SCT-Novel Chapter 254 : Moonlight and Sword
Chapter 254 : Moonlight and Sword
Cheon Yerang’s sword, as if she were performing a sword dance, thrust in, aiming for Jin Sohyun’s vital points.
As befitting a warrior of the White Moon Palace, her sword scattered a cold chill.
“Ugh!”
Jin Sohyun stomped his feet and narrowly avoided Cheon Yerang’s sword.
At that, Cheon Yerang’s eyes became slightly fierce.
At first, she had requested a martial arts contest without even realizing it, but once the contest began, the martial artist’s instinct that had taken root in her heart led her body and sword.
And.
“Are you going easy on me?”
She was angry at Jin Sohyun’s attitude, which seemed to be going easy on her.
Of course, she knew that if Jin Sohyun fought with all his might, Cheon Yerang would not even be a match for ten seconds.
Nevertheless, Cheon Yerang wanted Jin Sohyun to fight with all his might in their martial arts contest.
Only then…
‘I can confirm if I can stand by your side.’
The White Thousand Sword, newly forged by gathering the pieces of the broken sword, flashed its snow-white blade and came cutting at Jin Sohyun.
Between the slashes, Cheon Yerang’s blue eyes flashed.
‘Breathing, subtle movements of the muscles, habits.’
Cheon Yerang’s blue eyes, which saw through the opponent’s movements just like Jin Sohyun’s Heavenly Eye, engraved Jin Sohyun’s movements throughout the martial arts contest.
‘Now!’
Based on that information, Cheon Yerang read Jin Sohyun’s movements in advance and thrust her sword.
Jin Sohyun was surprised by the unexpected blow and flicked his flying sword.
A single flying sword, containing the power of the wind, pushed back Cheon Yerang’s White Thousand Sword and created a wind.
Cheon Yerang did not even blink an eye at the blowing wind and continued her sword technique.
“Transcendence.”
The first moon of the White Moon Heavenly Flash Sword, Transcendence.
“Flying Moon Wings.”
From top to bottom, and again from bottom to top, as if drawing a crescent moon.
Like the flapping of a flying bird’s wings.
A sharp sword strike came cutting at Jin Sohyun diagonally.
At this, Jin Sohyun crossed two flying swords and blocked Cheon Yerang’s slash.
Cheon Yerang, whose first move was blocked nicely, immediately prepared her second sword.
“Half Moon.”
Moon Shadow Heavenly Dance.
Cheon Yerang’s sword, which had soared up, poured down, flashing a dazzling blue and white light at the same time.
Jin Sohyun sent a flying sword with the power of a flash of lightning.
Cheon Yerang’s Moon Shadow Heavenly Dance and Jin Sohyun’s One Line Raging Thunder clashed at the same time.
Kwareureung—!!
Jin Sohyun, who had retreated two steps with the collision of the great force, raised his head to the sky, chasing the disappeared Cheon Yerang.
Above the sky where the full moon had risen, Cheon Yerang, holding a white martial arts uniform and a white sword, flew up.
Her black hair spread out like a fan and fluttered.
And Cheon Yerang’s two eyes, with the full moon at her back, shone blue.
“Ah…”
“Full Moon.”
Full Moon, Moonlight Ten Thousand Flashes.
The White Thousand Sword, which contained all of Cheon Yerang’s power, contained the full moon and fell on Jin Sohyun’s head.
Jin Sohyun, who was watching this, casually put down the flying sword he was holding in his hand.
Seureung—!
The moonlight flickered.
And the blade that had contained the full moon cut through the empty air.
Thanks to that, innocent trees were cut in half and fell.
“Haa… haa…!”
Cheon Yerang, who had succeeded in twisting her sword path with difficulty, approached Jin Sohyun with an angry face.
“Why didn’t you avoid it!? You could have easily avoided it, Young Master Jin!”
“Ah… that is…”
“Does my sword… mean that it’s not even worth avoiding?”
Cheon Yerang was genuinely angry at Jin Sohyun for the first time.
An angry face and trembling eyes that represented it.
Jin Sohyun stared at this blankly.
At the unresponsive Jin Sohyun, Cheon Yerang questioned him once again.
“I believe I asked you to face me with all your might. I said it’s okay if I get hurt, so don’t go easy on me…”
“Because it was beautiful.”
“…”
At Jin Sohyun’s thoughtless words, Cheon Yerang firmly closed her open mouth.
At the same time, her face flushed.
Whether he knew of Cheon Yerang’s situation or not, Jin Sohyun smiled awkwardly and said.
