Chapter 29 : Chapter 29

Chapter 29. I Lost (3)

Have you ever seen a pile of treasure?

Or the appearance of a human witnessing that?

“Wow……. Woaah…….”

“Crazy.”

“…….”

Adding a little lie, it was a huge treasure to the point where it wouldn't be strange to call it a real mountain of gold; only exclamations flowed out as it came into view.

“A single thief gathered this property?”

Dang Jin is a son of the Sichuan Tang Clan, despite looking like this.

It means he is a young master of a successful family.

But it is the first time for him too to see treasure piled up this much.

Gold, silver, jade, coral, etc…….

Precious treasures were piled up higher than a person’s height, and the weapons stuck messily in the middle were divine weapons that looked extraordinary at a glance.

“Well really……. I heard the stories, but was it this much?”

Han Cheong-un also clicked his tongue.

As far as Han Cheong-un knew at the time, he heard that the treasure discovered in the Secret Cave of the Shadowless Divine Thief rivaled ten years of the Murim Alliance’s budget.

He knew it would be a lot, but seeing it directly with his two eyes like this, the feeling was different again.

Meanwhile, Baek Sua grasped a single sword in her hand.

A worn scabbard and a handle with human handprints remaining.

The moment she saw it, she could sense it.

Seureureung.

Drawing the sword, a chillingly white blade revealed a cool sharpness.

Above all, the four characters Purple Mist Divine Sword were clearly engraved on the blade.

“This is it.”

The sect’s divine object.

The divine sword symbolizing Mount Hua’s authority was now held in her hand.

Although she says she keeps a distance from the sect normally, she is also a person raised as a disciple of Mount Hua.

As the divine object called Purple Mist Divine Sword was held in her hand, she was deeply moved.

“You can take that as is.”

At Han Cheong-un’s words, Baek Sua nodded silently and stored the Purple Mist Divine Sword.

And Dang Jin spoke.

“By the way, it’s a problem. How do we take this large amount of treasure outside?”

“There is a way for all that. But before that…….”

“Before that what?”

“It would be good to prepare slowly.”

As soon as Han Cheong-un’s words ended…….

“Vrrrrrrrr…….”

The Secret Cave vibrated and began to move as if some mechanism was operating.

“What is this?”

Inside the slowly moving Secret Cave, Han Cheong-un spoke with a calm face.

“Shadowless Divine Thief’s final malice.”

* * *

Shadowless Divine Thief.

He was originally not a person of the Jianghu.

He was a person who lived a life completely unrelated to the Jianghu.

He was an ordinary father, and an ordinary husband.

However, when he left home for a while, his family was swept up in a Jianghu dispute and his family was terribly killed.

The scene he saw upon returning was a burnt house and the appearance of his family terribly killed.

The moment he saw that scene, he could no longer exist as an ordinary person.

Vowing revenge while shedding tears of blood, he lived the rest of his life with revenge against the Murim as his sole purpose from that day on.

Poison, spells, mechanics and traps, etc…….

He frantically acquired all kinds of knowledge.

Probably he had talent.

Otherwise, it would have been difficult to learn so much knowledge with only a sense of vengeance.

But he did it.

And since when was it?

In the Jianghu, an assassin appeared who killed countless people regardless of orthodox or unorthodox.

Heavenly Killing Dark Ghost.

His name was unknown, and his purpose could not be known.

Common points could not be found among those killed by him.

He just killed and killed indiscriminately.

His actions stopped when…….

“This is it.”

“This…… damn Taoist bastard…….”

It was the Sect Leader of Mount Hua, one of the strongest in Murim at the time.

Revered as the Sword Saint in the world, he subdued the Heavenly Killing Dark Ghost who attacked him too simply, and the Heavenly Killing Dark Ghost’s life was destined to end there.

However…….

“Why do you accumulate such killing karma? Looking at your face, you do not look like a person who would originally do this?”

“What use is it knowing that?”

“I ask you, please tell me your circumstances.”

The Sword Saint took a thoroughly humble attitude towards the Heavenly Killing Dark Ghost he had subdued.

The Sword Saint’s sincerity, hanging on truly earnestly and persistently, eventually succeeded in opening his mouth.

And…….

“Infinite Life Buddha……. How regrettable, truly regrettable.”

The Sword Saint genuinely felt regret and shed tears.

The Sword Saint’s tears were sincere enough to be conveyed even to the Heavenly Killing Dark Ghost.

“Your circumstances are truly regrettable. But I cannot unleash you, stained with killing intent, into the world as is.”

The Sword Saint detained the Heavenly Killing Dark Ghost in Mount Hua, but he visited every day and tried to comfort and heal him.

The result…….

“I……. lost.”

At the end of twenty years of effort, the Heavenly Killing Dark Ghost finally changed his mind.

He vowed to the Sword Saint that he would kill no more people and came out of Mount Hua.

However…….

“I will give up the life as a killing ghost. But I cannot give up my revenge towards the Murim.”

