Episode 532Hundred Soldiersâ Divine Eyes (7)
Makwonâs eyes deepened.
Yang Chen shook his head.
âItâs not something I should say as the leader of the Black Island, but I like that you are very honest. âEven though Iâve never met you before, I can get a sense of your personality just by talking to you briefly.â
ââ¦.â
âYou are a good person. I know righteousness and I know loyalty. A person who knows those two things also knows the way of human affairs. âThere was a reason why people in the world thought that Baek Byeong-shin was a political faction figure.â
âIâ¦â
âBut the reason you were able to receive such an evaluation was because your martial arts skills were strong.â
Yang Chen closed his eyes.
Are you thinking about the past? Or is he thinking of Makwon?
âBecause you possessed martial arts that overpowered everyone else, you were able to live well without having to put yourself in an uncomfortable area of the world.â
âI know my experience is limited.â
âIâm not talking about how much or how little experience you have or whether itâs dark or light.â
ââ¦?â
âYou have lived a solitary life as a martial artist. âYou served others and punished evil, but you only watched this powerful society and did not enter it.â
âHow do you know that?â
âBecause I wasnât as strong as you.â
ââ¦?!â
A look of disbelief appeared on Makwonâs face.
Yangcheon was a powerful person in Seongcheon, and among them, he was an absolute figure who was considered the Immortal Emperor. So to speak, he is one of the top ten masters in the world. He is one of the ten people who can aim for the top spot in the world through martial arts alone.
That person wasnât strong? It was difficult to understand.
âPeople understand that the reason I am called the Fighting King is because I am good at fighting.â
âno?â
âRight. âSome of it.â
ââ¦?â
âI fought because I was weak. In fact, I suffered countless defeats. Defeat on the Black Island means death. In other words, I have passed countless times of death.â
Yang Chen chuckled. When I think about myself in the past, I smile.
âIn order to survive in this harsh martial forest, I had to experience death. As I fought with my teeth clenched for so long, at some point, I ended up winning more than losing. âMy martial arts skills became stronger and I began to learn how to survive.â
ââ¦.â
âOf all the realizations I have gained, do you know which one I trust the most?â
ââ¦.â
âIn order to take something from someone else, you have to be prepared to lose something of your own.â
ââ¦!â
âIt could be life, martial arts, a group, or⦠it could be the past.â
Yang Chen looked back at Mo Yuan again.
Makwonâs eyes were as deep as a lake. The expression was no different from before.
âYou should have thought. âHow did we detect your danger?â
âYou must have done your research.â
âof course. But did they only see your threat during the investigation? What was the reason for trying to save you? Did they only investigate Baekbyeongshin Army, one of the three armies? Or did they also investigate a person named Makwon?â
ââ¦!!â
âYou called us benefactors. But you didnât show me your ledger. âYou failed to properly complete the deal with Deputy Yeon.â
Makwon spoke in a somewhat quiet voice.
âNo matter how much of a benefactor you are, you have no obligation to tell me the details of my personal affairs.â
âof course. âYou are right.â
âifâ¦?â
âIf you werenât Baek Byeong-shin and the atmosphere in Tanggeum Gangho wasnât in such a tense situation, then youâre right.â
ââ¦!â
The corners of Yang Chenâs mouth rose.
âDid I tell you? You just watched the world. I have never melted into it. âIf you had ever set foot in the world, you wouldnât have said something like that in front of me.â
ââ¦.â
âThe ideal is something that should be pursued. But donât ignore reality. Reality is much more ruthless and absurd than you think. âThe reason you didnât know that until now is because, like I said, you were strong.â
ââ¦.â
âAnd I am one of the strongest members of the martial arts group, which is said to be the most poisonous in this absurd world, and I am the leader of the Black Island.â
Mak Wonâs eyes wavered for the first time.
âWhat about Deputy Yeon? Yeon Ho-jeong is a monster that even I, the head of the Black Island, cannot handle. Heâs younger than me and his martial skills are weaker, but heâs never once treated me badly. No, I never looked down on you. âIf you underestimate me, I will suffer.â
Makwonâs mouth opened without realizing it. He had no idea that Yang Cheon would rate Yeon Hojeong so highly.
âDo you understand? âYou are dealing with the absurd leader of the dark world and a monster that makes even the leader nervous, but you did not play out all your cards.â
ââ¦.â
âNow do what you can.â
Those were heavy words.
Each and every word of Yang Cheonâs words are pounding into my heart.
Makwon was a person who learned a lot. By studying martial arts, he learned more knowledge than most scholars and applied it to create his own martial arts.
But even with that vast knowledge, he could not refute Yang Chenâs words.
That is the difference in the weight of words.
Books are a window to the world. It was also a learning experience about the world.
However, Makwon learned about that world only through books, while Yangcheon experienced it firsthand.
There is no difference between who is right and who is wrong. However, in the current reality, Mo Yuan cannot make Yang Chen understand no matter what means he uses.
On the other hand, he understood. He was persuaded by Yang Cheon.
In that case, you had to give the other person what they wanted. I had to respond to the other partyâs trading methods. That was the rule here.
âItâs not such a great past.â
Makwon sighed.
âItâs just the past you see everywhere.â
âBut itâs different if itâs a story between absolute figures who can shake up the martial arts world.â
âItâs nothing special, but if Iâm being rude because of that, Iâll tell you.â
Yang Chen nodded.
