novelraw Chapter 18 : Chapter 18
Chapter 18 : Chapter 18
Chapter 18 - I Think You Can Get Rid of That Now
Grumble.
What stopped the two men’s bickering was the sound coming from Biyoung’s stomach.
Hyeokri Chong chuckled as he watched Biyoung rubbing his stomach.
“You rascal. It’s understandable, since you’ve been circulating your energy for three whole days.”
“Three days?”
Biyoung asked back in surprise.
He had thought it would take a considerable amount of time, but he hadn’t known that day and night would change three times.
Three days to get here.
And three days to open the Governor and Conception Vessels.
Now there was only one day left until his grandfather, Jinbae, returned.
‘Well. I did perform such an absurd energy circulation.’
The Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill and the Earth-Drawing Spirit Pill.
The two elixirs, called a fantastic pair, were not easy to obtain.
No.
Far from being easy to obtain, an ordinary martial artist would have been swayed by the energy of the two spirit pills and fallen into qi deviation or died.
Jinbae’s words calling the Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill a poison were not entirely wrong.
The two spirit pills were only allowed for the sect leader of a sect.
But on the other hand, they were items that could only be accepted without trouble by someone of that ‘level’.
‘I’ll have to leave by today at the latest.’
Biyoung before and after coming here were as different as heaven and earth.
It had taken him three days to come to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, but now, one day would be enough.
There was no problem with the schedule.
But Biyoung licked his lips.
The current situation of leaving right after fully absorbing the Earth-Drawing Spirit Pill bothered him.
‘He must have gone through a lot of anguish before giving me the spirit pill.’
He hadn’t been able to see it because he was unconscious, but it was as clear as if he could touch it.
How much Hyeokri Chong must have worried before putting the Earth-Drawing Spirit Pill in his mouth.
But as of now, Biyoung was in a situation where he couldn't even repay him properly.
“What are you standing there so blankly for?”
“What?”
“Hehehe. You rascal! It seems the elixir had some side effects. You don’t even answer when I tell you to go eat.”
“Ah.”
“They say hunger is the best sauce, so if I just throw a few greens at you, you’ll eat them up just fine.”
Although he said that, the meal he prepared was quite excellent.
The rice seemed to have been cooked not long ago, warm and fluffy, and there was even stir-fried meat and a stew.
It couldn’t be compared to Jinbae’s splendid table, but he could feel the sincerity of the person who prepared it.
Biyoung felt grateful, but his heart was heavy.
The words that he had to leave today didn’t come out of his mouth easily.
But Biyoung’s anguish was resolved more simply than he thought.
While Hyeokri Hong went to get water, Hyeokri Chong spoke as if cutting with a knife.
“Get out of here by today.”
“What?”
“You rascal! Were you planning to settle down here? The room is small enough as it is, and it was quite inconvenient with you occupying a spot for three days and nights.”
“Ah.”
“It’s the end of the world, the end of the world. A young rascal who hasn’t even come of age is warming his butt on the warm ondol, while an old man whose bones are decaying and is on his deathbed had to spend the night in a cold, small room!”
……An old man on his deathbed?
……Where?
The old man in front of him, who was roaring so loudly it felt like his eardrums would burst?
Biyoung was skeptical, but he didn’t particularly argue.
He had to leave today anyway, so being given the order to leave was actually a good thing.
The problem was that Hyeokri Chong’s complaints didn’t end at the first verse.
“Theeeeeeese young things these days have no manners, no manners! Where in the world do you eat before an elder has picked up their spoon?”
“It wasn’t food, I just drank some water…”
“Hooooo? Now you’re talking back? Is that the kind of attitude you show to your benefactor who gave you a spirit pill? It’s the end of the world! The end of the world!”
“………….”
The slight feeling of apology Biyoung had, disappeared without a trace even before he had a bite of food.
He just wanted to run away from this damn old man right now.
But there was something he had to do before he left.
“Young Lady Hong.”