“Then what do you intend to do?”

“The True Master told me, right? That if one is a correct martial artist, there is righteousness and chivalry in their heart.”

“Right. I did say so.”

“I will test that.”

“Test? What do you intend to do?”

“I…….”

He obediently revealed his plan to the Sword Saint.

And the Sword Saint who heard all of it…….

“Infinite Life Buddha…….”

He sighed while stroking his beard with a regrettable face.

“Must you really do so?”

“As the True Master said, if the justice and chivalry they shout are correct, what does it matter?”

“…….”

“Of course, I do not believe so, but strictly speaking.”

“Hoh……. Can’t be helped. Can’t be helped.”

The Sword Saint sighed.

Ideally, he wanted to spend a bit more time and persuade him.

But there was no time.

The Sword Saint was feeling it.

That his lifespan was already running out.

Instead, he held out the sword at his waist and spoke.

“Take it.”

“True Master? This is…….”

“To make your plan succeed, shouldn’t you have an item of this level?”

The Sword Saint held out the Purple Mist Divine Sword to him.

Mount Hua’s divine object.

Mount Hua’s symbol.

He held out that precious item without hesitation.

“True Master…….”

“Please, I pray that everything returns to the natural order.”

That day.

The fact that Mount Hua’s divine object was stolen by someone was revealed to the Jianghu.

The best thief in the Jianghu.

It was the appearance of the Shadowless Divine Thief.

* * *

“……What is all this?”

Dang Jin spoke with a bewildered expression.

In a pitch-black space where there was nothing, they could observe someone’s life as if looking down on it.

Beside him, who had come to his senses, were Han Cheong-un and Baek Sua.

And Han Cheong-un spoke calmly.

“Why ask when you know?”

“Then really, is this the Shadowless Divine Thief’s memory?”

“To be exact, we should see it as a thought form. Isn't that right?”

Han Cheong-un spoke looking at the empty air.

Then, a man who vaguely took shape appeared from the empty air and spoke.

“You are not surprised as much as I thought.”

“Because there is no reason to be surprised.”

Han Cheong-un and Baek Sua already knew what happens when one completely conquers this Secret Cave.

Han Cheong-un spoke looking at the Shadowless Divine Thief, no, to be exact, the thought form left by the Shadowless Divine Thief.

“Are you going to blow everything up with gunpowder now?”

Then the Shadowless Divine Thief in the form of a thought form flinched and spoke.

“How do you know that?”

“There is a way.”

It is a matter of before the regression.

During the conquest of the Shadowless Divine Thief’s Secret Cave, a fuss occurred, but the Orthodox and Unorthodox agreed to proceed with the conquest, and after paying quite the sacrifice, they reached the end of the Secret Cave.

However…….

In the end, everything blew away.

Gunpowder and traps Shadowless Divine Thief had installed were hidden throughout this entire Mount Nokrok, and they all exploded at once.

Eventually, not only those inside the Secret Cave but also those loitering outside to get some crumbs just in case were all swept up in that explosion and died.

Naturally, even the treasures inside the Secret Cave were all destroyed.

Why on earth did such a thing happen?

Did they touch a hidden final trap in the final conquest process of the Secret Cave?

The reason was revealed later.

The Elder of the Jaegal Clan, the sole survivor remaining inside the Secret Cave, testified.

When the final conquest was over.

The thought form of the Shadowless Divine Thief appeared, reproached them, and detonated the prepared mechanism.

In the end, everything was for revenge.

His revenge eventually created thousands of casualties and inflicted a serious wound on the Jianghu Murim, which was exhausted from the Great War of Orthodox and Unorthodox.

Result-wise, it was a quite successful revenge.

And Han Cheong-un and Baek Sua entered here knowing such a result.

Because…….

‘There is a way.’

Baek Sua carefully brought her hand to her sword.

If it is her, it was possible to cut the Shadowless Divine Thief who became a thought form.

It was possible to act before he operated the mechanism and eliminated everything.

Baek Sua prepared to unleash her sword immediately if Han Cheong-un’s instruction fell.

And…….

“Senior Shadowless Divine Thief.”

Han Cheong-un approached the Shadowless Divine Thief and bowed his waist politely towards him.

Then…….

“As a person of the Jianghu, I apologize.”

“…….”

“Please withdraw your resentment.”

At those words, the Shadowless Divine Thief frowned and spoke.

“You say that well even after seeing all my memories.”

“…….”

“Well, it must be a common thing for you Jianghu people. Did they call it life at the tip of a sword?”

A fishy sneer formed on the Shadowless Divine Thief’s mouth.

And he spoke…….

“Retarded bastards.”

And bitter criticism began to pour from his mouth.

“Revering chivalry and practicing justice? You’re kidding.”

“…….”

“To ordinary people like me, Orthodox or Unorthodox are all the same guys. Who are you guys to carry swords and threaten people? Who are you guys? Who told you to do that?!”

“…….”

