Habuk Pengga Swordsman Genius - Chapter 305



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305. Old man carving a Buddha statue (3)

Hanbin took a step closer to the old man.

“I’ll take that bet for you.”

“Hehe, what kind of bet are you talking about?”

“I’m talking about the bet my maid just proposed.”

“Hehe, so, whose Buddha statue is more perfect?”

After finishing speaking, the old man glanced at the Buddha statue that Hanbin had carved.

And then a genuine smile appeared on his lips.

The Buddha statue that Hanbin carved looked quite good, but it was far from perfect compared to the old man’s Buddha statue.

The old man said.

“Are you saying we should make a bet by comparing your Buddha statue to mine? Since you said Habukpangga, you should have plenty of money. Let’s hear what you have to say.”

“Is the Buddha statue you are carving a statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva?”

“Yeah, it looks like you have eyes. Tell me the rest.”

“This is the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva I carved.”

“Hahaha, you’re saying that you broke the neck of the Buddha statue I made to carve this?”

“Are you saying that the Buddha statue you carved is of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva?”

“It’s raining? What do you mean?”

“Do you really think that is the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara?”

“So what you carved is a statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva?”

“Of course I think I carved it to look more like Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.”

“Haha, I’ve dealt with a crazy guy. You’re not worth punishing, so get out of here.”

The old man looked at Hanbin again, his spirits rising.

Seol-hwa, who was looking at this whole scene, was dumbfounded.

No matter how out of the blue Hanbin may be, there is a reason for everything he does.

And at the end of it all, there is always a reward.

But, this time, I just couldn’t understand it.

Why are you provoking an old man who is carving a Buddhist statue without any problems?

Well, I understand up to that point.

The problem was that the Buddha statue carved by Hanbin looked too shabby compared to the Buddha statue carved by the old man.

Even though Seol-hwa was on Han-bin’s side, she couldn’t give in this time.

I glanced to the side and saw that Cheonghwa was also tilting her head.

That was when.

Hanbin approached the old man with his luggage on his back.

“Then shall we start the real betting? I want one month of yours.”

“My one month? You want the old man’s life?”

“No, that’s not it. I want you to work for me for a month. When you’re not doing the work I ask you to do, you can either carve a Buddhist statue or practice Taoism.”

“Okay, then I’ll take your one month too. But if I win, I’ll treat you like shit for a month. Well, you might die.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Hanbin clapped his hands after finishing speaking.

Clap clap!

It wasn’t just a clap, it was a sound filled with inner strength.

People passing by tilted their heads and started looking at Hanbin and the old man.

Then Hanbin shouted.

“Everyone, I’m looking for someone to judge the real Buddha statue!”

Passersby, curious about Hanbin’s shouts, began to gather one by one.

Someone looked at the old man and said:

“Isn’t that old man the one who’s been carving Buddha statues under that tree for a whole month?”

“That’s that crazy old man.”

“By the way, who is that young man?”

“Is that so?”

Pedestrians tilted their heads and looked back and forth between Hanbin and the old man.

As soon as a certain number of people gathered, Hanbin shouted again.

“Look here! I will give a coin to each person who can tell me which statue is the same as Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. Of course, to be fair, the winner will give it.”

“… … .”

The old man looked at Hanbin without saying a word.

However, Hanbin continued speaking without paying attention to his gaze.

“The elder here says that his statue resembles Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva more than mine. Has anyone ever seen Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva?”

Passersby tilted their heads at Hanbin’s words.

Then, someone came out and asked me.

“How could there be anyone who actually saw it, young man! Are you perhaps not going to give us money?”

“That’s not it. If you can just tell me which of the two statues is more similar, I’ll give you a coin.”

“Hmm, then show me the Buddha statue.”

At the passerby’s words, Hanbin nodded to the old man.

“Please show me the Buddha statue first.”

“Okay.”

The old man nodded and silently lifted the Buddha statue and showed it to passersby.

Those who saw the old man’s statue began to gossip.

“If it’s like that, you could sell it at the workshop down there, so why are you just carving it under the tree?”

“That’s right. Even a country like that would buy it.”

“Well, it’s as good as you can imagine.”

The old man smiled sincerely at the voices of the passers-by.

At that time, Hanbin held out the Buddha statue.

Passersby tilted their heads when they saw Hanbin’s statue.

“It was carved well, but the Buddha statue carved by the old man was carved much better.”

“That’s right.”

As the people’s voices grew louder, Hanbin took a step forward as if he was ready.

“I asked earlier if there was anyone who had actually seen Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.”

“That’s right. But where has anyone seen Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva?”

“Yes, but we know the mind of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.”

“Hmm, well, saving sentient beings… … .”

“That’s right. I know your heart.”

The pedestrians looked at each other and nodded in agreement with Hanbin’s words.

At that time, a passerby who was talking to Hanbin tilted his head.

“If you can’t see that heart, shouldn’t you at least make your face kind? In that sense… … .”

“Just a moment, please.”

Hanbin, who showed his palm, picked up a rag from the floor.

Then he continued speaking, looking at the Buddha statue the old man was holding.

“Elder, please give me that Buddha statue for a moment.”

“Huh, what kind of joke are you trying to play? Well, the game has already been decided, so do whatever you want.”

“thank you.”

Hanbin, who had received the Buddha statue, continued speaking while holding a rag.

“Then, from now on, I will try to find out how much of the mind of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is contained in this Buddha statue.”

