Chronicles of the Mad Demon - Chapter 127
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Chapter 127. Winter Rain (2)
“Honestly….”
Confusion settled on Namgung Gwan’s face.
“I don’t understand.”
“….”
“Of course I trust Young Master Moyong. Since Master Ja Dam is also aware of the situation, it would be harder not to believe it.”
“….”
“But I still can’t understand it. Why would the Mu Dang Faction commit such despicable acts against the Moyong Family?”
Jegal Ryun remained silent.
Namgung Gwan didn’t mind that no answer came. He simply wanted to unburden his complicated feelings.
“It’s hard for me to say this myself, but the Moyong Family is clearly ruined. Don’t they actually have only about ten warriors left? They say they’re rebuilding their strength, but frankly, I can’t understand why a massive sect like the Mu Dang Faction would conduct unspeakable experiments on such a small martial family.”
“….”
“If this is really true, we should formally request an investigation from the Martial Alliance.”
Only then did Jegal Ryun’s mouth open.
“Young Master Namgung.”
“Yes.”
“Don’t try to understand every single thing like that.”
“Pardon?”
“Why would a sect like the Mu Dang Faction mess with a small martial family like the Moyong Family? Yes, it’s hard to understand readily. I understand your feelings too.”
“….”
“But what does that matter?”
“What do you mean?”
“I don’t know why the Mu Dang Faction did it. But it’s clear that Ho Geom Jin In and Yeong Geom Jin In committed terrible acts against Young Master Moyong. They even stationed a physician there permanently.”
Jegal Ryun looked at Namgung Gwan.
“Do you not want to acknowledge the fact that the Mu Dang Faction committed such immoral acts?”
“H-how could that be?”
“Then what? Do you feel ashamed that a sect representing the orthodox factions committed such vicious acts?”
“….”
“Whatever it is, facts are facts and reality is reality. The reason? We should find out. But arguing back and forth about reasons while obsessing over already revealed truths is not our job.”
Jegal Ryun looked straight ahead again.
“We just need to do what we should do now.”
Namgung Gwan silently nodded.
Jegal Ryun’s words were right.
‘Still.’
Still, he had doubts.
The Mu Dang Faction was one of the current Tae San Buk Du. Recently, Hwa San and Gon Ryun were threatening Mu Dang’s stronghold, but still, the Mu Dang Faction had made its name alongside Shaolin as a traditional powerhouse.
‘Right, not everyone who learns the Way becomes good, and not everyone who reads sutras becomes compassionate.’
Murderers emerge from Buddhist temples and traitors emerge from Taoist temples.
‘Even so, why did they target the Moyong Family?’
Rather than why the Mu Dang Faction committed vicious acts, he was more curious about why it had to be the Moyong Family specifically.
‘To gain what? It’s absolutely something that should never be done, but was there a reason it had to be the Moyong Family?’
One thought led to another.
Namgung Gwan let out a bitter smile at a sudden thought.
“I wonder if I’m viewing the world too cynically, but I suddenly had this thought.”
“What thought?”
“Even if it’s true, since no one actually died, I’m afraid they’ll just reach some agreement at an appropriate level and end it with telling them to be careful for a while.”
“You’re not viewing it cynically.”
“…?!”
“That’s probably what will happen.”
Namgung Gwan’s face flushed red.
“That absolutely must not happen.”
The Mu Dang Faction used a bizarre technique called Kang Won Gong to make a boy who was only fourteen into a test subject for martial arts.
Though he didn’t know the detailed circumstances, this was truly no ordinary shameless act. Even if it had been a full-grown adult, it would deserve condemnation, but they did such things to a boy who still didn’t know the ways of the world.
This was frankly something only the demon lords of the evil unorthodox path would do.
He had heard that there were crazy bastards who secretly bought people to test on in order to create new martial arts or to become accustomed to killing, but to actually witness such an incident.
“I did some investigation myself, just in case.”
Bitterness appeared on Jegal Ryun’s face.
“Young Master Moyong really wandered a lot. It seems his mind became as unstable as his body was damaged. They said there wasn’t anyone on the Wuhan Streets who didn’t know the Moyong Family’s scoundrel.”
“….”
“Warriors left, and the relationship between the three siblings almost reached an irreparable point. I heard that the child named Su Hyang especially suffered a lot.”
