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A few days later.
Finally, the finals of the Yongbong branch, one of the most important events of the Moorim competition, have begun.
Unlike the third preliminary round, which was held as an event for participants only within the Murim Alliance, the final round of the Yongbong Branch will be held on a non-stage prepared in advance on the outer side.
Naturally, countless people were in the audience seats surrounding the performance stage to watch the major event and dance competition.
Compared to the countless late-stage index participants, the number of finalists was at most thirty-two.
The mere fact that they succeeded in advancing to the finals meant that they were worthy of being called ‘post-exposures’, so the enthusiasm for the Yongbong Branch finals that had begun was considerable.
“Waaah!!!”
While watching the young warriors sparring, someone exclaimed in exclamation.
“Hoo. “This time, the Kunlun Sect raised a very outstanding disciple.”
“At that age, I can’t believe I’ve already mastered the eight methods of Unryongdae.”
Someone else was gauging the future of each school through the skills of later exponents.
After seven rounds of sparring, we headed to the Mujin off-stage where the order was placed in the middle.
Ryu Seol-hwa, who was seated at the front of the audience, was looking at Mu-jin with shining eyes.
Although I am not the type of person to cheer loudly in front of others.
But why?
Mujin smiled as he looked at exactly where she was, wondering how he could find the location of the woman who couldn’t bring herself to shout out loud.
“!!!”
Ryu Seol-hwa’s heart sank at the thought that we were, after all, intertwined by the thread of fate.
‘Hehehe. I’ll be able to earn a lot of emergency funds to use when I escape after the Yongbong Branch.’
The reason why Mujin smiled at her was elsewhere.
Mujin looked at Ryu Seolhwa, who was blushing, and recalled what happened last evening.
* * *
A day ago.
That day, as usual, when I finished strength training at Cheonryu Sangdan Bunta, Ryu Seol-hwa told Mujin an interesting story.
“Monk Mujin. Do you know that? The odds of Monk Mujin winning are quite high. “I think people still don’t know much about Monk Mujin’s abilities.”
“What do you mean by my winning odds?”
“Because many people gather at the Moorim competition, various companies engage in various activities to make money. Of course, the more money a company has donated to the Murim Alliance, the better the business will be able to do in a better location.”
“hmm. Then Toto at the top of Cheonryu. “Are you saying that you are now in charge of betting on predicting the outcome?”
When Mujin asked in a puzzled tone, Ryu Seolhwa shook his head.
“no. We are doing business as a guesthouse or stall, occupying several locations, but instead of giving up all other interests, Daegeumsangdan took the right to predict the match.”
Ryu Seol-hwa, who said that, smiled softly and added.
“And after the finals bracket came out, Daegeumsangdan announced the winning odds for the finalists. Well, I don’t know. “Monk Mujin’s odds were set quite high.”
However, the smile Ryu Seol-hwa wore this time was a little different from usual.
It was not the shy smile that Mujin had seen, but the smile of a businessman.
“So, we at Cheonryu Sangdan decided to bet quite a lot of money on Monk Mujin.”
“… … Is that okay? “What are you going to do if you invest too much money and don’t pay dividends?”
“There is nothing wrong with that. Just like us, if the Daegeumsangdan, also known as the Tianhao Daesangdan, does not return dividends, their credibility will be damaged, and that alone is a benefit to us. “You know that, you’ll never do something like that.”
“Hmm. “If they found out that Cheonryu Trading Company was betting money on me, wouldn’t they prepare something?”
“So, I am donating money not in my name or in the name of the Cheonryu Sangdan, but in other people’s names. “It would probably be difficult to guess what we did.”
Mujin thought as he watched Ryu Seol-hwa answering this as if it was obvious.
‘Looking at me like this, he looks like a real merchant.’
After she began overseeing the work of the Musculoskeletal Therapy Clinic, her talent seemed to blossom. Her personality also became more lively in its own way.
Although I still wasn’t the type to make loud noises in front of others.
‘If you keep doing this, you won’t become a merchant who controls the economy in the other world, right?’
If you think about it, Ryu Seol-hwa in the novel was originally a wicked woman who would do anything for money and was called ‘Geumnachal’.
What can I say? It felt like she had made a quite dangerous woman into an ally.
‘Anyway, he’s an ally, so it’s a good thing, right?’
