrow the martial arts world.

Since the two have the same goal, isn’t I entitled to know in advance the next step in revenge?

“It’s not that I’m impatient, it’s that the goal seems to be a bit blurry. As it is, just living here in peace… . People are becoming too relaxed. In reality, tension is necessary in life.”

“Don’t worry too much, Docheol. Soon, even if we don’t do anything, it will come to us on its own.”

“Coming to visit?”

I looked puzzled by her words. What is coming? We captured and killed the head of the Hongryun faction.

“Are you saying the army of the Murim Alliance is coming?”

“Ahahaha!”

In response to my question, he covered his mouth and laughed out loud. The courtiers and servants who came out to see the cheerful laughter looked at her with puzzled expressions. As I was awkwardly polishing my ax, wondering if I had said something so funny, Sanyeo finally suppressed her laughter, shook her head, and said,

“It’s a good idea, but it’s too big. Although the Hongryun faction is clearly a political faction and falls under the Murim Alliance, the issue is not serious enough to bring an army. It’s not that big of a clan. Even though Munju died in an unpleasant way, you are entitled to the inheritance because you married Munju’s daughter. It’s not like you openly followed the Demonic Cult or did anything evil. I won’t attempt subjugation so blatantly.”

“Still, does that mean there will be checks on the Murim Alliance?”

“To be precise, rather than the Murim Alliance keeping you in check, someone in this area who is tyrannical in the name of the Murim Alliance is probably trying to keep you in check.”

It was a completely different matter for the Murim Alliance to check directly and for someone working under the Murim Alliance to keep it in check.

“Docheol. We are not people who are great enough for the Murim Alliance to pay attention to right now.”

“That hurts my pride a little.”

“Still, it’s a good thing. Because things will happen in a way that we can handle.”

I looked back on my memories. Apparently, the head of the Hongryun faction said that he was following the words of a person named Venerable Geumbok. At the end, he said he went to that person named Geumbok Venerable.

Perhaps the establishment of the Hongryun Sect was part of the plan of that person named Geumbok Venerable. I asked the judge.

“Sentence. Who on earth is this person named Geumbokjonja?”

Sensei raised his head, frowned for a moment, and remembered a memory.

“They say he is a person who cultivates the Way and lives near Mt. Jongnam, but I think he said he is not a military person. However, I heard that the warriors under their command are powerful, and that they have a strong influence around here because they have made deals with various clans.”

The idea was to maintain the region. Sanyeo nodded and added at the sentence.

“He originally lived as a merchant in the secular world, but he has been making money in the martial arts world by lending money to clan members and collecting interest since long ago. As you get older, what do you think… . Perhaps because he wanted to act like the owner of a sect, he poked around here and there, trying to establish a sect in his own name or trying to take over a small sect.”

After speaking up to that point, Sanyeo took a moment to catch her breath. Then he narrowed his eyes and smiled. Unlike before, this smile felt awkward and forced.

“Sanyeogok Island was one of the places where Venerable Geumbok wanted to establish a sect. So, he cooperated with the Murim League and helped annihilate Sanyeogok.”

Sanyeo did not continue the explanation.

But just from what she said, I could tell that Venerable Geumbok was our top priority.

There is a lot of money, and there is a lot of sin.

He is a person who matches well with my Dok2.

Senseon looked around at us with a shy expression and shrugged his shoulders. I said, wrapping my arms around her shoulders.

“So, how on earth do you think Venerable Geumbok will harass us?”

Sanyeo said.

“I think… .”

“Lord Moon! Lord Moon! There’s someone outside!”

Then, cutting off Sanyeo’s words, the servant came running in with a huff. He looked really desperate because he was sweating profusely. I asked.

“What’s going on?”

“Mu, it is said that someone from the Murim Alliance has come to investigate… ! Uh, what should I do?”

And as if it was a waste of time for the servant to call, a high-pitched woman’s voice rang out from the direction of the gate.

“Hongryun Sect’s new gatekeeper, open the gate immediately! Because the corruption of this Hongryun faction is so serious, I, Lim Seo-ryeon, a member of the Hangsan faction, came to investigate in the name of the Murim League!”

“….Where is the midwife?”

Sanyeo said.

“There is a clan that only accepts women.”

“Oh.”