Absolute Regression Chapter 732

Dare you ask the 732nd porter topic?

“He’s a lucky guy who survived even after swearing at his elders.”

Ilhwa Geomjon received the words of Geommu Geuk.

“He’s the only one.”

Despite the teasing of the two, Hyeoncheon Doma remained steadfast. In fact, he even spoke with a kind smile.

“As people live, they can curse.”

At those words, Geommu-geuk burst out laughing. Bloody Heavenly Demon, perhaps finding himself amused, turned his head away. Perhaps he, too, was having trouble controlling his expression.

“I, too, am determined not to take action, even if it means being curious about the outcome of this bet.”

What if all three of you endure from now on?

“Then the results of the bet will come out soon.”

It was her confidence that she could endure it better than the Bloodthirsty Horse.
That was when.

“Get out of my way! If you don’t want to die!”

Another group of warriors passed by, violently performing light moves and kicking up dust.
Bloody Heavenly Sword Master waved his hand fan, stirring the dust.
Geommu-geuk spoke with concern.

“Are you alright?”
“I’m fine.”
“Shouldn’t the tension be radiating from your palms? If someone can’t hold it in and then suddenly holds it in too long, they’ll get sick.”
“When a martial artist uses lightness, dust starts flying around.”

Geommugeuk pretended to sigh and said, looking at the sight of a monk who was controlling his mind.

“Ah! If I had known this kind of mental training awaited me, I should have brought Ma-bul-nim here.”
“You can’t stand it any longer. Isn’t that Buddha the kind that first kills someone and then prays for their rebirth in paradise?”

Geommu-geuk and Ilhwa-geomjon laughed together.
The situation around them was rapidly changing, but the three of them remained unhurried.
Walking a little further, they came upon a wide open space at the foot of the mountain.
It was filled with warriors, and a tremendous heat emanated from them.

“I heard he’s hiding in the cave!”
“Get out of the way!”
“Get out of the way before I kill you!”

There was a cave visible in front of them as they shouted and protested.

Manhyeol-dong (萬穴洞).

Manhyeol-dong, located on Cheonjasan Mountain, was a cave renowned for its vast interior and maze-like complexity.
So many people who entered and died unable to find their way out earned it the nickname “Cave of Death.”

Those blocking the cave were none other than the warriors of the Flying Dragon Guard, a group known for their belligerence in Honam.

“Manhyeoldong is sealed off. Everyone, retreat.”

The person who spoke with such skill was Song Byeok-chan. He was one of the top ten masters in Biryongbang.

The warlords questioned and questioned him.

“Why are you not letting us in? Aren’t you trying to monopolize the Jangbo-do in Biryongbang?”

Then Song Byeok-chan said.

“This is to prevent bloodshed within the realm of the main temple. It’s to prevent lives lost in pointless battles. Don’t misunderstand.”

Of course, no one believed that outright.
In fact, Biryongbang had released their experts to search the interior of Manhyeol-dong. Many outside experts had already entered before the blockade, and the cave’s interior was so complex that they couldn’t find the person hiding with the Jangbodo.

The unmanned force that had protested earlier incited the warlords.

“Let’s break through with our own strength. If we all join forces…”

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Song Byeok-chan’s sword plunged into the man’s neck.
The man was helpless against this surprise attack from behind.
Song Byeok-chan looked down coldly at the man, who fell, spewing blood, and then spoke to the assembled crowd.

“Is there anyone who still ignores the original broadcast?”

Silence fell there. Few in Honam could ignore the power of Biryongbang.

Bloodthirsty Demon, who had been watching from behind, shook his head.

“A cave? I hate stuffy places.”

Ilhwageomjon smiled.

“I think I have the advantage in many ways.”

It meant that if you were in a stuffy place, the blood clot would become more irritable.

“Okay, everyone, go back.”

As Song Byeok-chan stepped forward, the Biryongbang warriors lined up behind him also drew their swords and walked forward threateningly.

