The Evil Martial God Chronicles - Chapter 91
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Legend of the Evil Martial God
Chapter 91
“Ugh!”
The Elder rose from his position with difficulty, letting out a pained groan.
Then he looked around hurriedly in surprise.
It was inside a tent.
“Are you awake?”
Jeok Wigang spoke upon seeing the Elder rise.
“Ah!”
Seeing Jeok Wigang brought back his memory.
This was the group that had saved him when he fell from the cliff.
“Thank you. I keep receiving kindness I can never repay.”
“Taking care of an injured person is only natural. How is your body? I tried to treat you.”
“Much better. Thank you.”
“We just finished preparing meals. I’ll bring you a bowl, so eat and regain your strength.”
“No. I, I must go quickly.”
“It’s late at night now. Moving carelessly at this hour could get you attacked by wild beasts.”
“Even so…”
Just then, Taecheon entered the tent carrying a steaming bowl.
Inside the bowl was freshly made food that looked delicious.
Gulp-.
Growl-.
As soon as he saw the food, the Elder’s mouth watered and his stomach began to churn.
Jeok Wigang chuckled and offered the food.
“Please eat before it gets cold. Our Taecheon is good at cooking.”
Taecheon’s face reddened at Jeok Wigang’s praise.
“Then, I’ll shamelessly accept and eat gratefully.”
Slurp-.
As the warm broth went down, he felt his tension completely release and his body became drowsy.
At the same time, he could feel his strength returning.
Clatter- clatter-.
The Elder emptied the bowl in an instant.
Jeok Wigang offered his own bowl.
“Please have this too.”
“Young Master should eat as well.”
“There’s plenty outside. Taecheon, one more bowl please.”
“Understood.”
While Taecheon went out with the empty bowl, the Elder quietly looked at the food before starting to eat again.
Slurp- slurp-.
The Elder was truly eating with relish.
After emptying two bowls and feeling full, he sat down with a pleased expression.
Jeok Wigang asked while eating his food.
“Were you being chased by bandits or such?”
“Bandits… They’re thieves, so similar types.”
“Were they chasing you for your treasure?”
“No. It’s something very important. Please understand that I cannot speak of it.”
“Not at all. You don’t need to tell us.”
The Elder slowly got up.
“What are you trying to do?”
“If I stay here longer, you will be in danger. Those chasing me are not the type to show mercy. I don’t want my benefactors to fall into trouble because of me.”
“You won’t cause us trouble, so please rest for now. You saying you’ll go somewhere at this hour is what would trouble us more.”
The Elder made a troubled expression at Jeok Wigang’s words.
He was in a situation where he could neither do this nor that.
“What kind of people are chasing you? Are they from the Martial World?”
“No, no. They’re not from the Martial World. Are you from the Martial World, Young Master?”
“Yes.”
“Then they won’t dare harm you carelessly. There’s the principle of non-interference between officials and martial artists.”
“They… Could they be the Golden Guards by any chance?”
“H-how did you know?”
“Just a guess. If they’re from the Government Office and would chase this far, it could only be the Golden Guards.”
“Sharp indeed.”
“Where are you headed? If it’s on our way, we’ll escort you.”
“I’m going to Beijing.”
“Oh? I’m also going that way.”
“Why are you going to Beijing?”
“To take an exam.”
“An exam? Don’t tell me… you mean the civil service examination?”
“Yes.”
“Didn’t you just say you were from the Martial World?”
“My family is a Martial Arts Sect. But I haven’t learned martial arts, so I’m just a civilian.”
Taecheon, who was listening, made an expression that said it was absurd to hear the word “ordinary person.”
But he remained quiet.
“Hmm… It would be better not to take the civil service examination right now.”
“Why is that?”
“Before long, a bloody storm will blow through the Imperial Palace. The chaos will be great, so if you pass and enter government service for no reason, you might get caught up in the whirlpool. Wait a little longer. When the political situation stabilizes, I’ll put in a good word for you then.”
If he was still alive by then.
He didn’t voice this inner thought.
“A bloody storm? I heard that the current Emperor is weak and unable to properly handle state affairs, so the Imperial Palace is in chaos. It seems to be true.”
“H-how do you know that?”
“It might be where I’ll work, so I looked into everything.”
“That… even if you look into it, you shouldn’t be able to obtain such information…”
Jeok Wigang looked at the Elder intently.
“Information can be read anytime, anywhere. For example, just looking at your attire tells me so. Though it’s a worn dopo, the traces of the fastening lines are clear. Judging by those patterns, you usually preferred to wear court robes, and looking at the square thread marks remaining on your chest and back, you clearly wore jangsam over them. The pressed marks on the skin behind your ears are traces left by osamo straps.”
“Hmm…”
The Elder was impressed.
“The position of the calluses on your fingertips are also marks made by a brush, not a sword. Your way of speaking also naturally includes government vocabulary like ‘when the political situation stabilizes.’ Putting it all together, you must have been an official from the Hanlin Academy… or perhaps the Office of the Inspector-General.”
“Now I see you’re truly talented. This makes me want to dissuade you from this examination even more. The more outstanding someone is, the shorter their lifespan tends to be.”
At the Elder’s words, Jeok Wigang smiled and asked.
“If there’s anything I can help you with, please tell me. In the current situation, it’s impossible for you alone to break through the Imperial Guard’s encirclement and reach Beijing safely.”
At Jeok Wigang’s words, the Elder’s expression became serious.
After pondering for a long while, the Elder opened his mouth.
“Your words are correct, benefactor. I am a Sigang Scholar from the Hanlin Academy. I was traveling under the Emperor’s imperial decree.”
“As I expected. Then those chasing you must indeed be the Imperial Guard.”
“That’s right.”
“May I know the reason?”
The Sigang Scholar hesitated.
