Protagonist (1)

 

The next four days went much like Mujin's work.

He practiced martial arts in the Shaolin Pavilion and continued to train his strength in the Tianyu Upper Bunta.

The time had been arranged in advance, so Zhuge Jinxi would come to visit each time.

If there's one thing that's unusual...

"Is this a lower body workout today?"

"I'm ready. Mujin Monk·"

For some reason, both women were overly obsessed with exercising their lower body.

Three days to spend such a friendly and bloody time. The Mujabae sign room went to Wulin Meng in five days.

Today was the day when the preliminary examination of this round of the Dragon Seal Branch was held.

After passing through the entrance of the Murim League with the passing plaque of the first preliminary round, the unseated sign room headed to the theater where the preliminary round was held.

Then, near the theater, I ran into Zhuge Jinhui and Tang Somi, who had also come for this round of qualifying.

"You're out early, aren't you?"

"It's been a while. Mujin Monk~!!"

It was Zhuge Jinhui who greeted her in a calm tone and Tang Somi who was very cheerful.

Even though she had been rejected like a knife last time, there wasn't a hint of negativity on her face.

For Tang Somi, Mujin was a curious figure.

Zhuge Jinhui is a more competitive opponent than Nangong Jinchen, and he is a direct descendant of the Sichuan Tang family, and he refuses his request as if it were a matter of course.

Still, she was curious, and her reluctance to refuse made her even more curious.

"Who are you most looking forward to sparring with in this tournament?"

Naturally, when she met Mu Jin for the first time in four days, Tang Somi continued to talk to him, trying to get a little information about him in order to get to know him even a little.

"If you ever need to go out to Wulin after the Games, please come to Sichuan once. I'll treat you well..."

And the one who first got tired of the persistent courtship was Zhuge Jinhui, not Mujin.

"Tang Sozer· Don't make Mujin feel uncomfortable before the examination· You didn't mean to disturb him, did you?"

"Ho Ho Ho · What do you say· Monk Mu Jin, who considers Qin Xi to be her nemesis, should be eliminated from this preliminary round?"

Zhuge Jinhui looked expressionless as always, and Tang Xiao Mi looked at each other with a pleasant smile.

Sparks were flying. The flame that only Mujin can't recognize·

"The youngest daughter of the Tianyu Upper Stream is also tired, so why is the Lady of the Tang Family?"

"Judging from Zhuge Sister's reaction, it doesn't seem like she's just a nemesis, is she?"

Zhuge Jinxi was a little annoyed, and Tang Xiao Mi was getting more and more interesting.

Sensing the disturbing energy in Tang Xiomi's eyes, Zhuge Jinxi turned his head to look at Mu Jin.

"Monk Mujin· Why don't you stop doing this here and go ahead and file a review?"

"I think you'd better get out of the screening and go home quickly. I still have to practice today."

"It's good. Let's go home after the screening together."

At Mu Jin's words, Zhuge Jinxi smiled softly. After the screening, she thought of exercising with Mujin / she felt good.

Well, if I go there, I'll have a fight with the youngest daughter of the Tianyu Upper Realm again, but I'll be able to get rid of Tang Xiomi right away.

Seeing Zhuge Jinhui's smile, Tang Xiao Mi thought to herself, "Oh yes!"

Famous for her neat and elegant beauty, Zhuge Jinxi was a woman who was called Mu Shen Jin (無心華) because of her expressionless face.

Whenever such a woman was with Mujin, she smiled every time.

And the smile of the precious beauty was enough to catch the attention of those around her.

‘··· Why is she with that lowly bastard?"

Today, the Huashan Sect's disciple Hong So-il, who came to the examination for the second round (this car), also saw the smile.

Compared to shamans and Shaolin, the disciples of the Huashan Sect, who were closer to the world, often traveled around the Middle Plains.

In the process, he also made acquaintances with the late exponents of other sects, and Hong Xiao-il also greeted the late exponents of the shaman and the Zhuge family in Hubei Province in the past.

