Childhood Friend of the Zenith - Chapter 169
< Episode 169 > The true dragon (Makya). (2)
The true dragon. ⑵
“They say it is Jinryong.”
“You mean this winner?”
On the day the finals ended, the heat in the guest cup was hotter than ever.
It was always like that when the festival ended.
This time, the heat was extraordinary.
Could it be because a new dragon was born?
Or is it because it has produced the most divinities among all non-music titles?
Or maybe it was because the boy’s enthusiasm for inaction hadn’t ended yet
.
In the meantime, a man speaks quietly.
As if he didn’t like the heat.
“A true dragon? Isn’t the name a bit arrogant? A real dragon…”
So, does that mean that other thunder dragons and geomryongs can be fake?
“This championship was fought between blood clots that didn’t seem to have hair properly
.
“Hey, look at this human.”
Others let out a sigh of lamentation at the man’s murmur.
Just when you want to say something.
“Leave it alone, Kim Choong, he is going to have a heartache because he couldn’t come to Korea for work
.”
“Did I say anything wrong? Not to mention Geomryong and Jamryong, no
one could come to Geombong or Turyong. I had fun with some non-title.”
A man named Kim Chung-yi frowned and emptied his glass.
Seeing that, Sangju Cheon of the Cheoneul Shopping Center smiled.
‘My heartache is also very big.’
Hey, there is such a hot reaction.
I couldn’t see it alone, so I couldn’t help but burst into anger.
‘I go when they ask to go together.’
I recognized him from the time
he answered bluntly, asking why he was going to see half of Yongbongjung’s dance that hadn’t come .
Cheon Sang-ju dares to say.
Contrary to what I thought this dance would be empty.
It was one of the most impressive dance moves he had ever seen.
Isn’t it?
There are tens of thousands of newly appeared late exponents who have earned nicknames, and one is
called a new dragon and sits at the top.
“No matter what, Jinryong is something Jinryong…”
“It’s cool, but what’s so dissatisfied with it.”
“I have a long way to go before I can exceed the terms and conditions, but such an arrogant epithet is just right for me
.”
“Age doesn’t matter. If you have that value, you’ll surely be called that
.”
“Saying that doesn’t make sense. No matter how talented you are… you guys
would know if you’ve seen it. This is definitely a privilege with Maeng…”
Kim Chung-yi asked for sympathy and looked around, but the others just
stared at him with a sneer.
“Please stop talking about things that sound like preferential treatment.”
“I can’t say it because I can’t see it, but you, Kim Chung, are also doing well.”
“Then do you think that young soldier is enough to be called Jinryong?”
This time, Cheon Sang-ju speaks directly.
“Not enough.”
“Cheon Sangju?”
Kim Chung-yi looked at Cheon Sang-ju with a surprised look.
It was because Cheon Sang-ju was the one who did not get involved in such things.
Sangju Cheon looked at Kim Chung and said.
“You didn’t see the worth of the little boy, so I don’t know, but at least I
did.”
Cheon Sang-ju vomited his flagship after seeing the last sword dance.
Even to himself, who did not even know the martial arts, the boy’s level was different from other later ranks
.
Even his son, who was watching the dance together,
said he would quit his military service and take over his merchant house.
It was because he had no confidence to live among them.
And Sangju Cheon respected his son’s choice. Even if it was you,
it seemed like it would have been.
‘The word that talent is scary is probably used in times like this.’
The talent as a merchant lies in the eyes of others.
.
.
……
Buying things cheaply and selling them expensively.
There are innumerable things hidden
in this simple principle of being the most important and basic of the merchant’s virtues .
If it is the most fundamental among them.
It’s about finding something valuable among cheap things.
‘Unfortunately, I don’t have enough eyes like that.’
Cheon Sang-ju knew the subject.
If he had such eyes in the first place,
he would have become a resident in Hanam, not a small shopping district.
But it wasn’t there at all.
Living in this place,
I mean, to a certain extent, I developed a sense that was born naturally.
“Is it arrogant to call you Jinryong? I think a little differently.”
Are you saying that this is enough?
“enough? rather lacking.”
Rather, Cheon Sangju is questionable.
Why did Meng not give the boy the vacant position of Shinryong? It
was because, in the eyes of Cheon Sang-joo, Jin-ryong’s appearance
was more intense than Paeng-wu-jin’s past.
‘The position of Shinryong has already been decided, but is that true?’
It was a rumor floating around.
