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“You lunatic…….”
There was no other way to express it.
How would you describe someone who bares their teeth at the instructors holding their leash and challenges them to try and stab them?
“A real joint master of the Black Path?” It seemed as though the ridiculous rumors were somehow gaining more and more credibility.
Buk Won-pyeong pressed his thumb firmly against his throbbing head.
I’m aging so fast because of that guy.
He is a benefactor who gave me the fortuitous opportunity to find the successor of the Samcheong Musang Sword, but since it seems I will die of old age before I can even open a sect because of him, I cannot quite tell if he is an enemy or a benefactor.
“But this is unexpected… that the instructors backed down.”
The vested interests of the Murim Alliance never back down easily.
No, it is safe to say that they never back down.
Why would a group with money, power, and even outstanding military strength step down?
They have not the slightest doubt about their massive fortress.
He simply kicks away those trying to climb the fortress, pours oil on them, and sets them on fire.
The fate of those who try to climb the fortress is mostly similar.
If you keep climbing, you must eventually fall. The only difference is who climbed higher.
Buk Won-pyeong hoped that Jin So-un would rise at least higher than himself.
Leaving aside secular disciples or vested interests.
I just became curious about what it would be like if that guy did well.
However, Jin So-un kicked away the ladder with his own hands before even climbing the fortress. [Do as you please. No. Please, I beg you, do it that way. That way, I won’t feel guilty when I lay my hands on the instructors.]
Then he threatened to kill everyone inside the fortress.
“Hmph… you crazy bastard…”
Naturally, it was a heart-stopping moment.
Because the vested interests, especially the Jeongdohoe led by the Nine Great Sects, would never tolerate someone like Jin So-un.
Why can vested interests maintain their position?
Because if anyone challenges their authority, they do not tolerate even the slightest thing and crush it completely.
So, I had no doubt that this position would ultimately be the limit of Jin So-woon’s ascent and the beginning of his fall.
However.[… …
[Gritting teeth. Stop it.]
The instructors stepped back first. ‘Why?’ A sense of doubt came before relief that Jin So-un had survived.
Because the instructors are definitely not the type to back down easily.
If you back down now, Jin So-woon’s exploits and the instructor’s humiliation will follow you like a shadow for the rest of the semester.
Even after returning to the Murim Alliance, rumors would circulate, and it was clear that the Cheongseong Sect would be outraged by this story.
Nevertheless, the instructors stepped back first.
I really don’t know.
Then, suddenly, I imagine what it would have been like for me.
As I told Jin So-un, they likely adjusted the relationship appropriately during the conversation.
Because when the instructors made the offer to Jin So-un, he clearly thought it was a good deal.
“…….”
Because they must have judged that was the only way to safely climb the fortress without being hindered.
However, Jin So-un did not care.
As if climbing the fortress didn’t matter, he burned even the rope they had lowered for him and fell to the ground.
As if not afraid of the next task at all.
As if it could drop any further.
I let out a hollow laugh without even realizing it.
“……
Is that something different?
Then suddenly.
I had a thought that perhaps Jin So-woon’s decision might have been the right answer.
After all, it was the instructors who backed down.
My head is starting to ache again.
I don’t know what’s going on.
I wonder if the scheme of that guy who just passed the age of majority worked.
I wonder if he didn’t know the world, even after living a life twice as long as that guy’s.
Buk Won-pyeong could not leave the conference room for quite some time even after the conversation had ended. #“Damn it!”
No Jin-ha kicked an innocent stone and sent it flying.
Nevertheless, as if his anger was not appeased, he fumed and vented his pent-up resentment everywhere.
“Damn it! Damn it! Damn bastard! I’ll definitely kill you……!”
Even though mental cultivation is the basic conduct of a Taoist master, the behavior of even spewing profanities did not look very good, but I did not stop him.
Kang Soon-tak felt no different from Noh Jin-ha.
Still, I was worried that someone might be watching.
“Calm down. Isn’t it already over?”
No Jin-ha, who had been fuming and spewing resentment, glared at Kang Soon-tak.
“Did you find out why the Blue Dragon Clan Leader and the Red Dragon Clan Leader are protecting him?”
I’m looking into it.
“still?”
A sigh escapes Kang Soon-tak’s lips involuntarily.
Still, he wasn’t this much of an idiot.
“Get a grip. This could escalate into surveillance of footnotes. You know we must approach this cautiously, don’t you?”
“Isn’t it because something so ridiculous is happening!!!”
Kang Sun-tak let out a chuckle at No Jin-ha’s words.
