Surviving as a Rival in a Martial Arts Novel

Chapter 91 – New Murim Lord (01)

For a moment there was silence inside Daejeon Pavilion, but then it exploded and a loud noise began to echo.

“I oppose!”

“Impossible! How old is he!”

“Sounds that make sense!”

Those who were angry were the first to voice their opinions, but it was a different voice from before, so Ban Gyu-seong had to go through a lot of trouble and show off his courage to protect me.

“Of course, age is not important in the martial arts world. Since the position of the martial arts lord inherently requires the minimum amount of force to fight against the Heavenly Demon, the condition of being a supreme expert must be maintained.”

“That’s an unofficial rule from hundreds of years ago. Even transcendental masters are not common anymore, so shouldn’t it be changed now? How long has it been since even the shaman faction had transcendental masters?”

“Why are you saying that here? We shamans still have many peak masters…”

“hehehehe… Amitabha Buddha…”

The inside of Daejeongak was literally a crucible of chaos.

Everyone raises their voices at each other, someone says it’s okay, someone says it’s absolutely not possible.

First of all, the biggest reason they are against it is that I am young and lack prestige.

It can be considered the most famous among the recently introduced review indices, but being famous and having a high reputation are two different things.

These people were also implicitly asking if there was a hidden transcendental master in each sect, and it seemed like there might be a transcendental master or a veteran expert close to it in each sect, but they would not do something like the Murim Lord.

“I heard that the Demon Cult’s Heavenly Demon has recently changed, and that he is also young…”

A middle-aged man from the Namgung family who was looking at me displeasedly spoke carefully, asking whether it was necessary to follow such old rules now that the demonic religion has become weaker.

However, as he snorted at those words, the open ark that was snoring at the edge of his mouth opened his mouth.

“You mean the 47th Heavenly Demon? He too has reached the limit of his peak and is about to reach his peak. Moreover, the wife of the previous Heavenly Demon, the woman now called Taesangmahu, has also reached the peak of his peak.”

“Ah…!”

At the words of the Ark, the martial arts masters let out a sigh. It may not have been simply because they were lamenting the power of the Demonic Cult, which was stronger than expected, but also because his breath smelled so bad.

“And the woman who was previously called Somahu and Geumseonmahu is in a similar state to the Heavenly Demon.”

In the end, their opinions began to change rapidly with the news that they had two candidates for the ultimate expert and one candidate for the ultimate expert.

“Then, as expected, the leader must be at the peak…”

The opinions of those who raised blood in their necks and opposed me by saying that I was young began to subside.

Anyway, martial arts is a world of swords where strength and aerodynamics rule, so even if one is young, wouldn’t it be acceptable to be at the peak level?

“But he is not from the Murim Alliance.”

Here again a problem arose and the discussion began to heat up again.

“In the first place, it’s not a question of whether you’re from the Murim League, but whether you belong to a political faction, right?”

“Master Ok Cheon-woong is a member of the Murim Alliance…”

“Honestly, who cares about a top-notch expert who sold his daughter to get into the bottom of the Murim League!”

If you have heard the story, you will move forward again. It’s a good thing I didn’t bring it.

“Except before the founding of the Murim League, most people lived as members of the Murim League and became leaders through inheritance from the previous leader or through a will…”

“Hmm… But isn’t this case different?”

“They said they would not hold each other guilty for the fatal accidents that occurred in the Battle of Cheonmyeong, so the grounds for disqualification are…”

“hehehehe, if that happens, there will be people who use the World War as an excuse to cut off the head of a leader they don’t like and claim to become a leader themselves.”

Of course, when one of the elders of the Kunlun Sect, who suspected me of being related to the Demonic Cult, openly sniped at me and said, the heat inside the Daejeon Pavilion cooled down as if I had been hit with cold water.

“It is not a group of demonic cults or evil factions, but the leader of the Murim Defense League stands on the head of the previous leader. How is this any different from the demon cultists? Isn’t that the case, Jangmun of the Jangmun Sect?”

The situation took a turn again as I looked at the Jang Mun-in of the Jeomchang faction who looked surprised and asked why I was calling him, and the elder of the Kunlun faction who was glaring at me with venom.

Already, the Kunlun faction was the most angry at my proposal to join hands with the Demonic Cult, and they also valued tradition, so in the current situation, they were like my worst enemy.

‘I understand your position, but I don’t feel very good.’

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But thanks to this, people’s opinions came together again.

Although I felt bad, for now the meeting was going the way I wanted.

“I never said I was the Murim Lord.”

“What?”

Of course, when they heard that I would become the Murim Lord, the people who were trembling became quiet for an instant.

“What are you talking about? Didn’t you say that we should elect the Murim lord first?”

“Yes, that’s right. But I only meant to reduce the work gap while the Murim Lord was away, not that I would sit down.”

