Absolute Regression Chapter 260

Episode 260: What are your nas?

It’s been a while since I had a al with my father.

I love this ti. Play baduk or eat. This mont when I was quietly having a silent conversation with my father.

I usually joke around a lot, but it’s probably because this mont is the one that touches my essence the most. Because I’ve lived quietly my whole life.

“Wasn’t the training difficult?”

“It wasn’t physically hard, but it was hard to endure the boredom of repetition.”

“How did you endure it?”

“Afterwards, I cleared my mind. This repetition will be my task for the rest of my life, and if I get out of this boredom, another boredom will be waiting for anyway, so let’s just do it. As a result, repetition and boredom seed to have beco one with .”

My father smiled. It wasn’t ridicule. It was a smile of sincere congratulations on finding the right path.

I explained to my father in detail how I interpreted the First Chosik, the trials and errors I went through, and how I practiced it repeatedly.

Although he said it as if he was excited and boasting, he was actually giving information to his father.

Please note.

My father would compare my interpretation with his and try to co up with a better chosik. Please do it.

I did not return to beco stronger than my father or to defeat him. I ca here to survive with my father.

“If you’re done eating, let’s go digest it.”

I followed my father outside. My father said while looking at the top of Daecheon Mountain in the distance.

“Let’s compete to see who gets there first.”

For so reason, my father suggested a light attack competition.

“You didn’t forget that I said that if I achieved the speed walk feat, we should have a fight.”

“How do you feel? Are you confident?”

“Of course I’m confident. For your information, the Mazons all fell out with .”

“Go first!”

“Then you just have to watch my back and run?”

As soon as he finished speaking, he ran away first. If I do this, even if I win, my father will have sothing to say.

He ran at a breakneck speed at a fast pace.

Can even his father, the speedster who has achieved great success, keep up with this speed? It was so fast that it raised questions.

It was right then. I thought I could hear the strong wind behind .

When I turned my head, I saw my father next to .

My father was standing upright in the air, flying with the hem of his clothes flapping. Speed wasn’t the problem.

‘stylish!’

While I was running as fast as I could, my father was flying arrogantly and proudly. The Cheonma flying technique that achieved great success suited him so well, as if it were a light technique for his father.

Yes, it’s not cool, but it shouldn’t be too slow.

I ran with all my might. I thought I ran as fast as light, but my father was the one who reached the top first.

“I lost. Lose in style and lose in speed. Even the God of Wind is no match for the Heavenly Demon.”

As I lowered my head, my father spoke.

“Even the speedboat is fast.”

Although he never acknowledged other martial arts, Poongsinsabo was a martial art that even his father recognized.

And then unexpected words ca out of my father’s mouth.

“If you achieve great success in the art of flying the Heavenly Demon, you will achieve the sa results.”

It was an acknowledgnt of , and there was a reason why my father said that to when he asked to compete in a light attack competition.

“I will teach you the art of flying the Heavenly Demon.”

I could tell. It was because of what I told you about Jeil Chosik earlier. Now that I’ve learned sothing, I should teach it to you too. This is my heart. My father never just accepts sothing.

“Thank you, father.”

I lay down on the spot.

“If you are at your current level and have realized the extre aning of light engineering, you will learn it without difficulty and it will not take long for you to master it. Now listen carefully.”

My father taught the art of flying the Cheonma on the spot. After checking several tis whether I had morized it well, the teaching of the phrases was completed.

I bowed deeply to my father.

“I’m so happy, Dad.”

The reason for being so happy is not just because the Cheonma Flying Art is the best light fighting technique in the martial arts world. It was not because of the possibility of performing a faster light attack by combining the Cheonma Flying Technique and the Wind God Sabot.

I was happy because it was the mont for to inherit all of my father’s German martial arts skills. From nine fire demon techniques, heavenly demon defense techniques, and heavenly demon flying techniques. This is the mont when I learn all the core martial arts my father learned. My heart was pounding.

“Stop standing up.”

“yes.”

I stood side by side on the cliff at the top of Daecheonsan Mountain with my father.

I could see the panoramic view of Cheonma Shingyo in the distance.

“When I beca the head of a small church, I ca up here with my father.”

I looked at my father standing next to . I thought about my father’s youth and imagined my grandfather standing next to him.

