I Will Become a Phoenix More Noble Than the Emperor - Chapter 79

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79.

“!”

Wi Gong-un, who had stopped breathing, urgently pressed his neck. When he felt the stinging pain there again, Wi Gong-un’s heart began to race violently.

Inside his neck, the sorcery connected to Seon-o’s neck was reacting.

Seon-o had returned to Myeonggyeong!

Suddenly feeling his blood circulating again, Wi Gong-un moved without hesitation. The place he headed to was Seon-o’s Residence. Since Flower Cloud Island had not yet opened, Seon-o who had returned to Myeonggyeong would naturally go to his Family Members.

Wi Gong-un, who had secretly arrived at Seon-o’s Residence, hid around the area and observed the situation.

“….”

However, even after watching for over an hour, the area around Seon-o’s mansion remained quiet.

Seon-o, who had returned to Myeonggyeong, had not stopped by his House.

As evidence of this, the Poison lingering in Wi Gong-un’s neck had calmed down.

‘He’s not coming home?’

Wi Gong-un’s brow furrowed in confusion.

The dull Poison was still circulating in his neck. It was proof that Seon-o was definitely in Myeonggyeong.

If not home, then where?

At that moment, a very unpleasant face flashed before Wi Gong-un’s eyes.

It was Cheong-eum’s face, annoyingly arrogant.

“….”

Wi Gong-un bit his lips at the ominous feeling that suddenly arose.

* * *

True to that ghostly intuition, at that time Seon-o was facing Cheong-eum.

Cheong-eum had noticed something was wrong with the fir Tree behind the Great Temple and had come to check on it.

However, what Cheong-eum encountered there was Seon-o sitting on top of the Tree. It was natural for Cheong-eum to freeze at this unexpected meeting.

In contrast, Seon-o with an indifferent face put his finger to his mouth and made a “shh” sound, causing Cheong-eum’s heart to belatedly thump violently.

Seon-o jumped down from the Tree and gestured for him to come over, but Cheong-eum remained rooted to the spot without moving.

‘He really doesn’t listen, does he.’

Seon-o sighed softly and had no choice but to walk toward Cheong-eum.

He knew well the cause of the wariness lingering in those frozen eyes.

‘How did I know about this Tree, right.’

The fir Tree that Seon-o had climbed was a Tree planted by Cheong-eum’s Mother, who had been a Wood Power Superhuman, for Cheong-eum. She, who had suffered from a long illness, poured all her remaining Yin Power into this Tree when Cheong-eum turned nine years old, and then passed away.

Hoping that when Cheong-eum, who would later become the High Priest, needed the essence of Yin Power, this Tree would be of some help.

Only Cheong-eum’s Mother and Cheong-eum knew of this Tree’s existence and meaning.

‘Of course, Cheong-eum never touched this precious Tree and only took good care of it….’

Seon-o had circulated some Water Element around the roots of that precious Tree to make Cheong-eum notice that something was wrong with the Tree. Without doing so, he couldn’t have called Cheong-eum out while avoiding people’s eyes.

“Don’t worry. The Tree is fine.”

“How do you know that.”

It was naturally expected that such cold suspicion would come flying. But Seon-o had decided not to rack his brains over such trivial matters anymore.

“Let’s just move on. I hope you’ll understand that it’s a situation difficult to explain in detail.”

At that shameless answer, bewilderment appeared in Cheong-eum’s eyes that had been sensitively on edge. Seon-o lightly ignored that look and immediately brought up the main point.

“Did you look into what I asked you to investigate?”

This was exactly why Seon-o had sought out Cheong-eum without even stopping by his House.

With Hwan’s ocean-like help and Sa-baek’s unexpected performance, the task of finding Intoxication’s hideout had ended far too early.

Originally, Seon-o had planned to disguise himself as a man and infiltrate Wang Ho-bang’s Business as a worker. In that case, just entering Wang Ho-bang’s Private Residence would have taken time. So naturally, he had expected finding the Snail Talisman to take a long time as well, but due to the collaboration between Hwan and Sa-baek, he had found the Snail Talisman in just two days.

Also, since he knew Intoxication’s weakness from the original work, once he found out That Bastard’s whereabouts, killing him wasn’t difficult. Of course, Wolbi getting involved in that plan was unexpected.

