Habuk Pengga Swordsman Genius - Chapter 304



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304. Old man carving a Buddha statue (2)

Even Seol-hwa, who had been calm until now, looked around with a bewildered expression.

“I still can’t see the exit!”

“first!”

Hanbin quickly closed the wooden box.

Then he put the box back into the square hole.

In that moment, the back of the place where the remains had been began to move slowly.

Hanbin continued speaking.

“Let’s jump over there!”

* * *

After a while.

Hanbin and his group stand in front of a large stone wall.

Seolhwa and Cheonghwa opened their eyes wide.

It was a road created by the ancestors of the Sacheon Dangga family.

That’s why I thought there must be a way out.

But there was a stone wall blocking the way in front.

Seolhwa sighed.

“As expected, Sacheondangga is meticulous.”

“I’m sorry, sis.”

“It happened a hundred years ago, why are you sorry?”

“Still, I feel some sense of responsibility.”

“It hasn’t been long since I found out that you’re from the Sacheondang family.”

“Still, I can’t help but feel sorry.”

While the two were lamenting each other, Hanbin looked at Seolhwa.

“Snow flower.”

“Why, Confucius?”

“If you have any advice, please give it to me.”

“There is, but why?”

“I don’t think I can use the True Dragon Sword today. I guess I’ll have to use this.”

Hanbin unpacked the luggage on his waist.

“What is that?”

“Wall bomb.”

“Why are you carrying that around so dangerously?”

“Just in case something like this happens.”

Hanbin pointed to the stone wall that was standing firm.

Then Cheonghwa cautiously intervenes.

“I think Confucius’s preparedness is the best in the Central Plains.”

“Well, one must be prepared. I’ll give you a wall bomb when you leave here, so carry it with you at all times.”

“I usually use wall bombs… … .”

“You never know when something like this might happen.”

Hanbin smiled and inserted a rocket into the crack in the stone wall.

Then he pulled the sword he had received from Seolhwa.

As the fuse of the firebomb ignited, Hanbin quickly fired at the wall grenade he had planted.

Rule.

Hanbin shouted at the sound of the wick burning out.

“Sideways!”

At the same time, there was a loud explosion.

Kwak-kwang!

As the smoke cleared, Hanbin and his party checked the stone wall.

Cheonghwa approached the stone wall and opened her eyes wide.

“Oh, what should I do? The stone wall is intact.”

“Oh, how can you be so fine, Confucius?”

Seolhwa also tilted her head.

Hanbin narrowed his eyes and observed the stone wall closely.

Although it doesn’t have the power of a Jincheon-roe, if it was a wall-crawler, it would have been normal for it to make a hole in the stone wall.

So then this was no ordinary stone wall.

Hanbin approached the stone wall cautiously.

Hanbin, who was slowly approaching the stone wall, stamped his feet.

bang!

The floor began to shake.

Even then, a tiny crack appeared in the floor for a moment.

Jje-jeok.

In the blink of an eye, Hanbin and his group were taken down.

* * *

Meanwhile, at the waterway improvement work site led by Sim Mi-ho.

Sim Mi-ho, who was digging a hole near Sacheondangga, narrowed his eyes.

It was because the place marked on the map was blocked.

As a large boulder the size of a house stood in front of her, Sim Mi-ho urgently called Kang Yu-chan.

Kang Yu-chan, who arrived at the scene, also sighed.

“Ugh… … I don’t think I can get through this. Even if I call a mason, it’ll probably take at least a month.”

“There is only one week left until the time promised to my lord. We must use Jincheonroe to break through.”

“That’s impossible. You can’t use Jincheonrye in a place like this. Even if it were possible, didn’t the Fourth Lord tell you to clean it up without anyone knowing?”

“Then what should I do? I have to finish it somehow on time. If I just get through here, it’ll be over in a day… … .”

Sim Mi-ho trailed off.

This is because the subtle vibrations were transmitted through the tips of the toes.

Kang Yu-chan must have felt it too, because Shim Mi-ho quickly grabbed him.

“Be careful.”

“oh.”