“You bastards are just ruffians who achieve goals with violence to satisfy your own greed.”

“…….”

“And even now, innocent civilians are suffering in countless numbers all over the world because of trash like you.”

“…….”

“My goal is to take even one more of trash like you to the afterlife and make this world even a little cleaner. So…….”

“Your words seem reasonable at a glance.”

Han Cheong-un, who was just listening quietly, opened his mouth for the first time.

“Certainly, we people of the Jianghu try to solve everything with power, and there are frequent examples of innocent people suffering in our disputes.”

“Knowing that…….”

“But Senior. Even if there is no Jianghu and no martial artists, people suffering are everywhere.”

“…….”

The Shadowless Divine Thief shut his mouth tight.

Although he hates to admit it, he knows that what Han Cheong-un said is true.

Even before the Jianghu was created, humans were at odds, fought, and harmed each other.

In the era of rival warlords, there were suffering grass-roots people, and before that, in the era of Yin and Zhou, there were weaklings groaning under oppression.

“Harming the weak and causing damage to the innocent is human greed and wickedness. Martial arts is merely a means.”

“So what? Are you saying you guys are not at fault?”

“No way. We definitely committed wrongs. But…….”

“But what?”

“What I can do is just apologize with sincerity and promise to do my best so that the same things do not happen.”

“You speak plausibly.”

The Shadowless Divine Thief spoke towards Han Cheong-un.

“Good. If you really want to apologize to me, show that apology with sincerity.”

“Sincerity, you say?”

“That is right.”

The Shadowless Divine Thief spoke pointing at Han Cheong-un.

“Severing Muscles and Cutting Meridians.”

At that moment, Dang Jin, who was listening, flared up.

What did he just say?

To him, Han Cheong-un was the benefactor who saved the Tang Clan and the Sect Leader he decided to follow staking his life.

But forcing Severing Muscles and Cutting Meridians on such Han Cheong-un?

“Why? Isn't it something you martial artists do often when apologizing?”

“That is not an apology but when receiving punishment! And it is a punishment given to a sinner who committed the biggest serious crime.”

“To me, it is the same. What meaning is there in an apology blabbered only with the mouth without receiving punishment?”

“This…….”

Just as Dang Jin ground his teeth and tried to argue…….

“Will that be enough?”

“That is right. Can you do it?”

“If Senior puts away the resentment and ascends to nirvana due to that, I will do it.”

“Good. Then try doing it.”

The Shadowless Divine Thief glared intently at Han Cheong-un.

And Han Cheong-un brought his hand to his dantian and spoke to Dang Jin.

“I think I will cause some trouble in the future.”

“……Sect Leader? Surely really…….”

Peoeok!

“This crazy!”

“Noooooo!”

Han Cheong-un broke his own dantian without hesitation.

At that moment, curses burst out from Dang Jin’s mouth and Baek Sua also screamed and cried out.

Han Cheong-un vomited blood from his mouth and staggered.

The two hurriedly supported Han Cheong-un.

“What…… What crazy act is this?”

“No. This is……. Captain? Get a hold of yourself.”

Dang Jin was angry and Baek Sua was greatly flustered.

She intended to cut down the Shadowless Divine Thief’s thought form if Han Cheong-un’s instruction fell.

However, she endured and endured knowing Han Cheong-un’s will to persuade until the end, but she didn't know such a thing would happen.

“This……. This…….”

Blood vessels stood in Baek Sua’s eyes.

She tried to draw her sword immediately and cut down the Shadowless Divine Thief, but before that…….

“You…… cannot.”

Han Cheong-un grabbed her wrist with a trembling hand and restrained her.

“Captain?”

Baek Sua looked at Han Cheong-un with a tearful face.

This frustrating person.

Just how much…….

“I don’t understand.”

It was then.

The Shadowless Divine Thief looked down at Han Cheong-un intently and spoke.

“Destroying your dantian yourself to relieve my resentment? Do you truly have no regrets even doing that?”

“I…… have none.”

“What is the reason for doing so much?”

“Because…….”

Han Cheong-un smiled with difficulty with a faint smile on his face and spoke.

“To apologize sincerely……. showing sincerity suitable to that is……. Cough……. propriety.”

“Propriety? What propriety? Is that the propriety of the Jianghu?”

Han Cheong-un shook his head and spoke.

“No……. That is……. human propriety.”

Han Cheong-un, whose complexion was turning pale, continued speaking with difficulty, but a smile was spread on his lips.

And the next moment…….

Hwaaaaaak!

Along with a bright light, the space where the group was disappeared.

And when consciousness returned…….

“Where is this?”

“Hmm…….”

The group was inside the Secret Cave again.

Han Cheong-un was in a fine state and had recovered his appearance to the state before his dantian was broken.

And in front of them, the thought form of the Shadowless Divine Thief, much more blurred, revealed itself.

And he spoke…….

“Did you say Han Cheong-un?”

The Shadowless Divine Thief sighed deeply and spoke sorrowfully.

“I lost.”

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