A month has already passed since I safely completed the rescue mission for Senior Uncle Hyeon Cheong in Kunlun and returned to the Wudang Sect.
"Hwa-ak!"
"Ho-o-o-ok!"
"Eu-gya-gyak!"
Today, I finished my training early and sat in the shade of a tree, listening to the affectionate sounds of my senior brothers who were overjoyed, and I recalled the past month.
My master and I, who had safely brought Senior Uncle Hyeon Cheong back to the Wudang Sect, received a trendous welco from our senior uncles and grand uncles.
It is said that there were not many adults who thought that we had a high probability of actually bringing my senior uncle back.
So they might have welcod us even more.
In fact, if you think about it, it could be a very disappointing thing, but to be honest, I wasn't that disappointed.
Because bringing back one senior uncle from that vast Xinjiang region is like finding a needle in a haystack.
'In fact, our master probably wouldn't have been able to co back in his previous life.'
We had accomplished that difficult task.
And my master and Senior Uncle Hyeon Cheong attributed most of the credit for this matter to .
Saying that if it weren't for , this matter would never have been successful.
Thanks to that, I was recognized as a martial artist and began to receive treatnt almost similar to that of my senior uncles.
I can use my entry pass freely (although it was already free), I can train autonomously (although I seem to do twice as much as others), and most of all, they gave the authority to decide the training schedule and intensity of the Yuyeop Hall.
In fact, if a stranger saw it, it would be no different from the youngest teaching his senior brothers, so they might think that the hierarchy has collapsed, but none of the senior brothers, who are the parties involved, thought so.
Rather, there were many senior brothers who welcod it.
Because although it was a training that I had led before, if until now it felt like I was secretly influencing from behind, now I could ask what I was curious about more confidently and focus on training my weak points.
'Thanks to that, there are now more senior brothers who train with than those who train separately.'
Perhaps the Wudang Sect, especially our Un generation, will be able to develop even more.
"Hwi-ya, the sect leader is looking for you."
As I was reminiscing about the past, soone approached and interrupted .
When I looked to see who it was, it was Senior Brother Un Mi.
Senior Brother Un Mi, who had the weakest martial arts in our room, now had the appearance of a martial artist.
He had grown quite a bit taller, and his shoulders had also widened noticeably.
It was proof that he did not neglect his training day by day.
"The sect leader?"
"Yes. You and the great senior brother. It seems he called for both of you."
"Do I have to go right now?"
"Yes. It seems so."
"Thank you. For telling ."
"It's nothing."
Senior Brother Un Mi, after telling what he had to say, went back into the training ground to train again.
In fact, what had changed more than Senior Brother Un Mi's appearance was his personality.
Originally, he seed to have a slightly cunning side, he was very conscious of what others thought, and he had an opportunistic personality, but now those things have all lted away and he has the impression of a simple country youth.
It was the result of realizing with his whole body that his martial arts were much weaker than those of his other senior brothers, and then he stopped paying any attention to anything other than training.
"Why would the sect leader call again?"
I got up from my seat, dusted off my bottom, straightened my clothes, and headed for the Supre Azure Palace.
On the way there, I saw a familiar figure in the distance, already climbing the mountain towards the Sangcheong Palace.
I, in my joy, perford a lightness skill and approached him.
"Great senior brother!"
"Unhwi-ya."
It was Un Gwang. Senior Brother Un Mi had said earlier that he had called for and Un Gwang together, and it seems he is also on his way to the sect leader.
"Senior brother, you're also going because the sect leader called for you, right?"
"Yes. That's right. Are you also on your way to the sect leader?"
"Yes. Let's go up together. But do you know why the sect leader called for us?"
"Perhaps... it's because the Taoist-Buddhist Great War is not far off. We have to select the personnel to have a spar with the Shaolin martial artists."
"Ah...!"
I only now realized that I had completely forgotten about that until now.
Although it is a rather important matter in Wudang, since I had been wandering around outside so much, I had forgotten about it for a while.
"Didn't you say there would be so kind of selection match while I was in Xinjiang?"
"We were going to. But we haven't been able to do it properly yet."
"Why?"
"For now, it's ambiguous on what basis we should select. It seems that in the past, they held a spar tournant among our disciples and selected based on the results. But the sect leader said he doesn't want to pick the personnel like that anymore."
"Just hearing it, it sounds like a very reasonable thod, but it seems there was a problem."
"In the Taoist-Buddhist Great War, there isn't just an individual match. To have a group match, it's better to gather senior and junior brothers who get along well, but if you just line them up by skill, you might end up forming a sword formation with people who don't have good chemistry."
"Ah... there was a group match."
The representatives for the Taoist-Buddhist Great War are about thirty.
But in reality, there are only about ten spars, and the reason for that is because there is a group match.
The Shaolin Temple has the Arhat Formation, and the Wudang Sect has the Five Elents Sword Formation.
Eighteen of the thirty have to perform a group match to compete in formations.
The Shaolin Temple, the famous Eighteen Arhat Formation. And our Wudang, the slightly less famous Eighteen Five Elents Formation.
Because formations, as much as martial arts, are a good field to build up pride.
Shaolin has to protect the na of the best formation in the martial world, and we are in a position to challenge that prestige.
"And most of all, you weren't there."
"?"
"Yes. Among our Un generation, you are one of the best... to be honest, it's a fact that we all know that you are the strongest among us."
"That's... right?"
