The Evil Martial God Chronicles - Chapter 22

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Legend of the Evil Martial God

Chapter 22

 

 

 

Jeok Wigang was delighted to be out in the outside world.

In the past, he couldn’t stand the sight of this world, but not anymore.

Lying behind the slowly moving ox cart, he gazed up at the blue sky and hummed a tune.

 

“You seem to be in a good mood.”

 

At Taecheon’s question, Jeok Wigang smiled broadly.

 

“Yeah. I feel good. This peacefulness. This tranquility. It’s wonderful.”

“Are you really planning to take the civil service examination?”

“Yeah. I promised my parents I’d go take it. I have to keep my promises.”

 

Jeok Wigang had already passed the preliminary examination.

What he was going for now was to take the provincial examination being held in Honam Province.

It was quite a long distance, but Jeok Wigang didn’t mind.

After all, the civil service examination was just an excuse, and his real purpose was to tour the Central Plains like this.

He also planned to gather information related to the Four Heavenly Demon Gods along the way.

As it happened, they would pass through a place presumed to be the main base of the Four Heavenly Demon Gods from when they were running rampant in the past.

Actually, when he first met his younger brothers, he knew they weren’t good guys.

Normally, he would have blown them away in one strike, but at the time he was lonely.

He missed human company.

It was then that the Four Heavenly Demon Gods had ruined his field.

So he thought he’d try to reform those bastards and make them into proper people.

But it wasn’t easy.

They rebelled quite a bit and often ran away.

Chasing after those guys, he ended up mastering pursuit techniques.

However, he didn’t feel bad when they ran away.

Rather, it was fun.

It felt like playing tag, you could say?

He even deliberately left openings for them to escape.

As a result, he grew fond of them despite their faults.

Since they were originally such evil guys, it would have been difficult to reform them.

When they were with him, they only watched his mood to avoid getting beaten, but their mindset hadn’t changed.

They were guys who would do bad things again if they ever left his care, and even now they might be doing bad things somewhere.

It’s regrettable. If only he could meet them again, this time he’d properly fix their attitudes based on his accumulated experience.

Father hates killing.

Unless someone has committed tremendous evil acts, he believes they can live a righteous life through opportunities for repentance.

Though he didn’t like it, his respected father lived with such beliefs, so what good would it do for his son to go against them?

Jeok Wigang respected his father, and therefore wanted to uphold his father’s beliefs.

However, since he couldn’t forgive all sins, he decided to set his own standards. Those standards were the Four Heavenly Demon Gods.

If someone was more evil than the Four Heavenly Demon Gods, he’d blow them away without a moment’s hesitation.

But if they were less evil than the Four Heavenly Demon Gods, he’d give them a chance.

One chance.

If they kicked away that chance, he’d blow them away too.

How does he judge what’s evil?

He can sense the aura of evil.

He judges based on that.

Moreover, as the Five Elements Incantation Method reached the ninth script ring, he became able to sense that aura even more clearly.

While he was thinking about various things, Taecheon’s voice was heard.

 

“Young Master. That appears to be Biun Valley over there.”

 

Looking in the direction Taecheon pointed, he saw an ominous gorge unlike the scenery they’d seen so far.

 

“Shall we go in?”

“Yeah. Let’s go take a look.”

“Understood.”

 

 

 

As they slowly moved toward Biun Valley, they could see an elder in the distance waving his hand.

When they approached and stopped, the elder asked.

 

“Why are you going that way?”

“We have business in Biun Valley. Why do you ask?”

 

The elder examined Jeok Wigang and Taecheon.

Especially, he was observing Taecheon with particular interest, quietly expressing admiration.

 

“Hmm. They don’t seem to be related guys… What business do you have in Biun Valley?”

“There’s something we need to find. But why are you asking?”

“If you’re going into Biun Valley, could you give me a ride too?”

“Pardon?”

“My legs hurt because I’m old, you see.”

 

Saying this, his gaze was still directed toward Taecheon.

