episode_0032

It can raise the dead.

Having encountered so many different miracles, I can now say that raising the dead was a bit confusing at first, but now I can just accept it.

The real problem is the evil spirits flowing out of the dead man’s body.

When someone just died quietly, they would stay still, but as soon as they touched a certain ‘golden object’, the person’s whole body would burn up in flames and they would die.

I tried to revive the dead, and it turned out that the person was under the influence of Cheonma’s magic.

question.

Wasn’t there any way to know in advance?

“That’s impossible.”

My question was answered by Geomseong.

“The Black Sheep Divine Art you speak of…the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, that’s an external law that even I don’t recognize.”

“Is that possible?”

“If I had known, I wouldn’t have brought them into our Moryong family, whether they were kidnappers or Yoo Ki-yeon.”

The blacksmith answered, throwing sparks at the two blazing coffins.

“It’s not that Cheonma is great. It’s Cheonma Shingong that is great.”

It is said that artisans are usually not picky about their tools, but it seems that the opposite is true for Cheonma.

“Even if a young child holds a knife and swings it, an adult will get cut by it. It is even more so if it is a knife with poison on it.”

“Is Cheonma a child?”

“Yeah.”

I had no way to refute the swordsman’s assertion.

I have no reason or obligation to refute that, but that’s actually what I thought too.

“If the person who had mastered the Heavenly Demon God’s Art to that extent was not the current Heavenly Demon but another being, I would have prepared myself to lose at least one arm.”

I would have won if I had won.

Although he has such great confidence in his victory, the question is how much damage he will suffer.

The current Cheonma was defeated by the Sword Saint without even being able to use a single bio-tech weapon.

“As you know, Cheonma is a self-willed being. It may be a bit strange to say this to a person, but even if he has low intelligence, he is still a very lacking being.”

“The ignorant are uselessly strong, and with that strong strength, they suppress all who come at them.”

Cheonma is not a normal human being.

He is by far the most abnormal of all people.

There were two factors that allowed Cheonma to start the Great Battle of Jeongma and throw the Central Plains into great chaos several decades ago.

One. The brains of the Demonic Cult worked hard to please Cheonma and manipulate him.

Just as a group of eunuchs would flatter and subtly manipulate a foolish king, the guardians of the Heavenly Horse cleverly manipulated the Heavenly Horse and led him in the direction they desired.

-I need to attack a certain sect, and I need the power of the Supreme Being.

-It is embarrassing to say what the head of a certain Sega family said, ‘Heavenly Horse can be defeated with one finger’…

In that way.

This is actually what I heard from my teacher.

Cheonma may be foolish, but his power alone was overwhelming.

To fill that foolishness, he tried to marry smart women from the Demonic Cult and mix his brute force with their intelligence.

He was indeed a man with many problems, but in the end he was defeated by the Black Sword.

If the Heavenly Horse is said to be the one who walks in the sky and encompasses all things, then the Sword Master is the one who is outside of the sky and is like a star in the night sky.

Now, it would not be strange to spit out blood and say, ‘How did the heavens give birth to the Heavenly Horse and the Black Star!’

“The Lion’s Resurrection. It’s a case that goes against the grain and overturns common sense, but that’s not really an important issue.”

Geomseong pointed to his own mouth, then to Mo Yongseol’s mouth and my mouth alternately.

“In the end, we don’t want to let anyone know about this until we die, and no one will go against the natural order and come back from the dead, and in the end, the world won’t know about this miracle.”

A secret to take to the grave.

A secret that should not be brought back to life carelessly, even if someone dies.

“Father, that.”

“Seol-ah. I know what you’re trying to say. But a dead person is a dead person.”

Even that secret, when I first thought of the possibility of that sword, I thought ‘maybe’, but in the end I gave up and made up my mind.

“The dead should not come back to life. How many people did Qin Shi Huang torment in search of the elixir of life? The entire Central Plains, no, everyone living in this world, will rush to get even a single drop of Shi Yiyuan’s blood.”

“…….”

“Just because you say it’s a drop of blood, if the Sapa group or the demonic cult found out about it, how much more hideous things would come to mind? Even you, Assemblyman Seok, would have things come to mind right now.”

“That’s right, my lord.”

For example, they would lock me in a basement somewhere and keep cutting off pieces of my flesh.

For example, you could cut me into pieces, eat me, and monopolize miracles so that they are no longer ‘shared’ in this world.

For example, you might lose your reasoning due to a demonic attack and be chained to a prison-like place, living your whole life in a large cauldron, boiling medicinal herbs.

If you said it was an ‘infinite medicine that regenerates over time’, everyone would want to treat it that way.

I say it is a medicinal herb because I am a member of the National Assembly. If I were a merchant, I would have called it a ‘money tree.’

in other words.

“We are not foolish like the devil, so even if there is a secret method of reversing the heavens like a lion’s rebirth, we can endure and hide it. It is the same for me and for you.”

If you raise the goose that lays golden eggs well without being greedy and cutting open its belly, it will produce golden eggs every day.

“But Cheonma is different.”

Cheonma is not only the one who cuts open the goose that lays the golden eggs, but also the one who puts the goose in a cauldron and boils it until it is cooked.

