The World of Sound - Chapter 183
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183
‘Should I believe this?’
The whole story of that day came out of the Shaolin abbot’s mouth.
Cheonhwa, who heard all of that, was speechless for a moment.
The full story he told was extremely favorable to them, but there was no trace of falsehood in his words or actions.
As expected, it was the Demonic Cult that entrusted the piece of Asura statue to my father.
It is said that they made every effort to complete the Asura statue that they had obtained with difficulty from the Demonic Cult, but internally, their production of it ultimately failed, and they conducted many experiments to find a method.
Then, what I found was Cheonhwa’s father.
Even though he was an accomplished sculptor, he was commissioned to complete the statue, and his father probably took on the task out of necessity to support his family.
There is no way that the Demonic Cult would have entrusted such an important and difficult task to him for a few pennies, and there is no way that Cheonhwa’s father would have been entrusted with it either.
So, Cheonhwa’s father had no choice but to start making the Asura statue and find a way to save his family.
During the process of making it, countless craftsmen went mad or died from vomiting blood, but he reduced the burden by first breaking the statue into thirteen pieces and completed it with superhuman mental strength.
Upon hearing the news, the Demonic Cult moved secretly, and their movements were captured by Gae-gong.
At the time, I didn’t know the exact purpose of the Demonic Cult, but I learned it after sending out a force and clashing with them.
They went to great lengths to infiltrate the Central Plains to retrieve the completed Asura statue, and that the Asura statue was worth it.
As a result, the incident of that day occurred.
It is not widely known to the world, but the Demonic Cult and the martial arts world secretly clashed.
The scale of the clash was so large that it almost led to another major war.
The number of mines was not large as they were intended to be taken secretly, but their skills were all outstanding.
An elite force capable of fighting tens or hundreds of enemies alone appeared, and the Central Plains martial arts world joined forces to defeat and drive them out.
In the process, the creator, Cheonhwa’s father, was killed by the minions.
It seems that they had no intention of keeping him alive from the beginning, but since their intentions were discovered, they were worried that secrets might leak out through him or that more of the same items would be made, so they killed him and ran away.
To stop them, many masters of the Jeongpa and Sapa were sacrificed, and because they did not want to rush into an all-out war with the Demonic Cult, they were buried without even being able to properly reveal the reasons for their deaths.
And the Demonic Cult also did not achieve all of their goals.
They succeeded in escaping the territory, but after the persistent pursuit of the Central Plains martial arts world, most of them were killed, and pieces of the Asura statue were left in the Central Plains.
Because they contained such evil energy, the Shaolin abbot himself took the lead in sealing them, and revealed that he had decided to seal them in places that were difficult for the demonic sect to reach.
As Cheonhwa also knew, those places included Shaolin, Mudang, Nokrim, Janggangsurochae, and Bukgungse, and as expected, Namgungse, Mosanpa, and the most powerful factions at the time, Heukcheonmun, Sadoyeon, and Heukdobang.
If you include the pieces that the young Cheonhwa had hidden, eleven out of thirteen pieces remained in the Central Plains, and the Demonic Cult bastards returned with only two.
‘It’s strange, but it doesn’t feel like a lie.’
It wasn’t shocking or new because most of it was already known or expected.
However, I was suspicious because the content was so advantageous to the Central Plains martial arts world.
I wonder if he is telling lies to make me fight against the Demonic Cult.
There were certainly some questionable aspects, too.
For example, the Mines said that their father was killed because he knew their secret, but in their memories, the father was clearly being chased.
I vividly remember how I entrusted one of the pieces of the Asura statue to my younger self and ran away as bait.
So does that mean my father knew that the mines would kill him?
The moment they realized it, they said that the Mines were after my father. But is it really possible that my father, who had not even learned martial arts, was able to respond faster than the elite of the Demonic Cult?
The moment you decide to kill, it would be normal for your head to snap without even thinking about running away or hiding.
It was more confusing to be confident in the Thousand Sounds God.
No matter how many times I checked, the Shaolin abbot was not lying.