Apparently, he had taken a liking to Taecheon.

 

“Since we’re going the same way, please get on.”

“Ahem. Thank you.”

 

When the elder got on the cart, they slowly moved again.

After observing the situation for a moment, the elder looked at Jeok Wigang and Taecheon and asked.

 

“What is the relationship between you two?”

“We have a master-servant relationship.”

“Mmm.”

 

The elder let out an openly regretful groan.

Jeok Wigang asked with an expression of disbelief.

 

“Aren’t you being too openly disappointed?”

“Of course I’m disappointed. Do you know how difficult it is to find such talent?”

“It’s not easy. Our Taecheon has the Blue Heaven Thunder Body that might appear once in ten thousand people.”

“What?”

 

When Jeok Wigang spoke proudly, Taecheon felt embarrassed and tried to stop him.

 

“Young Master.”

“Why? It’s the truth.”

 

The elder’s eyes widened as he snatched Taecheon’s wrist.

The speed was so fast that Taecheon couldn’t even react in time.

 

‘A master!’

 

In that moment, Taecheon regretted letting his guard down.

If this elder had truly approached with ill intentions, the current situation would have been truly dangerous.

However, since he didn’t sense any hostility from the elder, he didn’t counterattack.

He tried to pull his hand away from the elder, but it wasn’t easy as the grip was so tight.

Regardless, the elder felt around Taecheon’s body.

 

“What are you doing?”

“This can’t be… It’s real.”

 

Greed began to color the elder’s eyes.

 

“That won’t do.”

“What won’t?”

“You’re thinking of asking for him, aren’t you?”

“It would be better for that boy and for the safety of the Martial World if I put him to useful work rather than having him under you.”

“Still, that won’t do. Taecheon is mine.”

“You brat? Do you know who I am?”

“We just met today, so how would I know? More importantly, you said your legs hurt so I gave you a ride, but what’s this attitude of demanding my belongings?”

“You seem to be acting cocky because you trust that boy, but you’ll be in big trouble if you keep this up?”

“From your movement just now, I can tell you’re a master. But that doesn’t mean I’ll be scared and hand over Taecheon.”

“Tsk. From what I can see, you don’t even seem to have internal energy.”

“You observed well.”

“How pathetic. To think someone your age hasn’t even developed internal energy and relies on a bodyguard.”

“How can I develop internal energy when I don’t have a dantian?”

“You don’t have a dantian?”

 

The elder looked at Jeok Wigang with a pitying expression.

 

“Tsk tsk. I didn’t know there was another person without a dantian. That’s truly unfortunate.”

 

Then he spoke to Taecheon.

 

“Stop serving someone without a dantian and come with me. If you stay with me, you can command the world.”

 

The elder said while looking at Taecheon.

 

“How about it? If you say you’ll follow me, I’ll show you a new world. Don’t you want to command the Central Plains with grand ambition?”

“I’m very happy just serving the Young Master.”

“Damn it! Don’t you have any ambition as a man? To waste that talent on someone like this.”

 

At the elder’s words, Taecheon became angry and drew his sword.

 

“Your words are excessive. You just insulted my master. Apologize.”

 

As Taecheon’s temperament changed, the surrounding air grew cold.

A smile spread across the elder’s lips at the chilling aura.

 

“That boy. The more I see him, the more I covet him. To make even me feel chills.”

 

Jeok Wigang just quietly watched the two of them.

Why would he interfere with such an interesting spectacle?

The elder seemed to have quite a personality, but he wasn’t a bad person.

His intuition was telling him so.

That’s why Jeok Wigang had let the elder ride in the cart.

 

“Apologize to my master.”

“What if I refuse?”

“I won’t show mercy just because you’re an elder.”

“Is that so? Then shall we see your skills?”

 

A smile formed on the elder’s lips.

Taecheon looked at Jeok Wigang.

When he nodded, Taecheon stopped the cart and got off.

 

“Please get off.”

“Very well.”

 

The elder gestured with his hand as he spoke.