The new dragon’s seat has already been decided.
‘There’s no way that would happen.’
At the end of the Untitled Festival, when the leader came out and said that he had suffered.
Sangju Cheon looked at the leader.
If we recall that Jinryong’s opponent at the time was Jang Seon-yeon, who is now being called Shinseong
.
‘I can’t believe my son can keep his expression even though he’s so broken.’
From the point of view of seeing what form Jang Seon-yeon’s defeat took place. Cheon
Sang-ju was surprised
by the fact that he was protecting the image of a leader, not the father of a defeated child .
That’s why I don’t believe in such nonsense.
“Kim Chung. You should stop looking so ugly and sit down and talk about something else
.”
Anyway, it’s like eating whatever you want and complaining that you haven’t seen a single bite
.
‘Even if it were me, if I hadn’t seen that dance, I would have regretted it for the rest of my life.’
My heart understood.
No matter how you look at it, it was the birth of a martial artist who would dominate the era.
As a midfielder, there is nothing more regretful and regretful than not being able to see the process of its birth
.
Cheon Sang-ju thought of a boy’s face.
‘Jinryong.’
The boy who did not know who he was except for his last name when he heard his name.
It is now called the Jin Dragon of the Shanxi District.
This was an achievement only three or four days after the boy showed up.
I thought it would be something that would cause the biggest wave this year.
only.
‘It takes a little while to see the last one.’
I remember the expression that was too heavy for a young boy to make.
It is because
the reaction was different from that of a boy who won the non-title title that everyone dreams of in the later stages .
Others say that it’s cool that you’re not happy about winning a non-commissioned event like this
.
He spat out nonsensical things, such as saying, “Isn’t it the unique atmosphere of being a genius?”
It didn’t seem so to Sangju Cheon.
A field far away from the monumental stage of the alliance where the festival is held.
I was standing alone and watching the falling snow.
The snow was slowly leaving traces on the floor.
While I was simply looking at it, my mind was endlessly complicated.
– Dok Go-jun is looking for him.
the end of the dungeon.
The name he left behind won’t leave my ears.
‘Dok Go-jun.’
It was the first name I heard.
throughout the past and this lifetime.
The names of any three families. It’s not even a name that points to a certain school.
It was the first name I ever heard in my life.
‘Who is it… who is it.’
who was it
The one who used Jang Seon-yeon’s mouth to talk to me.
How can I do such a thing?
Is it a being similar to Shinnoya? So, something was definitely different.
The creepy presence, as if aiming at the top of his head with the tip of a sword,
was definitely different from that.
Let’s compare.
It resembled the Heavenly Demon.
‘Although it is difficult to compare with the Heavenly Demon. It definitely felt like that.’
The Heavenly Demon, who was called a god, was worse than that, but that’s how it felt.
And what?
The one who is hiding in my body.
‘Fuck… can I make life a little easier?’
When one thing is finished, another one pops up, complicating people.
Even so, I think it will be heavy and crushed just by holding it.
If there is a God, it was clear that he was not on my side.
“Tell me too. Don’t keep your mouth shut.”
My growling voice, unable to contain my fire, was quietly scattered in the wind.
These were the words he said to himself in an empty field, but they were never to himself.
“You were talking so hard earlier, but now why are you keeping your mouth shut?”
The guy who showed up at the end of the fight and ate up his energy like crazy.
I tried talking to an unknown person who said he was coiling around my body.
From the moment Jang Seon-yeon lost consciousness, the guy just kept silent again.
“It sucks, really…”
I thought it was just a curse that came along with the regression. As the magic breather was the power of the Heavenly Demon
, it wouldn’t be strange if
any mysterious situation broke out .
Even if you go back in time, you couldn’t escape from the Heavenly Demon’s touch in the end.
I just thought of it that way.
Something more twisted.
“Is there anything you want from me? Why do you keep yelling at me?”
Maybe it’s because my stomach is complicated, so good words don’t come out.
Did Jang Seon-yeon have such power in the first place?
Or is it that something has changed?
‘It’s just more likely that I didn’t know.’
than I knew in my previous life. As much as what I found out after the regression was very different.
It was very likely this time as well.
‘What the hell is that guy?’ The Dark Night Palace
was doing something
suspicious to grow this strange flower, as well as using crude magic .
Even Jang Seon-yeon was doing something unknown to others.
I didn’t care if this was the right thing to do or not. I was not a knight
.