And there, Hong Xiao-il fell in love with Zhuge Jinxi's appearance and her noble and snotty attitude.

He even felt a certain desire to conquer the bridge of that woman's nose.

It may be bizarre for a disciple of the Taoist sect to be greedy for a woman, but unlike Shaolin or shamans, the Huashan sect allows marriage. There was nothing guilty of it.

For that reason, I thought it would be a good idea to approach her through this Dragon Seal Branch.

Why was the woman who had been so noble to her smiling so brightly at the Shaolin Temple?

For some reason, Hong So-il didn't like the situation, so he approached them confidently.

He thought that he was the second great disciple of the Great Huashan Sect and the Plum Blossom Sword Master who had just begun to master the Twenty-Four Plum Blossom Sword Technique, so there was nothing to look at.

"It's been a while. Zhuge Jinhui Doe·"

At his sudden/run/greeting, Zhuge Jinxi returned expressionless and accepted the greeting.

"It's been a while. Director Hong Soil·"

That greeting hurt Hong Xiail's feelings even more. Why is she so cold to herself?

But it was too filthy to argue with a woman or get angry with her for not smiling at her.

"Hahaha· Monk Mujin was here, too. I didn't recognize you because I thought you had failed in the first round, so I didn't recognize you."

Hong So-il decided to discredit Mu Jin for stealing her smile.

"Oh... It seems that Dou Zhuge Jinhui didn't see the first round of the Wu Jin Monk here. It was hard to believe that he was a disciple of Shaolin, who was called the Taishan Beidou of Wulin. Hahaha·"

Hong So-il's awkward provocation brings a fishy smile to Mujin's lips.

'Look at this?'

If you can't cut your own hair, people can't solve their own problems, but they can easily find solutions to other people's problems. Especially when it comes to love affairs.

Just as Mo Tae Solo is the best at love discipline, Mu Jin also noticed Hong So-il's feelings in a short time.

"A guy named Tosa is blinded by a woman..."

For a moment, the thought came to mind. Mujin realized an important fact.

'The Volcano Sect is getting married!!'

Blood stood on Mujin's forehead, which was crazy about thinking so much.

'Suit X· It me off to think about it. If the protagonist of Part 3 was a Huashan Sect disciple, there wouldn't have been any need to escape, right?"

It is a volcano that has a more secular atmosphere than the same Taoist shaman. Marriage is allowed, and even eating meat and drinking is allowed on special occasions.

Remembering that, Mujin began to dislike the volcano he considered an enemy.

Mujin is on the verge of moving to step on him here.

Zhuge Jinxi spoke first.

"It's so pathetic..."

She seemed to be as expressionless as usual, but there was a chill in her voice that was even more chilly than usual.

However, Hong So-il interpreted her change in a positive way.

"Hahaha· That's right· Isn't Shaolin's disciple really pathetic?"

"No, sir. What I said was pathetic wasn't Monk Mujin, it's the Hong Xiaoil dojo..."

“··· What does that mean?"

"I told you that it was pathetic to see you just laughing at them without thinking about them, without even having an eye to recognize their skills."

The blatant accusations of the woman who had affection for him turned Hong Soil's face red as if it were about to burst.

"Are you saying I'm not as good as that monk?"

"That's right..."

"How dare you insult a disciple of the Great Midwifery... You will have to pay the price for that insult!"

Seeing him beating the drum alone, Mujin was more ridiculous than angry, and almost burst out laughing.

Zhuge Jinhee didn't feel that way, and she smiled too.

It was her smile that Hong Soy wanted to see, but it was a little different from what Mujin had seen.

It was a blatant mockery.

"If I'm wrong, then whatever the Master of the Red Soil Seal is asking for... Let me give you one."

“··· I must keep that promise."

Zhuge Jinhui sneered and replied with gnashing of teeth at the promise he had made.

But none of those who were there, except for Mu Yul, did not miss it.

The distorted desires in Hong Soil's eyes that pretended to be angry.

"Jinhee's sister· Isn't that dangerous?"

