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Taejonbirok Volume 2 Episode 16
Chapter 13 – The First Realization (3)
Wi Yeon-ho lay on the eaves and looked up at the crescent moon in the sky.
As a slightly cold wind blew, Wei Yanhu closed his eyes and savored the wind brushing his face.
Even though it was almost midnight, the sound of reading could be heard here and there in the garden.
Wei Yanhu honestly thought they were great.
It was not usually difficult to continue such efforts on one's own will without anyone's coercion. Especially for Wi Yeon-ho, it was an unrealistic story, like a story from another world.
"hmm……."
Their passion and effort are certainly remarkable.
Still, a corner of Wei Yanhui's heart sank heavily.
“Hmm…….”
Wi Yeon-ho got up from his seat.
“Are you leaving?”
Then a quiet voice was heard from under Wi Yeon-ho.
“I don’t plan on leaving without saying goodbye to the owner of the house who fed me and gave me a place to stay.”
The landlord, Moon Yu-hwan, smiled faintly with a soft laugh.
“Then what are you worried about that makes you welcome the moon on this night?”
Wi Yeon-ho shrugged his shoulders.
“I just feel a little frustrated.”
“The night air is nice on a stuffy day. I also enjoy taking night walks on days when my chest feels stuffy.”
Wi Yeon-ho nodded.
“You’re thinking of leaving soon, even if not now, right?”
"yes."
Wi Yeon-ho spoke honestly.
I saw a lot in Yulim.
I saw people who worked hard in a different way than me, and I saw people who had more leisure than me.
And I saw that they were all just people, and in the end, I felt that Yulim was just one place in the world, no different.
Staying in Yurim longer might allow him to see more, but it wouldn't allow him to feel more than he already did.
Now is the time to leave.
“I must follow my teacher’s teachings. However, I can’t help but feel a little regretful. Have you ever thought about taking up a government post?”
“Yes? Me?”
“It seems that the Lord Grand Master also likes you, so if you make up your mind, you will be able to enter the imperial palace. Are you not interested in that?”
Wi Yeon-ho shook his head firmly.
“I don’t think so.”
"no?"
“I don’t think I could survive in a place like that. It’s obvious that I’d get sick after eating a meal in a place full of snakes.”
Moon Yu-hwan smiled without answering.
“Anyway, I see and feel a lot of things.”
“What did you feel?”
Wi Yeon-ho seemed to be thinking for a moment and then opened his mouth.
“Let me just say two most important things. One is that even people who read cannot ultimately live like the writing, and…….”
"yes."
“Another thing is that Yulim is a scarier place than you think.”
“Why?”
“I never imagined that among the people I’ve met since I first came into the world of martial arts, Yulim would be the place with the best players. I’ve been to open gun-tae before.”
“Lee Wang-ya’s martial arts skills are truly amazing.”
Wi Yeon-ho smiled.
Moon Yu-hwan, who was quietly looking at Wi Yeon-ho's smile, smiled back.
“Did you know?”
“Yes. From the beginning.”
“Well, that’s a bit difficult. Can I ask you a favor?”
“I won’t go anywhere and tell anyone.”
“Please, I beg you. I want to live as a Confucian scholar.”
Wi Yeon-ho nodded.
“Instead, please tell me just one thing.”
“Speak.”
“Can you hear me?”
“What are you talking about?”
“I’m reading now.”
“I can hear you.”
The sound of reading could still be heard around them.
“Those people are people who study. Some are aiming for fame and fortune, and some are dreaming of making this country a better place. And those who are in the royal family now must have had dreams like those people at one time.”
"yes."
“But why are those who enter the royal family so anxious that they can’t eat each other? Is power so sweet?”
“…….”
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Wi Yeon-ho continued speaking without waiting for Moon Yu-hwan's answer.
“I understand that the Eosadae and that Nokki have their own reasons and justifications. But can’t we resolve this through dialogue? Do we have to destroy each other? Even if it means enduring it to death or sending our own sons to the brink of death?”
"hmm……."
Wi Yeon-ho sighed.
“Master told me to go to Confucianism and see the world. So I thought I would see the world’s justice and moderation in Confucianism. But surprisingly, what I saw here seemed to be the world’s ugliness. Now I don’t even know why Master sent me here.”
Moon Yu-hwan nodded and opened his mouth quietly.
“Is Green a villain?”
“……I guess so.”
“Then what about Iwangya?”
“Well, I guess he’s not a villain.”
Moon Yu-hwan nodded.
“Then, imagine that the first place you went to was not here, but your school. Imagine that you were treated with respect there.”
Wi Yeon-ho nodded.
“Then is Nokgi a villain?”
Wi Yeon-ho hesitated to answer.
“No, of course not.”
“Then wouldn’t we be the evil ones from your perspective if we were trying to kill him?”
“I guess so.”
Wi Yeon-ho seemed to know something but was not sure.
“No matter what anyone says, there are some steadfast evildoers in the world. Everyone will recognize that they are evil. However, most evils are not so certain. The positions each person is in, the beliefs each person has, the ideals each person has, and the history each person has built up are intertwined to form relationships. That’s why someone who is more kind than anyone else can be more vicious than a demon to someone else.”