A rock the size of a house began to roll behind Sim Mi-ho, who was being led by Kang Yu-chan.

Knock knock.

Kang Yu-chan quickly unleashed the Plum Blossom Shinbo, a light-body technique from the Volcano faction.

Papa Park.

Kang Yu-chan, who was holding Sim Mi-ho’s hand, barely avoided the boulder.

Fortunately, the boulder got stuck in a dead end, not a passage.

phut!

As the dust began to pile up and then slowly settle, Sim Mi-ho’s eyes grew as big as lanterns.

Hanbin was walking in front of me, dusting off his shirt.

There were two women following behind him whom he had never seen before.

For a moment, Sim Mi-ho had the illusion that this was the afterlife.

At that moment, Hanbin, who had been walking slowly, opened his mouth.

“Ah, Deputy Chief Sim. Why are you there?”

“Oh, are you really my lord?”

“That’s right. But what are you doing here?”

“That’s what I’m asking. You entrusted me with the canal construction.”

“Yeah, but why are you here?”

“This is the bottom of the Sacheondangga wall.”

“Here? I clearly went into the back mountain… … .”

Hanbin tilted his head and snapped his fingers.

Exactly.

Then he continued speaking as if he had just remembered something.

“They made this place a living space.”

“Saenglorani, what does that mean?”

“I’ll tell you later, so just give me some water. I’m really dying.”

“Here it is.”

As Sim Mi-ho handed over the water in the bamboo bowl, someone reached out from behind.

“Sister Bu-dae-ju, please give me some too.”

“Do you know me?”

“That’s a fairy tale.”

“You’re Seolhwa? Let’s see, so… … It seems a little similar… … .”

“That’s right. Last time, my sister bought me some sweets and I got a stomachache.”

“Oh, this is really ridiculous. Why did you suddenly get so tall?”

“Something came up.”

“You’re not just tall, but your skin is also like that. You wouldn’t recognize me! And… … .”

Sim Mi-ho trailed off.

I don’t know what the coincidence was, but I was so jealous.

Sim Mi-ho’s gaze stopped on Seol-hwa’s chest.

After this mission was over, I was determined to find out what that coincidence was.

* * *

Three days later.

Hwasu Inn at the entrance of Sacheon.

Hanbin was looking at the guest room with his arms crossed.

After giving some instructions to Sim Mi-ho, Han Bin came here right away under the guidance of Gae-bok.

According to the story told by Gae-bok, Peng Heuk-bin and his party were staying at this inn.

Now that everything was ready, we could join them and head back to Sacheondangga.

The only regret I had was that I hadn’t figured out how to perfectly restore the Yongrin Sword.

Just as Hanbin was about to enter the Hwasoo guest house.

Hanbin’s sense of humor suddenly kicked in.

Because I felt something unusual around me.

Hanbin’s gaze was directed to a pine tree about fifty steps away from the guest house.

Under the pine tree, an old man in shabby clothes was making something.

Hanbin, who had been looking at the place for a while, quietly approached the old man.

Just as Cheonghwa was about to ask Hanbin, Seolhwa put her index finger to her lips.

“Let’s go first.”

“Okay, sis.”

Hanbin squatted down in front of the old man without a care, paying no attention to the following rumors and rumblings.

However, the old man didn’t even glance at Hanbin.

Seolhwa stood next to him and looked at Hanbin and the old man without saying anything.

The old man was constantly carving a Buddha statue with a carving knife.

Although it was small, I thought I could tell what kind of Buddha statue the old man was carving.

It was a statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva with a kind smile.

Sasa-sak.

Sasa-sak.

The old man was making a Buddha statue as if he was peeling an apple.

Once one was made, he put it aside and picked up another piece of wood and began carving the Buddha statue.

How much time has passed?

It’s been like this for an hour already.

Cheonghwa, who was standing next to him, asked the old man cautiously, as if she couldn’t stand it anymore.

“Grandpa, are you selling that Buddha statue?”

“… … .”

The old man just carved the Buddha statue without even looking at it.

That was when.

Hanbin picked up one of the Buddha statues without the old man’s permission.

But the old man still didn’t even look up.

