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Episode 193
The King of Kwon, still unable to retire
A young man who seemed to be in his twenties entered the secret cave of the main branch of the cult group, the Burning Japanese Gate, alone.
He was wearing the uniform of the Murim Alliance, but he had no weapons and was wearing a mask on his face.
There was no fear in the only two eyes that were revealed.
The Japanese sect had been gathering followers with bizarre logic, but after the leader's fall and the deployment of the Baekryongdae, the branches were destroyed, and today, even the main sect, which had been hidden behind a veil, was revealed.
The main hall was large and wide, and so high that a young man had to tilt his head back to climb up.
In this cave, the middle-aged man who was waiting for the young man, the head of the Burning Sun Gate, and the Four Heavenly Kings of the Burning Sun Gate were waiting.
The young man asked the middle-aged man.
"Munju, is this a trap? It's too peaceful."
The monk, sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, spoke to the young man.
“Are you here? Lee Shin-woo, the White Dragon Lord.”
Lee Shin-woo replied.
"It seems like they've captured the country and are negotiating with the leader. It looks like there are still some rats left."
The King of the Four Heavenly Kings gave orders.
“You sloppy guys, try anything.”
"yes."
The appearance of the Four Heavenly Kings was spectacular.
A huge man with a scythe, a woman with a whip, and a middle-aged man with dual swords.
As the four people approached, Lee Shin-woo spoke to the head of the household.
“You must have heard of my skills.”
The monk opened his eyes and glared at Lee Shin-woo.
“I heard it well. At such a young age, you already have few rivals.”
“Knowing that, you sent your men to their deaths?”
The owner of the store said with a sly smile.
“I didn’t say to kill him, but… I guess you intend to kill him.”
The Four Heavenly Kings rushed at Lee Shin-woo, who was standing still.
Lee Shin-woo, who had been watching, tilted his head and then charged forward. As soon as his body rose into the air, he struck the Four Heavenly Kings with the White Flower Finger Technique.
Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock!
The Four Heavenly Kings' bodies froze.
It was an overwhelming difference in skill that could not be helped.
Lee Shin-woo pulled out the arms of the Four Heavenly Kings, one by one, and connected them as if the four were holding hands. He then injected brain energy into them, reviving the frozen ones with brain energy.
Even if his subordinates died simply, the lord of the house would only laugh.
“Wow, that’s amazing. They say he’ll become a military god… He truly lives up to his reputation.”
Lee Shin-woo approached the monk Beon Il-mun, who was sitting cross-legged.
Lee Shin-woo felt strange.
Because the Japanese Emperor seemed completely fearless.
Up close, it was difficult to gauge her age. Her face and eyes displayed a sense of timelessness, perhaps a defiant, frozen in time.
I felt like something wasn't human.
It would be natural for a person to panic when faced with death.
Lee Shin-woo suddenly stopped walking.
Because it was strange after all.
The head of the Buddhist temple asked.
“Why? Why didn’t you come? Something is strange.”
Lee Shin-woo asked.
“Did you hide your skills?”
The head of the family shook his head.
"What skill could I possibly hide from a young rascal? Anyway, since it's been so long since we last met, why don't you take a look at this?"
The editor-in-chief picked up a book lying on the desk and threw it away.
When Lee Shin-woo did not accept it, the book fell to the floor.
Lee Shin-woo asked, looking down at a book with no title written on it.
“What is this?”
"What is that? I need to explain. Who is the greatest person in the world at the time?"
Lee Shin-woo replied.
"My father, it remains the same. Before and after."
The editor pointed to the book.
"It's the Sun and Moon Art. It's also called the Sun and Moon Divine Art. There may be many yin-yang and fake Sun and Moon Art in the world, but none can surpass the real thing. That's the real thing."
Lee Shin-woo asked.
“This is the Sun and Moon Festival, what can I do?”
“You idiot… You’ve mastered your mother’s Ice Gong and your father’s Thunder Gong, haven’t you? The only martial arts in this world that can synthesize the yin and yang of these martial arts is the Sun and Moon Gong. That means you can only surpass your father if you master the Sun and Moon Gong. Up until now, you’ve won the Dragon and Phoenix Competition, and you’ve been killing Sima Weidao at a young age, so you probably thought your father was the only rival in the world. But you’re mistaken. Your father’s level is beyond your imagination. He’s already a martial arts god. You’ll think that someone like you is inferior to the dirt on your toenails. That’s because your father killed a man who I don’t know if he’s my master or not. It’s hard to believe, but it’s true. In any case, your father’s greatest rival is the Sun and Moon Gong, the martial arts left behind by the Demon God.”
