As Prophet - Chapter 219



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Episode 219. The Immortal Martial Arts are not two-fold

The first six people who came in sat down, and the rest followed them in a line. And Baek I-jeong came in last. Dal-cheon smiled, forcing a smile. She was worried. She was worried about what kind of influence she would have on those who were with her.

The crowd sat down. The eyes of the tired ones were yellow.

“It’s almost mealtime. Read with all your heart and soul, hungry and thirsty. At the same time, you must keep the beat. Be alert and pronounce each word correctly. It won’t work if you just mumble the words you don’t know. It might look cool to ordinary believers who don’t know anything, but it’s a very arrogant attitude. You must read the sutras properly.”

The big guy at the back raised his hand.

“Are you reading this 300 times too?”

Despite the obvious defiance, Dalcheon did not react and just smiled. I had never thought of doing that, but I guess it was okay.

“If you can… … do it. Oh, you have to finish the 300 things you couldn’t do earlier, no matter what, by the end of today. You know that, right?”

“Okay.”

A fearful gaze was cast at the one who had created the problem. It would be better to resolve it by our own laws. Dalcheon recited the first part of the scripture without even looking at it.

“This is the speed. I hope you feel like the words of the scriptures are rolling into you. Now, let’s begin.”

The scripture reading has begun. Once you start, the rest will happen automatically. They have already experienced this today. Dalcheon closed his eyes as he listened to the mumbling of about twenty people.

When I read the sutra, my teacher followed along. My teacher memorized it all, and without missing a single word, he memorized it in his heart and reflected on the great meaning. It was intended to help Dalcheon study, but it was also intended to prevent him from doing anything else. Suddenly, I miss my teacher. When I see myself teaching others, I miss him even more. I looked up into the sky with a heart that was about to cry, and beyond my tears, the twilight was setting in.

“Phew.”

There was a silent man standing in the doorway. Dalcheon opened his mouth silently and asked, “Why?” but it was not a situation where he could hear an answer. If he were to tell me what he was studying hard, only the person who spoke would look strange. Dalcheon walked away to the side.

It wasn’t easy to find my shoes among the shoes scattered in the doorway. The tired guys had taken off their shoes carelessly. There are some things that even the most extreme sages can’t do. Mukhyeong snickered and found two of Dalcheon’s shoes for him.

“This is it.”

“Oh, how did you know?”

“I know you sometimes bend over backwards.”

“Hehe, hehe.”

I put on my shoes and walked along the perimeter of the building.

“why?”

“His Majesty is looking for you.”

“Oh, that person too.”

Dalcheon grabbed Mukhyeong’s shoulder and went down to the yard. He said that he had found and killed the Yeoui of Ildaegye, and that her face was that of the King of the Shang, and asked him to find out why the King of the Shang and Yeoui had the same face. Mukhyeong’s expression hardened.

“It could be the same person, or it could be a twin. Considering the location and circumstances, it is highly likely that it was the person who was hit and injured by me, so it is a twin. It is also a reasonable inference in the current situation where the absence of the King is assumed to be an illegal emigration to the Ming Dynasty.”

“That’s difficult. Is that why you were wearing a mask? You have to find out the secret history of the royal family.”

“Please report that you killed Yeoui. I tried to cut off her head, but I found her face. I didn’t bring it because I thought it was not a good situation to show her face.”

“You are truly amazing.”

“What good is assassinating people? Phew, it’s time to stop.”

“Is that so?”

“All that dirty karma is asking me.”

“You speak like a monk.”

“The immortals and Buddhas are no different. The immortals and Buddhas are not two different things!”

“Oh, you said it would be different.”

“Did I do that? Hehehee hehe.”

Dalcheon holds out his hand and shows me the way. He doesn’t tell me the way, but tells me to go quickly. The savory smell of rice cooking wafts in from afar.

“Actually, I… … I mean.”

“Huh? Do you have any other business?”

“I came here to study. I want to continue studying what I was studying at the school.”

“Oh my! This is the Taoist temple.”

“Our study is not much different from Taoism. Should we say that the immortal and the martial arts are not two different things?”

The interpretation is good. It’s like a sentence that came out of his own mouth at some point, so I couldn’t say no.

“Whew. Hmm.”

It’s complicated. I tried to make it an educational institution to nurture true people, but the people of Amman said they would join me.

“I don’t want to bother you. I just want to join their process.”

The corners of Dalcheon’s eyes went up.

“Then they’ll make talismans, perform magic, summon ghosts, and things like that over there.”

“He said that all good deeds return to one. He said that whatever you do will help you study.”

“That means that whatever you do, don’t think of what you’re doing as a poor method and work hard. It doesn’t mean that you should try everything. No, it might mean that you should try something.”

“It sounded to me like you were telling me to work hard at what I can do now.”

“No, I’m trying to teach you how to do it now.”

“Please let me join you.”

Dalcheon turned his head and pointed inward with the tip of his chin.

“Please get permission from the manufacturer over there.”

“I’m good at that. Leave it to me. I’ll get permission.”

“You must not threaten people.”

“You seem to think we are such bad guys. Let us ask politely and get permission.”

As Dalcheon tried to enter the pavilion again, Mukhyeong stopped him.

“You’re not going to tell me to go and absolutely not allow it, are you?”

“Ugh. That’s what I was going to say.”