“I’ve never seen anything so beautiful.”
At Jin Sohyun’s subsequent confession, Cheon Yerang stuttered and then turned her back.
And then she left.
Her retreating steps were so fast that Jin Sohyun couldn’t even think of stopping her.
“What’s wrong with her?”
Jin Sohyun scratched the back of his neck.
At that moment, Namgung Seoru appeared from the direction Cheon Yerang had left.
She approached Jin Sohyun with a puzzled face and asked.
“Did something happen?”
“Nothing happened.”
“Young Lady Cheon’s face was red.”
“Really? Is it because of the martial arts contest?”
“You had a martial arts contest with Young Lady Cheon?”
“Yes.”
Jin Sohyun briefly explained the martial arts contest he had with Cheon Yerang before Namgung Seoru came, and Namgung Seoru, who was listening quietly, felt like she knew why Cheon Yerang’s face had turned red.
“So… you said to Young Lady Cheon that she was beautiful…?”
“Yes. It was the first time I had seen such a beautiful sword technique. Was it because the full moon was out?”
And why not?
The cold chill that Cheon Yusin and Cheon Yerang had emitted had met the warm air of spring and had made the surroundings dim.
On top of that, with the moonlight from the full moon shining down, a mysterious atmosphere filled the place.
In such a situation, with the addition of the sword technique of the White Moon Palace, which was renowned for its beauty, it would have been strange not to feel that it was beautiful.
But the problem was not that.
“Did you say that to Young Lady Cheon too?”
“What?”
Namgung Seoru swept her face with her hand.
Although he had the dishonorable title of the lazy young master, Jin Sohyun was a handsome and rich young master.
She had thought that he would naturally have a lot of experience with women.
‘To think that Young Master Jin was this much of a prude.’
Jin Sohyun was surprisingly a lazy person who had no experience with women and just liked to lie down.
Of course, he didn’t even know what mistake he had made.
“Next time, say it clearly. So that Young Lady Cheon doesn’t misunderstand.”
“Did Young Lady Cheon misunderstand? Why?”
“Sigh… you figure that out yourself, Young Master Jin.”
Namgung Seoru drew her sword.
“Now it’s my turn.”
“Uh… no, right?”
“That’s right.”
“…”
“Please yield the first move. Because you are stronger than me, Young Master.”
“…Huh? Uncle Namgung!?”
As Jin Sohyun pointed to the empty air and shouted, Namgung Seoru turned around without even realizing it.
But all that was there was a squirrel that had appeared without any sense.
Namgung Seoru, who was looking at the squirrel holding an acorn that she didn’t know where it had gotten from, turned around in anxiety.
“This… this bastard!”
Jin Sohyun… had run away.
Meanwhile, Cheon Yerang, who had left as if she were running away, held her chest, which was not calming down.
‘What’s wrong with me?’
This was the first time she had felt this way.
Her face was burning hot, and her heart was beating twice as fast as usual.
‘It’s not the first time I’ve heard it.’
The words that she was beautiful.
Cheon Yerang had heard those words to the point of being sick of them.
Even when she was five years old, Cheon Yerang’s appearance was so beautiful that it was rumored.
And as she approached the age of adulthood, Cheon Yerang’s beauty began to shine even more, and the people who faced her all praised her with the word ‘beautiful’ without holding back.
That’s why for Cheon Yerang, the compliment of being beautiful was no different from a common greeting.
But.
“Why now?”
Why was her heart pounding so much at the word ‘beautiful’?
Cheon Yerang, who had been sitting on the bed for a while, unable to even lie down, with her eyes open, was soon able to realize.
“It wasn’t the words that were important.”
The words were not important.
What was truly important was who had said them.
“Jin Sohyun…”
While Cheon Yerang was suffering from the emotion she was feeling for the first time, Jin Sohyun, who had run away from Namgung Seoru, was lying on a rock of a suitable size and was fiddling with his flying sword.
“I’m sure I did it like this.”
No matter how much he tried to imitate Cheon Yerang’s movements, which were clearly engraved in his mind, he couldn’t feel the emotion of that time.
“As expected… was it beautiful because it was Young Lady Cheon?”
Jin Sohyun put away his flying sword and tried to sleep with the clouds and the moon in the sky as his companions.
Although it was the first time he had slept outdoors in a long time, for some reason it was not uncomfortable.
Rather, it was a pleasant night with the beautiful moonlight that came to mind even when he closed his eyes.
