I Decided to Give the Contract to the Male Vassal - Chapter 80

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Chapter 80

After meeting at Cheonyang Palace, Yeo Gyeong-o had noticed the relationship between me and Wicheonso.

Me, who decided to use the Demonic Sect for ‘Chung-rin’s’ revenge.

Wicheonso, who decided to stand tall to survive in the Demonic Sect.

He knew that we had joined hands only because our goals aligned, and that we weren’t truly husband and wife.

That’s why he was saying it was even more dangerous.

“I know. It’s something that requires going outside Cheonsan, and I called you because I can’t do it without you. There’s no other intention.”

“Do you think the Third Prince and others will think the same?”

“It should be fine as long as we don’t catch other people’s attention. You can make that happen, can’t you?”

Hearing my answer, Yeo Gyeong-o let out a hollow laugh.

If he had looked dignified like an immortal during his days as Chomundan Leader, now he looked rough like a wild horse.

“You have an unexpectedly shameless personality.”

Just like when he had left a mark on me, he lightly brought his hand to my forehead.

A light breeze like a gentle wind passed over my forehead.

Something cold seeped into my skin and brushed against my pressure points.

“It’s an Illusion Mark. While you’re with me, you won’t leave an impression on others.”

It seemed to be a mystical formation technique that would make my appearance faint so I wouldn’t stand out.

“I heard Chomundan has many practical mystical formation techniques, and something like this would certainly be helpful. Thank you.”

When I expressed my gratitude to Yeo Gyeong-o, he slightly frowned.

“Now there won’t be any strange rumors, so we can go together without worry, right?”

Yeo Gyeong-o’s frown deepened further, but he said nothing more.

I stepped forward without even revealing our destination.

The destination was a place I had learned about through Sangteon-dang’s secret documents.

Since I had only handled the information, I needed to confirm it with my own eyes.

Since it was quite a distance from Cheonsan, we moved secretly.

Yeo Gyeong-o was the quiet type, and I also didn’t make unnecessary conversation, so we could travel quietly.

Even though I had removed the third needle, my internal energy still wasn’t enough to run through an entire night.

So we had to rest in between, and Yeo Gyeong-o accommodated me without complaint.

When I practiced qi circulation, he stood guard, and when it was too dark, we rested and roughly filled our stomachs with a few pieces of jerky.

The next day, Yeo Gyeong-o skillfully caught a mountain rabbit. He handed me a water bottle, saying there was a stream nearby so getting drinking water wouldn’t be difficult.

“How considerate.”

I took the water bottle and drank a mouthful of water.

It tasted different from Cheonsan’s water, which was mixed with the scent of wind.

Meanwhile, Yeo Gyeong-o cleaned the rabbit meat, skewered it, and placed it over the fire that had been burning all night.

Then he sprinkled pepper and salt that he seemed to always carry with him. Just the smell alone made my mouth water.

“Eat.”

Yeo Gyeong-o handed me the golden-brown cooked meat.

The meat was a bit tough, but it was much more delicious than expected.

Wild animals often had a gamey smell that made them hard to eat, but Yeo Gyeong-o’s cooking had almost no odor.

When I looked at him with sparkling eyes, Yeo Gyeong-o sighed as if feeling burdened.

“What?”

“It’s delicious though? You cook well, so your wife will love you.”

“I’ve never been married.”

“You can do it in the future. You’re not even thirty yet.”

Yeo Gyeong-o’s frown deepened further, but I pretended not to notice.

A man who came to Cheonsan for revenge and had lived only for revenge.

Such people often live without thinking about life after their revenge is complete.

Since I planned to remove the shackles of Sangteon-dang and give him freedom, I hoped he would live doing what he wanted to do.

“What about you?”

Yeo Gyeong-o suddenly asked.

“What will you do after you finish your revenge?”

When I actually received that question, I felt dazed as if I’d been hit.

I looked at Yeo Gyeong-o carefully.

My path of revenge was so long and treacherous that I had no leisure to think about the future.

In reality, this life was given as a bonus.

My only life goal was to take revenge for the dead Baekah, in place of the time Baekah had lost.

Looking at myself, I felt I wasn’t qualified to give advice to Yeo Gyeong-o.

“Sorry.”

I acknowledged my selfishness. I shouldn’t force others to do what I couldn’t do myself. Even if Yeo Gyeong-o was actually the young boy I had briefly taught in the past.

Yeo Gyeong-o shrugged and ate all the remaining meat.

“Let’s go now.”

He brushed off his clothes and stood up. Where we had stayed, the campfire had died out and only smoke remained.

Around sunset, a strange cliff appeared before us.

Even though the wind was howling, not a single sound penetrated between the cliffs.

I quietly informed Yeo Gyeong-o, who had stopped walking.

