Surviving as a Cripple in Murim

90 – The sum of the tails and heads of the dice is seven (13)

Late evening, the stars spread across the night sky.

Miyang Wang sat on the floor, moving her legs like pendulums, waving and staring blankly at the stars. She lowered her head and spoke to her pupil.

“How about taking a break today?”

“Haa… ha… I’ll do a little more.”

However, Manchun shook his head and stood up to practice taijiquan again.

“Master, go in first and sleep.”

“… Then go in first and sleep well. I’m sleepy.”

I don’t know if it’s a side effect from excessive half-romantic movements, or if it’s just because I’m young, but when it’s late at night, Wang Mi-yang rubbed one eye because she fell asleep.

“It’s good to work hard, but I’m getting more and more impatient with herbivores. Cool down.”

After pointing out Mancheon’s attitude with her languid eyes, she first walks toward her lodging.

“… It is haste.”

She sighs spontaneously as she speaks to the point. While she was unconscious, she must have overpowered herself when she started eating.

… That’s right, the Yongbong branch has already begun.

Contrary to her original purpose, her feet are tied to training more than she thought, so she naturally becomes impatient.

Tao is for learning martial arts.

Even though I know that these emotions are rather poisonous, my mind is not easily organized.

I get more and more anxious because I am blocked by a wall.

To be honest, I know. It’s not that I don’t have talent, but when it comes to learning martial arts.

That… Not being a genius… Know.

I straighten her waist, raise my head, and look at the night sky that spreads as wide as the sea.

A true genius is a child who is like a sea of excesses.

She recalls a blue-eyed girl with an innocent face who displayed her talent beyond her control.

Surprised by her unexpected talent, she ran away after giving the ridiculous task of throwing out the resonance circle 10,000 times.

Even thinking about it now, it is the most pathetic memory.

In the middle of the night, under the moonlight, Gwahae’s food without hesitation flickers.

Because I told you to.

I believed that I could do it without any doubt, and just practiced martial arts with a pure heart.

“… ….”

When I came to my senses, I was practicing Tai Chi again.

‘If you make up your mind, forget your feelings, and if your body is weak, recover your energy.’

Exhale evenly and use the Naegongsim method. Move your tired body.

‘When the mind dies, the spirit lives, and when the yang is prosperous, the yin disappears.’

Move your feet to draw a circle, shaking off unnecessary anxiety with faith.

‘Heh heh~ Aren’t you a genius who deceives even the sky? I think I can easily do this much.’

Master may have just said it as a joke, but I was glad that it was recognized.

‘Mancheon~ amazing! I’ll do it too! Let me know!!’

I was happy to see Gwahae who liked me with his pretty blue eyes shining with his little talent.

A self-deprecating laugh comes out.

It was only for a moment….

To think the nonsense that you are not a genius yourself.

I must have been really tired.

It doesn’t matter if you’re blocked by a wall or if your body doesn’t follow you.

Because I am a student of a genius, I am a teacher of a genius.

Genius beyond genius. You must become a genius who deceives even the sky.

… That’s why I shake off my thoughts and move to take a step forward.

‘He wears the Taegeuk on his head.’

Taegeuk is Yin-Yang. Heaven and Earth, the world.

Raising Taegeuk above your head means holding yourself at the center of the world.

Stand proudly between heaven and earth.

‘Holding the Eight Trigrams in my arms.’

The Eight Trigrams are Geon (sky), Tae (swamp), Gam (water), Li (fire), Jin (lightning), Son (wind), Gan (mountain), Kun (earth).

The eight principles that make up all things. Holding the Bagua in one’s arms means accepting mighty power.

This part was the most confusing. Gongmingquan and Taijiquan are different even though they are the same Dao.

If Gongmingquan is about turning the opponent’s strength into nothingness, Taijiquan is about accepting it as it is and turning it into nothing.

‘I step on the five elements with my feet.’

The Five Elements are Wood – Fire – Earth – Metal – Water. Cycle of life.

It’s simple from here on out. You don’t have to think hard.

All you have to do is leave your body in the natural flow and move your legs.

I looked under the bridge while catching my breath after I finished eating.

Among the circles drawn so far, the most plausible one was drawn.

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Laughter comes out.

“Now… maybe once.”

Get back into position. Exhale and perform tai chi.

It is the start of ten thousand strokes of gratitude.

Whether you succeed once, a dozen times, a hundred times, or a thousand times.

“… Do it until it is done.”

If you succeed, you succeed. As a result, he is like a genius.

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The next morning.

“Cheer~ Jjaejae~!!”

Listening to the chirping of birds, Wang Mi-yang walked toward the training ground, worried about Man-chun, who had not returned home.

‘He trains too much….’

They didn’t even bring me breakfast. If we meet, I will give my soul.

Let’s enter the training ground with these thoughts in mind.

Miyang Wang’s eyes widened in surprise.

