Johwasim, who would have normally shaken off Gongson Do's hand, was. However, he did not have the strength to do so. He was helplessly led by Gongson Do's hand.
Gongson Do, who had lifted Johwasim, quickly tried to move.
Moyong Gi blocked Gongson Do.
"Twenty thousand taels of gold, and two of Elder Gongson's lives added. Don't forget."
"You brat!"
Gongson Do glared at Moyong Gi and gritted his teeth.
Moyong Gi replied with a giggle.
"Lower your eyes. Before I pull them out."
And then, he rubbed the floor with his foot. The small stone fragnts made a clattering sound.
"Hmm..."
Gongson Do's face hardened, and he let out a groan without realizing it. The threat had worked properly.
Hong Sochen sighed and gestured to Moyong Gi.
"That's enough."
"But..."
"Oh! I said that's enough!"
Hong Sochen's eyes shot open.
Moyong Gi's brow furrowed with a face full of dissatisfaction. However, he did not argue any further.
"Hurry up and go."
Gongson Do bowed his head lightly to Hong Sochen. And then, he quickly moved his feet and left the training room.
Hong Sochen, leaving behind the children who were still dazed, looked at Moyong Gi.
"You and I need to talk."
And then, he turned his body and left the training room.
Moyong Gi, who was following Hong Sochen, flinched for a mont and stopped walking. Then, he stared intently at sothing.
"Huh? Why are you doing that?"
Moyong Gi quickly shook his head.
"It's nothing. Let's go."
***
He had many things he wanted to ask. However, his thoughts were not organized. He couldn't figure out what to prioritize. So the words he ended up saying were this.
"Who are you?"
"It's Moyong Gi."
A crack ford on Hong Sochen's serious face.
"You brat! Who doesn't know that? Ah, no. Are you really Moyong Gi? Isn't it that so reclusive master has achieved rejuvenation?"
Hong Sochen fumbled and reached out his hand towards Moyong Gi's face. Moyong Gi quickly pulled his head back.
"I said no. It's Moyong Gi. The second son of the Moyong family."
"So does that even make sense! How old are you to be able to draw out sword ki?"
"What's so great about that? Isn't that sothing you can do with just internal energy?"
"What did you say?"
Hong Sochen had a look of disbelief. If it was possible to draw out sword ki with just internal energy, then masters would be a di a dozen in the martial world.
"Are you saying that as if it makes sense...?"
"I said it's possible. You know how to draw out sword ki, Sect Leader, don't you? Was that difficult for you?"
That was not the case. Hong Sochen also drew out sword ki easily. When his internal energy was full, he had thought, 'Shall I try drawing out sword ki now?', and it had worked. There was no particularly difficult part.
Hong Sochen had a face that said, 'Is that really so?'. However, he soon ca to his senses and asked again.
"Let's say that's true. Does it make sense for you to have the internal energy to draw out sword ki at your age? Even Bodhidharma or the True Man Zhang Sanfeng couldn't have done that. How will you explain that?"
Internal energy was a battle against ti. It was no exaggeration to say that it was directly proportional to the ti invested.
If they were disciples of a prestigious sect, they could shorten that ti a little, but even that could not go beyond a certain range.
But Moyong Gi had gone far beyond that range.
"I ate the Thousand-Year Snow Lotus."
"Huh? What did you eat?"
"The Thousand-Year Snow Lotus. The one that the True Man Chunghuh gave ."
"Ah, that? Did you have the money to eat that?"
Hong Sochen blinked his eyes and then soon shook his head.
"No, that's not it. Are you even lying now? To digest that, even if you're an internal energy master, it would take at least five years, where is this brat selling drugs?"
It didn't make sense ti-wise. It was because even for Hong Sochen himself, it would take at least five years to absorb all the energy of the spiritual dicine that had been suppressed with various dicinal herbs.
"That's only when you've suppressed the energy of the spiritual dicine. I ate it raw."
"Huh? Raw?"
"Yes."
If that was the case, it was understandable. If he could absorb the unsuppressed energy of the spiritual dicine at once, he would be able to achieve a rapid achievent in internal energy.
"If that's the case, it's understandable..."
Hong Sochen, who was nodding, suddenly his face contorted.
"What do you an, it's understandable! You're alive even after eating that raw? And you even absorbed it?"
"I said so. I really thought I was going to die."
Moyong Gi shook his head with a terrible face.
It was a statent that was absolutely unbelievable. However, there was evidence right in front of him. He could not just deny it.
Hong Sochen looked at Moyong Gi as if he was looking at so kind of monster.
"Are you really human? Are you really not a rejuvenated master?"
"I said no. If I was really a rejuvenated master, would I be crazy enough to co to the Dragon and Phoenix Inn and crawl on the floor? I would have just found a pushover and played and ate."
He did not think that Moyong Gi was crawling on the floor. He was not a guy who would crawl on the floor, but rather step on soone else's head.
But even so, it was strangely persuasive. But even so, the question was not completely resolved.
"Then how will you explain the late-cor's advantage? That's sothing that can't be solved even with a spiritual dicine."
The late-cor's advantage was a superior realm where you moved later than the opponent and subdued them. It could not be explained simply by having high internal energy. It required long periods of arduous training.
In fact, this was more surprising than the sword ki. It was because even for Hong Sochen, the late-cor's advantage was still difficult.
"Wow. You noticed that?"
Moyong Gi looked at Hong Sochen with surprised eyes. Hong Sochen got angry and replied.
"Of course, you brat. Did you think I wouldn't be able to notice that much? Instead of talking nonsense, just answer quickly."
"That's not difficult either."
"Not difficult? The late-cor's advantage?"
Moyong Gi nodded.
