My Younger Siblings Are the Greatest Masters in the World - Chapter 114

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114.

If it’s a large and powerful force like the Demonic Sect, naturally the country would be on high alert.

And in the past, when Murim fought major battles against the Demonic Sect, the country provided both material and moral support to Murim.

Seol Mantong snapped at Gwak Sugyeong.

“You don’t even know you’re being foolishly used by the Demonic Sect. Well, they approached you because you’re so stupid.”

Since he was part of Seol Mujin’s group, Gwak Sugyeong couldn’t even get angry and just seethed inside.

Seol Mujin asked.

“Since it saves lives, wouldn’t it be fine as long as you don’t stop the medicine?”

Seol Ryeoseon said bluntly.

“They become fools who are barely alive. No matter how brilliant a person was, they become a fool once Cheonchonghyeonbun enters them. It’s the truth that gaining one thing means losing another.”

Baek Gangju clapped his hands.

“So that’s why mother acted that way!”

Seol Mujin asked Baek Gangju.

“Did the commander’s mother take it?”

“Yes. Because of the Cheonchonghyeonbun, I had no choice but to…”

Gwak Sugyeong shouted angrily.

“What do you mean because of mother! You did it for your own advancement!”

“If you hadn’t taken mother hostage, I would never have joined you!”

Unconcealed anger was visible in the fuming Baek Gangju.

“This fellow…!”

As Gwak Sugyeong stood up abruptly, Seol Mujin said quietly.

“Sit down.”

When the startled Gwak Sugyeong quietly sat back down, Seol Mujin asked.

“Where is the Demonic Sect person who gave you the Cheonchonghyeonbun?”

“He comes irregularly, so I don’t know his whereabouts.”

“His name?”

“He called himself Yeongcheon-wang.”

“What kind of king… Wait!”

“Why? Do you know him? I’ve never heard of him.”

Seol Ryeoseon said to the questioning Seol Mantong.

“Try reversing Yeongcheon-wang.”

“Yeongcheon-wang would be… Wang Cheonyeong… Huh? I’ve heard that somewhere. Wang Cheonyeong… Wang Cheonyeong…”

Seol Changho clapped his hands.

“Right! That’s the name of Ma-ui’s disciple!”

Ma-ui was the second-best physician in the Demonic Sect after Yeon Gok.

Seol Mantong nodded.

“Well, it would take someone like Ma-ui to create Cheonchonghyeonbun.”

Baek Gangju asked hesitantly.

“Is it okay to keep giving that Cheonchonghyeonbun to mother?”

Before the triplets could speak, Seol Mujin quickly answered.

“That’s something the general must decide.”

“If we stop the medicine… how long could she last?”

Seol Ryeoseon said.

“It won’t be easy to last more than three days.”

“If she’s old, even two days would be difficult.”

At Seol Mantong’s words, Baek Gangju held his head in his hands.

While Baek Gangju was agonizing, Seol Mujin’s questions turned to Gwak Sugyeong.

“What other places have sided with the First Prince?”

Gwak Sugyeong, who had already decided to cooperate, answered immediately.

“Among the military, there are the Provincial Command Headquarters of Shaanxi Province and Hunan Province, and in the central government, there’s the Minister of the Left and Scholar-Official Jong Jaegyeong. That’s all I know.”

Considering Gwak Sugyeong’s rank, knowing even this much was quite a lot.

Seol Mujin stood up and said.

“If you had told us earlier, we could have saved time and avoided hurt feelings.”

“I apologize.”

After apologizing, Gwak Sugyeong carefully asked.

“Can I release my son now?”

“Of course.”

As Gwak Sugyeong stood up with a bright expression, Seol Mujin asked.

“But who’s going to release him?”

“I’ll go myself…”

Thud!

Suddenly, Seol Mujin placed his hand on Gwak Sugyeong’s head.

“What is this…?”

“I never promised to spare your life.”

Crack!

With his neck twisted, Gwak Sugyeong fell like a log.

The shocked Baek Gangju jumped up.

Seol Mujin approached the trembling Baek Gangju.

“Do you still intend to pledge loyalty to the First Prince?”

Baek Gangju shook his head frantically.

