episode_0357

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Hiss! Whoosh! Shhh!

A spacious training hall.

In a spacious and well-maintained training hall that felt like a luxury for one person to use, one person was practicing, sweating profusely.

Each step is as heavy as a rock.

The stretched out fist contained the power to split the sky, suggesting that the level of the performer was not low at all.

The martial artist who was practicing in the early morning air was none other than Wi Seo-ryeon.

“Whooo…”

After finishing training, Wei Seo-ryeon wiped off the sweat and took a deep breath of the early morning air.

‘It’s refreshing.’

Wei Seo-ryeon thought this as she breathed in the refreshing air. It was a refreshing expression, different from the ominousness that comes from the word Socheonma.

In a way, it was a natural result that Wei Seo-ryeon’s expression was bright.

Wi Seo-ryeon had no rival and had no way to quench her thirst for nothingness.

Such Wei Seo-ryeon was quenching her longing through Hocheon-an and weekly bimu these days.

Is it just that?

After learning about gambling with Cheonma, the relationship between father and daughter improved dramatically, and at the same time, they also developed an interesting hobby called gambling.

I was living a rich and fulfilling life that could not even be compared to the barren days when I trained and trained again and again, ruminating on the gap between the Heavenly Demon Wijicheon and the widening nothingness.

Wei Seo-ryeon thought of the one person who brought about all these changes.

‘Hocheonan…’

A slight smile appeared on Wei Seo-ryeon’s face.

If you polish this gemstone, you can add a little vitality to your boring and unstimulating life.

Wei Seo-ryeon’s expectations for Ho Cheon-an were just that, but Ho Cheon-an literally changed Wei Seo-ryeon’s life as a demonic cult completely.

Wi Seo-ryeon ate breakfast after early morning training.

Even before Ho Cheon-an came, Wi Seo-ryeon, who would relieve her boredom by savoring tea alone after breakfast, quickly got up from her seat and headed to Cheonmajeon.

“Did you have a good night?”

“Um.”

While the two were lightly gambling, a transfer came in.

“Today, I will tell you how to control the upper arm, the square under the hand.”

“Um.”

Wi Seo-ryeon learned the basics of using squares with Wi Ji-cheon. Wi Ji-cheon and Wi Seo-ryeon, who spent the morning installing new gambling skills, had lunch together and talked about the gambling skills they had learned in the morning.

After laying down the board and taking a moment to review what we had learned in the morning, it was time for the showdown between Ho Cheon-an and Wi Ji-cheon.

“Let’s start the game.”

Wei Seo-ryeon, who was watching the two people compete, suddenly realized that time passes really quickly.

A real sword battle between Wi Ji-cheon and Ho Cheon-an.

It’s already been a month since that match took place.

one month.

A month had passed, but Ho Cheon-an still introduced gambling to Wi Ji-cheon in an easy-to-understand manner, and Wi Ji-cheon was silently following Ho Cheon-an’s guidance.

However, Wei Seo-ryeon knew that the gambling match between the two had changed since the match where they showed off their martial arts gambling skills a month ago.

“I heard that people are constantly going to the underground gambling hall these days.”

“Yes. Now that I think about it, I am also a warrior and a gambler. I don’t think I’ll ever mix martial arts with gambling other than here, but shouldn’t I learn it if necessary?”

“Hmm. Even if you pride yourself on being the best in the world, you never forget learning.”

Both Wi Ji-cheon and Ho Cheon-an were smiling leisurely, but the tension in their eyes never went away.

Wei Seo-ryeon watched the battle of wits between Ho Cheon-an and Wei Ji-cheon with interested eyes.

A month has passed since the match that day.

Wi Ji-cheon was measuring the angle to see a real match, and Ho Cheon-an, who realized that Wi Ji-cheon was going to have a real match again, was also very alert.

‘I’m looking forward to it. ‘I’m sure your father is also measuring the optimal moment.’