“A guy so young is playing tricks! He didn’t want to do it, but we suggested it, so he had no choice but to sit down. Hey, he wants a play like this!”

He has red skin that looks like fire… I don’t even know what affiliation he belongs to. Is it a neutral faction?

“This is Zhou Hwanran, a man of great power.”

As I was looking at him, Ban Gyu-seong gave me a sneak peek. In particular, I was curious about that person’s identity, but I wasn’t too anxious to find out right away.

Anyway, that guy has a fiery personality, perhaps because he’s a bombshell.

“If I had no intention of sitting down in the first place and liked such pretentiousness, I would not have said to get to the point as soon as I came in.”

“Then something!”

“If I kill the Murim leader while in the middle of a fight and take the position of leader, as the Kunlun Sect elder said, it will be no different from the Demonic Cult’s method of generational change. Of course, controversy will arise.”

I had no choice but to do it until another suitable master of the highest level was found, and if you are going to do it with the thought that even with Noiko, you can only last a few years, there is no need for me either.

To begin with, I’m not the type of person who likes to stand on someone’s head.

Furthermore, from here, it was impossible not to say that that guy killed the leader of the previous generation because he wanted to become the Murim leader.

“So, I would like to recommend another supreme expert.”

“You can’t be Mubong. You’re not qualified to be the leader.”

An elder who looked like a wise man was refusing the position of leader of the Mubong Jinhongseon.

She is the daughter of the previous leader, and she has reached the level of supreme pinnacle. It would not be a bad picture if she were to inherit the position of leader of the Murim Alliance, and the fact that she was a transcendental leader was also revealed in this Battle of Heaven, so it had a dramatic effect.

There was no restriction that women could not become leader, and the Ami faction, which was made up of nuns, one of the old factions, was also consistently nominated for leader, so there was no problem at all due to gender.

But if there is a problem.

‘I will never do it myself’

And her others will not welcome her ascending to the position of leader leading them.

It’s not that her work ability is low, but Wu Feng is just destructive, so when she is put in the position of leader, Zhuge Yanji will control everything by her side, and she will only put her stamp on it, but later, when a battle breaks out, she will say that she will be the vanguard. This is the person who will run away.

In the first place, I am not a person to stand above anyone else. It was like an untamed beast.

I could lead at least a few people, but I couldn’t place even one person under Mubong.

Because it could only be used as a final weapon that goes out, destroys the enemy, and returns.

Otherwise, the Murim lord would not have bothered to put forward Ban Gyu-seong and Han So-so as the hope of a new late Ji-soo, but would have put forward Mubong Jinhongseon as his successor.

“Then is it Jade Snowflake?”

“Umm…”

The story of her fight against Mubong and her victory over him.

That she had reached the pinnacle of perfection had already been proven in the Battle of Heaven, and since all the peak masters present were witnesses, there was no one to refute.

But…

“If you belong to the Murim Alliance’s Biwon Gak…”

“Past history will hold you back.”

It is not even possible to tell a story.

Although it wasn’t as bad as Mubong’s, Seolhwa wasn’t used to giving orders to someone and acting on them, even if it was just a formality.

The eyes of the people who turned around to check suddenly turned towards me.

Even the dull Ban Gyu-seong is thinking deeply and looking back at me.

‘In the end, they look like this guy is the only one…’

The elder of the Kunlun sect had an evil expression on his face as I deliberately brought up other people’s names, confident that they would eventually be given to him.

“Yes.”

“Tell me.”

“A supreme expert and the most famous person in recent times.”

“Umm…”

First of all, the members of Daejeon Gak were letting out heavy groans due to the weight of being a transcendent expert.

“And when even ordinary people bring up that name, he has the reputation to be able to tell at least one piece of news related to it, even though it may be mixed with exaggeration.”

Roaring…

Slowly, people inside began to notice.

The fact that I am slowly making a mess of myself.

Actually, if I did this on my own, it wouldn’t be persuasive because the build-up would be strange, but thanks to the elder Kunlun faction’s advice, my opinion changed again and again, so I came back with more persuasiveness.

So, even though I felt bad for a moment, I ended up being grateful to him in the end.

‘If anyone sees it, they’ll think I’m the one who put it in there to kill them.’

He tantalizes people by intentionally interrupting them.

There are two things that make people the most angry, and one of them is when they cut off mid-speech.

“A person who participated in this World War and showed remarkable growth and achieved the fruits of victory.”

Gossip, Gossip, Gossip…

Some of the famous masters’ expressions are so brazenly praising themselves that you can hear them whispering to each other that, in a way, they are the Murim lords.

“And I am the person who has been officially selected as the successor to the supreme master of the previous era.”

“Who is that?”

When the bearded Murim leader asked to draw a final conclusion, I spread my hands with a smile on my face.

“Iron Dragon Ban Gyu-seong.”

In an unexpected twist, Daejeon Pavilion was once again turned upside down.