Chronicles of the Mad Demon - Chapter 114
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Chapter 114. The Source of Blood Fragrance (3)
Ja Dam was extremely flustered. Why was Moyong Bi here?
“Don’t tell me you’re also after the Ma In?”
Moyong Bi frowned.
“Ma In?”
“Oh, is that not it?”
“What Ma In? Ah, that Ma In?”
“…What?”
Moyong Bi pointed behind Ja Dam with his chin.
“It’s right behind you, the Ma In.”
Ja Dam unconsciously turned to look at Yeong Geom Jin In.
At that moment, she heard Moyong Bi’s quiet sigh.
Startled, Ja Dam looked back at Moyong Bi and became alert.
‘That was close!’
If Moyong Bi had launched a surprise attack, she wouldn’t have been able to block it easily.
Her Master’s words came to mind.
‘Though the world may be full of the Tao, there are many in Jianghu who don’t know the way, and many incidents without reason. If you truly intend to make your mark in Jianghu, you must never let your guard down.’
She had been able to grow this far using her teacher’s words as a guiding light, yet she had forgotten the teaching again.
‘I’m sorry, Master. I keep forgetting your words.’
Ja Dam apologized to her teacher inwardly and spoke in a stiff voice.
“So you weren’t chasing the Ma In.”
“If you’re asking whether I came because of that person behind you, then yes, that’s correct.”
Her wariness increased at those words.
“Don’t tell me you did this to my senior brother?”
“Senior brother… Despite appearances, you have high seniority.”
“Answer me honestly. Did you make my senior brother like this?”
The corner of Moyong Bi’s mouth lifted.
“What would you do if I did?”
“I would naturally subdue you.”
It was said without a moment’s hesitation.
Though he was someone who disliked her to the point of loathing, a senior brother was still a senior brother.
As a fellow disciple, she naturally had to protect him, and even if he weren’t a fellow disciple, she had to step forward if an innocent person had been reduced to this state.
That was the chivalry of the Wudang Sect.
“In that case.”
Whoosh!
A terrifying aura suddenly began pouring out from Moyong Bi’s body.
The cold winter mountain air instantly began boiling like lava.
“You’ll have to stake your life on the first sword strike.”
Ja Dam’s eyes shook greatly.
‘This can’t be!’
She had known from their first meeting that he was no ordinary person. Even during the sparring match with Woon Guk, she had realized what a high-level warrior he was.
But she hadn’t expected it to be to this extent.
Whoooosh.
Pure white mist poured out like a stream from behind Moyong Bi.
It looked like waves crashing in a slow-motion world. Waves of mist carrying cold energy.
Ja Dam felt her vision becoming hopeless.
‘How can such an energy wave…?!’
The wave of ice-cold mist instantly became Tai Shan.
Tai Shan, piercing through the clouds, looked higher and more mystical than Moodang Mountain.
A lofty and majestic mountain that would never allow human footsteps. The aura emanating from that mountain could be explained with a single word.
Extreme strength.
It seemed impossible to respond with the Wudang Sect’s striking second to strike first, the mystical arts of grafting flowers onto trees, or the principle of using four ounces to deflect a thousand pounds.
There was the fury of nature that would crush everything it faced.
‘Ahhh!’
Strength drained from her limbs.
It was the first time she felt her soul shrinking just from facing something.
‘Master… there really are many strong people in this world.’
Her teacher’s voice came to mind.
‘Though this master may seem impressive to you, there are countless masters beyond counting. There’s no guarantee that there aren’t other masters besides the absolute powerhouses praised as the best of this generation, so if you truly want to venture into Jianghu, you must constantly strive without wasting a single moment.’
Master’s words were right.
‘But still, Master.’
She supported her body, which was about to collapse, with mental strength.
She forcibly activated the Hyeoneum Divine Art and recited the Wudang secret transmission, the Wonmu Jineonggyeong.
Whooom.
Her shrunken spirit gradually returned to normal.
