Chapter 138 : Chapter 138
Chapter 138 Benefactor of Wudang (2)
Praise is thrilling.
Thinking about it, it would be right to view that humans are born that way.
No matter how plain one's nature is, it is the order of nature that it is not easy to find a human whose cheekbones or mouth corners do not twitch before endless praise directed at oneself.
Although I realized the transience of life by experiencing regression, rare in the human world, and experiencing both the life of a direct lineage of a renowned family and the life of a beggar, it also means I had no choice but to be conceited at repeated praise.
Especially, what need is there to mention if the subjects sending praise are the martial artists of the Nine Sects whom I admired in normal times?
-As expected, it is the Divine Dragon of Dancheon.
-The Divine Dragon of Dancheon is truly a chivalrous person and a model of the Jianghu Murim. Moreover, since that unpretentious nature touches the Dao, it would be right to take him as a standard of the Orthodox Murim.
-Children of Wudang, watch and remember the footprints of Great Hero Dancheon.
-I respect you, Great Hero!
...Etc.
At that time and even now, I hide my presence as much as possible and do not show it off, but it means the praises directed at me are still hovering in my head even a day later.
Tsk, what a stupid fellow.
Of course, the landscape unfolded before my eyes is a situation quite different from the praise of that time.
In all my life, I have never seen a fellow as stupid as you.
The eyes of awe and praise directed at me helpless fell to the power of time, and only the reproach of Wuji Jin-in with a sullen expression remained before me.
Look, can't you stop saying something?
Look? Looook? Did you bastard just say ‘Look’ to the sect senior?
...I apologize.
As I said repeatedly, the Sword Emperor is not my sect senior, but arguing about it would not be right.
It was because I knew the fact that it would only extend the nagging time of the young old man finally heading towards the end.
Looking at it now, you are like an empty husk with only slick words. The way you fail to take practical benefits is like a fool.
Observing Wuji Jin-in’s expression getting angry alone again, laughter leaked out without me realizing it.
The reason I don't dislike that reproach, quite different from praise, must be because I know the fact that it is also a heart that cares for me extremely.
Leaving everything aside, the current situation was also funny.
Wouldn't it be funny that Wuji Jin-in, the great elder of Wudang, the synonym of Daoism pursuing peace in poverty and delight in the Way, discusses practical benefits to me, a person of the mundane world?
What are you so dissatisfied with?
An old man acting cross means there is a point where his feelings are twisted, so properly resolving it is soon Filial Piety, so it would be right to ask.
I have such a kind heart.
Tsk.
Since I do not know, please tell me.
It was so with Lee Chun-baek, and it seemed so with Emperor Breaker Yeom Gi-ha.
It seems there are people to whom I give my heart remarkably across time as if some wavelength matches.
The thought occurring to me now is that it would be right to raise the Sword Emperor Wuji Jin-in to that rank as well.
Although I use honorifics because Wuji Jin-in’s generation is extreme, it is because he is regarded like a close friend.
Why? If you know the reason, will you even relieve this Daoist’s anger?
If it is something I can do, I should try.
I did not miss Wuji Jin-in rolling his eyes and glancing at me in the midst of getting angry.
It means his current conduct is all a kind of acting.
If Wuji Jin-in is a crafty old Daoist, I am also a crafty beggar, so I could not fail to know.
Actually, the conversation between him and me would be like a martial arts sequence with matched moves.
It means we are looking clearly into each other’s insides.
Anyway, perhaps Wuji Jin-in thinks his acting was sufficient. Since he pulled out the main point straight away.
Learn the True Secret of the Mysterious Heaven.
Wuji Jin-in said as if threatening.
Actually, thanks to the nobleman who had been grumbling continuously since yesterday, it was something I could not fail to know.
It must be that me, who discovered the legacy of Sambong Jin-in, the Ancestor and Grandmaster of Wudang, being satisfied with merely a Taecheong Pill does not fill Wuji Jin-in’s expectation.
I have no need.
Thwack!
Ouch!
A wooden stick, which I didn't know when Wuji Jin-in picked up, hit my head.
The reason I didn't dodge even though I could block it might be because I felt a grandfather’s affection from Wuji Jin-in for the first time.
Although Wuji Jin-in looks similar in age to me due to Rejuvenation, his conduct was unmistakably that of an old man.
