Episode 64: If you come, come, if you go, go.
The Pungcheon Bridge returned and I tried the space-time transformation technique for the first time. I wondered how quickly I could create space.
I have no intention of practicing this martial art for decades, so I just hope that the first space can be created as quickly as possible.
Fortunately, while listening to the Pungcheon sect’s explanation of the nine strokes, I was able to understand the great meaning contained in the space-time anomaly technique, so I was able to skillfully use the true energy and perform the nine strokes like someone who has practiced this martial art for a very long time.
How much time has passed?
I stood in a new space with a clear and cheerful sound ringing in my ears.
It was a success!
It took just two o’clock. They say it would take even a talented person several days, so they created a new space in an incomparably early time.
I can be sure. Even my father wouldn’t be able to create space this quickly.
Two examinations.
By reducing this time, the day will surely come when you can freely use this martial arts like Seobhonmazon or Pungcheonjioju.
Learning a new martial art always brings great excitement, but the excitement that comes from space-time transformation techniques is completely different in nature.
I walked slowly and looked at the space. There was nothing here when it was first created.
Just as the Seophonmazon created the cliff and the Pungcheon religious leader created the wasteland, I too will be able to create the space I want in the future.
But it still wasn’t bad.
Was it because it was a space where I could be alone, cut off from the world? Surprisingly, I felt a sense of comfort in this empty place that I had never felt before.
A place where I can spend time alone without thinking about anything, away from the responsibility, effort, succession battles, firearms, human relationships, and everything else in the world that I was carrying. So it was good. Because I have my own space.
But unfortunately, I couldn’t enjoy this freedom for long. Perhaps because it was my first time, I wasted a lot of energy.
Later, as the level of martial arts increases, the amount of internal energy that goes into it will decrease, but at this level, the internal energy is drained like pouring water into a bottomless poison.
Clearing the space was easy. As soon as I recited the phrase, the cheerful sound I heard earlier came out and the space slowly disappeared.
After returning to the original world, I sat down and started eating breakfast.
For that short period of freedom, I had to fill my inner strength with meditation and invest two sessions of time, but I did not hesitate.
After filling my energy, I performed the space-time transformation technique again. This time it took almost two hours, but I felt like it was a little faster than before. Yes, keep decreasing. So, I will also create this space in an instant.
By using space-time transformation techniques, I create space, destroy it, create it again, and eliminate it.
As the day went on, I fell in love with creating my own space. The time required to make even the smallest details was decreasing.
oh my god! There is such a fun martial art! This was my honest feeling.
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the time when the sword dance was immersed in space-time anomaly, the Pungcheon religious leader and Mabul were creating a rather heavy atmosphere.
Mabul came to the residence of the Pungcheon religious leader late at night without any message.
Mabul, who was about to face Datak, walked quickly and stood in front of the shackled man. Because Mabul was short, he was almost at eye level with the sitting man.
The shackled man had his head down so I couldn’t see his face.
Mabul bent down and tried to look at the shackled man’s face, but it was difficult because of the flowing hair.
Mabul debated whether or not to lift his hair with his small hands.
The leader of the Pungcheon Church was watching this with a disapproving expression. I didn’t feel good about Mabul treating the shackled man like a spectacle.
However, I did not say that you should not ignore my subordinates. If that were the case, it was clear that the devil would turn himself inside out by starting with someone who had been shackled and not treated as a human being in the first place.
At that time, Mabul turned around and suddenly asked.
“I heard you met Lee Gongja.”
The yellow gaze that looked at people’s hearts flew in, but the leader of Pungcheon was not shaken at all.
“I need to meet him because he might become the leader of the cult someday.”
“The leader of the cult will become an archduke.”
Even if he did not answer so decisively, the Pungcheon religious leader knew. That Mabul is actively supporting the Archduke. If Prince Lee had the blood and sword, the Grand Duke had the Demon Buddha.
“The situation is not necessarily like that.”
