3.
The world as they knew it was collapsing, yet the two Righteous and Demonic sect people had no intentions of stopping their war.
This alone was enough to render me speechless, but… There was a separate scene that was even more shocking.
It was the scene of the two fighting.
“The scholar does not cover his brush, and the warrior does not cover his sword.”
The Heavenly Demon said to the Murim Lord.
The wooden stick was still in her hands.
“Although the great me is only holding a wooden stick upon forgetting to bring a sword, I can still send an old man like you beyond the yellow river.”
“Come on then!”
The Murim Lord held his cane and shouted vehemently.
“Let’s fight for the last time and determine who will lead the Righteous and Demonic sects once and for all!”
Thus the two Righteous and Demonic sect people clashed.
Perhaps the term “confrontation” was a little too much.
The two people’s tactics were nothing more than mere drabbing.
“Heavenly Demon Limbo (天魔君臨步)!”
[T/N: Basically the leader of the demonic cult. Cheonma is the heavenly demon]
“Huh! Sky Piercing Yellow Moon!(黃M破天)!”
The Heavenly Demon and the Murim Sect Lord faced off with fairly specious words. But that was all there was to it.
What the two people had in their hands were only wooden canes, and the sound of them clashing was rhythmic and cheerful.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Their canes broke even before the climax of their fight. Then the Heavenly Demon and the Murim Lord rushed at each other, with a fierce glare in their eyes. The Heavenly Demon caught the Murim Lord’s beard, and the latter grabbed her by the hair.
I was speechless.
“What the hell is this…”
And then it got more interesting.
With all of us dumbfounded,
-Oh, that’s weird.
Bae Hu-ryeong gave an unusual response.
-They’ve got the right posture. Those guys.
‘What?’
-They’re breathing properly with correct movements. Even in my world, they’d be considered masters.
I looked at the duel again. The Murim Lord was about to poke the eyes of the Heavenly Demon, and the latter was hurriedly covering her face with both hands.
‘Those two?’
-You don’t know that fundamental principle? That Divine Dragon’s claw poking the eyes is trying to steal the Vile Dragon’s pearl can be called Two Dragons Fighting for a Pearl (雙龍爭 珠). And that one defending his face can be assimilated to Buddha covering the faces of the humankind and can be called Thousand Sound Observing (千式親音)…
[T/N: the first one refers to a Chinese myth where fairies were bathing in the heavenly pond and got attacked by demons but were rescued by 2 dragons. When the Queen heard of this she bestowed them a precious pearl that would grant them immortality and ultimate cultivation. None of the 2 Dragons ever gave up the pearl for the sake of the other and so they kept trying to snatch it from the other’s claws eternally.
The second is a Buddhist belief that Buddha Listens to the sufferings of 1 000 people at once and answers them by covering their eyes. The meaning of the closed eyes in Buddhist philosophy is a conception that one is not exposed to the evil around. Hence, one doesn’t indulge in any kind of crime. One remains immune to villainous acts and thus protected from all kinds of misgivings and ill-fortunes as a result.
(Face covering = closing eyes = relief from suffering) ]
Thus went Bae Hu-ryeong’s explanation.
I raised one hand to block the last of it.
‘But why are they having a dog fight in such a sloppy manner?’
-That’s why it’s weird. If they’ve reached that stage, they should follow the flow of qi, so they should be filled with righteousness.
It’s because they don’t have any energy in their movements, that’s why they cannot summon a single flex of Aura and were flailing their arms in that slovenly manner. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been like that if their Dantians were crushed…
Seeing Bae Hu-ryeong constantly tilting his head, I thought of one possibility.
Perhaps the only possibility.
‘You’re just making fun of me, Sword Emperor, aren’t you?’
-Hey, you zombie. I’m not some kind of a sicko, I don’t joke around with stuff like this.
The Sword Emperor smacked me.
