episode_0459

*** ***

“Guun Jeonjang of Honam wants to fund our school.”

“Wu Dok-wen of Yunnan has expressed his intention to cooperate.”

“The number of followers of the religion is increasing, centered around Gangseo.”

Heoljon, who heard the blood people’s report, nodded.

In the end, Moorim returns to the logic of power.

Since it was a blood religion that had the upper hand over the Murim Alliance, to which not only the nine factions and the five major clans, but also the major clans of the world belonged, and was showing its power throughout the world, it was natural that many people wanted to join hands.

The blood religion, which was lacking in everything except the power of being a spiritual entity, was now quickly becoming a huge power.

Hyeoljon looked down in front of him with a satisfied gaze.

As if to prove his growing power, numerous reports were piled up on his desk.

The reports piled up before my eyes were all information about the martial arts group sent by friendly forces.

What was the weakest point of the blood religion as an organization?

It was just information.

This was because the blood religion was still classified as martial arts and the blood people who learned the martial arts of the blood religion had a very clear extroverted characteristic called blood eye, so it was impossible to form an information network at all.

Therefore, Hyeoljon could not help but smile in satisfaction at the wealth of information sent by the forces that joined hands, or those that wanted to join hands.

You can know not only the movements of the Murim Alliance forces but also the martial arts situation from one sitting.

Compared to the past, where information had to be gathered piece by piece through rumors floating around on the streets for a lifetime and by dispatching insufficient blood relatives, it was truly a complete disaster.

Abundant information brought about by the enormous power of spirit creatures.

Based on such abundant information, it was possible to identify and eliminate variables that could become obstacles to the blood religion’s ability to dominate the world. If this is not a virtuous cycle, what is it?

Blood Zone, who was ordering a new operation based on the analyzed information, suddenly realized something strange.

News is pouring in about all the powers and successful candidates in the world, so why is there no mention of Oh Seong-jin?

No matter how arbitrarily one moves, it is normal for traces to be revealed.

“Is there any news about Hocheon-an?”

The blood people who were helping the blood zone to analyze information raised their heads and looked at each other.

“I haven’t heard anything.”

“Me too…”

“…Tsk.”

Hyeolzon soon realized how the situation was going.

From the perspective of a blood religion alliance, how should Hocheonan be treated? Ho Cheon-an is hostile to the blood religion, but the head of the blood religion, Hyeol-jon, dismisses Ho Cheon-an’s actions as immature rebellion and mentions the position of successor.

The relationship between Hyeongyo and Hocheonan is in an unpredictable situation. But what if you provide information about Hocheonan for no reason and Hocheonan later becomes the successor to the blood religion?

This may result in a feud with the successor of the blood religion.

The purpose of other forces providing information to the blood religion is to gain the blood religion’s favor. However, rather than incur a grudge by getting involved in the clearly messy relationship between Ho Cheon-an and blood relatives, he did not even convey the issue regarding Ho Cheon-an.

As the information released to isolate Hocheonan and cause confusion in the Murim Alliance reached the ears of other forces, something unexpected happened.

“Shall we find out now?”

“So that it is.”

“Honorable name!”

Hyeoljon thought about Hocheonan.

It’s been about two months since there was any news.

It was enough time to plan something, but the situation surrounding Hocheonan was not good.

He was kicked out of the Murim Alliance like a kite that lost its strings, and there were rumors going around that were fatal to his credibility, so things probably didn’t go as planned.

‘It would be okay if we could figure out his whereabouts even now.’

Hyeolzon dismissed his worries and turned his attention back to the documents.

The matter regarding Hocheonan was not a trivial matter, but there were more than one matter that had higher priority at the moment.

When I started to figure out the direction of Hocheonan that I had missed in the blood religion.

Hocheonan was in full swing preparing to teach the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

*** ***

“Hmm. Is it this guy?”

Squeak!

Seogong always hid in the raincoat carriage to avoid suspicions that he was related by blood or blood religion, but now there was no need to do that anymore.

Now there is no one in the martial arts world who does not know about my blood relationship.

Seo Gong was doing well in the narrow carriage, but it was not at ease to keep him confined in the carriage, as he was actively moving around the mountains and fields.

So, since he was already a guest of Wi Seo-ryeon, he decided to just release Seo-gong.

Wei Seo-ryeon seemed to be curious about Seo-gong.

And Seo Gong, who was not very pleased with Wei Seo-ryeon’s attention, was hanging on Hyeok Kirin’s back and trembling.

“Umm.”

I thought for a moment as I looked at Seo-gong, who was lowering his head to avoid Wei Seo-ryeon’s gaze.

What can I say? I didn’t have failure in mind, but looking back at Wei Ji-cheon’s reaction, I realized that Wei Ji-cheon could only guess what would happen in the process of learning the Heavenly Demon Divine Technique, but did not fully anticipate it.