Although he felt a little uneasy, Mujin had more important things to do right now.
“By any chance, can I join in on that?”
“Are you saying that Monk Mujin also bet money?”
“I received some money from the merchant last time. I can’t bet money in the name of a Shaolin disciple, so could you help me out a little?”
Ryu Seol-hwa’s eyes lit up at Mujin’s words.
“It’s okay if that’s the case. “It’s not a bad thing for us because it means we have more funds to attack the top.”
Since the money from the Cheonryu Merchant Bank was also changing names, it was enough to mix Mujin’s money into it.
He might have been disappointed to hear that a monk, a monk, would join the gambling scene, but on the contrary, Ryu Seol-hwa was happy.
‘The more interested Monk Mujin is in the secular world, the higher the chance of getting him out of Shaolin!’
Her father, Ryu Ji-kwang, said: Whenever Monk Mujin asks a request that is unbecoming of a monk, be willing to grant the request.
The more you experience worldly pleasures, the easier it will be to attract him.
The end of that betrayal, of course, is his engagement with her. And as her son-in-law, he was to enter the top of Cheonryu.
“How much do you want to bet?”
At her question, whose face turned red as she imagined the future, Mujin suffered from unnecessary anxiety.
‘No way, your face is red at the thought of stealing Daegeumsangdan’s money… … ?’
A woman who gets excited at the thought of harassing the enemy superiors. It was a moment when Ryu Seol-hwa felt scary for some reason.
* * *
Aside from being surprised by Ryu Seol-hwa’s unique appearance, Mujin bet all his money on his winning.
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A hundred gold coins that I received from Ryu Ji-gwang in the past. Although he got ripped off quite a bit by paying for Hye-gwan’s drinks at the male brothel, he still had over 90 nyang left over.
And the winning odds for Mujin at the Daegeumsangdae were twenty-one and seventy pennies.
Including the original principal wagered, the dividend was a whopping 3.17 times.
This was also an odds that was lowered by Daegeum Sangdan, who had obtained information that Mujin was a Shaolin disciple and had passed the second preliminary round at once and did not go to the third round.
They are warriors from the small and medium-sized literary circles that people don’t pay any attention to. For example, in the case of Dowolcheon, the odds were close to a hundred times.
If you’re looking to make a quick buck, you might want to bet on Do Wol-cheon.
‘There is no such thing as a crazy person.’
Well, you can bet a little silver just for fun, but no one would risk their entire fortune.
On the contrary, the payout for Namgung Jincheon, who was considered the overwhelming favorite to win, was at most seven pennies (1.07 times), and the payout for Cheongsu Dojo, the next best bet, was three pennies (1.13 times).
In addition, perhaps because odds were attached to all finalists, those who actually watched the Yongbong branch predicted the winner based on the odds.
“The late exponent of Shaolin.”
“hmm. “Shaolin doesn’t tend to send his disciples outside, so it’s a name he’s never really heard of.”
“Still, if the multiplier is 210%, doesn’t that mean you have a certain level of skill?”
“hmm. But the matchup was not good. “It’s Hwang Bo-ung’s small cooperative from the Hwang Bo-sega family.”
“Well, didn’t Hwang Bo-woong’s cooperative already clear out the red cabbage in the green forest during last year’s trip to Murim?”
“Now that you think about it, the odds on Daegeum Sangdan seem to be quite accurate. “The odds of Hwang Bo-woong’s small cooperatives are around 100%, so if you exclude Namgung Jincheon’s small cooperatives and Cheongsu Dojang, they are quite low.”
‘I can hear everything. Hey guys .. hey guys.’
It was the sound of a whispering conversation among several warriors who were watching the Yongbong branch, but it could not escape Mujin’s hearing, which had reached a higher level.
And maybe it’s because of the odds. Or perhaps it was because of the reputation of Hwang Bo-ung, who subjugated the wild vegetables in the green forest, that there were quite a few people who predicted Hwang Bo-ung’s victory.
However, there was nothing particularly bad about it.
Thanks to you for looking down on yourself, you’ll end up making a lot of money.
Mujin bet himself 90 gold coins, so if he wins, he will earn a whopping 300 gold coins.
With 300 gold coins, you could spend a lot of money and cruise around the river for several years without worrying about money.
“War begins!”
