I got too immersed.
I was just going to show him for a moment, but I lost my self-control.
"I'm sorry."
Cho Myung bowed his head.
"Did you do that?"
"Yes."
Eun Yijeong, who had heard Cho Myung's answer, looked around.
There was no sign of a fight. Then he must have unleashed it into the empty air.
'That was an amazing sound! It was the sound of the realm of fajin surpassing the realm of baojin!'
If he hadn't misheard, it was certain.
That was why Eun Yijeong's face was full of surprise.
There are largely two types of power that martial artists unleash.
력 (li) and 경 (jin).
If li is the physical force created by bones and muscles, jin can be said to be the force created by the action of qi, that is, internal energy.
Fajin refers to unleashing the internal energy within the body to the outside.
When a martial artist performs fajin, it is ultimately to maximize physical force and defeat the opponent.
So, various techniques have been developed in fajin as well.
The first one created was jeonsagyeong.
It was to increase the destructive power by adding rotational force to fajin.
Next, there are techniques that increase the cutting power or add the force to repel the opponent, but they are not given much meaning as they are a little more developed than jeonsagyeong or have a slightly different direction.
But baojin is different.
It is a technique that has made a great leap forward from jeonsagyeong as it temporarily explodes the energy.
When baojin is unleashed, a 'bang!' The sound of an explosion follows.
But the sound that Eun Yijeong heard was close to a thunderclap like 'kwa-reung!'.
It was certainly noejeongyeong, which explodes a powerful gyeongryeok like a thunderbolt.
It was a realm that even Eun Yijeong had not yet set foot in.
Baojin and noejeongyeong.
It cannot be said for sure which one is stronger.
Because depending on the ability of the person who unleashes it, baojin can exert a more powerful force.
However, it is certain that noejeongyeong is a more technically advanced realm.
"Martial arts are not learned to show off."
"Yes."
Cho Myung, who answered and lowered his head.
Just by looking at him, it could be seen that he had not intended to show off his martial arts.
Eun Yijeong looked at such a Cho Myung with a gaze full of surprise.
'To think that a five-year-old child has grown so much in three years, and a martial art that unleashes noejeongyeong! It's really... I really can't believe it!'
***
The next day.
Eun Yijeong took Hua Sochen's group to the medicinal ingredient street.
And he entered a store that Hua Sochen and Jeok Yorap had not paid attention to.
The size of the store and the appearance of the owner seemed insignificant, but Eun Yijeong introduced him as a person more trustworthy than himself. He said that half of the medicinal ingredient stores would go there to procure not only the medicinal ingredients they lacked but also sometimes funds.
He was the hidden big shot of the medicinal ingredient street.
And the most trustworthy one at that.
As Eun Yijeong had confidently boasted, the transaction was perfect.
Since the buyer, the seller, and the transporter had gathered in one place and discussed the transaction scale, the amount, and the transportation all at once, everything went smoothly.
"Thanks to you, the matter was resolved well. Thank you very much."
After finishing the transaction and leaving the medicinal ingredient street, Hua Sochen expressed her gratitude to Eun Yijeong.
"What do you mean, thank you? The transaction was good, but I'm very happy that I seem to have formed a good connection with the Hua Family Clinic."
"Thank you for looking at me favorably. When I have business in Chengdu, I will definitely visit the Eun Family Merchant Guild."
"Please do so. Even if I go on a business trip, I will tell them in advance, so please stay with our main family comfortably. I will also do so when I have business in An."
"Yes, I will do that. I told Soso in the morning, but if the situation allows, please come and play with us anytime, head of the family."
"I will."
Both Eun Yijeong and Hua Sochen smiled brightly.
Jeok Yorap, who was watching, was also full of smiles.
When a good person met a good person, the laughter did not cease.
Cho Myung also thought so and secretly nodded.
On the way back to the Hua Family Clinic in An.
The three people, who were gathered in a small carriage, were talking about this and that with pleasant faces.
Since the medicinal ingredient transaction had ended safely and they had formed a very good connection with the Eun Family Merchant Guild, their hearts on the way back were incomparably joyful.
The only thing that was bothering them was about Biyun.
"Is there no way?"
Cho Myung asked with a gloomy face.
Hua Sochen looked at Cho Myung for a long time and then answered.
"How can there be no way in human affairs?"
"Is there?"
"Of course there is. But..."
"......?"
"It's not easy."
"What kind of way is it?"
"To bring Biyun and all the children."
It meant to bring them to the Hua Family Clinic.
At those words, Cho Myung's face lit up.
But at Hua Sochen's next words, it quickly darkened.
"They won't just let them go. They'll ask for a very large amount of money. After being treated like that, it's questionable whether they'll even give up the children."
"Then there's no way."
"We just have to offer them money they can't refuse."
"Really?"
Cho Myung's face lit up again.
But soon Hua Sochen continued with words close to despair.
"But the clinic doesn't have that kind of money."
"Sister...!"
