Habuk Pengga Swordsman Genius - Chapter 661



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661. Start the game (1)

Mooyoung frowned as he looked at the stones on the Go board.

“You’re saying you’re not going to put stones on the board and play Go?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Isn’t it obvious that we should have a match?”

“I just brought the Go board because the old man likes to play Go.”

“It’s a Go board… … But how did you know that I like Go?”

Muyeong looked at Hanbin again with eyes of suspicion.

If it was his first time seeing Muyeong, Hanbin would have definitely been embarrassed.

But Hanbin had been butting heads with him for a hundred days during his mental training.

Hanbin knew everything about his habits and thoughts.

Hanbin, who naturally drew a line at the corner of his mouth, pointed to Muyoung’s hand.

“I knew it when I saw your index finger.”

“You knew just by looking at my index finger? I just don’t understand… … .”

Mooyoung tilted his head as he looked at his index finger.

In fact, the rest was wrapped in bandages, leaving only one index finger exposed.

Muyeong, who had been looking at his fingers for a long time, narrowed his eyes.

“Are you kidding me right now?”

“Why am I teasing you, old man?”

“Aren’t you making fun of me for only having one finger?”

Muyeong raised his index finger.

Anyone who saw it would be sad to see only one index finger standing out on a fist wrapped tightly in a bandage.

In Kang Ho-in’s view, having only one finger was a tragedy.

That was when.

The surroundings began to become noisy.

Someone whispered while looking at Muyeong.

“If I were a Shaolin monk with only one finger… … .”

“Huh? Then that monk, no, that monk is Ilji Daesa?”

What they said was true.

It would be a tragedy if an ordinary martial artist had only one finger.

But it was different with the diary ambassador.

The Ilji Daesa they are talking about is a person who goes beyond the Three Masters of Murim and is called Iljon.

The commotion grew louder and louder.

“That’s right! I heard that the only Shaolin monk with only one finger is Master Ilji.”

“no way…….”

“Look closely, it’s definitely one finger.”

At first, they looked at Muyeong’s fingers with pitiful eyes, but now they had expressions of awe.

The commotion grew louder and spread throughout the surrounding area.

They were all shouting one word.

The word was ‘diary’.

Akpilseung, who was watching from the side, nodded with strength in his eyes.

Akpilseung thought that Iljidaesa was the Great Master because of that one finger and brought Muyeong with him.

If it weren’t for that finger, I would have run away from the Shaolin Temple long ago.

Of course, everyone except Akpilseung opened their eyes wide and sparkled with curiosity.

Su-un, a member of the shaman faction, was also bewildered as he watched this.

Su-un, like everyone else, thought that the four Confucius monks of Ddaeng-jung and Ha-buk-pang-ga were pharmacists.

But when the name Ilji Daesa suddenly came up, I was dumbfounded.

Su-woon’s eyes changed without anyone knowing.

He quickly looked back and signaled.

At the same time, the priest of Suun brings a bamboo slip.

Su-un took the bamboo slip and quickly began to carve letters into it.

The content was simple.

The content was that the Shaolin monk Ilji had arrived at Haegeomji.

But he did not give the bamboo slip to the priest.

This was because there were still some parts that needed to be checked further.

Su-un rolled up the bamboo slip and held it in his hand, looked at the situation, and thought about his master’s words.

A saying that if someone comes from Shaolin, you must report it.

This time, Shaolin was the only sect among the nine factions that did not attend.

Since I had already informed him that I would not attend, there was no way he would visit me from Shaolin, so I had completely forgotten about that instruction.

However, if the visit from Shaolin was not enough, and the Ilji Daesa, one of the three masters of martial arts, had come, then it was a situation where it was absolutely necessary to report.

But is the old monk in front of me really Ilji Daesa?

Because of this suspicion, Su-un was unable to hand over the report slip to the priest.

Su-un looked at the old monk quietly.

I clearly said it was Muyeong earlier.

Also, judging from his appearance, he didn’t seem like a character from Iljidaesa.

That would be the case, since Ilji Daesa was of a similar age to Taegeuk Geomje, the leader of the shamanist faction.

“hmm.”

Su-un let out a deep sigh without realizing it.

It would be nice to know the face of Master Ilji, but none of the disciples of the Shamanist faction had seen Master Ilji in person.

In that situation, since you only have one finger out like a diary entry, it is difficult to make a judgment.

As information accumulates, the other party must become more clearly visible.

But now the dissonance of information was making his head spin.

Of course, Su-woon wasn’t the only one focused on Han-bin and Mu-young’s conversation.

The Haenam faction, which had been confronting the Mudang faction until just a moment ago, was also watching the current situation.

Who was the ambassador?

Although he was revered and called the best among the three masters of martial arts, he was a monk who never showed up in the world of martial arts and only trained deep in the Shaolin Temple.

Just seeing the Ilji Ambassador here was an honor and pride for the family.

It was an incident that I could go back to Haenam and brag about to my friends.

While everyone was looking at Hanbin and Muyeong, Hanbin continued speaking.

“Please don’t pretend to be sick.”

“What does that mean?”

“Are your hands okay?”

“How did you know my hands were okay?”

“I will explain now. If what I am saying is valid, you will give up three seconds in the bet.”

“Three thousand years old… … .”

“You’re not saying that it’s hard for you, are you?”

“If it’s reasonable, I’ll gladly give up three seconds.”

“Then I will tell you from now on. If you look at the nail on your index finger, it has turned black.”

