Chapter 45

Chapter 45

Like the Five Elements masters, He Shengjin is a famous master of the Tao Gate.
He was known in the world as the Heavenly Flowing Sword Master.
And the richest.
He is said to control the commercial center of Hubei.
If you are the first-born son of a family there, you are likely to be the first-born son of a family in the future.
Such men are the leaders of the two gangs.
‘If we make a mistake, there’s a risk that our relationship with the …… volcano could go awry.’
Besides their talent, there was another reason to let them go.
“They both have famous backgrounds, both inside and outside the volcano, so they don’t come out as much as possible. They just support the two packs from behind.”
“So how good are they…….”
“Monsters. Rumor has it that Yue Lian is already as good as a plain swordsman, and the eldest, Jin Zheng’er, has been eating elixirs like they were food since she was a child, so I don’t know the purity of her strength, but the quantity is incredible, almost unstoppable.”
“Then why can’t she become a plain swordsman?”
“It’s not the year to take the exam yet.”
“Hmm…….”
“That’s what they are, anyway. Nothing good ever comes of getting involved.”
“Okay, thanks for the clarification.”
“For what?”
Smiling, Yeon-hwa patted her on the shoulder and spun her around.
“Huh? Where are you going?”
“I’m going back.”
“Hmm, okay. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“Bye.”
I walked back to Quyunam.
For some reason, I felt uneasy.
“Why?
I felt a poking sensation in my head.
Something was pounding in my mind.
‘What happened to Yeon-hwa…….’
No, it’s not her.
‘Then what the hell…….’
No, come to think of it, I had felt this feeling not long ago.
‘Master!!!’
The uneasy feeling is this.
The same feeling as then.
And just as I felt it, someone appeared in front of me.
Chapter 8: The Golden Day (1)
“Who is it!!”
I was so distracted by my anxiety that I didn’t even notice that someone was this close.
Even if the person had decided to hide, it couldn’t be like this.
‘Why…….’
I am so disturbed.
The anxiety continued to weigh on my chest, and the person who stepped forward blocked my path.
The man hiding behind the tree.
It was Eun Woo, a swordsman of the Dao Clan.
“Hmph, you look like you’re pretty good, but you’re not as good as me, but that’s because I’m better at stealth.”
Eunuch brags endlessly about himself.
I didn’t have time to listen to it.
“Shut up, just tell me what you want.”
My anxiety showed in my words.
My voice trembled and my tone was nervous.
Eunwoo shook his head at the two opposites.
“Hmm, judging from your nervous tone, you’re bothered by me, but judging from your trembling, you’re afraid of me…… bothered and afraid, how can they coexist?”
“Shut up.”
I’m not in the mood to listen to that.
I can’t wait to sit down and have a good breakfast and get rid of this anxiety.
“Shut up…… you dare to talk down to me now?”
I didn’t sneer, but my tone was.
Eunuch began to frown.
“You’re supposed to be a disciple of the Dao Gate, yet you can talk like that?”
“Acting like a man of the Dao is useless against scum.”
“Nice self-congratulation, putting others down to justify your own behavior.”
“This guy…….”
Eunuch is furious.
Eunwoo comes out, and afterward, I feel another large chi as I regain my composure.
He stepped forward and blocked Eunwoo.
“How many times have I told you before, Eunwoo, you’re too short-tempered.”
Eunwoo’s face turned red.
But Eun-woo couldn’t get angry at Aksogun for saying that.
It wasn’t like he could be angry with me, so he had to keep his anger inside.
It was a little funny that it showed on her face.
“Kk…….”
“What’s funny?”
A cold tone that matched the impression.
My slightly relaxed state of mind sank.
“It’s none of your business.”
They don’t deserve the least bit of respect.
That’s my point.
And because I was so upset, everything that came out of my mouth was poignant.
I thought to myself, “Who was I to be so irritated by others?
“Why are you so shaken up, are you afraid of us?”
Blink!
A light flashed in his sunken eyes, as if trying to penetrate my mind.
‘…….’
There are other techniques in the Dao of the Tao that are not quite on the level of the Buddha’s Other-Sightedness, but they can penetrate the minds of others.
It’s a high level technique, but they’re geniuses in my eyes.
They have the ability to learn at least one of these techniques.
That’s why I immediately raised my qi to block the penetration of the technique that was coming towards the top.
“Hao…….”
As if he was surprised that he was able to block it, his cold expression was filled with interest.
Even so, the cold expression was the same.
“You have nothing to fear. We’re just here to give you a chance to choose.”
“I thought you said you were giving us a day’s notice?”
“Only because of the men at the gate. You should have decided on the spot, and it’s unusual that we’re giving you this much time.”
“And the choice?”
“As you know, you have two choices. Come to the gate, or…… fall down here.”