Furthermore, I also didn't think he would give a shock to my head, which achieved the Golden Body, with merely a wooden stick.
Indeed, it was right to view that there is no end to the secrets of practicing martial arts.
Do you not know what the True Secret of the Mysterious Heaven is?
How could I not know?
Not to say empty words, I am not an illiterate half-wit, so how could I not know the value of the True Secret of the Mysterious Heaven?
Since I haven't examined the contents, I cannot know exactly, but it would be right to view that there are teachings exceeding Supreme Ultimate and Two Appearances, which can be called the essence of Wudang.
Because it is clear that Sambong Jin-in’s Mysterious Heaven touches the Truth beyond the Ultimate Meaning of martial arts.
I presume the signpost heading to the Peak of Ascending to Perfection, the highest realm reachable with a human body, and the clue to Ascent to Immortality would be inside the True Secret of the Mysterious Heaven.
The fact that Sambong Jin-in ascended to immortality on top of the Upper Purity Rock after finishing writing the True Secret of the Mysterious Heaven means it is a martial art that has even finished verification, so its value should be evaluated as precious beyond measure.
No. It is clear you do not know the value. A guy who knows the value refuses even when let to learn it for free?
Why is it for free? I am the one who discovered it.
Does a guy who knows that do this!
Hahaha.
Wuji Jin-in shouted again, but it was useless.
Because I felt the heart with which he cherishes me so vividly, I really wasn't scared at all.
But I do not know Wudang’s martial arts, do I?
Tsk tsk.
Wuji Jin-in clicked his tongue and glared.
It was said all martial arts return to one origin. Let alone, there is no way you bastard cannot learn a martial art based on the same Orthodox Sect. Originally, Wudang’s study embraces all martial arts.
Wuji Jin-in spoke as if frustrated, but actually, it was a fact I also knew.
However, the fact I newly learned now lies in that clumsy excuses do not work on Wuji Jin-in.
It would be right for me to discard hesitation and show an upright attitude now.
Sword Emperor elder.
Will you learn?
The True Secret of the Mysterious Heaven belongs to Wudang.
Isn't that why I am recommending the True Secret of the Mysterious Heaven to you? You bastard are also a martial artist of Wudang now.
That is true, but.
Tsk.
Correct.
Actually, what I received was not just the Taecheong Pill.
By the unanimous agreement of Wudang’s active heavyweights and secluded masters, I became an Honorary Disciple of Wudang.
Because it was a matter they implored, saying their conscience could not bear repaying the kindness with just one Taecheong Pill, I readily became an Honorary Disciple of Wudang.
It means having Wudang, one of the peaks of the Nine Sects, as a backing, so what reason is there to refuse?
Second son of the Dancheon Sword Clan, successor of the Emperor Breaker, Honorary Five-Knot Hall Lord of the Beggar’s Gang, and Honorary Disciple of Wudang.
That is me.
Of course, there was a brief debate in the process of me becoming an Honorary Disciple of Wudang.
It wasn't a debate on the justification of giving me the qualification of Honorary Disciple, but it would be right to say it was a problem of which generation rank to give.
Recalling the atmosphere at the time, it felt that if there was a Daoist voicing an opinion opposing giving me Honorary Disciple, he might end up facing the wall side by side next to Cheonam Jin-in.
Anyway, the generation debate was fiercer than expected.
Actually, I know the fact that generation is a very grave matter in the Nine Sects.
-I heard the Beggar’s Gang gave the Divine Dragon of Dancheon the position of Five-Knot Honorary Disciple. Although the Knot of the Beggar’s Gang does not mean generation, if it is Five Knots, it would be called a heavyweight, so Wudang also should naturally give the corresponding Hyeon generation rank. In the first place, since Sword Emperor Wuji Jin-in bestowed teachings on the Divine Dragon of Dancheon, it is also one of my arguments that it is proper to regard it as a master-disciple relationship. The direct disciple of the previous Mu generation corresponds to the Hyeon generation, so the Hyeon generation would be appropriate.