Whether he could really trust Jeok Wigang.
“If it’s difficult to say, you don’t have to.”
“I’m sorry. The truth is, this… Sigh.”
“You must have had a very difficult time.”
“All my other comrades died and I barely escaped alone.”
“Is your reason for going to Beijing to meet the Emperor?”
The Sigang Scholar nodded.
“I’m going to report that the mission failed. The reason the Imperial Guard is chasing me is…”
As if the Sigang Scholar had made some decision, he began unwrapping the plain cloth tied around his waist.
“Anyway, if it weren’t for you, Young Master, I would have lost this to them… I’ll leave it to fate.”
What emerged from the unwrapped plain cloth was a seal made of blue jade.
“What is that?”
“The Imperial Seal.”
“The Imperial Seal?”
“That’s right. We secretly stole this Imperial Seal that had fallen into the hands of evil bandits. I must deliver this Imperial Seal to His Imperial Majesty. And I must beg for forgiveness. For the sin of not being able to properly assist His Majesty due to our lack of strength.”
“That doesn’t seem like a good idea.”
“What do you mean?”
“If His Majesty lacks power, then there are already those around him waiting for you to come. So going to His Majesty now would be like handing the Imperial Seal back to them. And begging for forgiveness? That would only make His Majesty more troubled. Where would you find someone who would feel good about a loyal subject begging for forgiveness because of them.”
“Then what should I do? There are no talented people around His Majesty, and the Imperial Palace is crawling with those who only covet power.”
“Ugh. Being Emperor is not worth doing either. I wouldn’t do it even if asked. I don’t know why everyone is so greedy for such a troublesome position.”
Jeok Wigang’s words were presumptuous, but the content was shocking.
“To become the master of all under heaven?”
“So what if you do? It’s just full of troublesome work.”
“Then what do you live for, benefactor?”
“My family’s happiness.”
“Your family’s happiness?”
“Yes. It’s enough if our family is happy.”
“How modest.”
“Modest? Do you know how difficult this is?”
“Difficult?”
“To create a happy family, the country must be peaceful, and the Central Plains must be quiet. It’s difficult because I have to create that foundation. Isn’t that right? Why do you think I’m going to take the civil service examination? I’m going to take it to make that happen.”
“Hmm…”
What kind of talk was this again?
Just because you take the civil service examination and pass doesn’t mean you can make the world comfortable.
In the first place, passing doesn’t give you power, and becoming an official doesn’t mean you can change the world.
You have to climb up step by step from the bottom, and eventually obtain the monster called power to make it possible.
It’s possible if you maintain your original intention until then.
But in all his life, he had never seen a single person who maintained their original intention.
“Benefactor’s dream is truly a vain and absurd dream. For that to be realized, you would have to make tremendous efforts. Moreover, it’s a dream that can never be realized in the current Imperial Palace.”
“You have to try to know. How can you know without even trying?”
“There are many things in the world that don’t work even if you try.”
“I’ll show you. The sight of the world changing.”
There was an illusion that light was emanating from Jeok Wigang as he spoke with a grin.
He wanted to believe.
“Y-Young Master… Would you help me?”
“Let’s do that. But first… we need to deal with the guests who’ve arrived. Don’t come out even if it gets noisy outside.”
“Noisy?”
“Yes. Taecheon. Please protect the Elder well.”
“Young Master. I’ll go out.”
“No. It would be better for me to go out and handle this.”
“Understood.”
He left Taecheon to guard the Sigang Scholar, rose from his seat, and went outside.
As he came outside, he could feel killing intent from all directions.
Chu Sohwan shrugged his shoulders and said.
“They’re releasing quite a bit of killing intent, aren’t they? What should we do? Should I clean them all up?”
“No, I’ll handle it.”
“I’m bored too, you know.”
Jeok Wigang chuckled at Chu Sohwan’s words.
“Keep it secret from Taecheon.”
“Understood.”
“Clean up the ones at the edge of that forest first.”
“Yes!”
Once permission was granted, Chu Sohwan disappeared like the wind.
Jeok Wigang launched his body toward the front.
Thud-.
Dull sounds came repeatedly from the darkness.
Thump- Thump-.
The sound of heavy objects falling to the ground continued to be heard.
Wherever Jeok Wigang passed, black-masked Golden Guards collapsed with foam at their mouths.
The Golden Guards were flustered.
Because of the monster that was moving around as if it were his own house even in this pitch-black darkness, suppressing their comrades.
He was so fast that they couldn’t even figure out when or how their comrades in front had been suppressed. They nervously looked around in all directions.
However, in the end, they too soon received a shock and fainted on the spot.
After suppressing all the surrounding Golden Guards and advancing, he was able to meet a group of Golden Guards and what appeared to be their captain.
“What? Who are you?”
Even at the question from the one who appeared to be the captain, Jeok Wigang paid no attention and slowly walked forward.
“He’s suspicious! Suppress him!”
At the captain’s shout, the Golden Guards drew their swords and rushed toward Jeok Wigang all at once.
Crack-!
“Keh-huk!”
Thwack-.
“Keu-huk!”
Smack-.
Thud-!
Thud- Thump- Thump-.
Jeok Wigang knocked down all the rushing Golden Guards with an indifferent expression.
Thump-.
As the last Golden Guard fell, Jeok Wigang’s figure, which had been obscured, became visible and their eyes met.
His subordinates’ martial arts were definitely not weak, yet that man had suppressed his subordinates in a single blow.
A master stronger than himself.
Attacking such a person would be like carrying firewood and jumping into a fire.
“St-stop!”
Even at his shout, Jeok Wigang had no intention of stopping.
“W-we are Golden Guards who came under imperial command! I am Jin Musa who leads them. You are now committing treason by defying the imperial command!”
“Imperial command?”
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