It was important that it was something I didn’t know.
‘What should I do?’
Now that you know, what should you do?
The guy who spoke to me through Jang Seon-yeon seemed to recognize me, so I
had to think about the case that information about me had already entered there.
I bit my lip in a jingling situation, but I couldn’t stand it and shouted.
“If there is anything you want, just say it. That’s why I’m not going to listen or not
.”
It was something I said to the guy who lived in my body.
To be honest, I had no intention of listening.
Hearing something made me feel better.
“Haa…”
I wiped my face with my hand.
Repeat dry count as it is.
This must be the reason why I don’t
feel much better even though I’ve completed most of the things I wanted to do when I came to Hanam .
‘Did you say it was a gift?’
The last words of the guy who called himself Dok Go-jun.
Talk about leaving me a gift.
It wasn’t long before I could figure out what the heck that meant.
I smiled and asked.
“You’ve been eating well, so why aren’t you eating this?”
The energy extracted from Jang Seon-yeon’s body.
To be precise, the energy given to me by a guy named Dok Go-jun
was not properly purified.
Like the vacant seat of Magi who occupied one side of the Danjeon and left it empty.
This guy also took his place.
‘Is it true that purification is going well?’
As soon as Magi absorbs it, it purifies it as if it were devoured by the stomatitis ring.
So, what is the mood now?
‘I don’t know.’
I did not feel the sense of purification.
Rather, it should be said that it is merging with Guyeom Hwaryun Gong.
Gently stroked the stomach and gradually strengthened the body.
Energy travels through the blood from the Danjeon and spreads throughout the body.
It was a basic step to strengthen the body by raising the bet.
It would have been the end here, unless it was for the season of guga to keep the heat in the body
.
“.. ha.”
As I concentrated on my energy for a little while, a breath of energy that had been holding my breath as if I was crouching
was mixed with my energy.
Then, I felt the power felt in my body strengthen at once.
This was the gift Dok Go-jun had been talking about.
Jang Seon-yeon was like that, and Namgung Cheon-jun was like that.
I can also use the energy they used to use.
‘It’s crazy.’
This is not something I uttered out of admiration.
It was a word he spat out in embarrassment, as if another shackle had been put on him.
One power was enough for someone who didn’t know what it was.
No, I was overwhelmed with just one.
I could tell by moving my body for a moment.
It’s just that this isn’t just a helpful force.
I felt the energy I had draining away at an unbelievable speed.
Even considering that, I can feel the overwhelming power.
It didn’t even end with the strengthening of the body.
Fire.
The energy was mixed in the palm of the hand and sparked.
I was wondering if it would be something like this since I saw Jang Seon-yeon’s martial arts being strengthened.
“… Damn it, really.”
As soon as I saw the burning flames, I had to curse.
Where is the flame that emits a rather bright light with the energy of the Taoist family?
This time it was spewing blue flames.
“I will receive all eyes on one body.”
Judging by the color of the flame, it was the perfect color to hear the enchantment.
At least the color of the flame changes.
“There’s no way to explain this in your father’s eyes.”
I couldn’t imagine what my father and the rest of the family would think when they saw it
.
What about excuses?
I went to Hanam and dyed the color of the fireworks with a gift I received. should I say
‘Heh heh shit.’
My head was pounding.
Pak!
He clenched his fist and set off the flames.
And fire up again
Hurry-
‘I’m back again.’
It had returned to its original color.
This seems to be the difference between using energy and not using it.
‘I think I can hide it if I hide it.’
It was fortunate in misfortune. The moment I calmed down and tried to move on.
“.. !”
I felt anemia and my body trembled. It was a momentary sensation, so
I straightened my posture.
‘Is it a rebound of energy?’
This kind of recoil for being used for a very short time.
If the shock of the return was this much, I could understand why Jang Seon-yeon didn’t want to use it one after another
.
that is a bit questionable.
Judging by the amount of energy and time Jang Seon-yeon used, it must have been more than this.
Recoil and consumption would have been overwhelming in proportion.
But after all that, he seemed fine.
‘Either the recoil I receive is strong or the amount of energy I use is high.’
Either way, it was no different from the bright dog Apricot, so it
seemed like a shitty situation.
Even in this situation, I had to forcefully lift the corners of my mouth.
“.. It won’t collapse just like this.”
No matter how fucked up the world is.
At least it was a better situation than in my previous life.
No one who had regrets to me died.
Now that I can get rid of those who left scars with my own hands.
