Chapter 255

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Return of The Mount Hua – Chapter 255. I Dug My Own Grave. (5)

The door opened, but no one dared to step inside.

Tension, anxiety, and even anticipation.

They just looked at the opened door with mixed emotion.

However, it is also impossible to step down after coming this far.

"Huup!"

Taking a deep breath, he soon puts strength on his stomach and moves his feet into the open door. It was then followed by the Elders and the Un.

Seeing that, Hyun Young complimented Chung Myung.

"Chung Myung-ah."

"Yes."

"You did a great job. I'm so proud of you for cutting the Everlasting Metal."

"Well, it’s not a big deal. Hehe."

Even though he was skilled, he was surprisingly not receiving much praise, so whenever someone complimented him, his mouth widen and the corners of his mouth twitched.

"Let's go."

"Yes."

Chung Myung followed Hyun Young inside.

Hyun Jong, the first to enter, was looking around with shaky eyes.

"This is……."

Minimalist.

It is more like a bookshelf rather than a safe. He sees nothing but three bookshelves.

It goes beyond simpleness and looks miserable.

However, this image seemed to convey the mindset that Mount Hua's Sect Leader should have, so it was Hyun Jong who couldn't control his nervousness.

He swallowed his dry saliva and walked over to the shelf.

And…….

"Ah……."

He stopped on the spot and covered his face.

"Ancestor………The ancestor of Mount Hua! How... How can you take care of us so much?"

His body trembled, unable to control his emotions. It was because the hardships of the past passed by like a flashlight.

"Se-Sect Leader, this is...…!"

"O-Oh my god!"

Hyun Sang and Hyun Young's eyes also grew like lanterns.

"Se-Sect Leader! This is Amhyangpyo, Amhyangpyo! This is a new method of Mount Hua martial art that was practiced!" (The chinese character is like. ‘Fluttering Dark Fragrance’. It is the sword method/art/technique that Chung Myung invented after seeing Tang Bo secret art. The raw is 암향표(暗香飄))

"Plu-Plum blossom! Not Seven Plum, it’s Plum Blossom!"

"Hiik! There is Nine Palace Sword here! Sect Leader, it’s Nine Palace Sword!" (The raw is 구궁검(九宮劍))

Their eyes were literally spinning.

One bookshelf is full of Mount Hua's martial art. And most of them were already practiced at Mount Hua.

Advanced martial arts, which were thought to have been lost forever, are filling the bookshelf. (The raw is 상승)

Mount Hua's Martial Hall’s Elder Hyun Sang, which manages the martial arts of Mount Hua, is on the verge of losing consciousness.

“…this, this kind of thing.”

He muttered blankly as if he had lost his mind.

How eagerly did he long for it?

How long has he been looking for it?

Everything he had longed for and sought was buried here.

Instead of Hyun Jong and Hyun Sang, who did not even dare to touch, Hyun Young carefully took out a book.

"Oh! How can it be kept so clean! It's like a new book. Sect Leader!"

Chung Myung, who was looking at the Elders in the back, flinched when he heard that.

‘Oh... I forgot to put some dirt on it.’

Cold sweat ran down his back.

"Ohhh, how well preserved, I can still smell the scent of ink, Sect Leader!"

‘Oh... I should've dried it properly.’

"Even... uh...… I think the letters aren’t dry enough?"

Even Hyun Young began to tilt his head.

Chung Myung, sweating profusely, began desperately looking for a way to deal with the situation.

"Is this, uh... Is this possible?"

"Hahahat."

Then suddenly Hyun Jong burst into laughter.

"I was wondering why our ancestors made this warehouse out of Everlasting Metal, so this is what they meant. I've heard that box made of Everlasting Metal keeps the cold air inside so that it doesn't spoil what's inside."

"Oh! Come to think of it, I've heard something similar."

"Is that why these books are so clean?"

‘No, it's not.’

‘Oh, no. No! This isn't it!’

‘Keuh, Sect Leader!’

‘That's why you are the Sect Leader!’

Chung Myung smiled delightedly at Hyun Jong, who matched his words without having him step up.

‘You're doing everything on your own.'

‘Aigoo, these cute things!’

It was then.

"Se-Sect Leader! Here!"

"What's the matter?"

"Here, look here! Here!"

"Where?"

"Here!"

Hyun Young hastily pointed to one side. Hyun Jong's body, which shifted following the finger, hardened like a statue.

Twenty five books with neatly arranged at the bottom.

"Do-Don't tell me...."

The title of the book looks big as if it were floating in the air.

Illustration of the Twenty-Four Plum Blossoms Sword Technique. (이십사수매화검법도해(二十四手梅花劍法圖解)

"Uh…….Uh….…."

Hyun Jong's face, looking at the bookshelf, was relaxed.

Twenty-Four Plum Blossoms Sword Technique.

It's not even just the method/manual/book/instruction, it's an illustration/diagram of it.

"Il.. il……. il……."

"Se-Sect Leader!"