"Listen to the end. There's one more way. But that's something that neither I, nor Old Master Jeok, nor the power of the clinic can do."
"What is it?"
"To drive out all the demonic factions from the land of Chengdu."
"......!"
"If all the demonic factions disappear, anyone can help the children of the street."
"Can I... can I do it?"
"I don't know much about the martial arts world. But as you live, you naturally hear things. If Old Man Ban's fame as the Fighting Demon is not a lie, it's safe to say that there is no one among the demonic factions who can defeat you."
It was a story that would tempt Cho Myung.
To drive out all the demonic factions and save the children of the street. To Cho Myung, it was a matter that would make his heart lean sharply. But it was not a matter to move carelessly just with his heart. Because he did not know what the demonic factions would do. So he needed a break to make him think about it once more.
"Myung."
"Yes?"
"In Chengdu, there are quite a few sects, including the Qingcheng Sect and the Tang family. But why do the demonic factions still not disappear and run rampant?"
"What is it?"
"I don't know either."
"......?"
"There must be a reason for it. So until we know the reason, we shouldn't move carelessly."
Cho Myung, who quickly became sullen.
He was just frowning without a word, as if he could not easily be convinced.
"When you're a child, all your actions can be forgiven. But to become an adult means that responsibility follows. Your every word, your every action will demand responsibility from you. Sometimes it will ask for responsibility from your grandfather, Old Master Jeok, and sometimes it will ask for responsibility from the clinic."
"......!"
Cho Myung lifted his head. And he made a face as if he had been hit.
He had properly understood the meaning of what Hua Sochen had said.
That the responsibility for his actions would extend not only to himself but also to his grandfather and the clinic, it was no different from a shackle if you think about it. But if you think about it again, it also meant that he had grown enough to have to take responsibility for his words and actions.
There must be weight in his words and actions, and before acting, careful consideration must precede, and he must always be ready to take responsibility for the results.
That is an adult.
Cho Myung's mind just became more complicated.
Fortunately, really fortunately, not long after, something happened that made him get out of his complicated thoughts.
The carriage suddenly stopped.
And the driver said with a voice full of worry.
"I think you should come out and see."
Cho Myung was the first to stick his head out of the window.
"Huh?"
Next, Hua Sochen stuck her head out.
She soon let out a heavy sigh.
Jeok Yorap also looked outside. And his face hardened.
A cold-looking old man in yellow clothes with his hands behind his back and more than thirty strong men were blocking the front of the carriage.
It was the head of the family, Han, and the gang of the Ten Thousand Iron Sect, including the Iron Chopper.
Hua Sochen let out another deep sigh and opened the carriage door and went outside.
Cho Myung and Jeok Yorap followed her.
The head of the family, Han, watched the three come out and approach with a twisted smile.
When they were about ten steps apart, Hua Sochen said.
"Was this what you meant by 'we'll meet again'?"
"Then did you think I would just let you go after my face was thrown to the ground?"
"It was something you brought upon yourself, not something we did."
"You're foolish."
"What do you mean?"
"In our world, the process is not important. The result is important. Because of you, I and our sect have become the talk of our competitors. It means we've become a side dish for their drinks, to be chewed on."
"......!"
"You have to endure pain, but you shouldn't endure ridicule, that's our world. So you have to be a side dish for their drinks instead of me, instead of our sect."
The head of the family, Han, who was revealing his yellow teeth and unleashing his killing intent.
It was clear that he was going to cross a path he could not return from.
At that sight, Cho Myung was about to step forward, but Hua Sochen grabbed his arm.
"That old man is trying to kill us now. Or to harm us very severely. So don't do it half-heartedly."
"Yes."
When Cho Myung nodded, Hua Sochen let go of his arm.
The moment Cho Myung turned around like that, the head of the family, Han, shouted.
"Kill the two brats and capture that bitch!"
"Yes!"
With the Iron Chopper's answer, the gang of the Ten Thousand Iron Sect began to move. Like a gang of the demonic path, they rushed in, holding up their blades.
Cho Myung was not in their sight.
But when Cho Myung began to move, the moment they said "huh?", Cho Myung was right in front of them.
The greatly surprised gang of the Ten Thousand Iron Sect began to swing their blades.
Thinking that blood would spurt and Cho Myung would fall.
Thwack! Thwack, thwack! Thwack, thwack, thwack!
Heavy hitting sounds burst out in succession.
And with one hitting sound, one person fell back.
Each of them clutching their chest.
"......!"
While the Iron Chopper was widening his eyes in surprise, Cho Myung was shooting towards him.
Behind Cho Myung, the groaning ones were rolling on the ground.
"You bastard!"
The Iron Chopper swung his chopper.
Whoosh!
The sound of cutting through the wind was loud.
Thwack!
A fist that dug into his chest.
The Iron Chopper also fell back.
"You were a pretty talented brat!"
The head of the family, Han, shouted and hurriedly stretched out his palm.
Cho Myung was shooting towards him.
The head of the family, Han, was a little surprised, but he did not think at all that the result would be different.