So, regardless of whether I succeed or not, the possibility of me possessing the Black Dragon is not entirely out of the question.

When that thought occurred to me, I slowly lifted Seo Gong, which was hanging on Hyeok Kirin’s back, and approached Wei Seo-ryeon.

Snap? Snap!

Seogong, who was dazed for a moment, wrapped his tail around my arm and tightened it. If Seogong were a person, he would say, ‘What are you doing, you bastard? It was as if he had shouted, ‘This is betrayal, betrayal!’

It’s a shame, but considering the unexpected situation, it wasn’t a bad thing for Seogong to adapt to the Black Dragon Period.

“Hoo.”

Wei Seo-ryeon stretched out her hand toward Seo Gong without hesitation. Seo Gong urgently raised his tail to try to block Wei Seo-ryeon’s hand, but there was no strength in his trembling tail, so Wei Seo-ryeon lightly moved Seo Gong’s tail away and went in and grabbed his head.

…This is an execution move that makes anyone want to explode their head.

Seeing Seogong’s body trembling, I hurriedly opened my mouth.

“The way you touch is a bit…”

“Oh? iced coffee. I see.”

Wei Shu-lian made a wistful expression as if he was reliving a distant memory, and instead of making dynamic execution movements, he simply stretched out his palm and rubbed the top of Xu Gong’s head.

As the careful stroking continued, Seogong seemed to relax little by little, and his stiff body gradually began to relax.

“Warm and soft.”

“Have you never raised a pet?”

“I can’t remember the last time I touched an animal with my own hands.”

It was a question I asked without thinking, but an answer that was heavier than I expected came out.

“Some animals won’t even touch them, but they go crazy just by me getting close to them.”

“…I see.”

“Hmm. In that sense, this guy is definitely a spirit creature. Cute thing.”

A rare bright smile appeared on Wei Seo-ryeon’s face.

“I want to give this guy a snack. What do you eat for a living?”

“This is Yeongcho.”

“This guy has expensive food.”

Saying that, Wei Seolyeon opened the storehouse of the Heavenly Demon God Church without hesitation. There were all kinds of herbs lined up, and the scent they gave off made me feel like I had swallowed a peppermint candy while standing around.

“Eat.”

Even though he felt much more comfortable than before, Seo Gong still looked at Wei Seo-ryeon with fearful eyes and had no choice but to take one of the herbs.

Seo Gong picked up the spirit herb in Wei Seo-ryeon’s hand, chewed it into small pieces, and stored it in his cheek pocket.

The only thing he ate was because Wi Seo-ryeon noticed him, so he forced himself to eat it.

He ate a lot to replenish his lost energy, because Seogong was a news-gatherer by nature.

However, in Wei Seo-ryeon’s eyes, Seo-gong seemed to be expressing gratitude and eating happily.

Wi Seo-ryeon continues to offer Yeongcho with a happy smile.

Seo Gong cried at Wei Seo-ryeon’s uncoerced coercion and continued to store the herbal medicine in his cheek pocket.

“You look even cuter when your cheeks become chubby.”

Take a picture? Squeak! Snap!

I’m not sure what he wants to say, but I do know that he’s desperate to please Wei Seo-ryeon.

Wi Seo-ryeon poking his cheek and Seo Gong flinching.

Occasionally, I would get a look of resentment from Seo-gong, asking why he didn’t save me, but I decided to leave it alone for a while since it was the first time I had seen Wei Seo-ryeon like him so much.

Wi Seo-ryeon, who had been playing(?) with Seo-gong for a while, released Seo-gong.

Seo Gong immediately runs away and sticks by Tang So-yeol’s side. Tang Xiaoyeol curled his tail around the chair he was sitting on and sighed with puffy cheeks.

Dang So-yeol silently scratched the boy’s head with a cigarette but only then did Seo-gong lie down on the floor, as if relieved.

Wei Seo-ryeon stared at Seo-gong’s appearance in silence and then opened her mouth.

“Tomorrow.”

“Yes.”

All ceremonies for succession to the Heavenly Demon God have been completed.

All that remains is tomorrow’s decision.

The faces of the companions, who had been trying to maintain a calm expression, changed. Hyeok Kirin, who seems to be distraught, picks up Seogong and strokes him. Yeo Il-ye is trying hard to show me a firm expression. A black cat with a strange expression. Mo Yong Yeon Hwa looks at me with a worried expression and Dok Go I Seol nods at me with a tense face.

And even Dang So-yeol, who doesn’t know what he’s thinking, and Dang Do-yeon, who laughs lightly.

Although the expressions were different.

They all seemed to have the same desire to cheer me up and give me strength in their own way.