 

“I’ll give you the first move. Come at me.”

“Normally I would decline, but since you’re strong, elder, I won’t refuse.”

 

Taecheon concentrated energy into his sword and thrust it straight toward the elder.

 

“Single Point Explosive Light!”

 

Tzaaang-.

 

A powerful sword energy that seemed capable of piercing through everything shot straight toward the elder.

 

“Ho! Not bad.”

 

The elder had no intention of dodging.

He simply deflected Taecheon’s Single Point Explosive Light to the side with the back of his hand.

Taecheon’s expression hardened at that sight.

He had thought the elder wouldn’t be ordinary based on the aura he felt from his body, but he was a much higher-level master than expected.

This wasn’t an opponent he could go easy on.

 

“That was good just now. It made my hand tingle. Let’s see you show off some more skills.”

 

It had the power to pierce through blue steel, yet it only made his hand tingle.

He was a terrifying old man.

Biting his lips tightly, he infused energy into his sword, and soon a bluish sword energy rippled along the blade.

Taecheon swung his sword left and right without a moment’s hesitation.

 

“Heaven’s Abyss Flowing Break!”

 

Two streaks of sword energy shot out rapidly, advancing toward the old man like waves.

Let’s see you withstand this one too.

That was his mindset.

As if reading Taecheon’s thoughts, the old man grinned and stomped his foot hard.

 

Thud-.

 

The ground shook as earth erupted in front of the old man.

 

Crash-.

 

Once again, he didn’t dodge.

 

“Oh ho. It seems you’re trying to make me move. Good! If you can make me take even one step, I’ll consider it your victory.”

 

Truly an arrogant statement.

That remark wounded Taecheon’s pride.

He had thought he’d become strong enough.

He had thought he could adequately face that old man.

It was a grave misconception.

The swordsmanship Taecheon had learned was the Nine Heavenly Swords, which shared the same name as himself.

That’s why he had trained with even more affection and was able to reach its peak.

He wanted to humble the arrogance of that old man who had insulted his master.

If it was the final technique of the Nine Heavenly Swords, wouldn’t he be able to make that old man move?

He took his stance and began concentrating all his energy at the tip of his sword.

The old man watched with interest.

 

“You should dodge this.”

 

The old man grinned at Taecheon’s warning.

 

“I’ll handle it myself.”

 

The old man wiggled his finger.

Taecheon quietly raised his sword above his head.

 

Swoosh-.

 

Nine Heavenly Swords, ninth form: Heavenly Flash.

 

As he brought the sword down, the air rippled in a straight line.

For the first time, the old man’s expression became serious.

 

Crash-.

 

No way?

He blocked that too?

Taecheon looked at the old man with a shocked expression.

The old man had his hand extended into the air with a deep smile on his lips.

The old man shook his hand clean.

 

“Whew. My wrist is stiff.”

“H-how did you do that?”

“That was quite something. To layer Heavenly Martial Gang Energy five times over.”

“Heavenly Martial? C-could it be? Heavenly Martial Emperor, sir?”

“Indeed. I am the Heavenly Martial Emperor. How about it? Does your heart stir now? If you follow me, I’ll raise you to become one of the top ten martial artists in Heavenly Martial City.”

 

The old man’s identity was Jeok Mugun, the Cheonmu Castle Lord and the world’s greatest martial artist, the Heavenly Martial Emperor.

Taecheon glanced at Jeok Wigang.

He was Jeok Wigang’s grandfather and the father of the Gate Master he served.

It would be strange not to read the situation.

Unaware of these circumstances, Jeok Mugun actually liked how Taecheon was reading Jeok Wigang’s reaction.

If he had immediately submitted upon learning his identity, he would have been disappointed instead.

 

“That fellow seems to be on your mind.”

 

Jeok Mugun said with a confident expression as he looked at Jeok Wigang.

 

“Hand that fellow over to me. If you do, I’ll greatly expand your family clan and assign a capable person as your guard. How about it? My proposal.”

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