Episode 61: Are you going to kill me too?
The leader of Pungcheon and Mabul entered Cheonmajeon.
Neungpaso (凌派素), the leader of the Pungcheon Church, had a good appearance and complexion, and had an intense eye glow that made it seem as if he could pierce a wall. He was a person who achieved great success in Angcheon Daemaggi (殃天大魔氣), known as the greatest hero of Saeoe, and was the absolute ruler of Saeoe martial arts.
There was a time when the blood religion was on par with the Heavenly Demon Church in power, but now that it has passed over to Pungcheongyo, its power has been relatively weakened and it cannot be compared to the Heavenly Demon Church.
This time, when he left Pungcheongyo, he brought with him the ten best demons representing the cult, the Ten Great Demons, and one hundred elite blood warriors.
That wasn’t all. He brought with him all the sacred objects that were on his throne, including the sound bell and blood Buddha. I thought it would be safer to just keep him in a cage for the rest of his life and have him guarded by brought in experts, but he never tried to leave his body.
The person who guaranteed his safety within the Heavenly Demon Church was Mabul Jeoravan, who walked in with him. He was of short stature, about half that of an average adult.
But it wasn’t his height that made anyone in the world turn their head to look at him. It was because of his skin color.
His entire body, including his face and hands, was golden. So, it gave the impression that the small golden Buddha statue was moving like a monk, and it was said to be because of the golden great lama technique he had mastered.
The two walked the bloody path side by side until they reached the temple.
First, the head of the Pungcheon Church bowed politely and greeted him.
“I meet the master of Shinism and the lord of the world’s martial arts world. “Thank you for this invitation.”
Geom Woojin, the Heavenly Demon, greeted him with a smile.
“Welcome, how many years has it been?”
It was a calm greeting, but every word seemed to fly into the ears of the Pungcheon religious leader. Even though it had no internal energy, the fact that it flew more powerfully than a horse with internal energy was a clear example of how high the level of the Heavenly Demon was.
Although he was a proud leader of Pungcheon to anyone in the world, he was intimidated by Cheonma.
“It seems like about ten years have passed.”
“How have you been?”
“Thanks to your concern, I am safe.”
The leader of the Pungcheon Church had decided that when he met the Cheonma, he would never be defeated in a fight. But at this moment, this thought occurred to me. Why do we do such useless fighting?
This time, Geom Woo-jin’s eyes turned to Mabul.
“Thank you for your hard work on the long journey.”
“It was a pleasant journey to meet a close friend.”
When Mabul was about to add something, showing off his friendship with the leader of the Pungcheon cult, Geom Woojin cut him off.
“It’s late and you must have had a hard time coming, so let’s go and rest for today and see you again on a brighter day.”
“Okay then, I’ll leave.”
The greeting was formal and brief.
Originally, Cheonma and Pungcheon religious leader were not close. This is because Pungcheongyo had a close relationship with Palmajon, not Cheonmajeon, for generations.
Of course, historically, there were several wars between the Heavenly Demon Church and the Blood Religion. Since they were inherently incapable of becoming close friends, it was natural for the Palmajons fighting against Cheonmajeon to join hands with Pungcheongyo.
The leader of the Pungcheon Church walked out of the Cheonma Hall with Mabul.
“Anyway, since the Supreme Being has come, I should at least treat him to a cup of tea. “You’re doing it too much.”
“It’s late at night.”
“Then you should treat me better.”
In response to Mabul’s dissatisfaction, the leader of Pungcheon said indifferently.
“Even if you don’t fight back like that, you won’t become friends with that religious leader. So stop it.”
“You mean this? “This is about your pride and honor.”
The leader of the Pungcheon Church understood exactly what the Cheonma had said. Mabul was sometimes good at saying things that touched people’s emotions. I have a bad taste for saying things that don’t need to be said to upset others.
“Let’s go and look at the body first.”
“Why don’t you see me tomorrow? “You must be tired, so go to sleep and see you tomorrow.”
“Let’s get some sleep.”
“Then let’s do it. “Why is everyone so stubborn?”
Mabul took him to the place where the body was. The body of the Soul Mazon was stored in a cold place like an ice warehouse, even coated with medication, to prevent it from rotting.
The leader of Pungcheon immediately conducted an autopsy on the body.
Mabul watched from the side with a curious face.
The leader of the Pungcheon Church examined the inside of the corpse with skillful hands. They touched his organs and veins one by one, smelled them, and injected energy into the cooled corpse.
Eventually, the autopsy, which took quite a long time, came to an end.