That’s why Wei Seo-ryeon found the confrontation between the two very exciting these days. If Ho Cheon-an sees a gap, Wi Ji-cheon will challenge him to a real match today.

However, today didn’t seem to be the right day.

“You lost today too. I learned it well.”

Wi Ji-cheon’s declaration of defeat, which did not seem like a declaration of defeat, followed, and Ho Cheon-an seemed to be silently holding the gun. Wi Seo-ryeon returns to her lodgings following Ho Cheon-an.

Wei Seolyeon naturally followed Ho Cheonan to Cheonmajeon and asked about the schedule.

“What do you plan to do today?”

“I think I should go to the library instead of training.”

“Hmm. So how about a light game?”

Ho Cheon-an thought about it for a moment and then nodded. Wei Seo-ryeon smiled with satisfaction at Ho Cheon-an’s reaction.

Because Wei Seo-ryeon was obsessed with gambling with Ho Cheon-an these days.

It has already been two months since Wi Seo-ryeon started learning gambling.

Like Wi Ji-cheon, Wi Seo-ryeon, who learned gambling mainly through martial arts gambling techniques, has now reached a level where he can exchange moves with Ho Cheon-an to a certain extent.

From Ho Cheon-an’s perspective, it was not a bad thing to gamble with Wei Seo-ryeon since he was able to gain experience in martial arts gambling.

As usual, the two people enjoyed the game without interfering with their daily lives.

“Then I’ll just go to Vigo.”

“Hmm. Good luck today too.”

At the right time, Hu Tianan left for Cheonma Bigo and Wei Seolian entered the afternoon training with a satisfied feeling.

Wi Seo-ryeon, who practiced sweating until the sun set, thought as she wiped her sweat with a towel.

Today’s training was fruitful.

What would Ho Cheon-an have been doing before he came to the Demonic Cult? Wei Seo-ryeon knew the answer well. After eating lunch alone, slowly drinking tea to kill time, taking a walk while looking at the same scenery every day, he would then practice.

After training, I must have let out a long sigh to soothe my heavy heart as I thought about the gap between me and the Heavenly Demon.

If so, would we have been able to achieve the same training results as we have now?

Wei Shu-lian shook her head inwardly.

Where can real achievement come from mandatory training with a depressed mind?

Wei Seo-ryeon once again remembered the past day.

Looking back, I realized that although there had been no great achievements since Ho Cheon-an arrived, my daily training was not in vain.

‘It’s a perfect storm.’

The sun had set, but Wi Seo-ryeon, who had lightly washed off her sweat, headed to a room other than her own.

“You came.”

“Um.”

In that room, a black cat who had come to practice martial arts or handle a request was waiting.

It was to listen to the report of Ho Cheon-an’s whereabouts.

“The distinguished guest visited Seoaknu’s underground gambling hall the previous evening and enjoyed gambling. After that…”

Report after report.

From Wei Sheren’s point of view, who was spending a lot of time with Ho Cheon-an, half of the content was something he already knew, so he started to think about random things.

‘Hmm.’

They say that human greed has no end.

Wei Seo-ryeon, who has been living a more and more satisfying daily life as time goes by since returning to the Demonic Cult with Ho Cheon-an, is slowly starting to become greedy for this time with the black cat.

“Black cat, aren’t you interested in gambling?”

“Well…”

Black Cat was lost in thought for a moment in response to Wei Seo-ryeon’s question.

I learned a lot of magic techniques from Ho Cheon-an, but I never learned gambling techniques.

In fact, it was a natural thing.

A normal person would not recommend gambling to a colleague or teach them skills.

The black cat thought for a moment and then opened its mouth.

“I didn’t feel the need to learn… would be more accurate.”

“Hmm. Why?”

“Your senior will take care of everything related to gambling, right?”

At first glance, it sounded like a meaningless statement, but Wi Seo-ryeon, who knew Ho Cheon-an’s gambling skills well, immediately understood.

‘Even if I learn gambling, I won’t be able to help Ho Cheon-an to any significant degree.’

