Chronicles of the Demon Faction

Episode 400. The Cross of Absurdity (6) Red Pine

climbed to the top and approached the large rock, and only then did he understand what the Iron Sword Mazon was saying.

Hehehe!

A young man was standing in the cold and strong winter wind.

It was clearly the young man I had seen in Songshan not long ago. He had an outstanding physique reminiscent of Lee Cheon-sang,

and his unkempt hair was blowing here and there with the wind. He looked very sad and free-spirited.

Why? Red Pine felt like he was going to laugh for some reason.

It wasn’t because the young man’s appearance was funny.

This was because I felt that the back of the young man looking down at the world with his back to me resembled the appearance of Lee Cheon-sang that I had seen thirty years ago.

‘Yes, it was like that then too.’

When I brought in the freshly minted Takju, Lee Cheon-sang was also looking down at the world from the top of the mountain.

The atmosphere of Lee Cheon-sang at that time and the atmosphere of Seoliang now were clearly different. However, in terms of their broad shoulders and strong presence, they look exactly like twins.

‘As expected, it seems like you are that guy Cheon-sang Lee’s disciple.’

Red Pine looked at the young man with slightly faint and slightly bitter eyes.

Only then did he realize. The words of the Iron Sword Mazon.

The position of leader passed to Seo-ryang.

I knew it without anyone telling me. Seoliang’s face was imbued with a heavy sense of responsibility that only someone who had put the lives of countless people on their backs could feel.

Red Pine opened his mouth.

“I can’t even call you a young demon dragon anymore.”

Xu Liang turned around.

“Are you here?”

Red Pine’s eyes sparkled.

He seemed to have finally come to his senses, as if he had been deep in thought. For an absolute person who has reached that level, it would be more difficult to forget the surroundings, but

“He seems to be deeply troubled.”

Xu Liang smiled.

I couldn’t even imagine red pine. I never thought Seoryang could smile so lonelyly.

“Something like this.”

Red Pine sighed as she looked at his face.

“I’m sorry. “I don’t know what to say to comfort you.”

Xu Liang shook his head.

“it’s okay.”

It won’t be okay at all. But at least on the outside it looked really good.

Red Pine, who was about to say something more, soon changed his mind and closed his mouth.

What more is there to say? Saying more words of comfort would not be of any help to Seo-ryang.

On the contrary, if a monk from Shaolin, a rare and rebellious enemy, offered consolation, nothing would be so funny.

So Red Pine kept his mouth shut.

But it was not Seoliang.

“At first, there was a lot of resentment. I was angry at the person who left without saying anything. “But did he know my future?”

“He…”

“One thing I do know is that he doesn’t like it when I let our sorrow prevent us from doing what we should do.”

Seo-ryang grinned.

“And that’s the same thing I think. There’s no way to control the extreme sadness, but you can’t just drag it on in shame, right?”

Red Pine laughed without realizing it.

Embarrassing? Are you tired? This is truly a fair way of speaking. However, speaking so lightly made the other person feel at ease.

“Well, maybe your teacher wouldn’t want that either.”

“That’s why I contacted Noh Seon-bae. I thought there would be a lot of work to do in the future.”

The leaders of the Anti-Jeonghoe who first received the letter from Xiliang were distrustful and could not be in a good mood. It was inevitable

that they would be like that. Jeongwussangsin had a legendary name and was also a member of the Anti-Jeonghoe. He was in a bad

mood because he had asked such a great senior to come to him even though he could not. It was bound to be bad.

Of course, Jeoksong was different from them. He had strong legs and supreme martial arts skills, so what was there to be offended about? But only

now did I understand. If Seoryang was a person, he would come to me in person or ask me to meet him at a meeting point in the middle. The reason why he asked himself to come to Ye even though it was like that:

‘Since Shingyo has welcomed a new god, the god must show his godly majesty.”

Now, Seoliang is the leader of a religious cult.