“Since the tricks he tried at his own level didn’t work, he will definitely try to trick us in another way.”

“Are you talking about that kind of low-quality scheme that the self-inspection question caused?”

“Yes. From our perspective, it is a very foolish plan, but for Cheonma, it is a plan he came up with after racking his brain.”

“…….”

Oh, is this even okay?

“The real problem is when a brain is attached to such a demon. And the brain that is most concerning.”

“What kind of brain are you talking about?”

“The many greedy people in Baekdo Murim.”

Baekdo.

They are not part of the Demonic Cult, nor are they called ‘Baekdo-pa’, which is an abbreviation for the evil sect.

“The old file room. The five great families except for Mo Yong. The various gray groups including Haomun. The new martial arts world. And…the government, the palace. There are already countless stories about the extreme yang pills for treating pulseless veins, so if it goes as far as ‘Lion’s Resurrection’, the future is obvious.”

Geomseong shook his head.

“Therefore, we plan to be more proactive than before.”

“Are you going to spiral?”

“Even if the truth spreads later and causes problems, I will not be greedy and treat Murong as an enemy, but rather, I will think of my grudge with Murong and pursue practical gains, and I will increase my allies so that I can make choices for peace in the martial arts world, not chaos in the martial arts world. The first is….”

“Are you a post-mortem?”

“Yeah.”

“Is it true that we have to hide the ‘method of raising the dead’ from the inspector as well?”

“That’s right.”

Geomseong nodded vigorously to my question.

“No matter how you deal with other things, you must hide the ‘resurrection of the dead’. The desire to overcome death…is something that exists fundamentally in all humans.”

I understand.

If Mo Yongseol were to die right now, I would sprinkle my blood on the spot or kiss him to revive him somehow.

“And one more.”

The blacksmith walked towards the blazing coffin, carrying a backpack on his back.

“Up until now, Assemblyman Seok, I have been talking about your response policy as a martial artist to the miracle you possess. From now on, I will talk about the head of an organization…or, you could call him a ‘head’.”

Somewhere, the black star is talking longer than usual.

“This is advice for those at the top of an organization, on how they should think and what kind of mindset they should have as many people’s lives depend on their choices.”

“…….”

Are you telling me to listen and take note?

Maybe for later.

And that may be directed at the theory of recruitment, but I also want to listen to it seriously.

“First of all, in the case of the martial arts world, especially Baekdo martial arts world, if you can get one of the leaders of the organization to your side, you will be able to get most of those below him to your side.”

“Are you saying that if it’s a sect, you should become friends with the head of the clan, and if it’s a family, you should become friends with the head of the clan?”

“To be more precise, the most ‘top’ person in that organization.”

The blacksmith pointed at himself.

“The best. The strongest.”

“I understand.”

“The best of the Murong Segae is me, Murong Cheon, and the best master of the Haedong Swordsmanship is Geomhuji. In this way, the strongest person in each school or family is often the representative of that organization.”

“Are there any cases where that isn’t the case?”

“Yeah. For example… there, places like volcanoes and shamans.”

Volcano faction and shaman faction.

Both are Taoist sects.

“For example, among those who are currently active, there is the Shaolin monk. He is the strongest martial artist in Shaolin, but he is not the chief monk.”

Just because you’re the strongest doesn’t mean you have the highest power ranking within the organization.

“In order to protect the Murong clan, Murong wants to recruit its strongest members.”

“Are you saying that you will listen to their wishes, just like you did to the inspector?”

“That’s right. For that…we should start from the closest place first.”

The Murong clan is in Liaodong.

“To the south is Pengga, and to the north is the Gwan-Hwanggung Palace.”

Among the closest martial arts forces, the one whose scale is comparable to that of Murong is the Hebei Peng Family.

Although it is an inviolable matter, it is also an issue that involves the imperial palace to some extent.

“I will prescribe a Extreme Yang Ji Hwan to the women of the palace and seek the cooperation of the palace. Can you prepare the Extreme Yang Ji Hwan?”

“Of course, my lord. But….”

I met Mo Yongseol’s eyes.

Since she also suffered from pericarditis, she was flustered because she knew about Habukpengga’s work.

“I know that Habukpengga officially has no patients with varicose veins, my lord.”

“Do you have an unofficial patient? The best swordsman in Pengga, [Sword Emperor]?”

“No. That’s not it. But…um.”

The blacksmith paused for a moment, then looked at me and slowly opened his mouth.

“Rep. Seok. You said your miracle was something that ‘comes true if you wish for it earnestly.’”

“Yes.”

“Then.”

Geomseong pointed his finger upward.

“……Can lush bushes grow in a wilderness that has lost its roots and burned down?”

“That.”

Even though I spoke indirectly as much as possible to be respectful to Do-hwang, a hero who lived in the same era as me and my senior.

“So, are you saying that a bald person can make hair grow?”

If you ask if a miracle of hair growth is possible.

“Uh, um. You’ll know when you try it, right?”

You’ll have to try it yourself to find out.

“If you can revive a dead person, why can’t you revive a dead hair root?”