Because the Iron Sand Palm he was learning was strong enough.
It was a famous palm technique in the world of the demonic path, so much so that most of the brats would know their place.
Thwack!
Cho Myung's fist was embedded.
The Iron Sand Palm that the head of the family, Han, had not doubted, had not even brushed against Cho Myung's clothes.
"......?"
The head of the family, Han, also fell back on the spot.
He could not even groan as his breath was choked, and then he cringed his whole body and just coughed dryly.
Cho Myung looked back.
All of them were rolling on the ground, and not a single one could get up.
"You told me not to do it half-heartedly..."
Cho Myung, who had scratched the back of his head, went back to Hua Sochen and Jeok Yorap.
"I was trying to do it properly..."
Cho Myung scratched the back of his head in front of Hua Sochen.
The words he could not finish were 'they're not getting up'.
Hua Sochen looked at Cho Myung and the people rolling on the street alternately.
Although it was she who had told him not to do it half-heartedly, if he asked what the current situation was, she could not judge.
He had knocked them down one by one with one punch, so he had overwhelmed them enough. But it was not that he had made them unable to even dare to look at him.
It seemed he had ended it somewhere in the subtle in-between.
"Myung."
"Yes."
"From now on, hit them in the face."
At Hua Sochen's words, the rolling ones showed a flinching reaction.
Cho Myung, who had looked around at the scene, suddenly thought of something.
"Sister."
"Yeah?"
"From now on, I'll hit them in the face. But, you said that actions must be followed by responsibility, right?"
"Yes."
"Then shouldn't that grandfather, the head of the family, Han, also take responsibility?"
"......?"
"And if the clinic can be held responsible for my actions... then shouldn't the place called the Ten Thousand Iron Sect also be held responsible for what that grandfather did?"
"Th-that's right."
It was a natural statement.
It was also what she had said.
Although Hua Sochen's heart sank, she could not stop him.
Ten Thousand Iron Sect.
Cho Myung and Hua Sochen put the head of the family, Han, in front and headed to the Ten Thousand Iron Sect.
"Head of the family, Han?"
The other heads of the family who were at the headquarters of the Ten Thousand Iron Sect looked at them with a face that said "what's going on?".
The three people they had never seen before and the head of the family, Han, who was just looking at them with a discouraged face.
Just by looking, it was clear that they were so great that someone among the three had defeated him or that he did not even dare to fight.
"Head of the sect! You have to come out and see!"
When one of the heads of the family shouted, a middle-aged man with a rugged impression came out with his clothes undone.
"Who is this bitch! Did you bring her to offer to me...!"
It was when the head of the Ten Thousand Iron Sect was drooling over Hua Sochen's beauty.
Suddenly, the sound of the wind was heard, and a fist flew at his face, which was only staring at Hua Sochen.
Thwack!
The head of the Ten Thousand Iron Sect was sent flying back on the spot. And he lost consciousness.
Cho Myung had hit him in the face as Hua Sochen had said.
And the opponent had fainted cleanly.
'As expected of my sister. From now on, I have to keep hitting them in the face.'
A moment later.
"You bastard!"
The head of the Ten Thousand Iron Sect, who had barely come to his senses, shouted and ran into his residence, then came out with a sword and swung it menacingly. But he could not even cut a single piece of Cho Myung's clothes and was hit by that fist.
Thwack!
The head of the Ten Thousand Iron Sect lost consciousness again and was sent flying.
After about a moment, the head of the Ten Thousand Iron Sect groaned and came to his senses.
"You not only pickpocketed my purse, but you also tried to kill us, how will the Ten Thousand Iron Sect pay the price for that?"
Hua Sochen shot at him coldly.
The head of the Ten Thousand Iron Sect could not even breathe loudly and just waited for his punishment, and Hua Sochen, who had acted as if she were trying to calm her anger, demanded a just price.
The head of the Ten Thousand Iron Sect had to give up the amount that was in Hua Sochen's purse and the five children, including Biyun, who had been pickpocketing, but he rather thanked them for saving his life and just bowed his head repeatedly.
"Myung."
"Yes."
"From now on, if anything happens to these children and the clinic, come running here first."
"Yes. I will definitely do that."
Cho Myung and Hua Sochen left a statement that made the head of the Ten Thousand Iron Sect's heart sink and disappeared.
Hua Sochen was bothered by the reason why the Qingcheng Sect and the Tang family were condoning the demonic factions, but seeing the young Biyun and the other children, she thought she had done a good thing.
After Cho Myung and the others had left like that, the head of the Ten Thousand Iron Sect went on a rampage.
"Hey! Beat those bastards! Come here, I'll beat the old man myself!"
The head of the Ten Thousand Iron Sect, who had shouted at the heads of the family to trample on the Iron Chopper and Bear Hair, rushed at the head of the family, Han, like an angry bear and began to beat him indiscriminately.
"You're old, so you have no sense? Then just put down your spoon! Who did you cause trouble to send to the afterlife!"
(End of Chapter)