episode_0460
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On a dark night, Qu Liqiu, head of Haomun’s Bonyang branch, was engrossed in paperwork in his study.
A typical writer, leaning on a single lamp and reviewing numerous documents while brushing against them. However, contrary to what he seemed, he was a master who had reached the peak of his skills. And ironically, that very fact was the reason why he was holding a brush and working in this spacious but crowded study.
Because Qu Liqiu was an extremely rare peak master among the numerous Hao Mun Dao, he was able to serve as the branch head of Bongyang. It was a success that was achieved thanks to the coincidence of Ilshin’s ability and greed.
Of course, cutting down the enemy and engaging in behind-the-scenes maneuvers suited Gok Richu’s temperament better. But at the same time, he was well aware that this kind of paperwork for managing the courtesans and fortune-tellers of Bongyang Street was essential to maintaining Haomun.
He might have considered distributing the work to trustworthy subordinates, but since he had no intention of sharing his power with them, it would have been better for him to be overworked every day. Even though my body was tired, my mind was at ease.
But today, he lost consciousness when he heard the wind blowing outside and the sound of the window shaking and the lamp in the study flickering.
Rattling~ rattling~
‘The wind is strong today.’
In the end, Gok Richu lost concentration and stood up, rubbing his Jeongmyeonghyeol.
Jump up!
As he opened the window, the night streets of Bongyang unfolded before him.
The lights on the street near the building where he was working on the paperwork had long ago been immersed in darkness. It was only natural that it was closer to daybreak now than to the city falling asleep.
But not all streets were asleep like this.
Qu Lichu turned his head and looked at another street a little further away.
There was Heuksi Street, which was still lit and lit at night.
“… … .”
There was no dazzling light or noisy atmosphere that kept the neighbors awake.
Even though it was doing business so openly, it was still a shadowy market in name. It was good not to give the coffin a corner to criticize. So even now, the upper part of Heuksi Alley was covered with a wide and thick cotton cloth. It was a structure used to block light, called an awning. In black vision, it is used to block internal light rather than sunlight.
Even with all that effort, lighting a light at night was bound to be noticeable, but sincerity was enough to be seen in the black poetry.
‘So I tried to cause a commotion… ‘
Gok Richu clicked his tongue briefly.
The Pungranghoe was wiped out, and the Black City seemed to be running as quietly as before, or rather more smoothly now that the disruptors who had periodically caused trouble were gone.
The Sapa bastards were so shocked when they saw that Pungranghoe had been swept away that they lowered themselves. In places where there was a minor conflict with the Danrisega, there were cases where people fled at night with their family assets.
It was a dissatisfying result for Gok Richu in many ways.
‘Useless guys… ‘
There was a contrast between the unlit street where he was and the dark, night-time scenery.
Gok Richu, who had been looking at the scenery for a while, closed the window tightly to prevent it from shaking.
‘If this plan had succeeded, it would have been worth aiming for Hao Wen-ju’s position… ‘
That was why I was distracted by a rattling noise that I normally wouldn’t have paid attention to, and had to concentrate on paperwork until dawn. All the hard work that had been done over the past few months to get one foot in the dark was all in vain.
That meant Qu Lichu’s ambitions for power and wealth met resistance.
In normal times, you might have thought, as always, ‘That noble and prestigious political faction won’t be interested in guys like us.’
However, Gok Richu was feeling a great sense of crisis from this one failure.
The reason was Dan Gi-gwang, the owner of Dan-ga, a newly born master of Hwa-gyeong from Dan-ri Sega.
Even if all the Danrisega masters had been fine, if the family head had not reached the level of Hwagyeong, they could have waited for a new opportunity.
However, he was a master of flower painting. It was not a floating state like the prefectures of luxury. The strongest state that exists in the current martial arts world. Hwagyeong was at a point where he could destroy any sect with his blood and blood alone.
So time was not on Qu Lichu’s side.
It was clear that as time passed and Dan Gi-gwang regained his status, Dan Ri-sega’s influence on Heuksi and Bongyang would become greater and stronger.
Perhaps there would be no properly established temple like the royal monument of the Namgung family below Bongyang.
It was clear that they would not reach such a situation as long as there was a black eye, but the important thing was that their fate depended on Danrisega’s decision.
Qu Lichu, who felt as if a heavy stone had been placed on his chest, approached the safe in the study and took out the box contained therein.
‘… Still, I’m glad I have this.’
