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    EP.318 After the fire

    Jongnam faction!

    Speaking of the Jongnam faction it is the headquarters and sacred place of Jinjin Buddhism the largest branch of Taoism.

    In the past the Taoist king of Wang Zhongyang had a Taoist monk named Zhongyangzi who tried to run for government office when he was young but failed the exam.

    I tried to get ahead by learning martial arts thinking that I couldn’t do it in my head. He too failed.

    The shock of failing both as a civil servant and as a military officer must have been too severe so he suddenly burned down his residence and wandered the world pretending to be a crazy person.

    (Considering that he was a westerner who failed in his career and burned not his home but his world I would say it is moderate.)

    However when a librarian says that he is pretending to be a crazy person he is not talking about a crazy person but a beggar and he just pretends to be a crazy person to make it look good to say that he became a beggar by burning down his house.

    In the meantime I met a teacher and gained great enlightenment. This teacher would become Yeo Dong-bin one of the eight good Zen masters.

    In any case Chungyangja achieved great enlightenment brought in disciples and finally settled down on Mt. Jongnam and laid the foundation and this was the moment when the Taoist sect Jinjin School and Jongnam Sect were born.

    What is worth noting is that one of Jungyangja’s disciples a Taoist monk named Absolute Tong opened a conduit close to the teacher and practiced the way and this conduit would become the Hwasan Sect.

    Thus the greatest achievement of the Jongnam faction was the emergence of the Hwasan faction.

    The downside of the Jongnam faction is that it always lacks the number of masters compared to the Hwasan faction so it is always far behind in skill.

    The Jongnam faction may also feel unfair.

    The Hwasan Sect is more of a secular sect than a Taoist conduit for the Hwasan Sword Sect.

    Even Hwasan’s martial arts are extremely deadly so they are also very practical killing techniques that focus on killing the enemy.

    Moreover the martial arts skills of the Hwasan Sect hide their terrible murderousness with splendor.

    So even if people who don’t know martial arts see it they’ll say wow Hwasanpa! Wow plum sword! But weren’t there actually a few plum trees in the volcano? Well I don’t know!

    However the Jongnam school is an orthodox Taoist religion.

    Of course this argument is also pushed by both the Qingcheng faction and the Kunlun faction.

    Thanks to this the characteristics of orthodox Taoism are shared by the three schools so it can be said to be of a lighter color.

    However this does not mean that the Jongnam faction regrets this.

    Because they are much richer than the volcano group.

    The biggest characteristic of the orthodox Taoist school can be said to be wealth.

    The Hwasan faction is renowned for its martial arts skills.

    However if you are planning to hold a rite at the Taoist temple and offer prayers and are asked whether you would like to go to Hwasan or Mt. Jongnam you would of course go to Mt. Jongnam one of the three most sacred sites in Taoism.

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    Moreover as a custom since ancient times it is taken for granted that if a member of the royal family visits and performs a ancestral rite payment is made with the surrounding land and the Jongnam faction ranks first among the imperial descendants’ preference among the royal families in the central plains.

    Of course it is still not comparable to the Buddhist holy sites of Seongsan and Ami.

    Anyway this is why the Jongnam faction is so rich.

    The Jongnam faction’s land even extends to the front yard of the Hwasan faction!

    Thanks to this a strange thing is happening paying protection fees to the Hwasan faction and eating up the land of the Jongnam faction.

    So the view of Jongnampa is gorgeous.

    The well-built pavilions are spread out in a very orderly and straight manner creating a panoramic view that is almost like a downtown of the city.

    As the Qing built it next to Seoliri and crossed the mountain gate of Jongnam the huge conduits of Jongnam stretched out in a square shape like the city of Qing’s hometown on the land that had been flattened by pounding countless pieces of gold and silver.

    After putting my name on the visitor list and taking a moment to catch my breath in the guest room a message arrives telling me to come and say hello to Jang Mun-in.

    As I entered Jangmunjeon I was greeted by a middle-aged man wearing a shining crown whether gold-plated or pure gold.

    This is Tajeong Jinin a long-time scholar of the Jongnam faction.

    “The preface of the late martial arts study sends greetings to Jang Mun-in. “Hello how are you?”

    “This is Seoliri from the Ice Palace. Hello.”

