Dokmaeuiseon - Chapter 82

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Chapter 82

 

 

Blood Life Sword. He, who was Ju Tae-gong’s son, was looking at him.

His eyes were filled with dissatisfaction.

 

“Isn’t that good? It seems like Hye-a will finally be treated, doesn’t it?”

 

Even at Ju Tae-gong’s words, calling her by her pet name, his expression didn’t change.

 

“Even so, how could you send her without getting permission from me, her father?”

“Huh…!”

 

He seemed quite disappointed that he had sent Ju In-hye away like that.

Well, they hadn’t even been able to exchange proper greetings. It wasn’t unreasonable.

Even though he wouldn’t be unaware of him.

Ju Tae-gong instead scolded him.

 

“Then would you not send her? That child needs to be treated. Where else has there been someone who treated her this much?”

“Treatment? That’s good with me too.”

 

She was a daughter so precious she wouldn’t hurt even if put in his eyes.

More than anyone, he wished for his daughter’s complete recovery.

If only she could be treated, he could do anything.

It’s just that there was something that bothered him.

…

“Instead, if she follows that man, couldn’t they start moving?”

“They…”

“What will you do if they move?”

“Those bastards would have moved anyway. They’re the ones who go around grumbling that this Jusan Archipelago is too small… It’s about time they headed outside.”

 

Referring to them, Ju Tae-gong was talking about the people of the archipelago.

At this, Blood Life Sword frowned deeply.

 

“Hah. Father, don’t beat around the bush. You know I’m not talking about the archipelago people, don’t you?”

“Then?”

 

Even though he wouldn’t be unaware of him, Ju Tae-gong had been pretending not to know anything.

Frustrated by this, Blood Life Sword asked directly.

 

“Won’t those who destroyed Jeonjin also move?”

“Hmm. They would.”

“My goodness. You answer so heartlessly.”

“Then should I deny it?”

“If you know… don’t you also know what will happen afterward?”

“What?”

“Why do you keep being so frustratingly evasive? You’re such a wise person. In-hye could be in danger.”

“Danger? Hehehe. Do you really see it that way?”

“Isn’t that so?”

“When I sent Hye-a to that Physician, I didn’t tell him everything either.”

“I know.”

 

Ju Tae-gong had hidden part of the truth.

Botamun helped establish the branch office? They did help.

However, they didn’t help willingly.

Only after the Botamun Sect Leader was defeated did they allow the establishment of Jeonjin’s branch office.

Unlike the fact that a branch office was established, the relationship hidden within it wasn’t very good.

If even they knew that Jeonjin’s connections were continuing from the outside, they would immediately start causing trouble.

 

‘Now that Botamun has also become quite weak, it probably doesn’t matter much anyway…’

 

This was also a hidden truth.

Also, he had told Jung Myeong as if no branch offices of the Quanzhen Sect remained at all.

 

“Even if things go wrong, there won’t be any harm that reaches us.”

“Huh? Is that so?”

“They don’t know that we are descendants of the survivors who lived. They just think we’re gatekeepers.”

 

He hadn’t mentioned that they were descendants of the Quanzhen Sect that was first established here.

He had just acted as if he were an outer disciple who had received a few scraps of teachings.

The truth was that he was one of the few survivors, not an outer disciple, but he had hidden that.

However, hearing this, Blood Life Sword suppressed a bitter laugh.

 

“Couldn’t he notice?”

“Not at all!”

“They’re not fools either. No, starting with the Physician who received this information, he’s clever. You know that, don’t you?”

 

It was because he knew that what Ju Tae-gong was saying was just covering his eyes and pretending.

How could Ju Tae-gong not know this too?

Knowing that his father was more clever than himself, Blood Life Sword was even more frustrated.

Even so, Ju Tae-gong only smiled faintly.

 

“Even if he notices, it doesn’t matter.”

“Even if he notices?”

“Yes. How long will we keep hiding and living like this?”

“…”

 

Then Ju Tae-gong suddenly struck at Blood Life Sword’s resentment.

 

“I’m already old and decrepit, so it doesn’t matter to me. But what about In-hye and you? How long will you live like that? Do you like it?”

“Do you think I did it because I liked it?”

 

He had called Jung Myeong from Hangzhou a foreigner.

But they too were essentially no different from foreigners.

Although they had already settled in this Jusan Archipelago for several generations, their hometown was far away in the Central Plains.

They remained only because they couldn’t go even though they wanted to.

How could he stir up that resentment?

 

“We’re only staying because we have no other choice!”

 

Blood Life Sword beat his chest as if frustrated.

Even so, Ju Tae-gong’s smile did not disappear.

 

“Heh. It seems that choice is arising this time?”

“Huh. This is someone I’ve seen for the first time today. And yet you bet on him?”

“My intuition told me so. This old man’s intuition!”

“…Huh, really.”

 

Blood Life Sword found this situation utterly difficult to understand.

To send away his young daughter now, using the money pouch as an excuse.

To place hope on a single meeting.

There wasn’t a single proper basis for any of it.

 

‘Unless Father has gone senile…’

 

He couldn’t understand at all what Father had seen to make such a choice.

But he couldn’t simply dismiss it either.

He knew better than anyone that his aged father’s insight surpassed the ordinary.

 

‘I don’t know what you saw. It’s completely incomprehensible.’