“From here on is Mujingyeop.”

A ravine where sound disappears and the path repeats endlessly.

“I know. This place is called the land of death, so no one goes there. Even more so since Amhamason disappeared.”

Yeo Gyeong-o also seemed to know about this place, befitting a Chomundan Leader.

About 11 years ago.

When Gwon Museong was actively working as the Sect Leader, there was a major incident in the Heavenly Sect.

A priest from the Bloodsky Sect, who worshipped the blood of the first Heavenly Demon, had stolen and absorbed the Bloodstone Flower.

The place where he hid to escape the Sect Leader’s pursuit was right here in Mujingyeop.

Amhamason, directly under the Sect Leader, pursued him, and Amhamason devastated Mujingyeop while pacifying the remnants of the Bloodsky Sect.

After that, Mujingyeop became a complete land of death, and Amhamason also became unable to return.

This was information I had obtained through Sangteon-dang.

“If you’re thinking of investigating the Bloodsky Sect, you should give up. Nothing was left here.”

Yeo Gyeong-o said quietly while looking at the edge of Mujingyeop.

“Who investigated the incident at that time?”

“I heard it was the Former Chomundan Leader and the Former Cheopryeongdan Leader. The Chomundan Leader sealed this place with mystical formations, and the Cheopryeongdan Leader investigated and recorded the incident.”

“Did they find Amhamason?”

“No. They couldn’t even find a body.”

Since death couldn’t be confirmed with their eyes, he was officially in a missing state.

“I see. Then that’s even more reason to search. There were those who helped the Bloodsky Sect at that time.”

Yeo Gyeong-o frowned, not understanding what I meant.

“I thought we might look for traces of them here.”

“Are you saying the Ma Ryeonghwa Family was involved in that incident?”

“That was Sangteon-dang’s speculation that it might be possible. We’ll have to look for evidence from now on.”

The Ma Ryeonghwa Family was the most bizarre and pathological existence among the Seven Great Families.

Their martial art, the Blood Spirit Transformation Technique, was a product achieved by studying and manipulating the human body.

It was said that they didn’t hesitate to conduct human experiments to research this martial art.

Like the Sacheon Clan, which belongs to the orthodox sects but is avoided by people for dealing with poison, the Ma Ryeonghwa Family is an existence that most in the Demonic Sect find repulsive.

“And that… would be meaningful evidence for you too, Yeo Gyeong-o.”

The truth of that day, for which there was circumstantial evidence but no physical proof.

We might be able to find out exactly who ordered the massacre of his family.

Yeo Gyeong-o still maintained his composure, but his fingertips were trembling.

“Well then, shall we go and check?”

At my words, Yeo Gyeong-o sent me a gaze filled with abyss and nodded.

As we went deeper, the sound of wind completely disappeared and only my breathing echoed strangely.

“Now there’s really no sound at all.”

Yeo Gyeong-o nodded at my words of renewed admiration and responded.

“It’s because of the formation.”

The formation carved into this place even swallowed sound. And the fact that even the wind was blocked like this meant we had entered quite deep inside.

Yeo Gyeong-o turned his gaze into the ravine.

The end of the ravine should normally not be dark, but for some reason, no light reached there at all.

The dirt ground was cracked like scales, as if it had been overturned long ago and hardened in that state.

“It seems we’ll need to go there to break the formation.”

Yeo Gyeong-o deployed his lightness skill and leaped toward that place. I also followed behind him while keeping my Pungui pressed down.

As I took one step, the ravine opened up deeply as if it had been holding its breath and waiting for us since long ago.

At that moment, I felt as if the world had been cut off with a ‘snap’.

Many sounds disappeared.

Not only my breathing but also the sound of my clothes fluttering vanished, and only my heart pounded violently.

Thump, thump—.

Strangely, even that heartbeat could only be felt from inside my chest, not through my ears.

‘This is… Mujingyeop’s formation?’

It was when I instinctively stopped my feet.

A blood-red color slowly spread across the ground beneath my feet.

Like bloodstains that should have dried up long ago regaining moisture, red patterns bloomed from the floor.

Blood lines extending in three directions branched out like tree limbs, forming one bizarre shape.

“…It’s a blood formation.”

Yeo Gyeong-o, who had somehow come to stand beside me, muttered while looking at it.

A blood formation is a formation technique made with blood, wielding even more powerful force than ordinary formations.

“It’s similar to the Maryeonghwaga’s blood formation, but the composition is more sinister.”

This was modified based on the human body, resembling the drawings I had seen at Sangteon-dang.

The flow of blood vessels and muscles was visualized to form the formation, intricately woven in layers.

Something rose up with a ‘pop’ from the center of the pattern.

It was a human head.

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