Tangmunjeon - Chapter 255



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Episode 255: The Communist Party

Soon, people started gathering from all over.

There are a whopping eight top-tier masters from the two factions, including Ilseonja, the leader of the Jongnam faction, and Seonwooja, the leader of the Hwasan faction. Almost half of the core forces of the Jongnam faction and the Hwasan faction are gathered here.

The leader of the Jongnam faction, Ilseonja, approached Dangmujin and greeted him politely.

“Thank you for the valuable information. If I hadn’t found the lost item, I would have been left with no choice but to become a criminal of the Four Gates.”

Dang Mu-jin waved his hand and continued to talk about things he didn’t mean.

“It’s too early to tell. We don’t know yet whether the Jongnam faction will be able to find the lost items.”

“It’s okay. I was wandering around aimlessly without any clues, but thanks to you guys I was able to find a clue, so I can’t thank you enough.”

Following this, the two generals also expressed their gratitude to Namgung Myeong, Hong Geol-gae, and Hyeon-gong.

Namgung Myung and Hong Geol-gae greeted each other as if they were their superiors, but Hyeon-gong was a little different.

Hyun-gong looked at Ilseonja and Seonwooja and asked a fundamental question.

‘Are those two really my superiors?’

It is true that Seonwooja and Ilseonja are older than Hyeon-gong and have higher martial arts skills.

However, the two are not top-tier experts. If they were to face each other right away, the gap would be so small that even Hyun-gong would have a chance of winning.

There was also the question of status.

Until now, the reason Hyungong has consistently lowered his stance in front of the heads or heads of other sects is not because his skills were inferior, but because their status was high.

But not long ago, Hyun-gong was selected as the next leader of the non-partisan faction.

Of course, Hyun-gong was not the leader right now, but the period of time that he could act as a leader in the future was overwhelmingly longer than that of Ilseonja or Seonwooja.

Hyun-gong’s judgment was that he was clearly ahead in terms of future prospects.

Hyungong finished his calculations in an instant. Combining both the inaction and the background, he was only slightly behind by one point out of twenty. Hyungong tried hard to suppress his regret.

‘It’s not the time yet. But I think we’ll be able to match it soon.’

Hyun-gong waved at the two long-sleeved men in an awkward manner.

A subtle courtesy that seems to express the gap between this point and that point exactly.

Hyun-gong found the most impertinent attitude possible without any aftereffects.

Hyun-gong’s lottery ticket seemed somewhat lacking in sincerity to Ilseonja and Seonwooja. But at the same time, it was too subtle to point out that he was ill-mannered.

On the contrary, if they were to point out things harshly, they would probably be branded as petty and mean-spirited old ladies. The two suppressed a faint sense of discontent.

‘It’s a well-known fact that young people these days are ill-mannered. Even that much isn’t seriously ill-mannered. Considering that those who have achieved great things at a young age tend to become arrogant, it would be more correct to say that Seungryonggeom is somewhat well-mannered.’

Seonwooja, the leader of the Hwasan faction, praised Hyeon-gong in vain.

“Hmm. You said it was the Seungryong Sword?”

“Yes. You can call me Jeong-eon.”

“I see. It is a great achievement at such a young age. With the momentum of the Mudangpa so strong, the future of the Jeongpa martial arts world is bright.”

“You are too kind.”

Those who arrived first waited for people from other sects to arrive.

Even from mid-level sects and small families, martial artists began to arrive one after another. Before long, the number of top martial artists gathered in Pyeongryang County reached ten, excluding Dang Mujin and his party.

However, there was no one from the shaman faction. Not only had nothing been stolen from the shaman faction, but everyone knew that the movements of the Youngbojin people were inconvenient.

However, since Hyun-gong was ready to lend a helping hand instead of Yeong-bo Jin-in, there was no room to criticize the Wudang faction for its lack of cooperation.

Finally, one celebrity arrived.

As far as Dang Mu-jin knows, he is the only close friend of the demon, and he is the martial artist of the Jeongpa who has always been closest to the Six Lords since Dang Mu-jin first started learning martial arts.

However, even after more than six years, when Yu Jin-gwang reached the peak of his power and Baek Ye-hyo appeared, there is a monk who has consistently maintained the peak of martial arts. He is Wan Li Monk.

Manryeokseung approached Dangmujin with a smile on his face.

“Dangmujin. I didn’t know we’d meet again right after the meeting was over.”

“I didn’t know that Wanli Seung would come here either.”

“I was planning on going out to see the world instead of returning to Shaolin Temple on time, but when I heard that you needed help, I came running.”

Dang Mu-jin glanced at Namgung Myung. His eyes seemed to be filled with doubt as to whether he had stolen anything from Shaolin Temple.

Fortunately, Namgung Myung shook his head.

Of course, even if Wanli Sheng and Shen Sheng were away for a meeting, it would have been difficult to invade Shaolin Temple.

The four people including Dang Mu-jin, the leaders of each sect, and Wan Licheng gathered together to exchange opinions.

“Are you going to the common area right now?”

Ilseonja, the leader of the Jongnam faction, answered Hyungong’s question.

