Chapter 59: Divine Sword of King Shura (2)
Translator: hwarang
Editor: Klaurem
Sa Ma Chun revealed his true thoughts after he got back to his office.
“This man Baek Pyo, his personality was just as I expected.”
Jo Byuk silently understood the true meaning of his words, “Do you mean that Kal Sa Ryang didn’t entrust the sword to him?”
“That’s what I believed at first. But…”
As he was about say something but he didn’t.
“When I questioned him at the end, he was way too calm. It could be that he was calm because he led the Fierce Guard Sect for so long, but that calmness was… there was something about it. It was practiced, as if he prepared it beforehand in case something like this happened.”
“You are very sharp, sir.”
Sa Ma Chun nodded, “Something was off. If he stole something that precious why did he stay so close to the Murim Alliance and not go someplace further away?”
He couldn’t figure out Baek Pyo. This was because Baek Pyo loved Chun Ha Jin so much he left the Alliance to run a shop near the Alliance.
“There must be a reason sir.”
The person who was initially doubtful of Baek Pyo was Jo Byuk. Since he couldn’t find anything when he investigated Kal Sa Ryang, he wanted to find something out from Baek Pyo.
“We might need to investigate further.”
“I’ll take care of it sir.”
“How?”
He believed that he would never be able to find the sword using a normal method since his opponent was the former Chief of the Guards.
“I think it’s better if you don’t know.”
What he meant by this was he will take care of everything. If something happened, he would take responsibility for it.
“You understand, right? He was the best Chief Guard that the Murim had.”
“Of course sir.”
Since Sa Ma Chun warned him, he said “Good, then I will entrust this to you.”
After Jo Byuk left Sa Ma Chun stared out the window. It must have been a coincidence that Kal Sa Ryang was coming this way with his arms full of books and doc.u.ments. He was working late into the night.
As he stared at Kal Sa Ryang emotionlessly, Kal Sa Ryang looked his way said his greetings, “You haven’t retreated to your room yet sir?”
Just like an actor on stage, Sa Ma Chun changed his expression and made a lighter expression.
“You are working hard through the night.”
Although he already knew that Kal Sa Ryang was working through the night due to all the work that he had given him, he still acted friendly.
“It must be that I am getting old as I can’t do things as I used to. Please enjoy yourself sir.”
After bowing one more time Kal Sa Ryang left. He was able to sense a cold stare at his back.
Although he had his back turned he didn’t make any changes to his expression since he knew that he was being watched. He knew that Sa Ma Chun still didn’t trust him
Thus, he had to act like a loser since there were still things that had to be done. However, there would come a time when they trust him. That was when he was going to exact his revenge. So until that day he had to take whatever hardships came his way. He spent his entire life serving the Alliance and at one point he was the Chancellor. He had subordinates who would give up their lives at his command. Although most of them were spies that he had spread throughout all of Kang Ho as well as inside the Alliance. They would move once he gave the order.
His target was not Sa Ma Chun, but Ma Bong Gi and whoever was behind him.
After Ma Bong Gi became the Mengju, he was cautiously investigating everything about him. He came to conclusion that there was someone behind the curtains pulling the strings.
‘I don’t know how you managed to kill the Mengju, but I will get my revenge. It doesn"t matter how long it takes, I will get it.’
He was willing to do anything to prepare for that day.
***
I got a room at an inn near Baek Pyo’s tavern.
The first thing that I had to do was find out what Sa Ma Chun was looking for. If Baek Pyo had what he was looking for, then he was in grave danger.
Sa Ma Chung had asked whether Kal Sa Ryang entrusted him with anything.
Was he looking for something that belonged to Kal Sa Ryang? Or was he looking for something that belonged to me?
Since Sa Ma Chun personally moved, the item must be very important. What would be so important? Since I didn’t know any important belongings of Kal Sa Ryang, I just started recalling my important belongings. Since I didn’t like collecting things and decorating things it couldn’t be money or jewelry. It definitely wouldn’t be cultivating medicines since they could find plenty of those in the medical storage. I was someone who lived by the blade.
My last words enlightened me.
Could it be?
I stood up from my seat.
The Divine Sword Of King Shura?
I recalled a conversation that I had with Kal Sa Ryang some ten years ago.
“Mengju-nim why do you only use the Divine Sword of King Shura? Aren’t there other divine swords in the weapon vault. Why did you send them all back after using them for a just month?”
“Did I do that?”
“If you say it like that, I can see how important King Shura is to you.”
“Since I spent so much time with it, it feels like a part of me. If I die please take good care of this sword, and pa.s.s it on to someone worthy.”
“Why are you saying such things? That won’t happen for a couple of decades, sir.”
“Haha, my man. My age is already past sixty.”
I got a feeling that he could have hidden it away. If it was something like this, then Sa Ma Chun wouldn’t let up so easily.
Then another scene came to my mind. The sword and the shield mounted on the wall in the Wind Tavern.