After Hong Xiao-il left, Tang Xiao-mi asked Zhuge Jinhui slightly. He asked worriedly, but his eyes were full of amusement.

"There's no way that a monk Mujin can be defeated by a swordsman of that magnitude, so you don't have to worry..."

Mu Jin also helped with Zhuge Jinhui's confident answer.

"Well, it's not just me, it's not Zhuge Jinhui's opponent, either... I don't think there's anything wrong with that."

Mu Jin and the others turned off their worries about Hong Xiao-il and chatted back and forth, finishing the registration for this round of qualifying.

After that, they waited for their turn to be judged and talked.

One of the examiners' voices shouted intensely in Mujin's ears.

"Confucius of the Heavenly Islands! Please enter!"

Dowolcheon of the Thousand Islands·

The name was all too familiar to Mujin.

Mujin's gaze turned involuntarily in the direction of the sound, and he saw the young thief heading to the theater at the examiner's call.

Mujin· No, it was Choi Kang-hyuk's favorite novel when he was in high school, and the second part of the Saddo Trilogy.

The protagonist of the Sado Defeat Battle, and the person who would become the Greatest Priest in the future, was there.

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Main character (主人公) ·

It is an expression that refers to a character who leads a novel or play, but the origin of the word is derived from Buddhism, and it was a term that means "a person who has attained wealth."

Of course, Mu Jin didn't know that the protagonist was a Buddhist term, but he had learned about it after spending six years at Shaolin Temple.

And, of course, the protagonist of the second part of the novel, Emperor Dowolcheon, did not become a person who succeeded in "gaining money".

"It was more like a sura than a Buddhist way..."

Mujin recalled his favorite novel, which he had read dozens of times during his school days.

In the novel, the talent of the Emperor Dao Yue Chen was just mediocre.

But that didn't mean they were as ordinary as ordinary people.

"He wasn't a genius like Wu Qingyi or Qingshui Dojo, he was just an ordinary Shaolin Three Great Disciples."

And through this Dragon Seal Society, which is the starting point of the novel "The Battle of the Apostle Emperor", Dowolcheon realizes that his talent is not very good. By witnessing the true 'geniuses'

Dao Yuechen humbly accepted this fact and returned to his hometown, where he simply refined his family's martial arts.

Then the incident happens.

The Extinction of the Family· That was the trigger for Dowolcheon's awakening.

He went into the mountains to seek revenge and devoted himself to cultivation for five years.

He knew that his talents were mediocre. Thus, he gives up on completing his family's martial arts. Instead, they delved endlessly into just one herbivore.

Five years later, when he descended.

His work, which had been an ordinary household appliance martial arts of the Middle Minority Sect, had been transformed into an unstoppable divine skill.

In exchange for that miracle, he lost his comfort as a human being.

The human body is not perfect. Depending on your habits, sleeping habits, and the way you've been living, you'll get twisted little by little and steadily.

Just as when an athlete practices a certain movement for decades, the body changes into a form that is specialized for that movement.

His body is also twisted into a deformed form that makes it easier to wield the sword than to stand still.

He became a device for wielding the Tao, not a man, and went beyond his own limitations.

'When I was younger, I thought it was cool, but...'

Mujin, who had been working as a fitness trainer for ten years, studying rehab and Pilates, now knew that his body was broken.

What a horrible act that is.

But that's why Dowolcheon was Choi Kang-hyuk's idol.

In a situation where the grandfather of his grandparents, who raised him in a poor environment without parents, also passed away.

Even though he was wiped out and lacked talent, the sight of Do Wol-cheon surpassing his limits through hard work came as a great comfort to young Choi Kang-hyuk.

Whenever he was overwhelmed while exercising to join the special forces, whenever his body reached its limit during training at the special forces training camp, he endured it by thinking of Dowolcheon.

'I've forgotten about it for a long time...'

After I succeeded in joining the special forces, I began to find stability in my life, and I had forgotten about martial arts.

He was an idol when he was a child, but he was just a protagonist in a novel.

The moment I came face to face with such a person. Mujin was unknowingly walking towards him.