At some point, he lost a match against Gong Ilhyuk due to foul play. A month after that, Leepoong followed his master, the hall leaders and sect leader, suddenly gathered to see the grandmaster. They searched all over Mount Hua, and were only able to reach the grandmaster's place after breaking 10 battle formation arrays. There they saw Mae Jonghak raising his grandson and witnessed Cheongpung perform the plum blossom sword technique at the mere age of 10. After training for more than a month, he realized that he had no reason to stay anymore and left the sect.[2] He passed the military exam and worked himself up to become an associate commander through his own merits.[3] After 10 years, he became an associate commander in Shanxi,[1] where he is in charge of training the soldiers stationed there.[4] He has spent some time in isolated training in the mountains.[1]