“The eight meridians were damaged and my heart suffered greatly. “This is what happened when I continued to use the Soul Jutsu.”
“Are you saying it’s a coin attack? “Are you saying no?”
“The cause of death is coin immersion. However, I am sure that someone died fighting in the world that the Subsoul Mazon opened up.”
Mabul’s expression hardened.
“As expected, he was murdered by someone’s hands.”
“I’m sure. “The problem is that he died even though he used the Seophonjutsu technique.”
Mabul shook his head.
“It’s hard to believe. “I wonder who would be capable of invading Seohwanjin, killing Seophon, and then escaping.”
Then the leader of Pungcheon pointed his finger to the sky. The question was whether the Cheonma killed him.
Then Mabul shook his head.
“We decided not. Seophon is the person who has the most power when dealing with political faction bastards. The religious leader did not normally dislike marriage. “There is no way the religious leader killed him.”
Compared to the cautious Pungcheon religious leader, Mabul mentioned the religious leader comfortably. It was because I was confident that he was not the leader of the cult.
“Then is there anyone else who is considered a beast?”
“There is one person.”
“Who is that?”
“He is the cult leader’s second son.”
For a moment, the expression of the Pungcheon Church leader hardened. I had no idea that the cult leader’s son was being suspected of being an evil beast.
But when I thought about it, I thought that since he was the son of a religious leader, he had the ability to do something like this.
He didn’t say a word about this the entire time. Although his stomach was boiling over having been dragged into such a dangerous situation, the leader of Pungcheon showed no change in his emotions.
If someone tripped and fell, he was the one who picked up a rock and got up, and he was the one who smiled until someone hit their head with a stone.
“Let’s see you tomorrow, first of all.”
* * *
Seo Dae-ryong said to me as he was turning around after finishing his morning report.
“Are you okay?”
“what do you mean?”
“Now even Sae-oe is attacking Gakju, right?”
“Tell everyone to attack.”
“I will. “It’s okay if I’m not the only one in that fight.”
“I’m sorry, but since you’re always there, you’ll be called my right hand man, right?”
Seo Dae-ryong held his head and pretended to be in pain.
“You said it would get dark when you learn martial arts, but it’s still bright?”
“Well… I thought it would get dark too, but to be honest, I enjoy learning martial arts.”
“Isn’t it better to learn martial arts, but isn’t it better to use a sword?”
After a moment, Seo Dae-ryong spoke.
“… I don’t hate it. “Not yet.”
“Not yet? “I think it’s a sign that things will get better, right?”
“If that happens… I think you’ll have to cut off your right arm and save someone as a dark person.”
“Where do I get someone as dark, perverse, and funny as you? “Don’t even dream of running away from me.”
“I like it, though.”
At that time, Hwang Cheon-gak’s subordinate reported.
“The leader of Pungcheon Church has arrived.”
“Take it.”
Seo Dae-ryong said as he quickly left the office.
“Don’t lose!”
“Stay with me.”
“Life is a struggle for everyone!”
“This is something you’ve heard a lot! Are we starting to look alike already?”
Seo Dae-ryong left without looking back.
After a while, the leader of Pungcheon came inside.
“Meet the new foreigner.”
When I greeted him politely, the leader of the Pungcheon Church smiled.
“Gongja Lee, it’s been a while. “I saw it when I was young, but now I’m an adult.”
“The leader is still correcting.”
Although he had a good-natured face and was smiling, the Pungcheon religious leader was searching for me from the moment I entered.
“I heard you came. “You must have a busy schedule, so why did you come to see me?”
“There are ears that can hear even from afar. “Recently, the reputation of this scholar has reached our school.”
“It’s just a lie.”
“To be humble.”
After exchanging formal greetings, I sat down with him.
“It seemed like the sect leader was greatly heartbroken by the death of the Suphonmazon.”
He secretly mentioned his father and started talking about the Subsoulmazon. You’re probably trying to figure out something from every word of my answer.
“He was one of my favorite Mazons.”
“Who on earth killed him?”
“Are you murdered? “I heard that he died from a poison spell.”
At that moment, a ray of energy flowed from the eyes of the Pungcheon cult leader. Originally, it would have been a secret, unmarked energy, but I could see that energy.
At that moment, I knew I had a special ability.
The intangible energy is visible to my eyes. Originally, it would have just been felt, but now it seemed like a haze.
It wasn’t just because of Shinanjutsu or blood stabilization. Combining these two things gave me a new ability. It was not yet known whether it only works for blood religion martial arts or whether it also works for the energy of other warriors.
“Why are you laughing?”
