Episode 299

Wandering Warrior Of Wudang (299)
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Jeok Saeng, who had returned after carefully observing the movements of Evil Sect’s Heaven’s castle through a single attack, couldn’t help but be puzzled at the situation in the camp.

“…?”

In the center of the camp, various badly beaten warriors were kneeling under the watchful eyes of the Iron Sword Troops.

And in front of him, Jinmu and Cheon Woo-myung could be seen having a conversation with someone.

Moreover, the place where screams were constantly heard from was surely the residence of Myung Se-chan?

Did something happen in the duration he had gone?

Jeok Saeng quickly dismounted his horse and ran to Jinmu.

“Heavenly Lord.”

“Oh, you’re back? Did you take a good look?”

“Yes. But I think I need to look at it a few more times before I can be sure of something.”

“Right.”

“And what about all this?”

Jeok Saeng alowly turned his head and looked at the people kneeling in front of Jinmu.

“It’s no big deal. That bastard is a Green Forest bandit, this bastard is a Water Pirate and…”

Pow.

Jinmu, who had been singling people out one by one, suddenly kicked a middle-aged man with a mustache.

“Metallurgy Hall leader, Jong Mok-rip, you shitty bastard.”

“…Ah!”

Now he knew why this was so loud.

This was because the Metallurgy Hall was quite angry with what happened in the Shanxi gambling houses.

“But why them?”

“Why? They came here to see what was happening and then snuck into our camp.”

“……”

“Fucking bats.”

Jeok Saeng bit his tongue at Jinmu’s words, but quickly returned to his original expression and looked at Jong Mok-rip, Green Forest’s and Water Pirate’s leaders who were kneeling.

“Damned bastards, want a position in return for money? How dare you set foot in my Evil Sect’s Heaven with the money you saved by robbing the civilians’ hard work?”

Jinmu was enraged and looked at Cheon Woo-myung.

“Woo-myung!”

“Yes. Heavenly Lord!”

“Cut those bastards down.”

“Sure.”

Seeing Cheon Woo-myung, who took the orders, take the sword of the warrior next to him and approach them with this ferocious qi, the three of them cried out for help with pained looks.

“Leader Cheon Woo-myung! Stop!”

“…Uh?”

Cheon Woo-myung stopped in his tracks and looked alternately at Jinmu and Jeok Saeng at Jeok Saeng’s call.

“Heavenly Lord. We cannot kill them now.”

“Why?”

Jinmu frowned and stared.

“…Well, we have to kill them where it is visible to the enemies. It has to be done that way.”

“……”

Jinmu looked at Jeok Saeng blankly.

There’s something else he was after.

Well, he was pretty sure he could come up with something to suit the situation on site.

Jinmu laughed inwardly and spoke with a deliberately dignified look.

“Fine. If it’s reasonable, I will keep them alive for now. Follow me!”

“Yes, Heavenly Lord.”

Jeok Saeng, who sensed the meaning behind Jinmu’s words, quickly responded by following him.


Jinmu’s tent.

Jinmu had Cheon Woo-myung stand by his side to prevent anyone from entering, and asked Jeok Saeng.

“What are you thinking?”

“…I suddenly feel like the need to use them a bit.”

“Use them?”

“Yes. When the full-scale battle begins tomorrow, we need to attract the enemy’s attention in order to deploy the assault troops inside.”

“…Continue.”

“Actually, we planned to attract the attention by using Leader Cheon and Clan Leader Won by attacking here and there, but these people showed up just at the right time.”

As Jeok Saeng spoke, his eyes lost their focus as if he was suddenly drowned in his thoughts.

“If we intentionally let them escape and drive them to the castle of Evil Sect’s Heaven, I think they would attract quite a bit of attention. And they might send assault troops after them.”

“You want to infiltrate by using their assault troops in the meantime?”

“Yes.”

Jeok Saeng approached the map of the castle placed on the table.

“There are a total of four gates to the Evil Sect’s Heaven’s castle. The original plan was to draw attention to the north and south by attacking them, and to organize an assault troop against them with the Assassin Hall creating chaos inside and forcing their troops to concentrate on those three concerns.”