    “oh. You’re not the youngest. okay. Is this the first time you’ve seen the child of Bingungung in a long time? Yes nice to meet you. “Did anything happen on your way here?”

    “yes. The monk of Shaolin also asked me to send his greetings.”

    “Does the Taoist have anything to say? So did you realize anything after seeing Shaolin’s Absolute Sword Wall?”

    “yes. “I’m embarrassed but just a little.”

    “oh. It’s a good thing. So how many times was it?”

    “yes?”

    “Oh it’s not this. “Can you tell how much herbivore it was?”

    “ah. Herbivore. “The name was Yua Dok-jon and it was a plant-based meal.”

    “Hmm.”

    Tajeong Jinin let out a sigh of regret.

    In fact when it comes to Jongnam’s martial arts it is not something that can be said to be powerful in actual combat.

    Of course this is said to be the case among the New Gongjeolhak of the Old File Ilbang.

    If the Qing lined up the martial artists of the Jongnam faction they would be faced with a feast of golden light shining brightly all over.

    In any case since I had already acknowledged that he was a bit inferior to the old class in terms of martial arts after listening to the story of Dokgogugeom I was secretly coveting the position of a herbivore.

    Wouldn’t it be in touch with the most fundamental image of basic martial arts?

    But what about Shaolin?

    There are so many new Gongjeolhak but I wonder why they should come down and take the place by eating the old herbivorous diet and say it is the best in the world.

    “Then you gathered one herb food and eight herbivores.”

    “yes. that’s right.”

    “Uhm. I won’t be greedy until I eat herbivorous food. Wouldn’t it be okay to just eat those seven herbal diets? If you are originally a Jong-nam you do not have a deep connection with the number seven.”

    “Uh… it’s not up to me to decide.”

    “hmm. yes.”

    Tajeong Jinin’s shoulders were already slumping.

    “okay. Let’s see. It’s time. It’s a little early for dinner. “First of all we can prepare the table in a splendid manner and then we can have a meal together after seeing the Absolute Sword Wall.”

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    Wearing silk clothes talking in a golden robe and singing lively rhythms make him look more like the owner of a rich house than a Taoist monk.

    However the words spoken out of the mouth are those that penetrate the heart of the listener and touch their heartstrings so even if it looks like that the true man is the true man.

    “lol. Thank you.”

    “What is gratitude? ruler. “Let’s go.”

    Just like that Cheong stood up.

    however.

    “That long sentence old man. “Aren’t there a lot of people going with you?”

    “Can you tell me honestly? “Can you be more honest?”

    “If possible both?”

    “Honestly if you go into a trance and do something like the bimuo finals we’ll all watch it together. Then if we are lucky there may be one among our disciples who attains enlightenment.”

    “More honestly?”

    “It’s because Taoists are people who have nothing to do. Would you rather read a boring and boring book instead of looking at a pretty woman? Or are you going to hold a ancestral rite without receiving any response? “All the bored people came out so there’s no reason for me to stop them.”

    If you just listen to what he said it was very eccentric words and actions without any pseudo-speech.

    Even with his appearance with gold on his head and silk clothes he looked very unsightly for a Taoist monk.

    However contrary to his words and actions and appearance good work was firmly established as a real number.

    In fact the Jongnam faction has so much money that they spend money without knowing that gold is precious.

    It’s easy to use but what’s the point of saying that a Taoist monk can use gold?

    So it’s about feeding the hungry clothing the naked and giving sleep to the homeless.

    The mountain scenery of Jongnam Mountain is beautiful but it is not said to be rugged. So as we all walked up the mountain chatting with each other we reached the cliff face in no time.

    And as soon as he saw the wall of absolute swords Emperor Mu Chen’s spirit suddenly exploded.

    A world turning gray.

    At the Hwasan Sect I saw Emperor Mucheon practicing herbivorous behavior and at the Shaolin Temple I personally experienced the old man and saw him drop a sword as strong as Taishan.

    And this time it seems to be observation rather than experience.

    In a world that has lost its color to gray an old man with a stubborn look sitting on a protruding rock stands out because he is so colorful.

    Emperor Mucheon was just looking in the direction where Qing stood with his chin resting on his face with a sad expression.

    What happens again this time?

    My heart was pounding and I was looking at Emperor Mucheon thinking “It would be nice to have some food but next time I should bring something like corn.”