“N-no! I never intended to side with His Highness the First Prince from the beginning! I only acted with Gwak Sugyeong because I had no choice due to my mother!”

“I see. So you’re not on the First Prince’s side anymore?”

“From now on, I will devote my loyalty to His Highness the Third Prince!”

Baek Gangju’s change of sides was faster than light.

“Understood. We have things to discuss among ourselves, so could you step out for a moment?”

“Yes, sir.”

After Baek Gangju left, Seol Mujin asked the triplets.

“What should we do now? We can either leave now or wait for the Demonic Sect person who might come at any time.”

Seol Changho said.

“Won’t word of what happened here leak out? There must be many people on the First Prince’s side in here.”

“Then the First Prince’s side will make some response. It wouldn’t be bad to respond to that response.”

Seol Ryeoseon said.

“The Demonic Sect might make that response. It would be a shame to let go of the Demonic Sect connection we worked so hard to catch. What do you think?”

Seol Mantong was startled when Seol Ryeoseon’s question was directed at him.

“You’re asking for my opinion? Then my brilliant…”

“Sorry. There’s no way you’d have any thoughts.”

“Are you making fun of me?”

“I just turned my head the wrong way.”

“You drunk bitch! I’ll just snap that head right off!”

“It won’t be my head that gets snapped, but your wrist.”

“Let’s see you try!”

Seol Mujin stopped the two growling people.

“Stop it. Now is the time to make an important decision.”

Grumbling ‘He’s the one who started the fight,’ Seol Mantong said.

“I vote for catching the Demonic Sect’s tail. We don’t know when another opportunity like this will come. We should catch it when we can.”

“For once, Saekgol is saying something right.”

Following Seol Ryeoseon, Seol Changho also said, ‘I’m also in favor of staying.’

“Then let’s stay here for about two more weeks. If there’s no significant reaction from either the Demonic Sect or the First Prince within two weeks, we’ll leave.”

Seol Mujin conveyed the decision to Baek Gangju.

Baek Gangju’s expression wasn’t pleased at Seol Mujin’s words about staying here longer, but he couldn’t drive Seol Mujin’s group away.

“I’ll prepare the finest quarters in Naeseong for you.”

As Baek Gangju was about to leave after saying this, Seol Mujin spoke.

“My siblings will come today.”

“Your siblings?”

“They’ll be staying here with me.”

“I’ll contact the main gate.”

“There’s no need for that.”

“Pardon?”

“They’ll come straight here.”

“If they climb over the wall, it’ll cause a commotion and they might get hurt…”

“That won’t happen. And they’re quite young.”

“Young, you say…?”

“Seven years old.”

Baek Gangju was shocked.

“What?”

“Anyway, please keep that in mind and prepare their accommodations.”

Baek Gangju didn’t fully understand Seol Mujin’s words, but he said he understood and turned around.

As Baek Gangju was about to leave the office, he hesitated and asked.

“Um… Will it be painful to stop taking Cheonchonghyeonbun?”

Seol Ryeoseon answered that question.

“It won’t be as comfortable as sleeping, but it shouldn’t be too painful.”

“Thank you.”

After Baek Gangseong left with his thanks, Seol Mujin asked the triplets.

“Isn’t your disguise uncomfortable?”

At Seol Mujin’s words, Seol Ryeoseon was the first to release her disguise.

“Right. I was suffocating to death. I didn’t like how I looked either.”

“Phew! Now I feel like I can live. I’m never doing disguise arts again.”

“With a bit more training, this disguise technique could be quite useful.”

Seol Changho muttered, “I should learn properly from Yeon Sim when we get back.”

Seol Mujin went out to the courtyard and looked up at Gwak Jongoh.

Gwak Jongoh’s drooping chest rose and fell shallowly.

“Water… water…”

He could barely utter a single word, trapped in a swamp of terrible pain, but Seol Mujin felt no compassion for Gwak Jongoh.

Gwak Jongoh deserved to wither and die like that, becoming food for crows.

The triplets, having released their disguises and returned to their true forms, stood in a row to Seol Mujin’s left.

“The Demonic Cult must be trying to advance into the Central Plains by joining hands with the First Prince, right?”

At Seol Mujin’s question, Seol Changho tilted his head.