Even in this situation, the warlords refused to back down.
The desire and greed of acquiring the Jangbodo would make them peerless masters and amass untold wealth, keeping them captive. Even at this moment, people continued to flock there.

That was exactly when.

Shh …

From behind, dark energy poured down on the Biryongbang warriors.

“It’s a surprise attack!”

Song Byeok-chan shouted urgently, but the flying dark aura had already knocked the Biryongbang warriors down one after another. Surprisingly, the attackers had emerged from within the cave.

Chaeng chaeng chaeng chaeng!

Song Byeok-chan hurriedly swung his sword to strike back at the dark energy, but there was too much of it pouring down.

Phew!

Just then, a bullet flew behind him again.
His new body was blown away and rolled to the ground. The man who had been shouting loudly just moments before was now a corpse.

The figure who had been hiding among the warlords and had launched a surprise attack on him was a muscular man with a vulgar demeanor. He had already hidden his men inside the cave before the Biryongbang warriors sealed the entrance.

“Why is this your territory? It’s our territory.”

Someone who recognized him shouted.

“Green Forest Heavenly Son (綠林天子)!”

He was a renowned green forester in Honam, having established a mountain herb garden here on Cheonjasan Mountain. His name wasn’t given to him because he was a great green forest king, but because he was the master of Cheonjasan Mountain.

He was a vicious man, with a vulgar nature, willing to commit any and all atrocities for profit.
However, he had recently clashed with the Biryongbang and suffered a string of defeats in battles against them, significantly diminishing his influence. His obsession with money and women had diminished his once-profound martial arts prowess.

“You shameless brats. If you could just get the Jang Bo-do, you could have a treasure of the ages. But you’re going to swallow it all by yourself?”

When he spat on Song Byeok-chan’s corpse, cheers erupted from all directions.

“Okay, let’s go in!”

The warlords rushed into Manhyeoldong,
but dark energy poured in again.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Those who had been at the forefront were struck by the dark energy and fell. The Green Forest Emperor blocked the cave entrance in front of the Green Forest warriors who had fired the dark energy.

“Who told you to go in as you please?”

The atmosphere suddenly calmed down at his thunderous shout.
The Green Forest Emperor spoke loudly to everyone.

“You have to pay a toll to enter here.”

Everyone looked dumbfounded. But in this atmosphere, no one dared to protest.

One of the warlords asked.

“How much is the toll?”
“A thousand nyang per person. If you don’t have money, I’ll accept weapons or other items of equivalent value.”

The warlords were in an uproar. A thousand nyang was a lot of money just to enter a cave.

“Isn’t it too expensive?”

In response to the protests of the warlords, the Green Forest Emperor tempted them.

“Would you rather miss the opportunity to acquire a treasure of a thousand nyang by saving a mere thousand nyang? Do as you wish.”

The Green Forest Emperor had no intention of entering the cave.
Even if he could collect from just ten people, it would be ten thousand nyang, and from a hundred, it would be a staggering hundred thousand nyang. With the warlords constantly swarming in, collecting a toll from a hundred people wasn’t impossible.

The life of the Nokrim was to lie in wait, waiting for days to steal tens or hundreds of nyang, so he couldn’t miss this golden opportunity.
He knew Biryongbang would sooner or later ruin him, so he planned to make a killing and leave this place.

“Isn’t the Nokrim originally a toll collector? The road we’re taking this time is a path to absolute mastery, so the toll is high. Nothing in life is free, so you’ll get a great reward for paying the high price.”

Bloodthirsty Demon, who was listening to that, suddenly blurted out.

“That thief is clever.”

Because it was said at a moment when the noisy hall briefly fell silent, the words reached the ears of the Green Forest Emperor.
The Green Forest Emperor quickly turned in the direction of the voice.

“Who are you!”

As the people in front stepped aside, the figure of the swordsman came into view behind them. The sound must have come from around that time.

“Is that you? The guy who just spouted nonsense?”
“No, you’re not.”