    “…”

    “…”

    “…”

    “…”

    But this old man doesn’t do anything.

    It seems like it’s only a passing moment but he’s just sitting there breathing and doesn’t look like he’s going to do anything.

    “Hmm. what. “Why are you still?”

    Then at just the right time a monologue flows out.

    “I’m waiting.”

    “oh. “I guess you’re just getting started.”

    “…”

    “…”

    But silence again.

    Cheong tilted his head.

    what? Could it be that I also have to wait for something?

    Did it just happen like that again?

    Finally Emperor Muchon spoke again.

    “A toxic bitch.”

    It was an insult right away.

    “A cheesy bitch.”

    And swearing again.

    That was when Cheong felt something strange.

    “How long are you going to stand still like that? Haven’t we been taught to say hello first when we see the elderly? Even if you don’t have anything to do you usually shouldn’t. That’s just dishonoring your parents. ok?”

    Cheong looks back at him.

    In a gray world there is nothing but gray stone walls.

    “Are you talking to me…”

    “then! “Who else is here?”

    “uh. Can you see me?”

    “Why does it look like there’s nothing to see because I’m an old guy?”

    “No that’s not it. Uh that. Are you alive? No that sounds a bit strange. “I came here to see what you left on the Cliff of Swords. You didn’t do this any other time right?”

    “ah. okay. I see. Was it something like that?”

    “Elderly?”

    “Is this what he left behind? Now I understand. I don’t know if it’s your year but you probably won’t understand anyway. There will come a time when you too will understand so there is no need to know about it until then. Yeah anyway. “Let’s leave this story here.”

    I don’t know why but at that moment there was a huge anger rushing towards Cheong.

    what? What about that speech? I suddenly feel very angry.

    Emperor Muchon chuckled at that.

    “It’s a joke. When I said this everyone thought there was something and it was so serious that they kept asking what it was. okay. How about the main body? “Is Emperor Muchon really dead?”

    “They say you did a good job.”

    “Did you actually make it? “Of course I would have thought that would be the case.”

    “Then you are not Emperor Mu Chen himself?”

    “Of course not me. What should I say? What is left behind? Sword doctor? It’s called swordsmanship. “Should I say that is the interpretation you came up with when you saw it?”

    “Geomsim?”

    “You too can do it if you become an expert like me. Of course that day will never come. “You can’t be a dog or a cow right?”

    “I don’t think it will work even if I become a master. What kind of martial arts is this? “Isn’t it witchcraft or magic?”

    “It’s not that big of a deal. why. When you read the lines of the saints’ writings at some point don’t you come to strongly sympathize with them and understand their inner meaning? “If you look closely at my sword marks you will understand my great meaning.”

    Somehow it is very different from the person I imagined.

    Something a bit more serious and stubborn. that.

    I thought he was a dignified old man.

    “That’s because the Emperor Mucheon you thought of was this kind of person. No matter what when I look at the world through my own human eyes I am like this person as interpreted by four people. But how on earth did the records remain so that I ended up like this? “There are no such thing as grumpy thugs.”

    “Hmm. “Me?”

    “okay.”

    That’s because the Qing heard that Emperor Mucheon was a person who was truly a slut in the imperial palace and who treated both the sectarian factions and the sect’s religious sects.

    “hmm. It’s something I did for the world. What a mess. “I feel sorry for you.”

    “Hmm. “You’re just reading other people’s thoughts right?”

    “That’s because you created Emperor Mucheon.”

    “hmm. I don’t know. “Can’t we just quickly show her some herbivorous food and be done with it?”

    “no.”

    “why?”

    “That’s because you are born with a thousand years of age. If you look at it now it’s almost like a blow to the mouth. You become a mine. What if you’re a demon born with a thousand years of life? That’s terrible. A mine isn’t just a magician it’s a very large magician. Great Man.”

    “Daimain. “It has a bit of a bad feel to it.”

    “Is it good that there is a price for mine? “She’s not just a cheap person she’s also a bitch with nothing in her head.”

    “No what’s wrong? “Can’t you speak more politely?”

    Emperor Muchon in turn spoke with a shocked expression on his face.

    “You made it all? Deep down I want to be scolded. Let me just ask. Why on earth do you want to be criticized so much? What’s the problem? “What’s bothering you?”

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