After finishing speaking, Hanbin put a rag to the Buddha’s ear.

At that sight, passersby tilted their heads in wonder at the old man.

“Are you playing with the Buddha statue right now?”

“No. I am judging the mind of the Buddha.”

“The heart… … .”

“But your ears are blocked. If you were a real Bodhisattva, how could your ears be blocked? If the ears of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, who listens to the voices of living beings, are blocked, wouldn’t you be fake?”

At the same time, exclamations came out from here and there.

“Huh, that young man is right.”

“That’s right.”

Then the old man coughed and held out his hand.

“Hmm, give me my Buddha statue again.”

“Here it is. Come and check it out.”

Hanbin even handed over a rag.

The old man who received it had shining eyes.

In an instant, a thin line of evidence emerged from the tip of the rag.

The old man nonchalantly put a rag into the Buddha statue’s ear.

In an instant, without a sound, the Buddha’s ears were pierced.

The old man gained a small insight from Hanbin’s words.

The old man was the priest of the shaman clan, Hyeonmun.

Although Hyeonmun grew up with high expectations as the best shaman, his life was not so smooth.

Because of his uncontrollable murderous intent, he was prone to causing accidents here and there.

Under the pretext of punishing the evil group, he beheaded a villain who could have easily been handed over to the Justice Alliance with a single sword.

The number of villains he killed alone would exceed the number killed by the entire Shamanist sect.

As a result, it was common for people to be destroyed just by being reprimanded.

His master asked him one favor when he passed away ten years ago.

The order was to carve a real statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.

He said that was the only way to quell the killing intent of the Thousand-Year-Old.

Thanks to this, he left the shamanist sect and began to wander the world, carving statues of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.

In fact, Hanbin’s one word just now could not be said to be smaller than the enlightenment he had gained while carving Buddhist statues for ten years.

But, a match is a match.

I wanted to suppress Hanbin somehow.

Hanbin nodded at that sight.

I knew what kind of technique he was using.

And I found out earlier that he was the shaman’s master.

At that moment, Hyunmun smiled brightly and showed the Buddha statue to Hanbin.

“My Buddha statue also has pierced ears like this. So, can I consider myself a winner of this bet?”

After finishing speaking, Hyunmun put the rag into the ear of the Buddha statue he had made.

The rag pierced the Buddha’s ear and came out the other side.

People started to murmur at the sight.

“Oh, then that’s the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara that the young man was talking about.”

“Yes, that’s right. It has to be open like that to be a real Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara.”

“Then, if the conditions are the same, then it’s right that the old man wins.”

As the people’s voices grew louder, Hanbin continued speaking to everyone with a sincere smile.

“Think about it. If you let what you hear go out the other ear, how can you be called a true Bodhisattva of Mercy?”

“Oh, now that you mention it, that’s true.”

One of the onlookers nodded, and this time the gate opened.

“Then what is different about the Buddha statue you carved?”

“Look here.”

Hanbin lifted his own Buddha statue.

Then he put a rag into the Buddha statue’s ear.

The rag stopped after going in for a while.

“You see. The real Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva stores the voices of living beings in his head like this.”

When Hanbin finished speaking, everyone opened their mouths.

Hanbin’s words were like a joke, but they also contained a realization that seemed to transcend the secular world.

In a solemn atmosphere, onlookers quietly looked at Hanbin’s Buddha statue.

At that moment, Hyunmun suddenly sat cross-legged.

Then he shouted softly.

“For ten years, I have only been caring about my appearance. What the Master said was my true feelings… …!”

He closed his eyes slowly, his voice trailing off.

Hanbin shouted softly at that sight.

“Snow flower, Cheonghwa. Please protect the law!”

At the same time, Seolhwa and Cheonghwa stood in front and behind the main gate and began to guard.

Hanbin quietly walked towards the onlookers.

Then he took out his pouch and distributed the coins to them.

The goal was to gain a strong ally for a few iron coins.

The onlookers who had received the iron bullet all turned away with apologetic expressions.

Someone said this:

“I feel sorry for taking money after listening to the sermon.”

“Heh heh.”

Some people burst into laughter.

However, Hanbin did not relax and looked at the main gate.

Hyunmun was someone who remembered his past life.

A person who will be of great help when the devil rises.

I heard that the enlightenment that Hanbin just conveyed was something that the Shaolin Ilji Master had conveyed to him.

Hanbin recreated that situation exactly.

At that time, it was said that Hyeonmun received the sermon of Master Ilji and attained enlightenment 100 days later.

After that, he greeted Jang Moon-in at the shaman’s house and entered Shaolin to become the disciple of Master Ilji.

A strange fate of growing up as a shaman and becoming a disciple of Shaolin.

But you’re saying you’re going straight into a state of no-self?

It seemed like his life had changed thanks to Hanbin.

It was when Hanbin was recalling memories from his past life.

I felt a familiar presence behind me.

I turned my head and saw Peng Hyuk-bin with his eyes wide open.

Hanbin left the place to Seolhwa and Cheonghwa and walked towards Peng Heukbin.

Hanbin, standing in front of Peng Hyukbin, spoke in a low voice.

“Brother, how have you been?”

“Yeah, I’ve been doing well. But what the heck have you been up to?”

“What’s going on?”

When Hanbin tilted his head, Peng Hyukbin answered.

“Because of you, this escort got into trouble.”

“What happened to this escort?”

“Hmm, so… … .”