“It feels good to see you after so long.”
“I feel good too.”
Even during this time, his energy was examining every nook and cranny of my body. After examining every inch of my body, I finally looked at my eyes. This is to check if a divine water such as blood stabilizing water has entered the eye.
However, it was impossible to find anything in my eyes that had been newly transformed by Shinan-sul.
The energy he released was returned to his eyes. It was truly amazing to see rather than feel.
“I guess I’ll just go.”
“That’s too bad. “Please wait a little longer.”
“I saw your face, so it’s okay. “You shouldn’t hold on to someone who is busy.”
The leader of Pungcheon stood up.
“See you next time. Thank you for visiting.”
Thank you for the abilities I gained thanks to you.
From before his return until now, the Pungcheon religious leader has been generously giving to me. Of course, he didn’t give it to me because he wanted it, but somehow, as fate would have it, he kept receiving something. So it’s not that I don’t like him.
* * *
Mabul was waiting for the leader of the Pungcheon Church who left the Geommugeuk office.
“How was it?”
“Gongja Lee had absolutely nothing to do with the magic of souls. In order to subdue him in the space created by the soul, you would have to learn martial arts from Buddhism or Taoism to the extreme, or learn a similar level of martial arts, but there was no trace of that at all.”
“Does that mean that sword dance is not a beast?”
“exactly.”
“Are you sure?”
“If you don’t trust me, why did you call me all this far?”
“I double-checked it because it was important, so don’t feel bad.”
That was what he said, but Mabul didn’t seem to completely believe it.
“I’m sure.”
“let’s go. “I will summon the Seven Magons, so please speak in front of them.”
“That’s it. You go and spread my word. “It’s the same thing anyway.”
“Is that okay?”
“What else is there to know?”
Mabul knew that the Pungcheon religious leader was very dissatisfied with this trip to Jungwon. So I didn’t really recommend it anymore.
“Then let’s do it.”
Mabul said goodbye and left.
The look in Pungcheon’s eyes as he looked behind him was not pretty.
There was another reason why he did not go to the meeting of the Seven Magons. This is because I had to lie not in front of one person, but in front of seven people.
The leader of Pungcheon looked back at the place where the sword dance was held and repeated softly.
“How on earth did Gongja Lee kill the Nie Soul Mazon?”
Surprisingly, he realized that the sword dance had killed the soul mazon.
However, for some reason, the leader of the Pungcheon Church did not speak honestly to Mabul. It was clearly a choice with a different intention than having to endure this much if they had forced to bring someone who did not want to come.
The leader of Pungcheon walked in the opposite direction from where Mabul disappeared.
* * *
That night, Hyeolcheon Doma came to see me. He came to me right after finishing the Seven Mazon meeting.
“For now, I am cleared of the charge of killing your Subsoulmazon.”
He looked at me with a surprised expression.
“How on earth did you avoid the eyes of the Pungcheon cult leader?”
“Didn’t I drink with the old man all night? “It’s not something I did.”
Hyeolcheondoma shook his head.
“Indeed, you… must have been born with the destiny of an ascending dragon. Otherwise, these things wouldn’t be possible.”
“The dragon is still far away. Now it has grown from a loach to a snake.”
“Then what kind of dragon will you be, and what kind of dragon is this much of a snake?”
As I chuckled, Hyeolcheondoma spoke as if warning.
“But it’s too early to relax. Among the Seven Magons, there are some who do not believe in the words of the Pungcheon Cult. In particular, Mabul, who was my closest friend, seemed the most distrustful. “Don’t tell me you’re close.”
“Elder.”
“why?”
“If you have any other thoughts like Mabul, please tell me.”
Then, Hyeolcheondoma’s expression hardened slightly.
“Why do you say that?”
“I was just wondering how much it would hurt if the moment came when we were laughing with such good hearts and then pointing swords at each other. So, if there is something you don’t like or don’t like, please tell us right away. Don’t just hold back and build up anger. From what you’ve seen so far, haven’t I dealt with my shortcomings quite wisely? “Please don’t assume how I will come out and just tell me.”
After staring at me for a moment, Hyeolcheondoma opened his mouth.
“Gongja Lee.”
“yes.”
Unexpected words flowed from Hyeolcheondoma’s mouth.
“What if the opposite happens? What if you see that I am very displeased and inadequate? What if I am not suitable for your new magic? What if he looks fine and good now, but the more you look at him, the more he feels like an old, old-fashioned, boring person? What will you do then when he loses all his charm?”
Hyeolcheondoma added with passionate eyes.
“Are you going to get rid of me too?”