“What do you mean?”
“Didn’t Gongja Lee rise to the position of Hwangcheonju? Anyone can see that the Heavenly Demon is training a successor, right?”
“Hey, this guy. “I guess you lost your insight after just being outside.”
After hurting the other person’s feelings by saying something he didn’t need to say, Mabul continued to say what he wanted to say.
“I saw it the other way. Since the successor was to be the Grand Duke, another position was handed over to the Duke of Li. You should be satisfied with that.”
“I guess that could happen. “It’s been a long time since I’ve been to Jungwon, but it’s a pity that I have to return without seeing the Grand Duke.”
The Pungcheon religious leader never revealed his true intentions to Mabul.
“Why do you support the Archduke?”
“Because the Archduke will be the successor. “Are you asking the obvious question?”
“Why are you so sure?”
“It’s just my hunch.”
The Pungcheon religious leader knew. That Mabul is not a person who decides such important matters based on just a hunch. He doesn’t want to tell himself about things related to the Archduke.
‘How can we be friends like this?’
It was the same for me too. Because I will never tell you anything important about the scientist.
“Look here, leader.”
“Why are you doing that?”
“Don’t think about doing anything useless. “There are many eyes watching you here too.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Why aren’t you going back?”
“Are you saying I’m done with my business so I can go away?”
“I didn’t mean it that way.”
Although the content was sharp, the tone of the two people was soft and calm.
“Then just leave it alone. Because I am enjoying my trip to Jungwon for the first time in a while. why? Do you need to pay for the room at least?”
“If you come to someone else’s house, you should stay quiet and go away. Can you poop in the master bedroom?”
“haha. “Someone’s dog’s poop is being mistaken for mine.”
“This is advice from a friend. “Please stop causing unnecessary trouble and return to Pungcheon Bridge.”
To be honest, the leader of Pungcheon was inwardly embarrassed. I had no idea that Mabul would come and tell me to go back so openly. Regardless of how we felt on the inside, on the outside we were still friendly and polite to each other.
“If I come, I come, and if I leave, am I the one who has to go?”
The tone was still calm, but the content contained in the words was the blue blade itself.
“Then it wasn’t?”
The expression on Pungcheon’s religious leader’s face hardened, and the air around him suddenly became cold.
Then Mabul smiled brightly.
“I’m kidding. I’m kidding. It’s hard to say with a straight face that this person was just playing around. You really lost a lot of sense because you were only in Sae-eop. Have fun and go. Let’s play here for the rest of our lives. ha ha ha.”
The leader of Pungcheon also laughed as if he had never been angry.
“I guess so. It seems that even people have become desolate after being exposed to so much of the desolate sand wind. Sae-oe is that kind of place.”
“I’ll buy you a drink somewhere with a nice atmosphere. “In a place where there are beautiful women who melt the bleakness of our religious leader like snow.”
“Would it be okay to go to a place like that? “Isn’t your Buddha scolding you?”
“The Buddha I worship sometimes appears as a colored Buddha.”
“Sounds good.”
The two people looked at each other and laughed.
“Okay then, let’s have a daily chat!”
“Good.”
Mabul smiled brightly and left the room.
As Mabul left, the smile disappeared from the face of the Pungcheon cult leader and he asked the shackled man.
“What do you think?”
“You’re feeling anxious. “It seems that the religious leader noticed that he was trying to join hands with Lee Gongja.”
“Is that something to be so nervous about?”
“It probably means that they are wary of Lee Gongja. “You’re looking at it well.”
“What should I do now?”
“Think for yourself. “Don’t get into the habit of asking questions over and over again.”
“Right now, it’s a matter of life and death for me and our school. So don’t be expensive.”
The man turned towards him and shook his shackles.
The Pungcheon religious leader looked reluctant, but eventually opened a new space.
Looking at the green fields, the man had a bright expression as if he was about to fly.
The leader of the Pungcheon Church asked as he unlocked the shackles for a lifetime with the key hanging from his neck.