“……”

“Then we choose between the empty East or West gates and send the Lower District Sect to attack.”

“Hmm. So, are you planning to send the ones we captured to the East or West gates?”

“No. The situation has changed, so the plan must also change.”

“……”

“I plan to drive them to the North Gate. And we should send a pursuit team and turn our attention in that direction.”

While Jeok Saeng pointed at the map and explained, Jinmu kept nodding.

“Leave the south to Gong-hu then?”

“Yes. Also, if the Assassin Hall leader causes chaos with her subordinates inside, their attention will be divided by those three things. Meanwhile Leader Cheon and the Lower District Sect leader will strike the east and west.”

Until there, Jinmu too had a similar plan.

Isn’t this a classic strategy of making noise in the East and attacking the West?

The problem lies with the troops led by the Assassin Hall leader. Jong Mok-rip, Green Forest’s and Water Pirate’s leaders, were not expected to touch their camp, so why the two days’ wait?

Jinmu looked at Jeok Saeng blankly.

“Jeok Saeng.”

“Yes, Heavenly Lord.”

“Now tell me, how do you plan to send the troops inside there? Do you want to scale the castle wall?”

Jeok Saeng smiled at Jinmu’s question.

“Kite.”

“……”

Jinmu looked blankly at the most unexpected answer.

“Kite?”

“Yes. A kite.”

“……”

“The warriors use beacon fires and differently colored kites to communicate in mountains or isolated regions. This is known to be a tactical secret kite.”

While listening to Jeok Saeng’s words, Jinmu suddenly realized something and asked.

“You can’t be thinking of that, right? To carry the troops on a kite?”

“Yes. It is difficult for the warriors due to the weight of their armor, but it is quite possible for warriors who learned the Void Step Technique to do it. In particular, the Assassin Hall has remarkable footwork. I think it is more than possible.”

“…Ha!”

He never thought this is what it would come down to.

“I have checked and the winds are good too. The northerly winds are blowing now.”

“…!”

Ah, it was when he used the straw.

“I have already calculated the distance through one battle.”

He realized then why Jeok Saeng had asked for two days. And the reason why the attack had to be carried out at night.

The Lower District Sect had gone to Yunan to make the kites then.

A kite large enough to carry a person.

“But…wouldn’t that be too high? One will have to fly quite high to avoid being detected.”

“Right, it is at a high alititude.”

The quick response seemed to mean that he had already thought it through.

“What are the measures?”

“We are making a specially designed garment as the kite.”

“Garment?”

“Yes. Do you know the animal called the flying squirrel?”

“If you mean flying squirrel…do you mean squirrels? But flying?”

“Yes, in some areas, they are called as such.”

“……”

It wasn’t easy to understand though.

“Unlike other species, flying squirrels move from tree to tree by gliding on the wind.”

“Gliding? No way?”

“Yes. You will see it soon.”

“……”

Jinmu looked blankly at Jeok Saeng, who just smiled.

What even is running through this guy’s head?
I’ve always felt this way, but I could never understand why a person like this was buried in the wilderness.

But, now he speaks of gliding on kites?

If they could master it, the war might end a lot sooner than expected.

Actually, what Jinmu wanted was to capture the people who turned Evil Sect’s Heaven like this.

The soldiers under the command of Yu Wol-cheong were innocent.

Jinmu thought for a moment and spoke with a decision.

“Jeok Saeng.”

“Uh?”

“I will lead the assault troops in myself.”

“…Uh?”

Jeok Saeng was shocked at the unexpected words.

“Stop talking nonsense that it cannot be so. I always lead the assault troops.”

“……”

“Think about it. Night Flower is too old now. She doesn’t even have strong bones, so if she jumps and her body twists a little, she will be in for it.”

“……”

Can Leader Cheon, or Lower District Sect Leader, not move?

Jeok Saeng looked at Jinmu blankly as he gave a ridiculous reason.

“And, I know best about the machinery which lies in the gates of the Evil Sect’s Heaven castle.”

“……”

That was a good reason.

“Finally, this battle ends when Yu Wol-cheong is caught. This will be the fastest way to reduce as much damage as possible.”