Geommugeuk stepped aside and looked behind him as he spoke.

“Is this you?”

When Geommu-geuk spoke, Blood Heavenly Demon looked dumbfounded. Ilhwa Geomjon smiled brightly, thinking, “As expected, the young cult leader is on my side.”

The Green Forest Emperor looked at the Blood Heavenly Sword and spoke coldly.

“Old man, do you want to die?”

While Geommu-geuk and Ilhwa-geom-jon were laughing together, Hyeoncheon-doma spoke calmly.

“I was just saying you’re smart, so don’t pay too much attention to it.”

As his opponent approached him obediently, the Green Forest Emperor didn’t just let it slide.
He stepped forward a few steps, intending to set an example and properly punish him.

Because he didn’t show any signs of prayer, Bloody Claws seemed like an ordinary old man.
But as I approached, I felt a strange sense of unease. Why? Was it because of those eyes?

But it was a hasty step. If I backed off now, these lynx-like creatures watching would all rush in and try to tear me apart.

Ilhwageomjon watched the scene with a satisfied expression, as if he had won the bet. Even if it was just a bet, Blood Heavenly Demon couldn’t just stand by and watch someone like that lay a hand on him.

“for a moment.”

After briefly restraining him, Blood Heavenly Demon reached into his bosom.
The Green Forest Emperor flinched, drawing up his internal energy to prepare for a surprise attack.
Blood Heavenly Demon pulled a small pouch from his bosom.

The Green Forest Emperor took another step back.

‘poison?’

Bloodthirsty Demon took something out of his pocket and held it out to me.

“Here is a thousand nyang.”

Geommu-geuk and Ilhwa Geomjon looked at each other in surprise. Never in their wildest dreams would they have dreamed that Blood Heavenly Demon would offer a thousand nyang.

“Take it.”

The Green Forest Emperor received the voucher in a panic. It was a real voucher.

“I’m the first customer to pay the toll, so please forgive my mistake earlier.”

Since I’d paid, I couldn’t just drive him around or beat him up. If I wanted others to pay, I had to give them something good.

“Okay, go in.”

Bloody Heavenly Sword Demon urged the Sword Dance and Ilhwa Sword Master.

“What are you doing? You’re not paying.”

The sword dance whispered to the Ilhwa Sword Master.

“You have Jang Bo-do, Master Geomjon, right? Are you trying to get me to give you that because you won the bet?”

Ilhwageomjon’s gaze deepened as he gazed at the Bloody Sword. “What do you wish for?”

Blood Heavenly Sword Master asked the Green Forest Emperor in a casual manner.

“But I have a question.”
“What?”
“How long will you be here?”

The Green Forest Emperor flinched and asked back.

“Why are you asking that?”
“No problem. I was just asking.”

So, the Green Forest Emperor was feeling unnecessarily upset.
Then, Ilhwa Sword Master spoke.

“I don’t have a thousand nyang right now.”

Then, the Green Forest Emperor looked Ilhwageomjon up and down.
Thinking she was just someone who had readily paid, he hadn’t imagined she would be anything special. Even judging by the young man next to her, laden with luggage, he knew she wasn’t a master.

That false confidence made me say things I shouldn’t have.

“If you don’t have money, you can accept other things.”

Ilhwageomjon’s expression, previously relaxed, hardened. His
true personality immediately emerged. The thought of cutting off his balls first, even if it was just a bet, flashed through his mind.

She saw the Bloody Heavenly Sword Master’s hand reach for the knot in the cloth that bound the Heavenly Sword. He could endure what was happening to him, but he couldn’t bear what was happening to Ilhwa Sword Master.

A smile spread across Ilhwageomjon’s face at that sight, and her anger naturally subsided. Before the Bloody Sword Demon could untie the knot, she spoke.

“There’s a lot of attention now, so let’s meet back here later. I’ll give you something really special.”
“Do you think I’m stupid? What guarantee do you have that you’ll come out alive?”