"Illustration …….Kahak!"

In the end, Hyun Jong rolled his eyes and fell.

"Argh! Sect Leader!"

"Wake up! No, you shouldn't fall here! Get up, Sect Leader!"

The surprised Hyun Young grabbed Hyun Jong by the collar and shook the body while raising his voice. After shaking it for a long time, Hyun Jong opened his eyes wide open.

"Gasp!"

"Have a little bit of your mind...…."

"Get out of the way!"

When Hyun Jong suddenly woke up, he shook off Hyun Young and rushed to the bookshelf almost as if crawling.

"Illustration! An illustration! An illustration of the Twenty-Four Plum Blossoms Sword Technique!"

It has the same momentum as a person who saw food after starving for ten days. Hyun Jong, who stood right in front of the shelf and stared at it with the momentum to devour it, trembled as if he could not come to his senses.

"So-Something like this. This…….ho..hohoho!"

What is an illustration book? (Dohaebon, 도해본)

This is an interpretation that was analyzed and explained along with the picture to make it easier to learn.

It was too difficult and too much to fully explain one's martial art, so an illustration book was usually not well made.

However, for them who had to learn martial arts without a teacher, what they needed more than anything else was this.

"Che-Check it out! Sect Leader! Hurry!”

At Hyun Sang's shout, Hyun Jong took the manual of the Twenty-Four Plum Blossoms Sword Technique with his trembling hands.

Sararak.

When the cover was turned over with a cautious touch, the first chapter written in bold handwriting was revealed.

‘The 13th generation of the Mount Hua disciples, Chung Myung, delivers to future generations.’

"Chu-Chung Myung?"

"Yes! I am here."

"Not you, you punk!"

"……."

‘It's me, man.’

Although Chung Myung looked sullen, Hyun Jong was not even interested in him.

Chung Myung.

How many times has he drawn the name?

How many times has he longed for the name?

The moment he saw the name, Hyun Jong could not stand the intense emotions that rushed in him.

In the end, he uttered in a trembling voice the nickname he had been holding in his heart.

"Plum Blossom Sword Saint."

The forgotten legend of Mount Hua.

Here is the name that made it possible for him to grab hold of Mount Hua even after suffering for so long.

"Plu-Plum Blossom Sword Saint! Does that mean that the Plum Blossom Sword Saint himself left these Twenty-Four Plum Blossoms Sword Technique methods?"

Hyun Young stuck close to Hyun Jong and stick his head out.

"Wha- What do you mean Chung Myung!"

Eventually, his body trembled as if it had been struck by lightning.

Which of the disciples of Mount Hua do not admire the Plum Blossom Sword Saint?

Hyun Jong tried to calm down his trembling heart and began to read the following words.

The Twenty-Four Plum Blossoms Sword Technique is the root of Mount Hua, and it is the essence of Mount Hua. This book leaves an illustration of each volume so that later generations can better understand the Twenty-Four Plum Blossoms Sword Technique.

With reference to this illustration, the future generation should take a good step forward and devote themselves to it again and again. If one can fully master the Twenty-Four Plum Blossoms Sword Technique, they don't have to be afraid of any sword in the world.

Keep that in mind.

It is not the sword, but the will of Mount Hua that the descendants will inherit. I embody the will of Mount Hua that I have in this 24 volume illustration.

Mount Hua's name won't fade as long as this will continues.

(Earlier was said that there was 25 book, but it is 24 sword art, right? And here it says 24 illustration.. I will keep it as it is ahaha.)

"I-It is really an illustration book from Plum Blossom Sword Saint! Plum Blossom Sword Saint!"

"Keuhahahat! Oh, my God! This is crazy! Hahahahahat!"

Hyun Young burst into loud laughter.

Even if there is only the Twenty-Four Plum Blossoms Sword Technique method, Mount Hua will leave a feast, and this was even an illustration from Plum Blossom Sword Saint. Thousands of gold, no! It is one of the treasures that will not be exchanged for any amount of gold.

"It was a hundred years ago! Hahaha! What a blessing! Oh my God!"

Hyun Young rushed to Hyun Jong and took away the manual he was holding.

"Where! Where...…."

Hyun Young, who tried to turn the pages with an angry gesture, paused. Then, he frowned as if something was wrong.

"Sect Leader."

"Hm?"

"……there is food stuck on it and hasn’t dry. It made the front and back page attached……?" (The raw is 먹이)

"……."

Hyun Jong and Hyun Young look at the book with a strange look.

At the same time, cold sweat began to seep out of Chung Myung's spine again.

'You're filthy meticulous, really.'

‘Let's move on, guys. Why so detailed with it? Since when did you guys do that?’

"Well, Plum Blossom Sword Saint made this illustration book and put it right here. Maybe that's why the food was preserved without drying up?"

"Is that so?"

"Hahaha. That's obvious. You saying like someone was this hundred-year-old safe made of Everlasting Metal. And recently at that."