“My father’s dream was to beco a martial artist.”

That was a fact I didn’t know.

After a mont, I asked my father.

“What about your father?”

My father didn’t answer anything. I know. That my father is dreaming of unifying Moorim. Father knows too. That I know that.

I said sothing difficult to say. It was sothing I had to say at least once.

“Even if my father achieves the great work of unifying martial arts and receives praise and respect from everyone in the world… he will not receive my respect.”

It was sothing that could have made him angry, but my father didn’t say anything. Because now you know very well how your son feels.

In silence, we looked at the Heavenly Demon Church in the distance and the horizon and sky beyond it.

I spoke in a cheerful tone to lighten the heavy atmosphere.

“Father, please na my friends. I also thought about whether there was a cool na for it. With the the of ghosts, I thought about naming them things like night ghost, blood ghost, white ghost, and heavenly ghost, but when I thought about it, it seed too gloomy. So, in a more elegant way, we did it with the moon as the the and called it the bright moon, the last moon, the silver moon, and the hyewol, or we did it with the the of color…” That

was right then. My father blurted out.

“North, south, east and west.”

I flinched for a mont.

“Are you kidding?”

My father looked at with a completely unsmiling face.

“At least it’s not Maelan Gukjuk or Cheongpungmyeongwol, but North, South, East, West?

I couldn’t tell if it was because he ant not to give unnecessary nas to evil spirits, because I ntioned the martial arts unification earlier, or because he really thought that the East, West, South, and North are good.

“North, South, East and West!”

He said it again as if confirming it.

What can I do when my father appears like this?

Oh, I’m sorry. My demons!

“Oh, that’s good to hear. Donggwi, Seogwi, Namgui, Bukgui. It’s easy to morize too. It’s just right. If anyone asks, my father gave it to ! “I’m also proud of it.”

They’re revealing everything that’s my father’s na! Still, my father didn’t even give up.

In the end, the nas of the four demons are confird as East, West, South, and North!

* * *

After coming down from Daecheon Mountain, I headed straight to Tongcheongak.

It was to hear from Commander-in-Chief Sima Ming what I should do next.

As I entered Tongcheongak, the soldiers I encountered greeted politely.

These are favorable eyes. Because of the nature of their work, these people know better than anyone else, so you need to pay attention to the changes in their eyes.

When I entered the Tongtian Pavilion operation room after going through strict security several tis, Sima Ming was eting with the soldiers in the conference room.

After the soldier who greeted told Sima Ming to leave it alone, I waited for the eting to end in the strategy room.

It was really busy there.

ssages continued to arrive through a dozen holes in one wall, divided by region, and the soldiers classified them according to case.

So soldiers were running around holding docunts, while others were diligently writing sothing down. Another soldier was moving flags of dozens of colors planted on the topographical map of the central plains to another location. There was no one who wasn’t busy.

Murim was peaceful, but this place was a battlefield. No, because this is a battlefield, the martial arts world is probably peaceful.

After a while, Sima Ming ca out from the eting and was surprised to see .

“Master Xiao, when did you co?”

“I ca here a little while ago. “I told them not to disturb because I would wait until the eting was over.”

“Let’s go to my office.”

“Speak here. It’s great to see the soldiers at work. “I feel like I need to work harder.”

“This is not sothing soone who has just co out of a closed-down training facility would say. “Now get so rest.”

“That’s not sothing soone who has a lot of missions to give would say.”

He looked at Sima Ming and smiled.

“How was your training?”

“As soon as I ca out, I didn’t even shave my beard and ran to show off to my father.”

The word boasting contained all the results.

“We will reduce it.”

“It is thanks to the soldier who coordinated our external schedules. “I must have a lot of work to do. What should I do first?”

“The first thing you need to do is visit the Honam and Gangseo districts. The Honam region is the first place to clash when a war breaks out with the Murim Alliance, and Gangseo is a strategic point to deal with the Sado Alliance. So, the first thing the Sogyoju should do is to visit the two districts and et the local leaders there.”

“All right.”

“I will send you the official mission letter tomorrow morning.”

“Yes, I’ll see you when I get back.”

As I was about to turn around and co out, Sima Ming said.

“The head of the school will have a great influence on the fate of our school in the future.”

I smiled and told him.

