novelraw Chapter 155 : No, this has worn out?
Chapter 155 : No, this has worn out?
Cheon Mubaeck entered the sect leader's residence.
In the residence, the Great Purity True Man and Venerable Jincheong were there, and on one side, Chuhonsak was sitting quietly.
'He's become sharp again.'
Cheon Mubaeck's eyes flashed as he saw Chuhonsak.
It was as if he were looking at a sharply honed sword, as if he had properly organized the enlightenment he had gained from the martial arts duels in the real battle of the demons' attack.
Cheon Mubaeck felt that the fact that Chuhonsak was here itself meant that the Great Purity True Man's heart had clearly changed.
In the first place, wasn't it the Great Purity True Man who had hated even being with a person from the Red Scarf Society?
"You've come, Great Hero."
"I came as soon as I received the news, but it seems I am the latest. I am sorry."
"No. We have also just gathered and were brewing tea."
The Great Purity handed over a teacup and said calmly.
"Tomorrow, this humble Taoist will be excommunicated from Wudang."
"..."
"That will be the only way for Wudang not to be split and to maintain the Tao now."
The Great Purity True Man had chosen to be excommunicated himself and was planning to bear all the responsibility alone.
'For now, his will is right. Because the Red Scarf has clearly proved that it is the sword that protects Wudang.'
The problem was, would this be forever?
When another generation passed, was there a guarantee that the same thing as today would not happen in Wudang?
Rather, with this incident, the influence of the Red Scarf Society would become enormous.
The absolute maxim that if it stagnates, it rots, was not free even in the Orthodox Martial World.
He understood why the Great Purity True Man had been so worried before he chose excommunication.
Because he was afraid that Wudang would lose the Tao of Wudang.
The Great Purity True Man, who saw Cheon Mubaeck's eyes, smiled faintly.
"The Red Scarf Society is also the Taiji."
"..."
"When Brother Cheonak protected Wudang at the end, what he showed was the Taiji. I was caught in the arrogant thought that only I could embrace the Taiji, and that only the Tao of Wudang could embrace the Taiji. Since the Red Scarf is also the Taiji, I think Wudang will not lose its Tao."
"..."
Cheon Mubaeck smiled bitterly.
Of course, he could think so. But Cheon Mubaeck, who had lived many past lives, agreed with those words, but on the other hand, he was worried.
The martial arts of Wudang were just a symbol of the Taiji, and everyone had the Taiji.
But the reason why the Taiji of Wudang received attention was because it was a perfect balance, in other words, the natural order.
Even the demons had the Taiji. But among the white and black, it was a Taiji where the black had dyed the whole, in other words, the Demonic Path.
The Taiji of the Red Scarf Society was not white and black, but a Taiji where various colors were mixed.
'Well, perhaps it's better for the current Wudang to go with the Red Scarf Society. Since ominous things will continue to happen soon.'
But it was then.
Chuhonsak, who had been silent, spoke.
"The Red Scarf Society will also leave Wudang."
"...!"
As if they had not discussed it beforehand, surprise spread on the faces of the Great Purity and Jincheong.
Chuhonsak said with a firm tone.
"As the sect leader was worried, a discord like today will arise in the near future. For now, it has been resolved well thanks to the help of the Heavenly Dragon Sword Hero here, but will it be alright then?"
Chuhonsak revealed what Cheon Mubaeck was worried about.
"Even if the Taiji that the Red Scarf Society has now is no different from the Taiji of Wudang, the foundation itself is different. Someday, a conflict will surely arise and the discord will intensify, and in the end, Wudang and the Red Scarf will fight to occupy this Mount Wudang."
"...Vice-leader."
"So the Red Scarf Society will leave Wudang this time."
A firm will.
The Great Purity True Man closed his two eyes, and Venerable Jincheong, who would now take over the position of sect leader, had a strange face.
"It is a good decision."
But Cheon Mubaeck welcomed Chuhonsak's decision.
"It may be that I am overstepping my bounds, but Vice-leader Chu's opinion is correct. Moreover, since there is no force to threaten Wudang in Hubei Province now, there will be no great trouble even if the Red Scarf Society leaves."
"No force to threaten?"
"I have taken care of it all."
"...!"
Cheon Mubaeck briefly talked about what had happened at Pocheon Mountain Manor.
The mouths of the crowd who heard the story opened wide.
Admiration as if they could not believe it was in their gazes as they looked at Cheon Mubaeck.
"How could you... all those many demons of the Blood Demon Valley."
"Truly, Great Hero..."
The Blood Demon Valley forces in Hubei Province, whose base no one could find, and whose disguised organization no one had noticed.
Didn't it mean that he had found it and had wiped them all out?
"All of this is thanks to the help of the Arhat Hall Master of Shaolin."
Cheon Mubaeck added so, but the crowd did not think so inwardly.
'He has done such a great thing, but such humility...'
If the rumor spread in the martial world, it was a heroic act whose fame would resound throughout the world.