"Is that possible? Hahahahaha!"

Sweat began to drip down the back of Chung Myung's head.

Baek Chun, who was watching him outside the door, narrowed his eyes.

‘But why does he keep sweating since a while ago?'

Did he really have internal injuries?

That can't be true.

It was then.

"Sect Leader!"

"What is it?"

"All handwriting is the same!"

"Huh?"

"I've just checked, and all the books here are written in the same handwriting. I think it's all written by one person."

Flinch.

Chung Myung looked at Hyun Sang with round eyes.

‘What do you know about that?'

‘No, why are you so meticulous!’

"That means...…?"

"Yes! All the books here seem to have been made by the Plum Blossom Sword Saint himself!"

"Oh, Sword Saint! Such precious things!"

Hyun Jong is now starting to swim in the sea of emotion.

"Sword Saint…… the honored Sword Saint. I can't ask for more...…."

Hyun Jong's face loosened gently and his body began to lose strength. Hyun Young rushed in and grabbed him by the neck and shook him.

"No! This man is now trying to rise to the Heaven every now and then! Why did you rejuvenate yourself if you're going to be like that, man! If you're going to die, just die quickly!"

"I-I won't die, you punk!"

Hyun Jong quickly came to his senses.

‘I think I just saw a blue and yellow cloud.’ (The raw is 그런데 방금 뭔가 푸르고 누런 구름을 본 것 같기도 하고.)

‘I have to be careful.’

"Hahaha. It's a red peach! It's the red peach of Mount Hua!" (The raw is 홍복)

The three Elders were so happy that they were at a loss. Their mouth reached the ear, and their hips were constantly up and down.

"Sect Leader, We also..."

"Oh, yes! That's right!"

Hyun Jong led the Elder out. Not everyone could enter the safe, so the other disciples, including the Un, were waiting outside.

When they stepped aside, the other disciples came inside.

"…Mount Hua Disperse Palm (매화산수(梅花散手))

"Sa-Sasuk! There is Taehojang too! (태허장(太虛長))"

“Moon Maiden Harmony Sword (월녀조화검(月女調和劍))."

Just hearing the name of the manual outside alone turns his eyes.

Baek Chun, who was slightly dizzy, put his hand on the bookshelf and picked his breath.

By the way.

Kereureuk!

"Huh?"

Baek Chun's head goes down.

"What?"

Chung Myung's eyes bulged out at the sight.

‘N-No. Th-That!’

"Se-Sect Leader! There's a gap here. I think there's more space!"

‘That damn Sasuk?’

"Oh, really?"

Hyun Jong rushed back inside again.

"Oh, indeed!"

"I'll open it completely!"

"Yes! Let's do that."

Chung Myung had no time to do anything about it, so the bookshelf was removed and the door under it was opened.

"Let's go down!"

"Let's go! Let's hurry up and go in!"

The Elders rushed into the space below the safe.

But unfortunately, it was empty inside, and nothing could be seen.

"…I thought there must be something here."

"Umm. It looks like a space that was created and never used."

"It was unfortunate, but can’t be helped."

"Yes. With what we already obtained... huh?"

Hyun Jong, who was speaking calmly, looked down as if he had found something.

"This…?"

"Yes?"

The Elders follow Hyun Jong and look down.

“What kind of circle… is there?”

"It's round."

"…big."

"……."

Hyun Young muttered with strange eyes.

"Isn't this like someone cut and pasted it?"

"Hahahahaha!"

At that time, the Elders turned their heads to the sudden laughter. Chung Myung was laughing awkwardly with his head sticking out at the entrance.

"Who-Who's going to stick Hancheol? Plum Blossom Sword Saint grandpa can't do that even if he comes!" (The raw is 그건 매화검존 할아버지가 와도 못 하겠네!")

"Is that so?"

"O-Of course!"

"Yes, that's right. But why are you sweating so much? Are you sure your internal injuries have healed?"

"Cu-Cutting the door over and over again.…."

"Oh my my. Tsk tsk."

While Hyun Young was worried about Chung Myung, Hyun Jong, who was still looking at the circle with a serious face, nodded as if he had finally realized it.

"I see."

"Yes?"

Chung Myung's eyes pop out.

‘You know what? What do you know?’

"Secretly made space and a big circle. Don't you see? This is the noble teachings that our ancestors left us."

"By teaching is...…?"

"An empty space and an empty circle. It means that if you get enough, you must be content with it and don't be greedy."

"Ah! Indeed!"

“The ancestors were trying to convey the Tao to us.”

"Muryangsubul (Sort of chant? Kinda). It must mean to not forget that the main duty of Mount Hua that is not in martial art, but in the Tao. We are learning another thing like this."

"The will of the ancestor is deeper than ever. Muryangsubul."

Watching the Elders chanting Buddha’s name together, Chung Myung, who was relaxed all over his body, lay down on the spot.

‘To hell with Tao.’

‘At this rate, my heart will stop first.’

‘Why me!’

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