I even thought that if the Shaolin Master was not in complete control of himself to the point where he could even fool the Heavenly Sound Art, then maybe he too was unaware of the complete truth.
“Such a heinous act… …! Amitabha. I am sorry for making you go through this again. Binseung and Shaolin will also help you find the culprit who dug up the tomb.”
In the midst of all this, it was also revealed that he had no idea that his parents’ graves had been dug up.
It was thought that the Mines, who had discovered that the number of Asura statue pieces did not match in the middle, returned to harm Cheonhwa and dug up the graves of their parents.
He had to believe it because he didn’t feel any falsehood in those words, but Cheonhwa didn’t completely rule out other possibilities.
Because there could be another truth that even the upright Shaolin monk doesn’t know.
‘Do I have to compare them one by one?’
So I thought I should interrogate everyone gathered here one by one, but it wasn’t easy.
It may not be impossible if you try to force it, but they won’t readily accept that demand.
Whether it’s because they feel guilty or because they don’t like being treated like a criminal.
Moreover, since the Shaolin abbot himself revealed that he was directly involved in all of this and played a key role, pushing ahead with it would mean that there was no trust in the Shaolin abbot.
If you treat a person who is respected beyond politics and private life as a liar, most of the people will be uncooperative with him.
Cheonhwa was not afraid to take on the world, but he did not want the truth to be buried and disappear for that reason.
The Shaolin Master himself came forward to reveal everything, and since he had revealed everything he knew without lying, there was no choice but to accept it for now.
‘There is Haomen, and there are other ways.’
That doesn’t mean I gave up though.
“Okay. Now let’s talk about our demands. I understand that you don’t want to be part of the group. But since you’ve already received the goods, you have to pay the right price.”
As the situation settled down, the tyrant growled again.
As requested by Cheonhwa, he gave away the pieces of Asura statue and the information he knew as a down payment, so now it was Cheonhwa’s turn.
“Please go to Guizhou. The situation on the front lines is not very good. Also, I heard that the new armed forces of the Demonic Cult are using a special method to massacre civilians.”
“A peculiar technique?”
Then, Taegeuk Sword Master, who had been quiet, also intervened.
He, one of the three emperors and the former leader of the Jeongcheon Alliance, hardened his expression and asked Cheonhwa for support in Guizhou.
“They say it’s probably a yin yin army. The yin yin army they organized probably attacks our soldiers from a distance where our attacks are difficult to reach, and then they massacre the remaining soldiers who haven’t been defeated by other armed forces. So, I would like the Evil King to take charge of this matter.”
“Evil King?”
The Yin-Gong Army was definitely something special.
Wasn’t it the Yin art that was looked down upon and treated as a sorcery rather than a martial art before the appearance of Cheonhwa?
But is that enough to form an army?
That means they’ve poured that much time and resources into it. Research on yin gong is research, but yin gong is a study that’s difficult to properly exert power without a huge amount of internal energy, so it must have been a difficult decision to make without being certain of its power.
On the contrary, the power of the yin yang army created in this way will be equally powerful.
That’s why Cheonhwa was interested in them, but there was another word that bothered him.
Taegeuk Sword Master called himself the King of Evil.
His nickname must have been a demon.
They say that nicknames are ultimately up to the person calling them, but has he moved himself to the position of the King of the Five?
Because two of the five kings are already dead?
Cheonhwa-ya thinks that he is far from being able to contain himself, whether he is the king or the emperor, so he doesn’t care, but since there are those who value such superficiality and are full of it, it could be a trick to win favor with a single word.
Well then, that’s a bit disappointing.
“Yes. The King of Evil’s inaction is incomparable to that of the King of Fighters, and even the King of Swords is not beneath him, so he is worthy of the title of King. The King of Swords is not one to speak nonsense, so he should be worthy of receiving the title of Emperor, but in order to do so, he needs time to prove himself to everyone… … .”
“So, prove it this time?”
The words of the Taegeuk sword that followed were truly clever.
It’s about raising yourself up while still being unproven and gently scratching at people’s pride.