Namgung Gwan’s jaw tensed with strength.
Becoming eccentric and violent and committing many wrongs – whatever the circumstances, since Moyong Bi was the one responsible, it would be hard to avoid criticism.
However, the biggest reason one person was ruined lay with the Mu Dang Faction.
“I think I’ll find it hard to forgive the Mu Dang Faction in the future.”
“You’re different from Young Master Moyong.”
“Pardon?”
“Young Master Moyong decided to only eliminate those involved in this matter. He said there’s no need to touch people who aren’t involved. Just look at how he treats Master Ja Dam and you’ll get your answer.”
Namgung Gwan felt deflated.
“His life was almost ruined, yet he forgives that? Just how broad-minded is Young Master Moyong….”
“It’s not just because he’s broad-minded. Whether he gained some fortune or whatever, Young Master Moyong is strong enough to face Mu Dang Faction elders. But could he face the entire Mu Dang Faction alone?”
“…!”
“He looked at the bigger picture and further ahead. Punishing even those not involved would be excessive treatment.”
“It’s not a matter of treatment but of emotion. I also wouldn’t make uninvolved people pay for crimes… but I’ll hate them for a long time.”
Jegal Ryun nodded.
“That’s understandable.”
Namgung Gwan, who had been deeply immersed in Moyong Bi’s circumstances, suddenly saw flames flickering in the distance.
“They’re here.”
A moment later.
“Who goes there?!”
The leader of about a hundred swordsmen approaching at high speed placed his hand on his sword.
Jegal Ryun spoke in a stiff voice.
“I am a person named Ryun of the Jegal Family.”
“Pardon?”
“….”
“Ah! Could you be the Star Martial Great Hero?!”
“That’s an excessive title.”
“I pay my respects. I am Tae Jin Bang, head of the Tae Ryun Sword Family.”
“Did you come at Ho Geom Jin In’s summons?”
“Ah, that is….”
Tae Jin Bang was a young family head not yet forty, evaluated as having excellent martial arts but lacking experience in Jianghu.
Was that why? He didn’t know how to react to the sudden situation.
“This is Namgung Gwan of the Namgung Clan, called Thunder Tiger Sword, a rising star of the later generation.”
“P-pleased to meet you!”
Two bloodline members of the Six Families had suddenly appeared. Tae Jin Bang couldn’t help but be flustered.
Jegal Ryun, who had been quietly glaring at him, spoke coldly.
“Are you people too?”
“…Pardon?”
“Are you people also in league with Ho Geom Jin In?”
Not only Tae Jin Bang but all the swordsmen lined up couldn’t hide their bewilderment.
“A, accomplices, you say?”
“Ho Geom Jin In is scheduled to be arrested for serious crimes.”
“What?!”
“I’ll ask once more. Are you all accomplices of Ho Geom Jin In?”
Tae Jin Bang instinctively felt it. Something was terribly wrong.
‘Accomplices? What kind of accomplices?!’
Jeong Gal Ryun’s gaze was truly ominous.
That wasn’t all. Suddenly a frost-like aura descended, and the tremendous energy wave of an absolute master made his knees weak.
‘It’s really Jeong Gal Ryun!’
His suspicion that this might be an imposter completely vanished.
“Um… I don’t quite understand what you mean. We simply received a summons from Ho Geom Jin In and moved here with our forces.”
“Alliance members dispatched from the Martial Alliance Hubei Branch will storm this place soon.”
“What?!”
Tae Jin Bang nearly jumped without realizing it.
The Martial Alliance.
Even if it wasn’t what it used to be, the Martial Alliance was still the Martial Alliance. Except for super first-rate prestigious sects like the Nine Factions and One Association or the Six Great Families, for ordinary Murim Warriors, the Martial Alliance was no different from the Imperial Palace of Jianghu.
In other words, in government terms, it meant an army directly dispatched from the Imperial Palace was coming.
“If you are accomplices of Ho Geom Jin In, you’ll have to obediently accept arrest.”
“G, Great Hero! I suddenly don’t understand what you’re saying! We really just came because Ho Geom Jin In told us to bring forces…!”
“If that’s not the case, then leave.”
“…?!”
“The area is already complicated because of Ho Geom Jin In. It’ll get more complicated if you stay. Go back quietly and wait until the situation is resolved.”