But not only had he not revealed it until now, but look at his action of giving the credit to Shaolin.
The Great Purity True Man's pupils trembled.
'I had tried to use a person with such a broad heart for my own greed. Truly shameful.'
A sense of shame washed over him. He had just called that young hero to use him.
And that hero had acted for Wudang in the end.
What reason could there be? It must have been that he had acted, firmly believing that it was the right path, in other words, the right way.
"Indeed... Great Hero is truly a hero."
Of course, from Cheon Mubaeck's perspective, it was something he had to do.
It was not something he had done for Wudang. But the result was clear. Hadn't Cheon Mubaeck, who had no connection with Wudang, ended up benefiting Wudang as a result?
In this martial world like a thin sheet of ice, there was no favor without a reason.
But the Great Purity and Jincheong could not find a special reason in Cheon Mubaeck's favor.
If there was a reason, it would be because of the belief that it was chivalry.
The Great Purity took a fist and palm salute to Cheon Mubaeck with an impressed gaze.
"You are no different from a benefactor of Wudang."
Cheon Mubaeck made a slightly embarrassed expression, but to the Great Purity, even Cheon Mubaeck's expression seemed like he was shy with humility.
"But Vice-leader Chu, if you leave Wudang, do you have a place to go?"
"...I'll have to look for one gradually."
Even if the Red Scarf Society left Wudang, it would be hard to build a nest in another place.
The current Red Scarf Society was in a state where it had shrunk significantly, with half of them dead or injured.
Still, it had enough power to establish a sect, but rather because of that, it would not be easy to settle down.
Because the check from the existing sects was natural.
Just then, a thought came to Cheon Mubaeck's mind.
"Go to Chongqing."
"To Chongqing, you say?"
A reluctant look appeared on Chuhonsak's face, as if he had not expected Chongqing.
Cheon Mubaeck grinned.
The Red Scarf Society.
A society of heroes created to protect Wudang during the Righteous-Demonic War.
And now, all of them were descendants of the heroes of the Righteous-Demonic War.
Wasn't it suitable?
"In Chongqing, there is a place called the Justice Alliance, where heroes like you have gathered."
A smile appeared on Cheon Mubaeck's lips.
"The Red Scarf of 40 years ago protected Wudang, so your Red Scarf, please protect the martial world."
Chuhonsak showed a positive reaction. The fact that the leader of the Justice Alliance was the Fighting Ghost Gwak Yong, who was famous as a hero. Shaolin had supported it, and Venerable Jincheong, who had heard the story, had also hinted that he would support the formation of the Justice Alliance in the name of Wudang.
The meaning was beautiful, and for Chuhonsak, who personally wanted to avenge Mucheonak, it was a quite pleasing proposal.
Although he said he would discuss it with the warriors of the Red Scarf Society, Cheon Mubaeck thought that he would most likely agree.
'I'll have to send a letter to Gwak Yong.'
It was none other than the Red Scarf Society, so from the Justice Alliance's perspective, it was no different from obtaining a strike team of a considerable level.
Naturally, a force to counter the Blood Demon Valley would be formed with the Justice Alliance as the main axis, and if Shaolin and Wudang added their strength to the Justice Alliance, it would become a solid alliance of the Orthodox Martial World.
When the story was somewhat organized, Venerable Jincheong brought something with a meaningful gaze.
"I think this is what the demons were aiming for this time."
"What is it?"
"The Divine Spirit Talisman. It is one of the Three Treasures of Wudang."
"The Divine Spirit Talisman?"
Cheon Mubaeck tilted his head.
Wasn't the original goal of the Blood Demon Valley to cause a civil war between Wudang and the Red Scarf so that they could not interfere in the affairs of the martial world?
But Nameless had dug in as if he were aiming for something even when all the plans had gone wrong.
Cheon Mubaeck was also curious about that, but the goal was the Divine Spirit Talisman.
"Although the Divine Spirit Talisman is one of the Three Treasures of Wudang, it is not an item that the Blood Demon Valley would aim for, is it?"
The Three Treasures of Wudang referred to the Songmun Ancient Sword, the Sect Leader's Command Talisman, and the Divine Spirit Talisman.
But these, unlike their grand fame as the Three Treasures of Wudang, were not practical treasures. It was more persuasive to say that they had aimed for an elixir or a secret manual like the Taiji Wisdom Sword.
The Sect Leader's Command Talisman was like an imperial seal that symbolized the authority of the Wudang Sect Leader, and the Songmun Ancient Sword was also a good sword that was among the famous swords, but it was treated as a treasure because of the historical origin associated with the sword.
The Divine Spirit Talisman also became a treasure because of the legend and symbolism that it was a talisman that the legendary Taoist who had first opened a Taoist temple in Mount Wudang had brought.
But the Blood Demon Valley, of all places, had aimed for this?
Venerable Jincheong spoke quietly.
"The Bidara now was probably a weapon that the Blood Demon Valley had prepared for a very long time. But, our senior Taoists suppressed the Bidara's demonic energy using immortal energy, and the Great Hero finally succeeded in treating it."