“It’s already night. Just make sure you are ready to face tomorrow.”

It had only been a little while since dinner, so there was still a long time left until nightfall. Wi Seo-ryeon said those words as she got up.

Well, I guess this is Wi Seo-ryeon’s own way of cheering.

“Now, let’s give our senior some rest.”

“See you tomorrow. Silver ball. Take good care of yourself.”

I neatly parted ways with my companions and returned to my room.

“Phew.”

After that, I ordered some water, carefully cleaned myself, dried my body, and lay down on the bed.

As I was enjoying the texture of the Socheonma VIP bed, which satisfied even my senses that had become needlessly sensitive as I became an expert, I naturally felt at ease.

I once again felt grateful to my companions.

In fact, from the perspective of my companions, I will seem like a person who is about to commit suicide. Well, actually, it’s like that.

Because there is no change in the fact that if you fail to inherit the Heavenly Demon Divine Skill, you will die.

So, he probably wanted to shake off the lingering regrets that remained in his heart. You may want to say something you have always wanted to say, or at least you may want to be held in your arms or kissed.

hmm.

Come to think of it, maybe it wasn’t that bad?

It may not have been bad, but the composure I maintained before and after arriving at the Heavenly Demon Church may have been broken.

Strong emotions can even move other people’s emotions.

In the end, my companions were considerate of me until the very end.

After rolling around, I got up and started eating breakfast.

Ugh.

Always check every nook and cranny of your body with your noisy brain ring as if cleaning. Somehow, today, the hum of the cerebral cortex sounds like the sound of a vacuum cleaner motor running, making me feel like I’m cleaning more.

Although I was doing a housecleaning, my mind was still calm.

However, that silence could not be maintained through my own efforts.

It was just that many factors came together and my heart stopped shaking.

I just got lucky.

Appreciation of the current situation.

Curiosity about the unknown origin of the Heavenly Demon Divine Technique.

The people who worked hard and sweated with me.

Thoughts of my parents and grandfather, and even anger towards my blood relatives.

In fact, it was only in a situation where all emotions and situations were exquisitely aligned and the shaking of the mind stopped that I was able to challenge the Heavenly Demon Divine Gong.

If one day, I wanted to have the same mindset as now, no matter what I did, it would have been impossible to have an unwavering mind like I have now.

This moment of peace of mind is something that anyone living their life will be able to experience someday.

It must have been fortunate that that moment came before an important exam.

I was grateful for the luck that had arrived and even gently wiped away the veins at the extremities. I didn’t neglect my energy, but my body was full of various energies.

As I practiced my training skills every single day, the energy of my companions was building up without me knowing it.

Instead of chasing the energy of my companions out of my body, I organized it one by one.

I didn’t know if it would interfere with the transmission of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, but I just wanted to do it.

Instead, when they discovered the remnants of the Black Dragon, they rushed in and chased them away.

When I opened my eyes after a satisfyingly clean breakfast, the sun was already high in the sky.

“Oh….”

Oh my goodness, the succession ceremony was supposed to start this morning, but what happened?

When I quickly got up, the warriors from Cheonmajeon were waiting for me in silence.

Did he postpone his schedule and wait for me to be ready?

It wasn’t just Cheonmajeon’s warrior who was waiting in silence.

On the way from Wijicheon’s lodgings to the place of inheritance, many church members were silently waiting for me to come out.

….You made this many people wait?

A burst of laughter came out.

Perhaps because of the long wait, the church members’ gazes were slightly fierce. Well…actually, from the church members’ point of view, what does it matter whether I challenge the Heavenly Demon Divine Gong or not? To put it bluntly, I was just an outsider to the church members, and because of that person, I had to stand there for several hours without being able to say a word, so it would be irritating.

I felt a sense of déjà vu from those church members’ gazes.

Since it was an important event for the church, the atmosphere of not being able to show their dissatisfaction openly and secretly showing angry eyes was somehow similar to the Sichuan people who treated the Sichuan monks in Sichuan Province.

The atmosphere was the same, where people wanted to swear but only gave hostile gazes out of fear of being harmed by the Sichuan ronin.

Suddenly, I remembered my days as a Sichuan ninja.

With the fragile body of a second-rate warrior who flies when the wind blows, I wandered through the back alleys of Sichuan Province, relying only on the Poongdun Agari technique.

When I remembered that memory, I suddenly opened my mouth.

“Seng.”

When I opened my mouth, I felt all the members of the Demonic Cult prick up their ears.

“U.”

I felt it for a moment.

A question mark clearly appeared in the minds of everyone who heard me.

And at the same time, I felt that the brightness index in my heart was shattering. And it was a pleasure to fill the messed up landscape of my mind.

Okay, this is it.

I was a ciderpath.