“Why do you like this place so much?”
For a split second, a feeling of affection passed through the man’s eyes. However, that feeling disappeared so quickly that I did not see Pungcheon, who was bending down to remove the shackles.
“Take a look at the leader being tied up in shackles all day long. “Let’s switch roles just for one day.”
“I decline.”
The leader of Pungcheon gave the man some time to enjoy his freedom.
The man’s emotions were calm today. Was that why? The man looked out at the field and immediately gave the necessary advice.
“Mabul will somehow make the cult leader return. “They probably use their religious leader.”
However, the leader of Pungcheon had no intention of going back easily. The intention was to use this opportunity to somehow establish a bridgehead for advancing into the midfield.
“What do we do?”
“Go to Mr. Lee and ask him how he can stay here. He will definitely show you how.”
“Isn’t this a method you also know?”
“Even if I know, I have to give a gift to Master Lee and listen to him.”
“I don’t understand. “Why do we have to cling to this person like this?”
“Then who are you going to cling to?”
For a moment, the leader of Pungcheon could not say anything. The Heavenly Demon hated him, and the Grand Duke was supported by the Demon Lords, including Demon Buddha.
Only the Blood Heavenly Demon has officially joined hands with Prince Lee, and the rest of the Magons are either neutral or believe that the Archduke will be their successor. I was literally in a situation where I had nowhere to go.
“If you don’t want to hang around, you can stay alone except for the birds and come and go as you please. Then, you will be able to live a good life and live comfortably for the rest of your life.”
If I had said it while cursing, he would have been less angry, but if I spoke politely, the leader of Pungcheon became more angry.
“Don’t tickle my pride with words like that!”
However, the man did not care about the feelings of the Pungcheon religious leader.
“The way to win this fight is simple. Choose well and believe until the end. Simple, right? It’s so simple that it’s actually difficult to put into practice. Losers don’t know until the end. “Victory depended on whether or not these simple principles were followed.”
“Stop nagging! “Stop disciplining me!”
“If we don’t think we can keep this principle, like Mabul said, it’s right for us to go back.”
The leader of Pungcheon, who was trying to get angry by telling him to shut up, calmed down.
It was several times more infuriating than Mabul’s, but when I heard it, it was all true. So, instead of getting angry, the leader of Pungcheon revealed his true feelings.
“I don’t want to keep giving things to Mr. Lee. Honestly, it’s a waste. Even though it is a waste, it is too much of a waste. I continue to regret the space-time transformation technique I gave earlier. I couldn’t sleep at all yesterday. “Because I thought I gave it to him for no reason.”
No one would know that the supreme leader of Saewoe Murim himself had this type of personality. And living with this kind of scolding.
“It’s because I’m narrow-minded and greedy.”
When he heard these words, the leader of Pungcheon became very angry, but at the same time, he felt a strange sense of pleasure.
I’ve been hiding my true nature better than anyone else, but it was like a sense of kinship with one person who knew exactly what kind of person I was.
“But what should I do with something that is a waste? But give it to me again?”
“If you choose, you believe it. please give it to me. “Please give me everything.”
“It’s a waste! “I don’t want to give you even one!”
Under normal circumstances, it was a moment when a curse would have burst out of the shackled man’s mouth. But today the man was calm until the end.
“Let’s just go back and wipe the dust off the toilet and hit the paper. That’s perfect for a gyoju bowl.”
The leader of the Pungcheon Church bit his lip gently.
“He said he would get out. I’m doing this to break this soy sauce-like beef rib and get out! I will definitely establish the headquarters of Pungcheongyo Church in the central region. “I will achieve with my own hands what my predecessors could not achieve.”
I wish he’d cursed, but the shackled man just sighed.
“…probably not.”
After that, the leader of Pungcheon was silent and lost in thought for a long time. It was a day when he was extremely angry, but the virtual space continued until his inner strength was depleted.