-Actually, isn't the Hyeon generation a generation that stepped back from the front line not long ago? The Divine Dragon of Dancheon is still young. Considering both his age, at which he will be active brightly in the future, and the achievements he has accomplished, the Cheon generation, which can be called the main axis of Wudang, seems suitable. Considering the Divine Dragon of Dancheon’s status and achievements and the time he will be with Wudang, the Cheon generation would be right rather than the Hyeon generation.
-The Divine Dragon of Dancheon’s age is similar to third-generation children. To maintain a lasting relationship with the Divine Dragon of Dancheon, who can be called the benefactor of Our Sect, it would be worth considering giving the Mu generation as well. Isn't the important thing the fact of being with Wudang rather than hierarchy? Since the word fellow disciple studying together is not for nothing, I think it would be good if everyone considered the Mu generation as well.
For reference, those remarks were all made by heavyweights of the Hyeon generation.
In deciding the great and small affairs of the sect, the only one who can refute the opinion given by an elder of the Hyeon generation entirely is an elder of the same Hyeon generation. The hierarchy of the Nine Sects is this heavy.
-You decide.
-I also agree with the Senior Uncle’s opinion.
It was the words of the great elder Wuji Jin-in and Sect Leader Taecheong Jin-in.
Interpreting this, it should be accepted as meaning they would give whatever generation rank I wanted.
My answer was clear.
-I will go with the Mu generation.
Like that, I became an Honorary Disciple of the Mu generation.
Thinking of Wuji Jin-in’s insidious smile which he permitted readily, perhaps he was satisfied with the fact that I have the same generational character as him.
But it is true that I sincerely meant the Mu generation of the third-generation disciples.
Since the beggars of the Beggar’s Gang don't have much hierarchy, the rank of Five-Knot Hall Lord wasn't burdensome, but I did not want to sit in a high place skipping time in a place with strict hierarchy like Wudang.
-To Honorary Disciple Dancheon Myeong, who retrieved the legacy of Sambong Jin-in, I bestow the generation rank of Mu and the Daoist name Bong. He will be called Mubong in Wudang from now on.
Like that, I came to have the qualification of a Wudang third-generation disciple.
Bong.
Since I know the value contained in that Daoist name, it would be right to make my conduct more upright in the future.
Anyway...
Although I became an Honorary Disciple of Wudang, I still have no intention of learning the True Secret of the Mysterious Heaven.
The reason being...
Sword Emperor elder. I want to focus on the martial arts that led me to this position.
It would be because I am the one and only successor of the Healing Sage, who learned the Healing Sage's Mind Cultivation Art.
Unlike the Grandmaster Sambong who left countless successors, isn't there only me as the successor of the Grandmaster Healing Sage?
I admit the fact that there are clearly sentimental reasons, but that is not all.
Even concluding based on objective and rational thinking, I think the Healing Sage's Mind Cultivation Art is a secret art not inferior to the True Secret of the Mysterious Heaven.
The reason being, the final understanding left by the Healing Sage also looks towards the Peak of Ascending to Perfection, the Ultimate Meaning of martial arts.
Although the Healing Sage did not achieve the verification of the Sixth Stage, since that Healing Sage guaranteed it was certain, I think it is no different from verification.
Rather than dispersing effort into several paths unnecessarily, I think investing wholly in one place is the right result.
As expected, you must be an empty husk.
Of course, I think there is no way to convince Wuji Jin-in who cannot know all such thoughts of mine.
I apologize.
Wuji Jin-in cannot break my stubbornness.
Isn't the cast-iron stubbornness that made even the Chwipung-gae of the world stick out his tongue and raise both hands exactly Myeong-gae?
Thud-
As if he hadn't heard my words, Wuji Jin-in threw the manuscript of the True Secret of the Mysterious Heaven in front of me.
I refused, though?
If you don't want to learn, then don't learn. Still, read it. You can do that much, can't you?
Eh?
Why? Do you dislike even that?
No. I can do that much.
Then it is done.
I must admit.
It seems Wuji Jin-in’s age and experience are superior to Chwipung-gae.
...I will read it gratefully.
Right.
Although Wuji Jin-in appears to be a self-willed figure at a glance, I know the truth that he is a figure who keeps principles and procedures.
It means giving me the right to see and learn the Mysterious Heaven Mind Art is soon Wudang’s will.
Indeed, it should be viewed as an attitude befitting a big-hearted person of the renowned Nine Sects.