âIt has to be that way. âThe world is not divided into black and white, but war is divided into black and white.â
âItâs black and whiteâ¦â
Makwon smiled bitterly.
âI thought the world wasnât so easy.â
âItâs not easy at all. Itâs never simple. But we must understand that in order to live in a world that is not simple, we need to become somewhat simple.â
Of all the words I heard from Yang Cheon today, these were the most heart-wrenching words.
Mo Yuan went to the side of Yangtian and looked down the canyon. SÑará´h the nôvel_Fire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
It was truly an incredible height. It was a height from which it was difficult to guarantee oneâs life if one fell, no matter how strong one was.
Makwon, who had been looking down for a while, suddenly asked.
âThe Lord said he saw this man as an honest and decent man.â
âThatâs right.â
âThis is a truly grateful evaluation. âItâs not something I would say to the person who told me that, butâ¦â
Mak Won turned his head towards Yang Chen.
âI think Vice President Yang is a very ambitious person.â
Yang Chen answered with a cheerful face.
âYou saw it correctly. âI have great ambitions.â
âHow ambitious is that? If the war ends in victory, I see it as an ambition to rally the troops again, push back against the Baekdo faction, and take over the world.â
If Makwon had been surprised so far, now it was Yangcheonâs turn to be surprised.
âDo you think so?â
âexactly.â
âHmm.â
âAnd I donât think this opinion will change in the future. âBuju Yang doesnât seem like a person who can give up his greed.â
You have great insight.
Yang Chen couldnât help but be impressed. Although he said he couldnât blend in with the world or just watched, that doesnât mean he thought Makwon was a great person.
But I didnât know that he was seeing through me to this extent.
When you look at the other person, the other person also looks into their own abyss.
It is no exaggeration to say that such a thing is possible without any real world experience.
âSo, although I think of Buju Yang as a benefactor, I donât want to completely entrust everything to him.â
âBecause of my desires?â
âexactly. âI will join hands to overcome the immediate danger, but I do not want to become a man of the ink dragon.â
âSo to speak, we are comrades in arms.â
âexactly.â
âSo itâs a shame. âYou just watched the world.â
Yang Chen shrugged his shoulders.
âIf I had a proper grip with the world, it would have been able to understand my desire.â
âI would have understood, but I would not have agreed. âI too have become hard-headed and it is too late to change my thoughts and beliefs.â
âHehehe.â
âDeputy Yeon was different.â
âhmm?â
Makwon backed away.
âI didnât know that the Vice Lord would rate Adjutant Yeon so highly. You must be well aware of Deputy Yeonâs abilities that I donât know. However, I also felt something while looking at Adjutant Yeon.â
ââ¦.â
âAdjutant Yeon has no ambition. âThere is only faith.â
âItâs a belief.â
âexactly. âWhere Lieutenant Yeonâs eyes and the burning heart of the worldâs greatest Jisoo are aimed, there is only the Three Bridges.â
ââ¦.â
âIâm not a fortune teller so I canât predict a personâs future, but at least the Lieutenant Yeon I saw seemed like a person who would give up worldly affairs and go to his hometown and live a quiet life if he succeeded in stopping the Three Religions. â
The more I looked at it, the more amazing my insight was. Yang Cheon also knew that the life Yeon Ho-jeong wanted was that kind of life.
Of course, I donât know if I will actually live that kind of life.
âNot everyone has to do that. The world has become impoverished thanks to greedy people, and it is also developing thanks to them. Butâ¦â
Makwon chuckled.
âNow, I really like that side of Deputy Yeon.â
Yang Chenâs eyes deepened.
âif? Are you saying you wonât join the Inkryong Club?â
âI will join the Murim Alliance.â
ââ¦?!â
âDidnât you say you formed an alliance with the Murim Alliance anyway? If so, it would mean that no matter where I belong, I have at least one military power. âOf course, the Murim Alliance will have to accept me.â
âHey Makwon.â
Makwon shook his head.
âDonât try to convince me. Because you wonât be persuaded. âYou know that too, right?â
ââ¦.â
âWe will join forces to face a common enemy. Your father wanted that too, right? So please be fully satisfied with my current choice.â
Yang Chenâs eyes narrowed.
âAs you said, when the war is over, there will be a struggle for leadership between the Black Island and the White Island. âIf such a situation arises, I cannot treat you friendly as a member of the Murim Alliance.â
âItâs nothing new, right? âIf it werenât for what happened with the three religions, wouldnât the Vice Lord have been worried about my life in the first place?â
ââ¦Okay.â
Yang Chen grumbled.
âYou really have a knack for confusing peopleâs minds.â
âIt seems like itâs nature.â
Makwon turned around.
âletâs go. Please also call Deputy Yeon. King Chang, no, I will tell you everything about my execution.â
He walked down the canyon at a leisurely pace, with his back behind him.
Yang Chen sighed.
âYeonhojeong, you bastard.â
What on earth is so attractive about that guy?
Why does everyone he meets try to choose the place Yeon Ho-jeong looks at instead of himself?
Of course, Yang Chen knew the answer. But I didnât want to admit it.
If you admit it, you will become nothing more than an old wretch driven wild by ambition.
âItâs not easy to make a dream come true.â
Yang Chen grumbled and followed Mo Won.
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