“That prediction seems right, but this isn’t the Demonic Cult’s way.”

Seol Mantong agreed.

“They push through with force, not use such cunning methods. This is definitely that sly bastard Samnoeja’s plan.”

Seol Ryeoseon said.

“Even if Samnoeja makes the plan, it only has meaning if the Cult Leader executes it. The Cult Leader isn’t the type to sneak around behind the scenes.”

“Think about what he did to us – he’s cunning.”

“He had no choice but to use that method if he wanted to kill us.”

Seol Mujin said.

“Anyway, we must stop the Demonic Cult’s movements. If we’re not careful, not only Murim but even the imperial authority could fall into the Demonic Cult’s hands.”

Seol Changho’s worried voice followed.

“If even the First Prince has taken Cheonchonghyeonbun, we should consider that the Demonic Cult’s reach has already extended deep into the Imperial Palace.”

“We should probably inform the Third Prince about this.”

Ju Cheonmyeong would be the easiest and fastest way to handle the Imperial Palace side.

“Tell the Third Prince to be careful. Those Demonic Cult bastards won’t hesitate to kill royalty.”

“You don’t need to worry too much about Samhwangja Jeonha.”

“Why?”

“Didn’t I tell you? Hwang Daehaep agreed to guard Samhwangja Jeonha.”

“What? That monk is guarding the Third Prince? Why?”

“He says it’s to assess Samhwangja Jeonha’s character, but I don’t know his true intentions.”

“What on earth happened to that monk in Chamhoe-dong? He’s changed too much for a person to change.”

“People can change. Just like you all changed.”

“We changed thanks to big brother.”

Seol Mantong muttered, “Did he meet Buddha in Chamhoe-dong or something?”

Baek Gangju, who was entering the courtyard with two soldiers and four maids, stopped in surprise.

The three strangely-looking people were nowhere to be seen, and in their place stood three children.

Seol Mujin asked Baek Gangju, whose mouth was half open.

“Why are you so surprised?”

“What? No, it’s just… the children…”

“I told you they would come, didn’t I?”

“You, you did. You did say that, but they really came. Without anyone noticing.”

“The kids’ martial arts are quite strong.”

Of course, Baek Gangju wasn’t completely convinced.

How strong could seven-year-olds’ martial arts be that they could leap over the outer and inner fortresses guarded by hundreds of men to get here?

The soldiers must have been lax in their vigilance.

Thinking ‘Special training starts today! These damn brats!’, Baek Gangju ordered the soldiers and maids to clean the hall thoroughly.

The quarters where Seol Mujin and the triplets would stay was the newest building located in the center of Naeseong.

The building with a plaque reading “Guest Hall” had five rooms prepared, so the four maids could stay in one building while serving Seol Mujin and the triplets.

“Young master. Your meal is ready.”

Seol Changho, who was reading a book in his room, felt his hair stand on end at the maid’s form of address.

Young master!

When he flung open the door, the maid, who appeared to be around twenty, was startled.

“Don’t call me young master!”

“What? Then what should I call you?”

Good question.

He was too young to use the title “young lord,” but he couldn’t have her call him by name either.

“Sigh! Just call me whatever’s comfortable.”

The meal was set up in the reception room.

Seol Ryeoseon and Seol Mantong had already arrived and taken their seats.

“Where’s big brother?”

“Who knows?”

Seol Changho glanced at the maid setting the table and asked the two.

“What does that maid call you?”

Seol Ryeoseon, who was about to pick up her chopsticks, stopped her movement in surprise.

Seol Mantong answered nonchalantly.

“Young master.”

Seol Ryeoseon asked.

“You’re okay with being called that?”

“Hehehe…”

“You crazy bastard. Where in my question was there anything to warrant such a sinister laugh?”

Seol Changho said.

“Obviously he discovered the bathhouse.”

Seol Mantong raised his hands and said.

“The window was at just the right height.”

Seol Ryeoseon made an expression of disbelief.

“There’s an appropriate height for peeping too?”

“A height that doesn’t obstruct my view while staying out of the bather’s line of sight. What would amateurs know? Tsk tsk tsk…”

“How nice to be a master.”

Just then, Seol Mujin entered, wiping the moisture from his hands with a towel.

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