Oh lord!
I first thought that he created it as a decoration. However, I never saw Baek Pyo create anything nor did I hear anything about him doing something like that as a hobby.
Did he hide the Divine Sword of King Shura there?
***
After getting a hundred thousand nyang from the bank, I went to one of the information merchants.
Since this was the headquarter of the Murim Alliance there were numerous Information Merchant Guilds here.
Unlike before they were now more open to the public as they were in compet.i.tion with one another, so it would be easy to find one.
However the place that I went to was the Heavenly Net Organization. It was the place that I went before in order to find Kal Sa Ryang, the Unleakable Tavern.
The reason that I had come here was to buy some information on the man who was with Sa Ma Chun. From the feeling that I got yesterday, he didn’t seem like an ordinary guard.
Sa Ma Chun visited the Wind Tavern with only a single guard, meaning he was someone who was close to Sa Ma Chun as well as a hidden expert. Thus, I had a feeling that Sa Ma Chun was going to order that man to do something.
I didn’t think that this is a bad investment, since I can find out about the man who was close to Sa Ma Chun. Investigating Sa Ma Chun directly might have be very difficult; however, investigating his men was another story. Since these information merchants were competing with one another they had already done some digging, and had the information that I wanted.
It cost three thousand nyang. It was a high price for a martial artist but considering he was a subordinate of the Chancellor, the price was high.
After collecting the information, I went back to the Wind Tavern
When I arrived theren, Baek Pyo had just opened up.
“So you really did come again!”
“Oh, did I come a bit too early?”
“No, we are just opening up. Welcome!”
“Please understand. I like the feeling of wind coming out of my alcohol.”
“Haha, it’s my first time hearing something like that. Wind coming out of your alcohol?”
How could one feel a wind coming out of their alcohol? It was because of Baek Pyo. When I looked at him I got the feeling of light breeze crossing the wide Central Plain.
“Please come in.”
At that time I saw Baek Pyo remove something from the door. Although I pretended not to see it, I knew what it was.
It was a commonly used bug called a Night Beetle. It was a bug that was only awake at night and made a noise when an intruder came near it. It was mainly used during night guard duty since it was a good alert system.
After going in I went to the place that I always sat.
“I am sorry since we are just opening up.”
“I should be sorry for coming so early.”
“Haha, I would be rich having a customer like yourself.”
“Haha, then i’ll come here every day so that I can make you rich.”
“Ha ha ha” Baek Pyo laughed with a good mood. “Please, wait a moment.”
“Don’t mind me. I’ll just sit here and enjoy the view.”
“Please.”
This place truly has an enjoyable scenery. The breeze felt as if it was going to take you to another place.
It even gave me the feeling of wanting to live in at such a place.
Maybe Baek Pyo had always planned on living in such a place after his days as the Chief Guard were over.
“Where does your family live?”
“They live right behind the store. Since my child is still young, my wife is unable to help me.”
“Oh, so that how it was.”
I understood his worries since I knew almost everything about him.
Others might underestimate his strength, but I knew how strong he was. As I always said, ‘If you want to have a long life in Kang Ho, you must hide your true strength.’
The people who took this most to heart were the members of the Fierce Guard Sect.
He was someone who once was the greatest bodyguard. The man who had once stood up to the combined attack of Black Heaven Palace members and the Seven Evil Monsters.
Others might believe that Seven Evil Monsters were just another seven members from the Thirteen Demons Alliance, but they are mistaken. Those seven monsters, no those seven witches were so skilled in their craft that many members of the Murim Alliance had fallen under their spell. However, he was someone who was able to hold off all seven of them himself. That was the sort of person Baek Pyo was.
However, what I was worried about was his family. The stronger you were, the more likely it was that the enemy would attack at your weak points. These people would do something like this since they were truly shameless.
My gaze once again turned towards the decorations on the wall.
In my past life, I had a really close connection with the King Shura.
It is said that a divine sword will recognize its master and understand its masters’ feeling. I too had that sort of connection to King Shura. When I was mad, it was also mad. When I was happy, it was happy with me. Thus, since our emotions resonated with each other, our attacks became that much stronger.
If it was like before I could give it some of my ki, and it will react to it. Since I was in the body of Byuk Lee Dan I didn’t know if this would work. However, as I still practiced the Divine Protection Technique I thought it was worth a shot.
When Baek Pyo left the shop for a second to take the trash out, I quickly got close to the sword and sent it a small amount of my ki.
The next moment the sword resonated at my touch, and I knew the truth.
It truly was the Divine Sword of King Shura! He had hidden the King Shura inside the decoration!
At first, I was baffled, speechless even. Why did he hide it in such an open place?
However, I soon understood his intent. Since it was more important than his life, he didn’t want to entrust it to anyone else nor did he want to bury it somewhere. So the best place to hide it was where he could see it.
This wasn’t an ordinary enemy, and Baek Pyo would give his life to protect the sword.
How must I proceed with this?