At the same time as the judge in charge of judging shouts, the marble on the off-stage that Mujin was stepping on explodes.
bang!!!
With a noise like a bomb exploding, they tried to block Mujin’s attack.
No, Hwang Bo-woong, who quickly raised his arms without being able to avoid the incredible speed, vomited blood and flew out of the stadium.
“… … .”
Because the result was so one-sided, a cold silence fell over the otherwise passionate audience.
* * *
Mujin, who won very easily in the first sparring, retreated to the waiting area and kept his eyes on the off-stage.
It was partly to check the skills of other late-stage exponents who participated in the Yongbong branch, but also because there was someone waiting.
However, apart from the Daejeon that Mujin was waiting for.
“Jegal Jinhee Soje of the Zhuge family! And let’s start the dance of Hwasanpa’s Hong So-il Dojang!”
A quite interesting dance was about to begin.
* * *
On the off-stage of the Yongbong Branch.
“I’m sure you remember the contract.”
Hong So-il acted solemnly and spoke to Jegal Jin-hee. However, as expected, deep within those eyes, there was a desire that could not be hidden.
“You’re going to be eliminated here anyway, so what’s the point of that agreement?”
Hong So-il’s eyebrows twitched at Zhuge Jin-hee’s provocative answer.
“Are you ignoring Bondo now?”
“It’s just ridiculous that someone who can’t reach me anyway would try to beat Monk Mujin. And above all.”
Zhuge Jin-hee, who paused for a moment, smiled at Hong So-il, whose face was turning red.
“Before I am a woman, I am a warrior. “I’m not interested in warriors who are weaker than me.”
It was cold cynicism.
“You will regret those words!!”
Excited, Hong So-il pulled out the plum blossom sword and performed the plum blossom twenty-four sword technique, known as the season of the Hwasan Sect.
Contrary to his appearance, the sword dances with extravagant movements, and the red sword energy blooms on the blade he swings, drawing a red plum blossom.
Hong So-il seemed to fill the entire non-stage with plum blossoms made of black energy, but Jegal Jin-hee did not sit still and watch.
Before she knew it, she had an iron wire in both hands, and she swung the wire, moving smoothly as if she were dancing with a fan.
Every time her iron wire touches the plum blossom drawn by Hong So-il, the blackness fades like a petal touched by a cold wind.
Before I knew it, there was only one plum blossom that Hong So-il had created.
Instead of moving the iron wire to erase the last shabby plum blossom, Zhuge Jinhui did so.
puck!!
Hong So-il, who was busy drawing flowers, was kicked in the stomach.
“Oops!”
Hong So-il, who was hit by a powerful technique, let out a loud moan as if his breathing was momentarily blocked.
With his breathing blocked and the flow of internal energy cut off, he leaned back, swinging his sword in a crude posture unbecoming of an expert who had reached the point of construction.
“Ugh! “Don’t forget that Huashan’s plum blossoms bloom twice!”
“If that’s the case, I’ll uproot it.”
Zhuge Jinhui answered with a cold expression and rushed over.
Unlike the smooth movements from before, it was a quick movement that seemed to have become one with the wind. It was the power of lower body training that I had been doing repeatedly for the past two and a half years.
“Sigh!”
Hong So-il, taken aback by the unexpected speed, tried to embroider the plum blossoms again with black techniques.
Inevitably, the whirlwind created by Zhuge Jinxi’s iron ship was like falling leaves.
puck!!
“Sigh… … .”
On the off-stage, only the sound of Hong So-il’s song was soothing the fluttering plum leaves.
* * *
“Wow.”
Seeing Hong So-il being beaten one-sidedly on the off-stage, Mu-jin burst out in exclamation.
Fortunately(?) Hong So-il didn’t seem to have that kind of wall.
Not even the slightest hint of pleasure could be felt on Hong So-il’s face as he was being beaten. Instead, she was filled with only feelings of humiliation and pain.
Therefore, Mujin’s gaze was directed towards Jegal Jinhee rather than Hong Soil.
Certainly, I was surprised at how much my skills had improved compared to two and a half years ago.
‘a little… … ‘Is it scary?’
The sight of Hong So-il trampling and looking at him as if he were a bug was quite shocking.
If Mujin was that type of person, it was an expression that could have been considered a reward.
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