Episode 83: The martial arts we will practice from now on are (1)
In the backyard of Seolsanpyoguk, there was a palanquin prepared in advance.
Yu Jin-san, who was looking at the inside, was constantly amazed.
“It seems surprising. “I can’t believe there is such a hidden space in the kiln...”
Inside the kiln was a Buddha statue to be offered to the Shaolin Temple, and there was a hidden space underneath it.
It was a small space that adults could not enter, but it seemed suitable for Jinsan Yu and her granddaughter to lie down.
Pungho said as he handed him the bundle.
“This is a Shaolin temple monk’s uniform, so please change nearby. “A few tools necessary for camouflage, such as prayer beads and a wooden table, were also hung inside the kiln.”
“Good job. “This should be no problem.”
“When are you leaving?”
“There’s a long way to go, so why hesitate?”
When Pungho made a gesture, eight palanquin riders approached and stood up.
“We’ve made a team of quick-witted people, so we’ll arrive in four days. We also provided rest areas to each branch so they can take a break.”
It was Yujinsan whose sincerity warmed my heart.
“I don’t know how to repay you for this.”
“Compared to the grace I’ve received from my elders so far, it doesn’t even come close. And what are we?”
“Thank you if you think so.”
Yu Jin-san stared somewhere.
There, the granddaughter, who had finished preparing for departure, was walking holding Hyunhee’s hand.
I couldn’t help but smile joyfully at the sight of the monks wearing the Buddhist caps all the way to their foreheads.
“Grandpa, try using this too. “It’s soft and good.”
Jinsan Yu also wore another hat handed to him by his granddaughter.
As long as he changed into monk’s clothes, he looked like a perfect monk.
“Hmm, it’s warm and nice. “We have to leave now, are you ready?”
Yoo Seol, who tilted her head for a moment, stretched out her palm and shouted urgently.
“wait for a sec!”
“...why?”
Was it because there was no apparent reason?
Jinsan Yu waited for his granddaughter’s next words with a somewhat puzzled expression.
And the answer that followed was something I had never imagined.
“I left snacks behind.”
Everyone burst into laughter at the sight of the child running away somewhere.
* * *
The journey to the destination was very comfortable. This is because, thanks to the arrangement of the Black Night Room, there was a place to rest wherever you went.
Shaolin Temple is located on Shaosil Mountain, part of Songshan Mountain, and the road to the entrance of the temple is open to the public.
It may have been because of the general public coming up to offer donations, but also because they were confident against external invasions.
After four days.
At the foot of Sosil Mountain, a deserted mountain, two children wearing monks’ clothes hid in a palanquin.
“We will move slowly from now on, so don’t make any noise.”
Eugene San was not that oblivious.
He, lying down with his granddaughter in a small space, answered softly from outside the palanquin.
“I understand.”
From here on, there were so many eyes watching that the palanquin carriers were unable to carry out their light attack.
The boring time continued in silence.
How much time has passed?
Yu Jin-san heard a sound from his granddaughter lying next to him.
-Grandpa.
– huh?
– I’m bored.
Of course it has to be that way. Lying still in a dark, narrow space was embarrassing for the child.
Yu Jin-san thought for a while and then a good idea occurred to him.
-Do you want grandpa to tell you a funny story?
– huh!
– Oh? The story I will tell you now is the story of Xuanzang, a high priest of the Tang Dynasty, who takes Sun Wukong on a pilgrimage to the West to find Buddhist scriptures.
– What is a pilgrimage?
Pilgrimage means visiting places of religious significance.
But there is no way a child would like such content.
– It’s about catching the people who are squeezing and harassing the people.
– Wow, that sounds fun. I can’t wait to hear it~
As the granddaughter showed interest, Eugene-san, who was telling the story, also got excited.
You don’t know how much time it will take to reach your destination. Therefore, he took as much time as possible by adding stories that were not even in the original work.
The granddaughter, who was listening intently to the story, did not notice the passage of time.
– So what happened to Goku?
– hmm. Son Goku, like our Seol, was so strong that no one could defeat him. In the end, I petted them all with a female baton.
Either way, there was not the slightest hint of tension on Yu Seol’s face.
“Grandpa, can you hold my hand?”
“Shh! Not now. “I’ll catch you when I get back later.”
“Huh....”