"Yes. You just have to overco a few life-and-death situations."
"Huh? What are you talking about again?"
"What is this. Hmm..."
Moyong Gi's brow furrowed. He felt it was difficult to explain in words. It was because he himself did not know well what kind of technique made it possible. It just happened as he did it.
Moyong Gi scratched his head and then finally said the sa thing again.
"You just have to overco a few life-and-death situations."
"Forget it, you brat. If you don't want to tell , just say so, a man..."
Hong Sochen's face contorted as he clicked his tongue.
"I'm telling you the truth. If you just overco a few life-and-death situations..."
"Didn't I say forget it? By the way, what are you going to do now?"
"Yes? What?"
"Mount Hua. Why did you provoke that guy, Johwasim?"
The head of the Plum Blossom Swordsn, which Mount Hua was proud of, was Johwasim. Johwasim was the face that represented Mount Hua.
But Moyong Gi had slashed the face of Mount Hua. He thought that Mount Hua would never just watch.
"If the Sect Leader just looks after
well..."
"You brat, it's not just any place, it's Mount Hua. If Mount Hua starts to move in earnest, it can't be compared to Diancang. Are you saying that without knowing?"
Compared to Shaolin, Wudang, and the Beggars' Sect, Mount Hua was a step behind.
However, the difference was not large. If they attacked with determination, even the Beggars' Sect would have to be careful.
"Why did you do that? Let's hear the reason. Thinking about that guy, Johwasim's nasty temper, I know it's probably not your fault... but let's hear the exact reason. Why were you so on edge?"
Moyong Gi's attitude towards Gongson Do was excessive in Hong Sochen's eyes.
Although he didn't do it in front of him, he also knew that from the rumors, he had a quite arrogant side.
However, after putting together So Moogyeol's story, he had judged that he was not a guy who would do sothing without a reason. So he was curious.
Moyong Gi only said one thing.
"The Ren and Du ridians."
However, the ripple of that one statent was quite large.
Hong Sochen's jaw dropped with a look of disbelief.
"That's ridiculous! How old are you..."
However, he ended up trailing off. It was because the very fact that a guy who had not even reached the age of twenty was spreading sword ki did not make sense. Hong Sochen stuttered without realizing it.
"I-is that true?"
"Of course. Why would I lie to you, Sect Leader?"
"Th-that's right. So, wh-what happened?"
"That's... my internal energy suddenly soared up to here."
Moyong Gi poked his brow with his finger. Hong Sochen swallowed hard with a tense face. He was so tense that his hands were sweating.
"Th-then?"
"What do you an, then? That old man ruined it all. He just had to open the door at that mont..."
"This is crazy!"
Thump!
Hong Sochen roughly slamd the table.
"You just left it like that? You should have just killed him!"
"I was going to, but... he's Unseol's master, and you stopped , Sect Leader."
"Then you should have said so! Do you think I would have known?"
Hong Sochen spat out saliva with a more excited tone than Moyong Gi. Moyong Gi looked at Hong Sochen with strange eyes.
"By the way, why are you so excited, Sect Leader?"
"You're asking because you don't know? It's because it's a waste, you brat."
"Yes? What is?"
"What do you an, what. A master who has opened the Ren and Du ridians. It was a chance to see it with my own eyes, but that guy, Johwasim, ruined it all, didn't he?"
After the Righteous-Demonic War forty years ago, the lineage of masters who had opened the Ren and Du ridians had been cut off.
Hong Sochen, who was recognized as one of the top masters of his ti, had not opened the Ren and Du ridians.
The sa was true for the Orthodox Justice Alliance Leader, Jinsan, and Johwasim.
It was a chance to see with his own eyes what level it was, but Johwasim had ruined it. He was resentful.
However, Moyong Gi tilted his head.
"You've already seen it."
"Huh? When did I...?"
"The True Man Chunghuh. The True Man Chunghuh is a master who has opened the Ren and Du ridians."
Hong Sochen's eyes widened.
"What did you say? What did you just say?"
"I said the True Man Chunghuh is a master who has opened the Ren and Du ridians. Didn't you know?"
"N-no... how could that... that..."
Hong Sochen was dazed. Moyong Gi was dumbfounded.
The final blow of his when he had faced Chunghuh could never be received by the likes of Hong Sochen or Johwasim.
It would not be easy to dodge either.
If he had attacked with the determination to offer his neck...
He would have really had to offer his neck.
'How can he not know even after seeing that?'
Moyong Gi looked at him with a look of disbelief.
And even after a long ti had passed, the focus returned to Hong Sochen's two eyes.
"I understand. You may go now."
At the sudden dismissal, Moyong Gi was flustered. However, he soon ca to his senses and carefully opened his mouth.
"My family is..."
"I'll take care of it. That guy, Johwasim, should be grateful that he survived after doing such a thing."
At Hong Sochen's words, Moyong Gi nodded. With Hong Sochen's guarantee, he would at least be able to preserve the lives of his blood relatives. That was enough.
'Just try to touch them.'
If such a thing happened, the Mount Hua Sect would have to just breathe and live in Mount Hua. If he put his mind to it, it was possible in about five years.
"I understand. Then I'll be on my way."
Hong Sochen, while watching the place where Moyong Gi had disappeared, tapped the table.
"Was Chunghuh that strong?"
When Chunghuh had faced Moyong Gi, he had clearly known that his level far surpassed his own.
However, he had not noticed that he had opened the Ren and Du ridians.
He was resentful and disappointed that Chunghuh had kept his mouth shut even to him. But on the other hand, he also felt a sense of envy.
And at the sa ti, he also hated himself for using his head to figure out how to use this.
Hong Sochen let out a sigh.
(End of Chapter)
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