Wi Yeon-ho nodded.
“At first, everyone studies and has their own ideals in their hearts. However, everyone has different ideals. When those ideals clash, people come to realize that in order to unfold their ideals, they must first transcend reality.”
“Even if we have to kill each other to achieve our ideals?”
“It’s not right. It’s sad. But a knot that’s already been tangled too much cannot be untied. There’s no other way than cutting it with a knife.”
“Why should I untie the knot? Why can’t I just leave it alone?”
“Because if you don’t untie the knot, you can’t use the line.”
"hmm……."
Moon Yu-hwan said calmly.
“The world is like a tangled knot. Everyone knows that the knot needs to be untied, but it takes too much time to untie it, and even if you spend that time, there is no guarantee that the knot will be untied. Eventually, those who become impatient find a way to cut the knot.”
“It’s scary.”
“That is the true nature of the cunning and dirty underworld that you speak of, such as throwing away one’s own life or sending one’s own son to death.”
“Is the whole world like that?”
“The palace is a bit more severe, but other places aren’t much different.”
“I don’t know.”
Wi Yeon-ho sighed deeply and continued speaking.
“I don’t know what the Master wants me to see in the world. I don’t know what he wants me to see and feel. The world is too fast for me to see, feel, and understand.”
“Wouldn’t that be good?”
"yes?"
“If the world is fast, you just have to follow it slowly. Aren’t you already doing that?”
“…….”
“Maybe it’s not you who are slow, but we who are fast. Maybe that’s why we can’t untie the knot. Slowly but surely, you see everything. You see everything that happens in this manor. So what are you worried about?”
“But I’m just lazy.”
“Lazy? Well, that’s good. A diligent person will see and learn a lot, but a lazy person may see more clearly than a diligent person. Aren’t you already doing that?”
“That’s strange.”
“What’s strange?”
“I thought that the Yulim I knew was a place that considered laziness a sin.”
Moon Yu-hwan smiled brightly.
“Didn’t I say that the world is a place where people with different ideals and different realities are entangled and created. If everyone lived the same life, no knot would be made.”
“I guess so.”
Moon Yu-hwan looked at Wi Yeon-ho quietly.
“Have you ever wondered what you should see and feel in the world?”
"yes."
“See the world.”
“…….”
“And feel it.”
“No, I think that is…….”
“What is the point of thinking about what you will see and feel beforehand and then seeing and feeling it?”
At that moment, Wei Yanho's eyes opened slightly wide.
“Walk at your own pace, see the world as it is with your own eyes, and feel with your own heart. Then the world will show you the way you should go.”
“Just as I am, just as the world is…….”
“That’s right.”
The wind blew around Wei Yanhu's body.
Moon Yoo-hwan was slightly surprised, but calmed down when he saw Wei Yan-ho's expression was so calm.
Wi Yeon-ho just closed his eyes and felt the winds of the world blowing around him.
Moon Yu-hwan hovered around Wi Yeon-ho in silence.
Finally, Wei Yanho's eyes opened.
"hmm……."
“Do you think you know something?”
Wi Yeon-ho scratched his head and shook his head.
“Honestly, I don’t know.”
Moon Yu-hwan burst into laughter.
“Hahaha, that’s enough. You just have to know it with your heart.”
Moon Yu-hwan took out a small brush from his bosom and handed it to Wi Yeon-ho. Wi Yeon-ho narrowed his eyes and looked at the brush Moon Yu-hwan had handed him.
“What is this?”
Moon Yu-hwan smiled with laughter.
“You put away expensive-looking knives right away, but when it comes to inexpensive brushes, do you hesitate to buy them first?”
“Well, that’s just how people live.”
“Hmm, that’s strange. Do you have no taste? This brush is also a masterpiece among masterpieces…….”
widely!
At some point, the brush in Moon Yu-hwan's hand was snatched away like lightning and put into Wi Yeon-ho's arms.
“I will gratefully accept it.”
“I think I understand how Lee Wang-ya feels.”
Moon Yu-hwan shook his head and then raised his head to look at the moon.
The moon was looking at him with a smile.
“I hope you find the answer someday.”
Moon Yu-hwan left those words and walked away slowly.
Wi Yeon-ho lay down on the eaves again and looked at the smiling moon.
The moment he heard Moon Yu-hwan's words, a change occurred in his body.
The energy surrounding him enveloped him, and the inner energy also energized his body.
As Baek Mu-han said, when Wi Yeon-ho felt something, Baek Mu-han's inner energy sleeping inside him would react and raise his level.
The Master's words that the deeper his enlightenment, the stronger he would become were true.
However, Wei Yanho could not know.
What did you realize?
No, do you really realize it?
Wi Yeon-ho looked up at the sky.
Baek Mu-han was looking at him from there.
– Do you understand?
Wi Yeon-ho shook his head.
'I don't know yet, Master.'
The moon was smiling like his teacher.