“That’s why I plan to visit you often.”

* * *

It was when I ca out of Tongcheongak and was walking towards my residence.

On a quiet street, a masked man appeared in front of . The person who ca out of hiding was Hwi, the head of the Cheonmajeon Guard.

“mister!”

“Master Xiao.”

“Please just call Geuk-ah like you used to call when I was little.”

“You can’t do that.”

I was thrilled to see him after a long ti.

“How long has it been since I last saw you? “You have a lot of gray hair on your head.”

“I’m getting older too.”

“It’s because it’s hard to take care of my father. You’re being very picky, aren’t you? “You’re just harassing , right?”

“It’s the most enjoyable thing in my life.”

The Hwi I knew was truly that kind of person. A person whose only mission is to escort. A person whose father is everything.

“You carried on a snowy day.”

When Hwi laughed, the eyes inside the mask were curved like the moon.

“Do you rember that?”

“sure. “How great was it back then.”

After exchanging greetings, Hwi revealed the reason why he ca to see .

“Please take escorts with you when you leave school this ti.”

I couldn’t answer readily. I originally planned to go alone. He ca to expecting that to happen.

“To be honest, it’s not for Master Xiao. “I also know that my skills as an escort are such that it actually becos a burden.”

Hwi did not say anything back.

“I stand up for my juniors. Those kids will grow up to be great escorts if they stay with Master So. I have been watching Sogyoju’s actions recently. The Sogyoju that I saw was the sea. “It was a sea big enough to accommodate all of my juniors.”

Given his personality, it wouldn’t have been easy for him to co to and say sothing like this. That’s how much he cared about the Cheonma Guard and his juniors.

They all died with us that day.

If this is a request from Hwi, who devoted his entire life to his father, then yes, he should take at least twelve hundred people, not twelve.

“I will go with you.”

Hwi bowed his head politely.

“thank you.”

“No, uncle.”

I also bowed my head politely to Hwi.

When I looked up again, Hwi had disappeared. He was not the type of person to repay with words, so one day he will try to repay today’s debt.

Uncle Hwi, you don’t need to do that. You and your juniors have already paid with their lives.

* * *

My guards were training in the training hall.

After watching them practice for a while, I went inside.

They stopped practicing and greeted everyone in unison.

“See you, Lord Xiao!”

There was a lot of spirit in the loud greeting.

“Have you been practicing continuously for the past hundred days?”

Jeokyeon stepped forward and answered.

“Yes, I practiced without missing a single day.”

“But why are there only six?”

“I don’t know when I will be deployed for escort duty, so I am splitting my ti into day shift and night shift. And we change day and night once a month.”

In other words, the night shift ant training from evening to morning. I thought it was really great.

Since it’s been a while since I’ve seen you, I looked into Jeokyeon’s eyes first.

Knowing that it was useless to refuse, Jeokyeon obediently took off the blindfold.

He said while looking into bright red eyes.

“The level of demonic arts has risen to the next level.”

Then Jeokyeon was surprised.

“you’re right. “Did you really recognize that just by looking at the color of my eyes?”

“The color is different than before.”

“In fact, even though I saw Tokyo every day, I didn’t recognize it.”

The difference was distinguished using Shinan-sul.

The reason I kept being drawn to his eyes was also because of the Shinan technique. I practiced divine eye art for myself, but he practiced ghost eye art for others. That other person ended up being .

Although it is all one’s choice and fate, sacrificing one’s eyes for others is never easy.

I injected true energy into his eyes and controlled them.

“It feels different.”

“how?”

“There is a lot less pain.”

If so, it may be due to a change in internal strength. Because it has beco much more solemn and pure.

“You will leave school with tomorrow. An official mission letter will co from Tongcheongak early in the morning.”

The expressions of the Red Army and the escort soldiers brightened. Finally, I had my first mission.

A feeling of excitent and joy that could not be hidden was conveyed. I love it so much that if I had left it behind, I would have been in big trouble.

“Thank you for trusting us.”

“Take care of starting tomorrow. “I’m just going to trust you guys.”

With a loud answer, the Red Army and the escort soldiers bowed their heads in greeting. That’s right, let’s go out now, let’s grow up and co back.

The next morning, two carriages left the bridge.

It was his first expulsion as a small religious leader with an official escort.