***
“He is a man with a snake’s tongue! You must never trust him!”
Zhuge Goun was strongly opposed.
And in front of him, Gu Daepil was standing with a troubled expression.
“So… a person who claims to be the Great General Manager of the Heretic Path's Alliance wants to meet the sect leader?”
At the question of Cheon Yusin, who was sitting in the seat of honor, Gu Daepil nodded his head.
“To be more precise, he probably wants to see you, Alliance Leader.”
“Hmm… what do the others think?”
Although he said this, Cheon Yusin’s gaze was directed at the Hao Sect Master, Wiso, and Namgung Muhyeok, who had regained consciousness and had returned to the meeting.
Wiso, who had felt his gaze, glanced at Namgung Muhyeok once and then opened his mouth.
“It is definitely a dangerous matter. It might be a trick to find out where the leaders of the Martial Alliance are, using the Great General Manager as bait.”
“That’s what I’m saying!”
Zhuge Goun shouted in agreement with Wiso’s words.
But Wiso’s words were not over yet.
“But I think we should meet the person called the Great General Manager, even if we have to take such a risk.”
“This person!?”
Although Zhuge Goun glared at him with dissatisfaction, Wiso did not care and conveyed his thoughts.
“If by any chance the Great General Manager was betrayed or was discarded by the Alliance Leader… we might be able to get useful information for the next battle from him. Isn’t the current righteous martial world in a desperate situation where even a little help is needed?”
No one could dare to refute Wiso’s question.
As he had said, they had lost numerous masters in the great explosion that had occurred on the plain.
And at the hands of the Blood Demon, the Wudang Sect had lost its number one masters, the Wudang Three Swords, and its sect master.
In a situation where they had to grasp at straws, it was a very regrettable situation to just send back the Great General Manager of the Heretic Path's Alliance.
Cheon Yusin, who had nodded his head once at Wiso’s explanation, met Namgung Muhyeok’s eyes and asked.
“What is the family head’s thought?”
“…”
Namgung Muhyeok was lost in thought.
‘I have to choose my words carefully. Even for the future.’
He knew well.
The reason Cheon Yusin asked for the thoughts of others was not just for fair work or to lead the alliance in a better direction.
‘If we’re not careful, we might be held responsible.’
Cheon Yusin, as befitting his title of the fox of the frontier, was a person with a meticulous and cautious personality.
He never said anything carelessly, and he always created an excuse for the White Moon Palace to escape.
It was the same this time.
If he gave the opinion that they should meet the Great General Manager here and something went wrong, the Namgung Clan might have to take responsibility for it.
Namgung Muhyeok, who had been thinking with his eyes closed for a while, slowly opened his eyes.
“I think it would be better to meet the Great General Manager.”
“Is that the family head’s opinion too?”
“That’s right. Instead… Sohyun has to accompany us.”
***
“What? Me too?”
Jin Sohyun, who had been hiding from Namgung Seoru and the other martial artists who were challenging him to a martial arts contest, blinked his eyes and then had no choice but to stand up with a sigh.
“Do I have to go?”
“If the Blood Demon appears in that place, everyone will die.”
Namgung Muhyeok, who had appeared with a crutch, let out a ragged breath as if his body had not fully recovered.
“Can’t you?”
“How can I refuse when you ask me like that? Sigh… where should I go?”
“There is someone who will help you.”
As soon as Namgung Muhyeok’s words ended, a man appeared from the darkness.
He was a man that Jin Sohyun also knew well.
“Huh? Uncle So?”
“It’s been a while, Young Master Jin.”
At the appearance of So Soil, with whom he had parted while chasing the carrier pigeon to find the Heretic Path's Alliance’s base, Jin Sohyun showed a happy expression.
“I had a hard time finding you because you suddenly disappeared, Young Master Jin.”
“Ahaha… ah, there is one more person I have to take. I’ll bring him right away.”
At the sight of Jin Sohyun disappearing without a sound, So Soil even felt a chill.
“You’re getting faster and faster, Young Master Jin.”
Namgung Muhyeok, who had at some point put away his crutch and was standing proudly on his two feet, nodded his head with a proud face.
“Would he be the hope of the righteous path for nothing?”
Namgung Muhyeok stroked his chin and thought.
‘He could be a good couple with Seoru… I should ask him once.’
Namgung Muhyeok, who had finished his work, turned around with So Soil.
A smile was appearing on the face of Namgung Muhyeok, who was drawing a future of forming a family with Jin Sohyun.
(End of Chapter)