-No, damnit, can you really not see that? of all things I had to go into closed-doors cultivation and draw out my form and thought with my drained aura. Tsk tsk. well, I guess that’s why I needed you in the first place…
Spending many years behind closed doors cultivation upon fighting the Devil King of Fall Rain was only natural. Anyway, the Sword Emperor was serious.
And there was one more serious person.
“That old woman… she’s pretty good.”
The Poisonous Snake was squinting his eyes.
“That bite is following the principle of the Jiwangsa, and that arm strike follows the principle of Onwolyong.”
-Heeya, he says he’s “real,” but I guess a warrior is still a warrior. Yes, like a giant snake biting the King of the Earth, and then going on with a dragon-like skin. Did you see that zombie? Unlike you, I have eyes that see through everything.
I went through the Venomous Snake’s thoughts silently
Chen Mu-mun Master was seriously thinking with his arms folded.
「If I were to analyze it with my [Unrivaled under the heaven] skill… I’d say it’s right.」
「Those movements could also be explained as [It’s good to be born as a hell‘ji’hound (Cerberus) and keep the gates of the Demon King‘wang’ castle, but both sides were the rebirth ‘sa’ of the troublemakers and the class president, so I’m the one stuck between them] And [the hero of the ‘on’line game, a male high school student along with his younger classmates who skipped a grade‘wol’ and a popular cartoonist, has decided to be a true warrior‘yong’]. I’m sure.’
[ T/N: Jiwangsa and onwolyong appear in the hangul of the previous sentence]
The Sword Emperor was dumbstruck.
The unknown Alchemist tilted her head.
“Is… is that so, Lord? It just looks like a little fight between young kids…”
“Fuck. If it could be clear to anyone then what’s the difference between the master and the follower? It’s only obvious to the eyes of people like me.”
「Oh, my God. Just how many skills do they hold? At this rate, those two are above the Sword Saint grandpa. 」
「I feel like I’m going to level up just by looking at them. I got things to teach my disciples when I go back」
Eum.
‘Sword Emperor.’
-Yes, zombie…
‘All rivers meet in the ocean, right? There’s a lot of formulas to come up with the same answer. That’s the point of martial arts.’
-Yes, thank you…
Fortunately, this strange scene in which the Murim Lord and the Heavenly Demon were having a dogfight, the Emperor of Light novels coming to a realization while watching that, and above all, this strange scene in which I consoled the Sword Emperor, did not last long.
“Achoo! Aigoo I’m freezing to death!”
The Medicine King screamed.
“Hey, you bastard and wench! How long are you going to be fighting? Can’t you see us in front of you? Tsk tsk, look look, what a narrow-sighted pair! You’re just like young children, exactly like young children!”
They stopped at the Medicine King’s deafening roar.
The Murim Lord scratched the back of his head with an embarrassed face.
“Well, we haven’t had a visitor in a long while. Surely this is not the proper behavior to exhibit.”
The Heavenly Demon also coughed awkwardly.
“For now, I will guide you to the cave, where the great me is staying.”
4.
It wasn’t long before the dark clouds cleared up. I no longer needed Shiny to light the way.
The zombies were again as hard as stone in the sun, and we were able to escape the snowfield safely.
“Huff, huff….”
“Oh… haah…!”
However, the Heavenly Demon and the Murim Lord. The poor physical strength of the two people was a hindrance.
The two of them were obviously not ordinary Righteous and Demonic sect people, but the heads of the Demonic Cult and the Righteous Cult. They were the ones who had to show off that they had this world’s most powerful martial arts. The Sword Emperor and Chen Mu-mun Master even guaranteed their military service through different arguments.
And yet somehow… The two people were totally out of shape.
They were gasping for breath even though they had only walked a little in the snow.
“Uhm.”
I said discreetly because I couldn’t stand seeing it.
“Can I give you a piggyback, if you don’t mind?”
“Plea, please. It’s not easy to practice Mind Control (心法) today.”
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