Was it because he called her young lady?
Hyeokri Hong’s bright eyes sparkled as she answered.
“Yes? Why?”
“How much of the Beak Striking Palm Fist have you learned?”
At the words Beak Striking Palm Fist, Hyeokri Hong’s brows furrowed slightly.
She puffed out her chest and shouted confidently.
“All of it!”
“All… of it?”
“Yes. This young lady knows all the forms of the Beak Striking Palm Fist. So I hope you don’t get conceited just because you won once last time!”
Biyoung gave a bitter smile to himself.
It seemed that falling on her butt last time had hurt her pride.
No matter how excellent her internal energy and talent for martial arts were, she was at an age where she couldn't have mastered the Beak Striking Palm Fist.
“Then you must know how to use the Wing Waving Palm too?”
At the words Wing Waving Palm, Hyeokri Hong’s eyes lit up with a pleased expression.
“Are you talking about this? The Wing Waving Palm is a form that is like this young lady’s signature technique! Of course, I’m good at other things too!”
Although her answer felt quite boastful, the Wing Waving Palm was indeed the form Hyeokri Hong was most confident in.
And for a good reason, because the Wing Waving Palm was a palm art where the size of one’s internal energy was more important than the precision of the form.
It was a perfect technique for Hyeokri Hong, who possessed ruthless internal energy for her age.
“Then how about we have a duel with just the Wing Waving Palm?”
“Hmm?”
Hyeokri Hong turned her head towards her grandfather.
Absurd words came out of her swallow-like mouth.
“Is it okay? That person might die.”
“Hehe. If he dies, it’s just his fate, isn’t it.”
“Huum.”
Hyeokri Hong rolled her eyes and began to contemplate.
She seemed to really think that Biyoung might die.
And for a good reason, she was confident she wouldn’t lose in the Wing Waving Palm, even if it was another form.
Moreover, the Wing Waving Palm, true to the martial arts of the Diancang Sect, had a fast and fierce momentum as it extended.
If they both used the Wing Waving Palm against each other, the one who was pushed back would suffer a great internal injury.
As she said, if it was severe, he could even die.
“Okay! But don’t blame this young lady if your internal energy is shattered or you get injured!”
“Deal.”
Biyoung came out to the open space outside the wooden hut with a faint smile.
With a distance of about this zhang, Biyoung and Hyeokri Hong stood facing each other.
‘The picture is good.’
Hyeokri Chong snorted as he looked at the two man and woman.
Biyoung was, needless to say, a peerless handsome man, and Hyeokri Hong, although she was young, already showed signs of snow-white skin and flower-like beauty.
A handsome man and a beautiful woman whose future was more anticipated than their present.
But unfortunately.
What would be delivered from their hands now was not a love letter with flowers drawn on it, but only monstrous palm force.
“Let’s both use both hands.”
“Sure, okay.”
Hyeokri Hong nodded without another word.
It was natural that the power would be amplified if both hands were used.
Hyeokri Hong, who was examining Biyoung’s appearance with sparkling eyes, suddenly clenched her teeth.
‘I’m going to win this time.’
Recalling the day she fell on her bottom in an unsightly manner, Hyeokri Hong thrust both her palms forward with all her might.
Woooooong!
If a passing martial artist had seen this sight, they would have been astonished.
A huge palm force, unbelievable for a young girl, spewed out from her fingertips.
Although the Beak Striking Palm Fist was a basic martial art of the Diancang Sect, like all martial arts, its power depended on the internal energy and skill of the user.
In that sense, the Wing Waving Palm that Hyeokri Hong shot out was not inferior to any other advanced martial art of the Diancang Sect.
‘Let’s see you block this.’
A look of satisfaction appeared on Hyeokri Hong’s face.
The power was quite satisfactory even to herself.
But a moment later, Hyeokri Hong’s complexion turned ashen.
“No!”
As if mocking the words that they should both use both palms, Biyoung had lowered one of his hands.
