A Spy’s Demonic Life - Chapter 323



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323.

#extreme

“Sir, there’s a chip on the sword. Please replace it!”

“The length of the sword wave is different from the sword I used!”

Appeals from applicants continued from all over.

The commander remained silent.

It was obvious. If it wasn’t a divine sword, and you couldn’t even slightly use your sword energy, you wouldn’t be able to succeed anyway.

It’s a surefire way to separate the jade from the sand.

In that sense.

“Hey, Baek Gong. Do you see over there?”

Jo Jin-pyeong gestured to two rocks.

One rock that was completely split in two and another rock that was shattered into hundreds of pieces.

“I guess it was those two who did it?”

It refers to the true dragon Jin Ja-ryang and the heavenly palace dragon Namgung Shin.

They say it’s the highest rank among the Later Ten Dragons. Just by looking at its traces, you can clearly see that it’s not an empty claim.

“It’s really as great as the rumors say. How can you… … with a sword like this?”

As he reached the now deserted display case, Jo Jin-pyeong let out a long sigh of relief.

Because when I looked closely, the condition of the sword was even worse.

Looking at this, I muttered quietly without thinking much.

“But why only a sword?”

“Cock!”

Then Jo Jin-pyeong shouted. His voice was so loud that the general raised his head slightly and glared at him.

“Look here, Baek Gong. Aren’t you the leader who has only walked the path of one sword and one path? If you want to stay by his side, then swordsmanship is a given.”

I see. I didn’t think much about the bodyguards because I didn’t put much importance on them.

“You haven’t learned swordsmanship, have you? Come to think of it, you don’t even have a sword hanging from your waist.”

To Jo Jin-pyeong’s astonishment, Jang Yi-seo took out a sword from the display case, held it up, and answered.

“Here it is.”

He turned around, leaving the dumbfounded Jo Jin-pyeong behind.

I have never formally studied swordsmanship. All I learned was fighting whatever I came across while living as a wild dog.

Even that was put down after obtaining the White Thunder.

“If you’ve chosen everything, please stand in line now!”

At the urging of General Deng, Jo Jin-pyeong approached and spoke with determined eyes.

“Baek Gong, let’s definitely meet again after we pass!”

Then he clasps my two hands tightly and runs quickly to the right end.

People are so bland.

Pick laughed and Jang Yi stood in the last seat.

Okay then.

Kang!

A sharp, sharp sound echoed throughout the room.

Those who got in line first started taking the test.

“Numbers 3 and 12 are out. Go out.”

“Just one more chance… … !”

“Don’t you know that humbly accepting the results is also a proper attitude? Get out.”

The chief justice came over and gave his verdict without mercy.

It may seem cold-hearted, but even if someone fails to reach the level, the result will be the same no matter how many times they try.

When it was Jang-seo’s turn, General Deng passed by and gave advice as if telling him to listen.

“This is a place that the leader has personally prepared for you. So please proceed with caution. You only have one chance.”

Are you saying that all these granites were prepared by the leader himself?

After hearing that, I felt strange.

I had heard that he cared for his juniors enough to open a regular academic society.

But, these words did not resonate well with Jang Il-seo, who was an agent of the rock carvings.

He may have been a leader to everyone else, but to him, he was a ruthless leader who secretly raised children in order to send them to death.

Kang!

Once again the sound of metal rings in my ears.

His mind came to a halt and Jang-seo stood before the granite, taking a short breath.

Is it because I heard that the leader prepared it himself?

Suddenly, I remembered something he had said before.

‘A bet is merely a medium that helps the mind. If the depth of the mind has reached a certain level and the meaning is communicated, then even if there is no bet, nothing will change.’

If I could clearly put in the effort and cut it, even someone like me with shallow swordsmanship would be able to pass this test with ease.

No, it could be blown away without a trace in a light day.

But was it because he was slightly annoyed by the leader’s consideration? Or was it because he suddenly remembered what the leader had said and unconsciously followed his instincts?

Jang Yi-seo took a stance with a cool expression, without putting in even a single bit of energy like a frog.

I just wanted to do it, even though I knew I only had one chance.

It was as if he was declaring that he was now the vice-leader of the Demonic Cult, not an agent of the Dark Cult!

ping!

His eyes sparkle and countless knots appear before his eyes.

Floating dust, wind currents. Particles that form the atmosphere.

Among them, he found his own path in swordsmanship without any hesitation.

and.

Suaaaak!

He drew his sword horizontally.

Without any internal energy, just with the determination to cut!

The result is… … .

Bam!

“hmm……?!”

The General’s eyes shot open as he turned to the strange noise.

At the same time, Jang-seo straightened out his possessed mind.

The light in Cheonma-an gradually faded, and soon he took his hands off the sword and took a step back.

The sword was embedded exactly in the center of the granite.

General Deng approached with a strange expression, tilted his head, and asked.

“Did you cut it? Did you stab it?”

It was a situation that was difficult for him to understand since he had not seen it before.

“It got stuck without even falling off.”

Even though General Deng tried to pull out the sword, it didn’t move at all as if it was trapped inside a black rock.

Whether it’s a cut or a stab, there is bound to be a path that has been taken.

No matter how much I looked, I couldn’t see any trace of it.

That’s truly something that would make a ghost cry.

‘Did you deal with betting?’

I can’t know since I haven’t seen it myself.

As the commander in charge of the Murim Alliance’s affairs, this was the first time in his life that something like this had happened.

“Umm… … .”

But rules are rules.

“You passed.”

The general nodded and handed over a wooden tablet with the word “oath” written on it.

“Come out as a tiger guard in three days.”

Jang Yi-seo looked at it silently, nodded briefly, and then accepted it.

and.

