The Sixfold Sword Technique you are practicing was something everyone learned when they were thirdgeneration disciples, wasn’t it? If you have any difficulties, you can ask any of the older brothers. Of course, since you’ve already memorized it, you might not need to…
I was able to interpret Brother Ryu’s words without difficulty.
You are practicing what everyone learned as a thirdgeneration disciple, and you are a firstgeneration disciple now, aren’t you?
But you’re going to ignore the older brothers because you’ve received some praise?
“Wow, that’s something to do to a kid.”
The age difference between you and me looks almost 10 years…
A sigh naturally escaped, but I struggled to swallow it inwardly.
In fact, here, I could also retort and not follow my older brother.
However, that would make the future a bit bothersome. Fighting with an older brother who was already in the volcano when I was born is not something a disciple of the Taoist gate should do. I didn’t want to become a disciple who got into trouble in the absence of my master.
“Well, picking a fight with a child who was born while you were practicing the Sixfold Sword Technique is not something a disciple of the Taoist gate should do either.”
But they already did that.
“……But that doesn’t mean I have to fall into the same position.”
I thought I would have to do as my older brother wanted for now.
I may be living with a resolve not to care about the eyes of others, but this case was a little different. It’s harder to ignore when someone confronts me so openly.
Plus, I don’t know what they’re trying to do, but they’ll have to mind the eyes of the adults anyway, so they won’t be able to do anything serious.
If their intention was to inflict some mental blow, I wouldn’t fall for it.
“Can we do that then?”
Brother Ryu grinned as if he thought I had fallen for it.
“Of course. Everyone will love it. Even me, and there are many who want to get closer to the young sister.”
Is that ‘getting closer’ really ‘getting closer’?
Moreover, looking back, Brother Ryu had been talking as if there were several people where he was headed.
“Hey, does a disciple of the Taoist gate want to harass a young sister with many people?”
It was outrageous.
“Then let’s go.”
“Yes.”
Slowly following the older brother who was leading the way, I suddenly thought about the distribution within this sect.
When news of the entrance examination to a large sect like Hwasan spreads, countless children from all over the country flock in, hoping to join. But they can’t take all of them as disciples, so they filter them through a few tests, and only those who pass are accepted as thirdgeneration disciples.
“But among those who have entered as thirdgeneration disciples, only a portion of them are assigned a master and receive guidance.”
This portion that receives guidance becomes true disciples, and the rest become inner disciples, receiving instruction from one master in a group.
The true disciples cannot leave Hwasan since they have received guidance. In return, they can learn the Hwasan sect’s rising martial art, the TwentyFour Plum Blossom Sword Technique.
On the other hand, the inner disciples can set up a branch sect anywhere below the mountain once they become firstgeneration disciples. However, they can only learn up to the Five Elements Plum Blossom Sword.
The Brother Ryu, who was leading the way now, was an inner disciple who hadn’t received guidance.
“…And he hates me.”
I quietly licked my lips. The fact that he was scheming something against a child was still pathetic, but there was a reason for this older brother.
What angered my brother was this.
“He struggled to pass the entrance exam to become a disciple and didn’t receive guidance, whereas I received guidance right away just because I was picked up by the master.”
That was exactly what I had heard in passing before.
In other words… it’s jealousy.
It might sound from that statement like receiving guidance is something very valuable. However, when you look at it without prejudice and from an objective point of view, it wasn’t necessarily so.
“Honestly, how many people would really like to be stuck on this remote mountain for the rest of their lives?”
Of course, Hwasan is relatively liberal among the sects of the Taoist gate. From allowing fire food (火食), although alcohol is forbidden.
Even true disciples can marry, after all.
But for this marriage, before it could even be considered, one had to remember that a true mountain disciple would spend their lifetime as a disciple of the volcano, meaning that they had to receive the Dao robes.
Getting married meant that the spouse had to live with them on the volcano.
No ordinary person would appreciate this, and most likely would only verbally agree, but in reality, consider it impossible.
“It’s impossible unless we’re marrying fellow death row prisoners.”
Hence, some even favored the position of being an inner disciple.
Why She Is Still Unmoved (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He uses various methods to seek her affection, but she remains unmoved.
Synopsis:
Si Qingyu is a doctor who has saved countless lives and enjoys tranquility.
Luo Shaoxuan is ruthless, deeply scheming, and the top young master in the capital. He admires Si Qingyu.
Luo Shaoxuan: I want to be the only one in your eyes and heart.
Features a cold and calm female lead vs A noble and scheming male lead.
There will be both sweetness and torture towards the male after their marriage.
