Pyo-wol silently looked at the burning bonfire.
The plain during the night was very cold, unlike during the day where it was hot. When the sun goes down, the temperature rapidly drops, causing one’s breath to become visible naturally.
For that reason, when they were homeless, they had to make a bonfire to maintain their body temperature.
Pyo-wol did not need a bonfire because of his cloak which was impervious to the cold and hot weather. But Soma, Eunyo, and Guian, who were still young, needed it to maintain their body temperature.
The three children were like siblings.
They were sleeping together.
Pyo-wol looked at them silently.
For some reason, Soma stopped growing at the age of seven. Eunyo almost lost her sight, and her Guian also lost something precious.
It was impossible for them to live a normal life, who grew up being abused at the Xiaoleiyin Temple. Knowing that, the children followed Pyo-wol.
For the duration of their journey, the children never once complained that it was difficult. Although their body was that of a child, the mental power of the children exceeded that of some adults.
Thanks to this, Pyo-wol did not feel tired even when he traveled with the children.
Then the man sitting across from him opened his mouth.
“Are you really going to take those kids to Chengdu?”
The man was Jin Geum-Woo.
Pyo-wol nodded his head.
“Yes.”
“Well, it’s your choice, so I won’t stop you. But just know this one thing. Taking responsibility for those children is not going to be easy. They’re too strong, and they might cause a lot of trouble.”
“But they’re better than Seo Mun-pyeong, though.”
“Tch!”
Jin Geum-woo clicked his tongue at Pyo-wol’s unexpected answer.
Because Seo Mun-pyeong was like his rebellion.
Seo Mun-pyeong, who is one of the prominent figures in Jianghu, was manipulated by the Heukam and had hurt many people.
No excuses could cover for Seo Mun-pyeong’s faults.
In return, he lost his neck to Pyo-wol, but when he thought about Seo Mun-pyeong, Jin Geum-woo was not at ease. Seo Mun-pyeong might have been a killer to Pyo-wol, but to him, he was a dear brother.
Even now, two thoughts were still conflicting in his head.
The thought that Seo Mun-pyeong should take revenge and the wish that he has committed a mortal sin collide.
Because of that, Jin Geum-woo’s eyes when looking at Pyo-wol were complicated.
If you go a little further, the Western Plateau, the entrance to Sichuan Province, appears. It didn’t take long to reach Chengdu, which can be said to be the base of Fyo-Yeol, after passing the Western Plateau.
Before that, I had to make a choice.
Jin Geum-woo looked at Pyo-wol.
Pyo-wol was looking at the bonfire indifferently.
Even though he was young, he had been through all sorts of hardships, so he could see what he was thinking just by looking at his eyes. But it was impossible to read Pyo-wol’s thoughts.
It was as if he had enclosed his heart with an iron wall.
He thought that it would be impossible for any warrior to break through the iron wall of Pyo-wol and read his mind.
At that time, Pyo-wol was seen sitting cross-legged.
It’s going to be a fortune teller.
The wounds Pyo-wol suffered at the Xiaoleiyin Temple were so deep that it would not be strange if he died instantly. However, Pyo-wol healed his wounds with a mysterious ability.
After one night, his wounds were noticeably healed, to the point that it looked like the wound was almost completely healed.
As evidence of that, his pale complexion was gleaming softly on his face.
It seemed that the inner and outer wounds would be almost completely healed after tonight’s meditation was over.
Jin Geum-woo turned his head and looked around.
Originally, one’s meditation had to be performed in a quiet place where no one was disturbed. Because it was such a dangerous and delicate work.
If someone is to be disturbed during medidation, they could fall into a qi deviation or make their condition worse.
‘Is he audacious, or does he have that much faith in–’
At Pyo-wol’s seemingly reckless act, Jin Geum-woo clicked his tongue and stood up.
Time passed slowly.
It was early in the morning when Pyo-wol finished meditating.
Pyo-wol opened his eyes and checked his physical condition. There were still some uncomfortable places, but this was still the best condition.
“Good!”
“That’s a relief.”
At that moment, Jin Geum-woo’s voice was heard.
“Didn’t you sleep?”
“How can I sleep when my friend is cultivating? I was standing there.”
“I don’t need to protect me”
“Well, I guess so. There’s nothing to worry about. I did it because I wanted to protect you.”
Jin Geum-woo got up.
A powerful force was emanating from his body.
It wasn’t that he didn’t know what that meant.
Pyo-wol quietly got up.
Jin Geum-woo said.
“No matter what the result is, I will forget the grudge that killed Seo Mun-pyeong in this fight.”
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t forget.”
“I guess so, but my heart is not like that. I don’t want to live with such a burden in my heart. The debt that you haven’t paid off is bound to take my mind off it.”
“You live a complicated life.”
“Wasn’t Jianghu originally complicated? A lot of warriors are tangled like a wire. If you don’t unravel it well from the beginning, in the end, it will become so tangled that you can never solve it on your own.”
Jin Geum-woo answered with a calm expression.
That was the answer that Jin Geum-woo came up with.
Maybe Seo Mun-pyeong was an excuse.
Now his blood was boiling hot.
After seeing Pyo-wol’s martial arts at the Xiaoleiyin Temple, the blood that had risen did not cool down, but rather, the heat was increasing as time went on.
He wanted to fight the man in front of him.
He wanted to hit him with all my might.
Jin Geum-woo’s warrior’s instinct was fueling his will to win.
Normally, he would have calmed down such feelings with a cool-headed reason, but now he didn’t want to.
He wanted to fight against Pyo-wol with this heart.
He didn’t know if his burning heart would cool down if he went back to Jianghu.
This was the best time to fight Pyo-wol.
The heat emitted by Jin Geum-woo was delivered to Pyo-wol.
Pyo-wol was different from Jin Geum-woo.
There was no needless competition in him.
This is because such a mind was nothing short of a luxury for the assassin.
The reason why he wants to fight Jin Geum-woo is that he got a little enlightenment in a fierce battle with the monks of the Xiaoleiyin Temple.
He needed an opportunity to explore his enlightenment. So he accepted Jin Geum-woo’s request.
Pyo-wol looked at the sleeping children.
The children were fast asleep and didn’t even move.
Pyo-wol left the children and moved far away. Jin Geum-woo followed him without saying a word.
Their appearance soon disappeared behind the hill.
At that moment Soma opened heiseyes wide.
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