Webtoon- Episode 5

**Episode 5** is the fifth chapter in the Legend of the Northern Blade webtoon series.

## Summary

The cloaked, unknown man jumps from the ceiling and catches the falling Eun Ha-Seol. He quickly uses his hands and fingers to hit a few of her pressure points and starts to use a technique to heal her. He urges Ha-Seol to regain her senses and focus and utilize her internal energy and addresses her as young miss. Eun Ha-Seol slowly starts regaining her consciousness and the man urges her to wait a little bit more. He then gives instructions to Ha-Seol. Asking her to channel the qi towards her fingers and slowly the poison retreats from her fingers and hand. The poison is then removed and Ha-Seol fully regains consciousness albeit in a very weakened state.

The man says that the poison has been removed and he just made it in time. If he was a second too late, then Ha-Seol would have died. Ha-Seol sees his face and instantly recognizes him as Sa-Ryung. Sa-Ryung asks for forgiveness for being late and says he had no idea that she would be hiding in this place. He says that he lives for the sole purpose of serving both their master and Ha-Seol has failed to protect both of them. As such, he shall receive his punishment with grace. Ha-Seol says that it's okay and if it wasn't for him, she would have been dead. Besides, they were ambushed and there wasn't much Sa-Ryung could do in that situation. She then asks him where he has been this whole time. He says that he was also injured and was hiding as well. It was only recently that he was able to locate Ha-Seol.

Ha-Seol then asks him why he didn't' go seek after their master first. Sa-Ryung says that their master isn't someone they need to worry so much about. Their master will definitely be safe. His priority is to help Ha-Seol recover. He says that taking refuge in the Northern Heavenly Sect was a smart choice. He refers to a group of people and calls them bastards and says that they will have a hard time believing that Ha-Seol would be in the Sect in the first place so for the time being, Sa-Ryung says that he thinks it's best that Ha-Seol stays in the Sect and recovers her internal energy. He asks her to stay a bit longer while he finds their master. Soon he shall return with their master's orders.

In the cold weather, Jin Mu-Won is in his blacksmithing room creating something.

As Jin Mu-Won is blacksmithing, he is thinking about this. He senses the entire area around him and finds nobody nearby. This is the first teaching from the Gathering of Ten Thousand Shadows and is known as the Internal Shadow. The first Sect Leader, Buk Jin-Hu was a vagabond. He was genius swordsman who was able to create this martial art after many years of wandering. Because the nature of this martial art is shrouded in secrecy and darkness, just by looking at Jin Mu-Won alone, most martial artists would have a hard time telling if he had built up any internal energy and learned any martial arts.

Even after being passed down for 4 generations, the Gathering of Ten Thousand Shadows was never able to reach its full potential and remains as an unfinished work. This is the martial arts that Jin Mu-Won is currently learning. If he had the choice of learning it or not, he would have chosen the latter. However, as the Central Heavenly Alliance took all the usable martial arts scrolls and also kept a strict watch over him, he was left with no other choice but to learn it.

Sensing that nobody is nearby, Jin goes to the wall of swords that he has been blacksmithing and pick one up and then remembering the teachings of the Fathering of Ten Thousand Shadows, starts swinging the blade as practice. he stops after some time and leaves the room.

Eun Ha-Seol is out of her room and is staring at the Northern Heavenly Sect and is surprised at its state. At this, she spots Jin come towards her with a shawl wrapped around his neck and a winter coat. Jin says that she looks a lot better today. She hasn't come outside for the past few days, so he was beginning to worry that something happened to her. He says that he is about to eat, so if she hasn't had anything, she is free to join him and saying so walks into a small room.

She is hesitant for some time but she reluctantly walks into the room. She reluctantly thanks for Jin all that he has done. Jin is surprised by this. Ha-Seol says that it was thanks to him that she survived. Jin laughs this off and says that it is no problem. He then asks her to come and eat with him. Ha-Seol says that she is fine but as she is saying this she hears her stomach growl.

Ha-Seol sits down with Jin to eat but is reluctant to eat anything. Jin says there is not need to hold back. The food isn't poisoned. Ha-Seol asks him why he hasn't asked anything about who she is. Jin says that he doesn't intend to pry. She asks why. He says he doesn not not. He just thinks it's best if he doesn't. He says he has a got feeling that if he found out who she was, he wouldn't be able to enjoy his time with her anymore. Ha-Seol asks if he is stupid. Jin tells her to stop questioning his decisions and just eat. He does not want to hear her stomach grumbling.

Jin is sitting on the rooftop of the Home of Ten Thousand Spirits and is thinking about the fact that his body is starting to change. There is one more secret within the Walls of Ten Thousand Shadows and it's time for him to start learning the Shadowed Blade of the End. A mysterious sword technique created with the sole purpose to kill. Jin has been learning the basic of swordsmanship so that he can properly utilize this sword technique.

Jin Mu-Won continues blacksmithing and practicing swordsmanship. Eun Ha-Seol stays in her room, meditating and focusing on recovering her internal energy.

Jin is busy blacksmithing and crafting something and just as he wipes his sweat, he is completely surprised by Eun Ha-Seol staring at him and crouching on a table. As he stumbles back, he cries out that she scared him. Ha-Seol says that she is not sure if he is good at concentrating or if his senses are dull. She says she has been sitting here for quite some time and then says she is hungry and asks him to give her food. At this, Jin Mu-Won shouts out that it has been three months since she came here and she is still this shameless. Ha-Seol bluntly replies asking him to feed her. At this, Jin wonders why he is even doing this for some girl he does not even know and tell her to come with him. Eun Ha-Seol starts thinking.

She thinks that no matter how hard she looks at him, it doesn't make any sense. Not only does the descendant of the Northern Heavenly Sect seem to not know any martial arts, he doesn't even have the basic knowledge for it. He is just wasting his time blacksmithing. While she is talking about this, Jin falls down as he is walking towards the door. He gets back up and continues as if nothing happened. He shouts out to her asking her what she is doing and asks her to come as she said she was hungry. At this, Ha-Seol shirks off her thoughts and jumps of the table she was crouching on top of and follows Jin. Ha-Seol and Jin sit down to eat and as Jin is getting some of the food, Ha-Seol tries to take the food in his hand but Jin quickly whisks it away. He then puts the food down on the table and they start eating.

Outside the Sect, a large group of people are approaching it, with a small girl and an older male and female leading the group. One of them says that this is the Northern Heavenly Sect.

## Character in Order of Appearance

* Sa-Ryung
* Eun Ha-Seol
* Seo Geum-Hyang*(Shown)*
* Tae Mu-Kang*(Shown)*
* Jin Mu-Won
* Shim Won-Lee*(Shown)*
* Shim Soo-Ah*(Shown)*
* Seo-Moon Hye Ryung*(Shown)*

## Locations in Order of Appearance

* Northern Heavenly Sect
* Home of Ten Thousand Spirits*(Shown)*

## Trivia

* In the translated chapters, a few different phrases and terms are used for the sword technique mentioned in the chapter, but all of them have the same Korean Hangul in the Raws so we have decided to use the term **Shadowed Blade of the End** to refer to it in the wiki.
* This is the first chapter that the Shadowed Blade of the End is mentioned.
* This is also the first chapter mentioning the principles behind the Gathering of Ten Thousand Shadows and its teachings and techniques.
* This is the first chapter showing the usage of techniques from Gathering of Ten Thousand Shadows.
* Internal energy and qi is mentioned and used for the first time in this chapter.

1. ↑ Sa-Ryung literally means Dead Spirit.