When I opened the wooden box, cold air poured out. It was so cold that it felt like my lungs would freeze just by breathing close to it. Although it was a wooden box that had been specially treated to block out cold, the hand holding it still felt cold.
Inside such a wooden box was transparent, bead-shaped ice.
It was Naedan.
Inside the bodies of some spirit creatures, there is a Dan (丹) that stores natural energy. It was called Naedan.
The elixirs that Minho consumed, such as Cheongundan and Geumbaek Jukryeok, were made by craftsmen and were elixirs that raised basic energy and gave stable properties. Because direct intake of spirit herbs or spirits can act as a serious poison to the human body, they were processed into the form of herbal medicine or decoction.
In contrast, Naedan itself is a stable substance that existed inside spiritual objects. It could be seen as a kind of natural herbal medicine.
It was difficult to say which was better between the inner altar of spirit creatures and the human elixir. It was said that some of the newly created elixirs were often inferior to the average elixir, and that some of the elixirs that had survived for a long time were superior to the Shaolin Daehwandan, which was considered the best elixir.
There were rumors that one could achieve immortality by eating the inner tablet of the legendary spirit creature, but of course nothing was proven. This meant that it was difficult to distinguish between each other’s superiority and inferiority.
However, Naedan is something that existed inside the spirit being. Basically, most spirit creatures have energy that is biased to one side depending on the environment they live in and the food they eat.
So, unlike elixirs with balance, Naedan’s energy often had specific characteristics.
The same goes for the inner dan that Gokrichu took out.
This is the inner tier of Hancheon Bird (寒天鳥).
Qu Lichu heard that Han Tianzha was a huge bird with ice wings that lived in the northern world. I also heard that Han Cheon-jo, a mysterious bird whose feathers are made of ice crystals, is a spirit creature that can create a snowstorm with a simple flap of its wings.
The story seemed like a lie and was hard to believe, but the important thing to Gok Richu was that the energy contained within Naedan was real.
‘It’s okay because I got this. It’s an achievement beyond imagination.’
Han Cheon-jo’s inner altar is a stolen item that Pungranghoe was able to secretly take out before it flowed into the dark city thanks to the distraction of the Danrisegae’s gaze.
Stolen goods taken by a Mundo belonging to Gak, who was in charge of porter, secretly poisoning the previous owner.
If the energy contained in Naedan had not been the extreme cold, and if it had been the type of Needan that he could properly absorb by eating, he might have kicked off Branch Manager Bongyang Hao Mun’s position and fled.
Even if I had to throw away everything else and only take care of Naedan, I didn’t know how to melt this well and be able to glimpse the state of transcendence.
Wouldn’t it be more effective for a warrior who has learned ice ball than Daehwandan? The energy contained within Naedan was of such enormous magnitude. However, it was not accurate because it was Gok Richu’s guess as he had never actually seen the summoning group, let alone the Daehwandan.
Gok Richu soon closed the lid of the wooden box again with eyes dripping with regret.
‘I have to use this right away… ‘
Although it was a very unfortunate thing for him, it was something that could not be helped.
It was absolutely necessary to keep in check the Danrisegae, who had become a master of Hwagyeong.
‘If we make good use of this inner circle, we may be able to involve Binggong’s master in the battle for control of Bongyang.’
He was planning to invite a new school of thought to this inner altar.
Due to the nature of the ability to gradually break down the opponent with the chill that penetrates the inside as the attack and defense are exchanged, there were not without Safa people who had learned the ice attack. This is because it could be used as a kind of poisonous attack in battle. The term “cold poison” did not exist for nothing.
If we could only invite ice ball experts who were at the peak, or rather at the peak, it might be possible to keep Danli’s price in check to some extent, although not as much as before.
‘The problem is that the most famous ice ball expert is a member of the Demonic Cult, but… ‘
Qu Lichu shook his head and shook off the useless thoughts.
However, the moment he put the wooden box back into the safe, Qu Lichu’s keen senses detected a strange energy. It was a strange thing that could be sensed because he did not fully trust even his subordinates. Maybe it was because I was nervous for a moment because of the internal dance.
Without taking his eyes off the safe, Qu Lichu slightly raised his hand and grabbed the lantern next to him. Because of his hand covering the lampshade, half of the study was instantly immersed in darkness. He quickly removed his hand again.
The lamp, whose position had changed slightly due to being touched by hand, created a different shadow inside the study than before.
Slurp~
And Gok Richu could belatedly see a figure hiding awkwardly in another shadow.
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