‘Just because I face a master too difficult to handle, I cannot run away.’
Zing!
Her clouded upper dantian regained its original color and resonated with the Hyeoneum Divine Art.
Moyong Bi’s eyes widened instantly.
“Wonmu Jineonggyeong?”
Her spirit, which had returned to normal, nearly became confused again.
“How do you know the Jineonggyeong?”
“…Hooh.”
“Answer me! How do you know the Jineonggyeong?”
“Are you Heo Do Jin In’s disciple?”
Her spirit finally wavered.
“H-how do you know that?”
He hadn’t known beforehand. This person had recognized the Wonmu Jineonggyeong and realized her Master’s existence.
Just knowing the Wonmu Jineonggyeong was surprising enough. Master had said that including himself, only three people in current Wudang knew the Wonmu Jineonggyeong.
Yet an outsider knew it.
‘I see.’
Moyong Bi snorted instead of sighing.
‘No wonder his temperament felt strangely empty.’
He didn’t know if the martial arts had been fully transmitted. But thinking about it now, the temperament was certainly similar.
‘This old man, I thought there would be no connection in this lifetime, yet he throws his disciple before my eyes?’
Yeong Geom Jin In had told him many things, including the existence of Heo Do Jin In.
But he hadn’t heard that he had a disciple. It was natural since he hadn’t asked such questions in the first place.
“If you’re Heo Do Jin In’s disciple, then it can’t be helped.”
Whooom.
The powerful energy wave that had been pressing down gradually disappeared.
Ja Dam unconsciously swallowed her saliva.
‘Incredible!’
It had been impressive when she was caught up in the energy wave head-on, but when he withdrew his power, that impressiveness doubled.
As they say, you may not know where you sit but you know where you stand – it had been impressive when receiving the energy wave, but when that power disappeared, the void of external energy felt much greater.
‘I never imagined it would be to this extent.’
Whoooosh.
The power of the Resonant Sound Divine Art gradually diminished.
In the midst of it all, the fact that he had withdrawn that enormous power faster than herself was also impressive.
“…It’s certain.”
Ja Dam spoke with a trembling voice.
“You definitely learned the divine arts of the Taoist Sect, didn’t you?”
“That’s right.”
“Except for Master, I’ve never seen anyone who possessed such deep and clear energy. But how could such a person reduce the Taoist Priest to this state?”
“Taoist Priest?”
Moyong Bi laughed coldly.
“Does that bastard look like a Taoist Priest to you?”
“What?”
“The title Jin In means one who has awakened to the truth of Taoism, but does that bastard look like a Jin In to you as well?”
“Ah…”
Ja Dam, who had almost unconsciously answered “no,” quickly came to her senses.
“Whatever the case, you attacked a Taoist Priest of the Wudang Sect. As a member of the same sect, I can never forgive you.”
“Even if he’s a villain?”
“…What?”
“Even if that wicked person you call martial brother is a villain of the ages, would you still say that?”
“What do you mean by that?”
“It’s not just him. The radical Taoist Priests who lead the current Wudang Sect have forgotten their principles despite being Taoist Priests and have committed unspeakable crimes.”
There was no disgust or anger.
Moyong Bi’s face was filled only with seriousness. Because his voice held no personal feelings, Ja Dam could not sense any impure intentions from him.
“If your martial brothers, your master, your senior and junior martial uncles are villains who have committed terrible crimes and are still turning their backs on those crimes, would you still defend them as members of the same sect? Even if victims who suffered at their hands declared revenge, would you block it as unjust?”
“…!”
“Tell me.”
Confusion arose on Ja Dam’s face.
He wasn’t a demon. Yet for a moment it sounded like a demon’s tempting words. It was a problem she had never thought about before.
However, she realized that Moyong Bi’s question wasn’t simple temptation, but something that pierced through the essence of relationships.
Ja Dam, who had been looking at Moyong Bi with trembling eyes, soon parted her lips.
“I don’t know.”
A smile appeared on Moyong Bi’s face.