In a palm force showdown between both palms and one hand, it was as clear as day which side had the advantage.
Hyeokri Hong really thought that Biyoung would be seriously injured.
However,
Gooooooooo!
A haze-like thing rose from Biyoung’s entire body and then concentrated in one place.
The energy gathered in Biyoung’s right palm spewed out a dazzling white palm force.
Woooooong!
Soon, the palm forces from both sides collided with each other.
Kwa-aaang!!!
The point of collision was much closer to Biyoung’s side.
This meant that even with the same power, Biyoung was at a disadvantage.
But the palm force that Hyeokri Hong shot out stopped in place at the point of collision without advancing even a hair’s breadth.
“Eek…!”
The surprise that Biyoung might die was brief, and Hyeokri Hong’s face turned as red as a strawberry.
Because the palm force she had shot out with all her might was not working at all.
And that gigolo-looking guy had only raised one hand…!!
Kwakwakwakwakwa!
Had she ever poured all her internal energy into something like this in her life?
Beads of sweat like pearls flowed down Hyeokri Hong’s white temples.
But her palm force, far from overwhelming Biyoung, was actually being slowly pushed back.
“Ah…!”
A look of dismay crossed Hyeokri Hong’s face.
If the palm force she had put all her strength into was being pushed back, the fear of taking the full brunt of it washed over her.
All forms are based on concentration.
Hyeokri Hong’s scattered mind made her palm force dissipate in an instant, and only Biyoung’s palm force extended towards her with fierce momentum.
“Kyaak!”
Hyeokri Hong screamed and squeezed her eyes shut.
Pasasasa…….
But contrary to her worries, there was no impact on Hyeokri Hong’s body.
Only an intangible energy, as ticklish as a spring breeze, touched her not-yet-fully-developed nose.
“Wow. I thought I was going to die.”
Although her tone was still rough, Hyeokri Hong’s shoulders were trembling slightly.
Biyoung held her shoulder with a slightly apologetic face.
“I’m sorry if I surprised you. I had to draw out all of Young Lady Hong’s internal energy to check the elixir’s effectiveness.”
“Hmph… hmph!! What do you mean you drew it all out!! I didn’t even use one-hundredth of it because I was worried you would die?? You should consider yourself lucky that this young lady didn’t use her full power!!”
At that, Hyeokri Chong, who was next to her, twisted his lips and sneered.
“If you had used all of it, the world would have been destroyed!”
“Grandfather!”
“Cluck cluck cluck.”
Hyeokri Chong laughed mischievously, but he couldn't hide his awe.
‘His internal energy has grown beyond words. At the last moment, even my heart sank…’
Withdrawing a palm force that had already been shot out was several times more difficult than launching it in the first place.
If Biyoung had used all his strength, he wouldn't have been able to withdraw the palm force in front of Hyeokri Hong.
In that case.
It meant that even the palm force Biyoung had launched with one hand was not his full power.
“Kahahahahaha!”
Really, he couldn't help but feel proud.
“Grandfather! What’s so funny that you’re laughing like that?”
Hyeokri Hong seemed quite displeased with her grandfather who was bursting into mad laughter.
Biyoung looked between the two and then turned his head to one side.
“I think you can get rid of that now.”
“?”
At the end of Biyoung’s gaze, there was the fake grave.
“Who are you to tell me to get rid of the grave? Did winning a palm force duel with a little kid make you feel like you’re on top of the world?”
“That was made to protect yourselves from intruders, wasn’t it.”
“So?”
“What I want to say is that there’s no need for that anymore.”
Since coming here.
Biyoung made an expression he had never shown before.
The two people who didn't know his past life had no way of interpreting his expression.
The sadness over the annihilated Diancang Sect.
The gratitude for having lived with the Diancang Sect in their hearts despite that.
His resolve towards the two of them.
Such things were contained in Biyoung’s expression.
“From now on, I will protect you both.”