Even since the 154th episode, I only came in first place.
“What’s going on?”
Seo Dae-ryong still had no idea what was coming.
“You must go to Soryongjeon.”
Seo Dae-ryong was startled at the mention of Soryongjeon. Seo Dae-ryong, who was so startled that I felt sorry for him, asked in a trembling voice.
“Surely the Soryongjeon you mentioned is not the Soryongjeon I know?”
“What is Soryongjeon you know?”
“It’s a martial arts competition held by the Murim League for later political faction exponents. It is a dangerous martial arts competition in which a large number of martial arts and political faction masters are gathered, and no one from Sapa or the main school is allowed to watch, let alone participate. “No, right?”
“I think it’s for that competition?”
Seo Dae-ryong, who was quietly looking at me, got up from his seat and walked out of the guesthouse without even looking back.
I didn’t hold back and ordered Jeomsoy to have a light snack and drink. As I was immersed in meditation in the mountains, it had been 10 million years since I drank alcohol.
As I was having a couple of drinks, Seo Dae-ryong returned to his seat.
“Aren’t you going to catch it?”
“Why are you holding me? “I’ll be back again.”
Seo Dae-ryong poured the drink and gulped it down.
“It’s not possible. No. “What are you talking about?”
“There is only you.”
“It’s something that vicious leaders who say they only have you use it to manipulate their subordinates. Why am I the only one who has you? There are a lot if you look for them! “If you look carefully, you’ll find it in this guesthouse, right?”
Seo Dae-ryong thought about the people around me who would be sent away in his place, and then lamented that there were only strange people around me.
“But that doesn’t work.”
Seo Dae-ryong emptied his glass again.
“You know who I am, right?”
“know. Although he has a power-oriented and heartless personality, he is a man who only loves one woman, and when everyone else is silent…”
“Stop!”
I omitted everything and added only the newly added information.
“… He may be a coward who could not confront Yeo-bin in the end, but he is still my right-hand man, Inspector Seo. Now, we will also add that he bravely participated in the Soryong Battle.”
“No matter what, how can I go to Soryongjeon?”
“But I can’t go out, right?”
“No one will recognize you. “I feel like I’m feeling better now because of my beard!”
“You said it was a sewage disguise? “You said it was a dirty beard?”
He sighed and found a way out again. Seo Dae-ryong lowered his voice and whispered.
“I haven’t properly learned your martial arts skills yet.”
“That’s better. Because I can’t vote. “You have to fight only with the basics anyway.”
By the time he reached the age of Seodaeryong, he would have already learned how to hide his demonic energy, so there was no need for him to be criticized for his martial arts skills.
I resisted the resistance of Seo Dae-ryong, who lowered his head and radiated dark energy.
“Okay, I can’t do it if you don’t do it. I had no choice but to fail the test given by my father. In the end, the successor will be my older brother. Perhaps I will be assassinated and abandoned in an unknown field to become food for beasts. ah! Still, I won’t blame you. I’m serious.”
“I will probably die on the off-stage, stabbed by a sword from a political sect I have never seen before. Then my body will be taken to the fake sect of our school that provided the fake identity. Who is this guy? I don’t know either. He must have been exploited and died. I feel sorry for the short, gloomy looking guy. Quickly take it and bury it. ah! Still, I won’t blame you, Mr. “I mean it.”
“Someday, when I become a religious leader, I will look back on today. Ah, if it weren’t for you back then, I wouldn’t have been able to become the leader of the cult. “Thank you.”
“One day, I will sit my grandson on my lap and reminisce about this day. “You guys are here because I insisted until the end and didn’t go to the competition.”
It was a fight between spear and shield. But no matter how much I resisted, the outcome of this fight was certain.
“Oh, I really can’t live, I can’t live. Well, who do you blame for this? “When you first came to Hwangcheon Pavilion, I was the one who wanted revenge for my senior and I was the one who decided to learn Taoism.”
I poured alcohol into his glass.
“thanks.”
“You just need to know. “Life is about doing things you don’t like.”
“People who say things like that probably only do what they want to do, right?”
“no! “That’s what I should say!”
I know it’s a really big decision. Because he was the person who hated going somewhere the most.
“It will be a good experience for you as a warrior. Just looking at the name, this is destiny, right? Soryongjeon and Seodaeryong. The great dragon ascends to heaven in the battle of the lesser dragons. “If the name of the competition was Soho Battle, I would have called Jangho.”