“…… ?!”

Because there were countless circles drawn on the floor that hadn’t been there until last night.

And in the middle.

Taegeuk, a perfect circle that can never be believed to have been drawn by a lame person, was drawn.

Miyang Wang cautiously walked toward Mancheon, which stood proudly at the center of Taegeuk, like a pillar connecting heaven and earth.

It’s just that her face is shaded by the rising sun. The atmosphere is different.

Feels like looking at something huge.

“Teeeng~ I counted the days and now I am tired.”

… However, Wang Mi-yang was mistaken.

Where did her sense of weight go? Aren’t you ashamed?

“What, what?! Away!!”

“Oh! Me, Baby Mancheon! Pick me up!”

With a big body, he flirts with his little master.

She pulls her body up close to her tiny back, almost as if she were running.

She’s actually hugged from behind.

“?!?!?!?”

Men and women before masters and disciples. Wang Mi-yang’s face reddens sharply at her unexpected physical contact.

The moment he tried to throw the ungodly disciple right away.

A serious voice echoes in Wang Mi-yang’s ears.

“Teacher, how far has the Yongfong Branch meeting progressed?”

“… It’s not over yet. It starts tomorrow.”

Since it’s Palgang, it’s a lot late, but it’s not completely late yet.

I closed my eyes using Wang Mi-yang’s shoulders and back as bedding to preserve my physical strength.

I felt good when I smelled fragrant from my swaying pretty blonde hair.

Anyway, after staying up all day practicing martial arts, Mancheon fell asleep.

“… Because it’s only this time.”

Wang Mi-yang has no choice but to accept the pupil’s foolishness.

With his small body, he lifted his mancheon and walked back toward the inn.

***

The yin energy caused by the cold medicine gradually subsides.

Soso, whose condition began to improve, sat on the bed and comforted Wolhwa, who came to see her in the hospital with a miserable smile.

“It’s okay now. You don’t have to worry so much. More than that, Monhwa, you Yongbong Branch….”

“Soso her sister woke up. It doesn’t matter!”

It was Wolhwa who came here right after hearing the news that Soso was getting better, after the Yongbong Branch Association Palgang Battle that was to be held today.

“You were bored just lying on the bed. I brought a fun game for her sister.”

She takes out a pretty dice made of jade from her bosom.

“I’m going to invite Sama Man-cheon to play too!”

Did the tiger come if I told you? There is a knock on the door to Soso’s hospital room.

“Namgoong hyung, I am Mancheon. I will go in.”

“Ah… Yes, Sima Gongja… For a moment… !”

Soso doesn’t want to see her haggard from her bed life.

She tried to put the visit on hold while she was getting dressed, but the door was opened helplessly, without waiting for her master’s permission.

“Sorry. I have something urgent to tell you.”

And Soso intuitively realized from Mancheon’s calm face, which was different from usual.

“Modan and… fight… You are thinking.”

“Yes, I will come back after making a decision that I couldn’t finish at the inn.”

Just like when we first met, she approaches without hesitation, holding on to her cane.

“I came to tell you that before I go.”

Soso’s slender fingers gripped her bedspread strongly at the resolute tone of voice.

“… Will lose.”

She couldn’t hold on unless she was grabbed.

I know that Mancheon is strong. However, she was weak compared to Modan. She can’t win

A rough breath comes out.

In the shaky sight, the mercilessly murdered parents pass by.

I didn’t want to see someone dear to me get hurt because of my weakness anymore.

Seeing that, Wolhwa was restless, but Mancheon was calm.

“Why are you sure you will lose?”

“… It’s like a dice.

Born with the destiny of becoming a king, it is like a cursed fate.

“There seems to be a variable, but when you roll it, the only result is that meat comes out from one day. Any other number can never come out.”

I can’t escape. Can’t win. Can’t escape

“It is a predetermined destiny.”

Perhaps because of her bad physical condition, her emotions become wild, and she shoots at Mancheon, pushing even her unrelated fate.

… However, Mancheon did not run away.

“Then would you like to bet with me?”

“… Yes?”

Calmly raises the odds against irrational logic.

“I will roll the dice from now on.”

Reaching out and picking up the jade dice on the table.

“If a number less than six comes out, I lose. If any other number comes out, I win.”

‘What nonsense….’

Before Soso can react, the dice are rolled from Mancheon’s hand.

“…… ?!”

The result was one dot and six dots, seven.

He split the dice in half by applying force right before rolling the dice.

“This is… This… It’s a pun….”

“Yes, sophistry.”

I don’t want to call him hyung anymore, so I spit out rude words.

One step closer to Soso. Their eyes meet and they collide from the front.

“And being pierced by such simple sophistry is destiny.”

A declaration of war against a girl frightened by her heavy fate.

“Wait. From now on, I will show you how disingenuous the fate you are talking about is.”