 

However, the deed was already long done.

He had no choice but to trust the wisdom of his father, who had survived countless crises within the Jusan Archipelago.

It was thanks to his father that the clan had been able to survive until now.

He had no choice but to believe.

 

‘I don’t know yet, but I’ll understand later. But…’

 

Even so, until the very end, the sense of crisis did not disappear.

As a father, he was worried about his daughter.

Blood Life Sword spoke of this without hiding it.

 

“Let’s say that man somehow manages to pull it off.”

“Then that’s fine, what’s the problem.”

“Haven’t you considered that Inhye might be in danger during that process? Unlike in the archipelago, they’re free to act in the inland.”

“I know. It will be dangerous.”

 

Ju Tae-gong readily acknowledged this.

 

“And yet you still… You should have at least sent her with a time delay…!”

“She had to go right away. That’s how it had to be. Considering that child’s ability, don’t you know it had to be as soon as possible.”

“…”

“That’s what Divine Power is like. Divine Power. Isn’t it a force that devours those who possess that ability? We had to make her move as quickly as possible. You know? There isn’t much time left.”

 

How could he not know that ‘much time’ referred to her lifespan.

 

“Tsk… Even so, I’m still worried.”

 

Blood Life Sword spoke grumpily for no reason.

Ju Tae-gong received his words well, then suddenly struck at the core again.

 

“Then why don’t you go out yourself? Unlike me, there are many who wouldn’t recognize you. If you just abandon the alias Blood Life Sword, you could go out. To the inland.”

 

He told him to go out as well.

To the inland, to foreign lands.

To that place they called the outside, but always wanted to return to.

 

“What? You mean abandon the alias Blood Life Sword and live in hiding for the rest of my life?”

“Are you proud of that alias?”

“…”

“Tsk. Is there any need to forcibly cling to something so meaningless.”

“In its own way, that’s a valid point, but…”

“So you don’t want to?”

“Don’t want to? It’s the inland I’ve wanted to see my whole life. When I said I wanted to go, you wouldn’t even allow it, and now you’re telling me to go – that’s what’s funny!”

 

Going to the inland.

It was Blood Life Sword’s lifelong wish.

No matter how much he begged, Father wouldn’t grant it.

Who would have thought he’d suddenly give permission so casually.

 

“The timing has changed, that’s why.”

“My goodness. Do you like that fellow so much?”

“Quiet, you fool! If you’re worried about Hye-a, you can go too, can’t you?”

“There, being unreasonable because you have nothing to say.”

“Heh… So you won’t go?”

“…”

 

At this unexpected turn, Blood Life Sword closed his mouth.

As if knowing Blood Life Sword’s inner thoughts completely, Ju Tae-gong clicked his tongue and said.

 

“Your mind is already made up. You know what comes before that, right?”

“You mean to clean up here first?”

 

Even if he were to go, he had to finish what he was doing first.

The current situation in the archipelago was more precarious than it appeared.

If Blood Life Sword left without settling this, things would become complicated later.

He was telling him to clean that up.

 

“Heh. Now your head is working. That’s right. This old father can’t go around getting blood on his hands.”

“You were flying around energetically when catching Blood Hand Dog.”

“You fool!”

“My goodness. Wait. I understand. I understand.”

“Heh heh. You thought well. The more urgent it is, the more you have to take the long way around, isn’t that right? Let’s slowly clean up the archipelago first.”

“Ha, really.”

 

Perhaps children, even when they age, can only be children before their parents.

Despite being middle-aged, Blood Life Sword expressed his dissatisfaction for no reason.

Even so, he didn’t forget what he had to do.

 

“Once I clean up the archipelago, I’ll go. To the inland.”

“Yes. Go ahead. A hundred times, a thousand times, go as you please!”

“Tsk.”

 

He immediately moved into action.

His direction was toward the archipelago, not Hangzhou.

How could Ju Tae-gong not know that his purpose was to unite the various forces in the archipelago.

 

‘I’ll handle organizing the archipelago, so you move as you see fit on your end.’

 

He threw these words that would receive no answer to someone, and then.

 

“You brat! Are you abandoning your father and leaving? Let’s go together!”

“Hmph. If you’re coming, then hurry up!”

“What did you say, you brat?”

“Just hurry up and come. If you’re late, I’ll leave you behind!”

 

He followed behind his son who silently quickened his pace.

 

 

* * *

 

 

‘Who would have thought a chance encounter would lead to this.’

 

The Alchemy Method he found in a corner of a bookshelf during a chance visit.

Jung Myeong was also aware that the moment he learned it, some deep connection had reached him.

That he would somehow become entangled.

 

‘Yet it remained quiet for quite some time.’

 

That’s why he didn’t know it would happen this way.

Suddenly Yeo Eun-so came looking for him.

While traveling with her, he was able to obtain the Quanzhen Secret Arts.

And immediately after that, he would encounter traces of the Quanzhen Sect.

In the midst of it all, even Ju In-hye with her divine power joined them.

 

‘Come to think of it, things have become very complicated.’

 

Quite a lot became entangled in an instant.

His connection with the Quanzhen Sect had overlapped multiple times.

Whether his connection with them was coincidence or inevitability.

 

‘I still can’t tell.’

 

He knows nothing.

It’s still impossible to know.

However, there’s one thing he has no choice but to acknowledge.

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