“I guess so. There’s no reason to wait any longer.”

“But isn’t the leader of the joint faction a top-notch expert? He is a man of great martial arts skills, so we need to handle him with caution.”

To put it bluntly, I’m a little worried that a bunch of top-tier warriors are gathering to attack a top-tier warrior. Hong Geol-gae chimed in and added a word.

“Since Geol-seon likes to see the world, even if he finished the meeting at Mt. Mudang, he probably wouldn’t have returned to Gaebong right away. If you ask around, you might be able to get help from Geol-seon.”

But here a small problem arose.

Although Dang Mu-jin and his party knew that the Gongdongpa had been eaten by the Sapha warriors, the others had no idea about Dang Mu-jin and his party’s dark scheme.

They just came here to retrieve their lost items.

This may not seem like much, but it created a subtle difference of attitude between the party and the others.

Seonwooja of the Hwasanpa smiled brightly.

“Young people have a lot to worry about. But there’s no need to worry. The communist drones won’t fight us either.”

“Ah… is that so?”

“Of course. The Gongdong faction is also a proper prestigious political faction. The author, who was unable to completely shed his past Sa-pa-unin nature, caused the accident due to his bad habits. That is not the entire Gongdong faction. If we show them the evidence and talk, even Baek Jang-mun-in will not express his dissatisfaction.”

As Seonwooja spoke like that, this time, the leader of the Jongnam faction joined in and added to the story.

“You may not know this because you are young, but there have been many incidents in the past where members of the Gonghap faction caused accidents. The other factions knew how difficult the path the Gonghap faction had chosen was, so they did not criticize the Gonghap faction as a whole for the sake of one individual’s deviation. This time as well, the Gonghap faction will end things by tracking down the culprit and punishing him.”

At the time of the meeting, Ilseonja and Seonwooja did not seem to be on good terms, but perhaps because their interests coincided, their conversations went well together. If the two were from the same sect, they would have been close friends.

Other people also gave their opinions.

The opinions of everyone except Dang Mu-jin and his party were headed in one direction.

There is no reason to waste time waiting for the next person who might come across you anytime and anywhere, so let’s head to the common area right away.

The threat was not great enough to allow them to wait leisurely, and they were in a state of great mental distress due to the loss of their secret supplies and new water. Furthermore, the patience of the martial artists was not particularly outstanding.

In the end, Dang Mu-jin and his party had no choice but to accept their opinions.

‘Well, there are no super-high-level masters, but there are a whopping fifteen high-level masters. Even if Baek Ya-hyo draws his sword, with the help of the two long-range men and Man-ryeok-seung, he will be able to subdue them easily. The rest of the force will also be superior on our side.’

Dang Mu-jin and his party headed to Gongdongsan with the Murim people.

*

“Stop!”

As dozens of Jeongpa’s unmanned personnel, including fifteen of the most skilled, rushed in, the faces of the Gongdongpa Taoists guarding the gate became filled with fear rather than tension.

They asked, sticking their butts out, if they didn’t want to die guarding the door.

“Who are you and why have you come here in such a large group?”

The tone of the speech is usually stiff and overbearing. However, the voices of the Gongdongpa Taoists were full of respect and reverence for each other. Shouldn’t we survive first?

Contrary to the worries of the soldiers, the front-liners did not draw their weapons.

“I am Il Seon Ja, the head of the Jong Nam faction. I came to meet the head of the Gong Dong faction, so don’t be nervous. Is the head of the Gong Dong faction inside?”

“What should I say?”

“Tell them I lost something and came to look for it.”

“If it’s a lost item, what on earth is it…”

“That’s none of your business. I’m not here to fight, so don’t worry.”

The two men looked at each other. Although they did not know exactly what had happened, they seemed to have survived, so the two men quickly disappeared into the communal area.

After a while, Baek Ya-hyo appeared. His long, slitted eyes and thin lips reminded me of a white snake.

Baek Ya-hyo looked at the group with eyes full of caution, then asked the person at the front.

“You said you lost something. What exactly are you talking about?”

The first officer took out two emergency volumes from his bosom. Of course, they were not items that Baek Ya-hyo remembered.

“You’ve probably heard the story of a sage appearing and stealing secrets and valuables.”

“Yes.”

“No matter how hard I searched, I couldn’t find any trace of Shintu, and then I found these two secret volumes near Gongdongsan. I came here in the hopes that I might find some clues, so I would like to request the cooperation of the Gongdongpa.”

Because it was such an unexpected story, Baek Ya-hyo was able to relax.

Instead, Baek Ya-hyo rolled his head.

‘Are you really here to find the secret? Or are you just here to show off?’

Baek Ya-hyo’s thoughts were leaning toward territoriality. The reason so many people came in for no reason was probably to show off their power.

Moreover, since he was from the same faction as the Communist faction, he knew that the Jeongpa faction’s members secretly found the Communist faction uncomfortable.

‘If I had known this would happen, I should have just lightly become friends with you during the meeting at Mt. Mudang and come back. I was short-sighted.’