Seo Dae-ryong ended up laughing at my foolish joke.
“Then this is the successor test.”
“yes.”
“What exactly should we do?”
“There is a guy called Cheonmyeonghoeju. He’s going to use this competition to plot. You can get access to the contestants, so you’re competing. “Our goal is to catch him.”
“We have to catch him. It’s our job to catch bad guys.”
“He’s my right hand man.”
Once Seo Dae-ryong made his decision, he did not look back. Maybe it’s because of this personality. The reason why I like Seo Dae-ryong. Behind that small and gloomy appearance is an unbreakable pulpit.
I took out the documents from my pocket and handed them over.
“Now here is your new identity. Memorize everything without missing a single word. “I’m good at memorizing things, so you don’t have to worry.”
“What about you, Lord?”
“I will act as your servant and escort.”
Then, joy flashed across Seo Dae-ryong’s face. He held back the corners of his mouth from rising.
“Why do you like it?”
“Me? “It can’t be.”
“I just laughed.”
“You saw it wrong.”
“I said I laughed.”
“Uh-huh, you guy. Why do you get upset when you say you are not an old man? “Oh, I tried practicing once.”
I laughed happily at Seo Dae-ryong’s joke.
“Let’s just memorize that today and apply for Soryongjeon tomorrow.”
We took a large room with two beds.
As soon as I entered the room, Seo Dae-ryong stopped me from dusting my bedding.
“Don’t worry about me. “I only think about you.”
“Is that okay?”
“I’m about to give you an order that could change your life, and you can do that. “You can pee on my blanket.”
“Receiving those orders is my life. Don’t think of it as a bad thing. Actually, I have never thought that way. Especially after meeting each Lord.”
Yes, thank you for saying that.
Seo Dae-ryong, who roughly unpacked and sat down by the window, looked at the scenery outside and said worriedly.
“We have to climb as high as possible to find out what the Cheonmyeonghoeju bastard is planning. “I’m worried that I might be eliminated too early.”
I also couldn’t predict the outcome because I didn’t know exactly what the level of Soryongjeon was.
“don’t worry. “Because there is a plan that Old Man Thomas left for you.”
“yes? “What do you mean by that?”
I took out a small lucky bag from my pocket.
“This is a bag of tricks I gave you to take out when you reach your limit.”
Seo Dae-ryong was surprised. He was even more surprised than when I told him he had to go to Soryongjeon.
“Are you sure Master gave this to you?”
Actually, I was surprised too. Really, I never thought Hyeolcheon Doma would give me something like this.
“Did you see what it said?”
“no. why? Should we open it in advance?”
“Absolutely not! “If Master said to open it during a crisis, then we should open it during a crisis!”
Although he might be curious about the contents inside, Seo Dae-ryong was deeply moved by the fact that Hyeolcheondoma gave this to him. I really felt like looking out the window and wanting to bow to Hyeolcheon Doma who was far away.
That day, Seo Dae-ryong could not sleep until late, thinking about various things.
* * *
The next morning, we had breakfast and headed to Murimmaeng.
The magnificent building of the Murim Alliance headquarters began to appear in the distance. I saw a huge unmanned stone statue modeled after a knight.
As the Murim League got closer, I felt a strange feeling. Later, the Murim League is also swept away by Hwamugi.
Will their fate also change because I returned? Or will it only change the fate of our school? I couldn’t figure it out yet.
Seo Dae-ryong glanced at the female guilds passing by.
“Aren’t the women of the political faction pretty?”
“It certainly is. “I thought it was just a rumor.”
“While you’re here, try dating a girl. “The fateful love between the political faction, the Women’s Association, and Mine!”
“It will be fun for people to watch. “How difficult will it be for the person involved?”
That was what he said, but Seo Dae-ryong’s eyes kept turning to the women passing by.
The place to receive applications for this Soryongjeon was set aside separately for the Murimmaeng Aijeon.
Even though we received support for almost five days, the line was long. This is because many late-term political faction supporters flocked from all over the Central Plains.
We also stood in line to apply.
As I waited, the dancers in the front row talked about this competition.
To summarize their conversation, it was said that they would not only select the winners, but also select all those who were in the last eight classes and put them into the elite organization of the Murim League.