I was able to survive this much.
“I’m tired…”
Although I was a little tired.
The heat in my body rose as much as it could, but somehow the cold wind blowing was too much for me.
Is it because it is exceptionally cold?
I miss Shin Noya, who only sleeps on my body, very little.
other than longing.
There was something I wanted to ask Shinnoya.
For some reason, I had a hunch that Noya might know something about Dok Go-jun
.
I don’t know why.
‘So please wake up quickly.’
not later.
After experimenting a little more with the aura, I returned to the barracks.
Years ago, everyone asked me. Since the untitled was over, it felt like a certain amount of people were missing
.
There were
things like congratulations from the leader for the winner tomorrow and the semi-finals between Namgoongbi and Mo Yonghee .
It didn’t seem like it was a very important schedule.
‘Hey, it’s a place that only knows about winning.’
It would be the case in any world, but it was a place where you hang your neck to the best.
“uh ! young master !”
As soon as we entered the barracks, Wei Seol-ah hurriedly ran to her and embraced her.
“Kuk…!”
The torso headbutt must have been a bit strong, so I unknowingly let out a little sound and spat it out.
Perhaps it’s because I’m tired from trying this and that to find out about energy, but
even Wi Seol-ah’s head-butt tingles a little.
‘Isn’t it, I think he’s become a bit distant.’
“Uh… uh… are you okay, Bocchan?”
Maybe it’s because I’m making a sound I’m not used to, and I’m sending a worried look.
I replied with a smile as a sign that I was okay.
“are you okay. I’m just a little surprised.”
“What happens when you laugh so terribly…”
“…What man?
99
Scary…?
I laughed pretty hard though.
As I was pinching Wi Seol-ah’s cheek in pain, another voice interrupted from the side
.
“Gu Gongja-nim is here…?”
It was sugar fever. Looking at it, Namgoongbia was sleeping on Dang Soyeol’s lap.
“Ah, sister just fell asleep while waiting for Gongja.”
“Weren’t you just sleeping?”
“It’s true.”
“.. okay.”
No matter how I looked at it, I couldn’t believe it, but I decided to just skip it.
“Ah, Confucius, I looked for you in the open during the day earlier.”
a
open?”
Dang Soyeol’s words immediately reminded me of Chuong.
As soon as he heard the news that I had won, he seemed to come quickly.
“When I came, Seol-ah was already meeting.”
“He?”
“Queuuuui…”
Wiseol-ah was meeting Chuong.
It must have been a strange painting, but it was a bit regretful that I hadn’t seen it.
‘Because they were colleagues in the previous life.’
Geolwang, Shingeom and a few others.
It was a group that was made up of strong people with excellent abilities.
As much as the new sword Wi Seol-ah was one of the few people who gave affection.
There must have been many meanings in the meeting of the two people.
If only I had a memory.
‘I’m sure he was just a beggar now.’
“When Jinryong comes, he asked me to tell him that Chuong of Opening has come.”
“Thank you for telling me, I heard it, so I’ll have to tell you when I see you later…” I
was answering Dang So-yeol, but a strange story was inserted in the middle.
“What is Ryongmi?”
“Jinryong!”
When I asked, Dang So-yeol answered excitedly.
“…Jinryong?”
Is that what you’re talking about?
‘I guess that’s right.’
Judging from the fact that Dang So-yeol’s eyes are bright in the world, it must be true.
I had to laugh hysterically at the sight.
“.. What is that corny nickname?”
it’s a real dragon
With my sensibilities, just listening to it gave me goosebumps.
‘Even though the nickname in my previous life was more like shit.’
Jinryong is slightly better.
“Aren’t you happy, Confucius?”
“Is there anything to be happy about…?
“You should be happy!”
Does that mean we should rejoice in being among the geniuses who fly and grow?
Even though the situation is the same, it was embarrassing to say that I am happy that I have come now
.
As Dang So-yeol continued to send an expectant expression, I finally
spat out the words pretending to have a long nail.
“Wow…. I’m happy…”
“… Wow, Gu Gong-ja really looks like he has no soul.”
I tried my best….
In the meantime, I pretended not to hear Dang So-yeol whispering, ‘You’re handsome with no expression
. ‘
and from behind it.
Wi Seol-ah was looking at the sky through the barracks tent.
The direction of gaze is west.
It was none other than the Moorim Meng, and it was also in the direction of Jang Cheon and Jang Seon-yeon.