As he said, if the Blue Dragon Pavilion Master and the Red Dragon Pavilion Master hadn’t stepped forward, he would have definitely planned to crush Jin So-woon.
It’s not like those guys just started doing strange things yesterday or today.
It is clear that neither the Blue Dragon Pavilion Master nor the Red Dragon Pavilion Master has any contact with Jin So-un.
They exerted external pressure through the White Tiger Pavilion Master, as if they had foreseen their actions.
Even they themselves cannot ignore the footnotes they will have to look at a year from now.
So, that is why I ended up arranging the interview.
Even that ultimately didn’t work out well.
“Since that day… I, I feel so wronged that I can’t sleep. I just can’t sleep!”
No Jin-ha pounded his chest like someone who had let a sworn enemy slip away right before their eyes.
Then again, if he had been in the same situation, he would have beaten Jin So-woon half to death first, regardless of the title or anything else.
Kang Soon-tak patted No Jin-ha’s shoulder.
In a way, isn’t it actually a good thing?
“what?”
“It is practically the same as the academic representative and the instructors being at odds, so couldn’t we actually use that as an excuse?”
“After all, isn’t our evaluation absolute for the remainder of the semester? With that, we should be able to sufficiently corner him.”
I suppose so.
Tonight, Jin So-un will probably fall asleep peacefully, savoring his victory.
On the other hand, Nojinha probably won’t be able to get a good night’s sleep.
However, that is only for a moment.
“It’s not over yet. No, rather, you could say this is just the beginning.”
From now on, Jin So-un will fall asleep every night regretting it.
Because their power isn’t immediately visible right before your eyes.
“Let’s go. I’ll treat today.”
So for now, you just need to soothe your upset stomach a little.
Because the time for things to get comfortable will come soon. #After the confrontation between the instructor and Jin So-woon.
The semester has started again.
The students wanted to know how this incident was handled, but neither Jin So-un nor the instructors ended up saying anything and just walked past as if nothing had happened.
Naturally, the students, who would never miss out on such a delightful story amidst their boring life in the dormitory, came up with various stories.
“I heard that Representative Jin eventually knelt before the instructors and sobbed, begging them to spare him just this once?”
“I heard that Jin So-un led the Black Dao masters and stormed the instructors’ quarters one by one.”
“I heard that Jin So-woon handed blank slips to the instructors.”
This topic came up at the drop of a hat not only at drinking parties but also at meals, yet its veracity could not be confirmed anywhere.
As is always the case with rumors, the stories that had flared up like a wildfire vanished before we knew it, leaving behind other things in their place.
“No…… Why is my grade a C?”
Is it? Clearly, in the martial arts duel, four
I even went up to the river… … .”
“Tsk, don’t the instructors say your understanding of the techniques is low?”
“You crazy bastard! What kind of bullshit is that!!! Do you know how many times you’ve seen our sect’s techniques!”
“To think things like this keep happening ever since it switched to absolute grading… Tsk tsk. Maybe what Representative Jin said was true after all.”
There has been an increase in cases where those not affiliated with the Jeongdohoe receive harsh evaluations in their grades.
Of course, as the instructors who said the overall level was low had stated, it might have appeared as though the evaluation standards had been raised.
However, saying that, the scores of those belonging to the Jeongdohoe, or those associated with it, have started to rise higher than their original levels.
That’s a bit strange. That guy goes out drinking every day and has a lot of absences, so to give him a ‘B’ evaluation?
“Hmm… is there a move we don’t know about?”
“He really did have a trick up his sleeve! Of course he gave him a good score because he’s his favorite!”
The discrimination, which was initially carried out in a subtle manner, began to become increasingly clear as time passed.
Three months after the semester began, and by the time the end-of-semester evaluations were due, the discrimination had become evident.
The majority of members of the Jeongdohoe received the highest scores, while about half of the members of the Baekdohoe received good scores. The members of the 12 Peaks and others received the lowest scores, placing them at the bottom.
As such blatant discrimination began, the atmosphere inside the school building started to become increasingly hostile.
Those who were not members of the Jeongdohoe began to turn against the Jeongdohoe due to the injustices they were suffering.
Jeong Do-hoe took the treatment they received for granted and dismissed the hostility of others as jealousy.
“I heard those guys from the Twelve Peaks went to the Academic Affairs Department again yesterday. Claiming the evaluation wasn’t fair.”
“You fools, instead of thinking about improving your skills, just whining and complaining.”
“I know, right. I don’t think I’ve received good evaluations all this time thanks to that damn bastard Jin So-woon.”
“I really need to teach that Jin So-woon a lesson sometime… Huh? What’s up with you!”