A religious leader is a god, and a god must not act rashly. If the opponent was not Jeoksong, even Master Bodhidharma would have sent a letter asking him to come find him.

That is the position of the demon god who the people of the world call the demon religious leader, the owner of the Heavenly Demon Church. “Isn’t there

a table?”

“yes?”

“Yeah, I guess not. If you do, let’s go to that place over there.”

The place Red Pine pointed to was on a low, flat rock. The wide rock was quite large for two people to sit on.

Soon the two people sat facing each other.

Red Pine took out two gourds from his waist.

“Takju is all about temperature.”

“Did you soak it yourself?”

“Oh?”

He threw a gourd to Seo-ryang and uncorked it.

“The scent is good.”

Seoryang, who was quietly looking at the gourd, soon uncorked it and poured it into his mouth.

Red Pine clicked his tongue.

“I told you to savor the scent, but nothing has really changed.”

“If you go into the stomach, isn’t it all there?”

“If that’s the case, why don’t you eat poop?”

“People don’t eat poop.”

Xu Liang smiled and put down the gourd.

“It tastes very good. Much better than what I drank before.”

“It has to be that way. It’s one of my masterpieces.”

It was a liquor brewed for Lee Cheon-sang. Even though he was no longer in the world, his successor drank it, so that was enough.

Jeoksong, who quenched his thirst with a sip of liquor, asked,

“So, why did you ask to see this old man?”

“Go forward. “I’m not the only one who needs to be treated.”

“hmm?”

Seoliang’s face suddenly became serious.

Surprisingly, Jeoksong could not read anything from his suddenly changed expression.

“Do you know? The Uicheon Alliance was half destroyed.”

“Yes, I know.”

Even now, Jeokpine couldn’t believe it.

When you reach the level of two heavens, it will be difficult to even come up with the ‘thought’ of attacking someone.

Even if you come to such a thought, putting it into action will be much more difficult. As

a spiritual and physical body that cannot be involved in the world, Uicheon In order to destroy the main camp of the Maeng, he gave up the Heavenly Way and came down as a human.

Regardless of the terribleness of his actions, Jeoksong felt not only admiration but also fear at Lee Cheon-sang’s firm

will. Even when he was a human and reached the level of a immortal, he constantly used common sense. I refuse.

Truly, such a person will never be born again.

“The Uicheon Alliance has been destroyed, but the seven factions remain. Among them, Gyeongjae has not entered the world since the death of the Ark, so it can be said that there are seven factions left in the end.”

“But?”

“We don’t know Dam Sa-yeong’s whereabouts. But he is definitely alive.”

“Do you really believe that?”

“of course.”

“May I ask the reason?”

“Because my master is not someone who has no reason to rob a student of his resentment.”

A disciple’s regret?

“Anyway, the important thing is that many masters have died, but the people who made the world such a mess are still alive.”

“What do you want to say?”

“Disperse.”

“what?”

“I am asking you to temporarily disband the anti-government association.”

Red Pine’s eyes widened.

“What do you mean? “You mean to disband the Anti-Jeonghoe?”

Seo-ryang shook his head.

“I understand that these words are highly likely to be misunderstood. And I also acknowledge that what I am about to say may be received in an unpleasant manner.”

“……?”

“The current Anti-Jeonghoe is no different from the Uicheon Alliance.”

“What?!”

“It means that we are united like the Uicheon Alliance. There is no other meaning.”

“But why is that a problem?”

“As long as the Anti-Jeonghoe continues to form the current position of power, it will inevitably become dangerous.”

Red Pine’s face showed surprise.

“It’s becoming dangerous? Did you mean the main association?”

“It will either fall into Damsayoung’s hands or evaporate into Damsayoung’s hands, or it will face one of two outcomes.”

I had no way of knowing what the hell was going on.

Seoliang’s tone became deeper.

“Let me ask you. How many battles has the Banjeonghoe had with the hidden masters of the Iron Blood Castle?”

“It was like that.”