When Lee Shin-woo looked down at the book, Beon Il-mun-ju said.
"Take this and learn it. You should know why I'm giving it to you. I'm not telling you to kill your father with this martial art. I'm simply telling you to win. A martial art is a martial art. I can assure you that if you don't learn the Sun and Moon Art, you'll never surpass your father. With your current skill and five-star status, you should be able to master it in half a year. Oh, I forgot one thing. If you want to kill me, you'll have to learn this. See you later."
When the king of the Japanese Empire stood up······.
Lee Shin-woo opened his eyes wide.
“Do you think they’ll send it?”
“Little one, if I go, I go.”
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When Lee Shin-woo quickly closed the distance and extended his sword, Beon Il-mun-ju responded with a grin and a sword.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
In an instant, the sound of a drum exploding rang out, and Lee Shin-woo's body moved to the opposite side of the room and landed.
Only then did Lee Shin-woo's eyes waver.
He said it as if he was impressed by the Japanese Emperor.
"You've only trained for twenty years, yet you're amazing. However, with that skill, the leader is invincible, and you have no chance of defeating me. If you don't care about that Ilwolgong, burn it to the ground. If it falls into the hands of the unscrupulous, it'll cause even greater chaos…"
“Munju, if you wanted to deliver the Sun and Moon to me, you could have just shown up in person. Why did you cause such a fuss?”
The new form of the Japanese sect moved to the upper echelons of the non-committal structure in an instant, leaving these words behind.
"Make no mistake. It was because you caused this chaos that your skills were revealed to the world. The Sun and Moon Art is a martial art that only those who are qualified should master."
Lee Shin-woo looked up at Bidong. It was a cave with an open sky, but the figure of the Beonilmunju had already vanished.
Lee Shin-woo's gaze turned back to the book.
.
.
.
“The White Dragon Lord, who was investigating the Japanese invasion, has returned.”
“Tell them to come in.”
As Lee Shin-woo entered the battlefield······.
General Hwa Eun-wol and the leader of the escort unit, Cheol Myeong-ho, welcomed Lee Shin-woo.
“White Dragon Lord.”
The two people who had pledged to work hard in the Murim Alliance for five years had already spent twenty years in the Alliance with the leader.
In Lee Shin-woo's eyes, the man more frightening than the leader was General Hwa Eun-wol.
The man who was friendlier than my father was the leader of the escort group, Cheol Myeong-ho.
But both of them were equally as terribly fond of themselves as their fathers.
Since ten years ago······.
The two men who were collectively called by the somewhat silly nickname of the Three Brothers of the Murim Alliance were the leader and these two.
Hwa Eun-wol said.
"When the leader comes out, report everything at once. It'll be a hassle to tell him twice."
Lee Shin-woo replied.
"yes."
Only then did Dan Woo-seong, who had been anxious day after day about when he would be able to step down from his position as leader, appear wearing Baekryongpo and see his son whom he had not seen in a long time.
“White Dragon Lord.”
Lee Shin-woo responded with a bright expression as he took the lottery ticket.
“I meet you, my lord.”
The leader sat on the throne and asked with a stern expression.
“What happened to the Japanese translation?”
When the leader asked about the mission without any personal feelings, Hwa Eun-wol and Cheol Myeong-ho also took their seats and waited in silence.
Baekryongdaeju Lee Shin-woo reported to the leader.
Ninety members of the Baekryongdae were deployed. There were no casualties, but thirty-eight suffered minor injuries and four serious ones. The main sect was also located in the Seokmun area, initially known as the branch office. I discovered the entrance to the main sect's secret den and entered alone. I killed the Four Heavenly Kings of the Banilmun, but escaped the Banilmun leader.
“Did you aim?”
“Yes, surprisingly, he’s someone with similar skills to me······.”
Danwoo Seong asked.
“Does that mean it was difficult to catch the runaway?”
"yes."
This time, Cheol Myeong-ho glared at the leader with a frown.
'Hey, you rotten bastard. Is that something you say to your son?'
Lee Shin-woo looked at the floor with a complicated expression and then took out a book from his bosom.
“They gave me this to learn. It’s called the Ilwol Gong.”
Danwoo Sung reached out and took the book straight from Heogongseop's hand. Throughout the conversation, it wasn't a conversation between father and son, but between a leader and a member.
Danwoo-seong looked through the books with a blunt expression and sighed.
“White Dragon Lord.”
"yes."
“Why did they tell you to learn this?”
