Chapter 273

[Episode 89: Return (2)]

It was such a long, long time.

After leaving the fuse, I immediately took off in a sword flight and identified the location.

Because the fuse, outside the flow of time and space, is constantly moving, the time and place constantly change.

The moment I left the foggy forest, I knew where this place was.

‘ah!'

It was about 10 ri away from the forest where I first entered the fuse.

You could say it was heavenly luck.

If the distance becomes too far and you end up in another province or county, it will be difficult to find Sima Ying and his companions.

‘The short distance means that the time error is not that big.'

I thought maybe that was the case.

But this expectation was just a vain wish.

In the forest where the fuse was, there was a thatched house that I had never seen before.

What does it mean that there is something that should not exist and that it has been a long time since it was built?

Time has definitely passed.

I hoped that too much time had not passed.

But

“What?”

For a moment, I was speechless.

I knew that there would be an error of about a month or two at the most,

but the words that came out of Asong's mouth exceeded my expectations.

“.......Seven months have passed since I disappeared?”

“Master, where on earth have you been and have you shown up now? Do you know how anxious I was when I thought that Mr. Young had passed away in an accident?”

“ha.”

“young master?”

“Hold on a moment.”

My head is more complicated than I thought right now.

Much more time has passed than expected.

If there are seven months, just five months will make it a year.

In not a day or two, but seven months, a lot of things would have happened in that time.

I've been through so many things that this reality doesn't really shock me, but I can't help but sigh.

-oh my god?

There is an extremely high probability that the work in progress has also gone astray.

It was no exaggeration to say that the things we had planned fell through regardless of our will.

I need to know what happened in the past seven months.

The first thing to say is,

“Ah. Where are Sima Xiaoje and Song Zwabaek Song Woohyun and Demon Slayer Fist Demon Jang Munryang?”

“No, master. “Why am I leaving it out?”

“...You are safely in front of me now.”

“........”

Ah-song scratched his head as if he was embarrassed by those words.

“Don’t be silly and talk.”

In response to my words, Asong told me about what had happened so far.

“After you disappeared, we stayed here and waited for over a month. But...”

Then, Gyoju’s guards and Jwahobeop Ha Jong-il appeared where they were.

“Ha protection law?”

Ha Jong-il was in the middle of carrying out three missions under my orders.

If he came to visit us, it meant that most of the mission he had been given had been accomplished.

However, contrary to what I expected,

“What did Ha Jong-il’s guard say... Ah! “I told them that negotiations with Green Forest had broken down.”

“what?”

It was different from the news that Jwahobeop first sent.

It was said that even when they were exchanging letters, the Green Forest King Gwangshin Army came out friendly.

But there was a breakdown in the meantime?

“Do you know why it broke up?”

“I heard that the King of Green Forest, Gwangshingun, suddenly declared that if one does not distinguish between male and female by skill according to the laws of the martial arts, he will never fall under the aegis of blood religion.”

“Mulim law?”

They were friendly in letters, but suddenly they followed the martial law.

Something is strange.

In any case, it is said that he refused to come under the umbrella of our school under the pretext of self-respect.

He is the King of Green Forest, a man with a reputation for having martial arts skills comparable to that of the Eight Great Masters.

Ha Jong-il was also a master of the left guard method, but he seemed to be no match for his opponent.

“So what did you do?”

Since I am missing, there is no one to make decisions.

Even if he came to report, we cannot give him further orders, so it is correct to return him to the main school or put him on standby.

But,

“I don’t even know what happened to Sima Xiaozhe and Master Zwabai, so I can’t hastily announce that Confucius is missing....” Ah

....

Is it because of the confusion that would arise if I said I disappeared?

Well, since he disappeared for over a month, the situation was completely different from before.

Both people's judgments may be right.

“If you do that, what did Jwahobeop tell you to do?”

“I heard you said that if you don’t collect Green Forest under your control, the Blood Cult could be at a disadvantage in a future war with the Murim Alliance. Is that correct?”

“.....It did.”

I think that's what I said.

It was quite old for me, so I had no idea about it, but I said that.

This was because the four factions had to be integrated to achieve some degree of balance in terms of power.

“Because of that, Master Jwabaek, Master Woohyeon, and Master Jang Moon-ryang left for Green Forest with Jwahobeop, saying that if he had been there, he would have brought them under his wing somehow.”

I see.

Did they go instead?

But if that was five months ago, why isn't it here?

“Do you know what the result was?”

“I’ve been waiting here, but there’s no news.”

“No news...”

Did something go wrong?

If he had won in a fight with the Green Forest King Gwangshingun and won, he would have come under the aegis.

But the fact that he hasn't come back yet...

There was a peerless beauty biting her lips in front of Hoegeum-dong, where such shouts were heard.

She was none other than Sima Ying.

‘Father...'

The reason she was wandering around this entrance was because her father, Wolakgeom Samachak, was there.

She heard shocking news three months ago.

He said that the Shaolin Temple was detaining his father in a place called Hoegeum-dong.

At first, it was hard to believe that fact.

Does it make sense for my father, who is one of the five greatest figures in martial arts, to be imprisoned in the Shaolin Temple?