While Dalcheon was sighing, Mukhyeong went inside and lured the man to get permission. He knew Dalcheon’s household too well, so he was no match for him anymore. He was on top of the young governor’s head.

As I was enjoying my leisure time on a chair in the front yard of the restaurant, a trainee came running. Dalcheon pointed to a place that said “reception room” with his fingertips.

“When I got there, they told me to go this way.”

It’s not like I’m joking. If you go here, they tell you to go there, and if you go there again, they tell you where to go. What irresponsible people do, a real person is doing. It has to end here.

“That can’t be true.”

Dalcheon glared at the nearby reception room, and the man in the room poked his head out, took a look, and then walked over to him in a slow, steady manner.

“I didn’t dare to refuse you because I knew you before. How could I ask you to wait after receiving your favor?”

Dalcheon tilted his head. What kind of favor was he talking about all of a sudden? Sajik must have used a trick, but he couldn’t put the young Doryu in a difficult position.

“Okay, now tell anyone who comes to wait. They come out once every hour, so I can interview them then. No, can’t a person wait even for an hour?”

“I’m sorry. I’ll do that next time.”

Dalcheon waved his hand. He was quite polite in front of other people, but he was no different from the king in front of the Taoists. After watching him return to the reception room, he sat Sajik down next to him.

“Why? You came here earlier. Why are you here again?”

“I feel bad if you talk to me as if you were talking to someone else.”

“Oh, what are you trying to say now?”

I don’t know about other people, but he has served in the military for a long time. He has the inner strength to get things done.

“I heard a rumor that another school has opened here. Then, I can’t miss out, right? I am the student who showed the most outstanding achievements at the Yangju school. I passed the military service examination.”

Dalcheon swallowed hard and then coughed as if he had a cold.

“No, what do you mean?”

“I’ll join in too. There are already two people who have joined. I can’t just sit around and do nothing when Lady Baek I-jeong and Mr. Muk-hyung are starting, right?”

“Could it be that the governor sent you to spy on me? Isn’t it time for me to work for the country now?”

“I’m done. I’ve already done it.”

“Huh.”

Dalcheon burst into laughter.

“No, where is the end to working for the country? You have to work hard until you die. Play all morning, play all day after eating, and pretend to work for exactly half an hour in the afternoon. When you go home, you say you have worked for the country?”

“That led to victory in the battle, and played a key role in the great battle. How many enemies did we kill? In recognition of that achievement, I was allowed to continue my studies.”

“Huh, who did you hear that from?”

“Actually, I already noticed it when I came with Dojeong earlier. I heard the Doryu whispering.”

“Hmm.”

“I just need to get permission from the manufacturer, right?”

It seems that he heard the sound of the argument between Mukhyeong and Dalcheon. Dalcheon had almost given up. There was no way out as people were climbing over the criterion like a snake climbing over a wall.

“this.”

“Please wait a moment and I will get your permission.”

It was wrong to bring up manufacturing. Sogyeokseo was relatively isolated from the bureaucracy and had little contact, but his influence was still small. He should have considered that he was in a position where he could not easily refuse requests from key officials. He asked someone who gave permission to everything to get permission, so things could not go well.

Dalcheon was about to call for Jejo, but he came running with a big smile.

“Jin-in! The head of the training center, Mr. Sa-jik, has said he will study with us. How wonderful! No matter how hard I try, it has been difficult to spread the Tao, but this afternoon, three people have already joined. Our So-gyeok-seo is improving day by day.”

“Uh-huh. Yes, that’s right.”

“Now that the True Man has come, it seems like things that were impossible just happen.”

Whether it was because he was oblivious or because he wanted to pass over the situation, he seemed unaware that Dalcheon disliked mixing different types of oil.

“It is said that Hongik Ingan is the cause of good. How great it would be if the true man’s Taoism could be widely spread.”

“No, isn’t that the word used there?”

It was no use. They came one by one as if they had made a promise. Even Cheolmuwoong and Jindonghee came to ask for permission. Jindonghee was certain that he would receive a high position through this victory, but he had not yet received the position, so he was relatively free. And Cheolmuwoong begged, giving a long list of reasons, such as that he had become the king’s secretary, but that he had felt that he needed to study more through the battle with the black warriors.

Before the evening was over, those studying at Yangju Academy had taken over the rooms in Sogyeokseo one by one. They had chosen this place to be free from the noisy affairs related to post-war processing, but it had become even noisier.

After dinner and a rest, I had the Buddha’s 『Zazenui』* brought in. Since there were not enough books, several people put their heads together. Several people gave way to each other and kept their distance to be considerate of each other, but the Yangju Academy students tried to put their heads together first over a single page.

* 『Zazenui』: A summary of the Zen Buddhist practice method written by Monk Jonggyeong Jongsaek.

Dalcheon, who could not stand to watch, gave him what he was holding so that they would not fight and began to lecture. Dalcheon said that the book 『Zazenui』 best summarized the basics of Zazen and that it would be helpful in learning the posture regardless of whether one is a seon or a buddha, so he should recite it again.

The thing that people with no brains have the most trouble with is memorization. Those who read a lot of the scriptures and have made it a part of their lives can accept it without much difficulty, but the ignorant people of the Yangju Academy swallowed their saliva and sighed as they had a hard time.

“Do I have to memorize this?”

“Yes. It’s not a long text. Memorize it all today. If you can’t, stay up all night and memorize it.”