Lee Shin-woo unconsciously looked at Cheol Myeong-ho. Cheol Myeong-ho spoke with his eyes.
'You punk, just tell me the truth.'
Lee Shin-woo answered.
"He knew I was a yin-yang dwarf. He said I could only achieve greatness through the Sun and Moon Art, and that if I did, I would possess the power to defeat the future leader. He also said that only by mastering this art could I defeat the leader of the Banilmun. He even told me that if I didn't master it, I could burn myself."
Danwoo Seong asked.
"When exactly did you hear that? It seems like it took quite a while for you to recover."
“It was ninety days ago.”
Danwoo Seong said while shaking the book.
“You must have learned everything.”
“I read it all.”
Danwoo-seong looked at the book with a complicated expression for a moment and then read this passage.
“······By forcibly creating a Blood Jade Ghost Body and a Green Jade Ghost Body and absorbing them, you can drastically reduce the time it takes to achieve greatness. Rather than accumulating yin and yang internal energy, you are absorbing yin and yang bodies.”
Danwoo Seong asked Lee Shinwoo.
“Isn’t this magic?”
Lee Shin-woo replied.
"Yes, I read it and understood. I shouldn't have accepted it, it was my fault. I read it out of curiosity, but I didn't have the heart to learn it."
Danwoo-seong nodded.
“Hwa Gun.”
“Yes, my lord.”
“Add to the regulations what to do if a member acquires or masters magic.”
"All right."
"And I'll have to go and capture the Beonilmunju myself. Don't make any separate preparations. Just treat it as my personal vacation within the alliance."
“I will do so.”
Only then did Dan Woo-seong's expression soften slightly, and he looked back and forth between Hwa Eun-wol, Cheol Myeong-ho, and Lee Shin-woo. Only then did he call his son's name.
“Shinwoo.”
"yes."
“Thank you for your hard work.”
Only then did Lee Shin-woo breathe a sigh of relief. It wasn't a stern father or a stern son. That's how they had always treated each other as leader and member.
Only then, believing the official response was complete, did Cheolmyeongho lunge at Baekryongdaeju. While Lee Shin-woo frowned, Cheolmyeongho strangled Lee Shin-woo's neck with his forearm and spoke.
“Oh my, this little Baekryongdaeju kid is all grown up. All grown up.”
As the leader of the escort group strangled the leader's son, the leader of the martial arts world sighed.
'That crazy guy······.'
Danwoo Seong asked Lee Shinwoo while holding the book of Ilwolgong.
“What should I do with this? I bet you’ve thought about why that guy named Beonilmunju gave this to you.”
Only then, when Cheol Myeong-ho freed himself from the chokehold after a physical fight with Lee Shin-woo, Lee Shin-woo responded.
"Yes, Father. Isn't that a tactic to sow discord? It'll make you stronger unconditionally. I learned that focusing solely on efficiency is a form of witchcraft. I looked into it out of curiosity, but after reading it, I'm convinced. I'm sure the Lord of the House of the Moon has many copies. Do as you wish."
Danwoo-seong listened to his son's words, then he smashed the book of Ilwolgong he was holding in his hand into pieces and burned it.
Danwoo Seong said to his son.
"Even without learning this, our Baekdo is stronger. At least two of the men who achieved great success in the Ilwolgong must have died by my hand. They must have been their disciples or descendants. To try to seduce the leader's son with such a bizarre method…"
Danwoo-seong smiled.
“It’s an insult to me.”
Lee Shin-woo also smiled faintly.
“It is an insult to me.”
Cheol Myeong-ho intervened.
"These damn bastards, they're an insult to the leader of the Murim Alliance's escort group. Commander-in-Chief, please say something."
Hwa Eun-wol responded with a trembling expression while fanning herself with a fan.
"These… these kinds of words and actions kept spreading, and rumors spread that the leader, the military leader, and the head of the escort group were the three brothers of the Murim Alliance's Mandam Brothers. I hope you'll stop. The Iron Leader is the culprit. Please stop with the swearing."
Danwoo-seong sighed.
“These ignorant martial artists, after going through all that trouble to defeat the demon, what are you calling the Three Brothers of Mandam to the leader?”
Cheol Myeong-ho also sighed.
“I told you to retire, we’ve been doing it for a long time now.”
Danwoo Seong said.
“First, let’s catch that guy who’s the master of this house or something… Then we can think about it.”
Cheol Myeong-ho said while looking at Lee Shin-woo.
“I’ve been hearing that for eighteen years.”
Lee Shin-woo looked around at his father, Cheol Myeong-ho, and Hwa Eun-wol and smiled silently.