After a while, moving along the path.
Yu Jin-san took a quick look at Daeungbojeon on the left and opened his mouth wide. This was because of the wide open interior of the pavilion.
The huge reclining Buddha statue was split in half, as if a river had torn through it.
This place was none other than Shaolin Temple, a sacred place for martial arts. Who could have done something like this in Daeungbojeon, the heart of the place?
There was only one guess.
‘Could it be that Master Jeonghye destroyed the Buddha statue to find the entrance to Hoeyeom Cave?’
This was the crazy apostate monk that Pungho had mentioned.
I wondered what was going on, but that wasn’t the important part right now.
Eugene San managed his expression and moved deeper into the depths with his granddaughter.
Young monks were passing by somewhere, but no one was looking at them strangely. Not yet.
just as expected. I heard someone shouting from behind me.
“What are you guys doing here?”
I guess he was about eleven years old? It was a young monk who was slightly taller than them.
I ran into difficulties right from the start. Jinsan Yu was in a miserable mood.
“...?”
“If we don’t get together soon, we’ll be in big trouble.” “The Four Baekjo of Hyeun are angry, so we have to move quickly.”
The destination was not far away. How simple is it in the current situation?
Just as Yu Jin-san hesitates in confusion. Next to me, Yoo Seol blinked and asked.
“Why?”
“Why in this situation? It’s been a while since you came here, right? what is your name?”
“...Seol.”
The young monk in front of me tilted his head for a moment.
A strangely pretty face and a vaguely awkward voice.
But how can we imagine that a nun would come into Shaolin Temple?
Above all, there was no time to think for a long time.
The child, who had slipped into the gap between Jinsan Yu and his granddaughter, stretched out his arms towards them. The purpose was to grab the monk’s robe near the back of the body.
“I’ll scold you if you stay here like this, so quickly follow me.”
Part of me wanted to faint, but there were too many eyes watching.
The two suddenly started being dragged somewhere.
Yu Jin-san looked around and gave the child instructions on how to behave.
– If it’s discovered that you’re a woman, you’ll be kicked out of here right away, so from now on, don’t say anything as much as possible.
– ....
-There are a lot of scary people here, so you should always be careful. Instead, if you finish your work well, grandpa will buy you a nice gift.
When it was mentioned that it was a gift, the granddaughter’s glum expression softened a little.
After a while, we arrived at the main temple hall of Shaolin Temple.
Were only monks of the lowest ranks summoned?
A huge number of young monks were lined up. As a guess, the number seemed to be at least five hundred people.
“You guys, hurry and join us over there.”
There was no choice.
The two moved to the very back of the line and looked at the old monk standing on the platform.
Judging from the bulging tendons on his forehead, he seemed very angry.
“How can the movements be so slow? “I have been teaching martial arts here for twenty years, but I have never seen a line-up as bad as yours.”
It was a small murmur, but it was a loud voice, as if it was coming from right next to me.
It was an impossible method unless you had at least one level of internal strength.
He turned his back and let out a series of angry voices.
“Seeing that you lack discipline, the future of Shaolin is very dark. So, after seeking permission from Monk Bangjang, we decided to conduct special training starting today.”
After he finished speaking and shouted his disapproval, a group of people appeared from somewhere.
About fifty young monks. For some reason, a bamboo stick was clutched in his hand.
The monks who were looking at them were agitated and agitated.
“Sa Sasuk?”
“Why are you here...?”
The old monk’s words that followed immediately drove the younger monks into despair.
“The martial art we will be training from now on is Cheolposam. “I’ve called your quartermasters to help with training, so do your best to hold out.”
What is Cheolposam (鐵布衫)? It was an external martial arts technique that constantly pounded the body to make it as hard as steel.
The method is not difficult, but the process is so ignorant that not many people have practiced it properly.
And it is known that a monk who completes Cheolposam after hard work is entitled to practice the Geumgangbulgoesingong, the ascending martial art of Shaolin.
The surroundings became deathly quiet due to the shocking situation.
“....”
Yoo Seol recalled the image of a clown on the street not long ago who was making money by receiving coins for each coin. Also, his grandfather said that the martial arts he learned was Cheolpo Sam.
-Grandpa, we’re in big trouble now.
Yu Jin-san’s complexion darkened after hearing his granddaughter’s message.