"But we can't have a selection match without you, and it's also ambiguous to pick while leaving a spot for you... so we just waited until you ca back."
Although it was a complint to my skills in the end, I couldn't just be happy.
Because it had deviated so much from my initial plan to beco the dark horse of the Wudang Sect and control the Wudang Sect from under the water.
Well... to be honest, it seems that was impossible from the beginning, given my personality.
"By the way, Hwi-ya. How is it with feeling the wind?"
"To be honest, I still don't really know. What about you, senior brother?"
"Actually, I don't really know either."
"So there was sothing that was difficult for you too, senior brother."
"Of course. But I'm surprised that you still haven't gotten the hang of it. Then, putting aside the lightness skill, have you thought about the theory I ca up with last ti?"
"The theory that the mystery of the Taiji is not that yin and yang et and circulate, but that they et at the two extres and explode?"
"Yes, yes. That's right. How is it? Do you think you can implent it?"
Un Gwang, unable to stand even that short gap, began to talk about martial arts again.
I don't know how he endured it in his previous life, while he likes to research and implent martial arts like this.
For this Un Gwang, I had already received permission from Kunlun in advance.
Although it is of course not possible to teach the principle of the Kunlun lightness skill that we learned to all the disciples of the Wudang Sect, I asked if it would be okay to teach it to just one trustworthy person.
Geuman Jonja readily agreed.
Saying that even if he said no, if I secretly taught it, he wouldn't know.
"To implent that, I think it would be difficult even if I had ten tis more internal energy than now. And if you release the energy to the two extres once, it seems it will result in consuming all the internal energy, regardless of whether the internal energy is large or small. It was a good thod in theory, but I'm doubtful if it will be practical."
"Hmm... is that so? I understand. I'll think about that a little more."
After giving Un Gwang sothing to think about, I was able to go to the Supre Azure Palace a little more quietly.
A little while later, when we arrived at the Supre Azure Palace, the sect leader welcod us.
He doesn't hide his satisfied expression at the sight of us coming in together.
He had always especially cherished Un Gwang, and as for , he has been smiling like that every ti we et since I ca back after saving my senior uncle.
"You've co. Were you also training hard today?"
"Yes, Sect Leader."
"Yes, Sect Leader."
"Alright. Since you'll be short on ti with your individual training, I'll get straight to the point."
He began to speak right away without even asking us to sit down.
"As you are also aware, the Taoist-Buddhist Great War is now really not far off. There is only about a month left. But we have not yet properly selected the personnel. Although there are various reasons for that..."
The sect leader glanced at and continued, "There were many who thought that there was a problem with the selection thod we have been using until now. So this ti, I'm thinking of trying a slightly different selection thod."
"If you tell us what thod you have in mind, we will follow it."
When Un Gwang answered imdiately, the sect leader smiled.
It seed he liked that answer.
"Alright. This ti, how about you two try to select the children who will participate in the Taoist-Buddhist Great War?"
"Yes?"
"Us?"
"This ti, our Ok generation and Hyeon generation will not interfere at all. And we will not interfere with what thod you use or on what basis you pick. Un Gwang, as the great senior brother of the Un generation, I know well that you are grasping and looking after all your junior brothers. And Unhwi, you are the sa, aren't you?"
I couldn't answer right away.
The sect leader's gaze was a gaze that seed to be telling , 'I already know everything.'
I had the thought that he might have been watching closely long before I had built up my achievents in the martial world and returned.
"Anyway, in the next two weeks, you two will make a list on your own. Even if you are the youngest, Unhwi, there will be no child who will have a grudge against you for selecting the personnel this ti. Isn't that right?"
I nodded my head reflexively.
I even had the thought that the reason the sect leader had given the authority to control the training schedule and intensity of my senior brothers was to make it so that my senior brothers could naturally accept making the list for the Taoist-Buddhist Great War.
"And there is a little bit of good news. Through continuous negotiations, it has been decided that Shaolin will co to our side for this Taoist-Buddhist Great War. Since the travel ti is eliminated, that much ti for training has been secured. So you will be able to focus all the remaining ti on training."
The sect leader gave a satisfied smile.
It seems that Shaolin has made several concessions this ti.
I rember a few of the people I had made connections with in Shaolin.
Although I don't know who among them will co to the Wudang Sect, I thought that Monk Il-jik, who was a disciple of the great master Ju-hyeon and seed to have the most talent among the Il generation, would surely co.
"Ah! And Unhwi-ya. You have sothing else to do then."
"What is it?"
"In return for us receiving several concessions, we promised to grant just one of Shaolin's conditions."
"Is that condition related to ?"
"That's right."
The sect leader said to with an expression that I couldn't tell if it was good or if he was sorry.
"This ti, Shaolin has decided to send out only one martial artist from the Yeong generation, which is the generation above the Il generation, instead of the youngest generation, the Il generation. And that Yeong generation monk said he really wants to have a match with you this ti."
"The Yeong generation?"
As I rolled my eyes and thought about why the Yeong generation had singled out... the Buddhist na of one person ca to mind.
"By any chance... is that Yeong generation monk?"
"Yes. It's Yeong Hwan. He said he really wants to have a match with you."
I, forgetting that I was in front of the sect leader, slapped my forehead without my realizing it.
Because the Yeong Hwan ntioned here was the best talent of the Shaolin Temple. The talent that was said to co once in a hundred years.
(End of Chapter)
Reviews
All reviews (0)