“Have the two owners ever participated in that fight?”

“Of course not.”

“The same goes for the Iron Blood Castle. They took out their hidden cards, but the real experts did not come forward. Just like the Anti-Jeonghoe. That’s why the fight continued.”

“…..?”

“Even after suffering that humiliation, the Iron Blood Castle is silent, and Damsayoung has suddenly disappeared. What do you think this means?”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s that they are persevering.”

“……?!”

“Except for their past actions and personalities, the political power of Mengseong’s owners was something that could be recognized throughout the world.

But there was no need to be patient once they took power. “It is not a place of patience, but a place to exercise power.”

Xu Liang’s eyes lit up.

“Let me ask you a question. If Uicheon Maeng or Sanghyeolseong had pledged to blow up the Banjeonghoe with all their might, do you think the Banjeonghoe would have been able to exist until now?”

Jeoksong did not dare to say that.

The status of absolute masters in martial arts is beyond the imagination of criminals. They are one person, but they are also an army. An

absolute master is someone who can easily crush hundreds of masters. That’s what I’m saying.

However.

Is there no expert in the Uicheonmaeng and Cheonghyeolseong like the Banjeonghoe? Even if there isn’t, would it be difficult to blow up a Banjeonghoe if the two join forces? That’s

absolutely not the case.

“The reason why the Banjeonghoe could exist is because the Banjeonghoe is martial. “The reason he was able to play a role in the political situation, keep the Uicheon Alliance in check, and fight against the Iron Blood Fortress

was because the balance of power did not collapse.”

“Balance….”

“That’s right. That’s why I helped the Shaolin and the shamans and asked them to fight against the Uicheon Maeng.

Since there is a cause, there is nothing to be afraid of, and since the world has the eyes of the world, even Uicheonmaeng cannot do anything carelessly. “They never borrowed the help of the Iron Blood Saint because they had no strength.”

“…..”

“But now the balance has been broken.”

Wooooow.

A demonic energy appeared in Xiliang’s eyes.

“The masters of Mengseong have begun to act differently than before. I don’t know what they are preparing or what their destination is,

but it is clear that they have become much more cautious than before.”

Jeoksong, who was quietly looking at Seoryang, asked as if asking,

“Do you have it?”

“What do you mean?”

“I won’t ask what you have prepared. However, I would like to ask this much. “Where is the end you have decided?”

Xu Liang smiled coldly.

Red Pine once again felt eerie, just like when he faced the Iron Sword Demon.

It was a truly unfamiliar feeling. I have never felt fear of people since I was called the best in the world decades ago, but today I feel heartbreaking for the second time.

Perhaps it is not because of their martial arts skills.

“At least it will be much farther than the end set by the Lord of Uicheon, Iron Blood Castle.”

“……”

“I guess that’s why the leader kept those two alive. “Because no one knows me better than him.”

Red Pine tried to comfort his pounding heart.

“Is that road stained with fresh blood?”

“At least it won’t be covered with the blood of an irrelevant person.”

“You probably don’t know that it’s a play on words, right?”

“If you think what I’m saying is a play on words, aren’t you also full of arrogance and hypocrisy in your massacre of killing enemies for the greater good?”

In an instant, the tone of speech changed. Jeoksong was unable to respond to Seoryang’s words.

Seoryang, who was staring at Jeokpine, stood up from his seat.

“I hope you think about my words today. It will be difficult to meet often from now on.”

Seo-ryang turned his back. The takju that Jeoksong gave him was not even half empty.

Jeoksong, who was looking down at the gourd, asked.

“Where are we going?”

“Go back home.”

“What are you looking at?”

“Go and see the world.”

Red Pine nodded.

“I hope that the world you see is filled with beauty.”

Xiliang looked back at Red Pine and smiled.

From that smile, Red Pine was reminded of Lee Cheon-sang’s cold smile.

“I don’t know if it’s beautiful, but I know there are a lot of them that need to be caught and killed.”