In any case, it wasn’t a serious situation. Rather than creating a fuss and ruining things, if I just accept their favor and show them the inside of the communist faction, the situation will be resolved. I felt like an idiot for being needlessly nervous.

Baek Ya-hyo took a step back to clear the way and spoke to Ilseonja, Seonwooja, and Wanli Seung.

“Everyone, please come in and take your time looking around. Then leave the search to others, and the three of you, please come this way.”

“What’s going on?”

“Since guests have come from far away, wouldn’t it be right to at least offer them some tea?”

Ilseonja and Seonwooja smiled in satisfaction at Baekyahyo’s cheerful attitude. It was exactly the reaction they had expected.

Ilseonja, Seonwooja, and Manryeokseung followed Baekyahyo to Jangmuninsa.

Although Wanli Seung was not a leader, his position was not inferior to that of the leaders of other large sects, so he was not unfamiliar with this position.

The four of them drank tea and chatted leisurely.

Baek Ya-hyo was able to completely relax because the three guests did not nitpick or nitpick.

‘It seems like you didn’t come here to show off, but just to make friends. It would have been right to come back after chatting for a bit at Mt. Mudang.’

While the four people were chatting amicably, they felt someone approaching the long-term care center. Baek Ya-hyo looked toward the entrance to the long-term care center and spoke.

“Come in.”

The door opened and two people appeared.

One of them was a Gongdongpa master, and the other was a top-notch Jongnampa master who was searching the inside of Gongdongpa with Dang Mujin and his party. Both of them had stiff expressions.

Baek Ya-hyo asked the two people.

“Yeah. Did you find anything?”

Baek Ya-hyo’s voice was full of leisure. He knew that there was no way he could find anything, so he had nothing to fear or worry about.

However, the master of Jongnampa gave an unexpected answer.

“Yes.”

“···Huh? What did you find out?”

The Jongnam faction’s unmanned unit raised a sword with a very serious expression.

“Namgung Myeong Sohyeop found this sword in a dry well within the Gongdongpa territory.”

The master of Jongnampa drew his sword.

At first glance, it looked like a very old sword, but the blade was shining white as if it had been sharpened just yesterday, which was unusual. It was the sword of Jang Moon-ryeong of the Jongnam faction and swordsman Yeo Dong-bin.

The evidence was so clear that even the sly Baek Ya-hyo had a hard time accepting the situation.

‘Could something happen right now within the confines of the Commonwealth that escaped my sight?’

That can’t be. Since last year, hasn’t there been a strict crackdown on people leaving the communal area except for essential personnel?

The only unusual thing that happened recently was when two little guys ran off carrying buckets of water.

“What the heck… What does that mean? Are you sure that the sword was found in the common area?”

The Taoist monk of Jongnampa nodded in response to Baek Yahyo’s question.

“I stake my neck on it, I’m sure.”

Baek Ya-hyo felt dizzy, but tried to handle the situation as naturally as possible. There was no benefit to making things worse here.

“It seems that someone has gone astray without my knowledge. In any case, I am glad that I can return the sword to Jongnampa. I will take responsibility for finding the culprit and making sure they pay the price.”

However, the expression on the Jongnampa Taoist monk’s face remained frozen hard and showed no sign of loosening.

“···It doesn’t seem to be just an incident of one person’s deviation.”

“Hmm?”

As the Jongnampa Taoist moved aside, the scenery inside the Gongdongpa sect came into view.

A large brown square appeared. There was so much of it covering the floor of the common room that at first glance it looked like a square wooden floor.

Baek Ya-hyo narrowed his narrow eyes and looked at what it was.

It was a book. Dozens of martial arts manuals were neatly laid out on the floor of the communal room.

To make matters worse, even now, emergency situations keep appearing from somewhere, expanding their territory.

“Well, under the floor, the Taoist’s residence… wherever you look, secrets are popping out. And it’s true that these secrets have gone missing recently!”

Behind him, a Hwasanpa master with a bright expression held up two secret volumes high and showed them to the chief monk.

“I found it! Master! I found the secrets of the Chungnyeong Sword Technique and the Yongyu Art!”

“···.”

Baek Ya-hyo’s expression was seriously crumpled.

As the Jongnampa Taoist said, it is not a level of emergency that can be brought in by one person’s deviation.

‘Is this how blatant a trap they are setting?’

Baek Ya-hyo felt the endless malice of the Jeongpa warriors from the piled up secret weapons.

That wasn’t evidence that anyone in the group had committed a misdeed.

It was proof that all the members of the sect had figured out what was happening in the sect, and that numerous sects had joined forces to plan this scheme. Otherwise, there was no way they could have gathered so many secrets.

Baek Ya-hyo’s eyes became narrower and curved lightly like a crescent moon.

“Look here. Why didn’t you tell me from the beginning that you knew everything? Why did you go through such a hassle?”

“···What does that mean?”

Ilseonja was bewildered by Baek Yahyo’s sudden change in tone and responded, but to Baek Yahyo’s ears, it just sounded like a clever scheme.

So, Baek Ya-hyo stretched out his hand and grabbed his sword.

“What does it mean? It means something like this.”

Baek Ya-hyo’s sword flew towards Ilseonja’s neck.