Then, Ilhwageomjon looked at the Nokrimcheonja with a meaningful look and said.

“Don’t worry, I have a reason to come out.”

The Green Forest Emperor didn’t know how desperately Bloody Heavenly Demon and Ilhwa Sword Master were seeking to see him again.

Just then, a woman’s voice came from behind.

“Kill that lecher.”

When the Green Forest Emperor turned around in surprise, he saw a young woman standing there with a group of warriors.

At her command, the warriors lined up behind her leaped forward in unison.
The Green Forest Emperor swung his fists in protest, but was no match for the combined attack of the warriors. Their strength was far greater than that of the Biryongbang warriors he had previously faced.

He was stabbed to death, and the men who had been firing the secret weapon before him ran away without looking back because they knew the woman’s true identity.

The only daughter of the Biryongbangju,
Chuyeon, also known as the Cold Moon Sword.

Among the warriors of Biryongbang, she was famous for being merciless to her enemies.

As the Green Forest Emperor’s subordinates fled, several of the warlords near the entrance rushed into the cave. Without a moment to stop them, they all rushed into the cave.

Chuyeon didn’t stop them. Instead, she just looked at them with pitiful, cold eyes.

Just then, three people she hadn’t seen before entered.
Geommu-geuk searched the corpse of the Green Forest Emperor and found the slip given by the Blood Heavenly Demon. The slip was stained with blood.

Geommu-geuk took the slip and gave the new 1,000-nyang slip to Hyeolcheon Doma.
Hyeolcheon Doma then held out his hand, asking for the bloody slip.

“Take a new one.”
“It’s okay.”

Geommugeuk suddenly had a thought. Perhaps the Bloodthirsty Demon was considering this slip as part of his memories with Ilhwageomjon.

At that time, Geommu-geuk handed the bloody slip to Hyeolcheon Doma.

“You should know shame.”

The one who spoke coldly was Chuyeon.
Geommugeuk and Hyeolcheondoma looked at her.

“No matter how good the Jangbodo is, he is a so-called warrior, but he couldn’t resist the Green Forest’s threats and paid the money.”

Moreover, he didn’t like the sight of her even searching through corpses to collect the money.
Her gaze was filled with contempt, and Geommu-geuk responded.

“Young lady, what you said is wrong.”

For a moment, Chuyeon’s face hardened. He dared to admit his own words were wrong, even though he was a porter.
Geommu-geuk looked at Hyeolcheon Doma and spoke.

“First of all, the elder made a choice to save them all.”

This time, Blood Heavenly Swordmaster inwardly flinched. “I tried to save everyone? When did I?”

“If they entered here, they would eventually fight each other and die. But because our elder paid the money, an atmosphere was created where everyone had to pay to enter. Since no one would have a thousand nyang, they wouldn’t be able to enter. Ultimately, you saved everyone’s lives. This all stemmed from your compassion.”

Bloody Cheon Do-ma coughed in vain at the dream’s interpretation
, which was better than his own. Just as Chu-yeon was about to ask where the sophistry was coming from, Geommu-geuk struck home.

“But even though I spared them, they just went in. You could have stopped them. Did you have any intention of them all going in and dying?”

For a moment, Chuyeon’s face twitched. Surprisingly, she had felt that way just a moment ago. She was furious, having been hit hard by someone carrying her luggage.

Then a scream erupted from within the cave.

“Over there! It’s Jangbodo!”

A scream erupted from within, followed by the sound of clashing weapons. Then the sound faded away.

“You must go in quickly.”

Chuyeon nodded at her subordinate’s words.
Just before she entered the cave, she looked back at Geommugeuk coldly. She didn’t make a gesture of slitting his throat with her blade, but her gaze was almost warning him that seeing him again would mean death.

They entered, and now the three of them entered the cave. Bloodthirsty Demon, who had been teased the entire time, smiled happily and said.

“Why would you pick the black one first?”