"That's right."
"Since the Blood Demon Valley side has also learned that the Bidara can be controlled by immortal energy, wouldn't they prepare a countermeasure for it?"
It certainly seemed plausible.
The Blood Demon Valley must have considered the Bidara a secret weapon to mess up the martial world.
They must have poured in an enormous amount of funds and time. The value of the Bidara was too scary to give up easily. Of course, they could prepare a countermeasure to overcome the weakness of being suppressed by immortal energy.
"Then, are you saying they aimed for this Divine Spirit Talisman for that reason?"
Cheon Mubaeck's brow furrowed.
"It is predicted so. The characters written on the Divine Spirit Talisman are characters from the ancient era that are difficult to decipher. There is a legend that the legendary Taoist who first opened a Taoist temple in Wudang saved the many living beings with the mysterious power of this Divine Spirit Talisman."
"Well... that's true, but."
Venerable Jincheong quietly opened the box. The Divine Spirit Talisman, which was luxuriously well-preserved, looked shabby, not befitting its fame.
Well, it was a miracle that a talisman with characters from the ancient era written on it had been passed down until now.
"At first, we also thought that this was not the goal, but when we thought about it, we heard that the cause of the immortal energy with which the Great Hero treated the Bidara came from the Primordial Root Scripture, one of the Five Sacred Objects of the Complete Truth."
"That's right."
Since it was a famous story that Cheon Mubaeck had fought a martial arts duel at Mount Hua to obtain the Primordial Root Scripture, Cheon Mubaeck readily admitted it.
At that, Venerable Jincheong nodded his head as if he understood.
"So the Blood Demon Valley also aimed for this Divine Spirit Talisman. The power that this Divine Spirit Talisman, one of the Five Sacred Objects, has."
"...!"
"Perhaps the Blood Demon Valley had aimed for this power. To research that power and find a way for the Bidara to overcome the immortal energy."
"Wait a minute. Are you saying that this Divine Spirit Talisman is included in the Five Sacred Objects?"
At the unexpected answer, Cheon Mubaeck's pupils shook.
The Five Sacred Objects.
The five sacred objects that included the Primordial Root Scripture. At Cheon Mubaeck's question, Jincheong smiled like an old man telling an old story.
"Yes. Originally, the Five Sacred Objects referred to the five sacred objects of the now-disappeared Complete Truth, but that is not the case. The five sacred objects that have been passed down from the beginning of the Taoist lineage in the Central Plains are called the Five Sacred Objects. Later, as the Complete Truth wielded its power, the Five Sacred Objects of the Taoist lineage were mistakenly known as the Five Sacred Objects of the Complete Truth."
"..."
At the unexpected discovery of the Five Sacred Objects, Cheon Mubaeck was lost in thought for a moment.
Although the history of the Complete Truth was long, the history of the Taoist lineage in the Central Plains was even deeper.
So if it was called the Five Sacred Objects of the entire Central Plains, not the Five Sacred Objects of the Complete Truth.
Perhaps this Divine Spirit Talisman also had that much value.
"But the problem is that the characters from the ancient era written here are difficult for us to even decipher. If we can interpret these characters, I think we might be able to know what the mysterious power that has been passed down in the legend is..."
"A single black and cloudy egg is the world, and a single being is crouching in that world."
"...!"
The eyes of Jincheong and the Great Purity widened.
Because Cheon Mubaeck had read the characters written on the Divine Spirit Talisman.
But before they could be surprised, a bright light emanated from the Divine Spirit Talisman at that time.
It wasn't just the Divine Spirit Talisman. A transparent light also flowed out from Cheon Mubaeck's chest area, where he was reading the characters.
"What?"
The crowd opened their mouths wide at the sudden strange phenomenon.
But Cheon Mubaeck also did not understand what was going on.
Even without reading the characters from the ancient era written on the Divine Spirit Talisman, they dug into his head.
Every time each of those characters dug in, Cheon Mubaeck's body flinched greatly.
Cheon Mubaeck felt a strong sense of déjà vu.
'Primordial Root Scripture!'
The feeling of the characters floating clearly in his head when he had first recited the verses of the Primordial Root Scripture.
And when all those characters were engraved in his head.
All the light disappeared.
"Uh... uh!?"
The astonished voices of the Great Purity and Jincheong erupted.
The Divine Spirit Talisman was turning to dust and disappearing.
No, it looked like that.
Cheon Mubaeck knew. It only looked as if the Divine Spirit Talisman was turning to dust and disappearing, but it was digging into his heart.
And then, when the Divine Spirit Talisman in the box had completely disappeared after time had passed.
Breaking the silence of the crowd, Cheon Mubaeck's slightly reluctant voice flowed out.
"No, this has worn out?"
The dumbfounded gazes of the Great Purity, Jincheong, and Chuhonsak turned to Cheon Mubaeck.
"..."
No, what do you want me to do?
It came into my body on its own.
(End of Chapter)