Hanbin smiled brightly and then broke the Buddha statue.

For a moment, the old man’s eyes lit up.

A glimmer of life began to appear in his once calm eyes.

The old man stuck a carving knife into the wood.

Sigh.

It wasn’t just the carving knife blade that was stuck in the tree.

It went deep into the handle of the carving knife.

The old man got up from his seat.

Then he pointed to Hanbin.

“Get up, child.”

“… … .”

This time Hanbin didn’t answer.

Then he took out the carving knife he had inserted.

Hanbin quietly carved the wood with a chisel without looking at the old man.

In an instant, the old man gained momentum.

The momentum was so intense that it felt like a curtain had been drawn around him.

Seolhwa quietly watched their movements and took a deep breath.

It was an unmanageable momentum if there had been no enlightenment from Mandokbigo.

I glanced to the side and saw that Cheonghwa was already using her poison to defend herself.

Cheonghwa’s self-defense weapon was surprising in that its poisonous energy was thoroughly absorbed and did not spread outward.

This means that as long as you don’t touch the blue flower, you won’t be harmed by just being around it.

It’s harder to control poison than to spread it.

The old man looked at the blue flower and lost his composure.

The old man, his expression collected, asked.

“A public servant… … . Is he a member of the Sacheondang family? Sacheondang family finally raised him. It must be the will of heaven. The will of heaven.”

“Before the Sacheondangga, I was Confucius’ maid and Seolhwa’s younger sister.”

“Confucius? And a maid? The world’s most famous public servant?”

As the old man muttered as if he had lost his mind, Cheonghwa pointed to Hanbin.

“Yes, that’s right. She is a maid who serves the prince.”

“Hehe, so that means your sister is also from Sacheondangga?”

The old man turned his head and looked at Seol-hwa.

“I’m not from Sacheondangga.”

“Then which sect are you a disciple of? I saw earlier that your breathing was from the Jeong sect.”

“That’s a secret.”

“Heh heh.”

“Confucius said not to talk to strangers when you see them.”

“So you’re saying this guy did it?”

The old man turned his gaze and looked at Hanbin.

Hanbin was constantly making something with a carving knife.

The old man, who had been watching for a long time, asked.

“Who are you and where are you from?”

“… … .”

“You’re such a bastard!”

As the old man raised his voice, Seolhwa and Cheonghwa stood between him and Hanbin.

The snowball fight continued for a while, and then Seolhwa spoke with a serious expression.

“Our Confucius is from the Hebei Peng family. My grandfather seems to be from the Zheng family too. Stop it.”

“Stop it? It seems like I’m the one who’s picking a fight.”

“Well… … .”

Seolhwa was left speechless.

Come to think of it, it was his master, Hanbin, who had picked a fight with the old man who was quietly carving a Buddhist statue.

I glanced at Hanbin and saw that the tree he was carving was taking shape.

Seolhwa quickly changed the subject.

“Our Confucius is carving a new Buddha statue to compensate for the one he broke. So just wait.”

“Haha, this is a Buddha statue that I carved for ten years. Do you think that guy can carve a Buddha statue properly?”

“Of course. Do you want to make a bet with me?”

“Okay, let’s make a bet. What will you bet?”

“You can tell me, Grandpa. I’ve never lost a bet since I was born.”

“Then are you going to hang yourself?”

“That’s disadvantageous to me.”

“What do you mean, it’s disadvantageous?”

“How is my remaining life the same as my grandfather’s remaining life? I learned from Confucius that a bet is only valid when both scales are balanced.”

“Haha, it’s this guy’s story again.”

“Yes, our Confucius is so smart.”

“I haven’t heard that there’s a smart guy in Habukpangga.”

“How famous is the Four Princes of Habukpengga?”

“The fourth of the Peng family? Is this the guy who is called a coward?”

“Why are you talking to this guy or that guy about our Confucius? That was a long time ago, and now our Confucius is the best in Gangbuk.”

There was an argument going on between Seol-hwa and the old man.

Hanbin, who had been silent until now, got up from his seat, flapping his collar.

Whoosh.