“Ha, hahahaha! Okay, okay-!”

A loud shout erupted from the right end.

This is Jo Jin-pyeong.

The rock was cracked by the blow he struck with all his might.

The corners of my mouth went up at the sight of them jumping around and cheering.

The sun has already set in the evening.

The exam is finally over.

* * *

Before we knew it, the full moon was rising in the night sky, and the once crowded testing center had become quiet.

In the empty space in front of the cliff, an old man in white was standing alone.

His name is Hyeoncheong.

He is the leader of the martial arts world who is about to retire and is the one who prepared for this exam.

There is one reason why he came here at this ambitious hour.

“Hmm… … The scar is wider than mine, so it must mean that it has absorbed some power, but it hasn’t been sharpened.”

Fifty granite stones placed neatly in a row.

The purpose was to determine the level of those who took the test by looking at the marks engraved inside.

I have no other intentions toward those who have already passed.

It was just a chronic hobby. Looking at the numbers of my juniors and making inferences about them.

If you see one, you know ten.

At his level, it was clear how he handled the sword and with what mindset he used his sword.

This was not simply because he was a master of the art of painting.

This was possible because he was the best swordsman who had trained with the sword for a long time and was a leader who had seen many disciples.

Feeling a sense of accomplishment, he often gave teachings.

“If you try to launch the boat before the water has even filled up, will it be able to move properly?”

Most of them were close to the questions and answers, so most of them were difficult to understand.

In any case, in that sense, examining the traces of this test is like a shower in the leader’s tired daily life.

“Hmm, you already have enough skill to cut it. You didn’t trust the sword. You were afraid it would break, so you withdrew your strength here.”

Although I didn’t know their names or where they came from, I meticulously remembered the characteristics of those who would be with me.

The inner intimacy that the leader builds first.

This is precisely why so many people cannot help but respect and follow him.

and.

“You’ve made further progress. That’s great.”

He stood in front of a rock that was cleanly split in two and burst into praise for the first time.

He was someone I knew well without even having to ask.

A child of the same clan as himself.

The shaman’s true dragon, Jinjaryang.

It is a straight cut, and the depth is like cutting a five-foot rock with a three-foot blade.

It is a skill that cannot be resisted in any way.

If I had to point out one thing, it would be that the sword path is too fixed.

It wasn’t bad.

If the problem is that you’re just too talented, then that’s a problem.

Jinjaryang is the owner of the sword eye, which allows him to see the optimal sword path to cut down an opponent with just one look.

How great is this?

At the age of only twenty-five, he became the best swordsman among the shaman’s disciples, ignoring the distribution.

Of course, this was only a discussion of pure sword skills without any internal energy, but it shows that he has crazy qualities as a swordsman.

but.

“The best sword is not the best path.”

This is something he also realized only in his later years.

Although it is difficult to describe in words, the leader defined the best sword path as an absolute path that even gods cannot stop.

The so-called extreme route.

In simple terms, this means that if you cut with that sword, nothing can stop it.

It may sound like an empty promise, but Jin Ja-ryang will come to realize this one day.

Watching this will also be another pleasure.

Of course, that will happen in the distant future.

“Namgungga’s techniques are becoming more and more subtle.”

The next place that the leader admired was, of course, Namgung Shin, the Changgungryong.

It was a place that was completely destroyed.

Unlike the True Dragon who cut down everything with a single stroke of his sword, his sword was extremely skillful and flashy.

A sword that condenses numerous bets into a single sword and then explodes when cut down.

If Jinryong’s life is one where he only follows the path of one sword, Namgung Shin is like placing a sword on the tower built by Gongryuk.

It’s such a close fight that it’s hard to say which one is better.

There were many other traces of admiration, but they could not be compared to Jin Ja-ryang and Namgung Shin.

As expected.

The excitement soon calmed down and we finally reached the last granite rock.

But.

“What is this… … !”

The drooping leader’s eyes opened wide. He was more surprised than when he had seen any trace of it.

A sword embedded in the center of granite.

It was invisible to the General’s eyes, but it was visible to him.

This is the trace of the sword!

which…….

“Isn’t this the extreme path!”

It was an extreme path that was hard to believe, but it was a realm that could only be found after reaching the highest level.

Hyun-Cheong held the sword with trembling hands.

It doesn’t fall into either direction.

It was natural.

The ultimate path of the sword… … .

The flow of wind and floating particles that unfolded at that moment. And the direction in which the sword was drawn.

Because all of this is just one path that exists for that moment only.

The sword that Ben strikes through the pole cannot be stopped by anything, and can be cut through even without air power.

A path that literally ignores the order established by God.

So at this moment, the situation has changed, and there is no way to get that sword back or go back.

If you follow that path and try to pull out this stuck sword, it will break.

Because it is an extreme punishment that was born by destroying order.

Who on earth could have realized the extreme path that he himself realized only in his later years…?

“Did you just unfold it by accident?”

It was clear from the fact that the sword was stuck and couldn’t reach the end. It was unknowingly opened and only later came to consciousness and the path was blocked.

Moreover, it is crude and clumsy.

This means that he has never even held a sword properly.

But.

‘Can anyone unfold the path of extremes, even if it is by chance?’

That’s absolutely not true!

The world’s greatest leader, Hyun-Cheong, froze in place with his mouth open.

Who the hell is this interest?

My head was filled with thoughts about him.

“Huh. Heh heh heh heh… … .”

And then a hollow laugh burst out.

I don’t know.

But I do know one thing.

This return to the countryside will definitely bring more gains than losses.

“I’ll be looking forward to it.”

A meaningful smile spread across the leader’s lips.

It was one night.