I was a little bit impatient because I couldn’t repay those stares.

So, in Sichuan Province, where I went to live quietly while maintaining a reputation score of 0, I lived in chaos even after becoming a Sichuan nerd with black lips.

What kind of Myeonggyeong index is freezing to death?

The reason I felt at ease was because the burden in my heart was so full that it bound me to the point where I could no longer move.

Even though I was lying down with my whole body tightly confined, I was lying down, so it had to be comfortable.

Now my whole body feels lighter.

As I felt the silent commotion of the members of the Church of the Heavenly Demon, I had a meaningless thought. Now that I think about it, does English exist in this world of martial arts? The map only shows Asia, but I don’t know if there are European countries or the UK.

Well, wouldn’t it be a big deal if the members of the Heavenly Demon Church found out what I meant by what I shouted at this important moment?

It would be like changing the nickname of Noegeomnangin to Gwanggeomnangin.

It’s a byeolho that seems stronger in many ways, so maybe it’s okay?

As I thought about this, I felt the burden in my heart breaking into pieces and disappearing.

It wasn’t luck that I kept my opponent.

It seems that he was lucky that he was late because he was under a lot of pressure and overindulged in fortune-telling.

So, on this important day, is it normal for someone who is paying close attention to be late by oversleeping?

I was just falling into self-hypnosis.

While I was reflecting on those thoughts, I arrived at the secret location of the Heavenly Demon Church.

The stream was full of people.

Are they the leading figures of the Heavenly Demon Church? There were many warriors with truly extraordinary prayers.

Wei Seo-ryeon and her companions were also waiting for me at Bicheo.

“Hey~ Sorry for being late.”

There were more than one warrior who frowned, perhaps because they showed a lack of seriousness, but it didn’t really bother me.

On the other hand, Heukmyo, Yeo Il-ye, and Hyuk Kirin opened their eyes wide.

It’s surprising that my behavior has suddenly gone back to the days when I was a Sichuan girl.

However, even for a moment of surprise, smiles appeared on the faces of the three people.

“Senior!”

The black cat caught me as I was about to enter the dojo where Wijicheon and the secret service of the Heavenly Demon God were waiting.

Then he held out his hand with his thumb raised.

Did you still remember the thumbs up?

“What are you doing?”

As the black cat cheered, the other party members followed suit without knowing why. As I looked at the thumbs up side by side with a confused face, I burst into laughter.

What a cute cheer.

I opened the door to the dojo, feeling as if every crumb in my heart had disappeared.

There, just like during the Jeongcheol period, there was a dark colored desk and cushions. And Wi Ji-cheon was waiting for me, holding a book with a blank title.

I sat down in my seat.

Wi Ji-cheon raised his brush and asked.

“Are you ready?”

“No.”

Wijicheon looked at me coldly as if asking what I was talking about. I grinned at that sight.

“Still, I will challenge the Heavenly Demon Godkong.”

“Then it’s good.”

Wi Ji-cheon picked up the brush.

“I will begin the succession of the Heavenly Demon God.”

As the letters ‘Cheonma Shingong’ were completed little by little, a black energy rose from the secret book.

“There is only one thing the successor must do. Overcome the black dragon that resides within the laws of the Heavenly Demon God and win the laws of the star.”

Tsuzzz!!

The black dragon energy so strong that it felt as if the secret book was on fire wrapped around the Heavenly Demon God’s secret book.

And Wi Ji-cheon put down the letter of emergency in front of me with an expression that was no different from when he was Jeong-cheol, and then slowly left the dojo, just like when he was Jeong-cheol.

However, it is different from then.

All he did was turn around and leave a comment before closing the door.

“Good luck.”

I had already had my luck, but there was no harm in coming again, so I just nodded. Wi Ji-cheon closed the door and left without saying a word.

And with that, I placed my hand on the secret book of the Heavenly Demon God.

I felt the Black Dragon Qi starting to wrap around my hand.

Palak.

Without hesitation, I opened the first page of the emergency book.

[What is martial arts?]

[It is a technology that seeks to embody the principles of the universe in the human body and mind.]

[I hope that future generations will understand this principle.]

[I leave the techniques I understand and what I have learned in this class.]

[But, Yeonja, do not forget.]

[Even if you realize all the principles contained in this secret, you are still human.]

[What sustains humans is fate.]

Just reading the chapter, I felt the black dragon energy cover my body. But it didn’t invade my body.

In the end, it means that the chief is just the chief, and not the Heavenly Demon Godkong itself.

Now, as soon as I turn the next page, this black dragon will penetrate my body and I will have a fight with the black dragon.

Therefore, I turned to the next chapter without hesitation.

There was no reason to take any more time, and there was no need to hesitate now.

And that moment.

My vision went black.