Wei Seo-ryeon still felt regretful of Heukmyo’s words.

“But you still know how to gamble, right?”

The black cat nodded. Although I was not a gambler, I was familiar with the rules of gambling that I naturally encountered while wandering around dark areas.

“Then come out and gamble at this time.”

“….Hmm. I don’t really want to do that.”

The black cat frowned and shook his head. Because it was a proposal of no benefit to the black cat.

Why gamble when you have no interest and are sure to lose?

However, Wei Seo-ryeon did not smile despite the black cat’s refusal. The black cat felt a sense of crisis as he looked at the ominous smile that somehow revealed his dark inner feelings.

‘Let’s run away.’

Thinking like that, the black cat quickly tried to leave the spot, but Wi Seo-ryeon’s words were faster than the black cat’s actions.

“This is the piece that Ho Cheon-an recently acquired at an underground gambling hall. I wondered where it was all going.”

‘Keuyeah.’

The black cat, which had half-raised its body, sighed and slumped down on the chair.

In Hocheonan, where you can freely go in and out of the ground floor, where else would you spend money?

But the black cat was different.

Black Cat has not yet collected all ten martial arts books designated by Ho Cheon-an.

Naturally, all of the pieces that Ho Cheon-an had won over the past month went into Black Cat’s pocket.

Wei Shulian had just pointed out that point.

‘The transfer of non-pyeon is not illegal, but since it is a non-pyeon earned through dishonest means, there are many opportunities for Socheonma to criticize.’

“So what do you want?”

“Not really. Isn’t it time to get reports and drink tea anyway? All I want to do is use that time to gamble instead of tea.”

The black cat sighed and nodded. Wei Seo-ryeon laughed with an ominous smile.

At Wi Seo-ryeon’s hand gesture, the civil servants immediately prepared the gambling table, and Wi Seo-ryun thought as he held his glass.

‘I feel a little sorry for you, but I can’t help it.’

Sasasak.

Now, a sleazy area that has the smell of a gambler is starting to unfold. Wei Seo-ryeon, who saw the black cat straining its eyes to follow the movement of the glass, began to develop its skills little by little.

Still, there is something he saw and heard behind Ho Cheon-an’s back.

Wi Seo-ryeon, conscious of the eyes of the black cat that was chasing the dice as she performed the easy technique, unfolded the advanced technique.

Sasak!

“Um.”

The black cat’s eyes frowned at that moment. The moment Wei Seo-ryeon looked into the black cat’s lost eyes, he clearly realized why he had forced the black cat into gambling.

‘The process of learning gambling was fun. There was a match with Ho Cheon-an, there was a skill exchange with my father, and there were also skills learned from gamblers in an underground gambling hall.’

however.

Wei Seolyeon was always in a losing position.

He was always pushed back not only by Ho Cheon-an but also by Wi Ji-cheon, who had a wide difference in level, and the gamblers in the underground gambling hall, including Jeon Ip, who visited Cheonmajeon to teach techniques, only taught techniques and did not try to compete with Socheonma.

widely!

“Umm…this way?”

The black cat seemed unsure and wanted the cup in the center. At that moment, Wei Xulian felt joy welling up in a corner of her heart that had not been satisfied until now.

That was the joy of victory.

A victory achieved through superiority in gambling skills, not physical ability or martial arts!

“Huhuhu, wrong.”

Wei Seo-ryeon triumphantly raised her left cup, and the black cat who was looking at Wei Seo-ryeon’s excited appearance sighed. I don’t know why he hung out with Ho Cheon-an, but the heavy atmosphere went away and he ended up looking like such a childish person.

Wei Seo-ryeon, who had no idea what the black cat was thinking, rolled the dice into the central cup again and shouted.

“Let’s start the next round.”

“Yes, yes.”

From training at dawn to winning at night.

From Wei Seo-ryeon’s perspective, it was the completion of a day’s work that was extremely satisfying.