A glare.
“What is the gate…….?
To become a Taoist, one must be sealed, a title that signifies one’s path to enlightenment.
They weren’t.
They may have been old, but they still had the heart of a child.
Just as there are alley captains among children, so these men were just that among the swordsmen.
“It’s different from Nara, isn’t it, ‘checkpoint or city gate’?”
“Hmph, it’s the same reason. It’s just that there are guys at the gate.”
“The gate…… you can’t say that name.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
He looks puzzled by my abruptness.
“Do you know what the Tao is?”
“I’m a man of the Tao, how could I not know?”
“Then do you know how a person who is worthy of the title of True Man should behave?”
“Of course I do.”
“But you act like this?”
I was dumbfounded.
I thought they didn’t know.
But he said he knew.
What does this mean?
“What kind of nonsense are you talking about? Isn’t a true man a man who has attained enlightenment, a man who is on the way to enlightenment? That’s what I am. I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“……Then you don’t understand the Tao.”
“No, I do understand it. It’s just that yours and mine are different.”
“Different from mine? No, you are a man of the Way. You must follow the Dao of the Dao. Isn’t this the Dao of the Dao?”
“I am not a man of the Way yet. You’re saying I have the right to follow my own way.”
“And yet you say you are a man of the Way?”
“Contradictory? It doesn’t matter. It’s irrelevant to your current situation.”
“…….”
“Okay, enough chatter. Choose.”
Eunwoo and Aksogun lifted my spirits.
Their momentum presses down on my body.
“……I can’t take it anymore.
It’s what I thought.
I couldn’t take their ridiculous behavior anymore.
And I couldn’t take much more than that.
My anxious, agitated mind was already exploding.
And now that they’re standing in the way of my ability to calm it down, it’s no wonder my anger is directed at them.
“I’ll knock them down.
After all, they are not of the Volcano Sect.
They are not enlightened masters of the Tao.
They persecute others, claiming it’s their own way.
Even I, a non-Daoist, know that this is wrong.
Yet he acts like this?
They deserve to be punished.
“I’m just a substitute.
Yan Hua warned me not to get involved, and I know it’s not good to get involved.
But this was a bad time.
It came to me when I was in a bad mood and challenged me.
That’s why I’m about to make a move.
“You go first.”
I shook it off, calmed myself, and lunged forward.
Eunwoo looked puzzled, as if he hadn’t expected me to go first.
And on his behalf, Aksogun blocked my right.
Bam!
The blade of the sword and my fist met.
But my fist was protected by chi, so it was Yue Xiaogun’s sword that was deflected.
His sword also contained chi.
The reason I was able to deflect it was because my chi was more sincere.
‘You say you’re a man of the Tao Gate, but you have such qi…….’
I cultivate my qi with the Jia Ha Sim method, the method of the Bo Ping disciple.
And if they were disciples of the Taoist master, they would have been able to cultivate a more heartfelt qi than me.
But they didn’t have a more sincere qi than me.
It was just a little turbid.
“Right, Zhenqiu.
Boom!
Eunuch dodged the lightning-fast kick.
But he couldn’t dodge it completely.
The compressed air created a thin wound on Eunuch’s cheek, like a sword cut.
“Holy…….”
He sneered in defeat at my speed.
“Hmph, you got me.
I deliberately hit two of them.
They know they underestimated my skill and will try to fight me in pairs.
But two against two is persecuting the many.
It’s against the rules of the Volcano Sect.
If they were badly injured, it was of no consequence to me.
I had a cause.
“What’s the point of harming them?
If it’s one-on-one, I’m good enough to kick them out of the way and touch others.
If it’s two on one, I’ll give it my all.
And now Eunwoo was the first to fall for my ruse.
“You bastard!”
From the tone of his voice to his temper.
He was far from being a true master of the gate.
“Well, it’s nothing to worry about.
Eunuch swept his sword out at an angle and thrust forward.
Thwack! Thwack!
“Kwak…….”
My fist aimed for Eunuch’s abdomen was blocked.
The sword of Yaxo-kun had blocked my punch.
But his expression was distorted, unable to resolve my career.
“…….”
I stopped and looked at them.
Their faces showed no wonder or apology, only anger.
Even the stoic-looking Aksogun’s eyebrows wiggled in anger.
“No need to feel guilty.
There was guilt in touching them.
After all, they were disciples of the same volcanic sect.
But when I saw that look on their faces, it was gone.
I could take them down with confidence.
I steadied my stance and raised my energy.
In the confrontation, it was the impatient Eunuch who attacked first.
“Ha!”
She shouted and lunged at me.
Sword light flashed.
I leapt to the left and fell backwards.
The sword sliced through my bangs.
It was a chilling sight, but I had anticipated this, so I didn’t mind.