Yu Wol-cheong…has to be caught?

Jeok Saeng, unsure of that, shook his head.

“Ah, no. The purpose of the assault troops is to attract the enemy, not to destroy them. If you try to locate Yu Wol-cheong, all the attacks will end up focused on Heavenly Lord. It is too risky.”

“Shut up now. If I’m going to do it, I’ll do it right.”

“……”

‘Ah, shit, I messed up.’

He had forgotten for a moment that he should never stimulate the curiosity of the Heavenly Lord.

“I will entrust full authority to you for the rest of the battle.”

Jinmu grabbed Jeok Saeng’s shoulder firmly.

“You can handle it, can’t you?”

He knows this will happen anyway.

How can he not know?

He has experienced it several times.

When he gets angry, wasn’t Jinmu the kind of person who ignores tactics and plans just to rush in and attack?

“Stop and leave now. The battle isn’t far off. Go out and explain your plan to the other Emperors and inform them of each mission they have to adopt.”

“……”

“Would you like me to leave?”

“…Yes.”

Jeok Saeng, who had lost strength due to Jinmu’s raging qi, slumped his shoulders and left the tent.

Jinmu, looking at his back, laughed.

That guy and his kites.

Wasn’t this really an unexpected method to infiltrate?

Yu Wol-cheong, try us now. It wouldn’t even occur to you that we would come descending from the sky.

And, it might be fun too.

Flying in the sky like birds. Isn’t this a long-standing wish of humans?


Since the first attack began, the attacks on Evil Sect’s Heaven castle have continued ceaselessly from the north and south.

Even though day had dawned, the attack didn’t stop and Jeok Saeng participated in all the attacks, observing the movements and revising the plan several times.

“Heavenly Lord.”

Myung Se-chan approached Jinmu’s residence after a relaxed breakfast.

“What?”

“We have discovered the identity of Dong Kwan.”

Dong Kwan, wasn’t he one of those hiding who secretly sneaked into his camp last night?

An elder of Evil Sect’s Heaven appointed by Yu Wol-cheong.

“He was actually learning some clever techniques.”

“……”

“It’s Human Leather.”

Jinmu frowned at Myung Se-chan’s words.

Bastards. Doesn’t this mean that he took on the other person’s skin and was pretending to be someone else?

“Such a disgusting fellow. It looks like he had gone through some intensive training. Still, I managed to figure something out.”

“What is it?”

“He was acquainted with the owner of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce.”

“What?”

“That guy called Dong Kwan resisted till the end, but he recognized the one next to him, Beom Jong.”

“Doesn’t that mean that the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce had spies planted in Evil Sect’s Heaven then?”

“Yes. I am certain of it. When I interrogated the three of them separately, it seemed like quite a few of them were hiding inside.”

“…Sigh.”

This was truly shocking.

Yu Wol-cheong, Yu Wol-cheong. That stupid, good-for-nothing bastard. It wasn’t enough that he got swayed by others, he’s now a puppet too?

What on earth was he doing while I died?

“And, the woman called Beom Jong said something strange.”

“Strange how?”

“Yes, because we interfered with securing the vessels of the Seven Yin Hidden Veins, the Young Palace Lord will not forgive us.”

“Young Palace Lord?”

“Yes.”

Jinmu frowned at Myung Se-chan’s words.

First Palace, Second Palace, and Third Palace.

That was all Jinmu knew of. But now a person called the Young Palace Lord has entered the picture?

And the Seven Yin Hidden Veins.

There is definitely some connection hidden there.

“Well, it’s unfortunate that Song Yeo-bang died.”

“He was already half a corpse. Because he was beaten by Heavenly Lord.”

“……”

Jinmu glanced at Myung Se-chan and laughed.

That’s funny. The reason he died was probably because Myung Se-chan tortured him cruelly for the last ten days.

What could be done now?

“Se-chan.”

“Yes.”

“For now, we suspend the interrogation of Beom Jong and those three bastards. Leave them alive until our war here is finished.”

“Of course.”

For now, recovering Evil Sect’s Heaven is the priority.

The Palace is something to carefully consider after everything else is done.

As they carefully retrace their steps…

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