“Yeah, my fingernails turned black. But what does that have to do with anything?”

“The blackened part of the nail corresponds to the overlapping part of the stones when placed on the board. For example, like this.”

Hanbin held the stone and pretended to place the stones on the board.

The onlookers tilted their heads at the sight.

The way Hanbin placed his stones was no different from that of ordinary players.

Hanbin’s hand shape was simple.

Place the stone on your index finger and cover it with your middle finger.

Then place the stones accurately on the board.

It was a very classic way of playing Go.

Muyeong tilted his head.

“I can’t understand what you’re trying to say.”

“Yes, for most people, fingernails would never turn black. But it’s different for older people.”

“Is it different?”

“It seems like you have a habit of using your inner strength every time you pick up a Go stone. It’s to the point where your fingernails are discolored.”

“Oh.”

“If you’re going to be able to hold it that way, wouldn’t it be normal for your other fingers to be fine as well?”

The onlookers also reacted to Hanbin’s words.

“The author is right. I also hold stones like this.”

“Does that mean your fingernails will change?”

“My nails have changed like this, so why are you suspicious?”

One of the onlookers held up his fingernail.

His fingernails had really turned black.

The onlooker continued.

“If you keep holding the stone like this and making a clicking sound, your fingernails will turn black.”

After finishing speaking, the onlooker picked up a small stone that had fallen on the floor and pretended to play Go.

Place it on your index finger and press it with your middle finger.

A stone was placed so that it made a sound towards the floor.

widely.

The onlookers’ eyes widened at the refreshing sound.

The onlookers also used their internal energy.

The technique of channeling internal energy into the tip of the finger was something that only a master of the highest level could do.

Although they are sitting there as if nothing happened, each and every one of the onlookers is a master representing their school.

The onlooker continued speaking with a grin.

“You have to have a lot of inner strength to make a sound like this. But if this happens repeatedly, then.”

He stopped talking and picked up his nails again.

A few other onlookers nodded at the sight of the blackened fingernails.

The onlookers nearby seemed amazed and pretended to hold stones that had fallen to the ground.

After trying it a few times, everyone nodded as if they understood.

Because what the onlooker whose fingernails had turned black said made sense.

Their eyes sparkled as if they were once again immersed in the conversation between Hanbin and Muyeong.

When everyone’s gaze became hotter than the sun of the Great Curtain, Muyeong let out a laugh.

“Haha, you have a fox’s head and a snake’s tongue. This is similar to the guy in my dream.”

“The guy in the dream, who is that?”

“You don’t have to know, haha.”

After laughing for a while, Muyeong took off the bandage that was wrapped around his hand.

As the bandage, which had turned a hideous black color, flowed away, his healthy fingers were revealed.

Everyone’s eyes opened wide.

The fact that all his hands were intact meant that he was not a swindler.

The reason why Ambassador Ilji was nicknamed ‘Ilji’ was because he only had one finger.

Of course, no one saw the ambassador’s fingers directly.

The fact that the finger of the Ilji Ambassador was one of them spread by word of mouth.

Also, I just believed it because the elders of each faction said so.

However, the intact finger inside the flowing bandage was the last piece of evidence that could have been Ilji Ambassador, and it was mercilessly destroyed.

Those who had been amazed by the mystery that Hanbin had just revealed now looked up at the sky with disappointed eyes.

Only the shamanist Suun was frantically spreading out the bamboo slips.

He just mercilessly tore out the part he had written about the diary ambassador.

Then he rolled up the bamboo slip again and put it in his bosom.

In Su-woon’s eyes, both Han-bin and Mu-young looked like conmen.

Su-woon, who had been looking at Han-bin and Mu-young with a look of disbelief, stood up from his seat.

Now it was time to end their clumsy stage.

Su-woon, who was slowly walking towards them, stopped for a moment.

It was because Hanbin, who was facing Muyeong, got up from his seat.

While Su-woon was blankly staring at them, Han-bin stood up and continued speaking.

“Then would you give me three seconds?”

“Haha, that’s right. But does that mean you can beat me? Seeing you proposing a bet on Go like this, it’s definitely not the guy in my dream… … . If it were him, there’s no way he’d propose a bet like this.”

Mooyoung looked at Hanbin as if he found it amusing.

Hanbin met her gaze and quietly lowered his head.

Hanbin’s gaze was directed to where the baduk stones were.

Hanbin grabbed the black stone and said.

“As for this black stone, it is a stone made of iron, which is said to be very rare even in the Western Region. Now, we will begin the game.”

After finishing speaking, Hanbin placed three dots in a row in the center.

Mooyoung burst into laughter.

“Is this how you play Go? If you play like this, even if you give up three moves, there’s no chance of you beating me.”

After finishing speaking, Muyeong placed a move in the corner.

widely.

Hanbin continued speaking as a gentle sound echoed across the Go board.

“When did I say it was Go? Ask everyone here. Before we started this game, I clearly said it wasn’t Go.”

Hanbin turned his head and looked at the people around him.

Those whose eyes met nodded reflexively.

“I heard that too. He clearly said it wasn’t Go.”

“But didn’t you say you were going to start a match?”

“Well, can’t any game played on a Go board be called a game?”

“But what kind of game do you play on a Go board?”

“Well… … I don’t know.”

While they were still murmuring, Hanbin continued speaking.

“They are right. How can we say that we can only play Go on a Go board?”

“then…….”

“It’s Omok, sir.”