I thought it was true.

It was said that Sima Chak, who had been seriously injured, entered the Shaolin Temple on his own feet.

And the rumor was true.

She was able to see her father's face only once since she came here.

- Wow!

Sima Ying gritted his teeth and glared at the white-bearded monk guarding the front of Huijin-dong.

That monk, called Hoegeumdongju, was in charge of protecting this place.

Hoegeumdongju looked at her and said.

“Amitabha Buddha. “Bodhisattva, please leave now.”

“...How can I leave in peace when my father is trapped here? monk.”

To her words, Hoegeumdongju responded by putting both hands together.

“I tell you this every day, but the more Bodhisattva becomes obsessed, the more it interferes with the enlightenment of Sima Siju.”

“iced coffee!”

It was always like this.

After she confirmed that her father, Sima Chak, was here, she did everything in her power to save him.

At first, they attempted to use force, but the force of the Shaolin Temple was on a different level from that of other political factions.

Hoegeumdongju, who was in front of him, was a transcendent expert who was said to be a candidate for the next head of the room, and he had no talent to deal with her inaction.

Accordingly, they tried numerous methods, such as disguising themselves as human skin masks and drugging the food ingredients of the infiltrated monks, but they all ended in failure.

‘I just need to remove the gold needles stuck in my father's body.'

Sima Chak's seven major Qi gates were sealed with a so-called gold jing needle.

If the qi gate was blocked and the martial arts were not sealed, how could Sima Chae, an expert who had overcome the wall, be held here?

“Just leave now. Bodhisattva. If you continue to obsess like this, you will have no choice but to take action. Amitabha Buddha.”

Sima Ying, who was glaring at Huijindongju with a flushed face, suddenly turned around.

Sima Ying, who was taking steps as if he were spinning around like that, soon kicked off the floor and threw a new weapon at Hui Jindongju at lightning speed.

“Amitabha Buddha.”

Hoegeumdongju took a bow with a sigh.

It was a training technique called Yongjosu, one of the 108 Shaolin arts.

When Sima Ying unfolded his attack, Hui Jindongju blocked it with his defense.

-Papa papapak!

A strange look appeared in the eyes of Hoegeumdongju, who was blocking her herbivorous efforts.

For three months, she attacked him countless times.

I dealt with her every time, but this was the first time I encountered a woman with such outstanding military talent.

‘It's increased again.'

They say they are controlling the water level inside the reservoir, but now they are easily preventing herbivory from the tidal water.

It occurred to me that if they continued to compete like this, Sima Ying might attain enlightenment and reach the pinnacle of perfection.

‘Blood is scary.'

Indeed, Samachak, the Wolak sword, was Yeosik.

But now I couldn't look at her.

A command came from the monk Bangjang.

[If Sima Siju’s daughter continues to cause trouble, she should also be sealed in the Qi Gate and imprisoned in the Defilement Building for 100 days.]

“Bodhisattva. Please forgive me for being poor.”

Hoegeumdongju, who was practicing Yongjosu, changed his method from Jobeop to Kwonbeop.

It was a ceremony for the Baekbo Shinken, one of the thirty-six rising martial arts that Shaolin is proud of.

-Pot!

Hoegeumdongju thrust his fist forward.

Then, along with the sound of a blow, the fist extended forward.

“Tch!”

Sima Ying urgently did a backward somersault to avoid Hui Jindongju's blow.

“Excellent. one!”

However, the essence of Baekbo Shinjeon was only just beginning.

As Hui Jindongju stepped on the ground and stretched out his fists one after another, his fists created numerous fists and covered Sima Ying.

‘If only I brought a sword.'

Sima Ying could not help but feel embarrassed by Quan Ying.

Since she was not allowed to have weapons within the Shaolin Temple, she had no choice but to rely on the Moonlight Jade Movement (月影華玉掌), which she learned from her father Sima Chak.

‘You have to hold on.'

Sima Ying gritted her teeth.

I thought of a method of giving up the flesh and taking the bones.

Fortunately, the monks of Shaolin Temple did not use arrows at all.

She launched herself straight at Kwon Young.

“I knew it would come out like that.”

“oh!”

Hoegeumdongju moved behind her, spreading his steps like water flowing, and then tried to grab her wrist using Geumnasu's method.

-Startle!

For a split second, Hoegeumdongju was startled and took a step back.

Sima Ying, who had escaped the danger of being overpowered, could not hide his surprise as he opened a new punishment to him.

‘Why are you doing this all of a sudden?'

It was that moment.

-Poof!

Something hit the ground between Hui Jindongju and Sima Ying from the sky.

Sima Ying, who saw this, got teary-eyed and muttered.

“Blood Demon Sword!”

Hoegeumdongju, who heard her voice, was startled and asked a question.

“What do you mean, a blood demon sword? Si....”

However, Hoegeumdongju was unable to continue speaking until the end.

It was because of an intensely intimidating figure that had suddenly appeared behind him.

It feels like my whole body will be cut off on the spot if I move even a little.

Hoegeumdongju swallowed his saliva and opened his mouth.

“......Who are you?”

“He will be her husband.”

? Hanzhongwolya