In any case, Seon-o had succeeded in killing Intoxication and finding what he desperately needed in just ten days after the trials began.

There were still dozens of days left until the entrance to Flower Cloud Island opened. He didn’t want to waste this precious time.

Then where should he invest this time?

On the way back to Myeonggyeong, Seon-o had decided on that answer.

To use it searching for the Prophecy together with Cheong-eum.

Of course, this decision was also possible because she knew the original story. However, what had a more decisive influence was the fact that she had discovered Cheong-eum’s secret.

‘Seol Cheong-eum needs a lifeline right now.’

So he would do anything to grab that lifeline.

For instance, participating more actively than Seon-o in finding the prophecy, things like that.

When Cheong-eum didn’t answer, Seon-o asked again with patience.

“I just asked if you looked into what I told you to look into.”

At that shameless question, Cheong-eum’s Adam’s apple bobbed up and down as if suppressing something. When his mouth remained stubbornly closed and wouldn’t open, Seon-o’s eyebrow shot up.

“Ah. You’re not in much of a hurry yet, I see.”

Seon-o, who had spoken in a monotone sneer, nodded as if she understood. When she turned to leave without hesitation, Cheong-eum instinctively grabbed Seon-o’s arm.

When the caught Seon-o looked back at him, a suffocating silence flowed.

“….”

Seon-o stared intently at Cheong-eum.

His ears were flushed red.

‘How frustrating.’

Seon-o already knew that Cheong-eum had looked into the prophecy. In this situation, there was no way he would pretend not to know about that method, which was their only hope.

So Cheongeum must have entered the library of the great temple, offered his blood to that mysterious incense burner, and learned what the god demanded. Nevertheless, it was frustrating to see Cheongeum hesitating, unable to let go of his lingering suspicion toward me and his last shred of pride.

“…Have you found a way to enter Hwaunado?”

Seon-o swallowed a sigh when Cheong-eum, who had barely parted her lips, said something completely different.

“….”

“Let’s focus on our own business for now.”

At those words, Cheongeum’s eyes grew strangely dim.

Seon-o was drawing a line with me right now. However, my heart’s reaction to the word “us” that followed was bewildering even to myself.

The woman before him was defining Cheongeum’s despair as her own.

Just because they’re someone who knows my secret.

To think I’d want to depend on someone this much just because they’re the only one. I wanted to deny this wretched, pathetic desire so badly that my throat ached.

However, Cheongeum made a resolution.

I’ll use Seon-o. If I can transform through that, I’d do even more.

Cheong-eum, who had swallowed a difficult decision, moved her lips slightly.

“…We need to find the moonlight grass.”

A gleam of satisfaction flickered in Seon-o’s eyes at those words.

‘Now we’re finally on the same page.’

The current Grand Minister had several privileges that no one else knew about except the Grand Minister himself.

For example, the oracle archives in the main temple that can only be accessed with the current high priest’s divine power. Or things like the incense burners inside those archives.

‘They said that if you offer the sacrifice the incense burner demands, it will grant you the oracle you desire.’

Since the first offering was the blood of the current high priest, Cheongeum offered his blood to that incense burner.

This proved that Cheongeum was willing to cooperate in the search for the prophecy.

‘Moonlight Grass.’

That was also expected. The first thing the incense burner demanded. It was the same development as in the original story.

Of course, this was no easy task. The sacrifice to be offered had to be obtained through the high priest’s own efforts.

Seon-o fell into deep thought as he recalled the place where the moonlight grass had been. It was a location with great risk.

But….

Seon-o repeated the words that Chwi had babbled to Wolbi.

“You see, it’s called paralyzing liquor. When you come into contact with that alcohol, your spiritual power gets suppressed, you know? Haaah, you’ve never experienced anything like this before, have you? Hm?”

As he said, Wolbi instantly stiffened and became unable to move. It was an incredible sorcery.

‘They said it could suppress lunar energy. If that’s really the same sorcery that Maehwagak used and it originated from dark teachings, then this is a truly serious situation.’

Seon-o, who had been lost in thought for a moment, suddenly lifted his head and looked at Cheong-eum.

“The High Priest periodically goes away for training to master divine power, right?”

Cheongeum’s eyes wavered in bewilderment as she immediately understood what Seonoh meant.

“It seems like it’s time for you to leave, so you should send letters to the new officials. It will take quite a while.”

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