The aura was so murderous that he couldn’t even ask what crime Ho Geom Jin In had committed.
In the end, the hesitating Tae Jin Bang had to turn back on the path he had traveled for over two days.
Namgung Gwan glanced at Jeong Gal Ryun.
“They took the bait more easily than expected.”
“It’s disappointing since I prepared various methods.”
“Will it be alright?”
“What do you mean?”
“The Martial Alliance Hubei Branch.”
“What’s wrong with that?”
“It was a lie, wasn’t it?”
“It wasn’t a lie.”
“What?!”
Jeong Gal Ryun looked up at the sky.
The winter sky where moon and stars twinkled.
Today there were many clouds, making it difficult to read the heavens.
“I really called them.”
* * *
“How dare this bastard!”
After confusion comes rage.
Powerful energy burst forth from Ho Geom Jin In’s body.
“Where does a Mu Dang elder dare…!”
Flash!
Immediately, a blade cutting through empty air spat out a chilling radiance.
He couldn’t even finish his words. Ho Geom Jin In, who was hurriedly executing footwork, felt momentary bewilderment.
‘Damn!’
His deeply cut thigh wouldn’t obey him.
The terrible pain was a bonus. He used internal energy to stimulate acupoints and stop further bleeding, but his ability to respond was greatly reduced.
Slash!
Unable to dodge properly, a chunk of shoulder flesh fell away.
There was no time to scream or burst out with a battle cry.
Ho Geom Jin In hurriedly swung his right palm. He deployed the Mu Dang Faction’s Jin San Jeol Gi Nine Palace Divine Movement Palm.
Whoosh! Slash!
‘This can’t be!’
Even though it was a strike deployed in haste, it had the power to shatter giant trees and crush rocks.
Moyong Bi split it with a single casual sword strike as if it were bothersome.
Thud!
The split palm force vanished helplessly.
Originally, even when palm force was shattered, power should remain until the end to deliver impact externally, but the energy release was cut off as soon as it was sliced.
The martial power contained in Moyong Bi’s sword tip followed the split palm force and annihilated it.
‘Th, this!’
His spirit was broken in just one move.
In fact, the moment he gave up his thigh to a surprise attack, the match was bound to end this way.
Moyong Bi gripped the sword handle with both hands.
Extended toward the lower right, he twisted his left shoulder forward and advanced at terrifying speed.
Whoooosh!
A deep blue-green light flickered on the two-handed sword filled with Infinite True Qi.
“Close your eyes quickly, you bastard.”
The two-handed sword moved like a beam of light.
Slash slash slash slash slash!
In an instant, dozens of sword strikes poured down like hail.
Flashing crescent-shaped sword light mercilessly swept across Ho Geom Jin In’s body.
Spurt!
A massive amount of fresh blood spurted from sword wounds carved all over his body.
Huu.
White smoke flowed from the lips of Moyong Bi, who had already passed Ho Geom Jin In.
‘Not bad.’
It was the Moyong Family Estate’s exclusive martial art, Nine Wheel Brocade Shadow Blade, that he had deployed for the first time in ages.
Then, a voice filled with disbelief flowed from Ho Geom Jin In’s mouth.
“Th, this is surely the Ho Yeon Family’s…?”
“Where do you get off spouting such insulting nonsense.”
Thud!
Ho Geom Jin In, struck in the back of the head by a merciless kick, collapsed on the spot.
Moyong Bi looked down at him with murderous eyes.
“It was originally Moyong’s blade, you bastard.”
Tap tap tap tap!
Pouring finger strikes hit acupoints starting with blood-stopping points, then paralysis points and mute acupoints.
Moyong Bi immediately hoisted Ho Geom Jin In and looked at Ja Dam.
The second-generation disciples were coming from far away due to the suddenly erupting energy waves and shock waves.
“Handle the rest yourself. And this.”
Moyong Bi took out a wooden tablet smaller than his palm from his chest and threw it.
“It’s a type of wound medicine. Sprinkle it in your mouth.”
With those words, Moyong Bi disappeared.
Ja Dam looked down at the wooden tablet with a troubled expression, then turned around.
She had made her choice. Now was the time for action based on that choice.
However it turned out, whatever the result.
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