It doesn’t seem like it’s because he’s a fox-like and snake-like spirit, but it’s true and it doesn’t feel good because it’s probably because he’s trying to use me in the end.
“I didn’t necessarily mean it like that. I meant it would happen naturally.”
When asked openly, Taegeuk Sword Master took a step back.
Anyway, if Cheonhwa works hard for the Murim Alliance as per the deal, it will be proven naturally.
So I’m not trying to twist your words and take advantage of you.
That’s what it seemed to mean, but if you look closely, it was also a request to produce better, more impressive results, so Cheonhwa snorted inwardly.
“A promise is a promise, so let’s go.”
“I feel relieved if you four go together.”
For now, I decided to follow their wishes.
He was to be deployed to the Guizhou front as he wished, to block the advance of the Demonic Cult.
I was curious about the Yin-Gong Army, and also felt that I needed to get away from here to find out a deeper truth.
Now that the topic has been thrown out there, they will react in some way if they have something to gain.
There was someone there to look after it for him, so leaving for a while wasn’t a problem.
“The composition of the troops is a bit strange.”
In this way, Cheonhwa left the Seomseo Martial Arts Alliance after simply gathering the necessary information and reporting on the battle situation.
Although it was high-level information at the commander level because it had the name of the Evil King, such as the current situation in Guizhou, the revealed power of the Demonic Cult, the level of power, and the deployment of the Murim Alliance’s troops, I didn’t like it very much.
This is because all of the core forces of the Jeongcheon Alliance, including the Heukdo Alliance, were turned over to Shaanxi.
So naturally, Nammurim’s defenses were bound to become weaker, and although the Gyeongcheon Black Emperor and others remained to hold out in Honam, their radius of activity was limited, so in reality, the warriors deployed to Gwiju Castle were close to being a bunch of idiots.
Most of them were quite numerous but lacked military power. Although there were some decent ones, their affiliations were unclear.
Between lovers.
Or, they are those who belong to a sect or faction but whose colors are not clear.
The Sapa masters who had established themselves in Guizhou were actively participating, and it seemed that some of the prestigious schools of the Jeongpa were also brought in to fill the void after the integration into the Murim Alliance, but it was lacking in many ways.
Because there wasn’t a single place that was included in the Gupailbang or Odaeseaga right away.
For example, only those who are somewhat ambiguous and have decent military power, but not as good as the old or the great families like Bukgung Sega, have been gathered together.
“In the end, it is a judgment that they will target Shaanxi.”
Why on earth would you make that choice?
It would be difficult to understand unless it was okay to give up the Guizhou martial arts world.
Of course, there are some other great powers besides them, but I was suspicious because they could also be considered as lovers.
“I guess they just consider this as a discarded card, a tool to drain the opponent’s power.”
I wonder if this isn’t an attempt to get rid of those thorns in the side that don’t stick to either side.
However, the calculation was not that simple.
If you look at the composition, you might have such doubts, but it’s not like the power is completely weak.
There were many people who did one thing each, and above all, there were two people who were dating there.
A full moon and a full moon.
Tougwi was a true master who had already fought once, and Jeon-Gwi was the king of the ronin, also known as Jjan-Gwi.
It wouldn’t be strange if he were called a ronin, but he can’t be called that because of the culture that looks down on ronin.
They say that his skills are no less than those of the Five Kings, and although we don’t know how much the Murim Alliance offered, he is already at the Guizhou front.
“Should I have asked for some money too? Judging by the way that bastard is moving, it looks like he handed over a huge amount of money.”
Even though the Demonic Cult’s martial arts forces began to push forward quickly, the reason they were able to hold out without being pushed back in one breath was probably because of them.
So the balance of power is roughly right.
I don’t know if they will follow his orders though.
“If you don’t listen… … I’ll just make you listen.”
Heading to Guizhou, where there were quite complicated interests and circumstances, Cheonhwa sent two messengers carrying letters.
And when I arrived at Guizhou Province, I received a letter.
These were all things exchanged with Haomen.
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