“You don’t know?”
“It’s a question I’ve never pondered before, and I don’t think there’s an answer I could give just by thinking about it briefly.”
“…”
“However, if by any chance my martial brother committed a great wrong against you, please tell me. I want to hear the circumstances first.”
“Would anything change if you knew those circumstances?”
“Yes.”
An unwavering righteous heart settled in Ja Dam’s blue eyes that had been confused.
“If martial brother committed a great sin as you say, if I knew what kind of sin it was, I could try to persuade martial brother to pay for his crimes directly.”
It could be called a naive answer, but it could also be the first step toward correcting the wrongs of my sect, my family.
Moyong Bi felt bitterness.
‘That damn old man.’
The red-gold hair and blue eyes, the snow-white face and clear features were so different from Central Plains people.
However, he saw in Ja Dam’s face the illusion of Heo Do Jin In, whose very sight would refresh one’s heart. Though their faces were so different, the feeling was that of a Taoist Priest as decent as that old man.
‘After managing his disciples so poorly and even getting betrayed, in his later years he managed to obtain a proper Taoist vessel.’
She doesn’t give answers that sound like something heard somewhere to resolve the current situation.
Because she can clearly say she doesn’t know what she doesn’t know, there’s no shame.
“Because of those bastards you call martial brothers, an entire family clan was almost destroyed from its roots.”
“What?!”
“It’s something that bastard Jo Geom, the current sect leader, did. Naturally, that Taoist Priest called Ho Geom was also involved.”
“Such…”
“I won’t tell you the details. If you want to hear them, ask your martial brother directly.”
Moyong Bi pointed at Yeong Geom Jin In with his chin.
“He’s in a quite pliable state. He’ll answer honestly to anyone who asks.”
Ja Dam was flustered.
Though she had hoped otherwise, it seemed Martial Arts Master Yeong Geom had really committed a great sin.
And against this Moyong Bi at that.
“…I understand. Then please don’t touch martial brother for now.”
“Touch what?”
“What?”
“I did beat him up properly, but I’m not the one who made him an idiot.”
What does this mean?
“If I was going to kill him, I’d kill him cleanly. I’m not some madman who would make a person into that state.”
Though if he had touched my family, I might have made him into an even more miserable state.
“I had something to confirm with that bastard. When I went somewhere the day before the main tournament, that bastard was nowhere to be seen. I finally found him just before the main tournament started, and the person had become an idiot.”
Moyong Bi took out something wrapped in cloth from his chest.
“I roughly treated his wounds first and went to compete in the main tournament. This is medicine that will help that bastard regain his reason.”
There was a reason he was explaining the circumstances in detail, unlike himself.
He liked Ja Dam.
She was Heo Do Jin In’s disciple, but the fact that she had learned the Original Martial Truth Sutra to such a level meant her cultivation was excellent. Even in the blackened Wudang Sect, pure white flowers were blooming.
He wanted to immediately go to the Wudang Sect and destroy that bastard Jo Geom Jin In first, but he didn’t want to erase the Wudang Sect from the world.
His connections with Heo Do Jin In and the various Taoist Priests he had been with in those days had meaning for him too.
“Then, you’re trying to save Martial Arts Master Yeong Geom?”
“It’s giving poison then medicine. Even if he dies, he should die by my hand, not while seeing hallucinations with damaged vital energy and all his blood drained…”
That’s when it happened.
Zing.
The Brain Gate Heart Technique let out a small cry.
Moyong Bi immediately hardened his expression and turned his head toward the northeast direction.
“Demon?!”
“What?”
Thump!
Moyong Bi kicked off the ground from that spot and ran like a streak of wind.
The flustered Ja Dam momentarily recalled the words he had left behind.
‘Demon?’
Doesn’t demon refer to a Ma In?
Ja Dam glanced at Yeong Geom Jin In and spoke through gritted teeth.
“Please wait just a moment, martial brother.”
Whoosh.
Ja Dam chased after Moyong Bi.
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