The person walking while cursing at Jin So-un grabbed the shoulder of a tiny guy who had bumped into him and turned him around.
“How dare you just… without even an apology…! Uh… Mad Dog?”
And the moment he saw the face, he changed his expression.
Mineral oil?
As the man, whose rosy cheeks had just faded yesterday, furrowed his brow, the man quickly took back what he had said.
“Ah, no. It’s nothing, Yelu Ke.”
He was the only one unaware that he was called a ‘crazy weasel’ because once he bit, he wouldn’t let go and would attack day and night.
If Jin So-un is an awl in a pocket, this guy is a giant cow dung dropped on the roadside.
Because the only one who suffers the moment they step on it is the person who steps on it.
The man belonging to the Jeongdohoe cleared his throat and was about to turn around.
“Th-then, goodbye…….”
“for a moment…….”
“Uh, huh?”
“But you’re saying you’ll teach Jin So-woon a lesson?”
“huh?”
“You just said that, didn’t you? Isn’t that right?”
Crunch.
Yalu Ge suddenly loosens his fingers.
The man’s face turned pale.
“What? What’s wrong? What did I even do…?”
Mad weasel… no, Yelu Ke’s eyes gleam.
“Jin So-woon… that bastard is mine. I’m going to smash him to pieces.”
“But you shouldn’t be the one to take care of it first, right?”
What on earth is this crazy kid talking about?
Just as the man was about to make an excuse.
*Pow*
His new body was already collapsing to the floor.
The man still screamed inwardly, “So what on earth does that even mean?!” Even though the summer break had ended, there was no trace of regret or gloom on the faces of the students.
No, before that.
There were few people who actually spent this break as a real rest.
Once the summer break ends, a grand journey of a whopping two months
Because this is starting.
It is a process in which a significant part of the academic evaluation is tested, and at the same time, it is the starting point for making a name for oneself in the academic world as a student.
“Hasn’t everyone heard anything about the Great Journey?”
Seong Moran bit her nails nervously.
“Unnie, why do you look so nervous?”
“I don’t like the heat, but…… I really, really hate bugs.”
There are a total of three candidates selected as the venues for the grand journey.
Fire Desert
Ice sea
Mukrim (Ink Forest)
The location of the grand journey is very important to the students, as it determines advantages and disadvantages among them.
I wish I could go to the ice sea.
At Eun Seol-ran’s words, Seong Mo-ran raised her eyes and asked.
“Right! Seolran, you’re from the North Sea, right? There aren’t any bugs there, are there?”
uh.”
Eun Seol-ran, unable to answer easily.
I can tell what you want to say just by looking at your expression.
I suppose they want to say that there aren’t many ‘living’ things in the North Sea to begin with.
“Young Master Jin, did you really not hear anything?”
I haven’t heard anything, but I know where to go.
Since the academic plan is set up for two years at once in the first place.
In the previous life, the great journey ultimately did not proceed due to the Four Thousand Bloodstained Temple, but the destination was set.
I haven’t heard anything, but I know where to go.
“What?! Really? Where is it?”
It is Mukrim.
“…………
“Eh?”
Seong Moran shook her head as if she couldn’t believe it.
“Ah, no… right? You’re joking, aren’t you? Trying to tease me? Haha… Huh? Tell me it’s not true! It’s not true!!!”
I spoke steadfastly while being swayed limply by Seongmoran’s hand.
“Didn’t Yong So-ah make a name for herself in the last season by single-handedly defeating the Takun tribe of Hwamak?”
That, that can’t necessarily be proof that we’re going to Mukrim.
In the previous cohort, half of the students who went to the ice sea suffered from frostbite.
Seongmo-ran’s face turned from blue to pitch black.
“D-That’s impossible! No… No! It’s not!!”
Seong Moran screamed and ran out of the representative’s office.
Why do they hate it so much?
Aside from it being humid and full of venomous insects, there are actually more advantages.
Moreover, isn’t Mukrim a place where a massive spiritual vein flows?
Successive academy students had looked forward so much to going to Mukrim as the site of the grand journey.
Mukrim is usually designated as a forbidden area, so it is not a place you can enter without permission.
Just then, Namgung Seon-hwa opened her eyes wide and asked.
“Huh? Young Master Jin, that’s a necklace I haven’t seen before?”
“Ah… you mean this? I received it as a gift from Woojae’s father a while ago. I asked him to do some processing during our last break.”
Oh, it’s so pretty.
Is that so?
I fiddled with my necklace and looked at the spot where Seongmoran had run away.
I really can’t understand it.
Mukrim is so good.