One of those who were talking grinned at Seo Dae-ryong and me. They seemed to have just arrived from the village, so when they saw us, they seemed to feel the urge to ignore us.
I asked Seo Dae-ryong if he would listen.
“Master, are you confident that you will win?”
The look in Seo Dae-ryong’s eyes said, ‘Win? There was a strong protest, ‘Suddenly?’, but the answer was strong.
“I have confidence.”
The guys in front exchanged looks and laughed at each other. Still, I didn’t openly argue or ignore him.
Finally, after waiting for a while, it was our turn.
“The name is Seo-ryong (徐龍). “The sect is the Western Swordsman sect of Gansu.”
It is actually a sect located in Gansu. It was a place run directly by Tongcheongak in preparation for such an incident. If you go and investigate, you will see that he has a son, Seo-ryong, and that he left this time to participate in the So-ryong exhibition.
“In ten days, there will be a bracket in front of the Murim Alliance. Please check the dates and off-stages then. “If you are late for the match, you will be eliminated, so go early and wait.”
“All right.”
After completing the application, I left the Murim Alliance.
“Did you see them ignoring me earlier? “Now that I’ve said it, I think I’ll win outright.”
“There’s nothing you can’t do.”
“Are you sure I can? Even though it’s like this, ever since I was young, I’ve lived my life focusing on being number one. “Don’t ignore me!”
“I don’t ignore it. do. “You can win.”
“I really do it!”
From that day on, Seo Dae-ryong trained up and down the mountain until the competition was held. I didn’t help him. I was learning from Hyeolcheon Doma, and I shouldn’t have gotten involved. I just believed in Thomas’s teachings.
When Seo Dae-ryong went out to practice, I also practiced. Of course, I went elsewhere to practice so as not to interfere with my training.
I trained really hard in the mountains before Seo Dae-ryong came, but this time I trained even harder. And this practice has responded with the best results for me.
“I did it!”
Finally, Poongsinsabo was formed.
Honestly, I was happier than when I achieved the Twelve Stars of Bicheon Sword Technique.
Now, my Blinking Bo can get out of more dangerous moments more quickly, my Dark Spirit Bo can avoid people’s eyes like an illusion, and my Myungwangbo can clearly put the word “extremely fatal” in front of powerful.
And the speedboat became frighteningly fast. The consumption of internal energy decreased, but the consumption of mental strength doubled. Even though it was fast, it was too fast. It even crashed into a tree at first. If it weren’t for Shinansul, it was a speed that couldn’t be handled even on a wide plain.
When I become familiar with this state of composition, Pungsinsabo, who left behind the final crisis, will say this to me.
-Isn’t it awesome? With a composition like this, what would it be like if it achieved success? Now, let’s try a little harder!
You have to listen to that. That way, after achieving great success, I will be able to say this to Pungshinsabo.
-You worked hard too!
I will definitely say this to you.
After that, he will also learn the Nine Fire Demonic Arts and achieve greatness.
Even if I achieve great success in both martial arts, I will continue to work hard.
Even after doing this, if I can’t handle fire weapons… I guess that’s something I can’t do anything about. At that time, I will gladly die smiling.
* * *
The bracket has been announced.
The first match was the thirteenth match of the Hwangjajo match to be held tomorrow. It was said that so many people flocked to the event that it was held simultaneously in dozens of locations outside the Murim League.
“If our school held the same competition, would people gather like this?”
“He won’t come.”
“This is the power of political factions. “First of all, the number will be ten times greater.”
Could it be just these people? The number of experts living in seclusion is also far greater than that of political faction experts.
This is why we should not start a war right now just because we are stronger than the Murim Alliance. Even if we push all the way to the main headquarters of the Murim Alliance, the real war will begin from that day.
While we were eating and talking about various things with Seo Dae-ryong, Jeom So-i hurriedly came to us.
“I’m sorry, but please join us. “Customers flock here because of Soryongjeon.”
“Sure.”
“thank you.”
Soon after, a woman wearing a bamboo hat joined us.
The moment she sat down and took off her bamboo robe, I was startled. It was someone I knew.
She has a status that makes it unlikely that she will ever sit down with her at a guesthouse in her entire life, but she is called the One Beauty of Hubei for her cold and intellectual beauty and has excellent martial arts skills. Surprisingly, she is none other than Jin Ha-ryeong, the granddaughter of the Murim lord.